Navy Minister Li Yi hurried into the Joint Staff Headquarters with two staff members, but was stopped by the guards at the door, on the grounds that Chief of Staff Mo was holding an emergency meeting and asked Minister Li to wait for a moment.

Li Yi looked at the closed conference room behind the iron fence gate with a lot of worries, turned around and entered the tea room next to him, and waited with two staff assistants. The army officers in and out of the tea room were all army officers wearing big caps. They generally looked at several naval officers wearing tube-shaped military caps with bad eyes, which was quite provocative. However, when they accidentally saw the elderly officer sitting in the corner with slightly frosty temples and his shoulders marked the rank of Navy Lieutenant Colonel, they were all silent again. At any time, the official rank is very meaningful, especially when the other party is much higher than you, because this means a huge difference in the ability of both parties to control resources.

Li Yi did not wait too long. After the military meeting, he quickly received Mo Ming's reception.

"Boss Mo, I believe you have heard that some ships in the Spanish Treasure Fleet that have been circulating recently were destroyed by the British, right?" Li Yi sat opposite Mo Ming, who seemed much younger than him, and spoke about the topic of the British-Spanish War: "The Spanish were careless, and their shore defense turrets failed to withstand the attack of the British fleet, resulting in the destruction of many Spanish transport ships anchored in the port, causing heavy losses. This time, they were really hard to bear, and maybe they would come to ask for help from our government. This is almost inevitable, otherwise they would inevitably suffer a military defeat against France, and they might need to cede land and pay compensation, and the Spanish might not be able to accept it. In fact, thinking about it, if we were to cede land, we would also cede land, and if we lost to the French, we would also cede land. If we were to cede land, we would cede land at the same time, so it would be better to cede the new continent, so it would be better to cede the European mainland to avoid weakening..."

Mo Ming patiently listened to Li Yi's words, and then asked: "Commander Li, what do you want to say?"

"Hi. Look at my head. I like to go off topic when I am old." Li Yi first smiled self-deprecatingly, then he approached mysteriously and asked, "Boss Mo. This is a good opportunity for us. Do the Army have any ideas? Our Navy thinks this is an excellent opportunity to expand the military's influence and enter the Caribbean at the same time. What do you think?"

Mo Ming glanced at Li Yi sideways and thought to himself that the navy has always been close to the Executive Committee. It is considered to be a weaker expansion (for this reason, the army has been ridiculed by the soldiers of the army), but now it has taken the initiative to take the opportunity to march into the Caribbean. It seems that the opinions within the navy have also been severely different in recent years. Maybe they saw the English Navy's popularity traversing the world and taking the initiative to attack, so they also want to follow suit. But Mo Ming also knew that the navy and the army were different after all. They are natural nationalists, relying on the country's industrial production capacity everywhere, and there is basically no possibility of killing the government to establish a new regime, so it is natural for them to combine with civil servants.

However, soldiers are soldiers after all, and civil servants want to use them as dogs and tools. But they don’t want to give them too many benefits. Naturally, they have ideas. This time they actually took the initiative to ask to enter the Caribbean (in fact, this kind of call has always existed within the navy. The last time I wanted to take Recife was the manifestation of this kind of thought). It seems that Li Yi, Lu Mingqin’s successor, could not suppress the internal emotions, so there was a problem of coming to Mo Ming to discuss. But Mo Ming guessed that Li Yi must have been angry with some of the members of the executive committee before he came to him. Humph, the navy is indeed unreliable!

"Commander Li, don't be excited for now." Mo Ming asked the secretary to make a cup of Ningbo green tea for the old navy seniors. Then he said: "The news of the Spanish suffering a great loss is quite chaotic, and it is vague and inconsistent. We don't know how much they have suffered. After all, just a brief summary of the information submitted by the State Intelligence Administration cannot make us make any decisions. But you are also right. If the outside world is rumored that Spain lost nearly 10 million pesos, this is indeed an excellent opportunity!

Last time, the Executive Committee meeting proposed to march into the Caribbean at the invitation of the Spanish. It was a pity that the members of the finance, industry and commerce, agriculture, health and education cited many rulings, which made this matter basically ruined. Why? It’s not that they were afraid of war! They were afraid of meeting the British head-on! Now everyone knows that the British are very tough, very bachelor, very crazy, dare to carry out everyone’s territory and dare to grab anyone’s territory, so they shrank. They are afraid that the country will lose its market and the economy will collapse. Humph, with too many jars and jars, everyone’s courage will become increasingly lacking."

