Two months ago in the Florida Strait, a fleet of dozens of warships was coming from the east with its mighty power, with blue, white and red French flags hanging on it!

"Oh~ The days on the sea are still so boring." Facing the endless sea, a very gorgeously dressed general stood on the bridge of the French fleet's flagship and looked into the distance, and he seemed a little melancholy.

I have to say that the French have some romantic feelings, even soldiers, and this one is not young.

Bernard Pierre Manion, his identity is extraordinary. He was the marshal who was personally awarded the title of Napoleon III and an important figure in the French Empire. Now, the marshal came in person, and his destination was Mexico!

This is enough to show that Napoleon III's attitude towards Mexico should be said to be determined to attack the New Tang Empire in the United States.

That's right, the main task of this fleet is to transport troops, increase troops to Mexico, and then attack the original California.

In theory, France's reaction speed was a bit slow, but in fact, this was because there was no Atlantic telegram cable yet, that is, news from America would take some time to pass to Europe. Moreover, Napoleon III had to mobilize nine troops, right?

To be honest, General Manion now has some slandering his emperor, because France has obviously become tired. After years of war, the French army has even undergone a major change.

There is no way, the casualty rate of war is too high now, and such a cruel war. What is a long-term solution? How can the people continue to support it?

But these words were useless if Manion said. So the old minister of the empire chose to shut up.

"Hehe, it's just a Chinese country." This is the attitude Manion holds now. He really thinks that the American New Tang Empire is not worth fighting.

Although there was a defeat from the foreign legion in front, it was a foreign legion, that Fang Dan. He was just an idiot. Now, he, the marshal, has come out, so if you are not a good person?!

Just as the Marshal was considering his future strategic policy, the lookout hand on the flagship discovered something strange.

"Master Marshal! The enemy ship was found in front of him, very much like what the intelligence said, the Erikson of the American Empire!"

Soon, the messenger reported the matter to Marshal Manion.

"Fight!" Manion deserves to be the marshal and ordered very decisively.

Soon, this French expeditionary fleet was about to set off.

But naturally, the warships of the American New Tang Empire also discovered their opponents.

"Comrade Captain! Confirm that the other party is the French fleet. The flagship seems to be France's Glory!" The watchman of the Eriksen reported.

"Hahaha..." The captain Erikson was happy and took another drink, then immediately pushed his lookout hand away, and he came to the observation mirror by himself.

There is no way, the strange Eriksen is the hull, and the observation mirror of this thing is a periscope. To be honest, Li Mengyang has long suggested that it is better to build a submarine.

In fact, there were really submarines in this era, and it appeared for the first time in the Civil War. However, the submarine force was wiped out in the first mission, and 15 people and their submarines crashed into the enemy ship like torpedoes.

Well, in fact, that's a torpedo controlled by a man, so Erikson was not interested in submarines at all. Some of his current ships are torpedoes.

"It's really Glory!" Erikson's voice was filled with excitement.

Glory, it is a famous ship in France, because it is the first metal ship in human history, although it is just a hull covered with iron.

In the observation mirror, the Glory was like many ships nowadays, but there were corners in front, three large masts on it, and many ropes and sails were hung. However, this ship was still very advanced, and it was useless of the big wheels of the steamship today. It was invisible outside, but it used propellers and a large chimney in the center of the hull.

Who invented the propeller?

How can Erikson not be excited?

"You must sink her!" Erikson's mental state at this time...

Is it because the old boy has not been given a patent fee?

“yes-private!”

“all-hail-lee!”

But no matter what, the morale of the Erikson personnel was mobilized.

There were still waves on the sea, and the Glory started at full speed at this time, and her sails were open. All the French warships followed the Glory behind, and everyone was in a straight line, but they were not going to crash into the Eriksen, but were walking northward.

This is to use Willie to play the side gun!

"**!" Erikson took another sip of wine, "This time our opponent is very strong!"

That's right, he saw that the other party was not Brother Chu on the battlefield, and he was very tactical, so it was difficult for such a guy to deal with.

“all-hail-lee!”

“all-hail-lee!”

But the empire's navy didn't care about that. They only knew that they had never suffered a defeat after following His Majesty the Emperor.

"Hehe! Let these idiots see how we play, turn left rudder 45! Full speed!"

