5 fleets, all of which are composed of the fastest light warships, in order to prevent being killed by battleships, they all carry airship troops, and have a sufficient number, this number ensures that they will not be killed in a short time when they are suddenly attacked by battleships, as for airships, on the one hand, it is to increase the attack power of battleships, although the attack of airships on the sea is a bit chicken, but the attack power of unprotected targets is still good, and the rest is to inform the news.

The speed of the airship is about 70 kilometers, plus flying in the sky, it can quickly report the war situation to other people, which prevents each from breaking down, and 5 fleets, more than 350 ships of various types, are enough to threaten 4 capital ships.

Unfortunately, they were doomed to be in vain, the nearest submarine haunted the location, about 70 nautical miles away from them, and when the fleet arrived, it was a mess, except for the rescue of a few sailors who were still holding on, only the salvage of corpses remained.

The same is true of the other detachments, which have come full circle and have nothing to gain except to confirm the results of the opponent's submarines.

Some fleets were completely annihilated, and the sailors who escaped by jumping from the ships could not confirm whether they were completely annihilated, and as for the number of casualties, it was impossible to judge, three hours before dark, countless warships searched a little north of New York, on the east side, in the huge water surface of 75 nautical miles, and finally found nothing, but one bad news came one after another, close to the loss of 300,000 tons of warships, Of the total 47,000 naval officers and sailors, 13,000 escaped, almost 8,000 were rescued, 12,000 were confirmed dead, and the rest were missing.

Whether it is the destruction of New York by a battleship or the attack on a warship of more than 300,000 tons by eight submarines, both of which are earth-shattering results, that is, they can only be completed under certain conditions, and there is no repeatability.

Under the surveillance of the reconnaissance plane, no movement in the surrounding area of more than 100 kilometers could be concealed from them, and they did not have the problem of being greedy for merit.

It's not just a mess, it's a super mess, the losses are too big to imagine, it's not a problem that one place can handle, and they're quickly elevated to the level of a state. As for the loss of New York, the top level of the United States already knows that on land, there is cable telegraph communication, and the reaction speed in this era is much higher, and in the area of cable telegraph contact, the reaction speed can almost catch up with the 21 st century, but in places where there is no cable telegraph, there is not much difference from 50 years ago.

New York is the largest city in the United States, the financial center, even in the world, it is one of the few super cities, this city has a telegraph line, even more than one, the international line is led by the British to build, but in the United States itself, at least 7 telegraph lines have been built, these lines cannot be destroyed, in fact, the fleet attacked New York, did not intend to hide, this is not hidden.

China in the United States, because of the large-scale evacuation of overseas Chinese, even if there are some foundations, is very weak, China's founding time is too little, even counting the time of the rise of the northwest, until now, it is only seven or eight years, and how many heartfelt, foreign intelligence personnel, limited, and even according to the loss of time, and slowly timeliness, there is not much difference between the secret attack on New York and the open attack on New York, and there is no effort to cut off New York's telegraph line.

Therefore, the situation in New York was sent to Washington as soon as possible, although it was in the early morning, the urgent telegram from New York, especially the news of the attack on New York, still shook the whole of Washington, and US President Wilson was also urgently summoned, and the Speaker of the Congress, the Chairman of the Joint Staff, the Admiralty, and a series of high-ranking officials and generals gathered in the White House.

President Wilson, one of the few presidents with the highest academic qualifications in the United States, once served as a professor, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, Wilson along the way, is an outstanding bourgeois politician, for academic and economic excellence, he is clear-headed, outstanding eloquence, in this era, is one of the biggest forces against the United States early entry into the war, he believes that the United States is not ready, it is better to postpone the war for a year or two.

Unfortunately, the wheels of history could not be stopped, even if Wilson was the president, when the entire American upper class was looking at the war, all he could do was compromise, and finally signed the order to enter the war, allowing millions of American troops to appear on the European battlefield. The course of the European war was unfavorable, countless casualties and casualties, but within a bearable range, at least all classes in the United States gained a lot of wealth, especially the ruling class, the declaration of war on China and the confiscation of Chinese property smoothed out the difference between revenue and expenditure, but Wilson's heart was not a little happy, and his worries became heavier and heavier.

