As the most important trading port in Nicaragua, although this small country does not have too many specialties, almost all of the income comes from barren land, but the local coffee and cocoa are also good production areas in South America, but also attracted a lot of European merchant ships to trade, in the early morning of June 10, when a French merchant ship and a British merchant ship approached the port of San Juan do South together, the bow of the ship just turned the strait, but unexpectedly saw a scene that stunned the world.

The two huge fleets, spitting billowing black smoke from each other, turned their heads against each other, completely ignoring the crowded situation in the bay due to the battleloads......

"The Chinese fleet, the Chilean fleet, the Peruvian fleet...... Damn, the flag on the other side should be the American fleet! Could it be that the United States of America is ready to go to war against the entire countries of the South Pacific! ”

"Didn't the Chinese dig a canal in Panama, why did they come here, did they come to rob Nicaragua of cocoa?"

"Damn it...... What are you still in a daze! Hurry up and inform the captain! If you enter the port at this time, it will be a rhythm of death! The two British and French merchant ships were in a state of panic, and the captain immediately ordered a hasty turn away from the mad navy at the mouth of the bay.

At the same time, Deng Shichang took the lead in leading the fleet to the mouth of the bay and the position of less than 3,000 meters from the US fleet, he stood straight in front of the high-powered telescope in front of the command tower, and the huge cage lookout unique to the American battleship on the US battleship Wisconsin on the opposite side could see clearly, and he could even feel the panic of the observing officers on the cage lookout!

"Report, 2400 meters away! The Wisconsin is 14 knots, and our ship is 16 knots! It is expected to rush into the queue in 5 minutes! Tang Fang, the shooting officer on the side, warned loudly. Let's be honest. This young soldier who was born in a military academy and has 7 years of ship experience. Obviously, he did not fully agree with Deng Shichang's decision, after all, the Wisconsin was a new warship of 15,000 tons, and the Zhenyuan ship was ...... Totally a twilight hero!

Deng Shichang pursed his lips, and the bow gun on the battleship Wisconsin in the distance had completely depressed the elevation angle and pointed straight at him, but he didn't seem to be worried that the other party would open fire at all, but slapped the table with a stern expression. Shouted loudly, "Order, send a message to the Yankees, the Chinese warships are preparing to enter the port, please avoid them immediately!" ”

"Bastard...... Let's get out of the way! What the hell are these damned Chinese thinking! Commodore Dewey looked at the group of Chinese warships in the distance that were rushing straight towards him like crazy, and he couldn't help but have a short circuit in his head at the moment, it was obvious that the American fleet, which had two Illinois-class battleships and one Chishach-class battleship, could easily destroy this old Chinese ironclad with Victorian livery under the current circumstances.

However, in the face of the other party's unhesitating collision. But he immediately felt the suffocating pressure......

"Brigadier General, in a few minutes we will finally bump into the Chinese! We must fire a warning to them! "On the battleship Wisconsin. Brigadier General Dewey's deputies had already taken the lead in collapsing, and the first mate Bales panicked and shouted to Brigadier General Dewey, who was pale-faced at the moment.

Commodore Dewey is not a little fledgling, but a veteran soldier who has served in the West Coast Fleet for more than 20 years, during which he personally experienced the San Francisco artillery battle, and he has an in-depth study of the old adversary of the Chinese Navy, this powerful maritime power that has risen all the way from the Far East, at least not the current United States can really confront it, the other side just used a little trick in Cuba, and buried the entire East Coast Fleet.

In just three years, although the U.S. Navy has been relieved, at least, the current naval strength has fully recovered to the state it was three years ago, and there are still victories, but as a senior admiral, he does not think that this can confront the powerful Far East China...... More importantly, although Commodore Dewey only saw two Chinese warships and a group of South American navies with messy flags at this moment, he would definitely not take this sudden unexpected situation lightly, this was a coincidence!

"The Chinese never make a move for no reason! There must be a conspiracy in this! This deep old American man immediately made a logical judgment, the disaster caused by the accidental exchange of fire between the East Coast Home Fleet and the Chinese earlier is definitely the deepest memory of the US Navy, and he immediately gave his order to the officers around him with a very resolute attitude, "First level of alert, warn the Chinese again, let them leave the main channel immediately!" But don't fire! ”

Seeing the warning flags constantly coming from the chicken coop lookout of the American battleship in the distance, Deng Shichang picked up the half-burned Wuyang brand cigarette, took a puff or two, and then pressed the cigarette butt on the windowsill of the command room, and suddenly turned his head to the adjutant behind him and ordered, "Warn the Yankees again, this is the Pacific coastline, let them get out of the way immediately!" ”

