Four 130mm shells fired from the Predator whizzed past Captain Collins' head, and fell on the sea behind them in their frightened eyes. Water columns more than ten meters high rose into the sky, followed by a landing ship.
It drove up and drove directly into the lagoon in the atoll. Since it was almost empty, the ship landed on the beach. Then the hatch opened and hundreds of fully armed soldiers rushed out.
Under the threat of the 75mm naval gun at close range, Captain Collins and his soldiers' legs were trembling, and they had no courage to resist. They watched these soldiers surround themselves, then rushed forward and violently seized their guns.
"I protest. We are U.S. Navy soldiers. What you do is a provocation to the U.S. government." Captain Collins roared angrily and sadly. Unfortunately, the other party ignored him. The leading officer kicked him down, followed by four leaders.
The gloved soldiers stepped forward and held him down. Other American soldiers were treated the same way. These barbaric Chinese did not communicate with them at all. A group of four people lifted all the American soldiers and carried them to the lagoon, face up.
Stepped into the sea water.
This is the solution that Yang Feng personally researched. Fill all the American soldiers with sea water to death. Of course, try not to leave any scars on them when filling them to death, and then let the Caribbean war watching group led by Deng Shichang load the bodies on the ship.
It will be sent back to the United States in the cold storage and sent directly to Los Angeles.
As for how these people died, this is easier to explain. A tsunami destroyed everything on Wake Island, including the U.S. Navy soldiers who were washed into the sea and drowned. The Chinese fleet passing by here encountered
After finding their bodies, they were fished out based on humanitarian principles and brought to the United States to be handed over to their families.
As for why Chinese soldiers will be stationed here in the future, there is no need to explain this. Anyway, this is a no-owner’s land. If you Americans can come, we Chinese can naturally come. You Americans and your facilities have been washed away by the tsunami.
, then we can only take advantage of this apologetically.
"Is this possible?" Liu Buchan said with fear as he looked at the corpses of American soldiers floating on the sea. He really didn't expect Prince Yang to be so bold. You must know that it is impossible to hide this matter from the Americans. If the other party is willing, he can definitely
This is the reason for the war against China.
"They will believe it, because they have no other choice but to believe it." Yang Feng said with a sneer. To put it bluntly, he was giving the US government a clue. If he robbed Wake Island and then killed a group of living American soldiers,
If you send him back, then the U.S. government will have a real headache! On the contrary, death will be much easier to handle, and McKinley will thank himself for this.
At this time, the United States did not have the guts to go to Asia to provoke China. Just one Spaniard made them fearful.
"Your Majesty, I just received the telegram that the U.S. government has announced a blockade of Cuba and requires the Spanish to stop suppressing the Cuban revolutionaries." At this time, an officer ran over and reported.
"Very good, it's finally started!" Yang Feng said with a smile.
The whole world knows what this means. The Americans are forcing the Spaniards to declare war first, which means that war is inevitable. Everyone watching the excitement speeds up to catch up with this drama, including Yang Feng.
Deng Shichang's three ships set off immediately with Captain Collins and his fifteen men who had been soaking in the sea. In fact, Yang Feng felt a little regretful at this time. He should have sent a few fastest warships. But he is the fastest now
The only ones left were Canglong and Fengxiang, and they didn't dare to send them out. Those destroyers with only 500 tons running from China to the United States were a bit too crazy.
The Haitian and the Zhiyuan modified with steam turbines, escorting a landing ship equipped with more than 200 naval cadets, and a 5,000-ton high-speed merchant ship filled with coal and oil foods left Wake Island and sailed directly at a speed of 15 knots.
They headed to Hawaii, but they were destined to miss the opening ceremony.
Because actually the war has already started at this time.
Admiral Cervera, commander of the Caribbean Fleet of the Spanish Navy, looked at the Atlantic Fleet of the U.S. Navy setting up a battle line in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh softly. As an experienced veteran, in fact, he did not
He is optimistic about this battle. According to his standards, the strength gap between the two sides is too big. Not to mention other things, the three first-class battleships will soon catch up with the total tonnage of all his warships, not to mention the opponent's two second-class battleships.
, two 9,000-ton large armored cruisers, five protected cruisers, and look at his men, what are these?
The largest is the latest Princess of Asturias, a seven thousand-ton armored cruiser. The remaining three are six-thousand-ton steam-powered armored cruisers, and two four-thousand-ton ones. The others are all destroyers. These
To put it bluntly, the thing is a large torpedo boat. According to Admiral Cervera's understanding of torpedoes of this era, in his opinion, it can only be said to be a surprise that this thing can hit a moving warship.
