"Hurry! No matter what you think, you must get the damn tanker out of the channel, or else..."

Needless to say, if the fire is not put out in time, the oil tanker will explode in the lock, and the consequences will be disastrous!

Anyone who is involved in shipping knows that in order to increase the profit of a single shipping, the bigger the better! Nowadays, it is said that they are designing a 100,000-ton behemoth, and a 50,000-ton tanker has already been running all over the world. However, most of them were made by Chinese people, when did the Chinese have such awesome shipbuilding technology? No wonder they could have built so many battleships and aircraft carriers!

However, this is not what the Governor should care about. He keenly discovered that this matter is probably not that simple! It is not the first time that an accident occurred in the lock in the decades since the opening of the Panama Canal, but the coincidence of both passages being blocked at once was thought-provoking! Recalling the order he had just received not long ago, he suddenly realized that maybe it would be an unprecedented war, and he was involved in it very sadly!

He ran back anxiously. How could he feel relieved if he didn't stare at such a big thing? Before he could reach the place, he heard a shocking "boom" sound, and a huge column of fireworks rushed into the sky from the direction of the lock. The scale and intensity were just as good as a forest fire!

The Governor's face suddenly turned purple. This is the tanker exploded!

He guessed correctly! The tanker really exploded! The oil tanker with a Panamanian registry was 30,000 tons, stuck in the channel lock. First, a small explosion caused power loss, followed by a large amount of oil leakage, making the closed lock thicker. After all the people above ran away, the fire began to catch, and then the explosion was more than ten minutes.

But the scale of the explosion was too cruel! The entire ship seemed to have dozens of tons of loads. With a loud bang, a large fireball of hundreds of meters in diameter was blown up. Most of the hull was blown up and shattered. The raging fire immediately ignited, killing and injuring countless people around, the alive rolled and crawled out for at least a mile before staying alone!

A whole ship has tens of thousands of tons of crude oil. When will it burn? Not to mention that it is difficult to extinguish, even if it is extinguished, the lock will basically be useless! No one knows how much the loss is!

Don’t worry about how strong the building structure is, or the explosion is not enough to destroy it, but if it burns violently for a long time, the stones will be crispy and the steel will melt. Basically, this lock can be rebuilt...

After the Governor arrived, he looked at the fire that almost swallowed half of the canal passage and was in tears! His good days were over, and it would be strange if the American tycoons didn't kill him! What a great loss would this cause!

"Who is it?? Who did it?!" He ordered his men to find the crew and the captain with bloodshot eyes, but no one had the experience to deal with this unprecedented chaos. The crew members had long disappeared!

Run away!

The Governor screamed in anger and kept yelling: "This is a conspiracy! Despicable! Shameful conspiracy! It is deliberate destruction!"

Is it hard to say, but he must say that. Otherwise, he will have to take the blame, and the consequences will be really unimaginable!

Finally, I have seen the world. The Governor quickly calmed down and hurriedly ordered his men to go and see another cargo ship blocking the waterway. It was a 50,000 tons. If there was another big explosion with dangerous goods or something, then it could be announced that the Panama Canal will be completely closed!

Fortunately, the cargo ship was just an ordinary container cargo ship. Because it was delivering goods to Germany, there were a lot of things on it, and there was no dangerous cargo. However, there was one thing that the person who dived down to check the problem reported that the bottom of the ship seemed to have been blown up by a torpedo. The rupture could not be blocked at all, and it was basically impossible to pump water and float it up, so it was only possible to slowly drag it out with the boat.

However, the boat was bottomed out. Not only did the damage caused by brute force dragging, it was also a big test for the lock! There was a big fire burning beside it, and no one dared to rely too much to avoid being affected by the fish pond. This matter... it was not easy for him to do!

The governor had no choice but to inform the United States of America in person, and the specific handling method was beyond his management ability.

This unprecedented accident surprised and angry the US authorities. They made a judgment without thinking. It must be a good thing that some people did! And the biggest possibility is Zhu Bin!

At the same time, Roosevelt was also very nervous! What if this is a precursor to the enemy's preparation to take action? First block the Panama Canal and prevent the Atlantic Fleet from passing quickly, it must take a long time to detour South America. This period of time is enough for them to clean up the navy in the Pacific region! Both Zhu Bin and the Japanese have this ability!

The problem is that the situation is too coincidental. Only after the sanctions are made here, the news is spreading, and then the other side can take action immediately? Zhu Bin's fleet cannot be ready to block the Panama Canal at any time, right? That's too much!

But there is no better reason. Although the two ships were hung with Panama's flag, they could find Zhu Bin's head by just tracing them. After all, there are a few people in the world who have such a large tonnage ship.

Furthermore, it is such a big deal to do damage, and pay the price of two giant ships and cargo, with millions or even tens of millions of dollars in order to cause trouble for the United States. Isn’t this a bit too much trouble?

"No! This level of action is just right! We should see that the explosion is only one tanker, not two, or a cargo ship carrying a ship of **!"

