Beautiful Caribbean Sea with sunny and crystal clear blue waters. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Along the way, the amber-like islands are entrenched on it, which is refreshing and at the same time, it can't help but bring a sense of mystery here.

Countless intertwined Wuyu islands make this sea extremely broken, just like the same messy southwest Pacific Ocean, the unique geographical environment makes it a paradise for pirates.

In the Oral Century, it was a necessary place for caravans from the European continent to reach the Americas, so piracy was very rampant at that time, not only attacking passing merchants, but even the British Royal Fleet, and it is said that the treasure buried under this sea is enough to fill a small island, so that there are still many people searching for the treasure left by pirates in this area.

Two fast freighters, traveling together, drilled north from the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico along Cape San Antonio at the western tip of the island of Cuba, a small fleet of ships in the middle of the island of Cuba to deliver sugar to the United States, and the American sailors on the deck laughed heartily, as if they were still immersed in the naval battle that took place in this area a few years ago, and it was that war that established American dominance in this area!

It was the efforts of the U.S. Navy that defeated the Spanish fleet and succeeded in making the world remember the strength of the United States.

Although the share of the sugar trade has fallen from $100 million at its peak to 50 million today due to Cuban government intervention, the "open-door" Cuban market has brought more sales to American goods, which is more than enough to compensate for the loss of sugar.

In fact, American businessmen do not want Cuba and the Caribbean to be too poor, because they cannot afford American goods, so properly allowing these small countries to control some resources and profits will undoubtedly promote the development of domestic manufacturing.

Beyond the Colorados Islands is the famous Florida Channel, where "Miami's fine wine is waiting for everyone to taste", so everyone almost can't wait.

But the moment the bow just drilled out of the strait, all smiles suddenly froze, because in the distance off the coast of Havana, there were actually two opposing fleets!

Thick black smoke, obscuring the blue sky, brought a hint of tension to the serene sea, and as the sailors crowded into the bridge and scrambled to look through the binoculars, a touch of red loaded in the familiar Star-Spangled Banner suddenly stung everyone's eyes.

In the middle of the blood-like red, there was a fierce dragon claw holding an arrow that looked like a warship but had been broken!

Blood Cloud Dragon Claw Banner!

It is the famous and powerful navy fleet of the Chinese country in the Pacific Ocean!

God, how did they get here? Could it be that the Panama Year was opened overnight? Isn't it enough that those Chinese people have stolen a lot of sugar business in Cuba? Still coming to occupy here?!

In vain, the two fast freighters immediately realized the danger, and the captain almost did not hesitate to order the rudder to turn, no matter how big the freighter was, if it wanted to pass through the two opposing fleets, it was undoubtedly dancing under the muzzle!

Looking at the two fast freighters turning away, the corners of Ji Weishan's mouth hooked up a smile.

The journey from Chile to China, which was more than 8,000 nautical miles, was a bit boring and tedious, and although the fleet was eye-opening with visits to Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia along the way, it was too far from home, and it had been a full three months since the departure, and even the strong soldiers would feel homesick.

Fortunately, there is a wireless telegraph, "high-power long-wave telegraph can let everyone know the news of their hometown at all times, and sometimes even send a letter or two from home, these seemingly inconspicuous things, but they have become a good gift to calm people's hearts." 【 I want: super fast update 】

Now the telegraph has become a dazzling business in China, after the purchase from Britain, the first generation of radio market began to be fully opened, this kind of thing caused a sensation in the world in an instant, each small thing of 2,000 blue coins, but in less than a year to the country to bring tens of millions of income, the United States is rich in the United States is to purchase 2,000 units in one go.

At present, only Germany has obtained a patent and can produce it on its own, and other countries are also preparing to imitate it, "but the problem is that China has the patent right, and whoever produces the radio must pay China a patent fee of 500 blue coins per unit, and if it is invented by a small country, everyone may be able to play tricks" But the Li Dian Group is Li Mo's private! Thinking about the price of offending a mad emperor because of this little thing, it scared off many people, and also made many people continue to choose to buy from China.

Of course, there are also worries that China will do tricks on telegraphs, so they would rather pay high patent fees and produce their own products, but according to the Ministry of Intelligence, because countries are too late in the manufacture of electrical devices, there are still great shortcomings, resulting in imitations that are often inferior to the originals, and even Germany, which has obtained radio patents early, has to purchase some necessary electrical components from China.

