Major General Ivans watched the Super Fearless slowly sail into New York Harbor, and his heart was full of envy. How great would it be if the fleet he commanded was all such warships. The number of main guns of the Super Fearless has reached 12, the three turrets on the bow are distributed in the shape of a "quality" shaped, and the stern is two turrets on the stern, and a turret is also arranged between the two chimneys. The appearance of the battleship is similar to the original British Fearless in history, except that a turret is added to the stern. Theoretically, the Super Fearless can exert the power of 6 main guns when facing the enemy head-on. This design is because of the old British thinking. The British believe that the firepower of the bow should be stronger than the stern, and the bow cannon of the sunken Japanese cruiser Yoshino is arranged like this.

"Bang!" The US Navy fired 21 salutes to express its welcome to the visit of the British Navy, and the Super Fearless immediately fired 21 salutes to respond.

After the Captain of the Super Fearless Captain Major General Horns came ashore, the Minister to the United States Fret came to him and said, "You can go to South Africa immediately after visiting the United States. This is a telegram sent to me in China."

"Go to South Africa? What are you doing in South Africa? Did you ask me to visit South Africa?" Horns was very puzzled. He had already confirmed that after visiting the United States, he would launch an attack on China with the US fleet. He would ask him to go to South Africa. He really couldn't imagine that there was anything good to visit in that ghost place in South Africa. Wherever gold and diamonds were released, there was nothing valuable.

"The Boers started war on us, and our South African defenders suffered heavy losses."

"The attack of the Boers actually requires me to lead the Super Fearless to support?" Horns knew that the Boers were supported by Germany, but the Boers dared to declare war on the British Empire was undoubtedly a death-seeking act. He really couldn't figure it out that he actually wanted him to go to South Africa to deal with a few tens of thousands of Boers.

"A mere Boer people? We lost more than two thousand soldiers just a few days after declaring war!"

Horns frowned and said, "Why do you have the plan of the American fleet to attack China?"

"Cancel, I had already told US President McKinley yesterday." Ferred said.

"Oh! What a pity!"

The Super Fearless crossed the Atlantic Ocean in Natal, Brazil, and then arrived in Cape Town. After resting, he continued to drive to Durban. His mission was to prevent the Boers from occupying the port of Durban and prevent the British supply line from being cut off.

It is impossible to stop visiting the world because the British were gone. Because the French company that dug the Panama Canal was insufficient, it was unable to complete the digging. Of course, this was also due to the Americans' obstruction. The design of the canal was parallel to the Panama Railway run by the Americans, but the Americans obviously did not want the management rights of the canal to fall into the hands of the French. Although the French bought the railway, the railway staff did not cooperate with the French at all, and they were passive and slacked off, and did not look at the boss's expression at all.

When the Great White fleet circled South America to Peru, the old second-class battleship Maine, which was anchored in Havana Harbor, was more than 6,000 tons, because a drunk soldier was smoking Cuban cigars at the ammunition depot. After a loud bang, 182 people stayed on the ship died. The rest of the people were promptly sent to the water and survived.

In any case, this is a good opportunity to declare war on Spain. The United States has proposed to Spain to buy Cuba for more than once or twice, but it has no result. The Spanish naturally would not sell Cuba, a beautiful island. Every year, archaeological cigars and sugar can make a lot of money. Keep them in hand. Cuba is just a printing machine. How could it be sold at one time? Moreover, the Americans offer is pitifully low. Spain will not be so stupid to Russia, and sell the land if you give some money. Alaska was originally Russia. At that time, in order to avoid Alaska being occupied by the British and French in Canada, Russia was sold to the United States by the Russians for US$7.2 million in 1867.

Navy Secretary John Long has long claimed to be ill and ignores political affairs. McKinley was not interested in the navy, and even Roosevelt took over the power. Roosevelt believed that the Maine explosion was given a good opportunity and sent it to Peru's defeated fleet to stop visiting and return to the Atlantic Ocean immediately. At the same time, he ordered people to salvage the Maine, which was sunk in Havana Port, to check the cause of the explosion. In the period when there was no radio broadcast, newspapers were the main media for people to obtain information. Roosevelt had seen the role of the media once. He knew that President McKinley did not want the United States to be involved in any war, so if he wanted to start a war against Spain and seize Cuba, he had to incite the nationals. The hatred of the parliamentarians of Spain. The incident in Havana Port was an excellent event.

The cause of the Maine accident was quickly investigated. It was caused by the explosion in the ammunition depot. Because the Maine is a very old second-class battleship and is not used for combat. It is usually only used for patrols and attacking pirates, so there is not much ammunition stored in the ammunition depot, so the Maine's hull was not broken. The Maine's accident investigation report was all destroyed. The new report pointed out that the Maine was attacked by torpedoes. Roosevelt then asked someone to write an article about the Maine being attacked by Spanish torpedoes, which immediately became the headlines of many newspapers. For a time, the slogan "Avenge the Maine" and "Fight to the death with the Spanish" immediately rang out in the United States. The declaration of war on Spain and the capture of Cuba was supported by the trust, and the United States began to order the army to prepare for war.

Spain believed that this was the slander of the United States and issued a statement saying that the Maine explosion had nothing to do with Spain. The two countries began to argue about this and finally decided to set up an investigation team.

Compared with the fierce struggle in South Africa, the United States and the West are tense, while China's Northeast is very quiet. China and Russia have clearly declared war, but there is no movement. The occasional gunfire is because the other party's scouts were discovered.

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