In the early morning of April 5, off the coast of Florida, a large fleet was rapidly advancing through the vast Atlantic Ocean and advancing southeast.

6 United States-class battleships, 2 Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers, 2 Baltimore-class second-class protective cruisers, 2 Philadelphia-class second-class cruisers, 4 Boston third-class protective cruisers, and 6 Orleans third-class protective cruisers.

A full 22 battleships, mounted cruisers and protective cruisers, plus up to forty destroyers, large and small, make up an unprecedentedly large fleet! Because all of these ships were powered by coal furnaces and steam engines, the billowing smoke produced was particularly glaring and almost obscured the sky. Such a magnificent scene really thrilled the hearts of every American who was lucky enough to witness all this. With the addition of the two old-fashioned cruisers of the USS New York and the USS Maine at the front, and the two accompanying third-class protected cruisers, the entire US Navy's Atlantic Fleet is almost in full swing, except for ships that are being overhauled or upgraded at shipyards in Baltimore and New York! Therefore, many officers and men of the Atlantic Fleet have confidence in victory - this time the opponent is not "British Daddy", but Mexicans!

And "Ying Dad" is still quite American, although "Ying Dad" is an unfilial father, but after all, he is the father of the United States! When the United States was bullied by Mexicans and yellow people, Ying Dad always stood behind America.

Therefore, the US Atlantic Fleet, although it has been "drawn" by the Mexicans and the yellow race in the first Atlantic battle for a while, is still full of confidence.

Atlantic Fleet Commander David Brown. Potter's confidence was certainly sufficient. Although he drew last time, Andrew . President Jackson gave him a promotion and made him the first admiral in the history of the U.S. Navy.

However, his confidence does not come from the support of Ying Dad and his rank of general, but also from the forty aircraft carriers under his command!

Forty aircraft carriers!

Any American admiral with forty aircraft carriers will have the confidence of victory!

Besides, this battle is still a joint effort between Britain and the United States, father and son are of the same heart! Except for Davy. More than 100 surface ships under Porter's command (including 40 aircraft carriers) and dozens of ships of the Royal Navy's Caribbean Fleet (including more than 20 aircraft carriers) are also on the way.

With the combined forces, there are more than 60 aircraft carriers alone, 12 battleships, and 10 armored cruisers. How could it be possible to lose?

But he still didn't dare to take it too lightly, because he hadn't joined the fleet of "Ying Dad" yet, so a strong feeling of uneasiness suddenly floated in his heart.

"William. Where is Vice Admiral Baga's British Caribbean Fleet currently located? "David. Potter turned.

"Half an hour ago they had arrived near the island of San Salvador, less than 200 nautical miles from us, and if we didn't go south, the Caribbean fleet would be able to join us around three o'clock this afternoon."

David. Potter nodded, then raised his telescope to look at the sea to the south, and by the light of the rising sun on the eastern sea, he could already see more and more pillars of smoke appearing in the sky, and the graceful and mighty figure of the Haohan-class armored cruiser had slowly appeared in the eyepiece of the telescope. After the two Heroes, more masts of frigate-class destroyers appeared. These guards are actually ahead of the heroes, but they are only 2,000-ton "big drives" with a standard row, and the low masts make them appear in Davy a little later. Potter's line of sight. At the same time, there were also Zhuangshi-class cruisers with a standard displacement of 6,500 tons.

The vanguard detachment of the combined Mexican-Texas fleet soon appeared in the eyepiece of Admiral Porter's telescope!

David. Potter was well aware that behind this vanguard detachment must be the main formation of the combined Mexican-Texas fleet. There must be several heroic battleships among them!

But David. Porter knew very well that the real killer of the combined Mexican-Texas fleet was not the Hero-class battleships, although the Hero-class was definitely an epoch-making battleship. But the artillery giants of this era developed too rapidly, and the powerful battleships that are proud of the world today will become the existence of "rotten seas" in a year or two - completely unfragrant! That's the case with the Heroic class, its 280mm 45x radial rapid-fire gun was definitely the world's number one main gun when it first came out! But now, even the United States class uses a 12-inch (305 mm) main gun, and the turret layout is more reasonable, and the output of the gun is more powerful!

If the combined Mexican-Texas fleet could only count on a few Heroes, then today the Mexicans and Japan do not have even the slightest chance in this battle, but they still have aircraft-carrying frigates, and planes!

Thinking of airplanes, David. Potter couldn't help but look up at the sky, it was empty, and their plane hadn't come yet.

But here comes Dave. Potter isn't afraid!

Because he also has airplanes. There are a full 40 planes!

Come to think of it, David. Potter confidently ordered: "Inform all destroyers towing aircraft carriers to be ready to use carrier-based aircraft at any time!"

Notify the USS New York, USS Maine, shelling 10,000 yards away. Remember, do not let enemy light ships get close to firing torpedoes. According to exact intelligence, the enemy has a torpedo with a range of more than 10000 yards and a speed of more than 30 knots! ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Did the reconnaissance aircraft discover the armored cruiser of the Americans?"

On the Akagi, the flagship of the ambush detachment of the combined Mexican-Texas fleet, the detachment's admiral Enomoto Takeki once again asked the staff officers around him questions.

"Not yet."

The aviation staff officer on the side, a major of the naval aviation from Daming, shook his head and said: "It's really strange, they have been running with the main formation for two days, and they look like fart, why did they disappear early this morning?" ”

Missing are the six Cressey-class armored cruisers of the American "British Daddy", as well as the second- and third-class cruisers and destroyers that follow them, who until yesterday evening honestly followed the main butt of the combined Mexican-Texas fleet, and did not look at it in a hurry. Unexpectedly, as soon as the sky was bright today, a Mexican cruiser in charge of the rear of the palace found that the American patrol detachment behind its ass was missing.

So he immediately sent a telegram to the flagship Bolívar, and the Bolívar immediately contacted the Akagi and asked the Akagi to send a carrier-based aircraft to find it.

"If you can't find it, forget it." Enomoto Takeki shook his head, he now has a more important task, which is to send carrier-based aircraft to attack the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet that is about to engage the main force of the main formation - this is really strange, how did the main force of the Atlantic Fleet sneak from its south to the north? Could it be that the one who has crossed the Wind Direction Strait before has always been a "fake fleet"? Inflatable? Papier-mâché?

I didn't understand, Enomoto didn't think much about it, but just turned around and asked, "Is the carrier-based aircraft ready?" ”

"Okay, the first assault wave consists of 5 Ssangyong and 90 Sea Wyverns." Then the aviation staff officer said, "You can go at any time!" ”

"Good!" Enomoto nodded heavily, "Half an hour after the first assault wave all took off, the second assault wave began to take off. Also, now raise the bloody red flag! Tell all the carrier-based aircraft pilots that today's attack order was personally given by Vice Admiral Zhuge of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy. This is not the battle of Mexico or Japan, but the battle of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty! It is a fateful battle between the Great Tomorrow Dynasty and the United States of America, and I hope that you will fight bravely to kill the enemy! ”

"Yes! Sir! Then the aviation staff officer replied loudly.

(End of chapter)