America 1881: They Call Me Legend

While Chen Jianqiu and Roosevelt captured the high ground, the village of El Kanie in the north was also breached.

Without the protection of Fort Elviso, the Spanish soldiers in the stronghold under the mountain were quickly surrounded by the superior forces of the US military.

The commander of the Western Army, Valla de Rey, faced an American army ten times larger than himself.

He could have given up.

But when he heard the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of San Juan, he decided to delay Lawton's army so that they could not support the battle at San Juan.

Relying on the stone church, the Spanish army persisted for almost an afternoon.

until their commander was killed.

The collapse of San Juan and El Canie meant that the Spaniards no longer had a stronghold outside of Santiago.

The city was surrounded into an iron barrel.

The only place without the U.S. Army is the sea to the south, San Diego Bay.

There is the powerful North Pacific Fleet of the United States, including three battleships, a second-class battleship, two armored cruisers, and several gunboats.

Of course, there are also Chen Jianqiu's two "armed merchant ships".

Rear Admiral Sampson is commanding the fleet to blockade the port of San Diego.

The Spanish fleet confronting it seemed weak.

They have a total of four armored cruisers that sailed from Spain, namely the Princess Teresa, the Viscania, the Admiral Okendo, and the Columbus.

Except for the Columbus, the bottoms of the other three cruisers were covered with barnacles due to lack of maintenance and maintenance.

And the only USS Columbus that looks a little bit combat-ready doesn't even have a main gun installed.

The reason sounds very funny too.

The Spanish Ministry of the Navy hopes to install a larger caliber main gun than the 254mm or the double 203mm on this ship.

But this main gun has always lived in the minds of the officials of the Admiralty, and it was not installed on the ship until the war started.

So the main weapon of the USS Columbus is only two 203mm guns.

It fell in San Juan Heights, the day after Santiago was besieged.

The commander of the fleet, Severa, knew that his fleet was still doomed.

In the Far East, Manila Bay was defeated and Spanish forces throughout the Philippines were routed.

In the Caribbean region, most of Cuba except the cities has been occupied by the rebel army and Chen Jianqiu's troops, and the remaining troops were besieged in Santiago.

The war was basically over, and Spain was doomed.

Sai Weila decided to break out with his fleet.

He didn't want his ship to be sunk in the port by the US military!
But it turns out that in the face of a huge gap in strength, breaking through is an extremely extravagant thing.

The Spanish fleet sailed out of the bay early in the morning while turning west and into the Caribbean.

But the North Pacific Fleet quickly discovered their attempt, and all members posted it.

Among these ships, the fastest are Chen Jianqiu's "Kun" and "Peng".

They are armed merchant ships in name, but they are actually more like destroyers, and they quickly bit the Spanish fleet ahead.

But the battleship Iowa was the first to fire.

Its shells accurately hit the Spanish fleet's flagship Teresa.

The latter originally planned to ram the cruiser Brooklyn directly, so as to gain a chance for other ships in the fleet.

Due to being hit on the waterline, Teresa's speed dropped rapidly, and soon fell behind. At the same time, the second ship "Kunpeng" rushed up and bit her tightly.

The battle quickly turned into a one-sided game.

In the end, the flagship was hit by a torpedo from the "Kun", rushed to the beach to the north and finally ran aground.

Admiral Okendo was the most tragic.

It became the target of three battleships in turn.

A raging fire ignited on the ship.

The fire spread to the ammunition depot.

Following in the footsteps of the Teresa amidst the violent explosion, it ran aground on the beach.

Fortunately, the Viscania and Brooklyn are fighting.

Both are armored cruisers and are similar in tonnage.

They are not so much like two ancient warriors fighting hand-to-hand, but more like two ruthless street hooligans. You stab me with a knife, and I chop you with an axe. See who falls first.

In the end, Brooklyn won by a narrow margin.

The Viscania was more unlucky.

When a Spanish sailor was loading a torpedo, he was hit by the Brooklyn's 203mm main gun at a distance of 870 meters, causing the torpedo tube to explode, and then the ammunition on the deck to explode.

Another boat was added to the beach.

The Brooklyn was also hit by more than 20 shells.

But I don't know if it was because of the good damage control or because of luck, only one person was injured.

Of the four cruisers in the Spanish fleet, only the most elite Columbus was left.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the latter fled at a speed of 15 knots.

But the "Kun" and "Peng" did not give him this opportunity.

They gave chase again.

The two ships, one on the left and the other on the right, pursued the Columbus fiercely.

The cruiser was quickly bitten to death, and when it reached the mouth of the Tukino River, it could no longer hold on.

The crew boarded the lifeboats and prepared to surrender.

They opened the sea valve and sank the Spanish cruiser at the mouth of the river.

At this point, all four cruisers sank, and the other gunboats should sink as well, surrender as they should.

The Battle of San Diego Bay ended with a complete victory for the North Pacific Fleet.

They completely destroyed the Spaniards.

At least 200 Spanish soldiers were killed in this naval battle, while the U.S. military itself had only one death and one injury.

The victory of this naval battle basically became the last straw that overwhelmed the Spanish government.

Although tens of thousands of soldiers remained in besieged Santiago, so did Havana;

Old Jiang Miles landed in Camilla's hometown, Puerto Rico, and is driving out the Spanish rulers there.

Spain's power in the Caribbean seems to be still a little bit, and it is not at the end of the rope.

But the Spanish people don't want to fight anymore.

It is of no value to continue the fight except to cause harm to more families.

Demonstrations broke out again in Madrid.

"My child, my child is dead! He is!" An old woman was holding a portrait, crying to death at the front of the parade.

In a building not far from the parade, American representatives were negotiating with Spanish representatives.

The U.S. representative was once the U.S. ambassador to Spain and was fluent in Spanish.

He heard the cry from outside the window, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Immediately, he turned around and said to the Spanish representatives present:

"Let me remind you again that you made an appointment with us. If you don't want to sign the surrender agreement, you don't have to sign it. But in that case, I really can't guarantee how long the Spanish soldiers in Santiago can last. Your government, How long can it last?"

The Spanish representative didn't even have a word to refute.

The two sides signed an armistice agreement on August 8, while negotiations began on a treaty for war.

Theoretically speaking, once the ceasefire agreement is signed, the people below should stop fighting.

But in Cuba, there is a place that is quite special.

Guantanamo.

Spanish soldiers there refused to surrender to the marines and continued to fight each other in the nearby jungle.

The reason is that they are unwilling to surrender to their defeated generals.

Sheft was furious.

He dispatched Chen Jianqiu's troops again to deal with the Spanish troops at Guantanamo.

Strangely, when Chen Jianqiu's troops arrived at Guantanamo, the Spanish troops opened the gates to welcome them and let them in.

Outside the city, the captain of the Marine Corps is looking at this side with a telescope.

He couldn't understand it, but he was shocked.