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During the flight, four French battleships were attacked by pirates who flocked to them. Although there were five or six hundred soldiers, these soldiers were not all fighting on the deck. After more than one hundred soldiers on the deck were eliminated, the French raised the white flag very consciously.

At 17:55, the French fleet surrendered, while China + maintenance, three of the ships had severely infiltrated water, while the other two were still struggling in the fire.

The commander of the cruiser detachment, Wen Dingyu, was in a trance. It was not his fault. Since the Spanish Invincible Fleet sank, no one has adopted this kind of boarding battle. But today I saw it and captured four French battleships, which was really terrifying.

When they arrived on the French battleship, Wen Dingyu met the commander, who turned out to be an old acquaintance Deng Shichang. After chatting for a while, Wen Dingyu learned the whole story.

It turned out that Deng Shichang took a sneak attack fleet and set sail from thirty nautical miles away from Los Angeles. After arriving in Los Angeles, he found that the port's defense was very relaxed, so he simply took more than a dozen ships to the port and subdued the port's guards through the battle, and then saw several French cruisers placed in the port.

Deng Shichang was also shocked when he saw that there were sails on the French cruiser. You should know that there were too few warships with sails now, but these quite complete warships gave Deng Shichang a different idea, so five French sail hand-to-hand combat warships were born, appearing on the west coast of the United States like ghosts.

Wen Dingyu laughed:

"You guys really have you!"

Deng Shichang didn't like to joke. But he was still very happy to see his old comrade-in-arms and asked.

"See if our landlords will defeat the Americans."

Wen Dingyu didn't speak. In his heart, the Chinese fleet's winning odds were more than 80%, but there were too many uncertain factors in the naval battlefield, so he could not make a conclusion.

"I think it will."

Wen Dingyu said loudly that there are more blessings than statements.

Carnere's armored cruiser rushed to the dense area of ​​gunfire, bounced off near the cannon seat at 15:23, bent the rotating slide rail below. Sergeant Weber ran outside to find a few people, and barely straightened the track with a fire axe and a crowbar, so we had the last weapon."

The savior finally arrived. The Iowa battleship fleet entered the middle to separate the firepower of the Chinese fleet. By 15:35, they were also hit frequently. However, the strong heavy armor tenaciously kept the courtiers away. At this moment, the two sides were 4,000 yards apart. The warships on both sides began to cast smoke screens, and the Chinese fleet slowly retreated, and at 1,540 points. The Carnell fleet ceased. Both sides were accumulating strength to each other to give a heavy blow to their opponents in the next round.

The U.S. Navy began to use traditional food to pass the time: biscuits and hot chocolate. This chocolate is different from the cheap cocoa powder you call in supermarkets now, but is made of melted whole pieces of chocolate chips, so thick that "a spoon in the middle of the cup can stand upright and not fall." On the other side, Chinese sailors also took turns to the restaurant to enjoy noodles, rice and canned beef. They shook hands with each other to celebrate that they were still alive, hoping to see the sun the next day.

At 1645, the Chinese fleet reappeared in the United States>. Jing, and refused to open fire; later the Massachusetts battleship also saw this scene, when the signal officer urged commander Major General Laverson: "Sir, if you leave the ship now to attack, your name will be as loud as Nelson."

But the senior American commander had not yet had any water in his mind and refused this reckless suggestion: "No, we must follow our team." So the two sides still lined up and greeted each other with friendly condolences. The US fleet had changed its course to the southeast. Lieutenant General Sampson knew very well that he would stay away from the base every time he drove west.

"The enemy will definitely push us west with the smoke screen and increase the difficulties for the French fleet to find us in order to gain a price in the future due to the numerical advantage. Therefore, we must quickly break through the blockade and rush to Los Angeles first."

However, the Chinese fleet could not allow these situations to happen. The Chinese fleet's speed was lower than that of the Americans, so they could only seize it. As a result, the two fleets collided head-on.

At 16:55, Massachusetts and Philadelphia were in a hurry. The battleship ship Iowa, who was heading, was forced to slow down to prevent collision. The battleship ship behind quickly turned to the port side. This time, the unexpected change of course made them suddenly fall into the overlap with the Chinese fleet route, which was heading southeast at that time.

The Chinese sent out an identification signal, and the American cruiser responded with fierce artillery fire, so the battle began, with only 800 apart. At such a close distance, there was no smoke blocking between the two sides, so the hit rate was very high. The cruisers Dangtou Tieling, Liaoyang and Anshan found themselves in the center of crossfire and were hit several 120-meter shells in a short time. The Benxi cruiser behind was fired and two rounds were shot at the moment when the head of the ship turned, and one turret was broken. To the death, the steam pipe of the whistle was torn apart by shrapnel, so the entire ship was covered in a vast white steam.

As a last resort, she had to turn to starboard and evacuate, intending to lure the Americans to the battleship fleet.

The roster also got two shots, and Dalian only got one shot, but shrapnel shot everywhere. All the sailors near Qianyan were killed, and the captain and all other officers on the bridge were injured. Yanbian was shot and all four were killed in the medical room, and 14 were injured.

The tragic encounter ended soon. Brooklyn, covered in fire, hurriedly retreated, and the Chinese cruiser drove in the opposite direction. Just as the two sides were about to break off contact, a huge explosion came, and orange-red fire illuminated the battlefield. It was the Brooklyn of the United States. This new cruiser was hit by a torpedo shot from the Tieling. According to official records of the United States, "The lights were all turned off, the ammunition lifts stopped, and the ship quickly overturned to the port side, and even the shells fell out of the turret and landed on the back deck to cause a fire. The side turret No. 4 insisted on fighting under the command of Sergeant Stadmae. The gunners stood in the waist-length sea water until the sea water submerged the turret. The captain, one officer and 308 officers and soldiers disappeared into the waves of the sea, guarding their oath to the motherland."
Chapter completed!