"It's not difficult to repel them, the key is complete annihilation! If we give up this opportunity, then it will be difficult for us to annihilate them, God knows whether the Spaniards will come over 4 or 5 armored cruisers! We can't divide our forces against such a fleet, and since this is the home of the Spaniards, it is not easy for us to catch them. Magiffen explained.

"Head, you're right, you've been to war after all, not those bigwigs who sit in the office. I believe in you. Ensign John, the captain of the Indian, agreed. The approachability of senior officers and the sharing of weal and woe always make people feel cordial, and Ma Jifen was also a grassroots cadre in Beiyang back then. When I returned to the U.S. Navy, I didn't look at the rank of a major, but I also ran to the ship all day.

Majfin was the god in this small fleet, and a few minutes later, the Vigilance headed north in search of Dewey's fleet, while the Indians headed up to meet the Spanish fleet. Because the ship was too small, when the two sides were close to more than ten kilometers, the lookout on the Carlos V spotted the little guy with the Star-Spangled Banner in the distance!

"Holy! Ran into it? Like the Americans, when Sevela was sure that he had run into the American fleet, he was first of all excited, the Americans were excited because they knew that the Spanish fleet was a weak chicken and would definitely not be able to beat him, and the Spaniards were excited because they "thought" the Americans were weak chickens.

However, the little guy who appeared in front of him obviously couldn't afford to let his capital ship do it himself, in addition to three capital ships, two unprotected cruisers and three gunboats! Originally, these gunboats were used as a warning force, but now that the American warships have been discovered, they can go up and knock them out and then catch people and ask them, so Sevela removed the three gunboats originally set up in the north, and the entire cordon collapsed instantly!

And at this time, Sevela also made a mistake that was not wrong, when the three gunboats went to pursue the Indian, his fleet chose to patrol on the spot, which was nothing, but sadly, the main American fleet was near him! And he didn't know anything about it. And after he personally dismantled the northern cordon, he did not have a little warning in the face of the approaching American fleet!

"It's finally here? What is the size of the other party?" asked an officer excitedly when the Alert told Dewey and a staff officer about the discovery of the Spanish fleet.

"It doesn't matter how big he is! Just go up and die! Let's have a hairy breakfast, let's get ready to open the film! Dewey excitedly threw aside the knife and fork in his hand, and then tore off the napple on his chest and ordered loudly, Now in this case, do you still need to consider the size of the other party? The tonnage of the fleet on his side is nearly twice that of the opponent, the number of armored ships is twice that of the opponent, and the clear sky is unobstructed! A battle that can be won directly in the past, what do you want to do so much!

"Tell me about the movements of the enemy fleet." Dewey only asked one question, and immediately led the fleet to kill it after getting a definite answer, but this route was a bit problematic, first going southwest, then turning north, and successfully rounding the back of the Spanish fleet!

Severa will never forget how shocked and frightened he was when he saw the American fleet suddenly appear behind him! A series of plumes of smoke rose into the sky, and as the distance gradually closed, he could already clearly see the lineup of the American fleet.

"It's Iowa! The Americans actually drove their battleships to the Far East! "The Iowa Bear, as strong as a brown bear, gave Severa a chill in his hands and feet. And what he didn't expect was that this battleship could actually drive a speed close to 18 knots, what was going on with this TM? Isn't it said that there are 16 verses that are good?

In fact, Iowa's 16 knots are only the actual speed, and it can drive more than 17 knots after service, and this time, for the sake of the battle in the Far East, Iowa strictly limited the supply and loading capacity of the battleship, and removed all unnecessary decorations and daily necessities that could be removed from the battleship. Among them was the piano that had been painstakingly prepared for the captain, but now an expensive luxury item made by a famous man had been reduced to firewood by an axe and thrown into an Iowa boiler. Not to mention, dry firewood is indeed easier to burn.

Behind Iowa are the Brooklyn and the New York, the two battleships Sevela still know each other, but the subsequent battleships make Sevella a little dizzy, and the largest battleship seems to be a little familiar! Isn't this the Rurik of the Russians in the Far East! How did they hang the Star-Spangled Banner? There are two more ships, which seem to be Munich-class! This boat Saila is more familiar, and there are two in Spain!

Sevela was completely speechless, he looked at the huge fleet in front of him and was completely desperate! The Spanish fleet simply could not defeat such a formidable opponent, and it was impossible to even run, because of the limitation of coal supply. (The British imposed restrictions on the import of bituminous coal from Spain, and the Far East also had a hostile takeover of coal from Britain and Japan.) Now the Severa fleet has reduced the speed of the battleship to less than 17 knots because of the soot problem!

And the speed of the other side seems to be a little faster than his own, and if it is a pure cruiser, the speed may be even faster! You know, the American warships were just maintained in the floating docks of Kaiser Wilhelm's territory in Germany! Coal is also high-quality white coal! Enough firepower and less soot!

This battle can almost be described as no suspense, after more than 2 hours of chase, Sevela was finally caught by the Americans, Sevela could have held out longer, but sadly, a small fleet appeared in front of him, and the three protective cruisers led by General Shirley's O'Libya bravely stopped the Spanish fleet in front of them! As for the three gunboats of the Spaniards, where did they go? Nature has already fed the fish!

When Shelly approached the Spaniards with the fleet, Majifen was still sweating, the so-called ignorant are fearless, and Shelly, who only obtained information from the battle report, did not know how terrifying it was when his three ships had to face three armored cruisers, but Magifin knew that the armored cruiser Mainz was easily three in the Battle of Toshima. Even if he was half-dead in the last battle, he held out for a long time, what happened to the other two armored cruisers of the Spaniards, Majifen didn't know, but the Carlos V was a strengthened version of Munich, as long as the other party's quality was strong, it was really not a problem to pick three!

Even if there is a large fleet, Majifen is worried that his fleet will be directly crushed! He really didn't dare to compliment the level of gunnery of the US Navy, he was not as good as the Japanese! Fortunately, what Magifen feared did not happen in the ensuing series of encounters, because the Spaniards were worse than the Americans! Think about it, in the historical Battle of Manila, although Dewey's fleet was crushed by strength, but after a battle, the Spanish fleet was completely annihilated, 381 people died, nearly 8 American troops were injured, and no one was killed! The battle can be fought to this extent! You can imagine the extent to which the Spanish people coaxed, right?

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