【355】Blocked Harbor(1/2)
Benson interrupted Ferrimant in a furious voice, with an extremely unpolite tone.
"Haha, Little Benson, you misunderstood. The little sampan I mentioned is right in front of you!"
Feilimante said lightly: "Listen, are there many cry for help around? They are innocent civilians. As the highest commander of the US Navy, Little Benson, do you have no responsibility to save them.
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Benson gasped and calmed down, and found that the "small sampan" that Filimant said this time was really a small sampan... There were several escape boats next to the sinking Danish merchant ship.
!
The escape boat was filled with people, shaking and shaking. When they saw the battleships such as the Gogol that were coming like a giant, they all shouted desperately for help. Their loud voices and their voices were so shrill that they were like stray dogs.
Found the long-lost family.
That's right, these crew members who were forced to leave the merchant ship hated Long Hao to death. Now they saw Benson leading six battleships appearing like a savior and driving Long Hao away. They didn't regard the other party as their closest relatives.
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"Walking around, what can I save? If we save them, we will not be able to catch up with the Earl of Beihai!" However, Benson's first reaction was to abandon these "strewn dogs" who regarded themselves as "relatives".
"Oh, little Benson, I'm so disappointed that you said this!" Feilimant narrowed his eyes and said, "We soldiers have an obligation to rescue innocent civilians. After all, it was the tax they paid to support us! Oh, you
Do you think there is still hope to catch up with the Earl of North Sea? Why not save them so that these crew members can testify against the evil shelling!"
Right!
Benson was reminded that these "strewn dogs" in distress were rare witnesses, so he slowed down the fleet and rescued these poor "dogs".
After rescued and asked, when he learned that Long Hao had bombarded the sunken merchant ships, they were not one but three, Benson couldn't help but laugh out loud: Hahaha, you Earl of Beihai, you are so bold and acted so rebelliously...
...With these witnesses, the evidence is as strong as a mountain. I think how can you explain it to the public?
After Benson rescued the crew, the four warships on Long Hao's side had already entered the 500-meter radius of the harbor, and were about to enter and dock.
This result is normal. Battleships are not known for their speed. To put it bluntly, they are a mobile turret on the sea. They pay attention to "straight skin, thick flesh, sharp teeth, sharp mouth". As long as the armor is strong enough, the artillery is far enough,
If it is powerful enough, it will be done.
Chase the enemy. It... is not professional!
It was around 7 pm. The night in San Francisco had arrived early. The entire commercial port was pitch black, covered with black fog, and was isolated from the peeping posture.
Benson just watched the four warships including the Town Stone, and hesitated and got into the "black fog".
"Plant the formation and block the harbor!"
Benson thought about it and issued such an order to his fleet.
The reason for stopping pursuit is one reason for the low water level around the harbor, and the dark sky is also a constraint. In the current naval battles, night battles are rare, even the British sailors who have paid overtime pay want them to fire at night
.It is also a huge difficulty.
There are many difficulties, such as not being able to see the target clearly, not being able to adjust the cannon scorch, wasting shells, being tired and sleepy... These are all.
Therefore, blocking the harbor and blocking the Earl of North Sea's ship in the harbor became Benson's only choice.
Humph, there is a vast ocean outside and you don’t leave, but you just want to escape back to the harbor. I deserve to be blocked, smack, catch a turtle in the jar!
Benson touched his chin and thought proudly.
Six battleships including the Gogol spread out in a fan along the 500-meter "cordon line" of the harbor, and thick gun barrels aimed at all suspicious ships on the sea.
The flag slogans also beat out like raindrops: "The US Navy pursues serious criminals, and tonight, you are allowed to enter and not leave!"
This is a net of heaven and earth, and warships such as Zhenshi are absolutely not allowed to escape.
Not to mention that Benson's fleet was building an encirclement outside, the Zhenshi River did not stop after drilling into the "black fog", but continued to drive with ease and finally stopped at the dock.
The commercial port is dark, and there are always lights on in the dock walkways, but there is not a single one today!
Very strange.
At least, in the hearts of the reporters who were "dumped out of the town stone" were very strange and weird: Although we have never been to the commercial port at night, this situation of dark winter is still too unusual.
?It's like covering the Earl of North Sea...
That's right, electric lights have been invented for a long time. A large port like San Francisco Commercial Port should definitely not be lacking in night lights.
With doubts in mind, dozens of reporters set foot onto the stable dock land and felt relieved.
Can you be uneasy?
When they were on the Zhenshi, they were worried that the other party would shell the shells!
Who is the other party? A huge battleship formation!
Compared with the other party, the battleship that Earl of Beihai was just showing off his might, like a clown who jumped his fingers, felt that as long as the other party twisted his fingers, the Zhenshi would end up with the same fate as those three merchant ships!
It can be said that it is unhappy to retribution! These reporters have no reason to have such thoughts in their minds: to make you arrogant, to make you openly sink merchant ships from other countries for the sake of salvage experiments, and now they are caught
Just right!
