Chapter 284 The United States and the West started to fight

The night of Ryukyu is beautiful and devastating, and the cool sea breeze blows from the Pacific Ocean, dispelling the summer heat.

"Miss, the soup is cold." In the room, the little maid touched the tea cup with her hand and pouted.

Fang Xianqi smiled, and Feng's eyes moved away from the book. After closing it, she smiled and said, "If it's cold, take it hot again. I know that I'm wandering around here when I have nothing to do. You turn it so much that I don't want to read the book."

"Miss, when will my uncle come back? If this lotus seed soup is too hot, it won't taste good. The little maid looked out of the window at the dark night sky. Her little nose twisted slightly and her mouth was high: "Miss, my uncle is always busy. As soon as she arrived in Ryukyu, she disappeared again."

Listening to the complaint of the intimate little maid, Fang Xianqi also sighed slightly in her heart, but she said, "Brother Li is a person who does great things. How can he stay at home all day long? Don't chew your tongue."

But the little maid muttered, "They talked nonsense. When I was in Lushun, my uncle was either in the study or in Miss Duan's room. Either at Miss Qiaoer's place, I didn't see him come to stay with you for one night. Didn't my aunt say that men are all smelly cats? Why didn't you come to steal you!"

"Dead girl, what nonsense are you talking about." Fang Xianqi blushed. Fortunately, the little maid had been with her since she was a child, so she quickly said shyly, "Is it because you are in a hurry to get married?"

"Miss, it's for your good, and they know how to bully me." The little maid stamped her feet, blushed her little face and picked up the lotus seed soup halfway. She didn't forget to continue to tell her, "Miss, my aunt asked me to tell you which one should be at that time."

"What's that?"

"That's..., that's right." Ai Ai, the little maid, squeezed her red lips for a long time and stamped her feet: "Let your uncle stay in your room." After saying that, he ran out.

"Su..." Fang Xianqi was stunned. In a blink of an eye, she was full of red clouds. After a long time, she sat down quietly. She looked through the door open to the bedroom, looked at the big bed inside and muttered to herself. Unexpectedly, she was stunned.

"What's the book?"

"You still read at this late hour. Why don't you go to rest? What book do you want? Let me help you find it." Li Mo walked into the study and saw Fang Xianqi holding a book in a daze and saying something. She thought she was looking for a book to read again.

Fang Xianqi was shocked, and her little face turned redder. She quickly covered it up with a book and said, "I've found it, Brother Li. Let me take your clothes and take a shower."

"Hmm."

Li Mo was also a little tired and didn't notice the other party's look at all. When the cold water rushed to his body, he was a little sober. When he took a shower and walked into the room, he found that Fang Xianqi was sitting on the sofa and flipping a book.

"Why are you still reading? It's so late. Go to bed."

"Cleeping..." Fang Xianqi's heart trembled, and her fingers secretly twisted the corners of the skirt. Thinking of what her aunt asked the little maid to tell her, her heart was like a deer.

Seeing the girl sitting on the sofa in a daze, Li Mo thought something was wrong and quickly asked, "What's wrong? What's the matter?"

"Oh, it's okay. I'm really a little sleepy when you say it to me." Fang Xianqi quickly got up and closed the book. After stretching out her braids, she twisted Li Mo with a glance.

The action of stretching out and stretching, and the lazy appearance, made Master Li's eyes straight.

I was seduced by my wife!

Seeing Master Li staring straight at herself, Fang Xianqi's face turned redder, but when she was about to leave, she felt that her waist was tight. Then she found that her whole body was picked up by him. Before she could make a sound, her little mouth was blocked. Her big tongue squeezed open her teeth and drilled in. She only felt a bang in her mind, even outside the door for a while. I didn't hear the small footsteps.

As soon as the little maid came to the door with the lotus seed soup, she heard a crying voice suddenly coming from the door. Suddenly, her cheeks were flushed with shame, and she spat and quickly turned away.

When Master Li woke up with his delicate body in his hug, the long-watched war between the United States and the West finally began.

When the four heavy patrols finally made a long journey back to China, the Spanish political axe only let the fleet rest for three days. After replenishing personnel and supplies, they couldn't wait to order them to rendezvous the Shervilla fleet, which was playing hide-and-seek with the U.S. Navy on the coast of the Caribbean.

At this time, the U.S. Navy was already worried. Although the Shelvera fleet was not strong, it still brought great panic to the United States. All the cities on the East Coast were rumored, and the news of the Spanish fleet was found everywhere.

But in fact, Shelvera has never chosen to go to war immediately, but deliberately took the U.S. Navy around and waited for the return of the four heavy patrols, because he knew very well that without these four cruisers, his fleet would have been torn up by the United States.

On July 25, the U.S. Navy finally found the Shelvira fleet hiding in the port of San Diego next to Guantanamo. Excitedly, Uncle Sam immediately sent more than a dozen ironclads with two battleships as the main force to besiege San Diego, and ordered the other two for Sienfugus to be in service. The Iowa-class battleship, which has only been in a year, went to support, preparing to destroy Shelvera's fleet first and eat four heavy patrols that made the United States grit their teeth.

