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The vast Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean in the world, has become a bathtub for China in a sense. The main U.S. fleet retreated to the Atlantic Ocean after attacking the Chinese Navy's naval bases on Santa Cruz Island and Tumaco, leaving the Chinese Navy without an opponent in the Pacific. Although Chile, a naval power in South America, is the strongest of South American countries, it is simply not enough to look at it in front of the Chinese Navy. In addition, Chile is a country supported by China, so it will not be hostile to China, and it will not pose a threat to China. As for Australia in the South Pacific, although it still belongs to Britain, as the situation in Europe becomes more and more tense, the possibility of Germany launching a decisive naval battle against Britain is increasing, and in this case, the British navy has begun to shrink its strength around the world, and all the main fleets have been transferred back to the mainland, leaving only some old warships in the other colonies. The Chinese Navy has become a well-deserved hegemon in the entire Pacific Ocean.

However, at this stage, the Chinese Navy, because the Panama Canal is still being repaired, China has sent tens of thousands of engineers to Panama, plus 100,000 local conscripted laborers, it will take a long time to repair the blown up canal. Until the canal is repaired, the Chinese Navy will only be able to bully the light warships of the US Navy's West Coast Fleet. The main task is to ensure the safety of sea transportation lines, and to ensure that the logistics supply lines of the two million troops of the Chinese army and air force on the battlefield in Mexico will not be cut off.

If China wants to resupply the troops on the battlefield in Mexico, it must cross the shining Pacific Ocean. The voyage of more than 10,000 kilometers takes a month for a transport ship that generally maintains a speed of 10 knots. Fortunately, the Hawaiian Islands have become Chinese territory, otherwise it would be very troublesome to ensure the smooth flow of supply lines.

Hawaiian islands. At the moment it has become a huge warehouse. A large number of merchant ships transported supplies and personnel from China to Hawaii, and then Navy ships transported them to Mexico. The reason for this approach is to ensure the safety of the transport fleet. Naval transports are more robust than ordinary merchant ships. Although the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet has been blockaded in the harbor, after the outbreak of the war, these U.S. navies were not willing to be lonely and wanted to rush into the ocean several times. As a result, the Chinese Navy had to send additional warships to protect the sea transportation routes. If the sea transportation line is cut off, then the two million squadrons on the battlefield in Mexico will be in crisis. Such a situation. It was something that neither His Majesty nor the General Staff could forgive.

Clarion Island is a small island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, just 1,400 kilometers from the Mexican port of Acapulco. On the 5,500-kilometer route from Hawaii to Acapulco, it is a relay station. The Chinese Navy has built supply points on the islands to replenish fuel and fresh water, as well as food, for passing warships and merchant ships. It's just that after the start of the war. This area has also become a focus of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet.

In response to the continuous offensive launched by the squadron on the battlefield in Mexico, President Theodore Brown of the United States. Under Roosevelt's orders, the commander of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, Robert Roosevelt. Vice Admiral Koontz sent a large number of light cruisers, destroyers and submarines from the San Diego Naval Base into the eastern Pacific to attack the sea lines protected by the Chinese Navy. The waters off Clarion Island, which is only 1,800 kilometers away from San Diego, are the key targets of the US Navy's West Coast Fleet.

After the outbreak of the war, the main fleet of the US Navy remained on the east coast. Because of the destruction of the Panama Canal, the main forces of the Chinese Navy were unable to attack the main fleet of the US Navy for a while. The U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet remained entirely in the harbor, serving as a fleet of conserved ships under the protection of the shore defense forts. According to the treaty signed between China and the United States, the US Navy is not allowed to deploy large warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons on the west coast. Therefore. The warships of the West Coast Fleet of the US Navy were basically light cruisers and destroyers, and it was not until the Chinese Navy's submarines were able to exert their might in naval battles that the US Navy also strengthened the construction of submarines. Right now. In total, the US Navy's West Coast Fleet has hundreds of warships and more than 40 submarines. The main fleet of the Chinese Navy has been cruising in the waters of the eastern Pacific, and the San Diego Military Port of the US Navy's West Coast Fleet has also become a key defensive place. Off the coast of San Diego. The Chinese Navy has maintained a powerful fleet of several battleships and heavy cruisers to blockade the U.S. Navy fleet in the harbor and destroy all warships if they are found to be leaving port. Although these American warships are small warships and will not pose any threat to the Chinese Navy, they are afraid that these warships will attack the Squadron's sea transportation lines on the battlefield in Mexico.

