Chapter 883: The Troops Approached the South Seas and Attacked It Unprepared
What Guo Ye said was not wrong at all, just when the coalition forces were still moving towards Tianjin in Jinghai, Nanyang had already begun to be involved in a huge storm!
Philippine Islands, Dine Aran Bay!
This is the most prosperous place in the Philippine Islands, and it is also the place where Spain has the strongest defense, but over the years, Spain has operated the Philippine Islands like an impregnable wall, and no country or army dares to challenge the dignity of their Spanish Kingdom in the Philippines, which is one of the core interests of the Spanish Kingdom!
There is a medium-sized fleet stationed in the entire Philippine Islands, and at the same time, there are more than 20,000 Spanish troops and Spanish colonists, which is quite strong, at least in Asia, no country dares to challenge the existence of the Spanish Kingdom! Of course, the behemoths of the British Empire and the French Empire were not included. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
It is precisely because of this that although the strength of the entire Dingalan Bay is strong, the degree of vigilance is not high, and the warships on the Dingalan Bay are all in a state of mooring, and on the board, the Spanish sailors are basking in the sun with their legs crossed, and even some sailors have already slipped off the warships and run back to the city of Dingalan to have fun.
The flagship of the Spanish fleet, the battleship King Philip, was one of the largest and most advanced battleships of the Spanish fleet, with a displacement of four or five thousand tons. Fleet Commander Phillips and Chief of Staff Hierro sat on huge rattan chairs and watched with a smile, contented, as for the sentries on the watchtower, where did they still have the heart to stare at the boring and lonely sea? One by one, they looked down and cheered loudly.
As everyone knows, less than twenty kilometers away from them, a fleet is speeding towards the port of Dingalan!
Chop the waves all the way, and move forward!
The Qingdao battleship, which is the flagship of the Shandong Naval Division, is the most advanced ironclad ship built in the United States, in order to maximize the power of this warship, Guo Ye spent nearly a million taels of silver!
On the deck of the flagship, Ding Ruchang and Chen Hai stood side by side.
"Brother Chen Hai, we have another twenty kilometers, and we can reach Ding Alan Bay, and it will be a bloody ......battle soon."
Ding Ruchang said in a deep voice.
"Bloody war?"
Chen Hai sneered: "Brother Gongting, I don't think so, the Spanish fleet has no defense, we don't declare war, they don't have the power to fight back at all!" The rise of Greater China, our handsome ascend to the throne, starting from this battle! Immediately send an order, all the navies are ready for battle, the troop carriers of the various divisions of the Sixth Army are cruising ten kilometers behind the fleet, and once the Spanish Philippine fleet is defeated, then the landing will be carried out immediately, and we will take it by surprise and kill all the Spanish fleet in the shortest possible time! All ships, all advancing at top speed, ready for the final battle! ā
As soon as Chen Hai gave the order, the entire fleet, including the troop carriers behind, took action!
The Shandong Navy Division is not very powerful, after all, it is a fleet that has just been prepared, even with the warships supported by the US Navy, it is actually only on par with the Philippine fleet of Spain, but there is no intention, one has been planned for a long time, and the other is unprepared, that is, a one-sided massacre!
On the Philip battleship, the sailors' football game was still going on, and on the watchtower, a sentry was excited and glanced into the distance, and suddenly, the sentry's face turned pale!
"General Phillips, General Phillips! Ahead, the sea ahead! ā
The sentry shouted frantically.
Phillips frowned and shouted, "What's the matter, what the fuss about, what's going on ahead?" ā
"General Phillips, an unknown fleet has appeared in the waters ahead! An unknown fleet has appeared! No less than dozens of ships! ā
At this time, the fleet that came into the sentinel's sight was clearer, there was absolutely nothing wrong, it was definitely a fleet!
Phillips and Hierro were shocked, the fleet? Where did the fleet come from at this time? Could it be the return of the fleet to China? It's impossible, there's still a fierce battle ahead, and even the fleet in front isn't as huge as dozens of them......
"Immediately wave the flag at the other side and ask them to stop advancing!"
Phillips shouted!
The sentry hurriedly stood on the watchtower and waved the signal flag in his hand at the fleet in the distance, asking the other side to stop advancing.
"Haha, these bastards just spotted us, a bunch of idiots! Still waving flags at us to stop advancing? I really laughed at it! ā
Ding Ruchang laughed and said, "Order, all fleets move forward as fast as possible, once they enter the range of artillery, don't wait for the order, each lock on to the target, fire with all their might, Lao Tzu will sink them all!" ā
The battleships that have been ordered are even faster!
"General Phillips, General Phillips, the opposing warship doesn't care about our flag signal at all, and the speed of the forward is faster!"
When Phillips heard this, his heart became nervous, enemy attack? Is it an enemy attack?
"Order, order, all the battleship officers and soldiers will return to the construction quickly, return to their combat posts, and make every effort to prepare for war, all warships will be started immediately, and the ignition will be started immediately!"
All the warships today are out of a state of extinguishment, there is no war, who has nothing to do and panic, and keeps the boiler burning? That's a waste! Where will the battleship in the extinguished state be able to move in the harbor? A battleship that can't move, in battle, is a live target, as long as the opponent's gunner is not a waste, you can send cannonballs to your own battleship, there is no doubt about it!
Once the opponent approaches, a hundred cannons will be fired, but I am afraid that it will not be long before the entire fleet will be scrapped!
Phillips was really a little scared now, and hurriedly conveyed the order: "Send ships immediately, notify the shore defense troops at sea, and prepare to assist the fleet in battle, there is an unknown enemy fleet approaching!" ā
The entire fleet began to act, however, although the soldiers were a little flustered, and even some of them had already gone to Ding Alan to be merry, but the soldiers on the battleship were still able to get in place quickly, after all, Spain has been a maritime military power for hundreds of years, and the combat power of this navy is still very strong, and the only thing that kills is to start the battleship.
Where is it so easy to fully activate a huge battleship? From the start of the ignition, to the addition of coal, to the full operation of the steam turbine to support the rapid maneuver of the battleship, it is impossible to achieve it without more than two hours!
Two hours? In two hours, I'm afraid that they have all sunk into the Pacific Ocean and died in the belly of the fish!
(To be continued.) )