Hurriedly woken up in his sleep, and seeing the latest telegram, Wilson's heart sank, what he feared most had happened, joining the war did not affect the development of the United States, and he was opposed to China's entry into the war and the arbitrary occupation of Chinese and Chinese property, which affected its own capitalism, but in the face of the huge harvest, in front of the feast of the whole United States, he could only express silence.

Now, the Chinese are taking revenge, which is the consequence of the American approach, and as a mature politician, Wilson will not throw his current responsibility to others, what he can do is solve the problem, and New York must not afford to lose.

In the eyes of many high-ranking US officials, this may have been an attack on the German side, which at most produced some losses, but with one urgent telegram after another, the losses in New York were completely placed in front of everyone, and the hearts of all the high-level government officials were bleeding again.

Not to mention the Statue of Liberty, the symbol of the United States, which was sent by France, although in the past, it should have been publicized to a certain extent for various reasons, but this is not the most important thing in the United States, it is just a symbolic meaning, even if it is destroyed, the United States has too many ways to rebuild a symbol, and even rebuilding a Statue of Liberty is not a problem at all.

The attack on the Statue of Liberty is just the first wave, since it can attack Liberty Island, then of course it is no problem for the port, sure enough, the second wave of attack is the port, New York Harbor is one of the important ports in the United States, he directly contacts the Great Lakes region, located in Chicago and other heavy industrial cities to produce materials and munitions, most of which will be assembled in New York, loaded on ships on the North Atlantic route, and shipped to Europe.

Under normal circumstances, there will be more than 100 ships in New York Harbor every day, and at the peak, it will even exceed 300, and the merchant ships of the United States have surpassed Britain as early as the end of 1914.

More than 10,000 tons, after the new design of merchant ships, their transportation costs are lower, especially the new power system, and the original, very different, more economical, in this era of transportation first, the reduction of transportation costs on the surface of the income increases.

Sure enough, the follow-up report came out, and there was even a general list of merchant ships in New York Harbor, with a total of 234 merchant ships, of which the average tonnage of the 204 sunken ships was about 8,700 tons, which means that another 1.6 million tons of merchant ships were sunk in the port.

If it's just this, the loss is acceptable, but among the 200 merchant ships, half of them are loaded and ready to leave today, and nearly a quarter are ready to unload, not fully loaded, but the total transportation of materials is about 970,000 tons, all of which have been hit in the port, although it is possible to be salvaged in the future, but whether the merchant ships can be used and whether the materials can be rescued is an unknown, this is a heavy blow, and even before, the madness of the German submarines is not as painful as this.

The attack on New York, if it is over here, the Americans will definitely be in pain, but it will not be so profound, the front is just an appetizer, the telegraph is constantly connected, the attack of the Chinese fleet continues, the Statue of Liberty, the port, and then the various factories and mines in New York, but after less than 10 minutes, the style of painting has changed, Ross realized the trend of the other side, and directly asked Washington for help, and the other party may want to attack Wall Street.

This has caused an uproar, what is Wall Street, that is the financial center of the United States, not to mention being shelled by warships, even a little loss, will trigger a financial tsunami in the United States, this is the time of war, the major American financial groups have increased investment, under the deliberate guidance of the stock market, a prosperous scene, if you receive losses, this is not a trivial matter.

The first two attacks, compared to the attacks on Wall Street, are not worth mentioning at all, more than 200 banks have received a devastating blow, especially Morgan and Rockefeller as the core bank, which is their headquarters in the United States, not only storing a lot of cash, but also gold, which has almost suffered a devastating blow.

In this chaotic era, in this moment of war, gold is always the most important material, when seeing the loss of gold as high as 500 tons, even the president of the United States can't help but have black eyes, and many high-level government officials have completely lost their temper, some are Morgan family, or other bankers support high-level executives, and even directly ask for a reprimand for Ross and lie about the military situation. (To be continued.) )