Just when Zhu Li was meeting the Chinese in the Mediterranean, under China and the United States, outside Panama City.

A Chinese warship with billowing smoke is struggling on the surface of the sea.

The garrison army has now taken Mexico City as a matter of course, the troops in the hands of the Spaniards are all fighting, and the prisoner of war camps of Cai, Xu, and Deng are already numbering hundreds. However, the purpose of annexing the whole of Mexico was not the purpose of the garrison army, their goal was to completely take the Isthmus of Central America - the narrow strip of central America located south of Mexico and north of Colombia, bordered by the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west, which was a natural bridge connecting the North American continent with the South American continent.

In addition to finalizing the Suez Canal, Chen Ming's eyes were also fixed on the Panama Canal.

Let's put it this way. If Chen Ming wants to completely devour the Americas, he must take into account the reaction of the Europeans, and it is much more convenient to attack Europe from the east coast of the Americas than to China itself.

Moreover, after occupying the entire Americas, it was necessary for Chen Han's sailor fleet to move to the east coast of the Americas on a large scale. The entire Pacific Ocean has become China's inland lake. In this case, if Chen Ming is unwilling to divide the fleet in his hands into two or three parts, he must open up the Panama Canal, the 'main artery' of the Americas.

Otherwise, the fleets on both sides of the Americas can only be independent detachments, rather than integrated large fleets, which will greatly weaken the deterrent power of warships.

Whether it is strategically or in the future development of the Americas, the construction of the Panama Canal is of great significance.

Of course, Chen Ming also knew that the canal was much more difficult than the Suez Canal.

There are still many cities on the east coast of Mexico that are in Spanish hands, and although there are also Spanish cities such as San Jose, León and Granada on the west coast, where does Panama matter?

As long as Panama is taken, North America can be said to be closed.

Swinging east from Panama, will it be difficult to capture the port of Colón?

For this battle, the garrison army invested a total of more than 30,000 troops, which can be said to be a bloody investment.

There are no less than 200 transport ships in the fleet alone, and there are more than 30 warships and warships, large and small. Including the flagship of the American Fleet, the 1st class sail battleship Ming Chengzu, was also involved in the battle.

Hundreds of naval guns bombarded incessantly. A Spanish battery not far away was a key target for Chinese sailors and gunners.

On the Chen Han fourth-class sail battleship, which was hit by the Spaniards' shore defense cannon and exploded, the Chinese sailors were busy in a panic, and the engineers tried their best, but the huge hole in the hull of the ship was always pouring choppy seawater into the hull.

Ye Tingyang looked at the battleship struggling on the sea, and his heart could be described as extremely annoyed. It was really unfortunate that I was so lucky, I took a few shots, and suddenly the battleship exploded. The whole side of the ship was blown up, and the 'cracks' that stretched from the deck to the waterline were as dense as cobwebs, and how could people stop them?

The bombardment of the American fleet was full of superiority, because their warships were also equipped with hexagonal guns, although only in the bow. But with the advantage of the hexagonal guns in range and accuracy, they should completely hang the Spaniards. Just like the previous battles!

Where did you think that today's luck was so bad!

In the end, seeing that the warship could not be saved, the pipe band had to give the order to abandon the ship, and groups of Chinese sailors jumped into the sea from the sloping deck of the warship, and a few sailors managed to untie those small boats!

Twenty minutes later, the bow of the battleship was completely submerged in the sea, and the angle between the entire hull and the sea level had exceeded thirty degrees. The 'wound' on the side of the ship began to threaten, and the battleship kept making a 'click' sound, and finally there was a loud 'boom', and the whole warship was broken in two. The second half of the volley slapped heavily into the sea......

Two hundred exhausted Chinese sailors floated on the sea, many crying as they cried. This 'nightmare' experience will last a lifetime.

And at this moment, on the Spanish battery, it is also as tragic as hell, and it is also unforgettable for a lifetime, and it is unbearable to witness.

So far, the coastal defense battery, which the Spaniards focus on, has been hit hundreds of times by shells fired from hexagonal guns and large-caliber long-barreled smoothbore guns, the parapet walls of the batteries have been hit, and many open-air gun emplacements have been completely swept away. The whole turret was filled with the smell of burnt blood being steamed!

"Reload, reload!"

The gun groups in the open gun emplacements turned into minced meat, but the safety of the gunners in semi-enclosed and enclosed gun emplacements was still very ensured. As long as the logisticians can deliver ammunition to them among the shredded corpses, they can be engaged in the ongoing battle. Whether it was effective or not, the coastal defense guns of the Spanish batteries were also bombarding non-stop.

There seems to be a flame burning in Moncloix's chest! The arrival of the Chinese ruined his family and ruined his life.

