After losing four cutting-edge capital ships in a row, the captain of the US military finally gave the order to turn around and escape, and once someone took the lead, the ships immediately followed suit. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info is just such a huge fleet, in the absence of unified command, eager to turn around, how easy is it to say? As a result, in a short period of time, the sea became a mess, which greatly interfered with the retreat of the US fleet, and if it were not for Roosevelt's strengthened naval training after taking office, there might have been a collision accident......

However, this chaotic situation also made it much more difficult for Feng Yuxiang to command, and the sea was in chaos, and it was difficult to select the target and explain the order clearly in concise words, and it was no longer realistic to continue to gather fire and fire a salvo.

In this case, Feng Yuxiang showed his extraordinary calmness and flexible mind, and without waiting for the fifth target to sink, he issued a concise new order to the other batteries by phone, "All batteries are free to fire, and the unprotected ships will be hit first!" ”

As a result, the other 11 batteries immediately switched to blasting shells, firing at the nearest unprotected and weakly protected ships, these warships were very unbeatable, and the lethality of blasting shells to such ships was particularly huge, and they often sank after one or two shots, so even if the 12 batteries fought separately, there was no need to worry about the embarrassing situation of insufficient firepower, more wounded and fewer sunk,

However, his subordinates changed the target, Feng Yuxiang himself did not change, the battery he was in has been staring at the South Carolina-class battleship and chasing hard, and finally left it, although the giant ship with the same name as the fuse of the Spanish-American War desperately escaped, after all, it capsized and sank because of too much water on one side, including the captain, a total of 577 officers and men were killed......

At 2:17 p.m., the remaining U.S. ships all escaped the effective range of the artillery of the Yanping fortress, and the battle came to an end, with the U.S. Navy losing a total of 5 battleships (and all of them were the latest South Carolina-class), 1 light cruiser, 11 destroyers, 4 minesweepers, and 32 transport ships, and more than 4,300 officers and men were killed and more than 1,000 were rescued and captured.

In addition, more than 17,000 officers and soldiers of the U.S. Army perished, and if you add those who were rescued as prisoners of war, the total number is more than 20,000, not to mention that a large number of weapons and ammunition also went to sea with them.

You must know that in order to ensure the success of this mission, Roosevelt sent a reinforced infantry division with a total strength of more than 30,000 people, and the garrison in Colombia that China had disclosed to the public before the war was a brigade that was not fully organized, with a total strength of about 5,000 troops, and Roosevelt believed that he would not lose no matter what. But who would have thought that so many army troops didn't even fire a shot, and most of them went to the sea to feed the fish, and they died so aggrieved......

With such an amazing result, the loss of Yanping Fortress was minimal, because the shells that the US naval guns really hit the target were only three shots, and none of them could penetrate the turret armor, almost no maintenance was necessary, and the loss of personnel was even 0, not only no one died, but even one was injured, and there were zero casualties! The goal that all the generals in this world dream of was actually achieved by a young Chinese general who was less than 25 years old, and Feng Yuxiang suddenly became famous!

"Although there is a hardware guarantee and luck to be able to achieve such a result, every decision made by this kid in the battle is very appropriate, and he is indeed a rare general, and it is not in vain that I have secretly cared for him over the years." Li Hui was also very pleased to know this, but he did not agree with the propaganda department to hype it up, first, he was worried that the parties concerned would be arrogant and complacent, and second, he was worried that the army would form a bad atmosphere of caring too much about casualties, and China would definitely participate in a world war in the future, and the number of casualties would probably be hundreds of thousands, or even millions, and hard battles and hard battles would be unavoidable.

And Feng Yuxiang did not take a step to the sky because of this, because the previous promotion has been too fast, even if he has made such a great contribution this time, the Admiralty's arrangement for Feng Yuxiang is only to transfer him to the Second Marine Division as a brigade commander, which is also Li Hui's consistent way of employing people, the importance of talents is not only reflected in the high-ranking officials Houlu, but more importantly, to give them a platform to display their talents, with Feng Yuxiang's current leadership ability, a field elite of 10,000 people, should be able to give full play to his talents, and really fortress to give him 100,000 troops, that is to pit him......

As for Feng Yuxiang's subordinates, Li Hui did not hesitate to honor and position, and the collective special merit would definitely not be able to run, and then he also rated 1 first-class combat hero and 7 second-level combat heroes, and the various medals issued were even more bossy. In terms of positions, the Admiralty also promoted them according to the list reported by Feng Yuxiang and his political commissar, most of the officers were promoted to one level, and even a few were promoted to two levels at once, and there were no less than 100 soldiers who were promoted to become officers, and many more soldiers were recommended to enter the military academy for further study, and after completing the training, they would also become officers, which can be said to be a great joy.

In stark contrast, the entire U.S. fleet was quickly punished for fleeing home in disarray, with a large number of officers demoted, discharged early, and even court-martialed, even though President Theodore Roosevelt knew that the main responsibility for the fiasco was himself as the decision-maker, as well as the group of intelligence officers who were in a dead house (PS: The fiasco led to the reorganization and upgrading of the U.S. intelligence services, which led to the earlier appearance of the CIA. ）。 But there is no way, if you don't sacrifice them, you won't be able to sit firmly in your own presidential seat, and if you can't sit firmly in the presidential seat, how can you lead the United States through the crisis?

Yes, even if the situation is not fully understood now, Theodore Roosevelt is completely convinced that he has fallen into the calculations of the Chinese, not only the terrible fortress that has been kept extremely well secreted, but also the Chinese government's shocking reaction since then, as long as a person with a little brain can understand that the Republic of China has long been ready for a war with the United States, and can enter the war at any time, it is ridiculous that he still thought that he could be caught off guard by China, but fortunately he was not unprepared at all...... (To be continued.) )