In addition to repairing and replenishing supplies, the Spanish fleet also did one thing in Bermuda, and that was to release more than 1,000 American sailors who had intercepted and seized merchant ships.

And these let go of the crew were quickly picked up by passing ships.

At the same time, this allowed the United States to know the exact news of the departure of the Spanish fleet, and this also made the United States breathe a sigh of relief.

Because the Spanish fleet did not show up, foreign trade on the east coast of the United States came to a standstill. Ships refused to go to sea to transport goods, and residents of port cities were afraid to return home. The Spanish fleet attacked for a few days, completely paralyzing the maritime trade network on the east coast, and the loss was not small at all.

In addition, with the return of the detainees, the missing ships were also proven, which only increased the American public's concern about the Spanish fleet.

And all this pressure passed on layer by layer, and finally fell on the head of Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt (former Secretary of the Navy John Long died a week ago).

And in the face of this pressure, Secretary Roosevelt also needs to gather everyone to study countermeasures.

In the conference hall of the battleship Indiana, the U.S. Navy held its first emergency meeting since the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. They need to adjust their strategies in order to cope with possible re-emergence of attacks.

"Gentlemen, the Navy of the United States of America has suffered the heaviest losses in history, and I think you all know the circumstances. So who can tell me now what we should do next. We can't let the Spaniards run rampant like this, we have to win the war. Roosevelt said indignantly.

"Now we have to first determine the location of the Spanish fleet, and we must prevent it from going north again. I propose that in Bermuda, a reconnaissance vessel be sent to observe it at all times. ”

Commodore Dewey, who had previously served as the commander of the Asian Fleet and later had to drive home with the fleet because Germany had purchased the Philippines, was the first to give a suggestion, which would have been made by any officer.

"Very good, this is a very good suggestion, is there any other way?" Roosevelt continued to question the other commanders present.

"The Spaniards attacked ports and shipyards for one purpose, to weaken our navy, to defeat us in a decisive naval battle, and to preserve the West Indies. For the Spanish fleet, far from the homeland, cruising on the eastern coast for a long time did not make much military sense, and sooner or later they would have to come to Cuba, to Santiago!

Here we can lay out a pocket and wait for the arrival of the Spanish fleet. Of course, we need to concentrate our fleet as much as possible and send as many notification ships as possible. For we need to keep track of the movements of the Spanish fleet as much as possible, because its fleet is faster than ours. "Major General Samplin put his plan out.

"Oh, what's that saying?"

Seeing that the minister was very interested, Major General Samplin immediately continued. "In my opinion, in fact, now our country and Spain are very close in terms of naval strength, and it can even be said that there is still a little gap between our country in terms of main warships."

That's right, in Rear Admiral Samplin's view, the neglect of speed in the construction of Indiana-class battleships has created such a passive situation today.

The speed of 15 knots made the three Indiana-class battleships useless at all.

This bitter fruit was so conspicuous in the war that now the US Navy needs to taste it.

"The most important thing for us now is that we need intelligence support, we must get accurate information from the Spanish fleet, otherwise it will be this slow situation."

It was obvious that Rear Admiral Samplin was throwing the blame, but the speed of the battleship was too slow, which really limited the play of the US Navy.

In addition to repairing and replenishing supplies, the Spanish fleet also did one thing in Bermuda, and that was to release more than 1,000 American sailors who had intercepted and seized merchant ships.

And these let go of the crew were quickly picked up by passing ships.

At the same time, this allowed the United States to know the exact news of the departure of the Spanish fleet, and this also made the United States breathe a sigh of relief.

Because the Spanish fleet did not show up, foreign trade on the east coast of the United States came to a standstill. Ships refused to go to sea to transport goods, and residents of port cities were afraid to return home. The Spanish fleet attacked for a few days, completely paralyzing the maritime trade network on the east coast, and the loss was not small at all.

In addition, with the return of the detainees, the missing ships were also proven, which only increased the American public's concern about the Spanish fleet.

And all this pressure passed on layer by layer, and finally fell on the head of Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt (former Secretary of the Navy John Long died a week ago).

And in the face of this pressure, Secretary Roosevelt also needs to gather everyone to study countermeasures.

In the conference hall of the battleship Indiana, the U.S. Navy held its first emergency meeting since the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. They need to adjust their strategies in order to cope with possible re-emergence of attacks.

"Gentlemen, the Navy of the United States of America has suffered the heaviest losses in history, and I think you all know the circumstances. So who can tell me now what we should do next. We can't let the Spaniards run rampant like this, we have to win the war. Roosevelt said indignantly.

"Now we have to first determine the location of the Spanish fleet, and we must prevent it from going north again. I propose that in Bermuda, a reconnaissance vessel be sent to observe it at all times. ”

Commodore Dewey, who had previously served as the commander of the Asian Fleet and later had to drive home with the fleet because Germany had purchased the Philippines, was the first to give a suggestion, which would have been made by any officer.

"Very good, this is a very good suggestion, is there any other way?" Roosevelt continued to question the other commanders present.

"The Spaniards attacked ports and shipyards for one purpose, to weaken our navy, to defeat us in a decisive naval battle, and to preserve the West Indies. For the Spanish fleet, far from the homeland, cruising on the eastern coast for a long time did not make much military sense, and sooner or later they would have to come to Cuba, to Santiago!

Here we can lay out a pocket and wait for the arrival of the Spanish fleet. Of course, we need to concentrate our fleet as much as possible and send as many notification ships as possible. For we need to keep track of the movements of the Spanish fleet as much as possible, because its fleet is faster than ours. "Major General Samplin put his plan out.

"Oh, what's that saying?"

Seeing that the minister was very interested, Major General Samplin immediately continued. "In my opinion, in fact, now our country and Spain are very close in terms of naval strength, and it can even be said that there is still a little gap between our country in terms of main warships."

That's right, in Rear Admiral Samplin's view, the neglect of speed in the construction of Indiana-class battleships has created such a passive situation today.

The speed of 15 knots made the three Indiana-class battleships useless at all.

Of course, who knows, it's all because of Italy