Now the problem is thrown to the opponent, so is the reinforcement composed of six warships chasing? Or not chasing?

"Chase!" As for the destruction of the enemy, this benevolent brother has now quickly calmed down, the four light cruisers have all sunk, and he has not even escaped from one, don't look at the 6 warships on his side, but 4 of them are destroyers with a standard platoon of less than 1000 tons, and the strength on paper is actually not as good as the previous detachment, want to destroy the enemy? It would be nice not to be wiped out yourself!

The commander was very pragmatic, and the order he gave was only for the formation to follow the enemy and not to lose it, and as for the destruction of the enemy, he had already sent a telegram to the flagship, requesting that more reinforcements be sent, and when he had absolute strength, it would not be too late to destroy the two Chinese light cruisers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What? The detachment was wiped out? That's four light cruisers! Moreover, it is also the most advanced and powerful light cruiser in the country, is the Chinese Navy so much stronger than us? Vice Admiral William Soden Sims was shocked when he received the telegram, and finally realized that he had seriously underestimated the strength of the enemy. However, he did not order to return to the voyage, because judging from the information transmitted from the Cuban side before the voyage, the Chinese brought a large number of non-combat ships this time, and it is likely that they are preparing to land directly, and with the current embarrassing situation in which the US Eastern Army is basically pinned down by that terrible army, once a new Chinese army joins the war, the consequences will be unimaginable, and it must be stopped no matter what.

Moreover, on the other hand, the landing of Chinese troops is also a great opportunity for the US Navy to wash away its shame, because in the process of its landing, even a few destroyers rushing near the transport ship can cause great losses, and in order to protect the transport ship, the Chinese fleet will inevitably disperse and defend it to the death. But a completely dispersed fleet is extremely vulnerable, and with the huge drag of having to protect transport ships as a matter of priority, it is even more vulnerable......

In fact, generally speaking, large-scale landings must not be carried out until they have completely seized sea supremacy. Now, in order to seize time, China has actually carried out a large-scale landing in a hurry when the US Navy is still very strong, and this is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Vice Admiral Sims to be a gift from God, and he is confident that the Chinese fleet will deal a heavy blow no matter how strong it is.

However, there is also a premise, the Sims fleet must find the main force of the Chinese fleet with so many burdens as soon as possible, if he can find them before the landing, he is confident that he can create a great victory enough to go down in history, and if he does not find it at sea, wait until the US Army near the landing site sends a telegram to inform the location of the enemy's landing field, and then the Sims fleet rushes over, then the result will be greatly reduced. Moreover, every night and day, the number and supply of the Chinese landing force will be greatly increased, which can create a greater threat, and the results that the Sims fleet can achieve will be correspondingly significantly reduced, because the burden on the Chinese fleet will be lightened day by day.

The impact of this entry and exit was so great that it was no wonder that Vice Admiral William Soden Sims had previously sent out dozens of warships to search in all directions like he had gone mad.

However, unfortunately, because the US military did not expect the Chinese transport ships to be able to drive so fast, after the warships sent to search in all directions reported that they had found no trace of the Chinese Grand Fleet, Vice Admiral William Soden Sims naturally mistakenly thought that the direction of the retreat of the two Chinese light cruisers was the direction where the main force of the Chinese fleet was located, because that was the only direction that no warship had searched (the warships sent over were killed by two Chinese light patrols). And his glorious victory with less and more made Vice Admiral Sims angry, and at the same time, he further affirmed his judgment, "The main force of the Chinese fleet must be in the northeast, otherwise these two Chinese light cruisers would not be so in love." In the northeast, the target should be the Florida peninsula? ”

The narrow terrain of the Florida Peninsula is not conducive to the deployment of large corps, and the advantage of the Chinese army's stronger combat effectiveness can be fully exploited, while the disadvantage of being too far away from the mainland and unable to invest too many troops will be avoided to a large extent. Once the Chinese army successfully landed on the Florida Peninsula, the state would inevitably be difficult to defend, and it would be very difficult for the U.S. military to recapture it later.

Although the industrial and agricultural conditions of the peninsula itself are not very good, its geographical location is very important, and with the strong strength of the Chinese Navy (since the landing has been completed, the Chinese Navy will certainly not suffer a big loss. It would be terrible to be able to easily cut Cuba off the U.S. mainland, and to seal off the Florida Strait so that it could safely land on any suitable shore along the Gulf Coast.

And if the Jacksonville Naval Base, which has now become the main base of the US Navy, is also captured by the Chinese army, the consequences will be even more serious, and the Chinese Navy can completely block the shipping on the east coast of the United States, or even directly land, threatening the most fundamental thirteen states of the United States, such a scene, Vice Admiral Sims will be shocked just thinking about it, and then the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that the Chinese will really do this.

In this way, Vice Admiral William Soden Sims frightened himself, completely misled by the performance of the two Chinese light cruisers, and he finally ordered the fleet to change course and sail for Florida, and if Yang Yonglin, the commander of the Chinese Ocean Fleet, knew about it, he would have laughed out loud.

According to common sense, such a miscalculation should not be difficult to correct, as long as you search the northeast direction, the truth can be revealed, but the two Chinese light patrols have always been in this direction while fighting and retreating, but they have always blocked in this direction, resulting in the US military has never been able to cross the past, and naturally it has not been able to verify.

Although the main force of the Sims fleet had already driven towards this side, because of the drag of those old battleships, the fastest speed of the formation was only about sixteen knots, and by the time they got close enough to be able to see the imaginary main force of the Chinese Eastern Expeditionary Fleet, it was already dark......

As for the U.S. detachment that is now entangled with the two Chinese light cruisers, even if they no longer avoid the battle, it will be difficult to win, and because the distance has been widened (the main force of the Sims fleet was still sailing in the original direction at first, the distance between the two Chinese light cruisers has unconsciously widened a lot. Reinforcements from the main side of the fleet will also need more time to join the battle, so in any case, Vice Admiral William Soden Sims will have to wait until tomorrow if he wants to realize his mistake...... (To be continued.) )