Except for a few reporters such as Wade who really care about Long Hao, everyone is actually still worried about Long Hao's shelling.
I don’t know if it was negligence, Dongdongke escaped from Zhenshi while he took advantage of the chaos. He covered Dongdong’s beating heart. The first thing he did after getting off the boat was to find the transmitter on the shore.
Humph, the Earl of Beihai is going to be in trouble!
He was blocked by the US Navy, and his crime of shelling foreign merchant ships for no reason was to be tried!
As a reporter, I have to tell the world his crimes!
Dongdongke successfully found the telegraph machine and sent everything that happened at the trade port to the eastern United States.
However, Dongdongke was still careful and did not add to the fact that the USS Gogol and other American warships were battleships.
But Dongdongke is very careful, and other reporters do not guarantee that there will be any. So, six battleships blocked the trade port. At 8 o'clock in the evening, it turned into a "die" signal, which came out of San Francisco and flew to the east...
...It is estimated that by tomorrow morning, the focus of the whole United States will be here.
This is the disadvantage of not having wireless communication. Benson didn't know that Long Hao's ship was carrying a group of reporters. He didn't even know that he was taken some better photos as soon as he appeared on the stage.
Although these photos are blurry, it is enough as long as you can tell whether it is a battleship or a battleship with the American flag is still there!
Benson was still proud. It took him more than an hour to finally set up the "Tianluo Net" formation before he ordered people to drive a small boat and head towards the harbor: The flag language has been typing for so long. The other party still didn't respond. It seems
, I have to send a real person to negotiate!
Benson didn't believe it anymore. Such a big thing as blocking the Commercial Harbor could not alarm the San Francisco city government?
There were also some rescued crew members who went on the boat. Benson wanted to use this as a pressure to force the San Francisco government to avoid sheltering the Earl of North Sea. It would be better to drive out his warship tonight. Or,
I leave it to myself for disposal.
Bombing a foreign merchant ship. Humph, Count, your affairs are a big deal!
On the boat was Benson's confidant, Captain Krem. He was very eloquent and was a talented person. Benson sent him to do things. There were only two words: Don't worry.
The boat was released from the Gogol and lighted up the lights, like a firefly breaking into the dark mist.
On the boat, a merchant crew member trembled and asked Krim with trembling teeth: "Sir, let's go in like this. The Earl of North Sea will... be able to fire!"
Krem is a tall and handsome white man. He showed his white teeth and smiled confidently: "Don't worry, we are on behalf of the US Navy to negotiate, and the other party will never dare to take the initiative to fire."
The merchant ship crew was still a little worried: "Yes, but the other party is the Earl of Beihai, he is simply a madman!"
Yes, it’s not a lunatic. Do you dare to order shelling one after another and sink all three foreign merchant ships?
Captain Krim had a deep understanding of Long Hao and was refuted. He frowned slightly without notice and said, "He dares? There are six armored battleships behind us, more than ten large-caliber turrets, any one of them.
The door can blow the Earl of North Sea's small battleship to pieces! Don't worry, Captain Benson will always pay attention to us. As long as the Earl of North Sea dares to fire the artillery, the battleship behind us will treat him with shells without hesitation!"
But...then we will die first!
The merchant ship crew murmured, but he seemed to notice Krim's displeasure and his heart trembled, and he still held back to his stomach.
The boat sailed into the commercial port without any obstruction under Krim's "willingly go" as if it had verified what Krim said, until it stopped at the port, nothing discord happened.
I don’t know where Long Hao’s warships were nestled, but I didn’t even give up any farts anyway…
For this reason, Krim was even more proud, thinking that he had grasped the context of the Earl of Beihai: the other party was afraid, and now he was mostly thinking of seeking peace.
In fact, Krim was wrong in his real information. From the hut entering the range of Zhenshi like a 'beautiful light', Yu Haosheng asked Long Hao for instructions: "Young Master, do you want to sink it?"
Long Hao shook his hand and smiled, "No, let it dock, I want to see what beautiful scenes Benson can perform, I hope I won't disappoint me, but I have prepared many big meals for him...
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Of course, Long Hao would not stop Krem from logging in. In fact, on the contrary, Long Hao was eager for Krem to come!
Only when good communication and the boiling situation can one's "embarrassment" in San Francisco Harbour be amplified and be known to the outside world...
Young Master Long didn't say anything, Krim led the people to a dark trade dock without any obstacles, but before Krim sent someone to find the municipal government staff, he was speared and short cannoned by several people.
The ground surrounded.
"May I ask, was your boat sent by which warship?"
"May I ask, are you the US Navy? Oh, your military uniform is indeed the naval officer uniform of our country! But how many of them are?"
"What is your navy's intention to lead a warship to San Francisco and block the port?"
These people, holding the camera, asked questions while trying to take pictures of Krim and others.
To be continued...