The Rise of the Empire

"This is impossible! How did the Japanese buy 4 Nisshin-type armored cruisers? Didn't the Japanese only have two? Didn't the Germans build a total of 4 armored cruisers of this type? How could they all be here in the Japanese fleet? This is impossible!" Sai Weila roared a little crazy!

"It's all a conspiracy! A conspiracy! The warships ordered by the Brazilians are actually Japanese, and because the Russians gave up, the Japanese plan changed. Hehe, the Americans thought they were smart but helped their real enemy , This is really a great irony! Japan wanted to take the Philippines from us from the very beginning, and the British helped them deceive the whole world!" A series of crystal clear tears covered Cervela's cheeks. "Okay, since that's the case, then you can play slowly by yourself!"

At this time, the Japanese obviously didn't know how much shock their actions had brought to the Spaniards. When the two sides approached about 4,000 meters, the flagship Nisshin issued a semaphore that the two sides had declared war and demanded the surrender of the Spanish fleet. Said that as long as the other party keeps this warship, the personal safety of the Spanish naval officers and soldiers will be guaranteed. And said that there are third-party personnel willing to guarantee the Spanish fleet.

After the signal was sent, John Jericho made his debut. As an officer of the Royal Navy, he expressed his willingness to vouch for the Japanese commitment. Anyway, the British didn't do this kind of thing once or twice. In history, the Japanese combined fleet entrusted the commander of the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet, who had watched the battle in the final stage of the siege of Weihai, to deliver a letter of persuasion. But this time it was just a lieutenant colonel doing it for him.

The Japanese fleet was patrolling the periphery, while Jericho and his party boarded the cruiser Carlos V in a small boat. When Jericho boarded the battleship, he looked at the devastated battleship with a serious expression, "It seems that the Americans are also very powerful in combat." Jericho said in his heart.

In the officers' dining room, which was still intact, Jericho saw the haggard Severa. Then he informed the other party of the conditions of the Japanese, and took out a document signed by himself as a guarantee.

"We can hand over this battleship to the Japanese, but we don't have the slightest trust in the Japanese. Even with your guarantee, we still don't feel at ease. Because before that, your country and Japan openly deceived the whole world." Said Vera looked thoughtfully at the four armored cruisers in the distance.

"Hehe." Jericho naturally knew what Severa was talking about, "The British Empire and the Japanese are in the same group, so they cannot be counted as a third party, and we don't think that because you are a lieutenant colonel, the Japanese are Really keeping promises. We all know what the Japanese did and I take responsibility for my boys and bring the rest back to Spain safely."

"You're giving me a hard time, and don't you think you've run out of options now? I can assure you..." Jericho tried to explain.

"Find a third-party merchant ship or warship, and then send me and my brothers to a safe place, and then the warship will be handed over to the Japanese to take over. This is our condition! And we will never destroy the warship .” Sai Weila didn’t care about Jericho’s rhetoric at all, and repeatedly emphasized.

"This request is very difficult! It is difficult for us to meet." Jericho repeatedly emphasized that now that the United States and Japan have declared war on Spain at the same time, the chaos in this sea area is deadly, and ordinary civilian ships will try to avoid going here, and the Japanese fleet obviously Impossible to stay here for too long. It's not that Jericho doesn't want to help, but that he really can't! And he still couldn't figure out why Sevilla insisted on going to a third country,

Is it bad to be a prisoner? Could it be that the credibility of the British Empire has really reached a level that no one believes?

"No, it's easy. Look over there. There are two French warships. These two battleships are enough to transfer all the people to the French colonies. To ensure that we can travel our promise, we can use Japanese small boats. Transfer personnel. What do you think, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel?" Sevilla said.

Jericho had to admire the luck of the Spaniards to meet the French, but this is not a problem in his opinion. Since the Spaniards are willing to leave, it is not a problem to let the Spaniards leave while preserving the warship. What is unacceptable, and according to a rough survey by the British, the battleship has lost power, so the rest is tow, as long as there are a small number of people to look after the battleship, and considering that the Carlos V was originally a German ship The battleship, in terms of operation, has something in common with the Nisshin, so the Japanese fleet readily accepted this request. As long as the Spaniards hand over the battleship, they can leave!

The French also felt a little dizzy when they saw the huge Japanese fleet. As an old enemy, the French paid close attention to every move of the Germans in military affairs. As a masterpiece exported by the German Navy, the armored cruiser Nisshin It is the top priority of the French, but now, the warships that originally belonged to the two countries actually appeared in the Far East, all of which are intriguing.

But the French are obviously not welcome here. If the Japanese did not need to use French warships to transfer the Spaniards, then I am afraid they would have sent warships to disperse the French. The French were also willing to help with the little effort of transferring personnel. Therefore, under the unkind eyes of the Japanese, hundreds of surviving Spaniards left their flagship. After the flag, this war has nothing to do with the Spanish Navy!

But after the Spaniards left, the Japanese were in trouble. How to deal with this semi-disabled warship that the Americans and Spaniards had already engaged in? According to the idea of ​​the Japanese, it must be taken back, but the deck of this battleship is only more than 2 meters away from the sea surface, and it has lost its power, so the Japanese can only use the battleship to tow it back, and the towing battleship with low power will definitely not work. , so if you want to take it away, you need at least one Nisshin-class armored cruiser. It's okay if it's peacetime. But now is the time of war, God knows when the Americans will pounce!

"The fleet must remain intact to guard against the American fleet. The Americans are still in the south. According to Sevilla's confession, the Americans also suffered heavy losses in this battle. They need to replenish and repair their own warships, so they will pass by in a while. No, in this case, the enemy’s threat to the Luzon landing force is very small, we can definitely pull the warship to Taiwan first, and then send it to Shanghai or Hong Kong after simple repairs.” After comprehensively analyzing various information, Hua Shan Ziji ordered like this, and so far, the United States and Japan have not declared war, and the possibility of the Americans taking the initiative is very small.

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