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At this time, they all saw this flag, they didn't know what it meant, there were no Chinese people among them.

But seeing the flag that was three meters long and about two meters wide, with a blood-red pattern, everyone still realized something, the French military attache glanced at the British, and the British also realized, pouted, and said a word "Z", not to blame the French for being unnatural, the "Z" flag is the decisive flag played by Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar, which means "England requires everyone to fulfill their duties", and Nelson is playing the French.

Later, the Japanese also used this trick, and the Japanese Z word means "the rise and fall of the imperial kingdom in this war, and each member worked hard", and it was also used in Pearl Harbor later. Later, the British hoisted the flag in battle, which meant "remember Nelson".

After World War II, the meaning of the word Z changed, and the flag of the civilian boat means "tugboat is needed", and the fishing boat means "the net is being cast".

In short, there is no conventional meaning, the key is to see what meaning you inject into him.

After the flag was raised, Chen Ada, like the Hun Khan Maotun, took the lead in turning the muzzle of his naval guns, and then gave an order for all the naval guns to fire at the ironclad ship Massachusetts, which was located on the far right of the American army.

The USS Massachusetts is one of the three large ironclad ships that the United States planned to build before the war, the other two are the USS Oregon and the USS Indiana, because the USS Oregon was built in San Francisco, but it was captured by the Ming before it was built.

The Ming army did not bring the Oregon, not because the ship was not advanced enough, but because it was inconsistent with the power specifications of the main ships of the Ming fleet, which was inconvenient for sea formation, after the Battle of Singapore, the navy learned an experience, that is, the fleet power must be the same, otherwise it is difficult to keep pace in the naval battle, and during the Battle of Tsushima, Japan took advantage of this and defeated the Russian fleet with a messy model.

At this time, the officers and men of the navy saw Chen Ada raise the Chengren flag, thought of the agreement with Chen Ada, and did not think much about it, not thinking about why they wanted to fight the Massachusetts, this ship was not a flagship, what was the effect of the fight, in short, everyone concentrated their firepower together and began to bombard the Massachusetts.

At this time, the ironclad ships on both sides had already withstood a lot of artillery bombardment, and the thick armor made both sides not damaged, but the casualties were relatively serious, and they were all angry, and they were quite hostile to each other.

The heavy guns of fifty ironclad ships were aimed at a warship, this was no joke, although there was a suspicion of wasting firepower, but it did have an effect, as the distance got closer, the hit rate of the shells became higher and higher, and finally a shell blew up the chimney of the Massachusetts, the bridge, and finally the deck of Massachusetts began to tilt, and the ship was heavily damaged.

But Chen Ada was not much happy, because he saw that his side had lost three ironclad ships, obviously the other party's application of firepower was more efficient, one of the first-class ironclad ships, two second-class ironclad ships were capsizing, and the other battleships were also quite damaged, including his flagship, which was taken care of, although he had not been fatally wounded, but the personnel were seriously injured, and the number of personnel had been reduced by one-third, although the other soldiers had not seen fear on their faces, they had already shown fatigue, and they had been sailing long distances without interruption for half a year, It is very damaging to their bodies.

Chen Ada knew that he couldn't wait long, otherwise his fate would only be like the French fleet back then, annihilated by the American army here, and he couldn't escape.

But he didn't move, and his cannons were still bombarding the Massachusetts, making the ship sink faster.

All the naval observers did not know what the Ming army was doing, only to see that the Massachusetts had completely capsized, and the Ming fleet could not find the target at this time, and even stopped shelling for a while, they simply could not imagine that in a naval battle of this scale, the Ming army would have such a low-level mistake, and their warships had already sunk five.

Chen Ada finally moved, he saw that on the sea about five kilometers in front of him, ten American ironclad ships met the Daming cruiser detachment, opened the formation, and completely broke away from the sequence of the US fleet, while the cruiser he sent out was still maneuvering, had overtaken the US fleet as a whole, and was making a detour to the rear of the other side.

At this time he gave the order, "All warships charge with him"!

The flagship Canton suddenly started at full speed, white smoke came out of the three large chimneys, the propellers were running at high speed, and the warship even had a momentum of rushing forward.

The other warships did not have time to react, and all gave the order to follow the flagship charge.

At this time, many captains thought of what Chen Ada said yesterday, about the bayonets on the warship, and couldn't help but be a little enthusiastic, is this to hit the other party?

I can't care so much, at this time, it is only four kilometers away from the US formation, and it is already very close, and every shot of the opponent's artillery hurts me.

The fleet started at full speed, and the speed could reach 16 knots, which was the highest level among the main warships at present, and when it started at full speed, plus the acceleration phase, it could rush into the US fleet within 10 minutes, and the disadvantage was that under full speed maneuvering, it was almost impossible to return fire in these 10 minutes.

At this time, Western observers knew that the reason why the Ming army wanted to sink the Massachusetts just now was to clear the route for themselves, and they actually planned to go straight to the US fleet, why did they do this? Desperate with the Americans? Or is it for a breakout?