The five American battleships on the opposite side were obviously also equipped with radios, because Ji Weishan could see the unique long antenna used by the first generation of radios from the American-style cage mast in front.

"Damn, it's still a copy!"

Fang Jin sat like a splash on the narrow side of the flybridge smoking a cigarette, this battleship captain who stepped from a destroyer to the sky seemed to be particularly immune to the elegance of the navy, after so many years, in terms of knowledge and experience, he could be called the best in the navy, but this temper seemed to be unchangeable.

There is no doubt that he is an alternative, and in the Chinese Navy, where the traditional elegance of the British style prevails, he is the only one who likes to brag and fart with the sailors when he has nothing to do, and he likes to squeeze into the soldier's cabin to grab something to eat when he does not go to the lenient officers' canteen.

Ji Weishan once laughed and scolded, saying that he was the enemy of all elegance in the world.

Now this enemy, staring at the eyes and smoking a cigarette, and looking at the tall chicken coop-like mast, really can't figure out why the imagination of the Americans is so rich that they have to come up with such a unique thing.

But then again, the mast on it is really big, and there is still room for the two watchmen to stand on it, but now the Chinese Navy is discussing the abolition of the mast and the establishment of a special observation bridge.

Since the two Kunlunshan-class and the two Jinghai-class went to the Gulf of Mexico to replenish heavy fuel, there were only four capital ships left here that had been refueled early, while on the opposite side there were five American battleships, three Virginia-class and two old Illinois-class" as well as four small destroyers that were coordinated.

Although it was four against five", it did not make everyone nervous, but swept away the clutter of the journey, and everyone focused on observing the five American battleships.

To be honest, if there is really going to be a war, the five American battleships on the opposite side may not be enough to see, even the large Virginia class, the displacement is only 15,000 stew, although the firepower is similar to the Duke class, but he has a big flaw, and it is also a strange design brought by the whimsy of the Americans, "That is, the 305 mm main gun turret and the 203 mm secondary gun turret are mixed together, and it looks like a two-story pagoda."

This seemingly enhanced firepower design made it possible for one of the main guns and secondary guns to fire at the same time, and the other had to stop firing when the other fired, which was undoubtedly suicidal in battleship encounters that emphasized the density of firepower.

As for the other two Illinois-class, the displacement is only 11,560 tons, and the main armor is as thick as 410 mm" The two twin 330 mm main guns seem to be very powerful, but the rate of fire is extremely low, and there is only a Wux caliber, and the armor is not made of surface carburized Krupp steel, but old Harvey steel, and the protection is not as good as the 305 mm on the Jilin, and its extremely low side "also leads to very poor seaworthiness."

If he could fight, Fang Jin was confident that the battle would end within an hour, but the order was not to fire first!

The command's order was also correct, after all, it was not far from the coast of the United States, and it was the Atlantic Ocean, "there was no ally on all sides except for Cuba, which could not defend itself, and in the absence of supplies and logistics, going to war would be tantamount to self-defeat."

But here's the thing!

Fang Jin sucked hard. Smoke, in his eyes, the third ship of the Virginia-class Georgia began to speed up, and the chicken-coop-like mast kept playing the signal flag that this is the territorial waters of the United States and "leave immediately", which made him really unhappy.

"This is the eighth expulsion tactic, isn't the Yankees annoying?!"

Fang Jin vigorously snuffed out the cigarette butt, "If you can have a pair of clair-seeing eyes at this time, you will see that this grumpy captain's heart has already been beating" There was also thick smoke in his nostrils, almost like a hot bull with his head stimulated by a red cloth!

When the Georgia quickly passed in front of the four capital ships, made a big circle and then returned to the ship formation, the ship's guns were swinging up and down the whole time, full of the cowboy-like provocation of the American West, which made every Chinese Navy officer and soldier feel angry!

"This is a provocation, the Yankees want to force us to leave in this way!"

"Qiyu, this is the high seas, we are the Chinese Navy, we are going to visit Havana, let them leave." Although he was full of anger, Fang Jin could only hold back his resentment and wave the signal with the flagship.

"Report, Chinese ——。"

Before the communications officer's words were finished, Major General Evans had already stopped the report, and he was tired of hearing such reports, nothing more than the other party's request to enter the port of Havana and so on.

