1855 United States Tycoon

The next day, President William McKinley delivered a speech to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives on Capitol Hill. In his speech, he strongly condemned the terrorist acts of the Spanish government and counted the countless acts committed by Spain in America. Crimes, to paraphrase the ancient Chinese prose, that is, "The forests of the Amazon are exhausted, and the crimes are not exhausted; to resolve the floods of the Atlantic, the evil is inexhaustible." And I, America, has its own manifest destiny, and is entrusted to the Lord God to remove the detriment and filth of the world. To help the people of America and the people of the world get rid of the evil rule of Spain is the Sacred mission given to the great United States of America by God. Therefore, he strongly urged the members of the Senate and House of Representatives to approve him to use military force to solve the problem.

After the President delivered his murderous speech, the Senate and the House of Representatives conducted emergency consultations. Finally, after a vote, at four o'clock that afternoon, the two houses passed a resolution authorizing the President to use military power in Cuba with a majority of nearly three to one. This resolution is not a declaration of war, but everyone knows that such a resolution is actually no different from declaring war.

After obtaining authorization from Congress, President William McKinley immediately issued an order to the navy to block Cuba completely, requesting the navy "to eliminate humanitarian disasters and maintain peace in America and the world," from now on banning any Spanish and Ships from other countries entered Cuban territorial waters and ports.

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The cruiser New Orleans pulled up the anchor chain and sailed out of the Port of Miami. It received an order from its superiors to perform a blockade mission on the coast of Cuba. This is a very easy job, because Spain has no decent warships in Cuba. Compared to the new model with a displacement of 4,500 tons, a top speed of 25 knots, and 8 5-inch caliber, 45-times barreled cannons. The cruiser Orleans, the Spanish naval power in Cuba is completely trivial, and the largest warship in their hands is nothing more than an old-fashioned coastal defense ship with a displacement of 3,200 tons.

Captain Reid was very familiar with the Spanish coastal defense ship in Cuba. Although the warship seemed to be not much smaller than the New Orleans in terms of tonnage, the caliber of the main gun on that ship was even greater. bigger. But this kind of superior egg is of no use. There were two 8-inch guns on the Spaniard’s boat, which looked good. But those two guns are still old enough to be sent into the museum. They have a slow rate of fire, a low initial velocity, and a short range. They are simply impossible to compare with the 5-inch gun on the New Orleans. In addition, the ship is still a coal-fired reciprocating steam engine, and its maximum speed is said to be twelve knots, but considering that the ship’s age is older than Captain Reid’s father, Captain Reid thinks , That boat can run to a speed of ten knots, it is already the Virgin Mary Apparition.

The task is easy. In addition to Spain's weak military power in Cuba, there is another reason that it is the best period of time in the Caribbean. The sea is calm and the waves are calm, the sky is clear, and the sight conditions are particularly good.

The cruiser New Orleans gliding gently across the sea like this, the bow gently separated the tropical clear and blue water. The warm sunlight came in through the glass of the bridge, making people soft. At one point even Captain Reid wondered whether he was performing a combat mission or was on vacation.

"Keep the current speed, turn to area 003, and we will go there and make a round." Captain Reid ordered.

The cruiser deftly turned and headed towards area 003. There are many islands in this area, and there are also many shallows. Many years ago, this was a paradise for pirates. Not long ago it was a paradise for smuggling ships. Now, if Spanish ships try to sneak across the blockade, they will probably arrive first. Here, hide the boat behind an island and wait until it gets dark before sailing towards the port of Havana. So this area is the area that the cruiser New Orleans will focus on.

"Let the boys cheer up." Captain Reid said.

The cruiser slowly passed through the channel between the two small green islands, and the extremely colorful Vajra parrot flew over the warship. One of them fell down and landed on the mast of the warship, far away from the lookout post. Di is less than two meters away. The big parrot with bright coat obviously attracted the attention of Tom the tabby cat, the mascot on the warship. It arched its back, bent down, and crawled towards the parrot quietly.

Andy was also so attracted by all this that he forgot to look around and watched the play attentively.

But maybe the crew fed Tom so full that Tom became a lot fatter and stupid. So when Tom leaped at the Vajra parrot, the speed was obviously too slow. The parrot flew away with one wing, and Tom didn't even catch a single feather.

