"Rejected?" Yang Feng looked at Zhang Quan in surprise. What he didn't expect was that the California sale plan was blocked by the U.S. Senate. The reason given was that the selling price was too low, because it should be three
One billion Chinese dollars instead of the finally negotiated three hundred million Chinese dollars. This asking price is actually tantamount to a refusal to sell.
"It's obvious that someone is working behind the scenes." Zhang Quan said. As for who it is, needless to say, the only one with the ability to embolden the U.S. Senate is the United Kingdom. It is obvious that the British government does not want to see China officially set foot on the American continent, especially since the
This is the easiest and simplest way.
"Ignore them, the British don't dare to interfere openly. The Americans will simply scare them and let the San Francisco fleet try to create some trouble. After all, the cannon has the final say these days." Yang Feng said with a sneer,
He doesn't worry about such things.
"Also, tell Li He to show the domineering power that a great power should have." The guy then added with a sinister smile.
"Domineering?" This word makes Li He, commander of the Chinese Navy's East Pacific Task Force, a little unsure. How can he show the domineering Emperor Yang needs?
"Commander, I think we can interpret His Majesty's request as overbearing. Anyway, we are just walking sideways in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, so why not let the Americans see how we are walking sideways." Tianshan beside him.
Captain Liu Guangyuan said.
"How to play?" Li He looked at him doubtfully.
"It's very simple. I have a plan here." Liu Guangyuan said with a wicked smile.
Off the coast of San Diego, a U.S. destroyer is patrolling the sea.
At present, this military port has assembled almost all the capital ships of the entire U.S. Navy. However, even so, when facing their main enemy, the Americans still lack the courage to attack and can only use the existing fleet to prevent the Mexicans from landing in Los Angeles.
The ambition of the Mexican Navy is that the numerical advantage of eight 4,000-ton armored cruisers pales in comparison to the two late-model Princess-class armored cruisers of the Mexican Navy. What's more, the Spaniards also have two cruisers of the same tonnage and four cruisers of one displacement.
A large destroyer of over a thousand tons.
Compared with the Chinese fleet in San Francisco, it can only be regarded as scum. One Tianshan almost has the ability to destroy the US Navy.
However, today this poor destroyer faced this suffocating behemoth.
"What on earth does this guy want to do?" The captain looked at the giant ship following him in the distance with some trepidation, and said with a blank look on his face. This sea monster with a standard displacement of more than 9,000 tons has been following him since an hour ago.
He boarded him, but never made any move. He just followed him from a distance. He didn't even respond to the flag signal sent by the destroyer, because he was worried that the other party would do something unfavorable to him. This ship has a displacement of only more than 600 tons.
The small destroyer had to end its patrol and hurriedly returned to San Diego. However, when it returned, the Tianshan still kept a distance and followed behind. This strange behavior put heavy pressure on the American sailors on the destroyer, and everyone's heart was broken.
They all held on tight.
In order to prevent an accident, the destroyer captain Frank even requested reinforcements from San Diego. All eight St. Louis-class armored cruisers left the naval port and sailed over head on under the escort of more than 20 destroyers.
Liu Guangyuan on the Tianshan looked at the U.S. fleet approaching in the distance, with a sinister smile on his face, and then winked at an officer next to him. The officer immediately picked up the phone next to him and said: "Lay depth charges."
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Behind a twin 240 main gun turret in the middle of the ship, two soldiers carried a fifty-kilogram depth charge to the side of the ship. Instead of using a catapult, they threw it directly along the side of the ship, and then
He turned around and rushed next to the turret. The depth charge, which had been equipped with a timing device, exploded under the water less than five seconds after entering the water. The huge water column instantly arched. From a distance, it looked like it had hit a mine, but
This reduced-charge depth charge contains less than ten kilograms**. This power cannot even be wiped out by the skin of the Tianshan. Of course, the meaning of this explosion is different.
With the explosion of depth charges, the shrill battle alarm on the Tianshan suddenly sounded, and then the eight main guns in the four turrets on the front were simultaneously aimed at the destroyer in front that was about to join the fleet. The signalmen on the mast simultaneously used flags to speak out righteous words.
He questioned why the US military used floating mines to deliberately attack.
On the American warship approaching from the opposite side, the American naval officers were dumbfounded. As for the poor destroyer, naturally it used semaphores to defend itself, claiming that it had never thrown a floating mine. In fact, they did not carry such a thing.
The destroyer was not a minelayer, but unfortunately their answer was not completed yet, and then another water column rose close to the side of the Tianshan.
The Tianshan's eight main guns pointing forward opened fire without hesitation. At this time, the two sides were less than ten kilometers apart, which was the optimal fighting distance. In the first salvo, one shell hit the destroyer, and then hit the destroyer.