Looking at the four capital ships on the opposite side, not only him, but all the US ** officers were both envious and nervous, envious of the other party's warships, nervous because the order required them to prevent the Chinese visiting fleet from entering the port of Havana before the end of the negotiations, and the order they got was still not allowed to fire first!

"What kind of bullshit order is this!"

Evans cursed in his heart, extremely dissatisfied with the decision made by the Admiralty, if he really let the other side fire first, he dared to guarantee that his fleet chance would be lost in a few minutes, but fortunately, the other party also seemed to have scruples.

"The Georgia is back."

"Wisconsin departure."

As the Georgia circled back to the queue, Evans sighed and continued to issue this boring expulsion and intimidation action, although he didn't know if it would have any effect, but he knew that several other battleships were coming to help at this moment, and maybe when there were more of them, the Chinese people would retreat.

The aging Illinois-class III ship Wisconsin slowly burst out of the formation and began the expulsion operation again, the speed of sixteen knots making him look like a snail.

And what really made his heart palpitate was that this kind of expulsion seemed to have no effect on the other party, if the American ** ships that acted one after another were heroic western cowboys, then these Chinese people on the other side were cold-blooded soldiers who did not blink their eyes against the rain of arrows and spears, waiting quietly.

It is true that the army that has been honed by several naval battles still remains cold under the stormy seas, but the more calm they are, the more nervous Evans and all the American ** people feel, so they thought of the four support battleships that are about to arrive.

"Did the telegram send?"

"Yes, but the signal is not very good, it is recommended." After a pause, the communications officer looked at the Chinese warship in the distance and said, "Try it with the Chinese machine." ”

"Talk about death."

Evans cursed secretly and waved his hand in agreement.

He didn't want to use the "Chinese" domestic radio, because the technician said that he could not rule out the possibility that the signal would be intercepted by the other party, but at this moment, in order to contact the support fleet as soon as possible, he had to use a high-power Chinese-made radio station.

However, his guess was not right, when the Virginia sent out the radio waves, the radio station on the Jilin had already intercepted the message, because the United States was also using radio for the first time, so it did not use encrypted telegrams, and the message was sent to Ji Weishan.

"Permission to expel by shelling! Four more are coming? ”

The two telegrams made him frown, although even if the United States pulled all the battleships over, he was confident that he would break through and leave, but the problem was that the General Staff demanded that he must find a way to break through the blockade and enter Havana.

Although Ji Weishan does not understand the need to enter Havana, it is definitely related to the strategy of stimulating the United States, after all, Cuba here is under the nose of the United States, and once the Panama Canal and Cuba are harassed at the same time, I am afraid that the United States will go crazy.

"But what way?"

Looking at the American battleship blocking in front, the USS Wisconsin approaching for expulsion, and the port of Havana not far behind them, Ji Weishan's eyebrows raised sharply.

He quickly walked to the nautical chart, calculated the distance between the two sides, and smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth.

"Report, flagship command!"

The sound of the report made Fang Jin jump up excitedly like a rabbit, and when he finished reading the telegram, his eyes lit up.

Boiler pressurization! ”

"The second and third power compartments are activated."

"Feel free to tell me about the stress index!"

"All units are in combat readiness, and all decks are empty!"

"Be ready for impact!"

One after another, orders were issued from the bridge of the Heilongjiang, making this battleship of more than 20,000 tons like a wild cat that had suddenly been awakened from its sleep, and the hair on its whole body was bared.

When the Wisconsin made a big circle in front of the fleet and began to slowly return to the sea, the navigator suddenly shouted: "Pressure 180, full load, ready to go." ”

"Let's go!"

"Signal." Fang Jin gave the order fiercely, and his left hand slammed into the nearby handrail.

When two thick plumes of smoke suddenly rushed out of the chimney of the Heilongjiang and soared into the sky like an angry dragon, Evans and all the American sailors became nervous and wanted to leave. Still is?

Since the boiler and steam turbine had been kept half-open and the preheating was sufficient, before their thoughts began to spread, they saw that the huge Heilongjiang had rushed out of the fleet and began to accelerate wildly, chasing the Wisconsin butt.

Then, everyone saw the flashing signal lights and the waving flags.

The signal is!

"Our ship was ordered to ram your ship!"! ~！