"Surrender, don't fire!"

Seeing this, the gunners on the New York stopped shelling the Huaxia warship, and even the sailors in the engine room turned off the drive system when they heard that they had surrendered.

The captain of the New York jumped to his feet in a frenzy and ordered to continue his escape, but no one obeyed his orders.

After roaring for a while, the captain of the New York had no choice but to crouch in a corner of the command tower, waiting for the Huaxia Army to send someone on board to accept the surrender.

At the same time as the surrender of the New York, the twelve airships of the 2nd Squadron of the Airship Group braved the strong sea breeze to chase the battleship Brooklyn, dropping all 24 magnetic mine bombs one after another, and finally one of them smashed on the command tower of the Brooklyn.

The 500-kilogram mine bomb exploded violently, killing all the officers in the command tower, including the captain, gun commander, and helmsman, on the spot, and for a time, the Brooklyn lost its command.

Hu Zhen ordered the Great Xia to accept the surrender of the New York, and personally led the Dahua to rush towards the Brooklyn.

After urgent deliberation, the remaining officers on the Brooklyn felt that in the case of the sinking of the two flagships, the heavy damage of the third flagship, the surrender of the New York, and the death of the captain of the ship, their own side had actually been defeated in this naval battle, and it was no shame to surrender and preserve the naval strength, so they unanimously agreed: surrender to the Huaxia Army!

As a result, the Huaxia Army got an almost complete battleship.

Although the New York and Brooklyn both surrendered one after another, the veteran captain of the Columbia, Miller. Forsey refused to surrender to death, and at the speed of 14 knots of the Columbia, he engaged in an artillery battle with the opposite Maine.

Hu Zhen immediately arranged for the airship brigade to assist the cruiser fleet in pursuing the escaped cruisers of the Mi army, while the Dahua and Daxia quickly returned to the division to surround the Columbia.

Compared with the three battleships of the Huaxia Army, the number of guns of the Columbia was one to three, and the firepower was one to six, even one to nine, and one to ten, when the accuracy of the artillery was not as good as that of people.

However, in ten minutes, the Columbia, which was already covered in bruises, was even more damaged, its speed dropped to less than 10 knots, and three of the eight 203-mm main guns were jammed. 2 were directly overturned, and only 3 main guns were still struggling to support them, and they were about to lose all their combat effectiveness.

A bloodstained young officer leaned against the wall and couldn't help but say, "Colonel." We can't fight anymore, surrender! ”

Miller. Forsey grimaced and did not speak.

Another captain, who was a little older, continued: "Mr. Colonel, we have done our best for our country, and we are no longer able to recover the defeat. Let's surrender. ”

Another officer said, "Colonel, our wife and children are waiting for us at home, let's go home after surrendering!" ”

"Surrender, hehe, it's time for us to surrender, you guys go and raise the white flag!"

Helpless Miller. After giving the order to surrender, Forser took out a revolver and shot himself in the heart of the chest while no one was looking.

The third acting commander of the Atlantic Fleet, Captain Miller. Forse committed suicide, and the sinking Columbia finally surrendered to the Chinese army.

But. The surrender of the Columbia was a complete tragedy, and after the Columbia raised the white flag to sign surrender, the three battleships of the Huaxia Army stopped shelling.

When the Huaxia Army sent three small boats loaded with the surrendered personnel and was about to approach the Columbia, the Columbia suddenly exploded violently, which frightened the Huaxia Army's small boat to quickly retreat to a safe distance.

It turned out that the damage management team of the Columbia was too heavy to extinguish the fierce fire in the ship, and the blazing fire burned the piles of ammunition in the ammunition compartment.

The violent explosion blew the Columbia into three sections, and in less than five minutes, it all sank into the sea. Of the 627 people on board, only 3 survived. Forsey sank to the bottom of the Caribbean Sea with 620 crew members.

Seeing the loss of a battleship that was about to arrive, Hu Zhen shook his head helplessly. sighed: "Alas, I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place!" ”

However, Hu Zhen did not stay here too long, but focused on the pursuit of the Mi cruiser.

The 12 cruisers of the Huaxia Army pursued the 12 cruisers of the Mi Army who were scattered and fled at the highest speed, and they did not have any advantage in numbers.

The cruisers of the Mi army did not know that their battleships had been completely destroyed. Seeing that the Huaxia warships were scattered and chasing after them, they had a crooked mind, and looked at a single Huaxia cruiser chasing after them, and from time to time used stern guns to bombard them for a while, and even three cruisers suddenly turned their bows, occupied the T-shape, and concentrated artillery fire to besiege the two cruisers of the Huaxia Army.

"Hmph, look for death!" Zheng Dingbang happened to be in charge of the command of these two cruisers, and the fact that the Mi army stopped and fled was exactly what he wanted, he snorted coldly and ordered: "Turn 45 compass points to the left and start a column artillery battle with the enemy!" ”

At a distance of 3,500 meters, in a two-on-three artillery battle, the Huaxia Army left the data provided by Hu Zhen to carry out artillery bombardment, but at this time, the Huaxia Army battleship sailors already had firm self-confidence, and in the artillery battle using the observation and sighting instruments far ahead of the Mi Army, the Mi Army could not gain the upper hand at all.

When the two sides were entangled on the sea, the twelve airships of the first squadron of the Huaxia Army Airship Brigade saw the situation in the distance and quickly rushed to help in the battle.

However, it was too late, and the three Mi warships had no way to escape under the blocking of the mines thrown by the airship.

However, after half an hour of fierce fighting, one of the three Mi warships was sunk by artillery and one was sunk by airships, and the remaining one had to raise the white flag and surrender to the Huaxia Army.

The other eight warships of the Mi Army, which were scattered and fled, did not dare to turn back to fight the Huaxia Army, and rushed on the sea, hoping to survive until dark and escape.

However, the airships of the Huaxia Army are all equipped with radio stations, which rise to an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, and as soon as they find an escaped Mi warship, they will immediately guide their own warships to pursue.

After a day and a night of frantic pursuit, none of the Mi warships managed to escape under the powerful sea and air attack, a total of five cruisers were captured, and the remaining seven cruisers were all sunk in the process of escaping.

At this point, the Atlantic fleet of the Mi Army was completely annihilated.

The news spread that the Atlantic Fleet of the Mi Army was completely annihilated by the Huaxia Army, and since the total annihilation of the Spanish Luzon Fleet, in just a few months, the Huaxia Army once again shocked the world. (To be continued.) )