After only a few hours of fighting, the Spanish were completely cleaned up from the Philippine game, and this victory also made the Americans confident, after the post-war repair and supply, Dewey even planned to reformulate the plan, immediately to the northern Philippines Luzon Island, directly take the Philippines into the bag, and then Chen Bingba Strait, intercept the Japanese fleet that may go south, but what he didn't expect was that just before the war between the United States and Spain, the Japanese also beat the vulnerable Spanish and successfully took Manila Bay!

Soon after Sevela received the information that the American fleet had entered the southern Philippines, the Japanese fleet finally waited for the two armored cruisers Asama and Yakumo, and after concentrating the entire fleet, Kayama Shikiki finally sent a telegram to the Japanese transport fleet waiting in Tainan, saying that they could be dispatched, and then, the Japanese fleet with the Fuji as the flagship killed Manila Bay! When they arrived at Manila Bay the next day, the Japanese government officially declared war on Spain, and when the Spaniards received the ultimatum, it was only three hours before the Japanese fleet fired the first shot of the war!

If the Americans destroyed the Spanish fleet was abuse, then the occupation of Manila by the Japanese fleet was simply an armed show, and when the huge Japanese fleet appeared outside the port of Manila, the Spanish people instantly lost the idea of resistance! A whole 6 battleships that are even more powerful than Carlos V, the most powerful in the Spanish Navy, are undoubtedly devastating in the face of a port that does not have a complete defense system and does not even have mines! The Japanese fleet didn't even bother to use the main guns, and after just a few salvos of secondary guns, the Spaniers announced their surrender! Give this Spain's most important base in the Far East!

Subsequently, a whole division of Japanese troops began to depart from Taiwan and arrived in Manila Bay one after another. For a time, the entire Manila Bay was jammed with various transport ships. At this time, after interrogating the Spanish prisoners of war, the Japanese also learned that the American fleet had moved, but the size and specific circumstances of the American fleet had not yet been clarified. Although they learned the news that the U.S. and Russian fleets had been united, because the Americans had opened two landing grounds, Kayama Shiki did not know whether the U.S. fleet had divided its forces or still reported to the group. To be honest, in the face of the American fleet with 11 warships of various types, the Birch Hill Shiki is also a bit empty!

"Let's see what happens, and let the army split up a part of its forces to land on Mindoro Island in the south of Luzon. The intelligence was then forwarded to Tokyo. "After thinking about it, he still planned to be conservative.

"Mr. Commander, you are too conservative! You may deprive us of the most suitable opportunity to defeat the American fleet! The herald had not yet recorded the order in its entirety, and Heihachiro Togo, who was sitting around the Kayama Shiki, was the first to raise objections.

The commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet in history is even better mixed at this time than at the same time in history! He has already become the commander of the fast fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the "Four King Kongs" ordered by Japan from Germany are in his hands, and he has more than half of the combined fleet in his hands! As a result, there was a saying in the Combined Fleet that the Japanese fleet had two commanders, one was a seated commander (Kayama Shiki) and the other was a standing commander (Togo Heihachiro). Therefore, whether Kayama Shiki wants it or not, he must be very cautious about the opinions of this subordinate.

Heihachiro Togo said for a long time, the meaning was very simple, and it was summed up like this: "Boss, the Spanish fleet has gone to fight with the Americans, and the Spaniards have three armored cruisers anyway, if the American fleet reports to the group, even if it wins, it will pay some price." If you don't hold together, the Spaniards still have hope of a draw, and this is the time when both sides lose, and we will be punished if we don't catch this loophole! ”

"What did you mean? Light tightens control over the northern part of the Philippines and allows the Americans to land in the south? You're a proper ****! What are the orders of the Emperor and the Prime Minister? Let's occupy the whole of the Philippines, didn't we start by saying that we were ready for war with the Americans? How did you soften at the critical moment? Are you so cowardly or navy? ”

After being persuaded by Togo Heihachiro's soft and hard work, Kayama Shiki also made some mistakes, the status of the two sides is different, he is the commander of the fleet, and he is responsible for the entire fleet and Japan. And the latter, although he has high power, is only the commander of the detachment after all. This difference is too big, so when you see the problem of things, there will be disagreements. When Jutland, Betty dared to play with her life and fight Hippert in an extremely disadvantageous situation. But Jericho had to be cautious even in the case of superiority.

Kayama knew that sooner or later there would be a fight with the Americans, but he at least wanted to find out the situation of the opponent, and even if the main battle broke out between the two sides, it was best to fight close to his home field. The Philippines does not have a large land area, but the sea distance is not small. So he would rather get the news of the Americans first, and then try to compete with the other side on a home field that suits him, but at the same time, he also knows very well that if the Americans choose to be safe, the fleet is permanent in the south, and when the American fleet solves Cuba, other American warships will come over, then Japan will be bad! With 3 more battleships and a vote of other battleships out of thin air, how can this battle be fought?

The meaning of the birch mountain capital is to look at the situation first, if the Americans go north, then find the right opportunity to fight, if the Americans squat at home, then after they are ready, they will come to the door to play a game. However, Heihachiro Togo and the chief of the General Staff, Hikonosumi Uemura, did not buy this result. They asked the fleet to expand its search range to the south, at least to the north of the Sulu Sea!

After some haggling, Kayama Shikiki finally negotiated with Heihachiro Togo and others, and the fleet sailed south along the coastline, to and from the area north of the Negros Islands. In order to prevent the U.S. fleet from finding loopholes, the Japanese fleet will also deploy camouflaged notification ships in the surrounding waters.

The words are divided into two sides, when the Japanese have completed the first step of the mission without any danger, Sevela, who was lucky enough to escape from the battlefield, used the cover of night to cross the Basilan Strait and re-enter the Sulu Sea, and the Carlos V, which was wounded all over his body, also urgently needs to return to Manila Port for maintenance, as for the rest of the battle, Sevela does not have much hope, and is ready to flee to neutral ports after a little maintenance, and then disarm and wait for the end of the war, in his opinion, it is only a matter of time before the American fleet controls the entire Philippines. And at this time, this sad guy did not expect that the Japanese fleet had already occupied Manila, and what was even more tragic was that the main force of the Japanese fleet was sailing south! Opposite to your own course!

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