The sunken cruisers of the United States did not have time to send a distress telegram, and the huge explosion spread far away, but indirectly notified the fleet of the United States. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, Sun Hao and others also faintly heard the explosion, and after hearing the explosion, Sun Hao knew that the submarine force had succeeded.

After Wang Hongliang on the flagship heard the explosion, a smile appeared on his face, and the war was about to begin. After the enemy heard the explosion, he would definitely send warships out to reconnoitre, which would give the First Fleet a chance to gradually encroach. Thinking of this, Wang Hongliang conveyed a combat order.

Admiral Anderson, the commander-in-chief of the Great White Fleet, also heard numerous violent explosions, and since the patrolling cruisers had not yet sent a telegram, Admiral Anderson had to send two battleships, two battle cruisers, two first-class cruisers, three second-class cruisers, and four destroyers to scatter out to investigate, hoping to find out what was going on with the explosion just now.

Admiral McDoom, commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, also heard the explosion, and without getting any information, he had to call Admiral Anderson, but the answer was that Anderson did not know what was going on, and under Admiral Anderson's instructions, McDoom also sent one battleship, two battle cruisers, two first-class cruisers, two second-class cruisers, four destroyers, and six gunboats to reconnoitre.

The first squadron will face the Great White Fleet of the United States, and the first fleet has the advantage of firepower in battleships, and is at a disadvantage in other aspects.

Even so, Wang Hongliang was not afraid at all, even if he was defeated, there was also the help of submarines under the sea. However, Wang Hongliang did not want to see the submarine end the war, but hoped to fight in a bright and bright way and defeat the fleet of the United States.

The Second Fleet has won an unprecedented victory, and Wang Hongliang very much hopes that the First Fleet will also win a victory, otherwise it will not be able to make up for the balance in his heart at all. The second fleet is all women, and they can all defend the country and win glory. Is the First Fleet not even as good as a woman? If this war is won by submarines, then the soldiers of the First Fleet will lose their faces, and their position as the commander of the fleet will not be guaranteed.

Wang Hongliang stood on the bridge in high spirits, while Sun Hao and Shen Jun hid in the safe room under Wang Hongliang's persuasion.

Sun Hao had never seen a battleship duel, and he really wanted to see the scene of the battleship duel, but he was taken to the safe room by Wang Hongliang and the guards on the grounds of safety.

After Wang Hongliang telegraphed and saw that the Great White Fleet had sent two battleships, two battle cruisers, two first-class cruisers, three second-class cruisers, and four destroyers, and the Pacific Fleet had also sent one battleship, two battlecruisers, two first-class cruisers, two second-class cruisers, four destroyers, and six gunboats to reconnoiter the explosion, Wang Hongliang also appropriately adjusted his tactics according to the information he obtained.

The tactics arranged this time were to use one battle cruiser, two cruisers, and two destroyers as bait, and Wang Hongliang planned to kill all the battleships sent by the Great White Fleet to reconnoitre.

The commander in charge of this lure operation was Colonel Han Laosan, who did not have rich combat experience, but he had his own set of operational concepts, and it was very suitable for him to complete the task of luring the enemy.

At 10:15 a.m., several masts appeared on the southern skyline. Subsequently, the figures of more than 10 warships appeared in the eyes of the watchman.

"Spot the enemy!" The watchman immediately gave a warning, and all the Chinese navy was warned, and the sailors on the ship began to get busy.

"The ships turned, dispersed the distance, and shelled the warships of the Western devils." As the commander in charge of luring the enemy this time, Han Laosan immediately gave the order to turn around. If you fight head-on, you may not be able to achieve the task of luring the enemy. This time it was a seduction battle, not a decisive battle and a battle to the death, so Han Laosan deliberately scattered the battleship and pretended to escape.

On the battleship Virginia, Rear Admiral Wid-Alai held a telescope and stared at the sea ahead.

The Virginia-class battleship has a standard displacement of 14,948 tons, 19,000 horsepower, a speed of 19.26 knots, 2 twin 305mm guns, 4 twin 203mm II guns, 12 rapid-fire guns of 152mm caliber, 12 rapid-fire guns of 76mm caliber, 12 3-pounder guns, 8 machine guns, and 4 torpedoes of 533 caliber.

At the same time, the Virginia also discovered the warship of Huaxia, but the lookout felt a little strange when he saw the golden dragon battle flag hanging on the battleship. Because, the lookout had no idea that this was the flag of that country. However, the lookout immediately thought that the military flag of the Great Qing Kingdom seemed to be a dragon flag, but the dragon flag of the Great Qing Dynasty only had a golden dragon, and now when he saw the other party's military flag, there was a big dragon and four small dragons.

While confused, the lookout on the battleship Virginia immediately began to warn.

