"Just talking about military words, Feng Huanzhang's plan is indeed too convenient. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info", Yang Yonglin, commander of the Chinese Eastern Expeditionary Fleet, put down his binoculars and expressed this emotion, according to the current progress estimate, the landing can be completed in five days at most, and all personnel and light weapons can be disembarked within three days. Due to the extra day that the two light cruisers had won before, and the difference in the speed of the Chinese and American formations, it was already a little too late for the main fleet of the US army to prevent the landing of the two Chinese Marine Divisions.

More importantly, the terrain of the lagoon has now become a favorable factor, as long as the Chinese Expeditionary Fleet is blocked from the entrance, even if the American fleet suddenly kills now, it will not be able to threaten the landing fleet at all, and it will only be possible to interfere with the landing operations inside until the Eastern Expeditionary Fleet is completely defeated. Moreover, the Chinese fleet also laid mines in the population area to seal the shipping lanes, and even if the naval battle unexpectedly failed, it would be impossible for the US military to rush in before the landing of the Chinese marines was completed......

When Vice Admiral William Thorden Sims finally arrived here with his main fleet, he immediately realized the problem, but it was useless to regret himself at this time, he could only make up for his mistake by fighting the decisive battle at sea that was about to begin.

Unlike the previous two Chinese light cruisers, which had stunned them, this time the US fleet knew the general location of the enemy fleet in advance because it received a telegram from an intelligence officer stationed in Mexico, so the first thing that came into contact with the enemy's peripheral warships was the First Reconnaissance Squadron, which had four Virginia-class battle cruisers. No matter how powerful China's "Li Cunxiao" class light cruisers are, they can only bully warships of the same class, and when they encounter such a behemoth, they can only honestly choose to retreat to the main fleet to seek refuge......

Then, Vice Admiral William Soden Sims finally encountered the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Fleet for the first time, which made him tremble involuntarily, and the thought that he was about to command the largest naval battle in human history, and the outcome of this naval battle would largely determine the fate of the United States and China, and even the future of the world, Vice Admiral William Soden Sims could not calm the excitement in his heart.

The US No. 1 Reconnaissance Squadron discovered the main force of China's Eastern Expeditionary Fleet at the same time, but it was also discovered by the other side as a matter of course, and then, the eight new-type battle cruisers that China had been waiting for a long time immediately turned around, increased their speed, and rushed towards the U.S. No. 1 Reconnaisance Detachment......

Although it is the same 305mm main gun and the same 8 guns per ship, the battle outside Yanping Harbor has fully demonstrated the huge gap between the performance of the US 12-inch naval gun and China's new 305mm naval gun. What's more, the Virginia-class battlecruisers adopted the diamond-shaped layout that was extremely popular at that time, but they were limited by the size of the standard row of only more than 12,000 tons, and only the two main turrets in the bow and stern used twin-mounted 305mm naval guns, and the French 274mm naval guns could only be lowered on both sides, and they could not fire a salvo with the front and rear main guns, so the firepower was even weaker. Coupled with the huge size of the Chinese Legend-level battle patrol with a standard platoon of more than 26,000 tons and the numerical superiority of 8 to 4, the commander of the US Army's First Reconnaissance Squadron will not succeed as long as his brain is not flooded.

But after escaping for only a few minutes, the commander of the US Army's First Reconnaissance Squadron was shocked, "How can such a big guy drive so fast?" ”

As early as after the reconnaissance detachment on the periphery encountered the enemy and sent back a telegram, the main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Fleet based on eight Legend-class battle cruisers began to speed up preparations, so when the prey appeared, they quickly accelerated to more than 25 knots, and at this time their power system had not even entered an overload state!

In comparison, the Virginia-class battlecruisers were designed to have a maximum speed of less than 23 knots, and the equipment has aged over the years, and now they can run in formation at most in the early 20 knots. The speed gap at 5 knots is already huge, and it continues to widen as the eight Legend-class battlecruisers activate the overload state, with six knots and seven knots......

"It's less than 20,000 yards? So fast? How is this possible? When the U.S. commander learned of the latest ranging data, he was terrified, and if it weren't for the sunny weather, he would even wonder if he had seen a ghost.

What's even more terrifying is that the Chinese destroyer formation, which has a speed of more than 35 knots, has already overtaken from the flanks at a galloping speed, and the light cruisers with a speed between the battle cruiser and the destroyer are also close behind.

The four Virginia-class battlecruisers had already reached their maximum speed, and there was really no way to increase their speed further, so the commander of the US No. 1 Reconnaissance Squadron could only keep sending reports to the battleship detachment, asking them to come to the rescue as soon as possible.

As soon as the first reconnaissance squadron sent out a new telegram for help, the lookout on the battlecruiser USS Virginia saw faint clouds and mist on the distant horizon. After the news came out, the US officers and men on the ship immediately cheered, the main fleet has 16 battleships, if the enemy dares to continue to chase after them like this, let them see the power of the battleships!

Perhaps the reason why the performance of the US battle cruiser has never reached the expected height and was abandoned, the US Navy has been desperately preaching the "theory of the uselessness of the battle cruiser" (relative to the battleship), which is the heart disease of the officers and men of the US battle patrol in peacetime, and whoever dares to mention it will be in a hurry, but today the enemy's more powerful battle patrol is chased behind the butt, and everyone hopes that such an argument is correct.

Well, there is actually some truth to this point of view, but although the battle cruiser is not suitable for the main decisive battle, the abuse of vegetables is very good, and for the Chinese legend-class battlecruisers whose technical level has surpassed their opponents for more than ten years, what they have to do next is to abuse vegetables......

After the distance with the enemy ships was shortened to within 20,000 meters, the eight battle cruisers of the Chinese Eastern Expeditionary Fleet suspended the overload state, slowed down the speed slightly, and all the personnel entered a state of imminent battle, and the decisive battle between the Chinese and American navies, which attracted the attention of the world, was finally about to begin! (To be continued.) )