1825 My New Daming

Chapter 364 Soon, everyone will have aircraft carrier battleships! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
November 1831, 11, US Atlantic Fleet, Mobile anchorage.

Standing in front of the window of the commander's office of the Atlantic Fleet's flagship USS United States, Vice Admiral David Porter was a little excited when he saw the large and small warships moored in Mobile Bay. Here it is!

There are six battleships alone, and all of them are brand new United States class!The names of the ships are USS United States, USS Washington, USS South Carolina, USS Michigan, USS Delaware, and USS North Dakota.

There are eight armored cruisers in total. In addition to the six new Pennsylvania-class ships, there are also two old armored cruisers, namely the USS Maine and the USS New York.

Adding six Chester-class protected cruisers, as well as the USS New Orleans and USS Olba purchased from the United Kingdom, as well as five airship motherships and [-] other destroyers, gunboats, minelayers, and minesweepers, he Already have more than [-]% of the combat power of the U.S. Navy!

This is the strength of the United States, which likes to use rules based on strength to speak. Although it started relatively late, relying on the strong potential endowed by the east coast of North America and the central Great Plains, the United States, which was founded only more than 50 years ago, has grown into a country second only to the Ming Dynasty and the United Kingdom. The industrial countries of China, France, Prussia, and Austria are comparable to the Slavic empire Rakshasa in eastern Europe.

However, considering the growth rate of the United States, it is only a matter of time before it surpasses Britain, France, Prussia, and Austria. It does not even need to be the end of this century, and the United States will be able to climb to the third place in the world in another two or three decades.

At that time, the strength of the U.S. Navy will be unimaginable today. It is a pity that Ming imperialism did not give the United States a chance to grow and develop, and began to pursue the policy of suppressing and containing the United States early. It is really hateful!

Looking at the large fleet moored on the sea, Lieutenant General David Porter took two deep breaths before turning his gaze back to his desk. Looking at the information he had just received, his expression was a little dignified.

This information was sent by a cable telegram from the British guy entrenched in Port of Spain, Trinidad. It reported the situation of the Japanese Texas Maritime Self-Defense Force, which is currently resting in the port of La Guaira in the Republic of Colombia. Only found Three South Island-class transport ships, two old-fashioned [-]-ton-class sail battleships, seven Guogong-class armored cruisers-this kind of armored cruiser is only equivalent to a third-class protected cruiser in terms of tonnage, and several other transport ships. An armed merchant ship carrying coal, supplies and ammunition.

Compared with the discovery of the airship station in the Falkland Islands (Malland Islands) last time, 2 large warships and 5 patrol ships are missing. These 7 ships are the real main force, right?

Because they were worried that there were aircraft-carrying warships in the Haizi formation, the British airships did not dare to get too close and could only watch from a distance. Therefore, the airship sent by the Frank Islands did not find out the specific situation of the Haizi formation.The situation in Port of Spain's report this time came from British spies in La Guaira Port.

So David Porter doesn't even know what the models of the two disappearing ships are?
He can only guess now that one of these two large ships should be an aircraft carrier battleship that showed its prowess in the Battle of Treg Strait, and the other is likely to be a fast battleship.

The reason why David Porter has such a view is because in the US Navy's own war game deduction, the coordination of fast warships and aircraft-carrying warships is the most powerful!
During the deduction, the fast warships resisted in the front, and the aircraft-carrying warships released carrier-based aircraft to drop bombs in the back.Then wait for the carrier-based aircraft to blow up the enemy's battleship formation to pieces, and then the aircraft-based warships will enter the battle group, and together with the fast battleships on the front line, bombard the wounded enemy ships with naval guns.

This method of bombing first and then cannon is advanced no matter how you look at it!
Therefore, naval experts from various Western countries, including David Porter, have become "aircraft-carrying battleship faction"-now there are no "battleship faction" and "aircraft carrier faction", but the two factions merge into one!
Driven by these "two-in-one factions", although the United Kingdom and the United States have no usable combat aircraft, various aircraft-carrying battleships and aircraft-carrying cruiser construction plans have been launched one after another.

The United States is of course no exception. An aircraft-mounted armored cruiser "Enterprise" class developed on the basis of the Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser has now completed its design and is working day and night at the Bath Shipyard in New York. It should be able to start sailing before June next year. try.

By then, the U.S. Navy should also have its own carrier-based aircraft!
A new era - the era of warships carrying aircraft across the ocean is coming soon.

In fact, before and after the Battle of the Great Strait, engineers from Britain, the United States, France, and Prussia who love to fly have already created aircraft that can use internal combustion engines to drive propellers.

However, due to the lack of powerful internal combustion engines, the range and load of these aircraft are too small to be put into military use.

However, the advancement of internal combustion engine technology is rapid, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as changing with each passing day.

So by the time the "Enterprise" aircraft-carrying armored cruiser began sea trials, the U.S. Navy probably already had available aircraft (aircraft).

But now, David Porter neither has an armored cruiser nor an aircraft, and can only rely on the speed of the Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser and the US Navy's familiarity with the Caribbean Sea to fight night battles with the Texas Marine Fleet from afar... …

But the problem is that to seize the opportunity to fight a night battle with Dezhou Haizi's fleet, you must first determine the position of the Dezhou Haizi's main ship.

But where is the main force of the enemy?

When David Potter was worrying, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Vice Admiral, I just received a telegram from Port of Spain." This was the voice of Major Farragut, Communications Officer of the Atlantic Fleet.

"Come in, little David." David Porter's tone seemed very friendly.Because Major David Farragut outside the door is his adopted son. He joined the U.S. Navy with him at the age of 8. He has been a sailor all the way to the current major. He also learned to fly a plane not long ago.

David Porter intends to let Major Farragut be the commander of the "Enterprise" flight wing after the "Enterprise" enters service.

At this time, the door of the commander's office had been pushed open, and a small, shrewd lieutenant commander in his early 30s walked in, saluted Lieutenant General Porter, and then reported: "Lieutenant General, a Japanese cruiser in the port of La Guaira left last night, and at noon today, the airship found it crossing the St. Lucia Strait into the Atlantic Ocean.

In addition, the Dezhou Sea has notified the La Guaira port authorities that they will leave the port around dusk today! "

"A cruiser entered the Atlantic Ocean?" David Potter immediately went to the chart table and searched. Saint Lucia is located between Saint Lucia and Martinique, and those two islands are Trini. Two of a chain of islets that resemble a string of pearls between the islands of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico.Out of this string of island chains, there is the vast Atlantic Ocean.

Looking at the island chain on the sea chart, David Porter fell into deep thought. After a while, he heard him muttering to himself, "Why did the Japanese divide their troops into two groups? Could it be that they want to use the main force of the fleet in the Atlantic Ocean?" Initiate a break-up engagement to lure us to attack to cover their convoy through the Yucatan Strait?"

"Vice Admiral," said Major David Farragut, "this possibility is very high! But we must not allow their convoy to pass through the Yucatan Strait. There are three full 2.5-ton ships in this convoy A troop carrier and two fully lined 2-ton machine-sail ironclad ships—according to intelligence, the Chinese have converted their old-fashioned machine-sail ships into landing ships that can transport troops and support landings! If these five ships are all landing troops, at least There can be 1.3 people! If they land in Texas, the United States will lose Texas!"

David Porter nodded, and said: "But we can't let go of the main force of the so-called Texas Sea Self. We will divide our troops into two groups, one to block the Yucatan Strait, and the other to search for their aircraft-carrying battleships in the Atlantic Ocean!"

(End of this chapter)