The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 806: From now on, Spaniards eat with dogs at the same table

After the navy left, Chen Zhengwei instructed his henchmen:

"Send a telegram to Guan Chamberlain, they will set off the day after tomorrow! Head straight for Manila, don't let the Villayard leave the port!"

"Confirm the location of the Warrior again!"

Guan Chambers, with the Los Angeles, Oakland and several torpedo boats, is now in Ryukyu, only two and a half days away from Manila.

According to the plan, Chen Zhengwei would launch an attack within one day of the Spanish reinforcements arriving in Santiago.

Guan Qianbo would launch the attack at the same time as Chen Zhengwei, or half a day at night.

After giving the instructions, Chen Zhengwei stood up and stretched.

He was looking forward to the upcoming Cuban naval battle.

I look forward to the beautiful expressions on the faces of the Spanish people after their fleet is sunk.

Getting up and going upstairs, Cicely sat in the room looking out the window, then turned to look at Chen Zhengwei and said angrily, "You told me you were here for vacation!"

"That's right, others are fighting, and you are on vacation!" Chen Zhengwei raised his eyebrows.

Otherwise it would be so boring coming here!

"Just wait here for a few days! It will be over soon!"

"After all... the Spanish are faster! They are often over before you can react!" Chen Zhengwei smiled and told a joke that Cicely couldn't understand.

The next morning, Chen Zhengwei got up early, which was unusual for him. He went downstairs at 7 a.m. in his trousers and shirt, yawning.

The car is already waiting downstairs.

Chen Zhengwei arrived at the port with hundreds of people, which was still filled with smoke and the smell of fire.

A large number of dock workers were busy cleaning the dock, but everyone was a little uneasy, like a frightened bird, and would immediately stand up and look over at the slightest movement.

Fearing that the port would be attacked again.

Chen Zhengwei sat in the carriage and looked at the workers. He had already made arrangements.

Several well-known investors will reduce their investments here and turn to investing in Houston, which will become a trendsetting indicator.

At the same time, he has also expressed his concerns about the future of Galveston on various occasions.

As long as this voice spreads, those investors will soon reduce their local investments and turn to investing in Houston.

Moreover, in the past two years, with the continuous excavation of Galveston Bay south of Houston, there has been a channel large enough for commercial ships with a displacement of 4000 tons, and the depth has been excavated from 3 meters to 10 meters.

Although this waterway is currently relatively narrow, only 50 meters, it will only need to be widened in the future.

The entire waterway widening project will continue for another three years to form a waterway more than 120 meters wide.

This waterway solved the problem of building Houston from scratch, and large commercial ships can also enter Houston directly through the waterway.

With the investors and funds moving from Galveston to Houston, Houston will develop rapidly in the future.

A moment later, Chen Zhengwei and his men boarded a small boat at the corner of the dock, where a temporary dock was urgently built for small boats to dock.

In the middle area of the dock, there were several ships sunk there, and it would take more than a month or two to clear them out.

"Once you're on board, keep an eye on those navy men!"

"If there's something wrong, there's no need to hold back!"

Chen Zhengwei gave instructions to his men on the boat.

"Brother Wei, is the US Navy going to do something bad?" The henchman was a little surprised.

"Probably not, but just in case! What if one of them gets more and more angry the more he thinks about it?" Chen Zhengwei said.

"Do you know why I have come this far? It's because I am cautious enough!"

Half an hour later, Chen Zhengwei and his men boarded the Atlanta.

This is a light armored cruiser that was just launched at the end of last year. It has a displacement of 3189 tons, is steam-powered, has a speed of 15 knots, and is equipped with 2 8-inch guns and 6 6-inch guns.

The sailors on the deck stopped what they were doing, stood in the distance and looked at this side with complicated expressions.

"Welcome, Commander!" Stephen Luce came over and said, he had regained his composure.

"This is the temporary flagship Atlanta!"

While speaking, he also saw a few thugs carrying a large box up behind Chen Zhengwei, which made him look at it twice out of curiosity.

"The Commander and your men will spend the next two days on this ship. Where do we go now?"

"21°52 North Latitude, 85°51 West Longitude, 100 kilometers west of Cuba, we'll meet there!"

"Get ready to sail!"

Ten minutes later, the Atlanta set sail south and first joined the Atlantic Fleet.

