After leaving Washington, Zhang Yunfei took a train to Philadelphia. There, Zhang Yunfei met with his fleet and set off for Hawaii after the fleet completed maintenance and maintenance. However, before that, Zhang Yunfei had to do one more thing, that is, the Spanish treasure near Key West and Cuba. Zhang Yunfei must get it because he knew that the United States might give up military operations in the Pacific during this Spanish-American War, because Roosevelt, who launched the Pacific offensive, would be killed by himself. Then once the United States gave up the Philippine Islands in the Pacific, Zhang Yunfei would not miss this opportunity, because once he could not return home, the Philippines' rich war resources would be his best logistics base.

Hawaii only has the function of nails to restrain the United States and Japan, but cannot be built as a nest, where there are no war resources and strategic depth.

Zhang Yunfei had a headache when he thought that he was about to face the Philippine Revolutionary People's Liberation Army independently. It seemed that he had established contact with them first and first eliminated the 200,000 Spanish troops in Manila, and then dealt with the Philippine Revolutionary Army.

So while setting off, Zhang Yunfei ordered Zhang Si to immediately contact Emilio Aginodo, the leader of the Philippine resistance organization who opposed Spanish rule. Zhang Yunfei also used the American political deception tricks to form an alliance with Emilio Aginodo, promising to support him as the first president after the Philippines' independence, and at the same time listing the Philippines as Zhang Yunfei's protector.

Along the way, Zhang Yunfei happily watched the fleet's formation attack and defense tactics and live-fire shooting in the tower of the flagship Beijing.

The four battleships were arranged in the middle, and the heavy cruiser, light cruiser and gunboat were divided into two escort formations on both sides, and the supply fleet was located at the back of the middle.

Twenty ships and 10 supply ships formed a huge fleet of ships heading south to Cuba, making all passing ships frightened.

As we approached the Caribbean Sea of ​​Cuba, we encountered two pirate ships robbing a merchant ship with the Spanish flag.

Zhang Yunfei immediately ordered the fleet to attack the pirate ship. How could he miss such a good opportunity to train troops?

So under the command of Commander Lieutenant General Lin Jianzhang, the fleet quickly changed its formation and encircled three routes on the left, center and right.

Because the distance was too far, when the pirates discovered Zhang Yunfei's fleet, they could no longer escape.

Lin Jianzhang first ordered the main gun of the Beijing battleship to fire the fire.

Bang! The 305mm and 40-distance dual main gun of the battleship Beijing battleship first made a deafening sound of cannons, and a single shot of nearly 400 kilograms flew to the pirate ship.

Puff! Two huge water columns drilled out of the sea like a dragon at a distance of 20 meters from the pirate ship. Although they did not hit, the huge waves and the flying splashes still drenched the pirates on the deck of the pirate ship.

Suddenly, the pirates ran around and shouted like betrayal dogs.

"Prepare for the battle!" a pirate leader shouted.

Bang! The pirate leader's head was hung heavily by another pirate leader, and he said angrily: "What a f*ck you fight! Let me see who the f*ck you are. I want to die! I will raise the white flag and surrender!"

At this time, the beaten pirate leader looked at the enemy ships firing in the distance with his eyes, and was also frightened.

Oh my god! This is the fleet of which country, so many! They are all big ships. Now they are surrounded by Zhang Yunfei's fleet and cannot escape.

So he quickly took the order and raised the white surrender flag.

Zhang Yunfei, who was sitting in the commander's tower of the Beijing battleship, rolled his eyes when he saw Lin Jianzhang actually using the main gun as a shooting warning.

I thought to myself: 'God, you think I have too many shells, right? The ones that were shot out were all white money! I feel so sorry for me!'

Lin Jianzhang seemed to understand Zhang Yunfei's expression, but turned around and showed a mouthful of white teeth at Zhang Yunfei.

"The pirates are fighting the white flag!"

"Give me a blow to them, how can you let go of such a good opportunity to train troops!" Zhang Yunfei ordered.

Bang bang! Bang bang!

This time, all four main battleships fired volleys, and hundreds of various shells flew towards the pirate ship.

In an instant, two old wooden pirate ships were blown into pieces, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. After a moment, only various wreckage and floating corpses were left on the sea.

"It's too careless! Go and see if there are any living people!" Zhang Yunfei said.

Next several coastal gunboats drove over to check the situation.

The robbed merchant ship is of Spanish nationality and is preparing to head to Spain. The captain of the merchant ship expressed great gratitude to Zhang Yunfei for the rescue of the fleet and gave Zhang Yunfei 10 boxes of Cuban wine.

