The news that the Spanish bombarded Charleston and almost razed the city to the ground caused an uproar throughout the world. It had been more than 80 years since the British burned the White House in 1814. This was the first time that someone had caused damage to the United States.
Such a huge trauma, although the casualties were not large, less than a thousand Americans, including the navy, were killed or injured, but this has a different meaning. It was a severe stomp on the American face on the ground.
As for the economic losses, they were even more severe. When the Spanish left, they scuttled all the merchant ships in the port and sank them on the waterway. In addition, the port facilities were destroyed and the city was burned to rubble. It is estimated that this city, the largest city in the south, will be destroyed for at least half a year.
Don't expect to use the big port.
This brutal behavior of the Spaniards caused great indignation in the United States. Although they had given residents time to retreat, more than two hundred civilians were still injured or killed in the shelling, mainly because many patients in a hospital died due to rushing.
Being thrown away, the Spanish naval guns would not have time to take aim. Anyway, they would just hit Charleston, no matter where it was. At most, they would avoid the more eye-catching churches. As a result, this hospital
Unfortunately, he was hit by a powerful 320 shell.
This also greatly reduced Kamala's chivalry. Tomorrow Daily and People's Radio even described him as a brutal executioner, a butcher still stuck in the colonial era. Even his country has not taken off their stained clothes.
Cloaked in the blood of the Incas, the free and brave people of the United States will never succumb to these returning evil spirits.
However, there is good news for Americans. The Swedish government expressed regret for this incident. In order to express its condolences to the American civilians who died, Swedish Prime Minister Boström officially announced that he has approved Young Power Systems’ purchase of goods from the United States.
Selling military diesel engines. Although the Spanish government protested to him, the Prime Minister still rejected their protest on the grounds that diesel engines did not belong to weapons. The first batch of twenty-five 10,000 horsepower high-power diesel engines was shipped in Gothenburg. It is estimated that one
Able to arrive in New York in a month.
In addition, due to the anger against the Spanish, the Texas Independence Brigade set off for Cuba without completing the scheduled training. This force, composed of a mixture of whites and Chinese, openly clamored to fight to Santiago.
They went to hang Kamala to comfort the people who died in Charleston. Under their leadership, a large number of American young people actively joined the army, vowing to go to the battlefield to avenge the people of Charleston.
Correspondingly, the Spanish government publicly warned citizens of other countries on the coast of the United States to evacuate their cities immediately, because the Spanish naval fleet will continue to bombard ports along the coast of the United States. If friendly fire occurs because they do not retreat, then
The Spanish government will not bear any responsibility for this. This statement directly hit the U.S. economy, and a large number of foreign businessmen evacuated from the coast. Even New York people fled.
At the same time, the Americans went all out to build fortresses, add cannons, and even lay mines to protect their ports. Especially the Gulf Coast closest to Cuba tried their best to arm their own coasts. In this atmosphere of panic
, a spectator group from China arrived at the eastern port of Veracruz, Mexico in the name of a visit. This fleet from afar was warmly welcomed by the Mexican government.
Recently, the Yang's consortium in Texas has been showing strong interest in investing in Mexico. Dias naturally knows that this fleet and them are the same boss, and showing friendliness to Deng Shichang and others is to flatter Prince Yang, and Prince Yang is happy
Naturally, he will invest in Mexico. Of course, he will regret it soon.
Deng Shichang's fleet stayed in Veracruz for three days. After replenishing fuel, they continued eastward to the Florida Strait, which is now the holy land of the world's navies. The largest steel battleship battle in the history of world wars is in full swing there. Currently, there are at least more than ten people.
The navies of several countries were wandering there to watch the battle, and the Chinese navy should be said to be the last to arrive. Before that, the Turkish navy, which was just as far away as them, had just arrived, and had a small misunderstanding with the Americans in the dark.
It's very simple. This time the Turks sent their latest warship, which is the sister ship of the Princess Astraas that Americans hate deeply, the Hamid II armored cruiser named after the Ottoman Emperor.
, Schley, who was in charge of guarding the Florida Strait in the dark night, thought it was the Princess Astraas when he saw the appearance. Although he didn't understand why it was left alone. But how could he miss such a good opportunity to meet enemies? The flagship he was traveling on
The Iowa opened fire without even calling out. Fortunately, the Turks reacted quickly and used light signals to identify themselves. Because of this incident, the U.S. Navy was laughed at and became a frightened bird.