But the inexperienced U.S. Navy has delayed too much time, and did not expect that the arrival of the four heavy patrols would be so fast. When the two Iowa-class battleships had just arrived off the sea of San Diego, the three determined-class heavy patrols and the former navy's wife also arrived in Santiago to meet.

The naval battle finally broke out!

Seeing this, Shelvera rushed out of the harbor under the cover of shore cannons. Unexpectedly, the U.S. Navy blocked it for seven or eight days and only wanted to cross the sunken ship to block the waterway. Finally, it was caught and lost a ship. Unexpectedly, no mines were laid, which made the Shervilla fleet successfully drill out of the bay. Entered a fierce battle.

The fierce artillery battle finally began. Although the new naval gun was dismantled and changed back to the older and slower 203mm retreat gun, the U.S. Navy did not have the new gun of the Pacific Fleet, and the angle of fire did not have time to be modified, so the combat distance of the two fleets was still dragged into and they could fight each other. Wear the opponent's armor for 5,000 meters of death distance.

Although it is impossible for Li Mo to sell the latest armor-piercing shells to Spain, in order to cause trouble for the United States, the three determination-class heavy patrols are still stuffed with high-explosive bombs. In addition, the 250mm shells urgently purchased by the Spanish political axe from France, the power of the four heavy patrols is not much less than that of the American battleships.

So from the beginning of the naval battle, it entered **. The rumbling gunfire and the diffuse smoke almost made a listening wind-class reconnaissance ship return home with the Spanish fleet according to the sales agreement, and several staff of the Pacific Fleet who watched the naval battle on the spot lost their target.

Thirty minutes later, the old Spanish fleet was first hit hard. It was originally damaged in the last war, but the original heavy patrol wife, which was urgently replenished with several steel plates, was exploded by two American battleships in a row. Finally, it had to hang a white flag and take the lead in withdrawing from the battle.

However, it seems that the Spanish matators were aroused by the loss of a capital ship first. The three determined-class cruisers took advantage of the other party's opportunity to hit the wife to successfully block the Iahua No. 2 ship. The fierce gunfire overwhelmed the inexperienced American sailors, especially the high-explosion filled with TNT. Bullet, each shot can cause fatal damage to the other party.

Originally, the technology of the American battleships was not as good as that of Europe. Not only was the water shallow, but also the airworthiness was not good. It was once regarded as a shallow heavy artillery mosquito ship by later BB parties. After the water line was hit continuously, a fire ignited to detonate the ammunition depot, resulting in sinking.

After losing a main battleship, the Americans' eyes turned red. The remaining three main battleships surrounded the three determined to patrol again. Although the Shelvilla fleet rushed out of the harbor, it was entangled by more than a dozen armored ships and could not get close to share the pressure.

Three hours later, after the appearance of Li Mo, the scale and quality were much higher than history, and even the completely changed sea battle ended. In the end, the U.S. Navy annihilarated three determination-class heavy cruisers and as many as three cruisers in the Shelvilla fleet at the cost of losing two battleships and two cruisers. I In the end, the wife was also self-sinking because of losing the ability to move.

Although the cost is heavy, this naval battle means that the United States has officially controlled Cuba's offshore maritime rights, and also represents the birth of an emerging naval power.

The only thing to shake their heads is the staff of the Pacific Fleet who are crowded in the international observation group. In their opinion, if the United States adopts line tactics earlier, isolates the four heavy patrols with four battleships, and then uses the advantage of large-caliber naval guns, it can blow up the Spaniards without losing one.

When several staff officers in charge of watching the war wrote down their experiences in their notebooks, the news also spread to Washington. William McKinley, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately ordered the army to land, shouting to take Cuba within ten days and help the Cuban people overthrow the Spanish colonial tyranny.

Spain, on the other hand, is a national mournful. The huge price and loss made Spain completely lose its dream of defeating the United States at sea. The support fleet based on two battleships finally had to go to Puerto Rico to meet the remnants of Shelvilla first.

On July 27, the first batch of 16,000 U.S. volunteers under the banner of supporting Cuba, under the protection of the navy and under the leadership of General Shaft, crossed the Florida Strait and landed on the coast 50 kilometers east of the port of San Diego. This is also the first transoceanic landing war in the history of the United States. .

Because the Cuban revolutionary army of Marseille has liberated most of Cuba's territory, and Spain deliberately retreated to avoid shelling at sea, the U.S. military did not encounter resistance. However, due to the change of Master Li's butterfly, the Cuban army failed to welcome it as in history. Only a few guides were sent to let the United States The soldiers of the National Volunteer Army are extremely dissatisfied.

At this time, Roosevelt, who had long been looking forward to participating in the war in person, immediately resigned from the position of First Secretary of the Navy with great fanfare. He arrived at the coast of Florida with his troops known as the First Volunteer Cavalry Regiment of the United States and boarded the troop carrier waiting there.

He didn't know that this army with American characteristics is composed of western cowboys, indigenous Indians, Hispanic New Mexicans, and talented students from famous schools such as Harvard and Yale. In fact, it has already fallen into the eyes of others.

Li Mo put down the news from the United States and re-written a place name.

San Juan! ......

(to be continued)