The news of Yang Feng's departure of the European Legion made the whole Germany cheer, as if victory was just around the corner, but at this time their shape was indeed very dangerous, although Spain and the Ottoman Empire had entered the war, but did not give Germany much help, and like Yang Feng, Hamid II did not rescue the Germans, but robbed the British colonies around him, that is, Egypt.

It is a pity that the Egyptians, although they did not like the British colonialists, did not like their caliphs either, these Muhammads. Ali's successors hated the caliphate even more, and an Ottoman army that went to conquer Egypt did not meet resistance from the British, but the Egyptians under the banner of Du caused them severe casualties, so Hamid II had to send another army group to Egypt.

In addition, he did not get much benefit in the Caucasus direction, where the Russian army had an army group, which was not a problem, but because he had caused great trouble to himself in the previous massacre of the Armenians, and those Armenians, inspired by the idea of revenge, joined the arms of the Russians and resolutely resisted the Ottomans in the mountains of the Caucasus.

As for the Black Sea direction, because his naval strength is slightly inferior to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, plus the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Makarov, can also be said to be one of the most famous generals in Russia at this time, the first sea contact battle between the two sides, the result was that the Ottoman Navy lost two light cruisers, so Hamid II acted carefully, if he did not solve the Black Sea Fleet, he would definitely not be able to attack the Crimea, as long as he could not hit the Crimea, then Nikolai would not have to care about his threat at all, It's too easy to stop him in the Caucasus, where the terrain is dangerous.

The only way Hamid II could effectively influence the situation in Europe in the shortest possible time was to go directly to Austria-Hungary or Romania, and then fill his soldiers in the mud of the Eastern Front trenches, but he was not in the mood for this, and it would be good for him that both Austria-Hungary and Romania continued to weaken. Second, these two countries did not welcome him very much, everyone knew that this caliph was not a good bird, and the shadow left by the Ottoman Empire on the Balkans and Europe was too deep, and no one really wanted to invite this evil wolf to their home again.

The progress of the Spaniards on the battlefield is also very slow, not to mention the attack on Portugal, their brother's will to resist the invasion is still very strong, and the attack on Gibraltar is also frustrated by those strong fortresses, the British have been operating this most famous fortress in Europe for two hundred years, the most important thing is to defend against the Spaniards, naturally it is impossible for them to take it so easily. As for the attack on France, the same was true. The Pyrenees, which runs between the two countries, blocks most of the border, and only a few modest passages pass through this long forest, which is the best defense for the French.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Spain did not have many troops in the war, their main force is still in the Americas, where there are 300,000 elite Spanish troops, and there are less than 400,000 people in the country, which seems to be a lot but it is not much if it is divided into three battlefields, although Canovas is recruiting and expanding the army on a large scale, but it will take time.

In short, despite getting three powerful allies at the same time. But Germany's situation is unlikely to change anytime soon, as the US-British coalition is approaching on German soil, and his army is struggling on its own soil, watching cities fall one after another. If it weren't for the airship troops fighting the fires everywhere, the US-British coalition forces at this time would have hit Hanover and Kiel long ago. These invaders were not guests, especially the North American Army, how the Germans were in New York and Washington. The North Americans who came with hatred did the same, and more thoroughly. After the capture of Bremen, these guys did not even continue the pursuit of Germany in the shortest possible time, but carried out a whole three days of looting and destruction. The devastation of this bustling ancient city is no less than that of New York under the occupation of the Caribbean Alliance.

But now, his sky is finally clear, his good friend's army is finally here, the Chinese are coming, Germany is about to be saved, and the war is about to end.

While he and his generals were cheering, far away in the eastern part of North America, off the Delaware Bay, the Spanish Navy's battleship Alfonso XIII was roaming the coast of North America like a lion cruising its territory, accompanied by the heavy cruiser Empress Teresa, two light cruisers, and four ocean-going destroyers. Once again, they have come to carry out a coastal blockade mission, and it has only been a little more than half a year since the end of their last blockade mission, but this time it is different from the last time, the last time it was just a blockade, but this time they can sink any North American warship that comes into range, and even shell the North American coast if they are interested.

In order to show them the majesty of the colonizers, Alfonso XIII had indeed bombarded the coast of North America a day earlier, destroying a coastal fort with its twelve 280-mm guns, and then sailing away with two captured merchant ships under the angry gaze of the North Americans.

