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“Why Charleston?”
When the meeting resumed, the attention of the attendees was focused on the Navy Department.
Charleston invasion plan.
Since Spain’s Camara Fleet, aiming for a hurricane, received information that it was a surprise attack on a trading port in South Carolina in the southwest of the United States. I had to make the most of this.
But attendees in the conference room didn’t know why the Spanish fleet would take the risk of a hurricane to surprise Charleston.
As I was about to answer, the newly appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Charles Herbert Allen, gave me an acknowledgment and sneaked in.
“I will explain that to the Navy Department.”
Allen opened the documents brought by the Navy Department. Numerous numbers and map routes were drawn in a mess on the documents.
“Our naval department does not have the naval power to cover the entire Pacific and Caribbean regions. So this time, with the help of the Detroit advisor, we were able to supply supplies, and we were able to receive support from armed merchant ships.”
“But what does that have to do with why you should hit Charleston?”
“It has to be. Supplies from all over the Caribbean are being delivered to the Port of Charleston via the Pennsylvania Railroad.”
“…!!!”
“For reference, most of the armed merchant ships are currently anchored in Charleston Port. Do you know why Spain would want to attack the Port of Charleston?”
Actually, that’s not the only reason.
The main naval bases of the US Navy on the east coast include Hampton Road, New York Naval Shipyard, and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, all of which are located in the northeast.
In other words, when sailing to the Caribbean for operation, the physical distance is too far compared to the cruising distance.
I needed an intermediate base to supply fuel and ammunition in the middle, and that is the Port of Charleston, which the Spanish fleet decided to strike this time.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen sharpened his eyes.
“They will unconditionally take advantage of the weakening of the U.S. Navy’s defenses during the hurricane season in August.”
At Alan’s words, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became harsh. In short, if Charleston is bombarded, doesn’t it mean that there will be a huge hole in maritime security in the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean?
There was a reason Spain was aiming.
“Well…..”
The secretary-general was skeptical.
“I know that the Spanish fleet is aiming for the Port of Charleston, and I also know that if the Port of Charleston is attacked, public opinion in the United States will boil over. But isn’t there a more obvious benefit? It sounds like you have a lot more to lose if you sacrifice Port Charleston for public opinion. What do you think of the Detroit advisor you suggested?”
That’s a fair opinion.
However, contrary to their thoughts, in this case, the war itself had a huge interest.
I raised my finger.
“First, the invasion of Charleston Port may attract public opinion, but the US military can seize the golden opportunity to increase its naval power.”
“A chance to increase naval power?”
“Spain invaded first. If that is the case, it means that even if the US prints out battleships, there is no justification for European powers to intervene.”
If the United States declared war or launched a preemptive strike, it would be checked by European powers, let alone increasing its naval power, but if the mainland is attacked through the Port of Charleston, we have a cause.
In a word, even if the battleships are taken out for war as if they were printed from a factory, the European powers would have no reason to intervene.
“But, advisor.”
The chief of staff looked skeptical.
“America must be on the fence of isolationism.”
America’s isolationism stating that it will not form an alliance with any European country and will not be interested in it, and that Europe should not be interested in the United States either.
Monroe Doctrine.
The inside is simple.
A very capitalist idea that we will only sell things quietly and suck only the money without interfering in European politics.
This is the fundamental reason America hates war.
It would have been natural if it was natural, as it sucked honey all the way through the Western Frontier and the Gilding Age.
‘Wonderful.’
The United States is a country that can be thrown off at any time for profit.
The current President of the United States is also very interested in building naval power, and in the late 19th century, the United States was also enthusiastic about building battleships, such as pulling out the Free Dreadnought-class battleship USS Iowa.
I pulled out a report from my leather bag.
“This is a naval strategy book, “The Impact of Naval Power on History,” written in 1890 by Admiral Alfred Mahan, an Annapolis geopolitical scholar.
“I remember hearing that book from Teddy.”
The lodge officer sitting next to me chimed in.
‘If it’s Teddy…’
The attention of the conference room was focused on the lodge councilor at once.
