1855 United States Tycoon

As Scrooge predicted, the Spanish warship rushing out of the Sacred Land Yago Naval Port was intercepted by the United States fleet, and the two sides immediately launched a "tragic" naval battle. However, this "tragic" is to be discussed separately. The Spanish fleet was beaten "tragically", while the United States fleet was beaten "violently" happily.

There are four decent armored cruisers in the Spaniard's fleet. Although the reciprocating steam engine cannot be compared with the United States steam turbine, these cruisers with a displacement of 6,800 tons are at least better than theirs. In Asia, those cruisers with a displacement of only one or two thousand tons, no armor protection at all, or even wooden shells, are much stronger. And in their team, they even include a battleship with a displacement of up to 13,000 tons! In addition to these five capital ships, the Spaniards also had three negligible destroyers with a displacement of 750 tons. If such a fleet were placed in Manila, it would make General Dewey a headache. And now they happen to appear in the Caribbean, facing the Atlantic Fleet, the main force of United States.

On the opposite side of the Spaniards, the United States fleet has three battleships, and what's worse, these battleships are all the latest models. Although Congress is stingy and always likes to deduct military expenditures, the displacement of these three battleships is not much larger than that of the battleship "Queen Isabella I" in Spain's hands, which is only 17,000 tons. It is far inferior to the latest Dreadnought-class battleships in the hands of the British, which have a displacement of more than 20,000 tons. It is really not enough to see. Of course, this situation made Scrooge and Morgan very happy. Because this means that when there is a need, you can use this as an excuse to eliminate these newly built battleships and replace them with newer and stronger ones. And this is another big deal.

However, compared with the Spaniard’s maximum speed of only 15 knots, the old style of the first-level gun and the second-level gun is still being used. The United States’ speed is as high as 20 knots and uses a uniform 12-inch long body. The battleship with artillery guns definitely has an overwhelming advantage. What's more, in addition to the three battleships, the United States fleet also has five armored cruisers with a displacement of 10,000 tons. Although these cruisers are called cruisers, because of the technological advantages brought about by the development of the times, their combat effectiveness is actually stronger than the so-called battleships of the Spaniards. The speed of up to 25 knots also makes it easier for them to seize a favorable attack position.

In this situation, there is hardly any suspense about the outcome of this naval battle. The United States fleet easily grabbed the Spaniard's T head with the help of the entire fleet's high speed of 20 knots. That is, the United States fleet is blocked by the side of the Spanish fleet in the forward direction of the Spanish fleet. At this time, all the artillery on the ships of the United States fleet can fire unhindered. On the contrary, the tail guns of the Spanish warships are completely useless. Even the bow guns that can be used will be affected by the formation. Interference from other ships. As a result, the firepower gap between the two sides has been widened again. As a result, one hour after the naval battle began, the Spaniard’s flagship "Queen Isabella I" was hit by at least fifteen 12-inch-caliber armor-piercing rounds, and the entire superstructure was smashed to pieces. All the turrets They were all destroyed, and one shell hit the power compartment, causing the warship to lose more than half of its power. Now this warship can barely float on the water at best. The other cruisers were also scarred.

The cruiser Amirante Okundo was hit by several 12-inch and 11-inch shells. One of the 11-inch armor-piercing shells penetrated the armor of the ammunition depot and caused a fire. In order to prevent the ammunition depot from exploding, which would allow the entire ship to fly into the sky, the captain had to order water to flood the ammunition depot. This measure avoided the danger of martyrdom in the ammunition depot, but it also completely lost the firepower of the ship.The situation on the cruiser Visskaya was also terrible. It now only has one turret left with firepower, and all the other turrets have been knocked out. Fortunately, his power system is still intact.

The condition of the Cologne is probably the worst. It has not many shells, but it is extremely lethal. First, one shell fell on the tail of the ship, blowing up the entire steering gear, and then it was unable to steer and touched it. Two torpedoes were fired. Now the ship has tilted close to 20 degrees, and the tilt is still increasing rapidly. The captain has also given the order to abandon the ship, and the sailors are busy jumping into the sea, and then swim as far as possible from the ship.

The last cruiser, Asturias, is in the best situation. He only lost one main turret, and although other parts were shot a lot, in general, at least his navigation was not a problem.

Major General Servira knew that the outcome of this battle was irreversible. So he ordered the fleet to disperse and break through.

