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    The vast Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean in the world, has completely become China's bathtub in a sense.  After attacking the Chinese Navy's Santa Cruz Island Naval Base and Tumaco Naval Base, the main U.S. fleet retreated into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving the Chinese Navy with no rivals in the Pacific.  Chile, the naval power in South America, although its strength is the best among South American countries, it is simply not enough in front of the Chinese navy.  In addition, Chile is a country supported by China and will not be hostile to China, so it will not pose a threat to China.  As for Australia in the South Pacific, although it still belongs to the United Kingdom, as the situation in Europe becomes more and more tense, the possibility of Germany launching a decisive naval battle against the United Kingdom is becoming more and more likely. Under such circumstances, the British navy is in the world  Everyone in the area began to shrink their strength, and all the main fleets were transferred back to the mainland. Only some old warships were left in other colonies.  The Chinese navy has become the undisputed hegemon in the entire Pacific.

    However, at this stage, the Chinese Navy, because the Panama Canal is still under intense repair, China has dispatched tens of thousands of engineering troops to Panama, plus 100,000 local labor recruits, it will take a long time to blow it up.  of canals repaired.  Before the canal is repaired, the Chinese Navy can only bully the light warships of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet.  The most important task is to ensure the safety of sea transportation lines and ensure that the logistics supply lines of the two million troops of the Chinese Army and Air Force on the Mexican battlefield will not be cut off.

    If China wants to supply its troops on the Mexican battlefield, it must cross the shining Pacific Ocean.  A voyage of more than 10,000 kilometers takes a full month for a transport ship that generally maintains a speed of ten knots.  Fortunately, the Hawaiian Islands have become China's territory, otherwise it would be very troublesome to ensure that the supply lines are open.

    The Hawaiian Islands have now become a huge warehouse.  A large number of merchant ships transported various materials and personnel from China to Hawaii, and then Navy transport ships transported these materials to Mexico.  The reason for adopting this method is to ensure the safety of the transport fleet.

    Navy transport ships are stronger than ordinary merchant ships.  Although the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet has been blocked in the port, after the war broke out, these U.S. navies were unwilling to be lonely and tried to rush into the ocean several times.  Therefore, the Chinese Navy has to send additional warships to protect maritime transportation lines.  If the sea transportation line is cut off, the two million Chinese troops on the Mexican battlefield will be in crisis.  Such a situation cannot be forgiven by His Majesty the Emperor or the General Staff.

    Clarion Island is a small island in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, only 1,400 kilometers away from the port of Acapulco, Mexico.  It is a relay station on the 5,500-kilometer route from Hawaii to Acapulco.  The Chinese Navy has built a supply point on the island to replenish fuel, fresh water and food for passing warships and merchant ships.  However, after the war began, this area of ????sea has also become a focus of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet.

    In response to the continuous offensive launched by the Chinese army on the Mexican battlefield, U.S. President Theodore.  Under Roosevelt's order, the commander of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet, Robert.  Vice Admiral Koontz dispatched a large number of light cruisers, destroyers and submarines from the San Diego Naval Base into the Eastern Pacific to attack the maritime transportation lines protected by the Chinese Navy.  The waters off Clarion Island, which is only 1,800 kilometers away from San Diego, are the key targets of the US Navy's West Coast Fleet.

    After the war broke out, the main fleet of the U.S. Navy stayed on the east coast. Because the Panama Canal was destroyed, the main force of the Chinese Navy was unable to attack the main fleet of the U.S. Navy for a while.  The U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet all remained in the port, relying on the protection of coastal defense fortresses to act as a presence fleet.  According to the original treaty signed between China and the United States, the U.S. Navy is not allowed to deploy large warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons on the West Coast.  Therefore, the warships of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet were basically light cruisers and destroyers. Until the Chinese Navy's submarines showed their power in naval battles, the U.S. Navy also strengthened the construction of submarines.  The U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet now has a total of hundreds of warships and more than 40 submarines.  The main fleet of the Chinese Navy has been patrolling in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and the San Diego military port of the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet has also become a key defensive place.  Off the coast of San Diego, the Chinese Navy has been maintaining a powerful fleet composed of several battleships and heavy cruisers to block the US Navy fleet in the port. Once any warships are found leaving the port, all will be destroyed.  Although these U.S. warships are small warships and will not pose any threat to the Chinese navy, the fear is that these warships will attack the Chinese military's maritime transportation lines on the Mexican battlefield.

