America 1881: Legend of the West

The next morning, a Japanese plantation worker who got up early to start work found the unconscious Sato Kojiro at the street corner.

This kind and simple Japanese worker hurried back to the shack where he lived.

He called out several other workers who worked on the same plantation as him, trying to carry the injured man into a shack and try to save his life.

However, when the workers arrived at the scene, someone turned Sato Kojiro over.

Some of the workers knew him.

This flower-picking thief is notorious.

If Masao Kameda hadn't been protecting him, and Kojiro Sato's own escape skills and vigilance were top-notch, the victim's family might have chopped him up long ago.

The workers who were watching originally planned to stay away, but one of them stepped forward to check Sato Kojiro's wound.

Then, a joyful exclamation suddenly came out!

"Hey! This grandson has no roots!"

Soon, the news spread throughout Honolulu.

In the gym at the foot of the mountain, Kameda Masao looked gloomy.

Sitting opposite him were the Shinto priest Sato and the Japanese ambassador to Hawaii, General Okubo.

Both men looked very bad.

Genyosha was originally a ronin organization established by the Japanese military after the Meiji Restoration in order to subvert political power in various places. They appeared in places such as Korea and Hawaii.

The Japanese military provided money, and more than half of the hundred or so Lancers were actually members of the Japanese army, but they had just changed their skins.

Nowadays, the Four Heavenly Kings who "eat, drink, PIAO and gamble", Sho Yamada was wiped on the neck, Kunihiko Yoshioka and his sentry tower were bombed to pieces, and Kojiro Sato was directly castrated, leaving only Haruma Yamamoto who can box. But he also looks like an embarrassing useless piece of trash.

In addition to these four guys, a commander who was assigned to the Lancers was also killed. As for the Ronin and the members of the Lancers, their casualties were even greater.

"Mr. Okubo, this is the situation. I feel that the safety of Japanese people in Hawaii is under serious threat! They even use warships to bombard us!" Kameda Masao put his hands on his thighs, lowered his head, and said seriously, "I implore the imperial government to give us support!"

General Okubo's expression was gloomy and uncertain.

Seeing that the ambassador had no response, Kameda Masao continued: "I suggest sending the 'King Kong' to Hawaii Bay! Then make a plan to annex Chinatown!"

"That's enough!" Okubo Takashi suddenly broke out.

Kameda Masao and Priest Sato were both stunned. Priest Sato's hand holding the teacup even shook, but he himself almost didn't get burned by the boiling tea.

The ambassador is in trouble.

He has already investigated the whole incident.

The person who launched the counterattack against Xuanyangshe was a Chinese American; and the one who launched the bombardment was also an armed merchant ship with American nationality.

This person and this ship are not local Chinese organizations in Hawaii at all, but came all the way from the United States not long ago.

With him came more than two hundred armed soldiers in disguise.

You wouldn’t believe it if the American federal government didn’t have any hand in it!

The Japanese government is indeed determined to go to war with the United States for the sake of Japanese overseas Chinese, but not now!

The Empire is not ready to go to war in East Asia and the Pacific at the same time!

To put it bluntly, even if it wasn't the federal government's doing, it was the idea of ​​our neighbor's big country.

This puts the problem in front of him.

This is the worst case scenario.

If the war starts here in advance, the military's painstaking plans will be in vain, and they will have to re-draw the plan.

However, in the ambassador's judgment, the likelihood of this happening is very low.

Firstly, the United States will not easily allow more forces to intervene here; secondly, based on his understanding of that decadent big country, he does not have the ability or the will to do so.

General Okubo's mind was filled with thoughts.

He kept deducing various possibilities.

Then his eyes fell on Kameda Masao, who had a stiff expression, and he realized that he had not answered his request.

"The 'Kongo' has returned to China!" General Okubo replied lightly, "It has a more important mission, which is related to the national destiny of the Empire of Japan!"

Kameda Masao's expression froze again.

"King Kong" returned to China? Doesn't that mean he won't get any support?

"But, but" he murmured.