However, this also aroused the anger of the North Americans, although they knew that their strength was not good, but they could not let the invaders bully like this, and the four American light cruisers and more than 20 destroyers and torpedo boats protecting the Delaware Bay all drove out, but they did not dare to attack, but only watched the invaders vigilantly within the protection of the shore defense artillery.

"A pack of wild dogs who can't help themselves!" Aboard the Alfonso XIII, the fleet commander, Rear Admiral Carlos, looked at the North American battleship in the distance with a contemptuous gaze and said proudly: "Let our gunners practice target shooting!" ”

With the order of His Excellency the Commander, the ten 280 mm main guns pointing to the starboard side on this huge ship with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons began to rotate slowly, but the North Americans opposite it did not realize that they were the target, and the distance between the two sides at this time was more than 20 kilometers.

However, the Alfonso XIII, equipped with centralized fire control and high-performance rangefinders, dared to do so, and with the command issued by the fire control room, the gunners in the turrets immediately got busy, and soon an American light cruiser was locked by the muzzle, and then the first main gun in the bow spewed flames first, and the remaining nine main guns fired in turn in a very short time.

North Americans who saw this scene were almost stupid, and they didn't have such arrogance. Of course, for them the Spaniards were purely wasting shells, how could they hit the target at such a distance, but unfortunately they were wrong, and in less than a minute, ten shells roared like trains and crashed into the middle of the North American warships. Although it was true that it did not hit directly, a close miss still caused a lot of damage to the light cruiser that was the target, and what made the Americans even more angry was that a shell that obviously missed actually hit an unlucky torpedo boat directly. Because the target was too weak to make the time-delay fuse react, this shell weighing more than 200 kilograms actually smashed the hundred-ton boat into a pile of scrap metal and sank it quickly by sheer weight.

This unexpected gain amused the Spaniards at sea, and even Major General Carlos couldn't help but laugh.

"Giving credit to the artillery crew that fired this shell is also a sinking record, although it depends on luck, but good luck on the sea is also very important." He said to the officer beside him.

But at this moment, the North American naval officers and sailors on the opposite side were completely enraged by this humiliating scene, and the commander of this small fleet somewhat lost his mind and gave the order to attack his fleet, and a total of twenty-eight warships, large and small, began to accelerate towards the Alfonso XIII at the same time, preparing to fire torpedoes after entering the firing range.

Rear Admiral Carlos laughed at these North American warships that were frantically rushing towards him, he was actually provoking these warships to leave the protective circle of shore defense guns, and then destroy them one by one, and as soon as the Americans took the bait, he immediately ordered the fleet to turn back and fire all the naval guns that could be reached at the same time. Soon the two sides retreated and pursued one by one, and gradually moved away from the exit of the Delaware Bay, until they sailed for more than 20 kilometers, when the Spanish fleet suddenly showed its fangs, and Alfonso XIII and Empress Teresa blocked the North American fleet alone, while the light cruisers and ocean-going destroyers with 35 knots of speed made a circle at sea to quickly cut off the retreat of the North American fleet, and then rushed up to attack.

The commander of the North American fleet who discovered the plan also came to his senses at this time, but he did not choose to escape, but simply took advantage of the slowdown of the Alfonso XIII and the Empress Teresa to continue to launch a desperate charge towards them, but unfortunately, under the intensive fire of this battleship and a heavy cruiser, one North American battleship after another hated the blue waves, and the rest still charged at full speed without fear of death, which even those Spaniards could not help but respect.

Of course, respect is respect, this does not prevent them from picking up the North American warships on the sea like targets, with the flames of those 280, 240 and even 152 mm naval guns, one after another North American warships sank to the bottom of the sea with flames and wounds, and by the time they narrowed the distance from 20 kilometers away to 10 kilometers, less than half of them could still struggle to advance, and at this time the six Spanish warships attacking from behind had also surrounded them.

This poor small North American fleet rushed left and right in two sides, trying to break out of this encirclement that had been formed, but unfortunately the noose tightened more and more, seeing that there were fewer and fewer North American warships on the sea, and it was only one step away from the total annihilation, and at this time, no one noticed that just three kilometers behind the Alfonso XIII, a periscope quietly stretched out of the sea. (To be continued......)