If Cervera had bombarded other places, these fortress defenders, driven by the mentality of defending their homes and wives and children, might have been able to persist on the forts that were raging with poisonous gas and fire, but the Spanish were going to bombard Lower Manhattan.
, bombarding Wall Street, this really has nothing to do with them. It is what the famous big guys like Rockefeller, Morgan, and Mellon need to care about, and it is none of the business of these little bastards.
"Come back, you bastards, come back and stick to your posts! Cough, cough..." Lieutenant Colonel Willis roared hysterically at the fleeing soldiers, and then he was choked by a mustard gas diluted by smoke and lay on the ground coughing.
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Who cares about those soldiers now? Some time ago, in order to strengthen the soldiers' hatred of the Spanish, the US government specially organized soldiers to visit the wounded soldiers who were injured by mustard gas. Now the tragic situation of those soldiers is lingering in the minds of these soldiers.
In their minds, they don't want to become like that.
Just when the defenders of Fort Wordsworth and Fort Hamilton were fleeing on a large scale, the three warships led by Cervera finally entered the attack range, because he could not aim here, so he could only use the light from the New York Bay Channel.
He determined the location of Wall Street with his observation and the map in his hand, but fortunately the target was large enough, so he could just hit the cannonball there. As for whether Wall Street could be completely destroyed, there was no need to consider it, as long as a cannonball landed on this part of the American economy.
On the engine, this trip can be considered a perfect victory.
After completing the target locking, General Cervera said reservedly: "Fire the guns so that Americans will always remember our names for generations to come!"
The four 240mm main guns spurted out flames instantly.
In the distance in Lower Manhattan, the mayor of New York is personally directing the evacuation of people. This is the core area of New York. Although there are not many people here late at night, this is a financial and commercial center. Naturally, there cannot be too much space in a place with a high price.
There are many residents. Even those who have the strength to live here cannot like this reinforced concrete jungle.
But there are too many properties here, including banks, syndicate headquarters, securities companies, and insurance companies. Destroying any one of them will make the U.S. economy tremble, especially all kinds of important information, jewelry, banknotes, and bank documents.
This thing will be destroyed with one cannonball.
A large number of employees, police officers, and National Guardsmen working here gathered in front of skyscrapers, nervously transferring the most important things. Seeing the chaotic scene, the mayor looked up to the sky and sighed. He never expected that the United States would actually fall to this level.
At this point, a harsh whistling sound suddenly came.
Before he could close his mouth, he saw a huge fire ball explode on the roof of the New York Stock Exchange not far away, and countless building fragments flew into the sky in the light of the fire. One of them was almost two or three cubic meters in size.
It was as big as three meters, and even hit the bronze statue of Washington that had just been built a few years ago in front of the Federal Hall opposite. The President's head was smashed away before his eyes.
This scene made the mayor's face turn green.
"Get out, get out!" At this time, he could no longer think about his own fate after this disaster. He waved his arms and shouted at the frightened crowd in front of him.
The crowd suddenly woke up, and then started to cry hysterically. The whole Wall Street was in complete chaos. Everyone dropped their things and ran around like a headless fly. The shells were still falling all the time, and the huge explosion fireball
Buildings that symbolized the American economy exploded, and buildings that represented prosperity collapsed. Raging fire quickly ignited on the engine of the American economy, and the short street turned into a hell in an instant.
I have to say that Cervera was very lucky. Although he aimed with the map in his hand, more than half of the cannonballs landed on Wall Street. Although the buildings here are quite strong, under the 240 filled with picric acid,
In front of millimeter artillery shells, no matter how solid they are, they are just like dregs. Besides, the buildings here are too dense, and a casual shell can bring huge gains.
Looking at the dark shadows of the city reflected by the explosion of fire under the night cover in the distance, and then watching these shadows fall one by one, the admiral finally laughed wildly with joy.
He was happy. The mayor who was fleeing almost cried. Amidst the loud noise of shell explosions, the city he was proud of was turning into ruins at an extremely fast speed. This was not important. The most important thing was
He was in the middle of the ruins, with large pieces of reinforced concrete above his head, flying boulders, and even human body fragments falling from his head like cannonballs.
He hugged his head and huddled under the porch of the New York City Hall building, screaming like crazy, looking like a frightened old woman. As he screamed, a sharp roar passed over his head, and then the ground collapsed.
There was a huge explosion, and half of the city hall building fell down on top of him.
