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Han Laosan originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to force the other party to surrender, but he didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Due to the small number of his own numbers and battleships, Han Laosan did not immediately lean over, but just ordered a telegram to be sent to the main fleet to take over.

After receiving the telegram from Han Laosan, the flagship telegraph room of the First Fleet immediately handed the telegram to Wang Hongliang.

After Wang Hongliang got the telegram, he could hardly believe his eyes. Four warships sank four warships and captured six gunboats and nine warships, including the battleship Virginia, which had a displacement of more than 16,000 tons.

The telegram also explained the specific battle process, especially the effect of firing torpedoes under the bombardment of the main artillery, which was highlighted by Han Laosan.

After Wang Hongliang read the telegram, he showed it to Sun Hao again.

After reading the telegram, Sun Hao and Chief of Staff Shen Jun were very satisfied with this result, and Sun Hao also praised Han Laosan's innovative tactics and knew how to give full play to his torpedo advantage.

At half past one o'clock in the afternoon, the First Fleet made peace with Han Laosan and sent ships to receive the surrendered personnel and wounded ships of the United States.

Soon after, the main combined fleet of the United States also arrived at the scene, and there were no other items in this sea area except for some debris and corpses floating on it.

Admiral Anderson, commander-in-chief of the United Fleet, also received a surrender telegram from Widley, which also reminded Anderson to pay attention to the torpedoes on the opposing warship, which not only had a long range, but was several times more powerful than the torpedoes of the United States.

Anderson didn't expect Huaxia's torpedoes to be so powerful, they could be launched several kilometers away, and the speed reached an unprecedented speed of about 45 knots. At the same time, it was also very shocking to the scientific and technological level of Huaxia, as well as the tactics of combining artillery and torpedoes.

Seeing that Huaxia's warships had withdrawn, Anderson didn't dare to be careless, estimating that the opponent's warships had not evacuated far, maybe they were trying to find a way to sneak attack their own combined fleet. Anderson even thought that Huaxia might use the submarine as a big killing weapon, and thinking of this, Anderson's hope for victory in this naval battle was dashed.

But this is not Anderson's character, even if he fails, he must fight to the end, even if he fails, to paraphrase the words of the East, it is still glorious despite defeat.

After analyzing the predicament for a moment, Anderson immediately began to lay out his tactics. First of all, Anderson arranged dozens of destroyers to start guarding the perimeter to guard against a sneak attack by submarines from Huaxia.

Although the submarine is elusive, Anderson knows that it also has a weakness, that is, it must rise to the surface when attacking, use the periscope to observe the enemy ship, and after accurate calculations, can launch a torpedo.

As long as lookouts on patrol battleships on the periphery notice this, submarines are not invincible either. As long as the opponent's submarine surfaces, the patrol warship can open fire and sink them after discovering it.

There is also the fact that the speed of the elusive submarine should be very slow, and the speed of traveling underwater must not be comparable to that of a warship on the surface. Anderson trusts his own judgment in this.

However, Anderson didn't know that Huaxia, whether it was a warship or a submarine, was not a product of this era at all. The underwater speed of Huaxia's submarines has even exceeded the surface speed of the United States' warships, and the two cannot be compared at all.

Admiral Anderson, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, arranged to deal with submarines, and at the same time sent the Pacific Fleet and the Spanish Fleet, and the two fleets sailed together to the southeast. Anderson's idea was to have the two fleets go to explore the way and see what kind of conspiracy Huaxia was playing.

The real combat effectiveness of the two fleets is the Pacific Fleet, and the two dozen or so old warships of Spain are purely playing the role of soy sauce, and they can't talk about much combat effectiveness at all, maybe it's okay to scare those civilians.

Wang Hongliang, commander of the First Fleet, was calculating the distance of the enemy ships and reconnoitring airships through the sky, and he was very familiar with the movements of the United States Combined Fleet.

After Wang Hongliang thought of the tactics of combining artillery and torpedoes, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

On the surface, the United Fleet of the United States looks like there are more than 100 ships, which is more than twice the number of the First Fleet, but the quality of the two sides cannot be compared at all, and the number of main guns of the First Fleet even exceeds that of the other side combined.

However, at the beginning, torpedoes could not be fired, otherwise the combination of torpedoes and naval guns would be lost. If you want to use the power of the torpedoes on the battleship, the only time to use the ship's guns to beat the opponent in a panic is the best time to fire the torpedo.

Through the reconnaissance of the airship, Wang Hongliang knew that the distance between the two sides was not far, that is, a half-hour voyage.

Wang Hongliang even thought of a night battle at first, but he thought that a night battle would also be very unfavorable to the First Fleet, so he gave up this idea again.

When he learned through the airship that the United States had sent dozens of warships to this side, and there were more than 20 warships flying the Spanish flag, Wang Hongliang decided to concentrate his firepower to eat this fleet first.

Soon after, the two fleets met, and both discovered each other.

Admiral McDoom, commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, quickly ordered the fleet to be adjusted into a T-shaped formation, while Wang Hongliang ordered the fleet to speed up and surround the Pacific Fleet.

Although the number of warships in the First Fleet was not as large as that of the Pacific Fleet and the Spanish fleet combined, Wang Hongliang was not afraid at all.

When McDoom saw the dozen or so battleships of the First Fleet that looked like small hills, his heart suddenly fell to the bottom. I had only heard about how huge the warships of Huaxia Kingdom were, but after seeing them with my own eyes today, I realized that the rumors were true. McDoom also didn't know that the First Fleet's battle cruisers had a similar displacement to the battleships, and even regarded the battlecruisers as battleships.

When he saw that the other side had 15 huge battleships, McDoom seemed to already know the outcome of this war. With the Pacific Fleet and the old Spanish warships, it is not an opponent of the other side at all. The Pacific Fleet has only four battleships, while the other side has 15, and this is simply an asymmetrical battle.

McDoom hurriedly ordered the order to be reported to Admiral Anderson, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, that the two sides were not far apart, and as long as there was an engagement, the Great White Fleet would soon arrive.

As long as the Great White Fleet arrives in time, with the number of warships of the Great White Fleet, it may be possible to suppress the other side with the number of warships. The Great White Fleet now has six battleships, plus four from the Pacific Fleet, for a total of 10 battleships. Judging from the number of main warships, the United States fleet is at a disadvantage, but the number of other warships in the United United Fleet is very large, which also gives McDoom a hint of confidence in the decisive battle.