In the months since the start of the war, the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet has tried to send warships out of the port several times, but they have been blocked, and several warships have been destroyed. Later, the US West Coast Fleet was honest and no longer dared to send fleets to sea. This also made the Chinese Navy inevitably slacken, and this ultimately made the squadron's sea transportation line between Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands attacked by the US Navy and paid a heavy price.

Theodore. After President Roosevelt once again entered the White House, the commander of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, Robert Roosevelt. Mr. Koontz has been threatened with dismissal if he fails to launch an attack on China's maritime shipping lines. In such a situation, Robert. Lieutenant General Koontz also has no care to preserve his strength. In early April, when the sea was dark due to the rain, a large number of light cruisers, destroyers, and submarines were dispatched out of the San Diego Naval Port and into the Pacific Ocean.

These warships of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, in order to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Chinese Navy, often dispersed and acted alone, while flying the flags of other neutral countries. The problem of replenishment at sea, which has always plagued the US Navy, was also solved by transport ships disguised as merchant ships of other countries. This ensured the smooth supply of US ships in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.

The warships of the US Navy operate in the waters of the eastern Pacific, and this is certainly impossible to hide from the Chinese Navy. Although the US Navy flies the flag of a neutral country, fools know that it is camouflaged. For example, there are several warships flying the Peruvian flag in the eastern Pacific, but according to the information obtained by the Chinese Navy, the Peruvian Navy has only old warships, and there are no new warships at all. The Chinese Navy immediately encircled and suppressed these US warships. But the eastern Pacific Ocean is too vast, and the warships of the US Navy are scattered, and the warships sunk by the Chinese Navy are only a small part.

At 12 noon on 28 April, a flotilla of twelve transports, under the protection of one heavy cruiser and three light cruisers, and five destroyers, continued its voyage towards Acapulco after replenishing fresh water on the island of Calarion. These transport ships are loaded with fuel that is urgently needed on the front line, including gasoline and jet fuel. In addition, the armored forces of the front line suffered heavy losses, and these transports were loaded with a lot of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as replacement parts, etc.

At 1:25 p.m., in the sea twenty-five kilometers east of the island of Calarion, the convoy encountered the fleet of the US Navy. This fleet consisted of five light cruisers and five destroyers. At that time, these warships were flying the flag of the South American country of Brazil. But when the two sides were less than ten kilometers apart, the warships suddenly lowered the Brazilian flag, raised the American Stars and Stripes, and accelerated towards the Chinese Navy's convoy.

The naval warships responsible for protecting the convoy immediately sprang into action, and the heavy cruiser "Minjiang" took three light cruisers and three destroyers to meet the American fleet. The other two destroyers protected the convoy and made an emergency turn to flee the area. In addition, telegrams for help were sent to other warships of the Navy in the vicinity.

The light cruisers and destroyers of the American army were very heroic. There is still a certain gap between the combat power of US warships and the same type of warships of the Chinese Navy, not to mention that the Chinese fleet also has a 'Jianghe-class' heavy cruiser to press the formation. The three triple 210-mm main guns of the heavy cruiser 'Minjiang' were so powerful that the US light cruisers and destroyers could not resist them at all, and once they were hit, they would either be killed or wounded. Although the U.S. fleet had a certain numerical superiority, it was defeated by the attacks of the Chinese fleet. It is only a matter of time before the Chinese fleet annihilates this American fleet.

However, just when the Chinese Navy thought that the war was won, an accident happened. This U.S. fleet has always been nothing more than to attract the attention of the Chinese fleet, which is escorting the convoy. The real killer is not them, but the submarines of the US Navy, which have long been hiding underwater. The performance of the U.S. Navy's submarines is only equivalent to the Squid-class submarines that the Chinese Navy was equipped with in the early days. Because of the short range and the small number of torpedoes loaded, it was not suitable for ocean-going operations. But when these submarines were ambushed underwater, the Chinese Navy's transport fleet broke into their ambush circle, which also dealt a devastating blow to the Chinese Navy's transport ships.

At 1:50 p.m., the US Navy submarine USS Albuquerque was the first to fire two torpedoes at a transport ship of the Chinese Navy. The transport, which was under-speeding, did not notice the two torpedoes at all, and even if they did, they could not dodge.

Two minutes later, a huge explosion broke out on the sea, and the Chinese Navy's transport ship 'Changshan Island', which was loaded with more than 5,000 tons of fuel, was blown in two and sank to the bottom of the sea in a dozen seconds, and a raging fire broke out on the sea!