After Zhang Yunfei found out, he shouted in his heart: "I'm paying death, tens of thousands of dollars of shells were exchanged for wine!" After being depressed, he distributed it to the officers of each ship.

Afterwards, the patrol boat found several surviving pirates. Originally, Zhang Yunfei wanted to go to the pirate's nest to collect the treasures! After interrogation, he found out that they were all descendants of Spain and even a few were Spanish army soldiers.

Spain is really crazy when its own people robs its own people.

In fact, Zhang Yunfei also knew that only Havana is still in the hands of the Spanish army. Two-thirds of Cuba’s land has been liberated by the Cuban Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army. The 200,000 Spanish army is now short of military pay and supplies, and even less than half of the weapons can be used normally.

The once superpower of maritime power is now really old and declining.

After instructing them to be imprisoned, Zhang Yunfei led the fleet to continue moving forward.

In the evening, Zhang Yunfei's Pacific Fleet arrived at the US Key West Naval Base.

Rear Admiral Sampson, acting commander of the US North Atlantic Fleet, held a welcome ceremony for Zhang Yunfei and his Pacific Fleet at the dock at Key West Naval Base.

Zhang Yunfei originally left here after a day of supply, but Zhang Yunfei would stay at Key West Naval Base for a longer period of time on the excuse of capturing Spanish nationality pirates and naval officers and soldiers who were physically exhausted and needed rest.

Of course, Rear Admiral Sampson, the acting commander of the US North Atlantic Fleet, did not know Zhang Yunfei's purpose, but based on friendly relations, it was still possible to allow Zhang Yunfei to stay for a while. He also wanted to take the opportunity to learn about the combat strength of Zhang Yunfei's Pacific Fleet.

In the evening, Zhang Yunfei urgently summoned Li Dakui, the head of the wolf den in Cuba, and asked about the Spanish shipwreck.

"How is the shipwreck going?" Zhang Yunfei asked as soon as he saw Li Dakui. He was too concerned about this issue.

Knowing that Zhang Yunfei attaches great importance to the problem of shipwreck, Li Dakui hurriedly said: "Report to the head of state, after a year and a half of searches, whether it is the navigation log of the fleet where the Lady Atoka is located or the hurricane record two hundred years ago, we have confirmed that the Lady Atoka must have sunk in the waters 18 kilometers southwest of Key West Min Port."

Zhang Yunfei did not doubt Li Dakui's report because he remembered that the Madame Atoka was found nearby. What he wanted to know most was that the ship that fell to the ground was the real Madame Atoka.

"Is it clear where exactly?" Zhang Yunfei asked.

"We found more than 20 ancient shipwrecks in the nearby waters, and found items such as gold and treasures and jewelry on five of them. Our sailors sneaked in and discovered them through the underwater breathing pipe you gave us." Li Dakui replied.

The so-called submersible pipe is just a long breathing pipe connected together with rubber tubes. Fortunately, the shipwreck is in the shallow sea area, with the deepest depth of no more than 17 meters. As long as people can breathe, they can stay there to search. If it were in the deep sea, then Zhang Yunfei would have given up long ago because there is no diving suit that can withstand the pressure of the deep sea.

"Really! Which ship is the most on!" Zhang Yunfei asked hurriedly.

"Well, it's basically the same. The most one has more than a dozen jewelry boxes on it!" Li Dakui said after thinking about it.

"No!" Zhang Yunfei said after hearing this.

There are hundreds of treasure chests on the Madame Atoka because it is loaded with more than 40 tons of treasures. He knew that Li Dakui had not found the Madame Atoka, and perhaps what he found was other treasure ships that sank with Madame Atoka.

"That's not the Madame Atoka. The Madame Atoka is a very large frigate with hundreds of treasure chests on it. So what you find may be other wrecks, or other small treasure ships that sink with Madame Atoka." Zhang Yunfei said slowly.

I don’t understand how Zhang Yunfei knew the details, and I am so sure that he was not looking for the title of Lady Atoka. Although Li Dakui was confused, as the leader of the wolf cave in Cuba, he could not doubt the head of state.

Obey, firmly obey, and completely obey all orders of the Head of State Zhang Yunfei.

From the first day you enter the wolf's den, you must be familiar with the rules you have.

"I deserve to die. I have delayed the major affairs of the Head of State. Please punish me!" Li Dakui apologized.

"Haha, what are you doing? I don't mean to blame you. On the contrary, I have to thank you for being very concerned about what I said! After this incident, you will be responsible for the work of the wolf den in South America. How can you be confident?" Zhang Yunfei said happily.

When Li Dakui learned that he had been promoted, he was very happy and hurriedly said: "Thank you, the head of state for cultivation. I have confidence, please rest assured!"