The stern of the ship, but shells of this caliber were simply not something that the destroyer could withstand. As a huge fire ball exploded, almost the entire stern of the ship was blown away. The rate of fire exceeded that of an eight-gun 240 main gun with a rate of fire of three rounds per minute.
The cannon fired a second round of shells at the moment of explosion, followed by a third round, and another hit. This shell completely sent the destroyer into the bottom of the sea.
On the more than 30 American warships that suddenly rushed over from the opposite side, thousands of American naval officers and soldiers looked at this scene in stunned silence. Even the fleet commander was dumbfounded. He saw his warship being bombarded in front of him.
After recovering from the debris, the commander did not hesitate to order the battle alarm to sound, and at the same time the entire fleet entered combat mode. However, just as he was about to order his cruiser to open fire, he was stopped by the chief of staff next to him.
"Commander, you can't fight!" the chief of staff looked at him with horrified eyes and said.
Looking at his expression, the fleet commander suddenly calmed down. He really couldn't fight. There was only room for redemption in this matter. Once the two sides formally fought, there would be no room for recovery. What the United States will face next is countless
The hungry wolves that pounced on us include China, Germany, Russia, Spain, Mexico, the Confederacy, and maybe others. With Emperor Yang’s connections, there might be a few more waiting to join the feast of carving up the United States! We really can’t fight,
Even if the Chinese sink their own warships in front of them, they can only negotiate and protest with them, instead of fighting back like a man.
Liu Guangyuan, who was opposite, looked at the American fleet patrolling the sea, and his arrogance suddenly rose. Instead of retreating, he continued to question the Americans arrogantly. At the same time, he sent a telegram to San Francisco in a pretentious manner, requesting support for being attacked by the US fleet.
Li He, who was waiting, immediately led the fleet to set off. The battleship Wuyi led a group of cruisers and destroyers and headed toward the sea off San Diego in a menacing manner.
At almost the same time, news of the exchange of fire between China and the United States spread throughout the world with telegrams. Because of the control of discourse, the incident immediately turned into a US destroyer releasing floating mines to attack the Chinese Navy armored cruiser Tianshan and the US Pacific Fleet.
and the Atlantic Fleet jointly besieged the Tianshan.
This news can be said to have opened a hornet's nest in an instant. Just as Li He led the fleet to San Diego and began to confront the US military, Puerto Rico's American Task Force rushed out of San Juan and rushed to the east coast of the United States. Just passing by
When in Cuba, the Caribbean Fleet of the Spanish Navy sailed out of the port of Santiago and joined the fleet on the grounds of fulfilling alliance obligations. Immediately afterwards, the German and Russian fleets stationed in Haiti and the Dominican Republic also sailed out of the military port and began to move north to fulfill alliance obligations.
On land, the Spanish army on the Florida border entered a state of war, the Confederate Army entered a state of war, Mexican President Santos announced the termination of ongoing peace talks, and there was a clamor in China for war to punish the United States.
President Bryan in Washington almost cried. There is no such bully. He is so unreasonable. Even someone like him who doesn’t understand the navy knows that if he really wants to be hit by two mines in a row, let alone an armored cruiser, even a battleship.
It's useless, but neither he nor the U.S. Navy can defend it. The destroyer has already entered the bottom of the sea. There is no evidence for anything now. Even if the Chinese are being unreasonable, they can only stay close to it.
The U.S. fleet, which was facing a confrontation at sea, immediately received an order requiring them to strictly prohibit new conflicts with China, withdraw directly to the San Diego naval port, and strictly prohibit any warship from leaving the port before receiving new orders.
Fortunately, the Chinese fleet that was confronting them did not block the retreat of the U.S. military. It just watched them retreat to San Diego, and then immediately blocked the military port outside.
At the same time, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an ultimatum to the United States, giving a 48-hour deadline to provide a reasonable explanation for the US warship's attack on the Chinese warship, otherwise China will regard the United States as an active war provocation.
Of course, the Americans know what kind of reasonable explanation China needs. The target of so many activities is nothing more than California. Although the British are still instigating behind the scenes, in the face of real threats, even those senators who are influenced by them have calmed down.
They are not stupid either. It is impossible for the British to really intervene in the war for the United States. In fact, they do not have the ability even if they want to. The war in South Africa is not over yet! Hundreds of thousands of British troops are dealing with the Boer guerrillas. The same goes for Nigeria.
With constant rebellions, the British Empire has no time to care about others, not to mention that the British now have to rely on Yang Feng to maintain their maritime superiority. Compared with the British Empire's maritime hegemony, the United States is nothing. (To be continued...)