"We have a huge advantage now!" Before Dewey received a telegram from within the United States, the American brigadier general had already deduced the various situations that the US Navy might encounter several times in front of the charts. And no matter how he gets it, he feels that his side is a situation where the dog is tied to win, what is the dog win? Even a dog can win if he commands! As long as Spain and the Japanese did not join forces against themselves, there was no possibility of losing the US and Russian fleets!

Not to mention the weak chicken of Spain, 1 9000-ton and 2 6000-ton ships, if he dies, Dewey thinks that it will not take half an hour to end the battle and drown him with shells!

As for the Japanese? Anyone who knows how to count knows the result, on their side 1 10,000-ton battleship, 2 10,000-ton ACR (Brooklyn, Rurik) 3 first-class armored cruisers, 2 first-class protective cruisers, plus 3 second-class protective cruisers VS Japan 2 10,000-ton battleships, 2 10,000-ton ACR, 1 first-class protection cruiser, 2 second-class cruisers.

The ratio of capital battleships above the first class armored cruiser was 3 to 2. The ratio of protective cruisers was 5 to 3. Although the two 10,000-ton ACRs of the Japanese are really tricky, but Fuji Hachishima and the like are still not as good as Iowa, in history, the battleships of the same period, with the main guns of the second-level turret, who was Iowa afraid of? Two Munich ships can also be called ferocious, one dozen and one will not work, two dozen and one can always be done!

Dewey has already thought about it, Iowa and Brooklyn will deal with two Japanese second-class battleships, and the combined tonnage of the two battleships Rurik and New York will be nearly 20,000, so it's no problem to deal with Nijin, right? It's okay for two Munich to fight the other Izumo, right? The remaining 5 to 3 is also a tethered dog win!

So Dewey and Essen discussed, this matter, this should be done! The three capital ships of the Americans and the three strongest battleships in Dewey's hands were formed into a team, and when they fought, they caught and fought each other in the order above. Dewey served as the commander of this fleet, and in order to ensure smooth communication between the two sides, the US and Russian navies also sent liaison personnel to each other. A separate fleet of five protective cruisers, commanded by Commodore Shelly, was then formed to deal with the Japanese protective cruisers. The two fleets cooperate with each other, and the latter also has a certain autonomy.

After everything was ready, Dewey rushed to the Philippines with 11 warships, a fleet of nearly 90,000 tons of total tonnage, and 2,000 U.S. Marine officers and men! On Feb. 22, a U.S. Marine Corps team landed in Davao Bay, Mindanao. Then the American fleet waited here for 3 days, but the Spaniards did not show up, and Dewey scolded the Spanish for coercing the goods.

Although the Spanish people did have some cowardice, the Spanish navy could not be blamed for this, and the Philippines was a broken archipelago. Communication and transportation were not convenient, and the news of the presence of Americans on Mindanao had just reached Manila, when the Spanish fleet was preparing to set sail. Of course, because of the sad communication and the deliberate concealment of the American fleet, the Spaniards did not know the size of the American and Russian fleets at this time. I also prepared three big ships with a group of younger brothers to destroy Y!

After waiting for a few days to no avail, Dewey felt that life was so boring that he should find something to do, so he took the second group of U.S. Marines to Morro Bay in Mindanao, where he planned to open a branch base. And then it didn't matter, it happened to run into the Sailvera fleet coming south from the north!

If you look at the map, the Spanish fleet's closest route from Manila Bay was to head south and then cross the Basilan Strait between Basilan and Mindanao! And the American fleet, having sent troops to Morro Bay, was also planning to pass through this strait and go north! So the fleets of the two countries met here!

This was how things began, when Dewey's fleet had taken out the Spanish post near the landing site with 10 5-inch shells, the U.S. Marines began to move in an orderly manner, and groups of soldiers landed unhindered and began to unload supplies and artillery from the ships.

And Dewey, who was idle and bored, was forced to find something to do for himself, "Then it's okay to add coal!" "Three coal carriers refueled the other ships of the fleet, and the Shelly fleet, which was the first to complete the refueling, was sent to the Basiland Strait to carry out a guard mission. However, because the two Columbia-class protective cruisers are too capable of loading, the 1670-ton coal loading capacity is second only to the Russian's Rurik, and on the way north in the future, Dewey does not plan to bring slow transport ships, so these two battleships must be filled with coal bunkers and serve as half supply ships.

Less than 80 kilometers from the eastern entrance of the Basilan Strait, Shelley's fleet encountered the Spanish fleet from the northwest. However, it was not Shelly who first discovered the Spanish fleet, but two notification ships under the fleet, and Majifen was serving as a temporary captain on this notification ship.

In the Russo-Japanese War, notification ships existed, and the first to discover the traces of the Russian fleet in the Battle of Tsushima was a notification ship. In this era, radio was not yet widespread, so it was normal to place a notification ship around the fleet to act as an eye.

"It's like a fleet!" When Majifen, who had been depressed since he came to the Far East, saw the column of smoke of the fleet rising from the northwest, he quickly identified the size of the other party through the column of smoke after fighting, which should be at least the level of the fleet, and it was impossible for civilian ships to emit so much smoke, and at the same time, it was impossible for them to form in groups.

"It should be Spaniard!" Later, Ma Jifen judged the identity of the other party, and when the person next to him asked about such a judgment, Ma Jifen's answer was very simple: "Because the Japanese will not be so reckless!" "Since the Battle of Toshima, the Japanese fleet has always been very cautious in its actions, whether it is the Battle of Daitogou or the later sea hunting. Before the appearance of the main Japanese fleet, there were always reconnaissance ships at sea, or advance fleets.

Now the distance between the two sides is about 30 kilometers, and there is not even a sampan around except for the American ship. Then the identity of the other party has been determined! And counting the time, it was time for the Spanish fleet to act. "What are we going to do?" One of the subordinates asked.

"Have the Alert inform General Dewey, and we'll direct them to General Shelly!" Moments later, Majifen gave an order that surprised everyone.

"General Shelly probably won't be able to deal with these guys. They should be a large fleet. "At this time, Shelly's fleet was due east, and Dewey's fleet was to the north. In the eyes of ordinary people, just find Dewey and report it directly while the other party doesn't find out, how can it be so troublesome.

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