Chen Zhengwei stood on the deck and looked at the warships in the distance, more than half of which were made of wood. He said to Stephen Luce, "If we win this battle, I can ask people to lobby Congress to add some armored warships for you!"

“These ships should have been retired long ago!”

“And the bridges on new warships should be built so that they are not exposed to the sun, wind or heavy rain.

Although the Atlanta was a new ship, it did not even have a bridge. The rudder was located on a platform above the deck, and the captain had to be on it regardless of wind or rain.

After slapping someone in the face, Chen Zhengwei is never reluctant to give the other person a sweet treat.

"Sounds good!" Stephen Luce said somewhat insincerely. He had heard that Chen Zhengwei's ships all had bridges... but he had never seen one.

He felt that only rich people who could not endure hardship would do this.

The navy should fight against the wind and waves, and the captain should make sure everyone can see him in any situation.

However, Chen Zhengwei said that he could lobby Congress to add more warships to the navy, which made him feel a lot better.

That's all the naval officers care about.

"Do you think the navy should fight the wind and waves? Using the bridge is hypocritical?" Chen Zhengwei seemed to hear that he was not sincere. He turned his head to look at him and sneered:
"I heard that many people in Africa are still chasing lions with spears. Do you want to learn from them?"

"Only a fool would endure hardship without suffering."

"And standing here, a shell or even a fragment can take you away!"

Chen Zhengwei looked up at the sky and said after a moment:
"It will rain tonight, and you can then show off your naval prowess! The good news is that the wind and waves are not strong and will not pose any threat to the fleet."

Then he took over the captain's room.

He opened the system and glanced at the skill bar on the panel.

Insight (Master) LV9, Hand of War (Master) LV9, Fighting (Master) LV8, Precision Shooting (Master) LV7, Ocean Chess Player (Master) LV7, Danger Detection LV6, Battlefield Intuition LV6, Throwing Mastery LV6, Swimming LV6, Hammer Skill LV5, Master of Astronomy LV4, Weapon Control LV4, Artistic Expression LV4, Bedroom Arts LV4, English LV3, Center of Gravity LV3, Ocean Current Perception LV3, Purity of Mind LV1, Center of Stage LV1, Human Body Structure LV1.

The last time he upgraded his bedroom arts to level 4, the resulting auxiliary skill was actually "purity of mind," which allowed him to overturn the table with one kick.

As for the two master skill points, he never used them.

There hasn’t been much need for self-improvement lately.

After looking at it for a while, he closed the skill bar again. Ocean Chess Player LV7 is enough.

He has not yet found a way to break through the skill level to LV9, and has never drawn it.

He wanted to save up a few master skill points to see if this thing could be synthesized.

……

Stephen Luce looked up at the sky. As a man who had been on the sea for half his life, he didn't expect it to rain that night.

After a moment he looked away and curled his lips, and he began to look forward to it.

He wanted to prove that Chen Zhengwei was wrong.

He could never let go of Chen Zhengwei's dominance. Even if he could not take back the command, he wanted to prove that Chen Zhengwei was wrong, which would give him some psychological advantage.

All day long, he glanced at the sky from time to time, and in the afternoon he smiled to himself.

I am also possessed by the devil.

Everyone who has been to the sea knows that the character of the sea is more unpredictable than that of a woman. It may suddenly be stormy, and then clear up in the next moment.

However, as evening approached, the wind began to blow, and large dark clouds quickly spread in the distance, covering everyone's heads.

The ship was also constantly bumping and rolling on the sea.

"It's raining?" Stephen Luce held the rudder in his hand, staring blankly at the sky, a drop of rain fell on his face.

"Really? How did he know?"

"Mr. Lieutenant General, it's raining! Why don't you go back to the captain's room first?" The adjutant beside him hurriedly came over with a raincoat, and seeing that he was still in a daze, he shouted loudly.

“It’s really… hell!”

Soon, the rain continued to fall.

Even though he was wearing a raincoat, half of his body was soaked by the rain.

"The rain really wasn't that heavy... The wind and waves weren't that strong... How on earth did he know that?"

The next day, when Lieutenant General Stephen Luce faced Chen Zhengwei, there was a bit more complexity in his eyes, and he seemed to be hesitant to speak from time to time.

"Want to know how I know that?" Chen Zhengwei was eating beef and canned tomatoes... He didn't even bring a chef with him to fight this time.

