First, radio communication was paralyzed, and the traditional light signals and flags were very limited, making it difficult to command ships to fight in large formations.

In desperation, Vice Admiral Ben Adelaide led some of his ships to meet the enemy first, handing over command of the remaining ships in the bay to Rear Admiral Newark, and all he could do was pray for God to bless the Atlantic Fleet.

Face a strong enemy

Vice Admiral Ben-Adelaide was inexplicably sad and indignant, he hated the domineering and ferocious of the Ocean Empire, and hated President Roosevelt for burying the hope of the Navy, and he was even more unwilling in his heart.

The young US Navy has not yet fully grown up, it needs time, and what is lacking now is precious time.

During the Spanish-American War in 1898

The U.S. Navy had four battleships and a large number of old sail cruisers, all of which were capital ships built between 1892 and 1898, helping the U.S. Navy win the Spanish-American War.

During the two presidents of McKinley and Roosevelt, the United States Navy has developed greatly.

Especially during the term of President Roosevelt, a large number of new battleships and cruisers of more than 10,000 tons were built, which was a president that people loved and hated, and it was he who single-handedly pushed the US Navy to its heyday and saw the hope of crisscrossing the seas.

Immediately, he single-handedly pushed the US Navy into the abyss of despair, breaking the fervent hope that had just been burned......

There is nothing more cruel in the world than this

President Roosevelt pushed the U.S. Navy to the top, and after seeing the excitement of the world's top, he kicked it down again......

Good manners, why do you offend the Ocean Empire?

"Sir, the battleship formation of the USS Mississippi has been defeated, and we ......"

"All ships are ready for battle." Vice Admiral Ben Adelaide ordered in a deep voice.

On the sea at the moment

The small squadron headed by the battleship "Mississippi" was beaten with thick smoke billowing and was in a state of embarrassment to distance itself from the enemy's large fleet, and after an hour of going out to sea, the original four ships became three, and the unfortunate protective cruiser "Charleston" had already been buried at the bottom of the sea and could never return.

The end of the sky in the distance

In the cold light at more than four o'clock in the morning, the enemy's large fleet appeared densely on the sea level, the dense chimneys were like forests, spewing out thick black smoke to render half of the sky, the huge hull cut through the waves and galloped, and the muzzles of the black holes burst out from time to time to roar, bringing terrible death and war.

At the top of the tall steel triangular mast of the "Queensland", the flagship of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Strike Formation of the Ocean Empire, a blood-red battle flag with the word "Zhu" was impressively visible, as if it was the clarion call for the Demon Legion to launch a general attack, and the killing intent of the mountain rushed towards the face.

Those who clearly violate the empire will be punished even if they are thousands of miles away!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

After a few deafening loud noises, the battleship "Mississippi," which was covered in a rain of bullets, hit several shots one after another, shrouded in several orange-red flames, and the speed of the ship slowed down suddenly, and the battleship, which was already scarred, suffered heavy damage again.

The two armored cruisers "West Virginia" and "Colorado" fled like a nest, not daring to stop for a second, and were simply frightened.

"Oh, my god, God!"

Faced with the tragic situation in front of him, Lieutenant General Ben-Adelaide was furious, drew a cross on his chest with a miserable face, and then ordered; "The right rudder is 13 degrees south-southwest, we are up, may God bless the Atlantic fleet, all beings are suffering, but the light is always there."

"May God bless ......"

Forced to the end, some of the ships of the US Atlantic Fleet, under the leadership of Vice Admiral Ben-Adelaide, spread out in battle formation at a speed of less than 6 knots, and lined up on the front battle line were four battleships led by the flagship "New Hampshire", followed by seven large armored cruisers, a total of 11 capital ships lined up into the battle line, straight into the middle of the chase and escape.

The flagship signaled that the two armored cruisers, the "West Virginia" and the "Colorado", were ordered to turn back in a large circle and line up at the end of the battle line.

These two ships are large armored cruisers of 14,500 tons, and if they can have more combat power, they will have more hope and less possibility of total annihilation.

The U.S. Atlantic Fleet faced the enemy's main battleship formation, and fired the first round of artillery fire from a distance, and the two sides were still nearly 16 kilometers apart, and all the shells splashed in the water, and the closest was 1,600 yards.

The US warship's 305-mm guns have a range of 14.6 kilometers, and firing at such a distance is a complete waste of shells, but what the Atlantic Fleet wants is a momentum, condensing the unyielding will of the US Navy to fire back.

Although the enemy is incomparably strong, the Atlantic Fleet will not give in.

In the distance, the "Queensland," the flagship of the expeditionary strike formation, began to turn unhurriedly at a speed of about 10 knots, and the eight battleships and two heavy cruisers behind it followed one after another, while the cruiser fleet in the distance formed a semicircular encirclement, ready to smash the enemy who slipped through the net and destroy all the enemy ships.

See this scene

Lieutenant General Ben Adelaide still didn't understand the reason, and the enemy was ready to sacrifice the "Mangu" tactic and carry out long-range precision strikes, and he was really angry.

It's so shameless, it's too bullying, it's not like that.

The poor Atlantic Fleet is now mostly cold cars, and it can't run at high speeds, and the speed of the fleet can only move slowly at a speed of 8~10 knots, and it can only watch the enemy adjust its course, keep the distance between the two fleets at about 15 kilometers, and then fire shells round after round and smash down on the head and face.

4:30 a.m

The unprecedentedly tragic Battle of Tierra del Fuego began, and the main warships of the two countries lined up in a tight battle line and began shelling from a distance of 15 kilometers.

After more than half a year of hard training at all costs, the Atlantic Fleet has made great progress in its artillery technology, and the shells fired have fallen into dense patches at a fairly good level.

Unfortunately, due to the range of the main guns, it was completely impossible to pose a threat to the enemy.

On the other hand, the steel war monsters on the battle line of the Ocean Empire, relying on the advantage of the range of the main guns and accurate gunnery, kept smashing down the rain of death bullets, and named the main ships of the US Atlantic Fleet one by one, and the fire was soaring, and the results were remarkable.

The first round of battle lines sailed in opposite directions, lasted more than 40 minutes, and each side fired more than 30 rounds of artillery fire, and the Royal Navy Expeditionary Strike Formation achieved a brilliant record of severely damaging two battleships, lightly damaging one battleship, sinking a large armored cruiser, and damaging four armored cruisers.

And their own losses...... It's zero.

Yes, that's right, the US Atlantic Fleet fired more than 30 rounds of artillery fire without causing any damage to the enemy.

After the battle lines of the two sides sailed, the remaining capital ships of the US Atlantic Fleet in the bay joined in one after another, but unfortunately at this time, three of the nine battleships had been heavily damaged, becoming a large torch floating on the sea and burning violently, but they could not join the battleships to fight.

Of the 23 armored cruisers, two were sunk and two were heavily damaged, leaving only 19 cruisers capable of fighting with wounds.

Compare the two

The strength advantage of the expeditionary strike formation of the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire is even more obvious, especially shameless...... In the case of total superiority, it still kept its distance unhurriedly, and hit the Atlantic Fleet from a distance by hanging shots, and did not approach at all.

This can't be done, you have to change the formation.

The eight squadrons of mine-strike destroyers summoned in the bay sailed out one after another and began to launch a decisive charge in the direction of the enemy ship formation, preparing to disrupt the enemy's position and win a slight chance of victory for the Atlantic Fleet.