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"Commander, Lao Zhuo, all the warships have been contacted, except for the 'Wufu' because of the construction time is too long, the structure is aging, and the foremath and sail were damaged by the storm, the other warships and transport ships have not been lost!" Huo Qiyun said. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to carry out this military operation smoothly, the American Fleet installed radios on each transport ship before departure. It is precisely because of this that they were able to maintain a complete formation in the Atlantic Ocean, where the wind is high and the sea conditions are bad, without getting lost.

After listening to his words, Yang Yonglin nodded. He knew that although the transports in his fleet also used steam power, masts and sails were still essential. Because the mainstream marine steam engine in this era is not too reliable in terms of power, and it costs too much. Moreover, even the warships of various countries had masts and sails at a time when the triple steam engine had not yet become the mainstream, such as the most powerful British 'Inflecchi-class' ironclad battleship!

Hearing that there was only a slight problem with one transport ship, Zhuo Guanlu was secretly relieved to set off from Curacao, skirting Cuba and passing through the British colony of the Bahamas, sometimes to avoid being spotted by passing ships or patrol ships of various countries. It took more than 20 days to cross the Atlantic Ocean of more than 3,000 nautical miles. It only takes three days to reach the sea off New York, and if at this time, the loss of ships and soldiers due to the storm at sea is really wronged!

"Where are we now?" asked Yang Yonglin, turning his head.

"Report to the Commander, now we are three hundred and fifty nautical miles southeast of New York!" the Navigator reported with a serious expression.

Hearing this, Yang Yonglin nodded, "Lao Zhuo." Have you made contact with the Snow Wolf Special Forces?"

Now they've reached Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Staten Island on the outskirts of New York (the four boroughs were incorporated into New York in 1898, and now there's only one borough in New York City, and that's Manhattan!), as soon as we reach the sea off New York. They will immediately launch a surprise attack, blow up all the coastal defense forts, and take us to land!" said Zhuo Guanluo.

Although the Americans sent almost all of their troops to the Mississippi River and the Ohio River to fight the Huojia Army, it was the most developed city and economic center in the country. Two divisions of American troops are still stationed in New York. And almost all the remaining US Navy warships have shrunk here. Moreover, the powerful coastal defense fortress is also an iron gate blocking the landing of the Huo Jiajun American Fleet.

Therefore, if the New York operation can be perfectly implemented, the most important thing is the landing war. As long as the Snow Wolf special forces can blow up the coastal defense fortress, then they will be halfway successful in this covert operation. As for the two army divisions deployed by the United States here with no war experience, it is believed that with the elite of the two Marine divisions of the Huo Jiajun and the support of the navy, they will not be able to cause much difficulty for the landing operation of the Huo Jiajun. Whether it is Yang Yonglin or Zhuo Guanluo. and Huo Qiyun, chief of staff of the American Fleet, knew this, so they were also particularly concerned about the actions of the Snow Wolf Special Brigade.

"Bell bell......!" It spread across the open sea, waking up the American fleet that was emerging from the storm. In less than five minutes, four Admiral-class destroyers, eight Seahawk-class frigates, and twenty twin 130mm naval guns had raised their muzzles, and as long as they gave an order, they could hit the enemy at the fastest speed.

All combat preparations were made in five minutes, and although they could not be compared with the navy of later generations, they were already at the top level in the world in this era! At the same time, it also showed the excellent training level of the Huo Jiajun. Of course, all this is obtained through the usual sweat.

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Yang Yonglin involuntarily tightened his eyebrows, although they had sailed out of the range of the storm just now, but the dark clouds in the sky covered the moonlight, so the visibility on the sea was very low, although with the help of the telescope, he could see that there were indeed four black shadows in the northwest direction, but he was never able to identify whether they were warships or not.

However, at this time, the frigates distributed on the outermost part had already turned around and sailed towards the black shadow in the distance at a speed of twenty-two knots, and it was believed that it would not be long before the most detailed information could be obtained.

"Don't be British, otherwise we'll leak out!" Huo Qiyun turned around and looked at the two partners beside him, and said with a somewhat nervous expression.

"I guess it's not so unlucky! Although it is less than four hundred nautical miles from the British-controlled Bermuda, most of their cruisers have basically gone to intercept the arms ships of European countries supporting Egypt throughout the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and there is time to come here!" Zhuo Guanluo said with a frown.