He originally had a happy family, and with a medium-sized plantation, he was able to make sure that his family lived a happy and happy life. But all that changed with the arrival of the Chinese.

The war, the insurrection of the Indians, the former caused him to suffer a huge loss of profits, and he had to pay a large sum of money to the authorities; The latter let his happiness leave him forever. His wife, his children, his plantation, his everything~~

With a fire that ignited one night, everything turned to ashes. When Moncloix heard the news and rushed home from Belize, all he could find was the charred remains of his loved ones.

Hatred has made Moncloix a staunch anti-Chinese faction, and he has remained on the front line for the past year. It may have been his relatives in heaven who blessed him, and Moncloix fought bravely, charging forward again and again, but unscathed.

Now he was a major in the colonial army, guarding one of the battery's forts.

"Boom ......"

The artillery base shook violently, and Moncloix came to his senses in anger, and the main gun fired. His eyes were busy looking in the direction where the main gun was pointed.

At a distance of 1,2300 meters, a column of water rose from the perimeter of a 3rd sail battleship of the Chinese Naval Division, which was called the third rank. Moncloix's heart darkened, "I missed it again!" "It's one or two hundred meters apart.

……

Time passed little by little. The sun was setting over the sea and the sky was darkening.

In the port of Panama, the artillery battle, which lasted for a day, also came to an end.

The tense atmosphere in the shore defense battery dissipated little by little, and the white sail shadows that could be seen in the distance were far away, and that sail represented the warships, and also represented that the fierce battle was really far away from Panama.

Of course, this is limited to the rest of the day.

The supreme commander of the battery, Colonel Villael, was silent. He couldn't forget the tragic situation of the fort he had just arrived.

The breastwork has been almost swept away, and the C-sector fort is less solid, and Biasel just walked over to take a look, and the front of the C5 turret was punched a shocking hole, and the cannon inside was completely distorted, and the remaining fortress was still black, obviously martyred......

All of this made Villael's heart heavy.

Fortunately, many of the gunners on the battery turned their heads and sat on the ground after the battle, and rested on the powder kegs. They didn't see a scene behind the battery - the soldiers transporting shells and powder kegs.

A group of unkempt, bandaged or crutche-wielding colonial soldiers limped their wounded companions off the battery.

Corpses were placed under the turret, and many of them could not even find all the accessories, so they had to be put in their pockets as if they were garbage.

Blood and a silent, oppressive breath filled the entire fort, and the bodies of fallen soldiers, wrapped in shrouds or covered with just a small tarpaulin, were densely packed and piled up in the open space under the silent forts.

Rivale also asked soldiers to clean up the remnants of Area C, and one by one the collapsed or semi-enclosed forts were 'opened', and the bloody noses inside, and the bodies of the tragic gunners were neatly placed on the ground.

The deaths of each of them were horrific. Blood covered their bodies, and countless pores turned into bloody pores. The eyes of both gunners protruded from their sockets, and the yellowish-white brains were disgusting. Many people's internal organs were spewed out, and the bodies were like meatloaf that had been beaten with a hammer, and the bones were all shattered!

On a new day, the smoke continued to fill the skies over Panama's ports.

"Fire, fire—"

"Destroy the Spaniards—"

Ye Tingyang's eyes were blood-red. He hadn't slept well for the past few days, and the Panama War was a great deal of weight, and he was under a lot of pressure.

Ye Tingyang not only had to organize the fleet to blow up a series of batteries built by the Xibaya people in Panama, but also arranged for the marines to open up their positions, and at the same time had to take into account the logistics and transport fleet. Who made Ye Tingyang one of the two deputy commanders of this battle.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Shells of all calibers rained down on the Spaniards' batteries. A new day begins a new day, the sea is filled with smoke, and the tension of the battle envelops the small port city at breakneck speed.

Billel put down the telescope in his hand, and his vision was gray, and he couldn't look at the warship at sea.

"With such dense artillery fire, the Chinese are afraid that they are within 1,000 meters." The deputy's words rang in Bill El's ears. The tone was full of emotion.

But this sentence is useless. Even with the sea breeze, the smoke obscured Villael's view.

But the tall watchtower erected behind them had a clear view. But it didn't work.

The main thing is the limitation of instant messaging and optical instruments. Whether it's a flag or something else, it's not an efficient instant messaging. Whether it is a high-powered telescope or a measuring instrument, this current age is still in a very early stage, otherwise this distance will expand much.

"Boom ......"

The Spaniards' batteries continued to roar their own, and likewise, they did not care whether they were useful or not. Anyway, if you can hear a sound, it can also lift and calm the will of the citizens and army units in Panama City.