"But what?" General Okubo suddenly burst out for no reason, "What is the mission that the military headquarters and I have given you? It is to prevent the United States from annexing Hawaii! But what about you? Ah? What's going on!"

"This is great. The news that the King Kong cannot come will be exposed in advance. I guess those Americans will not be able to help but take action in advance!"

"If the United States takes this opportunity to eat Hawaii in advance, you will be a sinner of the Japanese Empire!"

Kameda Masao was scolded so much that he couldn't even lift his head.

In his heart, he actually felt that he was a little wronged.

How did he know about General Okubo's trade-offs and the game behind all this.

When he was sent to pull up the team, he made a great promise, saying that the empire would give him the greatest support and deal with whoever he wanted, but at the critical moment, he turned out to be a paper tiger!

"Kameda-kun is also for the benefit of the empire." Priest Sato spoke for Kameda.

"You don't need to worry about this matter. I will ask the US government or the Qing government for an explanation!" General Okubo said impatiently.

The ambassador quickly sent diplomatic notes to the two governments, hoping that they could give a reasonable explanation for the killing of Japanese residents and the bombardment of Japanese buildings.

Since the Qing government did not send an ambassador to Honolulu, the information had to go through many rounds before it reached the hands of the Prime Minister's Office.

The Prime Minister's Yamen's work efficiency was extremely low to begin with, and these people are still confused and can't explain why.

As things piled up, the bad blood between the two parties deepened.

As for the United States, Stevenson actually met with Okubo Takashi.

Looking at the dancing and emotional Japanese ambassador, Stevenson was a little indifferent.

To be honest, he hates these Japanese people from the bottom of his heart. Not only the Japanese, but also all yellow-skinned Asians, he hates them very much.

But he also really wants to know whether this is a trick done by Washington.

So he wrote a letter back.

News of this place, however, had been sent to Washington before him.

Chen Jianqiu asked the Chinese Political Participation Alliance to pay heavily to several well-known lobbyists, and began to spread such news in Congress and the media:

The Japanese intended to invade Hawaii, and the Chinese Americans defended the interests of American citizens in Honolulu.

This caused a huge debate in Congress, with different opinions:

Some people think that no matter what their skin color is, these Chinese are American citizens and everything they do represents the interests of the United States. They are attacking the enemies of the United States of America!

Some people think that this is a fight between two yellow-skinned people. It is enough to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. It is like watching a show. The more people die, the better.

Some people think that Chen Jianqiu has gone too far.

Senator Anna Bilau from New York State reminded that this person now has his own private army.

He had just finished his first term as mayor of Lahoma Thunder City, and then went to Hawaii to work around. He must have some ideas.

Non-my family, its heart must be different!

This remark made many senators present who represented the interests of big capitalists, gun associations, and gunpowder associations very dissatisfied.

After all, people including Rockefeller had their own private armies.

Is it possible that everyone wants to rebel?

"Whether it is the independence movement or the westward expansion movement, our vast land is fought by the citizens themselves with guns! As long as you are a citizen, you have the right to take up arms!" they retorted.

threaten? There is no need to worry at all. No matter how powerful he is, can he still defeat all the American armies?

The Congress was as noisy as ever.

Eventually, Stevenson received a reply.

More arrogant than he imagined:

Hawaii is an island country with independent sovereignty. No matter who you are, after naturalization, you are a citizen of the country of Hawaii, and foreign countries should not interfere.

Those who attacked your citizens were Chinese, and they were also attacked on the territory of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The federal government did not know about it.

The former sentence reveals "None of your business!", and the latter sentence reveals "None of my business!".

After receiving this reply, General Okubo immediately declared that such disrespectful diplomatic language was an insult to him.

Stevenson then continued the insult.

He directly shut out the Japanese ambassador.

General Okubo suffered a great shame and humiliation, but he could only go back to his room to sulk, and at the same time comforted himself, "Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river." The Japanese Empire will finally let you and others face it.

History proves that they may have the opportunity to leave the children's table, but they will never make it to the adults' table.

But now, Kameda Masao is always more realistic than his ambassador.

He sent someone to send a letter to Chen Jianqiu, wanting to talk to his opponent.

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