"Haha, Tom, you are too fat to catch birds." Andy laughed, and at the same time began to continue his own work, searching for possible Spanish ships.

"What's that?" Andy suddenly saw through the binoculars that there seemed to be something behind the island in front. He hurriedly put down the handheld telescope in his hand, and the fixed high-power telescope that was steered to the side. Now the speed of the ship is very slow and the shaking is very small. This kind of telescope with a magnification of 15-20 can barely be used.

This time, Andy saw clearly that it was a merchant ship, turned off, and stopped there quietly.

"Found the ship, direction at ten o'clock!" Andy yelled.

It is a Spanish bulk carrier of about 5,000 tons. In order to avoid the black smoke of the steam engine being seen, the ship turned off and stopped here quietly, waiting for the sunset, but unfortunately encountered the United States cruiser.

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The seizure of Spanish merchant ships by the United States Navy was immediately made public. And it caused a huge disturbance in Spain. The more declining the empire, the more sensitive and arrogant its citizens. So the Spanish nationals immediately launched a demonstration, demanding that the government immediately declare war with the United States, and sent an invincible fleet to clean up the United States barbarians.

In fact, those politicians in Spain know that the Spanish navy is far behind the times. Since Scrooge invented the steam turbine, the United States Navy has been developing rapidly. Today, although the United States Navy is still not enough to compare with the United Kingdom, it is not comparable to Spain. Today's Spanish navy is a little stronger than the historical ones in Scrooge's previous life. This is mainly because after the advent of gas turbines, a large number of warships in the hands of the British immediately became obsolete. These outdated warships were sold by the British all over the world. The Spaniards also picked up some bargains. Therefore, compared with the original history, the Spanish navy is really stronger. They even owned battleships again after the Sailing Age.

However, this is a little stronger. If you compare it with United States, it would be too tragic, because United States is not just a little stronger than its original history. Although the tonnage of the current United States Navy is far inferior to that of the United Kingdom, and even far behind that of Germany, depending on the quality, even the British Navy is drooling. At this time, the United States Navy was already powered by steam turbines, except for speedboats. Even destroyers of about a thousand tons were powered by steam turbines. All warships are all new-style warships (the old ones have been disposed of), and the average ship age is the smallest among all naval powers. Although the Spaniards had the old-fashioned battleships eliminated by the British, the armored cruisers that encountered the United States were to be beaten. If they encountered the new-style battleships of the United States, it would be even more vulnerable. In general, the gap in strength between the two sides is greater than in the original history.

It's just that although everyone knows this, no one dares to say it. Because sometimes it is very offensive to tell the truth. Especially in a declining empire like Spain, telling the truth and exposing what everyone pretends to be invisible, do you think everyone will appreciate you? Then you are too naive! Those people will only scold you for traitorousness or something. This situation is actually very common in any era. For example, if you have everything under your control, you will always think that Chitu can't eat tea eggs, F-22 is plagiarizing IDF; another example is that there is no decent offensive weapon, but it always likes to blow half of it. Those that can destroy the Chitu country’s navy in just a few hours are basically of this type.

In fact, is it true that their media people and their officials are so mentally disabled? In fact, it’s just because telling the truth often suffers. Even if it’s not like what Mr. Lu Xun mentioned, when people give the child a full moon drink, he ran to say "This child will definitely die in the future", the kind of telling the truth, most of the truth is. No good results. Because if they don't make up according to everyone's wishes, and stabbing the delicate self-esteem of the public, they will have no food to eat. Those who like to suffer from Tsundere disease don’t care if what you say is true or not. The more civilized ones will cover their ears with their hands, and at the same time shake their heads violently and shout like they shook their heads and pills. : "I don't listen, I don't listen." (please think about the Taiwanese romance film by yourself) The uncivilized person even shouted "Tianzhu Bachi", ah, no, it is "Tianzhu Country Thief". So everyone can only play dumb together. Anyway, if you are unlucky in the end, I won't be the only one. So, honest, courageous and caring children, before telling the truth, you must see clearly whether the guy opposite is worthy of you telling him the truth. And if it’s your girlfriend or wife over there, you should remember this famous saying: "Frankly be lenient, kneel through the keyboard."

Therefore, at the request of the people, the Spanish government took the initiative to declare war on United States early the next morning.

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