"Prepare to fight. According to the predetermined formation, the main fleet is divided into two teams. The steam-powered battleships face the enemy in line, the diesel-powered battleships seize the T-position in front, and the destroyer fleet disperses and harasses!" In desperation, he issued an order to the fleet chief of staff,
The Americans have already drawn a line for them on the sea. Entering means war. So far, the only thing left is a war.
As the flagship, the Empress Theresa immediately sent orders to the ships via wireless telegraph, and then led the Oquendo and Vizcaya forward, whose speed was almost the same as that of the Americans. At the same time, the speed was as high as 28 knots.
The Princess Astorias led the Bishop Snenos and the Katona out at high speed and headed straight for the Indiana at the forefront of the US military, but the twelve destroyers spread out, using these huge giants
The ship was used as cover to spy on the Americans at all times.
In the distant American fleet, Rear Admiral Sampson was also startled by those terrifyingly fast diesel warships. You must know that his flagship only has a speed of fifteen knots. Although he felt a little uneasy in his heart, considering the heavy weight of his warship,
Armor, and their main guns with a maximum size of 240 mm, this uneasiness immediately disappeared. In the final analysis, strength determines everything. On the sea, tonnage is the king. My total tonnage is nearly three times that of the enemy. This is a battle.
A battle without suspense.
At this time, the three old warships led by Cervera had entered the boundary drawn by the US military. The main guns of the Oregon, which were facing the Queen Theresa, fired first. At this time, the distance between the two sides was 7,000 meters, followed by the Queen Theresa.
The two sides opened fire, but the battle ended in vain. In an instant, the whole sea seemed to be boiling. The roar of countless cannons, the roar of the sky, the huge explosions resounded across the sea, and the water columns suddenly rose like a jungle.
From the start, the huge gap in firepower between the two sides immediately became apparent. All three ships of the Queen Theresa were hit, and fragments of the ship's hull were scattered in the fire.
At the same time, the three ships of the Princess Astrias were lying in front of the U.S. fleet. Including four 240 mm and twenty-four 152 mm rapid-fire guns, the twenty-eight main guns instantly blasted the Sangs.
Poussin's flagship was turned into a sea of fire, a real sea of fire. The picric acid shells specially made for the Spanish directly turned this giant ship of more than 10,000 tons into a dazzling torch. The torch with yellow thick smoke burned the
The Americans behind were so frightened that they thought they were using poison gas bombs!
This storm-like blow almost knocked the Indiana unconscious, but after all, the two sides were not on the same level. Its huge body and outrageously thick armor made it not care at all about such an attack. It looked scary in reality.
At most, it only scratched the surface. Then its two 330 main guns on the bow and the four forward 203mm secondary guns on the sides also opened fire at the same time. The battlefield situation between the two sides suddenly turned into a one-on-one duel with the Indiana.
The three ships of the Princess Astrias, while Cervera and his three ships of the Empress Teresa were being ravaged by all the remaining American warships, and in the blink of an eye they were beaten black and blue.
Obviously Sampson wanted to hold off the three Princess Astraeas ships by himself, while the other ships dealt with the Empress Theresa as quickly as possible, and then came to encircle them. Of course, even if the encirclement failed, they would kill Theresa.
The three ships of the Queen were also a great victory. After all, these diesel warships were too fast. As long as they wanted to escape, it would be difficult to retain them. At this time, Sampson was already a little worried about the future battle. It was obvious that the U.S. Navy could not stop these high-speed ships.
, it would be troublesome if they harassed the US coast.
But at this moment, the two destroyers following the Queen Theresa suddenly appeared and rushed towards the Oregon battleship at a high speed of 35 knots. The Oregon, which was bombarding the Queen Theresa,
Before they had time to adjust their gun muzzles, the two destroyers had already entered a range of seven kilometers, and then fired two torpedoes almost simultaneously. The tracks of four steam gas torpedoes were straight towards the latest battleship. At this time
The blocking cannon fire from the Oregon had just begun.
After firing the torpedoes, the two destroyers turned around at the same time. Before the Oregon's second round of shells came over, they had already jumped out of the attack range of its 152mm rapid-fire cannon and continued to jump back to Trey at a high speed of 35 knots.
The outside of the Queen Elizabeth.
In the horrified eyes of the Americans, those four terrifying track lines were rapidly extending towards their feet. The Oregon turned desperately to try to avoid it. The fifteen-knot speed was like a pitiful joke in front of these forty-five-knot torpedoes.
All the anti-torpedo guns on board were also firing desperately, but these small-caliber shells were almost useless against torpedoes sailing at a depth of two meters underwater. Amidst hysterical screams, three torpedoes hit the Oregon at the same time.