Just as the Spanish army began to attack Newcastle and nearby cities such as Newark and Wilmington, the main force heading north had already reached Philadelphia along the Delaware River.
The U.S. military stationed in Philadelphia had turned the Naval Shipyard on the Schuylkill River into a fortress. This later U.S. Navy aircraft carrier cemetery was one of the major U.S. warship manufacturing bases at this time. Although no battleships were built here, they were
There are two armored cruisers that have just been launched. These are the latest armored cruisers built by the Americans after the Princess Astraas. Unfortunately, they lack mental preparation for the difficulty of building such things. Until now, they have just been launched and even the weapons are still missing.
Didn't start to install it.
The U.S. military cleverly regarded these two piles of more than 7,000 tons of steel as its own fortress. It used shipyard cranes to hoist more than a dozen army cannons and set up more than 20 machine guns of various types in the superstructure.
They do look a bit indestructible, especially since their location is so important.
If you want to enter Philadelphia, you must land on the north bank of the intersection of the Delaware River and the Schuylkill River, or on the west bank of the Delaware River through this intersection, or else enter the Schuylkill River and land on the west bank.
, in short, it was impossible to bypass this point. The Americans used tugboats to drag out the two semi-finished products, and then one was stuck on one side of the river. They used army cannons to fire crazily at the landing fleet. The destroyer at the front that was opening the way was blocked by them.
It was a sea of fire, but fortunately the nitrocellulose-loaded shells were not very powerful and did not cause much damage.
However, the Americans were only so lucky. The Spanish captain on the destroyer, who was stunned by their shells, quickly woke up. The guy who had led this destroyer since the last war immediately remembered his
My job was to set a fixed target for torpedoes less than two kilometers away. Two torpedoes were instantly fired from the bow of the ship. With two loud noises that sounded almost at the same time, the semi-finished cruiser stuck on the Delaware River immediately sank.
On the river.
The American Brigadier General Hawke who was in charge of commanding the division on the shore almost fainted. He never expected that his somewhat complacent clever move would actually turn into the grave of an entire battalion of soldiers. But this cannot be blamed on him. After all, he had dozens of soldiers.
We haven't fought in a war for years, so our thinking is inevitably a little out of step with the trend. Unfortunately, it was too late to regret it, because then the destroyer turned its bow to the one at the mouth of the Schuylkill River.
When the U.S. troops above saw this, they were so frightened that they jumped off the deck one by one. Two torpedoes almost passed under their feet. Then they crashed into their steel fortress.
"This is the stupidest defense I have ever seen." The Spanish captain looked at the two sunken semi-finished cruisers and said proudly. In order to ensure that the two cruisers would not be salvaged for repair in the future, he simply continued to
Each of the remaining two torpedoes was replaced by one, presumably so that they would only have to dismantle them for scrap in the future.
Of course, this is not the only problem they have. In fact, the US military has deployed an entire brigade in this shipyard, and there is also an artillery position on the shore. More than a dozen mortars are firing 82 shells into the river one after another.
It's a pity that even the landing ships, let alone destroyers, won't pay attention to this kind of artillery shells.
Under the cover of intensive firepower from the destroyers, eight landing ships rushed to the beach next to the shipyard in the desperate eyes of the Philadelphia people. Immediately afterwards, the hatches opened, and eight thousand hungry wolves armed to the teeth came towards them with various firearms.
The fifth largest city in the United States.
At the same time, a battalion of Spanish soldiers was riding a truck on a road full of refugees. In order to reach the Saskatoon River as quickly as possible, they blew up the railway and highway bridges above and cut off the U.S. reinforcements. These guys also considered
No matter what the impact was, a light machine gun was mounted directly on the front of the truck. If there were any obstacles in the way, it would shoot with the machine gun. It almost ran over the bodies of Americans all the way to the east bank of the river. Then boxes of antimony and antimony were loaded.
On the bridge.
As soon as the Spanish preparations were completed, the first train filled with U.S. reinforcements rumbled from Washington. Then as the Spanish engineers pressed the detonator, the train flew into the sky together with more than a thousand U.S. soldiers.
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After blowing up the bridge, the Spanish team looted a small town along the way, and then returned to the landing point in Newcastle with the joy of victory and pockets full of banknotes and gold and silver. However, it was not very peaceful here. It was invaded.
The Americans, enraged by the murderers' atrocities, were making sneak attacks on the Spanish troops who looted their homes from time to time. In just this moment, more than 20 Spanish soldiers were killed or injured. The enraged commander was ordering a thorough cleaning of several nearby small towns.
To put it simply, it is arson.
