Two months ago in the Florida Strait, a fleet of dozens of warships came from the east, and the blue, white and red French flags were hung on them!

"Hey~ The days at sea are still so boring." Facing the endless sea, a very richly dressed general stood on the bridge of the flagship of the French fleet and looked into the distance, and he seemed to be a little melancholy.

I have to say that the French are somewhat romantic, even if they are soldiers, and this one is not young.

Bernard. Pierre. Magnan, his status is not ordinary, he is a marshal personally awarded by Napoleon III, a pivotal figure in the French Empire, and now, this marshal has come in person, and his destination is Mexico!

This is enough to see that Napoleon III's attitude towards Mexico, it should be said that he was determined to strike a hard blow to the New Tang Empire of the United States.

That's right, the main task of this fleet is to transport troops, increase troops to Mexico, and then attack the original California.

Supposedly, France's response was a bit slow, but in fact, it was all because there was not yet a single Atlantic telegraph cable, that is, the news of the Americas wanted to reach Europe, and it would take some time, and Napoleon III had to mobilize troops, right?

To tell the truth, the current general of Magnan has some slander in his heart, because France is obviously tired, and after many years of war, the French army has even undergone a major change.

No way, the current war casualty rate is too high, and such a brutal war. How is it a long-term solution? How can the people support it all the time?

But these words. It was useless for Magnan to say it. Therefore, the old ministers of the empire chose to shut up.

"Hehe, it's just a Chinese country." This is the attitude that Manigan has now, and he really feels that the American New Tang Empire is not worth a war.

Although there was the defeat of the Foreign Legion in front, it was the Foreign Legion, that what Fontaine. It's an idiot at all, and now, he, the marshal, has come out, so shouldn't he be the one who is going to be changed?!

Just as the marshal was considering the strategic course for the future, the lookout on the flagship noticed something strange.

"Lord Marshal! Enemy ships were found ahead, much like the USS Erickson of the American Empire, as stated in intelligence! ”

Soon, the herald reported the matter to Marshal Magnan.

"Fight!" Magnan was worthy of being a marshal, and he gave the order very decisively.

Soon, this expeditionary fleet of France. It's time to put on a stance.

But naturally, the warships of the New Tang Empire in the United States also discovered their opponents.

"Comrade Captain! Confirm that the other side is the French fleet. The flagship seems to be the French Glory! The Erickson lookout reported.

"Hahaha......" Eriksson, the captain, was pleased, took another sip of wine, and then immediately pushed the lookout away, and he himself came to the observation glass.

There's no way, the Erikson is a strange thing, the hull is mainly below the waterline, and the observation mirror of this thing is a periscope. To be honest, Li Mengyang has long mentioned yì, it is better for us to build a submarine.

In fact, there were submarines in this era, and they appeared for the first time in the Civil War, but that submarine force was completely wiped out in the first mission, and 15 people, along with their submarines, crashed into enemy ships like torpedoes.

Well, it's actually a one-man torpedo, so Erikson doesn't have any interest in submarines at all, he has torpedoes on his ships now.

"It's really the Glorious!" There was excitement in Erikson's voice.

The Glory, it was a famous French ship, because it was the first metal ship in human history, although it was only made of iron and wood.

In the observation glass, the Glory was like many ships now, chubby, but with ramming angles in front, three large masts, and a lot of ropes and sails. It's just that this ship is still very advanced, that is, it does not use the big wheels of today's steamships, and you can't see it from the outside, but uses propellers, and there is a big chimney in the center of the hull.

Who invented the propeller?

How can Eriksen not get excited?

"Gotta sink her!" Erikson's state of mind at this time......

Is it because he didn't pay this old boy a royalty?

“YES-SIR！”

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

Regardless, the morale of the Erikson's crew was mobilized.

On the sea, the waves were still rough, and the Glory was running at full speed at this time, her sails were open, and all the French battleships followed the back of the Glory's ass, everyone in a straight line, except that they were not going to crash into the Erikson, but to the north.

This is to play the Willy of the broadside gun!

“SHIT！” Eriksen took another sip of wine, "This time our opponent is strong!" ”

That's right, he saw that the other party was not a junior brother on the battlefield, and he was very tactically literate, and such a guy was more difficult to deal with.

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

But the navy of the empire didn't care about that, they only knew that after they followed the emperor, they had never suffered defeat.