When Deng Shichang's fleet arrived, the Texas Independence Brigade led by Johnson also arrived in Matanzas under the transportation of the US Navy. Because the Caribbean Sea had entered the hurricane season at this time, the Spanish small destroyers could not fight in high sea conditions, and even
Even Deng Shichang had to rush to Key West to take shelter from the wind. As a result, the Americans took advantage of this loophole and directly used the battleship as a troop transport, sending 10,000 American troops, including the Texas Independence Brigade, to the battlefield.
"Colonel Johnson, although I understand your feelings, I don't think we have the ability to break through the Spanish defenses now. They now have 70,000 people surrounding us, while our army has less than 40,000 people. At least the strength of both sides is
Only under certain circumstances can we launch a counterattack," Schefter said to Johnson.
He has no good impression of this notorious mercenary leader. A gangster who does dirty work for conglomerates has assumed the rank of colonel and comes to Cuba to tell him what to do. What the hell is this? When I'm at war, you
Still breastfeeding!
"Your Excellency General, this storm is our best chance. Otherwise, once the hurricane season passes, the Spanish fleet will block the strait again, and their army can also use poison gas bombs on a large scale. Do you want to cut off the transportation line?
Are you going to launch a counterattack against the Spanish poisonous gas?" Johnson said with a smile.
Although he himself has not participated in Yang Feng's series of battles, most of his mercenaries have participated, and many of them have retired from staff positions, including his chief of staff Smith, who was previously a loyal soldier of Yang Feng.
Chief of Staff of the Second Division, he has been with Yang Feng since the war in Japan.
Schefter also knew this, but he was really scared of being beaten by the Spaniards. So far, his men had suffered more than 10,000 casualties, but there were more and more Spaniards around him. This veteran of the civil war had gone through thirty years of hard work.
The erosion of the years has long lost the courage of the past. Now he just wants to stay in Matanzas and wait for the follow-up troops to come in a steady stream. The total Spanish troops are only more than 200,000, and the US military with 300,000 will be enough.
It's enough to push flat, there's no need to rush now.
He is not in a hurry, but Yang Feng is! The Americans are already in contact with the Spanish and want to see if they can spend money to end the war as they are used to. To put it simply, they spend 100 million US dollars to buy Cuba, but Spain
People still disagree. Canovas believes that Cuba is worth at least 500 million. This figure is unacceptable to the Americans in any case. These were told to him by the U.S. congressmen under his control, so Yang Feng must firmly insist on the Americans to fight.
confidence.
"Theodore, we really shouldn't waste time here. The hurricane is our best opportunity. If we miss it, will we have to wait until next year?" Johnson, frustrated by Schefter, ran to bewitch Roosevelt.
"Johnson, are you sure you can break through the Spanish defense line?" Roosevelt said doubtfully. His mood has been relatively low recently. He came here with great pride to make great achievements, but now he has been beaten and bloody and unable to move. Those reckless people who died in the battle have been unable to move forward.
The family members of the cavalry sent letters to scold him every day. You must know that he is also a volunteer army, and he was a volunteer army that he deceived. You abducted our husbands and sons to Cuba, and then returned us mutilated corpses. Can the families of those soldiers be spared?
It would be strange to kill him!
Many of the people who came with him were his classmates, friends, etc., which made him embarrassed to return to the United States now, and he was really eager to win.
"Of course, I have at least a thousand veterans who have fought in Asia for almost two years. From the Sino-Japanese War to the Chinese Civil War, there are even some who participated in the Philippine War. The Spanish defensive tactics are learned from them, including mine.
The chiefs of staff were all former chiefs of staff of the Zhongyong Army Division. They had a complete set of assault tactics specifically studied for trench warfare. In their opinion, the Spanish were full of loopholes. They had no barbed wire, too few machine guns, insufficient mortars, and insufficient firepower.
The configuration is also unreasonable. Such a level is simply not up to standard among the Loyalty Army or the German Army, which is why those idiots in our army have been struggling with them here for so long." Johnson said with disdain.
In fact, he was unsure. After all, 40,000 US troops had been stuck here for two months, and there had been no progress so far. It was indeed an exaggeration that his 3,000 troops could turn the tide of the war. However, Smith said it could be done, so he had no choice but to do it.
Believed.
Roosevelt smiled awkwardly. He seemed to be among these idiots. Of course, there is no need to think about these trivial matters now. Johnson's words are indeed very tempting. After all, Yang Feng's loyal army is at the level of ancestors when it comes to playing with these things. If you can match them
If the free sailing ship broke through the Spanish defense line, then the hero's halo must be indispensable to him. Isn't this why he came all the way through life and death?
"What do you mean?" he asked doubtfully.
"It's very simple, let's do it ourselves!" Johnson said with a sneer.