【332】 The enemy, six battleships!(1/2)
But even so, Cui Yuanlang and Gao Tianyang were also quite satisfied. Some things were too much. Since the Meizu Department had inserted his hand, it would be fine if he was a little restrained.
At least, the boy from the Space Sea has become the supreme commander of a newly opened battlefield by the Free Charger in Mexico. Countless nails (not all conspicuous Chinese) have been quietly placed in the Mexican Army, Free Charger.
Teams, even Spain is stationed in Cuba’s colonial army!
The telegram sent by Aerospace Sea just now was heading towards San Francisco because he obtained a relatively reliable news: the US Navy sent six battleships to San Francisco, two of which were 8,300-ton dual-unit 12-inch artillery battleships.
, and this tonnage is...no among the active US Navy warships!
Originally, the news was very confidential, but who had let BH company's nails penetrate deeper into the U.S. Navy... Therefore, the news spread to the space sea as soon as the six battleships set off from the Seattle Military Port.
Aerospace Sea doesn't know the current situation of the US Navy, so it was sent after the intelligence was sent. However, when the personnel in charge of receiving the information in San Francisco saw this "100,000 urgent" telegram to Long Hao, it caused us Long.
The young master's deep suspicion.
What are the six battleships and two are heavy artillery battleships with nearly 10,000 tons?
Is the US Navy so awesome now?
Although Long Hao doesn't care much about military affairs, he still takes time to understand the current situation of the US Navy.
After all, the United States is Long Hao's biggest opponent now, and his excuse to fool Queen Victoria is also: to suppress America for the British Empire and prevent this emerging capitalist country from developing too fast.
Therefore, it is unreasonable for Long Hao to not do some homework.
Before the Spanish-American War, the US Navy was actually very weak, and most of their warships were inland ironclad ships left over from the Civil War, with tonnage and artillery, but they were only suitable for combat in rivers. If you want to set sail, you will be able to sail.
Go to the vast ocean to fight... Hehe, they have no such ability at all.
Just rely on the US Navy's several American crocodile, Arkansas, Manassas, and Yangtick... If they dare to go to the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and other places, let alone whether the British Navy will beat you up.
They, perhaps a few major sea storms can blow all these old inland ships!
It was precisely because of the lack of its own navy that the U.S. Department of State was determined to reform and establish the Webb Shipbuilding Academy (mainly integrating American shipbuilding technology). It acquired the shipyard and began to build warships that could participate in ocean-going operations.
However, building ocean-going warships is not something that can be successful overnight. At least previous information told Long Hao that those ocean-going warships that had laid keels on the east coast would have to wait at least a year for those ocean-going warships that had laid keels on the east coast to go into the sea to test their voyage!
Moreover, if you take a step back, even if the gods and Buddhas are blessed, those ocean-going warships will come down from the sea ahead of schedule. They are concentrated on the east coast of the United States. How can they drive to the west coast?
It is now 1892, not 1914, and the Panama Canal has not been built yet!
The Atlantic warships wanted to drive to the Pacific Ocean. The effort it took was not ordinary difficulty.
Based on the above considerations, Long Hao concluded that these six battleships could never be the US Navy's own warships. What does the intelligence department do for? I didn't understand the problem and didn't analyze the rationality. I just reported to me.
This is coming? If the intelligence department is just a sound tube, it would be better to disband it!
The intelligence department under Long Hao's command was the SS. After the young master scolded him without any mercy, Gao Tianyang walked out in a dilemma.
Zheng Gongxiao didn't return in Europe. Gao Tianyang is the boss of the intelligence network arranged by Long Hao in the United States. The boss was scolded by **oss. Well, all the intelligence departments below have stormed me a tornado, and no one can hide.
Lose!
No matter what method you use, you must clarify the situation of these six battleships that came out of Seattle within three days!
The tornado was still very effective. In less than three days, a newly released information was taken by Gao Tianyang and sent to Long Hao in a straight manner.
Long Hao narrowed his eyes, took the information, and put it aside without looking at it, and asked lightly: "Old Gao, have you found out?"
Gao Tianyang nodded and replied, "Young Master, you have found out that the six battleships are indeed not of the US Navy, but of the Far East Fleet deployed by the British in Asia."
"Haha, it's true that's not what I expected..."
Long Hao was not surprised, but laughed: "The only force in the Pacific that can dispatch battleships is the British, but I'm very puzzled. This young master is the British royal Count enthroned by the Queen of England. What kind of commander-in-chief of the Far East Fleet was sent by the commander-in-chief of the Far East Fleet.
What a madman, how dare you borrow battleships to the US Navy to deal with me?"
After dealing with the Queen of England several times and staying in London, England for a long time, Long Hao still has some understanding of the Far East Fleet deployed by Britain in the Pacific.
The overall strength of this Far East fleet is not strong. The three types of ships in the fleet are all goods eliminated by the Royal Navy. Their focus in the Far East is not the United States, but East Asia! Especially China, their focus is not on the United States!
Trends with Japan.
The main task of the British Far East Fleet in the Pacific is to maintain peace, not to provoke war, which is determined by the current international strategic policy of Britain. Britain needs a peaceful and low-arming Pacific to protect the commerce between their colonies.
The exchanges are smooth.
But now, this peacekeeping fleet has taken the wrong medicine and actually borrowed warships to the US Navy to let them deal with their Dragon Scale Army?!
The other party's purpose is still unclear...
Are they simply using battleships to cruise the West Coast for the U.S. Navy?
Or is it that some political forces in the UK have reached a secret agreement with the US government to kill Long Hao, a dangerous factor, in the cradle?