“yes-private!”

Erikson's order came to a while, and the strange Erikson began to turn, and the hull drove diagonally towards the northwest.

"Hmm?!" Marshal Manion was a little puzzled when he saw this change in the telescope.

To be honest, Manion is a field marshal. He has almost never commanded the navy. Naturally, he doesn't understand what's going on now, but it seems that his opponent is about to escape.

"Chasing!" So Manion ordered.

"This..." the French admiral next to him was a little hesitant.

"Execute the order!" Manion was a little unhappy. He was the one with the largest official title here!

"As for your order!"

This order must be executed, because Manion is still a nobleman. He has a title.

Then why did the navy general hesitate?

In fact, the reason is very simple. That is, there are dozens of French fleets now. These ships are lined up, which is very considerable on the sea, stretching at least tens of nautical miles, or even hundreds of nautical miles.

This is how the battle at sea is, and it’s a big scene, because there is no obstacle at sea, and the ship is not small. We can’t get too close. Hand-to-hand combat is no longer popular these days.

But now, how wide is the Florida Strait? It is more than 100 nautical miles.

The original tactic was to use the side gun, so it naturally had to turn around Erikson. But you should know that when the entire fleet reached a ninety-degree angle with the Florida Strait, that is, the Florida Strait was regarded as two parallel lines, then when the French fleet line was erected and directly erected in these two parallel lines, what was the situation?

The power supply is definitely limited. Moreover, there are many islands around the Florida Strait, and there may be reefs near the sea. So, if you do this, there will be problems!

In fact, a very simple method is to simply change the snake shape. If the Eriksen goes north, then the south will be empty. The French fleet can go south, and it is still a straight line, and it can still reach Willy, who uses the side gun.

Of course, the Eriksen also has a countermeasure to do so, that is, they go south too, but this will create a tug-of-war, but as long as they pass through the Florida Strait, the sea area afterwards will make the French fleet much more comfortable.

But now the marshal has given orders, do you dare not to execute it?

"It's almost done! Fire the gun!" Manion saw in the telescope that the French fleet had already caught up much closer and the range was enough.

"As for order!" The messenger went down quickly.

Boom! Boom!

In the French fleet, as long as they can, there is no idle, and the waves on the sea were lifted up!

"Hahaha...it's great!" Erikson, an old alcoholic, is definitely a militant. The more he is, the happier he is.

However, at this time, there was nothing wrong with the Eriksen. The French army had just entered the range, and the ship was weird enough, with most of the hulls underwater.

Boom! Boom!

As the naval battle deepened, the artillery fire became more and more fierce, and more ships from the French fleet could threaten the Eriksen.

"Very good!" Manion was very satisfied with the current battle situation. What he saw was that his opponent was in a very embarrassing state.

Although it was not hit by shells, the Eriksen was like a leaf in the sea, causing turbulent waves caused by the huge waves caused by the artillery fire.

However, at this time, there was a change!

"Right turn rudder 30! Go forward at full speed!"

“yes-private!”

The Eriksen suddenly turned the bow of the ship, and rushed towards the French flagship Glory as if going crazy!

"Hahaha... are they crazy?!" Manion saw this scene in the telescope, and he laughed out loud.

"Arson!"

At this time, you naturally have to use the most intense firepower!

But in fact, some of the French fleet's warships are behind, and their artillery fire cannot reach the Eriksen.

Behind now is the south of the strait, and the Eriksen rushed north.

Boom! Boom!

Under such artillery fire, the Eriksen rushed over fearlessly.

"Torpedo! Launch!"

“yes-private!”

Whoosh!

A waterline appeared in the Florida Strait and headed straight for the Glory!

"What is this..." Manion swore that he had never seen this thing before, but...

With a loud bang, the old general sat directly on the floor!

"**!" A torpedo actually did not sink the Glory, this...

"Two torpedoes fired volleys!"

“yes-private!”

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Battle of the Florida Straits, the American Empire sank the Glory, injured three ships, and five other ships in the French fleet hit the reef... (To be continued...)

PS: To put it a little bit, it means that in English, ships are usually referred to by women, that is, shooting. In addition, it’s Monday, the black car asks for support, so what’s the ticket or something, and you’ll smash it to the black car. Thank you!
Chapter completed!