"Enemy Spotting!" Soon, an alarm sounded, and the sailors on the 10-odd warships were busy, ready to meet the enemy, and the good Suzi of the US Navy showed at this time, they were busy, but they were not flustered. It's all in an orderly start, and everyone is in place.

"Grab the T-word!" Major General Wid-Alai quickly ordered.

The warships of the United States are mainly designed with secondary guns, and most of the guns are installed in the ship's dazzling part, and it is not wrong for Rear Admiral Wid-Alai to put on a T-shaped formation, so as to give full play to the firepower advantage of the battleship.

Rear Admiral Widley was very aware of the nature of the battleship he carried, so he shot at the T-prefix. However, Rear Admiral Wid-Alai was puzzled, and while his fleet was in formation, the opposing warships were turning around, as if they were about to escape.

The opposing side also did not have many battleships, a huge battleship, two cruisers, two destroyers. However, the tonnage of that battleship was almost twice the size of the Virginia, and it was the first time that Rear Admiral Widley had seen such a huge battleship.

Rear Admiral Weide Alai also did not know that the displacement of the battle cruiser in Huaxia was similar to that of the battleship, and mistakenly thought that the battle cruiser was a battleship. Especially when I saw the huge main gun through the telescope, I thought it was a battleship.

Seeing such a huge battleship for the first time, Rear Admiral Wid-Alai was both excited and a little worried. Excited that he was about to fight the largest battleship, he was worried about the threat of the opponent's six huge main guns. Wede-Alley is not a fool,

The large caliber of the main gun means that the firing range is long and the power is huge, and Major General Wid-Alai understands this very well.

"Your Excellency Commander, the opponent is likely to be the mysterious Huaxia Kingdom." The adjutant said, standing beside Wid-Alai.

Widder Alley put down the binoculars, then nodded. Such a huge battleship was only possessed by this newly emerged Huaxia State, which had a total of two huge battleships, one with eight main guns and the other with six main guns. The tonnage of both types of battleships is about the same, it's just the number of main guns.

According to Admiral Anderson's account, the battle flag of Huaxia is one big dragon with four small dragons. The military flag has been matched, and coupled with the incomparably large warship, Weide Alai has affirmed that the other party is the warship of Huaxia Kingdom.

Could it be that the patrolling cruiser was sunk by the warship of the Huaxia Kingdom? However, I didn't hear a fierce artillery battle, even if the battleships of Huaxia Kingdom were huge, there was no reason to kill more than 10 patrolling cruisers at the same time? Not to mention the fact that the sound of artillery battles on both sides was not heard at all, only violent explosions.

Why did Huaxia appear in this sea? Why sink the battleship of the United States? It seems that the United States and the Huaxia Kingdom have no interests, and they have not offended the Huaxia Kingdom, what is going on? Wedealai was confused in his heart, did they want to rob the wealth of the rice country?

Thinking of this, Wedale was not only worried. Huaxia not only has two powerful fleets, but also seems to have a mysterious submarine force. Although it has not been confirmed, the sinking of the three major fleets of the British Empire must have been done by Huaxia, because Huaxia wanted to develop the South Seas, and the British Empire was a stumbling block for them.

Thinking of the mysterious submarine, Weide Alek suddenly knew why the patrolling cruiser was sunk without the slightest force to fight back, it must be that Huaxia Kingdom had ambushed countless submarines on this seabed.

Thinking of this, Vedder Alai felt a chill in his heart, it's over! Finished! The warships of the United States do not have anti-submarine devices at all, let alone anti-submarine means, and this is completely an asymmetrical war. If Huaxia launches torpedoes without restrictions, no matter how many warships there are, they will only be beaten.

"Send a telegram immediately, we were intercepted by the warships of Huaxia Kingdom, and those patrolling battleships may have been sunk by Huaxia Kingdom's submarines!" Widley, looking at the adjutant, said solemnly.

"Yes!"

Now that we have to face not only the powerful warships of the Huaxia Kingdom, but also the underwater submarines, Widdeley has no way to deal with submarines in his heart, how can he fight while guarding against the opponent's mysterious submarines? Wid'Alae's face was sad, and he couldn't think of a way to deal with the submarine.

At present, the submarines of all countries in the world have not yet formed a powerful attack force, let alone study ways to deal with submarines. In addition, all countries do not pay attention to submarines, and they all think that submarines are just underwater toys, and they are ships that cannot be put on the table at all.

Can you send some people to stand on the boat and take a closer look at the bottom of the water? Widdell Alley couldn't help but think of this way. As long as you find a torpedo and take precautions to avoid it, you may be able to avoid the attack of the underwater submarine, Widdealle thought to himself.

Wid-Alai couldn't have imagined how advanced the torpedoes used by Huaxia's submarines were! I also didn't think that when the torpedo launched by the submarine was discovered, it would be too late to evade it, and at the speed of 45 knots of the torpedo launched by the Huaxia submarine, it would be too late when the observer discovered that the underwater torpedo was coming.