There are many people from the think tanks who see the mystery and remind the President with great certainty: "No matter who our enemy is, at least he has left some room to maintain the opportunity to negotiate with us. Otherwise, he can completely destroy all six locks! After all, with the strength they have, it is simply too easy!"

In recent days, the think tanks quickly sorted out the collected information, but they were scared! They finally found that they had seriously underestimated Zhu Bin's strength and destructive ability before, so they were very biased in their policy advice to the president!

Zhu Bin is not a small character. It is a small matter for him to have hundreds of thousands of troops. His three fleets with eight aircraft carriers and six powerful battleships are the big matter!

If it were the United States, with a GDP of over 100 billion US dollars a year, it would be fine to want to pile up such new warships within six years. As for China's pitiful overall economy, its virtue was less than 10 billion US dollars in 1932. In just six years, although there is no very accurate number (mainly because China is too chaotic, the central government of the State Government is the same as Zhu Bin, the heroes in the north, Yan Xishan himself, the northern Shaanxi regime, the northwest, the southwest, etc., the total economic output is seriously opaque). Let's make a big decision, that is, it will catch up with Italy's level and reach 30 billion US dollars, which is already a very, very amazing thing.

But even so, from the industrial level of only 10,000 tons of freighters, to almost all the parts and categories that are produced, the number and category of parts are required to be 100,000! What is this concept? It was created just like blowing a balloon!

Then there are several mysterious explosions created by Zhu Bin, which killed half of the terrible power of the city at one time. If used to destroy the canal, it will basically have to restart construction.

Such a dangerous guy with terrible potential and cannot estimate his specific strength, they have always despised him as ordinary orientals in advance. It is not a big deal!

After fierce debate, the think tanks finally reached an agreement: "No matter what, the other party does not mean to break completely. Otherwise, the Panama Canal will be completely unavailable! And the time for destruction can be unlimited! In addition, this is just the beginning. If the United States' response is not timely or not ideal, it is not ruled out that the same thing will continue to happen, or the Mississippi River channel, or the Atlantic Ocean. Who can say it clearly?"

Another point is that the United States will never be the only victim. If nothing unexpected happens, the British will pay a heavy price for it!

Roosevelt fell into deep thought and asked unbelievably for a long time: "The Chinese are really so brave? Isn't he afraid of arousing collective siege in the Western world?"

The staff members regretfully replied: "Forty years ago, their Empress Dowager Cixi had done a declaration of war with the whole world! Although the facts proved that they were vulnerable, the times were different. The Western world is now on the eve of the war, and China is not as weak as it used to be! Our opponents never seem to compromise with anyone's threat! And every counterattack won! This is a terrible ability!"

"Hmm? Is there such a thing?"

Roosevelt really stared at me. Since he took office, he has not dealt with Zhu Bin much, and has been through agents' back-and-forth discussions. To be honest, Zhu Bin has played a huge role in the US economic recovery, bringing at least billions of annual output value growth. It's just that the President doesn't look down on people in his eyes, and the contempt in his bones has never changed.

Today, I finally got beaten so hard that my cheek hurts, so I looked at the other person, but it seems a bit too late!

The staff also suggested: "In fact, we think that the President can consider going to the world's best hospital in the 'City of Light' in the East and trying to treat your legs! It is said that they have many successful precedents in similar situations!"

This is obviously a clever suggestion. On the surface, it is true that the President suffered from polio when he was 39 years old (some written as polio). Now he is half-paralyzed and can only take a wheelchair. He has a growing temper. According to the doctors who have returned from studying in China, he seems to have a problem with the cerebrovascular system. He is young and strong, and his second term is very successful. He may even try an unprecedented third term in the general election next year. A very healthy body is very important for him!

Of course, when you arrive in the City of Light, you will meet and chat with Zhu Bin. Everyone will talk about it. It will be natural to re-establish the following cooperative relationship. It will not seem too expensive, and you will kill two birds with one stone!

The staff undoubtedly chose the best advice. Because it is impossible to start a war with China. The newly passed neutral bill is already the maximum open policy that Roosevelt has won from Congress. Otherwise, according to the short-sighted guys, they will directly close the borders of the United States and live their own good life by turning a blind eye to the outside world. How naive they will be tortured!

It is not easy to reach a neutral bill that allows countries to purchase cash and transport it on their own. Start a war? They will not agree without seeing the enemy's army driving on the United States and being bombed over their heads by bombs.

But only after becoming president can we know how dangerous this world is! In Roosevelt's words, "Wars will spread. Wars can sweep across countries and peoples far away from the original battlefield. We are determined to be outside of war, but we cannot guarantee that we are not affected by war disasters and avoid being involved in the crisis of war."

As a long-term politician, he had long known that no matter what the outside world is like, if the United States really doesn't care, the final winner will definitely attack the United States! By then, the Americans who had been comfortable for a long time faced a powerful opponent who almost swept the world. Tens of millions of veterans, countless weapons, ended up... unimaginable!

But Roosevelt's advice made him angry again. He patted the armrest of the wheelchair and shouted: "What!? You ask me to negotiate with that damn Chinese? That's impossible! The United States will never bow to the terrorists! He wants a war, we'll give him a war!"