"Okay! My subordinates must have such courage! You can gather all the participants immediately and bring enough salvage equipment and ships. Tomorrow I will take you to salvage the treasure openly! Whoever dares to fight Qiufeng, our fleet is not a vegetarian!" Zhang Yunfei said with confidence.

"Yes! Head of State!" Li Dakui said salutingly. He knew that Zhang Yunfei brought a huge fleet this time and was full of confidence. At the same time, he was also glorious and proud of having a strong head of state.

"Okay! Go!" Zhang Yunfei said happily.

"Yes!" Li Dakui turned around and left.

At the same time, on the Maine, which is anchored in Havana, Cuba, Theodore Roosevelt is now exchanging views with Captain Colonel Charles Siegsby on the current situation in Cuba.

At this time, a sailor rushed in and shouted loudly: "No, no, no, captain!"

Colonel Roosevelt and Colonel Siggsby frowned at the same time, and only heard Colonel Siggsby say, "What's the matter!"

The sailor was obviously very frightened, as if he was frightened, and said tremblingly: "David and Bill who were guarding the ammunition depot were killed!"

"What!" Colonel Siggsby and Roosevelt stood up at the same time and said in unison.

"What's going on? Take me to see now! Ask everyone to watch!" Colonel Siggsby immediately issued an order, what a joke, his sailor was killed on his warship, which is a great deal!

When Roosevelt saw Colonel Siggsby anxiously to see his killed subordinates, he always felt something was wrong. Suddenly, with his keen judgment, he thought about why the guards of the ammunition depot were killed.

"No! Get in touch with everyone and go to the shore!" The worst result that Roosevelt thought of was that he would not only dare to get on the ship and kill people, but must be for their entire warship. What else is more powerful than an ammunition depot?

Unfortunately, it was too late for him to discover it. When Colonel Siggsby also understood Roosevelt's words, it was too late.

Suddenly, the entire warship shook violently, and everyone was knocked down by the sudden shaking. Then there was a more violent explosion.

"Jump the ship!" Roosevelt got up desperately and ran outside.

Unfortunately, the violent explosion directly blew the Maine into pieces, and the fire had swallowed the entire warship in an instant. As soon as Roosevelt ran to the side of the ship, he was blown away by strong air waves and flames.

The Maine under the night is now as beautiful as colorful flowers, but in the grass on the shore not far away, there are a few cold eyes staring at everything in front of you.

That's right, they were the ones sent by Zhang Yunfei to kill Roosevelt.

"Wow, it's so beautiful! It's so fucking satisfying. I said caterpillar, give your C4 one to your buddy. Next time I go and put one of the Japanese emperors' nests in Tokyo, listen to the sound and watch the fireworks." One of them whispered.

"Shut up! You dead loach, where did I get so many C4s? The boss gave me three, but I didn't know that this thing is so powerful, so I threw it in. I regret it. If I had known it, I would have left one for later use." The person who was called a caterpillar said.

"Be careful, the Spanish colonial rescue team is coming soon, be careful to hide. Once you find that the target is still alive, be sure to kill it." Another person said.

"Boss, if Roosevelt was not dead, I would kill him with one shot. You don't have to remember me. You can reward me with two C4s and play with them. How about it!" said Loach.

"Shut up! I heard from the captain that this thing was made by the principal himself. It is extremely powerful. If you have a piece of soap, you can hit a shell. It's too difficult to make it, and there are not many in total. If you want it, you will go to the principal by yourself. Okay, the Spanish rescue team is here, be careful to be hidden." The person who is called the boss said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the tranquility of the summer night was restored here, as if no one had ever been there.

At this time, a Spanish rescue team that was rushing to come was gathered on the dock not far away.

It turned out that Valiano Weylery Nicolau, the governor of Cuba, was immediately aware of the seriousness of the situation after the explosion of the USS Maine, and immediately sent a rescue team.

"I hope there will be no war!" Cuban Governor Weiler said to himself.

He knew that the United States and Spain had reached a point of tension, and a little carelessness would lead to war. Although the United States has been salivating about Cuba and has offered a price of 200 million US dollars in order to get Cuba, you should know that the United States spent 7.2 million US dollars to buy Alaska. It can be seen that the United States is staring at Cuba. The accidental explosion of the Maine visiting the port of Havana in Cuba has made Spain extremely passive in diplomacy. What’s more serious is that the U.S. Secretary of Navy Affairs Roosevelt was also on the Maine. It seems that Spain needs to bleed heavily to appease the anger of the United States.

The Cuban Governor Weiler on the dock kept commanding the Spanish rescue team to search for survivors of the US military.
To be continued...