“Oh, I’m a little acquainted with Teddy. Because I recommended him as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. I also heard from Theodore Roosevelt, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, for advice on Detroit.”
“Ah, so.”
In other words, Senator Lodge’s fondness for me is the impression that Theodore Roosevelt had made.
This, I’m glad that it seems that you have accumulated a lot of love stacks for Roosevelt.
I stole my nose.
“Anyway, this maritime strategy book has been submitted to the Navy Department as a book that unleashes the benefits that the United States can gain when it acquires maritime supremacy, and it is now being reviewed positively by the Navy Department, and the White House has also received a positive response. I remember it.”
Father of the U.S. Navy in the 19th century.
Alfred Merhan established the concept of naval power and compiled it into a book called “The Effect of Naval Power on History.” This strategy book had a great influence on the naval strategies of the United States, Britain, and Germany, and sparked the European naval competition.
His strategy book made a big mark in world naval history to the extent that it remains deeply in the naval doctrine of the US military in the 21st century.
“You know the details too.”
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Oh
The words of the secretary came to my senses.
Now he wanted to increase my credibility by targeting lawmakers who ignored me in the conference room.
“In other words, with this invasion of Charleston as a pretext, the US Navy needs to set up naval bases as a stopover for fuel and supply in the islands obtained from the Pacific region, and to operate the naval shipyards to print battleships.”
Naval bases and battleships with my steel, coal and supplies with my rail…
Hmm.
wrapped the horse
“For the national interest of the United States, for the security of the United States, for the hegemony of the United States.”
“….!!!”
As soon as I finished my words, hot heat erupted into the conference room.
American hegemony.
Based on this war, the United States will increase its naval power and rise to the ranks of great powers.
As that vision flickered in front of their eyes, the eyes of the Republican dignitaries changed.
– Indeed, through the invasion of Charleston, you are trying to strengthen the US naval power. That’s great for a reason.
– The US Navy is already the fifth-largest power in the world. If you take this opportunity to increase your naval power, you may be able to aim for 3rd or even 1st place!
– It’s the hegemony of the United States….that sounds good.
The waters of imperialism fill their eyes.
“Second, Republicans have an advantage if Charleston is invaded.”
“Are you talking about the Republican Party?”
The lodge assistant seemed to be interested, and brushed his beard down. But this would be an advantage that everyone here knows about.
“As I mentioned, South Carolina is a large trading port that was used as a slave trading port before the Civil War. In other words, it means the garden of the Democratic Party.”
“….!!!”
“Dicksies of the Democratic Party, wouldn’t your mind be dazzled if you stab your ass with a cannon?”
“Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!”
Rep. Lodge couldn’t stand it and burst into laughter. He laughed so much that even tears began to well up in his eyes.
“Great!!! very good!!! This, if stabbed in Charleston, the Dixies will foam their mouths and cry out for war. Maybe even more angry than us. Ha ha ha ha!!!”
When the lodge staff burst into laughter, laughter spread throughout the conference room. Republican elites agreed with me with a wide smile on their lips.
Honey dripped from the eyes of Chief of Staff Porter, who attended as the president’s plenipotentiary deputy.
I raised three fingers.
“It’s the last one. As long as the Camara Fleet is coming to the Port of Charleston and has received such detailed operational instructions, you will be able to erase Spain’s main fleet, the Camara Fleet, this time. Isn’t it?”
When I looked at Secretary of the Navy John Long and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen, they nodded in agreement.
“In terms of number of battleships and naval power, the US Navy is superior. Besides, don’t they say they come into Charleston’s Bay? Building a siege network and annihilating it is not a thing.”
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen shrugged.
I looked around the conference room.
“This gives the U.S. military an edge in both land and naval warfare.”
“……”
its sillent.
All of a sudden, I was in control of the conference room, and Republican executives were listening to me with their eyes turned on.
I shrugged.
“How is it. Charleston invasion. Isn’t it worth taking it once?”
tuk- tuk-
Chief Secretary Porter pounded his finger at the desk seriously.
