Chapter 225: End

When the storm came, the Japanese finally gave up the pursuit and started to return to the main battlefield. The chase was too scattered just now. Now the Japanese need to gather the fleet to make plans for the next move. To be honest, the Japanese also paid a certain price in this battle. Except for the Kasuga that was killed by a torpedo, the Fuji, which had been shooting at Iowa, was considered the worst warship in the Japanese fleet. Three of the four 10-inch guns were destroyed. The six 6-inch guns on the side strings were half broken. Although the American artillery skills are not flattering, even Huashan Ziji believes that if you continue to chase and fight, it will be the Fuji!

The Yashima, which was caught against the Brooklyn, was also destroyed. The original high-strength bridge was full of traces of high-explosive projectiles. Huge bullet holes and traces of high-temperature flames burned everywhere. Yes, although the core cabin has not suffered any heavy losses, it is inevitable to return to Hong Kong for major repairs.

  The Japanese fleet is the 4 Asama-class armored cruisers produced in Bavaria that have maintained their combat effectiveness. Almost all Japanese naval officers and soldiers now think that these 5 million pounds are too worthwhile! He even said that if the Japanese Navy ordered another cruiser, then there would be no need to consider other models, and four more ships according to this model! Of course, let’s not talk about political issues. It was just this budget that made the officials of the Japanese Ministry of Finance come to the Admiralty and desperately.

   But even so, the four kings in the Japanese navy still need to go back to rest, and nothing else, the ammunition stock is somewhat insufficient. At first, the Japanese did not expect to fight the Americans so quickly. In order to ensure the speed, the load of ammunition and coal was restricted, but now it is good. After winning, they cannot pursue the victory and can only go home to replenish them. As for the other two cruisers? Also need to go back to repair. So after gathering up the fleet, the Japanese fleet began to sail north and informed the government of the Sulu Sea battle through telegram.

  At this time, the rectification of the Japanese fleet is full of joy, and years of depression and sorrow disappeared after this battle! For the Japanese, whether it was the black ship's hatred of the US fleet that broke the Japanese gate, or the two sides' game around Hawaii over the years, or the hatred and humiliation of Russia's entanglement of the three-nation interference in the past, they were all suffered after this war. The blood of the US and Russian navies has been washed away!

  "From then on, the Japanese navy dominates the Far East!" When Huashan Ziji shouted this toast at the banquet of high-level officers, the whole banquet hall was full of cheers. Even some militant Japanese officers have begun to wonder if Hawaii will be taken down in the next step!

   As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad. The Japanese fleet that won is naturally happy, and the American fleet that is the loser is silently wounded. After the captain of the New York was opened by a shrapnel, Ma Jifen automatically took over the command of the fleet. The Japanese were eating, drinking, and having fun, and Ma Jifen had not even had time to eat beef jerky since the battle ended.

  Like some boat that sailed too fast, the swells made the breach further widened, the temporary hospital was flooded, medicines and gauze were not enough, and other problems were like a nightmare that made Ma Jifen unable to get away. Although these issues are tricky, they are not difficult to deal with. What really worries Ma Jifen is, what will the US fleet do next? It is estimated that the elite forces of the US-Russian fleet have been wiped out by a single net, and there are only 2 ships that can be hit. Those sky armored cruisers will die if they encounter it.

Now let alone assisting the landing forces in the southern Philippines, the U.S. fleet itself is hard to protect. After working all night, watching the re-rising sun, while eating beef jerky while drinking slightly salty water, Ma Jifen fell into thought. .

After the Battle of Manila Bay and the Battle of the Sulu Sea, there was no possibility of negotiation between the United States and Japan. It can even be said that when the US and Japan fleet entered the Philippines from the north and the south at the same time, the outbreak of war between the two sides has become a reality. It's a foregone conclusion, but no one thought that the Americans would lose so badly and so quickly! A few hours of battle turned the U.S. Navy's years of efforts into a humiliating failure! Although Ma Jifen participated in the Qing-Japanese War and had a certain understanding of the Japanese Navy, when this result came, he was still somewhat unacceptable! It's cruel!

  In the eyes of outsiders, there are nothing more than two roads before the Americans. The first is to withdraw to Samoa, and then spend two to three months waiting for the arrival of the American battleship formation. The other way is to withdraw from the Philippines. But in Ma Jifen's view, people are too optimistic about this situation! As Japanese, they don't do anything. Once they do it, they will never die! Now that it has reached a level that cannot be eased, Ma Jifen believes that 80% of the Japanese will attack American Samoa! Only after knocking out Samoa, the U.S. Navy will lose its bridgehead into Asia. Before the completion of the Panama Canal, even if the U.S. wants revenge, it will be impossible!

"Samoa is not safe. The only way now is to stabilize Japan~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to buy time for the army to mobilize." Ma Jifen found that the U.S. Navy has fallen into a deadlock. Samoa’s status is important and the Americans cannot Give up easily, and now the Far East's military power is not enough to keep this bridgehead. The Japanese are very likely to do something, so what should the US Navy do now?

This kind of political matter was not for him to decide, so he quickly focused on the most realistic place. On the one hand, he needed to go to Morro Bay and other landing sites to inform the US landing forces that the US Navy had been defeated, so that they could prepare. Retreat, and at the same time he needs to immediately rush back to the German colony of Emperor Wilhelm in the Far East, where they will receive supplies and repair the warship. At the same time, he also needs to send the resurrected Japanese and British to Hawaii, and then to the United States! The British and the Japanese planned this together, and the American government and people must know about this!

Just as Magifen was facing these things, Shelly, who was rescued by the Germans, was already doing these things. In order to report these things to the country earlier, the German ground telegraph station must be used to achieve this goal. So Shelly told the Germans all these things in every detail! He also stated that if he could run into Maguifen’s New York in the German colony, Shelly would order Maguifen to cooperate closely with the German government. And just as the first round of the US-Japan confrontation just came to an end, the diplomatic and political confrontation between the two sides continued.

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