Everyone thinks that it is the latter, and the Americans also think that it is the latter, because they have sunk six main ironclad ships of the Ming army at this time, and also damaged seven or eight, of which four have lost power or cannot keep up with the main fleet, so it can be said that the Ming army has lost ten capital ships, and they can still concentrate on breaking through, but only forty.

The U.S. military really wanted to keep these forty warships, so they ordered their own warships to start maneuvering, and the central warships began to retreat, leaving a depression for the Ming army to get in.

The Ming fleet not only charged the enemy position, but also approached the flagship, and soon formed a wedge-shaped formation, like a sharp knife, which was different from any naval battle, but like a cavalry charging formation.

Chen Ada's flagship rushed into the enemy line first, and by this time his flagship was badly damaged, the power had dropped, and one of the three steam engines had burned out, but he could open fire at this time, because his flanks were facing the American warship.

The maneuver of the U.S. fleet was far from as smooth as they imagined, causing a certain amount of confusion, obviously this brand-new navy could not fully grasp the performance of his new warships, the four warships they ordered to retreat did vacate their positions, but the warships they intended to outflank on both flanks did not complete the formation, and most importantly, the Ming army did not advance towards the position they vacated at all, but greatly deviated from the right side, that is, cut in from the position where the Massachusetts was sunk.

At this time, the U.S. military had 40 ironclad ships, 30 armored cruisers and 50 destroyers, but cruisers and destroyers played a limited role in this kind of naval warfare.

Therefore, the cruisers of the US army have been maneuvering in the rear, cooperating with ten ironclad ships to outflank the Ming cruisers, and the destroyers are temporarily away from the main battlefield. In the main battlefield, four of the US ironclad ships have just completed the maneuver of delaying, and the remaining 25 are all on the left side of the Ming fleet, and some of the sides are facing the Ming fleet, and some of the bow is facing the Ming fleet, and the Ming fleet has basically formed a situation of flanking the enemy due to the concentration and full speed interspersed just now, and the T-shaped array is out of position at this time.

At this time, Chen Ada ordered all ships to fire freely, there was no need to command, and the time had come to fight hard.

Although there were only forty warships left, the Ming army could fire at full speed at this time, and the more than ten torpedo tubes of each warship could also throw torpedoes, and the torpedoes might not be able to hit the opponent, most of them were probably passing through the bottom of the opponent's ship or beside it, but it could further interfere with the opponent's formation, making it difficult for them to complete the reorganization.

Chen Ada wants this kind of opportunity, an opportunity for the US military to be chaotic under the pressure of the battlefield.

At this time, the world's large warships are basically the layout of four batteries, two in the center, one in the bow and one in the stern, using double or triple assembly, the first class ironclad ship of the Ming Dynasty is three consecutive installations, a total of twelve giant guns, and the second class ironclad ship is a double assembly, a total of eight giant guns, and the caliber of the cannons is 280mm.

The two central batteries are not on one axis, but are staggered, roughly distributed on both sides of the central chimney, one on one side, this staggered arrangement is the design of Inflecil, this design allows the two central batteries, when the ship is facing the enemy, to fire at the same time, without affecting each other.

Therefore, the four turrets of the Ming army can now finally all fire, and the tail guns, which have long been choking enough, are firing like their lives, but the US fleet is in trouble for a while, and it is becoming more and more chaotic.

This time, it was the turn of the US warships to be damaged and sunk one by one, and the commander of the US fleet did not expect this situation at all, he did not expect that his fleet would be chaotic during the maneuver, their training was very strict, and the maneuver was very smooth in peacetime, who would have thought that there would be problems in battle, this was simply fatal.

Where did he know, in a tense battle, where there might not be problems. Even the most mature navy often chooses the simplest formation, because the more tense it is, the more likely it is to have problems. Chen Ada knows this very well, and when he fought the French naval battle, although he won the battle, it was not perfect, let alone the American army. In a complex battlefield, even the British Navy needs to consider urgently making complex maneuvers, but the Americans are bold in maneuvering, and it is no wonder that there are no problems.

Now that he has been caught, it is the Americans who deserve it, and it is also their only chance.

Looking at the huge ships spraying cannonballs, he knew that this battle could be won.

The U.S. military was unwilling to sit idly by, and after losing five capital ships, while the formation of other warships was even more chaotic, and even because the route was blocked by the sinking warships, several of them almost collided, and the commander of the U.S. forces knew that he could not wait any longer, so he ordered the cruisers in the rear to rush to support.

Thirty U.S. armored cruisers immediately sailed to the battlefield and appeared on the flanks of the Ming fleet, at which time the Ming fleet either chose to divide its forces to meet the enemy, or adjusted its formation to respond to the battle.

But after Chen Ada took a look, he ordered each ship to target the US ironclad ship in front of him, and not to care about the other party's cruiser.

Eight of the twenty-five American ironclads on the front had sunk under the blows of forty Ming ironclads, and their cruisers finally arrived on the battlefield, entered the firing range, and began to fire at the Ming troops from the flanks.

When the tenth warship began to capsize, the US commander gave up his plan to reorganize on the battlefield, and he asked the main fleet to withdraw from the battlefield, and asked the cruiser to move forward to block between the Ming army and the US capital ships, so as to buy time for the capital ships to retreat from the formation.