However, even if the speed is lower and the number of Spanish fleets is smaller, how can it succeed in breaking through even if it is scattered? Moreover, even if a severely damaged ship breaks through, where can it go?

In the end, the Spanish fleet can only be annihilated. In this battle, the US military's losses were extremely small. Only one person died and two were injured.

The destruction of the Spanish fleet officially announced Spain's defeat. Because Spain is no longer able to send a new support fleet to Cuba.

On the second day of the destruction of the Spanish fleet, the Spanish envoys in Cuba came to the US military barracks. After receiving assurances from the United States that they would be treated "in accordance with humanitarian standards", the Spanish troops in Cuba raised the white flag to the US military. Throughout the negotiation process, only Spanish and United States people participated in the negotiation. The Cuban insurgents knew nothing about this. So when they waited the next day, they were surprised to find that the flags of United States had floated over the areas originally controlled by the Spanish, and the vital positions of Cuba had also fallen into the hands of the United States.

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Today, the Spanish army's life in Asia is getting more and more difficult. After the fleet was defeated by the United States, those Filipinos who had been basically suppressed suddenly regained their energy. And the Filipinos also got a lot of weapons from the United States. These damn United States guys, they provide weapons like those monkeys!

Although Filipinos are stupid monkeys, it is not easy to handle monkeys with guns in their hands. Although the Filipinos from United States are not good guns. Most of them are old goods, and many of them are even Macdonald 1857 using black powder. But that can kill people. What's worse is that the number of Spaniards is too small and the distribution is too scattered. When the Spaniards had a fleet in the past, most of the strongholds could travel by sea. Now, the sea route has been completely cut off. This makes the Spaniards scattered in other areas hardly receive any supplies. In order to be safe, the Spaniards had to take the initiative to shrink to several larger strongholds. As a result, the insurgents led by Aguinaldo "liberated" most of the Philippines almost effortlessly.

"Sir, turn over the mountain in front and you're in Bacolod." A Spanish soldier said to Frank, their company commander.

"Ah, great." Frank said, and then he turned his head and shouted to the group of Spanish civilians who followed: "Citizens, well, we are going to Bacolod."

"Great! This is really great!"

"Ah, it's finally coming, I'm still worried... God!"

All kinds of noises suddenly appeared in the crowd.

Bacolod is the largest city on Negros Island in the Philippines and one of the earliest colonies established by the Spanish in the Philippines. After losing the dominance of the sea, the rebels began to constantly attack the smaller strongholds. Those smaller towns became very insecure, so the Spaniards distributed in other strongholds on Negros Island had to concentrate on Bigger stronghold. This is the case with Frank's team. Frank took a company and escorted about a hundred civilians to Bacolod.

If it was before, they could go to Bacolod by sea, but now, it is not safe to go by sea, and it is easy to encounter patrol boats from United States. Therefore, they can only travel by land. Fortunately, they were not far away, and they were not attacked by those Filipino insurgents along the way. They were safe and sound, and they were about to reach their destination. However, what they didn't know was that a joint force of Filipinos and United States was lying in ambush in the nearby forest.

In the bushes near the road, there are several very scary things hidden-broad sword anti-infantry directional mines. These big killers especially suitable for guerrilla warfare were not provided to the Filipinos, but were directly controlled by the United States. Of course, the United States people claim that this is entirely for the Filipinos' consideration, because if this thing explodes, it will be too lethal. The Filipinos lack training and do not know how to maintain such dangerous things. Therefore, for the safety of the Filipinos, this thing cannot be directly handed over to the Filipinos. As for the real reason, who would give such a weapon suitable for guerrilla warfare to people who are destined to turn their faces in the future?

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The Spaniard was gradually approaching the ambush, and a United States soldier detonated the broadsword. The flying steel ball immediately knocked down more than 30 Spanish soldiers who were on the outermost guard mission. Then the Filipino shot randomly, rushed out of the woods, and rushed towards the Spanish. And behind them. United States soldiers fired at the Spaniards with sniper rifles and MacDonald light machine guns.

But in the blink of an eye, Frank's company was defeated. Then, a terrible scene happened. After the Filipinos killed the Spanish soldiers, they rushed to the Spanish civilians with their weapons high, and a massacre happened.

"Sir, shall we stop them?" a US soldier asked the officer next to him.

"Of course!" The officer glanced at the army reporter with a camera on the side, and said, "Let's stop them now!"

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