Hearing his words, Yang Yonglin also nodded, in the context of the economic crisis, all countries are trying to increase exports, racking their brains for their own domestic economic and industrial recovery, plus they don't want Britain to completely control the vital Eurasian passage - the Suez Canal, so even if they wear a pair of pants with the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, including Portugal, are constantly selling weapons and equipment to the Motherland Party army in Egypt, not to mention Italy, France, Germany and Russia! It can be said that the reason why Muhammad al-Arabi's army was able to sustain itself for two years under the blow of more than 600,000 British troops was that in addition to the strong support of the Huo family's army, the provision of weapons and equipment from various countries was also a factor that could not be ignored.

Of course, Britain certainly did not want the Fatherland Party to be supported and their troops suffer even greater losses. Therefore, nearly 100 warships of various types were transferred from the Home Fleet, the Atlantic Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet to blockade the waters off Egypt and block the approach of the most popular fireships!

In addition, the fact that the Huojiajun American Fleet was able to travel nearly 3,000 kilometers from the warm and prosperous Caribbean Sea, which is full of colonial islands of various countries, and numerous sea routes, is also due to the economic crisis. The sharp decline in the export of goods from various countries has hit the ocean-going trade industry hard, especially the United States, the largest market in the Americas, because of the war and the serious economic crisis at home, and the demand has plummeted, so that there are almost no ships to be seen on the originally busy shipping lanes, which naturally reduces the possibility of the exposure of the American fleet.

"Report, according to the radio report of the Sea Eagle 15, the four ships two thousand kilometers away are not warships, but fishing boats!" said the communications staff officer with a serious expression.

"Can you see which country it belongs to?" Yang Yonglin asked.

"Commander, the light is too dim, and it's so far away that the lookout of Sea Eagle XV can't confirm their nationality!"

Hearing this, Yang Yonglin nodded, looking at the four black shadows swaying with the waves in the distance, the killing intent in his eyes flashed, "Order the Sea Eagle 15 frigate, cooperate with the destroyer 'Weng Zhong', and the destroyer 'Sima Wrong', and sink them all!"

Hearing his words, the young staff officer who had just graduated from the Naval Non-commissioned Officer Academy this year and was assigned to the American Fleet was stunned, and then couldn't help but say: "Commander, they are civilian ships and not warships......!"

"Second Lieutenant, when the white warships were in the Yangtze River and wantonly bombarded our Han fishing boats in the South Seas, they didn't feel that they were civilian ships and showed mercy! And this time we are going to carry out a top-secret mission, and anything that may reveal the whereabouts of the fleet must be resolutely eliminated! Do you understand?" Zhuo Guanluo said with a serious expression.

The words of the political commissar immediately reminded the young lieutenant of the first motto given to him by the instructor when he first entered the school, 'The interests of the country are above all else, and the rise and fall of the nation is more important than Mount Tai!' The eyes of these young lieutenants suddenly became firm.

"Political commissar, I understand, I'm going to deliver the order!" he said a standard military salute to Yang Yonglin and Zhuo Guan, and then quickly ran out.

"Our navy is finally different!" Yang Yonglin said with a trace of memory and a hint of sigh in his expression. Apparently he was not in the slightest angry at the young officer's questioning of his military orders.

"That is, although compared with naval powers such as Britain and France, we may still have a gap in terms of heritage and soldier quality, but compared to our meeting in Fujian Navy, it is much better!" Zhuo Guanluo, who graduated from the first phase of the Mawei Naval Academy with Yang Yonglin, also said with a sigh.

"Excellent military quality, able to adhere to principles and not blindly follow. It's a pity that the experience is a little worse!" Huo Qiyun said.

"Hehehe, well, it's very good to be able to reach this level in five years, after all, the navy is not the army, what the navy needs is the foundation, and we are still very lacking. Moreover, if it weren't for the strong support of the young master all the time, I'm afraid our navy would not have been able to develop to this day!"

As soon as Zhuo Guanluo's words fell, a deafening cannon roar suddenly rang out from the northwest direction, and one after another cannonballs were like meteors across the sky, smashing out white water columns on the sea. At this time, through the light of the shells, I could clearly see through the telescope that the four large ocean-going trawlers with a displacement of about four or five thousand tons, which were originally sailing in an oblique line, scattered and fled like rabbits that had blown up their nests! )