1825 My New Daming

Chapter 410 I have forty aircraft carriers, and I have Father Ying to help! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

In the early morning of April 4, off the coast of Florida, a huge fleet was rapidly passing through the vast Atlantic Ocean, heading southeast.

6 United States-class battleships, 2 Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers, 2 Baltimore-class second-class protected cruisers, 2 Philadelphia-class second-class cruisers, 4 Boston third-class protected cruisers, and 6 Orleans third-class protected cruisers.

A total of 22 battleships, patrol cruisers and protective cruisers, plus as many as forty destroyers of all sizes, formed an unprecedentedly large fleet!Because all these ships were powered by coal stoves and steam engines, the billows of smoke produced were so eye-catching that they almost obscured the sky.Such a magnificent scene really moved the hearts of every American who was lucky enough to witness it all.With the addition of the two old cruisers New York and Maine leading the way and the two accompanying third-class protected cruisers, the entire Atlantic Fleet of the US Navy, except for the ships that are being overhauled or upgraded at the shipyards in Baltimore and New York, is almost full. out!Therefore, many officers and soldiers of the Atlantic Fleet have the confidence to win-this time the opponent is not the "British Dad", but the Mexicans!

And "Daddy Ying" is still very American. Although "Daddy Ying" is an unfilial father, he is the real father of America after all!When the United States was bullied by Mexicans and yellow races, Father Ying always stood behind the United States.

Therefore, although the US Atlantic Fleet has been "tied" by the Mexicans and yellow races for a while in the first Atlantic battle, it is still full of confidence now.

Atlantic Fleet Commander David Porter's confidence is of course full.Although he was tied last time, President Andrew Jackson promoted him and made him the first admiral in the history of the US Navy.

However, his confidence does not come from Ying Dad's support and his rank of admiral, but also from the forty aircraft carriers under his command!
Forty aircraft carriers!

Any American admiral with forty aircraft carriers will have the confidence to win!

What's more, this battle is still a joint effort between Britain and the United States, and the father and son are of the same mind!In addition to David Porter's more than 100 surface ships (including 40 aircraft carriers), dozens of ships (including more than 20 aircraft carriers) from the Royal Navy's Caribbean Fleet are also arriving.

The two joined forces, there are more than 60 aircraft carriers alone, 12 battleships, and 10 armored cruisers. How could they lose?

But he still didn't dare to take it lightly, because he hadn't merged with "Daddy Ying"'s fleet yet, so he suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.

"Where is the British Caribbean Fleet of Vice Admiral William Baga?" David Porter turned around.

"The telegram from half an hour ago indicated that they had arrived near Little San Salvador Island, which is less than 200 nautical miles away from us. If we don't go south, the Caribbean fleet will be able to join us around three o'clock this afternoon."

David Porter nodded, and then raised his binoculars to look towards the southern sea. With the light of the rising sun on the eastern sea, he could already see more and more smoke columns appearing on the horizon. The graceful yet mighty figure of the armored cruiser has slowly appeared in the eyepiece of the telescope.After the two hero-class destroyers, there appeared more escort-class destroyer masts. These escort-class actually walked ahead of the hero-class, but they were just 2000-ton "big drives", and the low masts made them late It took a while to appear in David Potter's sight.Also appearing at the same time is the Warrior-class cruiser with a standard displacement of 6500 tons.

The vanguard detachment of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet soon completely appeared in Admiral Porter's telescope eyepiece!
David Potter knew very well that behind this vanguard unit must be the main formation of the Mexico-Texas combined fleet. There must be several hero-class battleships among them!
However, David Porter is very clear that the real killer feature of the Mexico-Texas combined fleet is not the Hero-class battleship, although the Hero-class can definitely be called an epoch-making battleship.However, the giant cannon ships of this era are developing too fast, and today's powerful battleships that are proud of the world will become the existence of "rotten sea" in a year or two - completely unsatisfactory!This is the case with the hero class. Its 280mm 45-caliber rapid-fire gun was definitely the world's number one main gun when it first came out!But now, even the United States class uses a 12-inch (305mm) main gun, and the layout of the turret is more reasonable, and the output of the artillery is more powerful!
If the Mexico-Texas joint fleet can only rely on a few Hero-class ships, then the Mexicans and Japan will have no chance in today's battle, but they still have aircraft-carrying frigates and aircraft!
Thinking of the plane, David Porter couldn't help but look up at the sky, it was empty, and their plane hadn't arrived yet.

But David Potter is not afraid!
Because he also has planes. There are exactly 40 planes!
Thinking of this, David Porter confidently ordered: "Notify all the destroyers that are towing the aircraft carrier to be ready to launch carrier-based aircraft at any time!
Notify the USS New York and the USS Maine, and start shelling 10000 yards away. Remember, don't let the enemy's light ships approach to launch torpedoes. According to accurate information, the enemy has a torpedo with a range of more than 10000 yards and a speed of more than 30 knots! "

"Yes, sir!"

"Did the reconnaissance plane spot the American armored cruiser?"

On the Akagi, the flagship of the Mexico-Texas Combined Fleet Ambush Squadron, Admiral Enomoto Takeki once again asked the staff around him.

"not yet."

The aviation staff officer on the side - a naval aviation major from Ming Dynasty shook his head and said: "It's really strange, they have been running with the main formation for two days, and they look like followers, why did they disappear early this morning? gone?"

The missing ones are the six Crecy-class armored cruisers of the American "Yingdae" and the second and third-class cruisers and destroyers that followed them. They were obediently following behind the main force of the Mexico-Texas combined fleet until yesterday evening. Look I'm not in a hurry at all. But I didn't expect that as soon as it was light today, a Mexican cruiser in charge of the rear found that the American patrol unit behind it was gone.

So it immediately generated power for the flagship Bolivar, and the Bolivar immediately contacted the Akagi and asked the Akagi to send a carrier-based aircraft to find it.

"It's fine if you can't find it." Takeki Enomoto shook his head. He now has a more important task, which is to send carrier-based aircraft to attack the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet that is about to fight the main formation—this is really strange, the Atlantic How did the main force of the fleet slip from the south to the north?Is it possible that the "fake fleet" has been passing through the windward strait?Inflatable?papery?
Unable to understand, Enomoto didn't think too much, but turned around and asked, "Is the carrier-based aircraft ready?"

"Okay, the first assault wave consists of 5 Ssangyong and 90 Sea Dragons." Then the aviation staff said, "It's ready to go!"

"Very good!" Takeki Enomoto nodded heavily, "Half an hour after the first assault wave took off, the second assault wave began to take off. In addition, the bloody red flag is now raised! Tell all carrier aircraft pilots that today's attack order is It was ordered by Lieutenant Admiral Zhuge Baron, Admiral of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy. This is not a battle between Mexico or Japan, but a battle between the Ming Dynasty! It is a fateful battle between the Ming Dynasty and the United States of America. I hope you will fight the enemy bravely!"

"Yes! Sir!" Then the aviation staff replied loudly.

(End of this chapter)