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U.S. Navy Norfolk Naval Base, under the command of Secretary of the Navy George Brown. Feng. Lengelke. After Meyer left, the commander of the Combined Fleet of the United States and Great Britain, William Brown. Admiral Benson, deputy commander of the British Admiral John Anderson, Admiral Benson. Morality. Robeck and Chief of Staff Edward. Vice Admiral Abor and all three of them have put all their minds on how to deal with the Chinese Navy! They had assured both the Secretary of the Navy and the President that the Combined Fleet would win the decisive battle this time, but before the decisive battle began, they had deduced this from the comparison of the strengths of the two sides. What the outcome of the real decisive battle will be will not be known until after the outbreak of war!

A large amount of information was sent to the command of the U.S. Navy, where it was processed by a specialized intelligence analyst officer before being reported to Chief of Staff Edward. Lieutenant General Abor and finally Edward Edward. Vice Admiral Abor to the Commander of the Fleet, William Brown. Admiral Benson reports. As for the deputy commander of the fleet, British Admiral John . Morality. Admiral Robeck is nothing more than an ornament. Although the British fleet had gained command authority, the American Navy was ultimately responsible for the big battle!

"Commander! Our latest information is that the Chinese Navy is heading east, and at its current course and speed, it will be possible to cross the Mona Strait and enter the Atlantic Ocean at most at its current course and speed. It seems that the Chinese are ready to enter the Atlantic first, and then have a decisive battle with us in the vast Atlantic! "The Chief of Staff of the Joint Fleet of the United States and Great Britain Edward. Vice Admiral Abor sent a letter to the Fleet Commander, William. Admiral Benson reports!

"Mona Strait? It seems that the Chinese are afraid of being blocked by us in the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean, so they can't wait to enter the Atlantic! But do they think they can get away with us by entering the Atlantic? That's delusion! Order all our reconnaissance ships in the Atlantic. Closely search for the movements of the Chinese. Can't let them slip away! "William. Admiral Benson ordered. On the Atlantic. The U.S. Navy has many transports converted from destroyers or light cruisers and merchant ships. The main role of these transport ships is to keep a close eye on the movements of the Chinese Navy and provide guidance to the US Navy, so as not to lose the Chinese Navy and be exploited by the Chinese Navy. You must know that in previous naval battles, the Chinese Navy has been very good at exploiting these loopholes. Even if their enemies are stronger than them, they will inevitably suffer a crushing defeat in the end!

"General, the Chinese are very strict about keeping their whereabouts secret. Ships under the flag of any country will be sunk as soon as they get close to them. During this time, at least a dozen of our transport ships were sunk by the Chinese! "Edward. Lieutenant General Abor said. Although the East Coast Fleet of the US Navy is the main force of the US Navy, it has a much larger total number of warships of all types than the West Coast Fleet. But on the reconnaissance ship, too, it could not withstand such huge losses. If this continues, I am afraid that it will not be long before all the US Navy's reconnaissance ships will be lost. When the time comes, the loss of the traces of the Chinese Navy will be very disadvantageous for the US Navy!

William. Admiral Benson turned around and scrutinized the map hanging on the wall. After a few minutes, he said: "It doesn't matter, I think after the Chinese Navy enters the Atlantic." It will definitely attack directly to the north and prepare for a decisive battle with us! Now the Chinese army, in addition to continuing to wreak havoc on the west coast. Large-scale offensives have been stopped. They must also be waiting for the outcome of the decisive battle at sea! Coupled with the investment of the Chinese on other fronts, they will not last long, and the longer the time, the better it will be for us! "If you may, William. Admiral Benson even hoped that the decisive battle at sea would take place a year later, so that the next class of battleships of the U.S. Navy, the six 'New Mexico class' battleships, would be able to enter service. When the time comes, the US Navy will have an even greater advantage!

Edward. Lieutenant General Abor nodded, the longer the world drags on, the better it will indeed be for the United States. However, the Chinese will certainly not drag on for that long. If it were not for the Chinese's desire to destroy the United States' will to continue to resist through a decisive battle at sea, perhaps the Chinese Army would have advanced into the hinterland of the United States. And the US Army is now unable to stop the advance of the Chinese Army, and can only passively rely on some rivers as a natural line of defense to block the Chinese attack!

