The Rise of the Empire

"Should I go to Hong Kong, or to the French colony?" Sai Weila was hesitating, and now he really couldn't fight anymore. Since he lost the throne of the sea supremacy, he was defeated again in the Battle of Trafalgar. To the old enemy, the British, the Spanish navy has since become like a warrior who has lost his soul. The glory is gone. How can the Spanish navy, which has no sense of responsibility and will, compete with the vigorous Americans? So what if you resist?

During the Qing-Japanese War, Yang Yonglin commanded a battleship and entangled with the Japanese fleet for several months. He deeply admired him and wanted to create a miracle of his own. Unfortunately, his officers and soldiers were unwilling. Their spirits had collapsed. , Being able to run out is already a supernormal performance. Want to fight again? It is estimated that there may be a mutiny? Seeing the wounded everywhere and the endless wailing, Severa knew that his own battle was finally over.

Now Sevilla doesn't think so much, and can only command the warship to continue northward. At this time, the Carlos V, which was majestic a few days ago, was a little embarrassed, and the superstructure of the hull was covered with high-explosive bombs. Bullet holes and flame marks left behind. The Banla bridge was burned into a pile of ruins. After all, it was besieged by 3 protective cruisers and fought for a full 3 hours! The shells are almost all cleared, and no matter how low the hit rate is, it will still output tons of damage.

Also very exhausted were the personnel. In order to escape, the firemen on the ship had to risk their lives. In the end, 30% of the firemen collapsed from exhaustion, and a few died of exhaustion. In this era, the speed of warships depends not only on boilers, but also on manpower! There is no way, most of the coal for warships is manpower, but some merchant ships later adopted chain furnaces. At this time, the speed of the warship could only reach 12 knots, and it slowly sailed towards Manila Port.

Perhaps God thought that Spain had not suffered enough disasters. When Cervella finally sailed out of the Sulu Sea and continued to sail north, the huge Japanese fleet was also sailing south. But this time, in order to ensure the safety of the fleet, the Japanese put the four most powerful armored cruisers in front as the avant-garde. And Togo Heihachiro was standing on the bridge of the Nisshin looking at the distant place at this time.

"Huh?!" At this moment, a faint column of smoke in the distance caught Dongxiang Heihachiro's attention. A torpedo boat was sent to scout, and about 2 hours later, the destroyer brought a news that shocked all the Japanese. The Spanish fleet was spotted in the distance, but there was only one battleship left, covered in hurt. Judging by the shape of the ship, it should be the flagship of the Spaniards! And this news finally broke out the worries that the Japanese had accumulated for a long time! Sure enough, the American fleet acted, and defeated the Spanish fleet in one round! This American is too fucking powerful, right? Dongxiang Heihachiro also had some drums in his heart.

"Notify Commander Huashan Shiji." Togo Heihachiro gave an order after pondering for a moment, and then ordered the fleet to follow. At this time, the power in his hands can be described as crushing, and it is not difficult to kill this half-dead warship. , but Togo Heihachiro wants to get more benefits, for example, the information provided by the Spaniards, and... A complete battleship!

"Lieutenant Colonel Jericho, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, I hope that you can persuade the Spanish warship to surrender on behalf of the Imperial Navy. If possible, we can at least avoid a battle and save many lives." Dad, this time the Japanese navy will join the war, and there will naturally be officers of the British Royal Navy following the investigation. At the same time undertake the contact task. John Jericho was fortunate enough to board the most elite warship of the Japanese Navy. Walking with Togo Heihachiro.

"In order to eliminate hatred and save more lives, I am willing to persuade the Spanish fleet to surrender on behalf of the Royal Navy,

Of course, the premise is that if the other party accepts your request, the Japanese fleet must give corresponding treatment. Some things that happened in the Sino-Japanese War must not happen again, especially when I take the glory of the British Royal Navy as a guarantee. "John Jericho is very disgusted with the behavior of the Japanese, whether it is undeclared war or massacre. Usually he just hates it, but if the British are to be used as a third party, then some issues must be made clear !And must leave paper documents!

Togo Heihachiro settled everything quickly, and it took the entire Japanese fleet more than an hour to finally bring the only remaining Spanish warship into the rangefinder's field of vision. At this moment, they were a little stunned, because they didn't know why the battleship stopped suddenly! Drift with the waves.

"Damn!" At this moment, when he saw a series of smoke appearing on the sea level, Sevilla felt like a dog in his heart! What the fuck is going on? Even if the U.S. fleet came after them, it should have come from the south. Could it be that the Americans overtook themselves and intercepted them from the north? Or even occupied the Port of Manila, and came back to block itself? Isn't this too silly?

Although the Spanish navy is not good at fighting, but they have a very NB skill, that is, the sea valve sinks itself! The sea valve of the ammunition depot was opened first, and the main gun ammunition depot at the front and rear first entered the water. The turbulent sea swallowed the few shells that had not been fired in the ammunition depot. The draft of the battleship increased by more than half a meter, but at the critical moment , there is a problem with the sea valve of the power compartment of the hull.... I don't know if it's rusted or stuck, but it just won't open!

The so-called survival but not death refers to this state. It is said that it is quite easy for a warship to sink itself. Opening the sea valve and detonating the ammunition depot can make a warship disappear from the sea quickly, but now The situation is really bad. The sea valve in the middle of the hull is broken and can't be opened. It is almost impossible to sink. Don't look at the water in the front and rear. The length of the main armor box is very large, and the redundancy is also very large. Even if the ammunition depot is flooded, as long as the core power compartment is not flooded, this battleship can at least float on still water.... This was originally an advantage, but now it has become the thing that annoys Sevilla the most! Originally, there were still torpedoes that could self-destruct, but during the battle with the US fleet, the bow of the ship was severely flooded, and the torpedo compartment was ready to raise fish!

"Okay, stop talking, if it's the US fleet, prepare to raise the white flag and surrender!" Sevilla made the worst plan, but when the shadow of the ship in the distance gradually became clear, Sevilla was in a mess again up! Because he saw the situation that he never thought of! 4 Nissin-type armored cruisers appeared on the sea! And the Hinomaru flag flying high above made these Spanish fleet commanders fall to the deck!

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