The last 250 incendiary bombs were so powerful that the shipyard, which had been almost destroyed, continued to ignite the fire, and in the dark night, the flames soared into the sky, and the demilitarized shipyard was not attacked by battleships at all, and it became a Shura field again.

The telegram through the cable network, across more than 100 kilometers, respectively to New York and Washington, Washington White House, President Wilson has just finished talking with financial experts, they have made a simple plan, as long as the funds are in place, you can save the market, the worst, but also to save the bad situation, which has been tight strings a little loose, under the impetus of the Allies, the attack on New York and the financial turmoil, has expanded unlimitedly, the United States has no experience in dealing with this situation, I'm feeling the stones to cross the river, but fortunately, there is already a general solution.

Rubbing his tired face, Wilson was about to contact the military to inquire about the results of the recovery of the four emperor-class ships, although the military had clearly told him that within 3 days, if there was no news, the other party had already hid in the depths of the Atlantic, and it was very difficult to find them, but Wilson still did not let go of the last hope, even if it was just in case, the culprit who is now causing a storm to the United States must be taught a lesson.

However, without waiting for Wilson to ask the military, in the secret line, a call came from the military, and the chairman of the joint meeting once again told President Wilson a bad news, just now, half an hour ago, 4 emperor-class ships appeared again, right next to New York, but did not crash into the big encirclement of New York, but took advantage of the chaos to attack Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Wilson was shocked, if on the east coast of the United States, except for New York and Washington, Philadelphia is probably the largest coastal city, but instead, he somewhat understood that Philadelphia is too far away from the sea, and the other party's warships will definitely not be able to enter the inland river, which means that only the Philadelphia shipyard can attack.

As a shipyard near the harbor of the inland river, the Philadelphia shipyard is not well-known in the United States, and it is kept secret as a military unit, such a target has been attacked, if it is another capital ship, it may not even be able to break through his external defenses, but this is the emperor class, it is the emperor class that has just caused boundless blood debt in New York, New York and Wall Street, almost with his losses, proved to the world the emperor's crazy ground attack ability, there is no doubt about it.

Wilson next, the most important thing is how the loss is, the words of the military representative are slightly dignified, and some of the heavy reports a simple number, sinking 3 heavy cruisers, 2 heavy damage, below the light cruiser, destroyers, torpedo boats and other large and small ships sank 49, injured 17, these are the fixed forces of Philadelphia, but the next losses, even Wilson is a little moved, the previous losses, except for a few heavy cruisers, the others played little role in the naval war, With the strong shipbuilding capacity of the United States, it may be possible to make up for it in three or five months.

But the final number, which cannot be ignored, on the slipway of the Philadelphia shipyard, 6 battleships, 12 heavy cruisers, and many other ships, no matter what the manufacturing conditions, were all destroyed, and the entire Philadelphia shipyard suffered a sudden attack, not only the loss of all kinds of equipment, the loss of personnel was huge, but also the fire was burning, almost scrapped.

Hanging up the phone, Wilson sat there, for a long time, unable to say a word, the battle of Philadelphia was beyond everyone's expectations, but the losses were shocking. In a week or so, the port of the United States was attacked twice, this time the attack on Philadelphia was not as big as New York, but in terms of military affairs, it was more terrible than New York, New York is a commercial port, you can condemn it, you can also say that you are defenseless, but after New York was attacked, in less than a week, a military port with perfect defense, with land-based batteries, and naval warships, and even stationed more than 100,000 defenders, such a strong defense of the military port, is still attacked, Most of the shipyard's dockyards, equipment, personnel, and the 6 capital ships under construction were destroyed.

In a sense, the 6 capital ships are the biggest loss for the Philadelphia shipyard, this is the Queen Elizabeth class, if there is no fantasy class, it will be the first Perfect class battleship, representing the greatest achievement of Britain in the battleship, the speed of the battlecruise, the protection of the battleship, and the super firepower, since then, there is no obvious boundary between the battleship and the battlecruiser, plus, it is one of the top battleships before the treaty ship, and even in the next 20 years, it is one of the top battleships.

