After the Battle of Sulu Sea, the remaining warships of the US Far East Fleet were very busy. They were so busy that they took the captured British and Japanese prisoners of war to Hawaii on civilian ships. So what were Sheli and Majifen busy doing during this period? The first was naturally to repair the ship. The other party was so fierce that even the warships that escaped for life were peeled off.

Although Germany has a dock that can repair warships in the Far East, it lacks other materials and equipment. To put it bluntly, the maintenance equipment in Emperor William's land is more maintenance like the 4S shop in the later generations, rather than thorough repairs like a car repair shop. It is okay to scratch the bottom of the ship, but if you want to repair the turret, change the armor, etc., it is better to wash and sleep.

As a result, the remaining warships were in a sub-health state. Moreover, because of the limited beds, warships needed to come one by one. Even more tragic, the Americans' human resources were not enough. The Japanese high-explosive bombs injured more than 30% of the surviving people. Including those who died in battle, disappeared and injured, the manpower they could use on American warships was only about half of the standard.

It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to find skilled boatmen in such a remote place. The Germans have no obligation to help you find boatmen! As for replenishing ammunition, let alone. The Americans never expected that their fleet would be defeated so quickly. After the Battle of Sulu, they went to the US Navy to find all the supplies on the west coast to set off. It took a whole week!

How long is a week? It is not a simple 7*24 hours for the army! Compare the Japanese Navy. Three days after the end of the Sulu Sea Battle, four Asama-class armored cruisers of the Japanese Combined Fleet had arrived in Hong Kong, two of which entered the dock for maintenance and repair, and the other two were provided for simple supply. On the fifth day, the two battleships, Fuji and Yashima, had entered the dock for repair and maintenance in Nagasaki. On the seventh day, four Asama-class armored cruisers completed the blood recovery and blue recovery, and could kill Samoa at any time.

On the ninth day, Shikiki Kawayama and Heihachiro Togo had already left the Ryukyu Islands, arrived in Hong Kong on the twelfth day, and then rushed to American Samoa with four ready cruisers! At this time, the prince had just talked with Roosevelt about the suggestion that Germany temporarily took over Samoa.

Of course, the responsibility for all this should be the affairs of the senior Americans. According to the recollections of Schell and others, Majiphin and Shelley, the remnants of the US Far East Fleet, were still very conscientious. After the armored cruiser of the New York completed the repair, it immediately rushed to Morrow Bay to rescue the landed US Marines. And killed two Japanese camouflaged reconnaissance ships on the road.

The Columbia went to American Samoa to help the local Americans move to German. After all, Majiphin and others were also worried that the Japanese would be more aggressive and continued to attack south. Are the other two warships? Well, until the Japanese occupied American Samoa, they could not come out of the shipyard.

As for another Russian armored cruiser, the Bayan, since the end of the Sulu Sea Battle, the Russians have received a telegram forwarded from the country, asking the armored cruiser to stay honestly in the German port and be disarmed when necessary. Anyway, don't get involved in the American affairs anymore. If the battle is like this, the Russians have obviously given up.

"We took our broken fleet in the Far East to try our best to save the children and property of the United States, while the big guys far away in Washington are arguing about some irrelevant things! Our number one enemy is Britain and Japan, and the second enemy is the guys from the White House!" After the war, a essay by Brigadier General Sherley, "The Enemy in the White House", caused a stir in the United States.

Shelley's identity as a former naval officer accused the US Navy and the US government of their dereliction of duty in preparation, planning, strategy, tactics and other aspects before the war, as well as the problem of being slow to respond and looking back after the Battle of Sulu. Especially when it was exposed that the Germans were willing to help the US government but the US government was hesitant, this article pushed the US evidence and public opinion to the peak. It further promoted the further proximity between the United States and Germany. Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for now.

As a result, the only two large warships in the US fleet now turned into transport ships. What surprised the Americans was not that the Japanese came, but that the Japanese came too fast! Only a few days ago! Majiffen had just withdrawn the first batch of US Marines from the Philippines and rested in the German port for a night. As a result, as soon as he got up the next day, Majiffen received a notice from the Germans that the Japanese fleet had appeared in the waters near Samoa. The USS Colombia cruiser, which was carrying out transportation missions, was sunk. In addition to the more than 600 officers and soldiers above, more than 700 civilians were killed.

"The Japanese actually occupied American Samoa?" Majiphin looked surprised. "What did you Germans do so easily?"

"It's not easy? Samoa has a total of less than 3,000 square kilometers, and it is divided into two main islands and 7 small islands. Half of us belong to Germany and half of you American. How many people do you American have on the island? Four cruisers and a brigade of Japanese Army pushed it directly. The whole process lasted less than 2 hours! One and a half hours were personnel landing." Schell said, his tone was so natural.

"How could their movements be so fast? It's only a few days since Japan to Samoa?" Sheli also rushed over at this time, and he also didn't believe that the information was true.

"You two! Is the British aligned to the Japanese? The gun specifications of Japanese warships are exactly the same as those of the British? The Japanese fleet does not have to return to the local area for repairs. The four Asama-class armored cruisers went directly to Hong Kong to repair them."

"You don't know the losses caused by the four armored cruisers of the Japanese fleet in the Battle of Sulu. To be honest, after lighting coal and ammunition, you can overturn the remaining warships of yours. With the help of the British, the recovery speed will naturally be fast." Schell said.

"Damn, what should we do now?" After Schell left, Shelley and Majiffen began to discuss the future of the US Far East Fleet in the future.

The once powerful American fleet can only mobilize three warships now, one is the New York armored cruiser, the other is performing an evacuation mission outside, and the other is parked at the shipyard for maintenance. The Russians' Bayan armored cruiser simply made an excuse to be unwilling to attack on the pretext that the repair was not completed. At this point, there is nothing to fight. A Japanese Asama-class armored cruiser can easily kill all the remaining three warships, which is a big deal!

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