Starting from Newcastle, nearby Wilmington, Newark, and all the way to the north bank of the Elk River, there are houses set alight and Americans crying in despair. The billowing smoke can be seen in Philadelphia. Of course, Philadelphia
Ordinary people couldn't care less about this. In fact, the situation in Philadelphia at this time was similar to that here. The Spanish who landed encountered a tenacious obstruction by the US military in the city. Although they were well-equipped, they were familiar with the terrain after all, and the city of Philadelphia was relatively small.
It is prosperous and full of dense buildings, making it very suitable for street fighting.
These U.S. soldiers, who also used Blackfire and Springfield rifles, hid in buildings, shooting hateful bullets at the invaders who broke into their homes from a high position, and some even had machine guns inside. Not only did the Spanish army frequently encounter obstacles
, and the casualties were huge, hundreds of people were killed or injured in less than an hour. Of course, many of them were caused by carelessness during the robbery.
In this city, the Spaniards completely copied what Yang Feng and the German army did in Japan. Every Spanish army that attacked forward was followed by a truck or carriage. All the looted property was thrown directly on the vehicle and brought back later.
Reallocation, this approach also greatly delayed the pace of their attack, giving the Americans more opportunities to take advantage.
However, there are ways to deal with street fighting, especially in the United States, which likes to use wood to build houses. All seventy-five guns on landing ships and destroyers have been replaced with white phosphorus bombs. Wherever their soldiers hit, they will hit them in front of them.
, as the eight thousand Spanish troops advanced in the city, thick smoke and fire gradually spread forward, making it look like hell on earth.
"Mr. Mayor, is there anything wrong with this?" Major General Pizarro, the commander of the Spanish army, looked curiously at the mayor of Philadelphia who was brought before him. He did not expect that this guy had the guts to come to him to protest.
"You are committing a crime, you are blaspheming against human civilization and justice. God will not forgive you, you executioners! Rapists!" The mayor pointed at him with a trembling finger and said, an American girl on the shore
He was running away in disheveled clothes, crying, and behind him there were two Spanish soldiers happily chasing him. If you think about it, you would know what he would do if he caught up with him.
"Mr. Mayor, is there anything wrong with this? Didn't General Sherman do this in Atlanta? You see, I am just paying tribute to this great general, your former Army Commander-in-Chief and President Grant.
So what you did in Atlanta and the southern states, our coalition forces will do the same. We believe that only in this way can the civilians who died in Atlanta and Vicksburg feel fair. Anyway, you yourself will not give it to them, so it is up to us.
Yes, I remember back then, didn't you like to use heavy artillery to level cities? One of our cruisers will arrive soon, and you should soon enjoy the despair of those southern civilians under gunfire." Pizarro said with a smile.
, when he said this, there was a military reporter from the People's Radio Station nearby who was recording and preparing to publish it later.
Why did Emperor Yang only order an attack on the north but not the nearest south? In addition to the higher value of the north, it was largely an attempt to instigate the division of the north and the south of the United States. The Civil War had only just passed thirty years ago, and the atrocities committed by the Northern Army are still clearly imprinted on the United States.
In the minds of Southerners, all they have to do is arouse their repressed hatred, and burn, kill, and loot in the North of the United States under the guise of revenge for the Southerners, so that no matter who accuses them, they can face it with confidence, and we cannot do what others do.
ah?
The mayor of Philadelphia left him speechless. Sherman's sweeps could not be erased no matter what. He was really not qualified to defend such a thing. Besides, it was useless even to defend it. Those in the South
The common people remember it clearly in their hearts!
At this moment, the cruiser Princess Astrias of the Spanish Navy slowly drove over along the river. Because it did not know the draft of this channel, this giant ship did not dare to enter rashly until the fleet in front
I had to detect the depth of the water for him before driving over.
This battleship that destroyed Wall Street has become a symbolic thing in the hearts of Americans. Today it will add another one to its numerous evil deeds. In the desperate eyes of the mayor of Philadelphia, the four-door two-door
At 40, four 152mm main guns were aimed at Philadelphia at the same time.
At this time, the destroyer fleets of both sides had fought from the sea off Norfolk to the outside of Delaware Bay. Only fourteen of the twenty American destroyers were left, but not even one of their opponents had been harmed so far.
They were forming a neat combat formation and were following eagerly from a distance.
This result made the Americans feel frustrated but also helpless. Fortunately, they finally arrived at their destination. If they could rush into the Delaware Bay, they could still give it a try. However, after arriving here, what awaited them was still despair. The two
A battleship and four large armored cruisers stood across the entrance of Delaware Bay like a steel city wall, and the muzzles of large-caliber heavy guns pointed ferociously toward the sea.