The bombardment continued until the Princess Astrias fired all the 240 main gun shells. Then Cervera looked at the sea of fire in the distance, and walked away with his men with satisfaction, heading south directly.
Returned to the port of Santiago.
He is gone. The entire United States has been frightened by the tragedy he caused. More than half of the buildings on Wall Street were completely destroyed, and basically no one is intact. Other streets in lower Manhattan also suffered varying degrees of damage. Brooke
The losses in the forest area were also heavy. A total of more than 5,000 Americans were killed in this shelling. Of course, only more than 2,000 people actually died in the shelling. The rest were all trampled to death in the chaos, and some were squeezed out of the Brook.
Lin Daqiao drowned.
However, compared with these casualties, the economic losses can be described as horrific. The New York Stock Exchange was completely turned into rubble, more than a dozen bank headquarters were destroyed, and Citibank was even bombed.
Manhattan, a symbol of prosperity, looks as devastated as the surface of the moon struck by a meteor shower.
The angry U.S. government made a blood-and-tear complaint against the Spanish atrocities all over the world early the next morning, accusing them of crimes against humanity and the massacre of American civilians. Unfortunately, their justified accusations made it easy for the Spanish government
The ground was blocked back.
"We have notified the US government a week ago that we will bombard New York. One week is enough time for all residents of the city to evacuate in an orderly manner, and even the bank properties are enough time to move, but the US government has turned a deaf ear to our notice, so
What caused all this was the U.S. government, not the Spanish government. It was caused by the mistakes of U.S. President McKinley and his officials and had nothing to do with us. Moreover, if the U.S. troops in Cuba did not surrender to the Spanish army, the U.S. government would not
Stop this war started by them and make adequate compensation to the Spanish people. This bombardment will continue non-stop. On behalf of the Spanish government, I hereby officially notify the residents of the Atlantic coast of the United States to evacuate your area immediately.
City, one week later there will be bombardment of the coast of the United States at random locations, and any resulting losses have nothing to do with the Spanish government." Prime Minister Canovas, who was interviewed by reporters, formally issued a warning to the United States through People's Radio.
As soon as this warning was issued, the coast of the United States was in complete chaos. No one would have any illusions at this time. Countless people along the entire Atlantic coast from north to south fled their homes with their young and old. The U.S. economy was no longer severely damaged, but almost
It was devastated, and countless factories were shut down. Even those factories that were building warships saw a large number of workers fleeing, and even the bayonets of the army could not stop them.
"Your Excellency, Minister, are you interested in mediating this war between the Americans and the Spanish?" On the Nautilus, Yang Feng said to the German Minister Haijing with a smile. His arms have been transported to Colombo, but because the United States is temporarily
The British government had not yet taken care of him, so he was detained by the Governor of Colombo.
Yang Feng was very aware of the progress of the destroyers built by the Americans, so he wanted to mediate the war.
"Your Highness, under the current circumstances, it would be difficult for both of them to sit down and negotiate in peace, right?" Haijing said doubtfully. It was obvious that William still wanted to see them continue fighting.
"It should be almost there. Although the Spanish still have the advantage at sea, it is said that the Americans' new destroyers are almost completed. The Spaniards will not be clear about this. Once these warships are completed, it will be difficult for them to continue to maintain their overwhelming advantage at sea.
Because the Americans do not have new torpedoes, even if these new ships join, it is impossible to completely reverse the situation of the war. The war between the two sides will continue to drag on, and more and more civilians will suffer because of this war. As a country that has always
When I think about people who advocate peace, my heart feels like a knife!" Yang Feng said with a sigh.
Haijing is not stupid, so he still doesn’t understand what he means. This guy is telling himself that the Spanish-American War will continue for a long time. He is clearly telling himself that Spain will not last long, so he should take this opportunity to let them end the war and save the future.
The United States defeated Spain and robbed Cuba, and now it wants them to cease the war, which just makes the United States lose money.
This is indeed a good idea.
"Well, Your Highness, I think His Majesty the Emperor of our country must be feeling the same as you right now. The German people are equally saddened by the pain the American people have suffered in this war." The guy said with a smile.
On the fourth day after Cervera bombarded New York, when his fleet sailed into the port of Santiago, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Prince Zhennan of China, Foreign Minister, and Navy Minister Yang Feng announced
Jointly mediate the Spanish-American War. (To be continued..)