May 1, 1906. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

The Chinese Imperial Visiting Fleet, which had just arrived in the Florida Strait, was intercepted by five American battleships, this news is not surprising, if the United States is in the Pacific Ocean because of insufficient strength to be able to counterattack, then this is the Atlantic, it is the East Coast! If the fleets of countries that are not clear about their enemies easily enter a place that is considered forbidden on their doorstep to provoke themselves, then the United States will really lose face.

The United States has never been a suave businessman, just like the cowboy of the West, this country has always dreamed of showing its teeth, and the historical war between the United States and Spain, and the real Cuban war, are all manifestations of this.

Since the first economic throne, this country has been filled with the call of the American century, and it has only lightly tested the waters against the "open door" requirements of Latin American countries and even Asia.

When the country began to cheer and began to shout, the Panama Canal crisis was undoubtedly a basin of ice water that poured the whole of the United States!

Therefore, when Ji Weishan set off from Colombia with the fleet and entered the Caribbean Sea, the newspapers began to be full of voices of blocking, starting a war and annihilation.

But neither the blockers, nor the people who tried to enter, did not expect such an ending.

So much so that when Ji Weishan retired with the glory of the imperial general, many people asked him why he made that decision at that time, and the answer was only one sentence.

"If the naval guns can't speak, then use the tonnage to reason!"

A very simple sentence, but when Colonel Moore, the captain of the USS Wisconsin at the time, saw it, he threw the newspaper on the ground fiercely, pointed to the east with trembling fingers, and sobbed loudly: "They are bullying!" ”

It is indeed a bully!

Using a battleship of more than 20,000 tons to ram a warship that can only be regarded as a large ironclad ship, the result does not need to be repeated.

Standing in the bridge of the USS Virginia, Evans was almost petrified, "All the US Navy officers and men who saw this scene were dumbfounded, none of them thought that the Chinese fleet, which had been quiet for half a day and even a little suffocated, would answer in such a way to stop it!"

There was chaos on the Wisconsin, the sirens punctured the eardrums, and the captain Moore stared blankly at the rushing Heilongjiang, and the exquisite coffee cup in his hand fell and shattered without noticing.

It is said that it is unimaginable that a steel monster of more than 20,000 tons, spewing a thick column of smoke, "chopping waves and slashing waves rushing towards you at a speed of twenty knots." (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

According to an observer who later served on the Wisconsin, "Everyone was confused, everyone was in a mess, I was desperately trying to sound the alarm, but no one cared about that, it was a hellish bison that was about to step on us and was spewing fire!" ”

The icy bow split the sea water and formed two vortices along both sides of the hull, "This is not the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, Deng Shichang rushed to the Zhiyuan led by the Yoshino, this is the "China" fleet, which has been trained and sublimated in many naval battles in the past 12 years, and is equipped with the world's advanced warships, is a giant beast of more than 20,000!

The Wisconsin's bow was deflected, and the steering wheel had hit low, "but the old body still couldn't stop the approaching Heilongjiang, and when the two ship shadows gradually approached and were about to overlap, some timid people even closed their eyes.

Evans clenched his fists hard, he wanted to order the cannon to be fired immediately, but at this moment, the Heilongjiang was already less than two kilometers away from the Wisconsin, and once the cannon was fired at such a close distance, it also meant that the enemy's ten naval guns could instantly send shells into the Wisconsin.

Ten 305-mm shells, enough for the Wisconsin to disappear completely!

Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, a sinister smile gradually rose at the corner of Fang Jin's mouth, he was not stupid, "Even if his Heilongjiang is more than 20,000 tons, if it hits it straight, it will be paralyzed at least and sunk at worst."

Therefore, it is also very skillful to collide with ships, "especially two such behemoths, which require control accurate to the meter."

The captain took over the steering wheel himself, and the soldiers clung to whatever they could hold onto, the cold muzzles still pointing at the target that was about to be hit, and then.

"Keep your eyes open and teach them a lesson!"

"Not everyone can stand in the way of the old!"

In Fang Jin's roar, the bow of the Heilongjiang suddenly deviated to the left, and the flying shear bow of the floating ship first hit the vicinity of the rear mast of the Wisconsin at an angle of five degrees, and the loud impact sound made everyone's hearts hang in their throats, and even Ji Weishan, who made the decision, pinched a cold sweat.

But he also knows that this task may only be sure of the crazy Fang Jin, don't look at his usual giggling, but when it comes to dominating and operating warships, few people in the Chinese Navy can be as accurate as the Heilongjiang, the main thing is that his warships are all crazy people who don't want to die in battle!

The huge bow of the ship was bent and deformed at a speed visible to the naked eye, the auxiliary gun barrel sticking out of the starboard side of the Wisconsin was broken hard, and the huge tooth-sore steel grinding sound was terrifying, and when the two ships finally merged together, the main armor belts of the waterline of the two sides slammed into each other.

"Boom!"

