By the time Ma Han and the subsequent U.S. Navy Supreme Commander came forward to stop him, more than a dozen reporters had lost their lives.

This scene was undoubtedly photographed by other fearless reporters.

It can be imagined that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, in the newspaper, the tragedy of the Panama Canal explosion, the US military will inevitably be accused of massacre of innocent journalists.

As a result, the work of Ma Han and other naval generals became even more arduous.

Not only did we need to save people, but we also need to appease these journalists who shared the same hatred of the enemy... It was not until the afternoon of January 3 that the casualties in the canal were finally controlled.

By the time the last casualties statistics were released on January 10, the list of losses made the President of Cleveland faint on the spot. Thanks to the staff who were standing by carrying a bottle of "special life-saving potion" produced by Meihao Chemical Factory,

He then pulled His Excellency the President back from the Gate of Hell!

This is considered as if President Cleveland owed Long Hao a favor!

The loss list is as follows.

Twenty-three battleships were in water, and they would never be able to continue to participate in the war without overhaul. Three of them were particularly unlucky. The explosion of the gunpowder depot on the ship made the entire battleship similar to a ball of scrap iron. The repair cost was even more than rebuilding.

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All forty-eight battleships were injured, with a total of 3,838 soldiers killed and missing, and 9,166 soldiers injured.

Among them, twelve captains were killed, and 166 generals at the level of lieutenant colonel were seriously injured. Many people died in the hospital because of ineffective treatment!

In addition, the ammunition and supplies lost on the forty-eight battleships combined exceeded one million US dollars...

This is a shocking list of losses, and it is no wonder that President Cleveland was so angry that he almost died.

Such a result is indeed worse than death!

You know. This is all the assets accumulated by the United States in the past ten years. Forty-eight battleships are all better than Zhenyuan and Dingyuan. Dingyuan is more advanced than one of them. In terms of cost, you can just draw one out.

Come on, you can be worth half of the Beiyang Navy!

This is a major eruption of the accumulation of industrial capacity and wealth in the United States, and this is the source of confidence that the US Navy is eager to try to wrestle the arm of the British fleet!

Such a group of battleships carried all the hopes of the White House, the two Johns, the Navy Department..., but this hope was completely shattered in one night!

How can this make Americans feel?

How can this not make Americans crazy?

It is also terrible for Americans to start a fire, for example, on January 3rd. They refused to apologize to innocent journalists who were killed by artillery teams, and blocked the Panama Canal by a radius of 100 kilometers and launched a week-long investigation.

The reason for this is because Mahan firmly believes that the initiator of the Panama Canal explosion must still be near the Panama Canal, because... if they want to create such a horrific series of explosions, the explosives required are definitely not a small number.

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If such a large amount of explosives is transported into the Panama Canal, there will definitely be many clues left!

As long as you follow the clues, you can find the initiators of this tragedy. Ma Han vowed that once you find these "initiators", they must taste what the top ten tortures in the United States are!

Ma Han's proposal was fully recognized by the White House and the Military Department. After all, such a big incident happened. If even the criminals could not be caught, then the United States' face would be completely lost!

Still want to go to the Pacific to compete with Britain for hegemony?

Dig a hole early to bury yourself so as not to be embarrassed!

In this way, from January 3 to January 10, 1895, while counting the casualties, the Americans carried out a carpet search around the Panama Canal, and for those who had been around the canal during this period,

A blind spot check was conducted.

The carpet-style search can be said to have nothing except catching a few local Panama poachers.

The investigation of the people who were lying near the canal when the big explosion occurred had no effect.

Because most of these stayed were journalists. At that time, the tragedy of the reporter being shot by the army had not yet passed, and many of these sad reporters refused to cooperate.

The US military did not make things difficult for these reporters. Although Long Hao was a reporter for the San Jose Messenger backstage, they all went through strict searches when they entered Panama. They wanted to bring them in and could blow them up.

The explosives from a canal channel of more than 80 kilometers... are simply a fantasy.

The so-called interrogation of reporters is actually more appropriate to say that Americans can vent their anger.

After a week of time, the United States finally couldn't withstand the pressure of international public opinion and acquitted these detained journalists.

However, even Ma Han did not expect that the murderer of this blasting case was actually hidden among these seemingly harmless reporters.

That's right, I think all the readers have guessed that the 'culprit' of this Panama bombing tragedy is Long Hao. Do you still remember that when Long Hao was looking for a shipwreck under the sea, he placed LT at the bottom of the Panama Canal as an ambush.