"Hey, hey! Let these idiots show us how we play, left rudder 45! Full! ”

“YES-SIR！”

As soon as Erickson's order went, the strange Erikson began to turn, and the ship slanted to the northwest.

"Huh?!" Seeing this change through the telescope, Marshal Magnan was a little puzzled.

To tell the truth, Magnão was a field marshal, he had barely commanded a navy, so he naturally didn't understand what was going on now, but it seemed that his opponent was about to flee.

"Chase!" So, Magnan gave the order.

The French admirals next to "this ......" were a little hesitant.

"Execute the order!" Manion is a little displeased, he has the biggest official rank here!

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

This order must be carried out, for Manhão is still a nobleman. People have knighthoods.

So why did the admirals hesitate?

Actually, the reason is very simple. That is, the current French fleet has dozens of ships. The ships are lined up in a line, which is very impressive at sea, stretching for at least a dozen nautical miles, or even hundreds of nautical miles.

The war at sea is like this, and the whole thing is a big scene, because the sea is free, there is nothing to hinder it, and the ship is not small. You can't get too close yet, and white-knuckle warfare is no longer popular these days.

But now, how wide is the Florida Strait? More than 100 nautical miles.

The original method of warfare was to give play to the side guns, so it was natural to revolve around the Erickson, but you must know that when the entire fleet is at a ninety-degree angle to the Strait of Florida, that is, the Strait of Florida is regarded as two parallel lines, then when the line of the French fleet is erected and erected directly in these two parallel lines, then what is the situation?

Affirmation, mobility is limited. In addition, there are many islands around the Florida Strait, and there are probably reefs off the coast. Therefore, if you do it like this, there will be a problem in eighty percent!

In fact, a very simple means, that is, simply serpentine change, you Erikson to the north, then the south is vacant, the French fleet can go south, or in a straight line, and it can still reach the wiley who plays the side guns.

Of course, the Erikson also had a countermeasure, that is, they would also go south, but this would form a tug-of-war, but as long as the channel of Florida was passed, the waters after that would be much more comfortable for the French fleet.

But now that the marshal has given an order, do you dare not carry it out?

"Almost! Fire! Magnan saw through the telescope that the French fleet was much closer, and the range was sufficient.

"Yes!" The heralds soon went down.

Bang! Bang!

In the French fleet, as long as it can, it is not idle, and the waves on the sea are lifted up one by one!

"Hahaha...... Enjoyable! "Erikson, the old drunkard, is definitely a belligerent, and the more he moves, the happier he is.

However, at this time, the Erickson really didn't have anything to do, the French army had just entered the range, and this ship was strange enough, and the hull was mostly underwater.

Bang! Bang!

As the naval battle progressed, the artillery fire became more and more intense, and the French fleet had more and more ships to threaten the Erickson.

"Good!" Magnan was happy with the current situation and saw that his opponent was very wolf-like.

Although it was not hit by a shell, the Erickson was like a leaf in the sea, flickering by the huge waves set off by the fire.

However, at this time, something changed!

"Right rudder 30! Burn the wind! ”

“YES-SIR！”

The Erickson suddenly turned its bow and rushed towards the French flagship, the Glory, as if it were crazy!

"Hahaha...... Are they crazy?! Magnan saw this in his telescope, and he burst out laughing.

"Shelling!"

At this time, it is natural to use the most fierce firepower!

But in fact, some of the battleships of the French fleet are now behind, and their artillery fire cannot reach the Erickson.

The 'back' of the present is the south of the Strait, and the Erickson is heading north.

Bang! Bang!

Under such fire, the Erickson fearlessly rushed over.

"Torpedo! Launch! ”

“YES-SIR！”

Sou!

A waterline appeared in the Florida Strait and headed straight for the Glory!

"What is this...... Manion swore he had never seen this thing before, but ......

There was a loud bang, and the old general sat directly on the floor!

“SHIT！” It turned out that a torpedo did not sink the Glory, which ......

"Two salvos of torpedoes!"

“YES-SIR！”

……

In the Battle of the Strait of Florida, the American Empire sank the Glorious and damaged three ships, and five more ships of the French fleet ran aground...... (To be continued......)

PS: To put it a little bit more about the black car, that is, ships in English are generally referred to by the female her, that is, 'SHE'. In addition, it's Monday, the black car asks for support, what kind of ticket or something, smash it to the black car, thank you!