According to the original history, it may take decades for the United States to catch up with the gap with Britain before World War II, with the help of treaty restrictions, but in this time and space, because of the emergence of China, behind the support of Germany, in order to let the United States enter the war in advance, the British have spent a lot of money, all kinds of advanced knowledge in the navy, almost no omission of supplements, so that the United States can give full play to its industrial strength, shipbuilding, especially the construction of capital ships, directly let the United States take 20 years less.

At the same time, the construction of 28 warships, this is the advantage of the United States, but also an important part of the future naval war, as long as these warships are launched into service one after another, for the United States, for the Entente, the naval war is almost over, of course, this is only what the Entente thinks, they have never counted China in this number in the naval war, and they think that China is still the former Beiyang Naval Division, in Asia, in Southeast Asia, the actions are almost all dependent on the Scheer fleet, but the attack of New York, like a blow to the head, gave them a profound lesson, China not only has the strength of naval warfare in the ocean, but also the strength is not low, 4 ships are certainly not all of China, so how many capital ships does China have, and if all of these capital ships arrive here, what will happen?

The most important thing is that the attack on Philadelphia represents not only more suddenness and precision, but also represents that on the east coast of the United States, where such powerful warships as the Emperor class are active, all ports may become the target of attack by Chinese ships.

At this time, the Americans really understood why Britain gritted its teeth and supported such a large fleet, even if they never created interests, and the annual military expenditure was an astronomical amount, he was afraid that he would deal with such an attack, and in the face of an attack like mercury, only battleships could provide them with enough security, and through rapid response, deter the attackers who came here. Otherwise, it can only be passively beaten, and it is impossible for the United States to arrange sufficient defenses for every port, so mobilizing warships to come back has become an inevitable choice.

At present, the United States can only get more than 20 former dreadnoughts, and there are two capital ships that have just been launched and have not yet completed all the makeup and sea trials.

Next, for the Americans, there is only one way to go, the only way is to transfer back from the British side, all the capital ships of the United States have been supported to the British, in order to cope with the English Channel, the German side, more and more heavy pressure, but now, even the United States has no way to guarantee, how can it be possible to keep the battleship outside, must be taken back as soon as possible.

In the end, the United States had no choice but to send a request to the British side, after all, although the battleships belonged to the Americans, they belonged to the management of the Entente, and besides, they could not come back and come back, and they had to cooperate with the British side, otherwise, the American warships would leave the port alone, and it would definitely be a dish, as long as Germany pursued, and Britain did not support it, these battleships were not Germany's opponents at all, and they had no other role except for causing a lot of results to the German side.

For the situation of the Americans, the British can be said to be clear, in terms of their hearts, they are not willing, the Americans drop the battleship to go back, but China's activities on the entire east coast of North America do make things very tricky, Wall Street's losses are huge, they know this, but at that time, the commercial losses, for the military, there is no direct impact, but the attack on Philadelphia is a military loss, a large warship construction base, at least half a year, at most more than a year can not be recovered, Many warships that have completed more than 7 cities, as well as 10,000-ton heavy cruises, were destroyed on the slipway, this is a severe blow to them, they really can't withstand such a blow, only 4 ships, even at the level of the emperor, they mobilize 12 capital ships, with the current warships of the United States, it should be enough to deal with, has caused such a killing in the North Atlantic, it is absolutely impossible for them to escape back.

The British side supported the Americans with practical actions, he not only supplied the American warships for the first time, equipped them with soldiers, and even replenished the British soldiers in some places where they were lacking, but also supplemented the British soldiers, and the home fleet all set off to cover the return of the American fleet, which was a very dangerous behavior, if the German side knew about the actions of the United States and Britain, once the fleet was sent to follow, they would really be very troublesome.

At this time, although Germany thought that the United States would mobilize the fleet back, it did not expect that it would be so fast and so resolute, and the attack on the Philadelphia shipyard had not yet been reported, and there was no news even from China, let alone Germany, so Germany missed the best opportunity to dominate the sea.

After the Allied fleet left the port, it loitered a little in the English Channel in the way of cruise, and then turned around and headed west, of which 12 capital ships and part of the escort fleet separated from the main force, and the remaining British fleet returned, the place of separation, 300 nautical miles from Britain, in the depths of the sea, when Germany found that the Allied fleet had lost 12 main fleets, this fleet had gone deeper into the Atlantic Ocean more than 500 nautical miles, and the Germans could not catch up even if they wanted to. (To be continued.) )