"That's it! We set off in three days, and the fleet headed straight south! At that time, it is expected that we will be able to encounter the Chinese Navy in the waters east of the Bahamas! If we can engage in the nearby waters, we can also use the seaplane base established in the Bahamas to search for the whereabouts of the Chinese Navy, which is very advantageous for us! "William. Admiral Benson said. After the U.S. Navy's victory in the Spanish-American War, the entire Caribbean became the backyard of the U.S. Navy. When the Chinese Navy was about to enter the Atlantic, the US Navy deployed a lot of seaplanes on the islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico to avoid a sneak attack by the Chinese Navy!

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" Edward. Lieutenant General Abor nodded. Three days later, January 4rì, and the distance from Norfolk Naval Base to the Bahamas was only 1,300 kilometers. In this case, it is expected that the Chinese Navy Expeditionary Fleet will encounter the waters off the Bahamas around October 10. Provided, of course, that the Chinese Navy's expeditionary fleet goes north after passing through the Mona Strait and does not change course halfway. Although this possibility is very low, the Chinese Navy must also hope to be able to fight a decisive battle with the US Navy as soon as possible, instead of dragging it out forever!

On the morning of January 4, at Norfolk Military Harbor, colorful flags fluttered. All the senior cabinet officials of the United States rushed here. Today, the U.S. Navy will go out from here to face the evil Chinese. All Americans hope that this time the US Navy will win and defeat the Chinese in one fell swoop in order to save the United States, which is about to lose! Of course, what the final outcome of the naval battle will be will not be known until the end of the naval battle. But countless Americans believe that God will bless them!

At 9 a.m., U.S. President Theodore Brown. Roosevelt took to a specially built podium to address the many US Navy officers and men who participated in this naval battle. In front of him was the main dock of the U.S. Navy, where battleships and battle cruisers were moored, and further afield were U.S. Navy heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, and supply ships. The horn erected inside the harbor is enough to ensure that Theodore. President Roosevelt's voice reached the ears of every U.S. Navy officer!

"The officers and men of the U.S. Navy, today, are a rìzi with a heavy meaning! From here, you will embark on a journey to fight our mortal enemies in the United States of America! I can honestly tell you that the current war situation is very unfavorable for the United States, and we may lose at any time. Under the fierce attack of the Chinese, the army can only support hard, but to defeat the Chinese, it seems almost impossible now! Now the hopes of the United States are all placed on you! Only if you win, we will be able to defeat the Chinese. No matter how bad it is, we can fight for a decent peace negotiation and thus preserve the country! If you fail, then the history of the United States will end! In the first two Sino-American naval battles in the Pacific, although the Chinese defeated us, they did not destroy our strength. And now China already has this strength! Look at the cruel things the Chinese did in the Nanyang region! They killed large numbers of the indigenous inhabitants of Southeast Asia, then robbed them of their land and wealth, and their wives and daughters were brutally humiliated. If the United States is destroyed, our fate will be the same as that of those natives of Southeast Asia! The Chinese, who claim to be the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, have always regarded us Westerners as outsiders, that is, ignorant and backward barbarians, and they will certainly not let us go! Soldiers, do you want to see your homeland destroyed by the Chinese, your relatives killed by the Chinese, and your wives and daughters insulted by the Chinese? ”。 Theodore. President Roosevelt asked aloud.

"Can't! Defeat the Chinese, defeat those damned devils! Nearly 100,000 officers and men of the U.S. Navy roared loudly, and the roar shook the sky, as if the mountains were overwhelming!

"Soldiers, more than a hundred years ago, in order to resist the oppression of the British, our ancestors took up arms and fought against those colonists without hesitation, and finally established the United States after paying a heavy price! But now the Chinese, wanting to destroy our country, enslave our people, and make all of us Americans slaves of the Chinese! Do you promise? ”。 Theodore. President Roosevelt asked.

"I don't want to! Kill all the Chinese and defend the United States! The officers and men of the U.S. Navy shouted one after another, which can be described as a group of excitement. It's just that the officers and men of the British fleet who participated in the combined fleet have a somewhat unpleasant face. At the beginning, the United States was a British colony. But later, these colonies rebelled against Britain, and France and other European powers pulled Britain back, which made the United States defeat Britain and achieve independence. As a result, after the United States became independent, it developed rapidly and has become one of the most powerful countries in the world!

"Valiant soldiers, for the sake of America, I hope you will be victorious! Long live America! "Theodore. President Roosevelt shouted!

Amid the slogan "Long live America", the warships of the US Navy began to leave port and sail into the Atlantic! (To be continued......)