After eating half of the can, Chen Zhengwei threw the can away, cursing, "Not even a dog would eat this!"

"I heard that the food in your navy is even worse. Is that true?"

"If I were you, I would have killed the Minister of Naval Logistics long ago!"

Chen Zhengwei stood up and stretched, mockingly saying, "How can you fight a war if you can't even tell the weather? That's why I asked you in the hotel before... How did you become a vice admiral? Your wife must be very beautiful!"

Stephen Luce had a bewildered look on his face, his mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

……

Two and a half days later, the U.S. Atlantic Fleet arrived at the target area. Sailors on the observation deck saw black smoke coming out of chimneys on the sea in the distance and shouted: "There are a lot of ships ahead, they should have arrived!"

When the Atlantic Fleet discovered the fleet in the distance, Chen Zhengwei's fleet also discovered them.

Soon the two sides came together.

"Change the flagship to Palmer! Notify all captains to hold a meeting on the flagship!" Chen Zhengwei was in a good mood after seeing his fleet.

He really didn't like the US Navy's ships that didn't even have bridges.

In the next battle, the Warrior will also be the main force... Chen Zhengwei also does not plan to place the flagship on the Warrior.

The USS Palmer is the best choice.

Two hours later, all the captains gathered on the bridge of the Palmer.

Most of these naval officers were seeing the bridge for the first time and all showed envious expressions.

Nowadays, even British warships don’t have bridges, only Chen Zhengwei’s warships have them.

However, it is said that the latest battleship designed by the United Kingdom also has a bridge designed.

Chen Zhengwei sat on a chair with a map in front of him and everyone standing around him.

"The battlefield this time is these two ports, Havana and Santiago. The main force in Havana is the Ortega with a displacement of 4500 tons. This is a new type of armored cruiser. The thickness of the armor will not exceed 4 inches, but it has good protection against artillery."

"In addition to the Ortega, there are four wooden warships, with a displacement of between 1200 and 3000 tons, which are the main combat force of Spain in the Caribbean."

"But this is not the main battlefield this time!"

"The main battlefield is here, Santiago! The reinforcements sent by Spain will arrive between midnight tonight and noon tomorrow." Chen Zhengwei stretched out his hand and pressed on the map.

"So we have to split our forces into two groups! Block them in the port and fight them!"

"Stephen Luce, you will lead the Atlanta, Boston, Trenton, Franklin, and Wabash to Havana. Your main mission is to attract the attention of the Spanish fleet and suppress and sink their wooden warships."

"I will send four torpedo ships to assist you! They will close in and sink the Ortega, then come back to assist you!"

"Stephen Luce, as the commander, remember your mission! The other torpedo ships will judge the timing of the attack by themselves! If the Spaniards don't react, they will attack before you and sink the target. If the Spaniards are already prepared, they will attack after you attract their attention!"

"I'll follow your command!" Stephen Luce saluted subconsciously.

The other naval officers looked at Stephen Luce in surprise.

These days they are still annoyed about the change of commander and have been talking and cursing about it on the ship.

But it seemed that Stephen Luce accepted it faster than them.

"As for the other ships, go to San Diego with me! I have already said something, but I will remind you again here! If any ship disobeys my command, I will sink it directly. You will not have the chance to return to the United States, and your family will not be compensated! Because the US government will declare you traitors!"

"Did you hear that?" Chen Zhengwei's gaze swept across everyone's face like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath.

Everyone's expression was stern. "Follow your command!"

"Very good!" Chen Zhengwei nodded. "This war will end soon!"

"Three hours!" Chen Zhengwei stood up and put his hands on the table.

"It will only take us three hours at most to send the Spanish warships to the bottom of the sea! From now on, the Spanish can only sit at the same table with dogs when they eat!"

"Now, confirm the flag signals with each other, and then go back and make preparations! We will set off in three hours!"

Chen Zhengwei gave the order in a tone that left no room for doubt.

"Yes, Commander!"

No matter what they thought of Chen Zhengwei in their hearts, at this moment they were all impressed by Chen Zhengwei's aura and stood straight.

Will Spanish people eat at the same table with their dogs in the future?
They liked this sentence, it made their blood boil.

　I'd like to recommend Lao Zhao's book, his book is good in every way except for one thing, the author is born short!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)