A huge column of smoke rose from the Zhenyuan ship, and the chief sailor's calm voice suddenly sounded, "The neat pressure is 100, the power is fully loaded, and the speed of the ship is 16.4 knots!" ”

When the ironclad ship Zhenyuan rushed to the blocking line composed of 6 American warships at full speed without hesitation, the Zhenyuan ship's lookout still issued an unhurried warning to get out of the way, while the battleship Wisconsin, which bore the brunt of the battleship, inevitably fell into a panic, and the veterans of the entire U.S. naval system were almost exhausted in the Cuban War three years ago. The decline of su zhì is already an indisputable fact.

Especially at this moment, which is completely hand-to-hand combat at sea, the two navies are undoubtedly superior!

2000 m ......

1500 m ......

1000 m ......

When the collision was still unavoidable, the battleship Wisconsin, except for the bridge command room, was completely chaotic, and the soldiers on the two sidestring batteries had fled their posts one after another, hiding in the thick central bridge, no one wanted to be bled by this extreme impact, and the officers and soldiers who were originally standing on the periphery and the lookout platform jumped off the mast even more desperately!

"Brigadier General, if you don't turn around, it's too late!" By this time, the officers on the Wisconsin had completely ignored Commodore Dewey's previous orders and shouted out their proposals.

And at this moment, Commodore Dewey is also in a very conflicted mood, as a senior admiral, he has long recognized at this moment that the opposite Chinese Navy battleship is only the old ironclad Zhenyuan of more than 7,000 tons, compared to the nearly 15,000 tons of Wisconsin battleship, it is obviously not a level, if it collides head-on, the Chinese battleship may completely fall apart.

Of course, the Wisconsin, with a total length of 120 meters, was hit by a nearly 7,000-ton sledgehammer, and the result must be unimaginable, not to mention, the useless collision angle that the new battleships have canceled, but the old ship that the Chinese drove here, it is estimated that the damn collision angle will still exist zài, which is an absolutely important and damn reason.

Seeing the Chinese Zhenyuan leading the other 9 warships roaring towards him, Dewey finally couldn't sit still, and there was obviously no third choice between shelling the other side and avoiding the other side......

"Right rudder...... 15 degrees ...... Avoid these damning chinkees! ”

Commodore Dewey finally made his final decision under great pressure, but this decision now seems to be a little late, and when the first mate heard the order from the microphone and turned the rudder in a panic, the Zhenyuan ship had approached more than 900 meters at a speed of more than 16 knots, and it was head-on on both sides, and the real contact was less than 40 seconds.

The two huge chimneys of the Wisconsin had just spewed out a large cloud of black smoke, and the Zhenyuan ship had already collided diagonally without any suspense, although Commodore Dewey's order prevented the two sides from colliding head-to-head, but the port side of both sides was completely unavoidable at high speed to make an indescribable terrifying sound.

Even the 10,000-ton battleship Wisconsin, after being hit by thousands of tons of kinetic energy, the entire hull also trembled terrifyingly, and the armor belts of up to 400mm thick on both sides were like two giant weapons colliding, sending out a terrifying echo of creaking, and the hulls of both sides were under the huge impact, and they were actually deflected from the other side of the impact, and they were slowly lifted up from underwater.

From a distance, it can be seen that the relatively short hull of the Zhenyuan ship is obviously more at a loss, the entire hull has shown a nearly 45-degree inclination, and even the huge three-bladed propeller on the left side of the tail has been lifted out of the water at this moment, and although the Wisconsin has a large advantage in tonnage, but the American battleship has not pulled up the speed at all before, and Commodore Dewey has been pinning his hopes on deterrence to force the opponent to give in, which makes the Zhenyuan at full speed take a big advantage.

The ship's hull tilted violently to the right, which immediately caused chaos on the Wisconsin, and Rear Admiral Dewey only held the guardrail of the lookout, but could not stop the several staff officers and adjutants behind him from crying wolf...... However, the long barrel of the 150mm auxiliary gun sticking out of the side chord of the Wisconsin was really damaged, and under the huge impact force, the cannon barrel rattled like a straw, and then was completely broken under the huge impact force.

Fortunately, although the battleship bumper car is heartbreaking, it comes and goes quickly, and the harsh steel grinding sound creaks and makes people shudder, but Zhenyuan and the first mate at the helm on the Wisconsin obviously did the same thing, that is, immediately turn the rudder to separate the two battleships, otherwise both sides may eventually capsize due to lateral thrust. (To be continued......)