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Chapter 1338 The Dazzling Great White Fleet ([-]rd update, please subscribe)

On May 1893, 5, outside the mouth of Xin'an River in Yingtian.

16 battleships with sides painted white are moored quietly in the outer harbor berthing area.

The battleships are like mountains, the masts are like forests, and the giant cannons hold the sky.

The warships were decorated with small colorful flags from bow to stern, and huge stars and stripes were flying on the masthead, bow and stern flagpoles—this huge fleet came 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 whole world...especially Ming Dynasty.

A huge fleet of 16 dreadnoughts, four ships in a team, tied head to tail, anchored and turned off, formed a steel Great Wall of several kilometers in Yingtian's outer port.Near the Great Wall of Steel, there are six large supply ships also painted in white, and six inconspicuous torpedo destroyers.

"This United States can really do it."

Admiral Meng Qingen, the Minister of the Imperial Navy and the "Viscount of Los Angeles" of the Empire, stood on the port flybridge of the "Yangzhou" battleship, staring 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 of the British Empire, Edward, took the "Mayflower" yacht to inspect the neatly lined up of the latest and greatest in the United States. 16 battleships.

On that day, they not only reaffirmed 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 is still at the diplomatic level so far, the United States has stood up as its godfather.Not only vowed to declare support for Cuba, but President Cleveland stated that he would send a fleet to conduct a world cruise.

A month later, the "Great White Fleet" with these 16 battleships as the core officially set sail, and began a ostentatious global "parade" that shocked the world.

The great sea fortresses that took on this magnificent task will leave their glorious names in the history books: USS Kilshage, USS Kentucky, USS Illinois, USS Alabama, USS Wisconsin ", "Missouri", "Ohio", "Virginia", "Georgia", "New Jersey", "Rhode Island", as for the flagship, the displacement is as high as 28538 tons, equipped with the "New York" with 5 twin 356mm main guns.

The first voyage of this fleet was from the Chesapeake Bay to San Francisco on the west coast. The fleet stopped and stopped, and successively visited "South America", that is, the Port of Atlanta in the Confederate States of America. This is of course also a visit to South America. The demonstration of force is the United States showing off its powerful maritime power to them.

Then they sailed to the port of Havana in Cuba—this is 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 Da Ming. Cuban government repeals certain "discriminatory" bills.

Whether those bills are "discriminatory" is not important. What is important 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 went all the way south, and finally arrived at Yingtian, the capital of the empire.

Why are they here?
Of course, it is to show off the 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 eyes do the sailors on board cast on these dazzling white warships?

Is it surprise?Still shocked?Or envy?Maybe it's jealousy?Of course, it may also be hostile!This kind of hostile look must have come from the people of Ming Dynasty. After all, everyone knew the reason why the Americans came here to show off their might.

But no matter what kind of eyes you look at, it doesn't matter, no matter how you look at us, our strength is beyond doubt!
The officers and soldiers of the U.S. Navy on the battleship may all have this idea, so they will face the sailors with pride 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 once a war broke out, the allies of this huge fleet, the British Empire, 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 U.S. Navy already has the most powerful sea power in the Americas.

Perhaps, you created the dreadnought and ushered in the era of the dreadnought, but now the United States has the most powerful sea power in the Americas.

We have 16 dreadnoughts!

And still built in just four years!

See what a real sea power is!Open your eyes and see clearly!

Five years ago, when the dreadnoughts of the Ming Empire sailed to the sea, all ironclad ships were eliminated overnight, and the age of dreadnoughts was ushered in. At the same time, navies all over the world are catching 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 Ming Dynasty, although it will cost a lot of money, the U.S. Congress has approved a huge shipbuilding plan-they plan to build 15 dreadnoughts within five years.

In just five years, relying on a strong shipbuilding industry and strong economic strength, the Americans not only successfully realized this plan, but even built one more ship.

see it?

What is the most powerful battleship in the world!

The American sailors on the battleship "USS New York" showed off their battleship there with a triumphant attitude.

Dual five main turrets, ten [-]-inch cannons, and nearly [-]-inch thick armor, except that his speed is a little slower. "New York" is definitely the most powerful battleship in the world!
This is of course the reason why they are so proud. 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 American arsenal could not provide 14-inch guns. main gun.Therefore, the battleships built in the early days used 12-inch main guns, from 12 inches to 13.5 inches, and then to the 14-inch "New York". In the past few years, American shipbuilding and artillery technology All breakthroughs have been made, and the promotion of this arms race to the US shipbuilding industry and military industry is obvious.

On this day, the bald eagle that came to North America was showing off their battleship, their fleet to the world.Of course, they are also showing off their strong national strength.

"They are all sending out 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 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 sarcasm.

So many countries have dealt with Da Ming for so many years, but they still don't understand what is the biggest characteristic of the Ming Empire!
That is, when facing a challenge, he never takes half a step back.The empire will unswervingly meet the challenge, this is the biggest difference between the Ming Empire and other empires.

Many times they simply don't know, what are they awakening now?
But one thing is certain, they will pay for their stupidity one day.

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