“If the Charleston invasion and public opinion boils over, then the draft law should be passed. At least 300,000 people.”
partial mobilization order.
At the words of Chief Secretary Porter, the atmosphere in the conference room heated up again.
However, the partial mobilization order is not a word that only refers to human resources. So, if we change it one more time, it becomes like this.
The flower of the military industry. That said.
“And we need to come up with economic laws that will turn America’s military industry.”
The battlefield grew bigger.
Now was the time for America’s show me the money to swallow up the Pacific and the Caribbean.
***
“Hey, I heard good things.”
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen came up to me.
Eventually, the meeting was closed with a unanimous vote in favor of the invasion of Charleston. I finished my debut with a warm applause from Republican dignitaries.
In fact, for me as a businessman, it was the main room now that was closed.
“Actually, I came here because I had something to ask my advisor.”
“Are you talking to me?”
“Yes.”
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen pulled out the paperwork he was wearing over his shoulder and handed it over to him.
I spit on my thumb and flipped through the papers quickly.
“It’s a Newport News shipyard.”
“Yes, it is also a privately operated warship shipyard.”
“Did it work?”
past.
It means not now.
“Yeah, unfortunately, currently, the Navy has dispatched a director to operate it.”
“Relocate to a private shipyard. Is the Newport News shipyard bankrupt?”
“To be precise, the owners went bankrupt.”
“I am listening. Please tell me in detail.”
It smells like money.
As I turned through the files, I listened to the words of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen.
“I think you know about Black Wednesday.”
aldamada.
Because I planned it.
“At the time, the owner of the Newport News shipyard had a railroad company that went bankrupt on Black Wednesday.”
“It’s the Cheshire Peak-Ohio Railroad.”
In the file folder, the name of the bankrupt railway came to mind.
Cheshire Peak-Ohio is one of the railroads that went bankrupt last Black Wednesday, and at the same time was consolidated into the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was taken over by the Rockefellers.
Even the Newport News shipyard was involved in the accounting fraud.
The timing is amazing.
‘So. A shipyard that can print naval warships is now for sale, right?’
f*ck-
raised the corners of his lips.
The Newport News Shipyard is a huge shipbuilding facility that will later emerge as one of the largest shipyards in the United States.
In the era of dreadnought-class naval warfare, a fundamental warship shipyard that pulled out six ships and joined the White Fleet.
In addition, it was a shipyard with a history of extracting countless warships such as destroyers, cruisers, and torpedo boats.
And World War I breaks out?
I’m done talking.
It was an excellent infrastructure facility to lay the foundation for continued cooperation with the Navy in the future.
“Then why doesn’t the Navy take over this property? It might be better for the government to not send only government-run directors, but rather to make it state-run.”
“The Newport News shipyard is unable to pay its debt. I am also a finance director, so I do a little accounting. The capital has already been eroded, and the Navy doesn’t have the budget to solve it.”
“If capital erosion is capital erosion, is it a partial capital erosion at the stage where it begins to erode capital? Or is it a complete capital erosion that only accumulates negative losses because the capital is empty?”
“It is a complete capital encroachment.”
“Still, in the case of the shipbuilding industry, isn’t it enough to boost the navy’s supply of warships?”
At my question, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Allen, put his forehead on his forehead and sighed.
“The shipbuilding contracts we received from the Newport News shipyard have been destroyed one after another, and even the penalty is being handed over. To save this right now, you need time for a long court battle and a professional finance director and legal team to be in charge, but there are limits to the navy’s public affairs director. This is not the only problem.”
“There are limits.”
I found out why Assistant Secretary Allen came to me.
He must have leaked information to someone who had the ability to remove a lump.
Morgan. hedge fund. railroad trust. And a person who has a deep connection with the Navy.
Even from the other side, I could smell the money that I couldn’t hide.
f*ck.
But that’s not a hump.
Rather, it was a gold mine that kept growing if you had it.
‘This… I came here to sell some machine guns, and it even comes with a shipyard.’
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