It wasn't the sound of a cannon, but it was more frightening than it, and the violent impact was only a moment, but it felt as if it had been a century for everyone. In the friction of the door, the Heilongjiang and Wisconsin skewed to both sides at the same time like two watermelons split with a knife, and the main armor belt hundreds of millimeters thick twisted and deformed in the friction of the distance, and then cracked.

The huge impact force caused the port side of the Wisconsin, which was a full half of the tonnage difference, to sink down violently, and all the secondary guns on that side were all submerged in the seawater, and several sailors who were caught off guard were immediately knocked out, and even the deck was tilted nearly forty or fifty degrees, splashing countless waves.

Although the Heilongjiang was also uncomfortable, because it was the active collision party, the soldiers were prepared to prevent the collision in advance, so only a few soldiers who did not grasp it were injured, and because of the large tonnage, the width of the hull, and the angle of deflection were much smaller, it was easy to regain balance.

On the four American battleships in the distance, everyone was stunned by this scene, and when the Wisconsin leaned to the left, "one side of the deck was even completely immersed in the sea", almost every gunner was ready to open fire, until the two ships separated, and the Wisconsin gradually regained its balance and breathed a sigh of relief.

And for Colonel Moore, what made him feel palpitations was that when the two ships staggered, in addition to the other party's gun port, which was still pointing at his gun, the faces holding the armrests, staring wide, and sneering at the corners of his mouth made him feel cold.

They did it on purpose!

And laughing at yourself!

A wave of humiliation and grief rose from his heart, "But he can't care about counterattacking, and it is even impossible to counterattack, the damage caused by the instantaneous impact is extremely amazing, and a large crack more than one meter long has been torn open on the thick armor belt on the starboard side, and the sea water is pouring in crazily."

Similarly, the wide-eyed Heilongjiang was not comfortable, and the violent impact caused the bow to be completely deformed, "The sea water also began to enter along the cracks, and although the waterline and main armor belt on the port side were not cracked like the other side, the internal structure was almost completely destroyed, and it had lost its protective role."

A few minutes later, when Captain Moore ordered water to be poured into the port side, barely keeping the battleship balanced, the Heilongjiang, which was rampaging like a bison, "stubbornly rushed towards the four American battleships three thousand meters away" despite the bow entering the water.

The signal is still there!

"Our ship was ordered to ram your ship!"

Behind it, the remaining three Chinese ships had already crossed the Wisconsin that was being repaired, and the signal lights and flags were constantly waving, the same sentence.

For a moment, all eyes focused on Evans's face, "Is it a war, or is it a ...... and crash back?!"

The air froze at once, this is an extremely difficult choice for Evans, if the war starts, then the distance between the two sides is only six thousand meters at this time, and it seems that he also knows that the Wisconsin has lost its combat strength, and he is not sure of five or four, let alone four at such a close distance!

But if you don't open fire, then I'm afraid only God knows if these "Chinese" crazy people will come to their own flagships again, "I am afraid that I will be smashed into a pile of scrap metal if the tonnage and armor are in a weak position in all aspects!"

As the captain kept reporting distance figures, the scorching Caribbean air seemed to be getting more and more anxious, and some even began to look for nearby fixtures, and the sailors on deck walked in a panic.

No one thought that the situation would change like this, Evans was 10,000 did not expect the other party to use this way to solve the blockade, looking at the Chinese fleet that was lined up like a mad cow and galloped with billowing black smoke, Evans raised his right hand, hesitated for a moment and waved.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the helmsman couldn't wait to turn the rudder and abandon the road for the group of madmen opposite.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of May 1, 1906, the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Navy visited the fleet and broke through the blockade of the US Navy in a jaw-dropping way, although some people later said that it was because the United States was not ready for war, which led to this result, but no matter how it can be justified, in fact, the capital ship of the Chinese entered Cuba for the first time in history!

In the port of Havana, in a grand welcoming ceremony with a sense of victory, Ji Weishan used only one sentence when reporters asked how to break through the blockade.

"We crashed in!"

In the background of his voice, it was the figure of the Wisconsin faltering, and when the American battleship, which entered the water of more than 2,000 tons two days later, and then barely arrived in Miami under the escort of two ocean-going tugs, the whole United States was detonated again!

As many as eight American battleships once again surrounded the port of Havana, the negotiations on the Grand Canal of Nicaragua, which had just begun, were once again interrupted, and sparks were splashed again!

However, it doesn't matter anymore, because Ji Weishan can't leave Havana for the time being, and in fact, the Heilongjiang has to be overhauled because of the flooding of the bow, but due to Cuba's lack of maintenance capabilities, the Chinese Navy, which lacks bases in the Atlantic, has to contact Germany and ask them to send a maintenance ship to Cuba.

After a month of barely ensuring the ability to navigate, when the visiting fleet led by Ji Weishan embarked on the visit again, and finally completed the first circumnavigation voyage in the history of the Chinese Navy, the Heilongjiang was immediately sent to the dock for overhaul, and the maintenance cost was as high as 2 million blue coins