Chen Ada saw the intentions of the US warships, and he gave an order, and the ships maintained their course, continued to intersperse them forward in a long snake formation, and aimed their side sides at the US main fleet, which meant that they were very likely to follow the US cruisers that were sailing towards them and intended to separate them from the US capital ships.

It did collide, and the Canton took the lead and collided with a warship in the middle of the American cruiser, and the stern of the other party instantly sank in, and the Canton was also hit and slashed to the other side, blocking a deep water nest and a deep pit in the bow, but the Canton was still advancing, and the American cruiser began to sink.

All the Daming warships continued to follow the advance of the Guangdong, and the cannons were still bombarding the American ironclad ships that were trying to stay away from them and evacuate to the northwest, and at the same time began to encounter the shelling of the American cruiser at close range, with great casualties, but the American cruisers did not dare to torpedo on both sides, because they were glued together, and it was easy to be injured by mistake, but there was no taboo about the Ming warships that cut into the American cruiser fleet, and there were American warships on both sides, even if the torpedo passed through the bottom of their ship and hit the warship in the rear, it was definitely not a Ming warship.

After achieving the results of three cruisers with torpedoes, the Daming ironclad formation overpassed the interception of the American cruiser fleet, penetrated deep into the Yucatan Strait and continued northward, still flanking the evacuated American main ironclad ships.

Thirty-eight of the forty Ming ironclad ships were sunk by scattered counterfire from the U.S. capital ships, while the cruisers that passed through the opposing side were not actually sunk, but only lost a large number of seamen. At this time, only 12 of the 25 ironclad ships of the US army that were bitten by the Ming army were left, and more than half of them were lost.

At this time, the observers of various countries were frightened and excited, and while despising the Ming army for fighting without rules, isn't this a play of life, and the command art they expect to see is completely absent.

But the effect is there, the US ironclad fleet is pressed by the Ming army step by step, and there is almost no time to regroup, and it will never be able to retreat after fighting and retreating. The ten American ironclad ships that pursued the Ming cruiser into the northwest sea were retreating, and only fourteen of the twenty ironclad ships of the Ming army were left under their pursuit, obviously the ironclad ship had an absolute advantage over the cruiser, if it were not for the opponent's speed advantage, I am afraid that they had been completely annihilated.

After your fourteen cruisers escaped the pursuit, they did not intend to return to the battlefield, but sailed all the way on, into the two vast Gulf of Mexico, and everyone knew that they were going to break out.

At this time, the capital ships of both sides had collectively sailed through the Yucatan Peninsula, and half a day had passed, the sun was hanging high overhead, and the sun was also a little hazy in the smoke of the battle.

Fourteen U.S. ironclad ships arrived in the sea near Perez Island in Mexico at this time, and the Ming army still had thirty-eight ironclad ships, and they were also in hot pursuit here, still in a long snake formation, but at this time, ten capital ships of the U.S. army had already appeared in the rear of the Ming army, and they could attack at any time.

The Ming army was attacked from both sides, without any hesitation, and Chen Ada still ordered to attack the American ironclad ship in front of him.

The rear has launched a bombardment, the Ming fleet began to be damaged, one, two ironclad ships were damaged, one began to be silent, one lost power, and the fourteen American warships in front of them were sunk by them, four of them, because their own firepower was superior, and most of the other side was already wounded.

Chen Ada would rather risk the attack of the US ironclad ship behind him than concentrate on dealing with the US ship in front of him, obviously knowing well the truth that it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers.

The finger finally broke off after an hour, five of the ten ships were sunk again, and the other five escaped into Mexican ports with wounds.

At this time, there were still thirty ships left in the Ming fleet, and the annihilation of this force of American forces actually lost eight ironclad ships, and the remaining thirty ships, each of which was damaged, half of them were seriously injured, and the speed of the entire fleet decreased. But now they only had to face the ten enemy ships that had been chasing them all the time.

After bombarding these ten enemy ships for more than an hour, the opponent chose to retreat after damaging three of them and losing power to three of their own.

The Ming fleet was no longer capable of pursuit, and Chen Ada gave a surprising but very gratifying order at this time, he asked everyone to return to the sea, clear the remnants of the enemy ships, and rescue his companions at the same time.

There were only twenty ironclad ships that could carry out this order, and the others were seriously injured, so they could only follow slowly and gradually break away from the entire formation.

By the time the disabled men crossed the Yucatan Strait again, it was already dark, and they saw a fleet of twenty capital ships and eight of them that had lost power and had been repaired to avoid sinking seriously damaged warships.

In this battle, the Ming army paid the price of sinking 12 capital ships and seriously wounding 18 ships, sinking 20 American ironclad ships and several cruisers, which can literally be said to be equal.

But after this battle, all the observers sent back to their home countries that "the battle situation has been decided, and the Ming army has won a great victory"!

They spoke highly of the brave spirit of the Ming Navy, and they saw a strong temperament that erupted from it, but they did not see the art of command, which made them quite a pity.

But Chen Ada's conductor really has no art of conducting, the British don't see it that way!