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A reporter from the "Messenger" who came to Panama to report the opening of the canal was a staff member of the Alchemy Intelligence Department.

His mission is very simple. He just needs to press a button on the resonance transmitter when all American battleships enter the river and drive to the central section of the river.

This transmitter is an alchemy product and will emit a specific metal resonance frequency, which will collectively detonate the LT hidden in the river!

To be honest, this intelligence clerk was also very surprised by the explosion he caused, and could hardly believe that all this in front of him was just a light press!

For a moment, even he hypnotized himself: this canal explosion had nothing to do with him!

So he was open-minded and passed the American investigation without any twists and turns.

In addition to having a significant impact on the press, countless related newspapers were out of stock and leading a tide of coming to Panama to see the shortest-lived canal in history, it also has a far-reaching impact.

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That is, in a short period of time, the US Navy was severely damaged and could no longer pose a threat to the Queen's Fleet in the Pacific.

The murderer of the Panama bombing tragedy has always been a historical unsolved case. It was not until decades later that everyone basically guessed from the clues that this unsolved case should have been planned by Long Hao.

But at present, although Americans have also suspected Long Hao, there is no evidence.

Long Hao has been very low-key recently. He has not directly participated in the war in Europe, nor has he interfered with Clayhall's storm in the Pacific.

His mind is focused on cultivating alchemy apprentices and developing and promoting alchemy products.

Well, let's speed up a little more and quickly browse the big events that happened in 1895.

Only after browsing can I explain what Long Hao is doing.

The Panama Canal explosion in January stifled the United States' ambition to plot against the Pacific, and also put the U.S. government in a serious fiscal crisis and financial deficit.

The economic crisis seems to be coming.

In mid-to-late January, the stocks of two John's companies fell sharply.

Among them are the impact of the Panama Canal explosion, and the Alchemy Finance Department led by Melissa, which blocked it.

As we all know, women's revenge is the strongest.

The two John's companies that were blocked by Melissa had already lost to Melissa according to the provisions of the "life and death contract".

It was just because of "cheating", Melissa couldn't get it.

So to a certain extent, Melissa's financial blockade against her is legitimate and reasonable!

Someone may ask, what are the benefits of blocking these companies?

You should know that the cost of using malicious blocking measures in the financial market is very high.

It can be said that even if the final blockade is successful or even acquires the other party's company, it will be a loss in terms of gains and losses.

However, Melissa replied: No matter whether it loses or not, this is the tone that this princess is fighting for!

It should have been my thing. You guys are reluctant to give it, okay, then I will smash it to pieces and see if you give it back or not!

It turned out that Melissa had no idea of ​​relying on these companies to make profits. She would rather smash the other party than collect it as her own spoil! It was placed in the exhibition window to make a rogue.

Two Johns.

Well, women, that's so terrible.

In fact, Melissa's financial blockade did not cost much money when the Topanama Canal explosion.

The reason is very simple. After public speculation, the financial impact of the big explosion has surpassed the United States and moved to the world... In addition, in order to build one-third of the battleships, the United States borrowed a high-interest and high-value loan from the United Kingdom.

The incident was exposed, and most American citizens were extremely dissatisfied with the government.

Next, there are rumors that the five-year Treasury bonds issued by the United States last year may not be redeemable. This has triggered a "bill run" that demanded the cashing of Treasury bonds in advance.

How could two Johns who were wearing pairs of pants with the US government not be covered in dirt after several series of blows?

The company under its subsidiaries are naturally shaking.

By February, the results of the blocking showed that many banks under Morgan had been successfully acquired by Melissa, and several oil smelting centers under Rockefeller's name were also controlled by Melissa.

Faced with Melissa's aggressive attack, the two Johns were unable to resist because they knew that the US Navy had suffered this severe damage, and they had to join their tails together to be human.

After introducing the United States, let’s talk about Europe.

At the end of February, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's army advanced to Minsk west of Moscow, where the Austro-Hungarian Empire prepared to have a strategic decisive battle with the Tsarist Russian army.

The winner continues to move forward, while the loser pays a heavy price.

Logically speaking, as one of the three elders, Russia had a good relationship with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the bad one was that the old tsar suddenly passed away, and the new tsar was won by Nicholas II in a competition.

Although Nicholas II was the new treasure of the throne, he had exercised the rights of the Tsar for many years.

Some time ago, seeing that the war in Europe was not going well, Germany turned around and formed an alliance with Britain. Nicholas II was busy dealing with the fierce counterattack of his country, such as Prince Aza, and he left the Austro-Hungarian Empire without even speaking.

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To be continued...