If the answer is the latter, Long Hao would have to be cautious about it...
Gao Tianyang replied: "I'm very sorry, Master. Our intelligence personnel have not yet been able to penetrate into the British Far East Fleet, but our ships have been sailing in the Pacific Ocean, and the other party has never been sad for us. This time, he suddenly borrowed a warship to the United States.
Navy, I'm very surprised!"
"Don't panic!"
Long Hao said calmly: "Lao Gao, continue to inquire about the situation. Even if it is the worst result, with me, the young master, there are just a few old and broken battleships, I won't take it to my heart."
Long Hao looked calm and spoke strongly, with a strong voice. Gao Tianyang saw it, and was amazed and relieved: Huh, the young master has really grown up!
"Young Master, these six battleships are not old and broken ships. Their firepower and armor are quite powerful. According to people from the Dragon Scale Navy, an 8,300-ton artillery battleship is enough to destroy eight of us, no.
There are now seven armored cruisers! There are only four warships in San Francisco now, and three are training ships. Do you really need to ask Chen Bahu and the others to return?"
Gao Tianyang's worries and reminders are not wrong, that's right. The warships in the British Far East Fleet are all "eliminated goods", but in the Pacific Ocean where the marine force is basically vacuum, these "eliminated goods" are still very sharp!
After hearing Gao Tianyang's reminder, Long Hao waved his hand and smiled and said, "No need to tell Lao Chen, they just arrived at Xiajia... It's the same thing I said just now. I have my own sense of this matter and will handle it well.
Lao Gao, just keep investigating. If you can figure out the real reason for borrowing this time, you will make great contributions! As for the six warships heading south, you will be left to me to deal with them! This young master has a collision
Are you worried about destroying the brilliant achievements of five warships?"
"But that's a first-class battleship of more than 8,000 tons!"
"I haven't confirmed that I have to fight! Besides, is my young master's identity as an English earl fake? How can they explain to the Queen of England if they dare to hit me?"
After a few words of persuasion, Gao Tianyang saw that Long Hao had made a decision, so he didn't say anything more. Instead, he saluted the party and quickly went to investigate the secrets hidden behind this "boat borrowing incident"...
At about the same time, on the sea about 200 kilometers south of Seattle, six iron-clad ships rumbled black smoke, like steel monsters sailing on the sea. Six warships lined up into a crane wing array, and each warship was separated by several
A hundred meters away, there is no merchant ship in the surrounding waters.
The reason is very simple, because the rumbling sound of warships has cleared the surrounding waters. If you want to invite merchant ships in, no one will agree!
These six ironclad ships are the six battleships lent to the US Navy by the British Far East Fleet in the intelligence.
They are called the Gogol, Pushkin, Rudehuan, Mode Shuang, Quedxia Leyan, and Dudban.
The Gogol is a flagship with a displacement of 8,300 tons and is equipped with a 14-inch main gun with a two-seater dual-mounted unit.
Pushkin and Gogol are the same models, and they have retreated to the second place because they look a little worn.
The displacement of the Rude Huan is 4,400 tons, while the Mode double-sized one is 4,100 tons, equipped with a single-seat double-connected 12-inch main gun.
The displacement of the Quadshale Yan is 4,600 tons, and the Dudban model is 5,000 tons, equipped with two single-coupled 12-inch main guns.
The six battleships were all "old goods" produced by the British Empire fifteen years ago. Fortunately, they were well maintained. The main guns could be fired, and a row of secondary guns could be fired.
Therefore, this squadron composed of six battleships may not be placed in other places, but it can show off its power in the Pacific Ocean and is an almost invincible existence.
Of course, there are no cruisers or destroyers around the six battleships, and they are a little more single, but in the Pacific Ocean, which force dares to solve the "tiger beard" of this squadron?
The six battleships were all hung with American flags at this moment, but the paint patterns of British flags on the ships could not be painted. The two contrasted with each other and formed an extremely funny scene.
Is this considered the British-American joint fleet?
Gogori, Captain's Office.
The captain's room is a privileged place for a warship. There is no unwritten rule in the navy. Apart from the captain, a second person will not be allowed to step in.
Therefore, the captain's rooms on many warships are arranged in various ways, beyond human imagination... During World War II, the captain's room of an American warship was once arranged in the shape of a red pink boudoir, with dressing tables inside and hanging various types of hangs.
A woman's underwear...After a group of photos were exposed, this American warship immediately became a laughing stock of the US Navy during World War II, and the morale of the US Navy declined. The Japanese almost seized the opportunity to make the situation in the Pacific
Retrieve it back.
Well, it was only after this scandal that what was originally regarded as the most mysterious place of a warship was gradually released and outsiders were allowed to enter.
Of course, the above is the highest secret of the US Department, and ordinary people don’t know it.
It was still early in World War II, so as to be normal, the captain's room of the Gogol was still a sacred and inviolable private territory, but at this moment, there were two people sitting inside, two dressed and tied.
Flower's senior general!
Their military uniforms are different, one is the British naval uniform and the other is the US naval uniform.
Needless to say, these two white people belong to these two countries respectively.
One of the older ones was Ferrymant, who was the deputy commander of the British Far East Fleet.
Another younger one is called Benson, who is the highest general of the US Navy to the West Coast.
The two big men were drinking red wine while chatting in a friendly tone.
The relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States is definitely not good now. Two senior generals from their respective naval forces can get along so well. Such a happy scene is really hard to see!
Benson sniffed a sip of wine and smiled, "General Ferrymante, I'm sorry to send you six battleships this time. Thank you so much! But in my opinion, is it a bit of a big deal?"
To be continued...