Chapter 1338 The mighty Great White Fleet (Third update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1338 The mighty Great White Fleet (Third update, please subscribe)
May 13, 1893, outside the mouth of Xin'an River in Yingtian.
16 battleships with their sides painted white are moored quietly in the outer harbor area.
The warships are like mountains, their masts are like forests, and their cannons are as high as the sky.
Each battleship is covered with colorful flags from bow to stern, and huge stars and stripes are flying on the masthead, bow and stern flagpoles - this huge fleet is from the United States of America.
History will record the name of this fleet - the Great White Fleet.
Same as the other world, the United States of America sent their fleet in order to show their power to the world...especially to the Ming Dynasty.
A huge fleet composed of 16 dreadnoughts. They were organized into a group of 4 ships, linked end to end, anchored and turned off, forming a several-kilometer steel Great Wall in the outer harbor of Yingtian. In this road of steel
Near the Great Wall, there are also six large supply ships also painted white, as well as six inconspicuous torpedo destroyers.
"This United States can really do it."
Admiral Meng Qing'en, the Imperial Navy Minister and the "Viscount of Los Angeles" of the Empire, stood on the fly bridge on the port side of the battleship "Yangzhou", looking at the white Great Wall outside Haikou, and said with a solemn expression.
"Are they demonstrating against the Empire?"
About two months ago, in the Chesapeake Bay, the newly inaugurated President Cleveland and the visiting Crown Prince Edward of the British Empire took the yacht "Mayflower" and inspected the neatly arranged rows of the latest and best products of the United States.
16 battleships.
On that day, they not only reiterated the "indelible friendship between the United States and the United Kingdom", but also expressed "their determination to jointly defend world peace." The so-called determination to defend world peace is actually supporting Cuba.
Although the Cuban incident remains at the diplomatic level so far, the United States has stepped forward as its godfather. Not only has it vowed to support Cuba, but President Cleveland has stated that it will send a fleet to cruise the world.
One month later, the "Great White Fleet" with these 16 battleships as the core officially set sail and began a ostentatious "parade" around the world that shocked the world.
The huge sea fortresses responsible for this magnificent task will leave their glorious names in the history books: "Khilshaji", "Kentucky", "Illinois", "Alabama", "Wisconsin"
", "Missouri", "Ohio", "Virginia", "Georgia", "New Jersey", "Rhode Island", as for the flagship, it has just entered service less than three months ago and has a displacement of up to 28538
tons, the "New York" equipped with five twin 356 mm caliber main guns.
The first leg of this fleet's voyage was from the Chesapeake Bay to San Francisco on the west coast. The fleet stopped and visited "South America", that is, the Port of Atlanta in the Confederate States of America. This was of course also a visit to South America.
The armed demonstration is the United States showing off its powerful maritime power to them.
Then they sailed to the Port of Havana in Cuba - this was the main purpose of their visit - in order to show their support for Cuba. After all, in the past few months, the Cuban authorities have been under pressure from Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty requested
The Cuban government repeals certain "discriminatory" laws.
It doesn't matter whether those bills are "discriminatory". What matters is that Cuba has the support of the United States. In order to express the support of the United States, the United States has spent a lot of money this time.
After leaving the port of Havana, this huge fleet headed south and finally arrived at Yingtian, which was the capital of the empire.
Why did they come here?
Of course it was just to show off force to the empire!
What will be waiting for them here?
Merchant ships from all over the world come and go near the fleet. What kind of looks do the sailors on board cast on these dazzling white warships?
Is it surprise? Or shock? Or envy? Maybe jealousy? Of course, it may also be hostile! This kind of hostile look must be from the people of Ming Dynasty. After all, everyone knows the reason why the Americans came to show off their power.
But no matter what kind of eyes you look at, it doesn't matter. No matter what you think of us, our strength is unquestionable!
The U.S. Navy officers and soldiers on the battleship may have this idea in mind, which is why they faced the sailors with arrogance and even a little pity.
Of course, when the sailors on the British merchant ships saw this huge fleet, they cheered excitedly, because all of them knew that this huge fleet was an ally of the British Empire, and if a war broke out, they would
Will become an ally of the Royal Navy and fight against those hostile countries on the sea.
For the U.S. Navy, their purpose of showing off their power this time is to prove one thing to the Ming Empire through such a display of strength - the Navy of the United States of America already possesses the most powerful maritime power in the Americas.
Perhaps you created the dreadnought and ushered in the era of dreadnoughts, but now the United States has the most powerful maritime power in the Americas.
We have 16 dreadnoughts!
And it was built in just four years!
Look what a true maritime power is! Open your eyes and see clearly!
Five years ago, when the Ming Empire's dreadnoughts sailed to the sea, they eliminated all ironclads overnight and ushered in the era of dreadnoughts. At the same time, navies around the world were striving to catch up, trying to catch up with the Imperial Navy.
The same is true for the U.S. Navy. In the face of the threat from the Ming Dynasty, although it required a large amount of money, the U.S. Congress approved a huge shipbuilding plan—they planned to build 15 dreadnoughts within five years.
In just five years, with their strong shipbuilding industry and strong economic strength, the Americans not only successfully realized this plan, but even built one more.
see it?
What is the most powerful battleship in the world!
The American sailors aboard the USS New York showed off their battleship with great pride.
With five twin main turrets, ten 14-inch cannons, and nearly 12-inch-thick armor, the USS New York is definitely the most powerful battleship in the world, except that its speed is slightly slower.
Got it!
This is of course the reason for their complacency. Even one "New York" covered up the embarrassment of the remaining fifteen battleships from 12-inch to 13.5-inch main guns. After all, five years ago, the US arsenal could not provide 14-inch main guns.
Main gun. Therefore, the early battleships built all used 12-inch main guns, from 12 inches to 13.5 inches, and then to the 14-inch gun of the "New York". In the past few years, American shipbuilding has
and artillery technology have all made breakthrough progress. This arms race has obviously promoted the U.S. shipbuilding industry and military industry.
On this day, the bald eagles who came to North America were showing off their warships and fleets to the world. Of course, they were also showing off their powerful national strength.
"They are all issuing challenges..."
Admiral Meng Qingen, standing on the flybridge on the port side of the "Yangzhou" battleship, said in a cold tone.
"They are challenging us to the Imperial Navy. Do these naive Americans think that the Empire will not respond in any way to the challenge? What a bunch of naive guys."
What a bunch of naive guys!
When he said these words, Meng Qingen's tone was full of ridicule.
So many countries have been dealing with the Ming Dynasty for so many years, but they still don’t understand what the biggest feature of the Ming Empire is!
That is, when faced with challenges, it never takes a step back. The empire will face challenges unswervingly. This is the biggest difference between the Ming Empire and other empires.
Many times they don't even know what they are awakening now?
But what is certain is that they will pay the price for their stupidity one day.
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