He wished someone really attacked the United States! At that time, he not only had sufficient reasons to convince members of Congress and the people of the whole country to seriously expand their military and prepare for war, and actively participate in the reorganization of the new world order. In the other hand, he could just get re-elected as a wartime president. It would take a lot of them for as long as it takes!

The staff were in a dilemma. Even if there was evidence that Zhu Bin did a good thing, it could not be used as an excuse for war! It was just blocking the Panama Canal, which was far from hurting the American people a lot!

Roosevelt waved his hand angrily: "I don't care! Anyway, I won't go to China! You should find a way to defeat that guy as soon as possible! Also, let's see what happened to the British?!"

If the same method is used, it will not work for the Suez Canal. There is a wide canal without a lock, and even if one or two cargo ships sink inside, it will not completely block the waterway.

No one could persuade Roosevelt to stop. The staff had to spread their hands regretfully and think of new solutions with a frown. And they expected that the British who had also had problems had indeed happened!

Less than 6 hours after the Panama Canal was blocked, countless mines emerged from the wide Suez Canal overnight! Seven or eight cargo ships from various countries and a British destroyer, which had no precautions, were unfortunately triggered and were bombed and congested in the waterway!

Hundreds of various mines floated outside the port above the canal, including semi-submersible, some of them full-submersible, some of them fixed-depth magnetic induced, some of them pure collision and explosion, and even radio-induced... There are a variety of things, and the British Navy, who was guarding there, was stunned at the sight! After paying the price of a minesweeper, it decisively stopped salvage and hurriedly stopped the normal work of the canal!

A day ago, the UK unilaterally announced that it would ban Chinese ships from passing through the canal. In less than 24 hours, such a thing happened. If there is no ghost, who would believe it!

The British were really anxious. As an island country, almost all their resources were transported by external transportation. The Americas and Africa were just fine. The key was that Southeast Asia, Australia and India, which were in their colonies, were all transported by sea, or they all had to ensure supply through the Suez Canal. Once this place was blocked, the losses caused would be immeasurable!

Not finished yet! Almost at the same time, a vicious pirate attack occurred in the waters of Malacca. It is said that a large number of pirates from dozens of armed speedboats attacked a fleet of more than a dozen cargo ships, looted the valuable cargo, and kidnapped a luxury cruise ship that was unlucky passing here, with thousands of VIPs from various countries on it.

The security defense forces in the region, which originally belonged to the global defense company, are now owned by Zhu Bin's Ocean Fleet, immediately set off from the Riau Islands, where they are stationed, and formed a rescue and suppression pair with two destroyers, three amphibious landing ships, several gunboats, and six aircraft as the main force. They rushed to the scene with fierce momentum, because the robbed fleet mainly came from China, and among the hijacked VIPs, there were hundreds of celebrities from China! One of them was Wang Pingnan, the chief lawyer and legal consultant in Zhu Bin's group!

They were just the forefronts. As the South China Sea Fleet heard the news, dozens of warships evacuated from the Taiwan front line in an emergency, rushed to the strait day and night, and dispatched hundreds of long-range patrol aircraft and bombers to take the lead. If the UK had not strongly opposed it, they would probably have all their airborne troops boarded the plane and landed directly on the plane to Singapore!

If you can't react to what's going on, the UK will not be the world's largest country for hundreds of years! Needless to say, it must be Zhu Bin playing tricks! He is using very tough means to tell the UK that if you want to play hard with me, I will give you the best! Finally, let's see who is desperate!

The whole country of Britain is in chaos! It is normal for the congress to be a fuss within the parliament. Navy Minister Churchill ordered that the Far East Fleet be more vigilant and tough, and the local area should send a powerful fleet of at least five to seven main battleships to "teach a hard lesson to the arrogant Chinese" and "let them understand that the British Empire still has the final say in this world!

It has to be admitted that Churchill has a very keen sense of politics. He has discovered that the cowardice of the current British government is the culprit of political successive passivity, so he is not polite to Prime Minister Chamberlain at all.

Chamberlain's appeasement has been a complete failure. Not only has it not calmed down Germany, but it has left the East in chaos. All British interests in China are about to be lost, and the British-Japanese alliance is also in danger. Britain's deterrence and rule in the Far East are shrinking. This time, if not, even Singapore may be lost!

Churchill just shouted in vain! In the UK, there are only thirteen main ships available, and the rest are either under maintenance or unusable. There are at least six local defenses, and only seven can be driven to the Far East. The Suez Canal was blocked, and the cucumbers and vegetables were cold when they were circling around Africa!

Not to mention, Hitler's two "Bismarck-class battleships" and one "Zepplin-class aircraft carrier" have been created and can be put into service at any time. According to intelligence, the combat effectiveness of these three large ships is unprecedentedly powerful, and Britain must be careful to deal with it!

In contrast, in the Far East, Zhu Bin's South China Sea Fleet's two battleships, two German-class pocket battleships, and two small and one large and three aircraft carriers, the strength of which is not enough to fight without the battleships!

Churchill shouted: "The Chinese do not have the courage to declare war with the British Empire! They do not have the ability!"
Chapter completed!