"Mr. Mo, you said that..." Li Yi took off his military cap, smiled bitterly, and said, "To be honest, I don't agree with the war with the British, but I also don't agree with the timid attitude of the Executive Committee. The attitude of your army is too radical and dangerous, and it is easy to drag the country into the quagmire of war. The Executive Committee is too conservative and weak, and it is easy to miss the national destiny. I always think you should be better off. But this time, I support your army. Haha, Mr. Mo, don't get me wrong. I mean that our navy is only supporting you in the march into the Caribbean. I have followed the Executive Committee to oppose your other inappropriate actions."

"Haha, Commander Li, you say it as if our army is all war-crazy." Mo Ming smiled and said, "Let's wait first, wait for the news to settle down and see what the specific situation will be said. Of course, if this matter is true, then our army and navy must unify their opinions, and then make proposals to the Executive Committee in the name of the military headquarters. In recent years, those white shirts have not been behind a bunch of children and relatives who are doing European trade, and they are so confused that they make money. They are naturally unwilling to make a feud with Europe, for fear that the business will be cut off and their interests will be affected. Therefore, our army and navy must not have any rifts in this matter, so that those white shirts have room to get accusations."

Li Yi remained silent when he heard this. In fact, if he hadn't seen that many white shirts had their personal or family interests were not very consistent with the national interests, he would not have come to collude with the army this time. You should know that their navy has always been famous for following the pace of the Executive Committee, especially during the time when former Navy Minister Lu Ming was also the chief of staff of the General Staff of the Military Department, the entire Joint Staff Headquarters almost became a puppet of the Executive Committee, which made the army and the radicals within the navy particularly dissatisfied.

But what are the white shirts doing now? They have lost their temper and are only staring at their own acre of land, afraid that trade will be cut off due to war. After all, they are selling many commodities on the East Coast. Perhaps going to war with Britain will be beneficial to the country's future, but it may not be beneficial to their families. If you ask them to give up their families for everyone, not everyone will be so noble. So at this time, you must take another force to check and balance them, such as the power of the military. Their source of interests is not trade, but a more rude war.

"Since Chief of Staff Mo said that, then let's do it first. I'll contact you later. Anyway, as long as you remember this matter." Li Yi came to the Joint Staff Headquarters today to communicate with the Army in advance. Since the goal has been achieved, he would say goodbye and leave.

After the Navy left, Mo Ming also fell into deep thought. He was not surprised that the Navy came to him today, because it was not a day or two for the Navy to enter the Caribbean Sea, especially after the Spanish concealed the idea that they could "share" the Port of San Juan on Puerto Rico with the East Coast, their emotions became increasingly high. Now this incident happened to the Spanish. If it was proved to be true, then it is conceivable how excited the Navy was. No matter how much Li Yi listened to the Executive Committee, he could not suppress the emotions below at this time.

However, Mo Ming was thinking at this time that the angle was higher than that of the naval station, and the angle was more comprehensive, because he had a sudden idea of ​​whether he could organically combine the "China-Black Division" plan, which was causing a sensation in South Africa, with this, that is, take advantage of the east wind of the Navy's march into the Caribbean Sea, and transport some of the Black Eight Banners that were not well placed in South Africa to the North American continent in batches, and establish a country for them. The diplomatic, military and economy of this country will be guided by the East Coast Republic. Chinese is their only official language. I believe that the East Coast will interfere in North American affairs in the future.

Even Mo Ming is now considering whether to include the Indians in this situation, that is, to form an offensive and defensive alliance with the black country, such as Choctaw and Naziz, who have sent personnel to study in East Coast schools, to strengthen their resistance to white colonists in the next hundred years. In addition, can a bunch of Guarani, Araucan, Crandi, and Tverches in China also be sent to North America? Before that, the East Coast government sent these Indians to New China for pioneering, with a very high mortality rate. So can we change our thinking now to North America? Anyway, too small Indian population in North America is a flaw. Now, our Great East Coast sends more Indians to North America to make trouble for the white colonists. I believe it cannot be considered a loss-making business.

Of course, if our thinking is divergent and we focus on the more than one million Malay descendants on New China Island, then the North American continent will be even more demonic. By then, blacks, Malays, Indians, Swasily and even some Han people will continue to reproduce along the banks of the Mississippi River. By the time the white colonists digested the land on the eastern coast, it may have been a hundred years. At this time, these people sent from the east coast have almost reproduced millions, right? And there is also the structure of a modern civilized country, the weapons are not bad, and the Black Eight Banners have considerable combat effectiveness. So can whites still occupy the entire North American continent as they wish?
Chapter completed!