    In the months since the war started, the U.S. Navy's West Coast Fleet has tried to send warships out of the port several times, but was blocked and several warships were destroyed.  The U.S. West Coast Fleet will be honest and will never be used again.??Sent the fleet to sea.  This also caused the Chinese navy to relax. This eventually caused the Chinese military's sea transportation line from Mexico to the Hawaiian Islands to be attacked by the US Navy, and it paid a heavy price.

    Theodore.  After President Roosevelt once again entered the White House, Commander Robert.  Koontz was threatened with dismissal if he failed to launch an attack on China's maritime transport lines.  In this case, Robert.  Lieutenant General Kontz no longer cared about preserving his strength.  In early April, with the help of rain and darkness on the sea, a large number of light cruisers, destroyers and submarines were dispatched to leave the San Diego Naval Port and enter the Pacific Ocean.

    In order to avoid encirclement and suppression by the Chinese Navy, these warships of the U.S. Navy¡¯s West Coast Fleet often disperse and act alone while flying the flags of other neutral countries.  The sea supply problem that has been plaguing the U.S. Navy is also solved by transport ships disguised as merchant ships from other countries.  This ensures smooth supply for U.S. warships in the eastern Pacific.

    The U.S. Navy¡¯s warships are operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Of course, it is impossible to hide this from the Chinese Navy.  Although the U.S. Navy flies the flag of a neutral country, any fool knows it is a disguise.  For example, there are several warships flying the Peruvian flag in the Eastern Pacific. However, according to the intelligence obtained by the Chinese Navy, the Peruvian Navy only has old warships and no new warships at all.  The Chinese Navy immediately encircled and suppressed these US warships.  But the Eastern Pacific is too vast, and the U.S. Navy's warships operate dispersedly. Only a small part of the warships sunk by the Chinese Navy.

    At 12 noon on April 28, a fleet of twelve transport ships, under the protection of one heavy cruiser, three light cruisers and five destroyers, continued to replenish fresh water at Carrarion Island and continued to the  Acapulco sailing.  These transport ships carry oil that is urgently needed on the front line, including gasoline and aviation fuel for aircraft.  In addition, the frontline armored forces suffered heavy losses, and these transport ships also carried many tanks and armored vehicles, as well as replacement parts and so on.

    At 1:25 pm, in the waters 25 kilometers east of Carrion Island, the transport fleet encountered the US Navy fleet.  This fleet consists of five light cruisers and five destroyers.  At that time, these warships were flying the flag of the South American country Brazil.  But when the two sides were less than ten kilometers apart, these warships lowered the Brazilian flag, raised the American Stars and Stripes, and accelerated towards the Chinese Navy's transport fleet.

    The naval warships responsible for protecting the transport fleet immediately took action. The heavy cruiser Minjiang, along with three light cruisers and three destroyers, faced the U.S. fleet.  The other two destroyers protected the transport fleet and at the same time began an emergency turn to prepare to escape from this sea area.  In addition, telegrams for help were also sent to other nearby naval warships.

    The U.S. light cruisers and destroyers performed very bravely.  There is still a certain gap in the combat power of US warships compared with the same type of warships in the Chinese Navy, not to mention that the Chinese fleet also has a "Jianghe-class" heavy cruiser to dominate the battle.  ¡®Minjiang, the heavy cruiser¡¯s three triple-mounted 210mm main guns are so powerful that the US light cruisers and destroyers cannot resist it. Once hit, they will either die or be injured.  Although the US fleet has a certain advantage in numbers, it is retreating steadily under the attack of the Chinese fleet.  It is only a matter of time before the Chinese fleet annihilates this American fleet.

    However, just when the Chinese Navy thought this battle was certain to be won, an accident happened.  From beginning to end, this American fleet was just trying to attract the attention of the Chinese fleet that was escorting the transport fleet.  The real killer move was not them, but the U.S. Navy submarine that had already been hiding underwater.  The performance of the U.S. Navy's submarines is only equivalent to the Squid-class submarines equipped in the early days of the Chinese Navy.  Because of its short range and the small number of torpedoes it carries, it is not suitable for ocean warfare.  But when these submarines were ambushed underwater and the Chinese Navy's transport fleet broke into their ambush circle, it also caused a devastating blow to the Chinese Navy's transport ships.

    At 1:50 p.m., the U.S. Navy submarine USS Albuquerque took the lead in launching two torpedoes at a Chinese Navy transport ship.  The transport ship with too low speed did not notice these two torpedoes at all, and even if it was discovered, it could not avoid them.

    Two minutes later, a huge explosion broke out on the sea. The Chinese Navy transport ship Changshan Island, which was loaded with more than 5,000 tons of fuel, was blown into two pieces and sank within ten seconds.  After entering the bottom of the sea, a raging fire broke out on the sea!
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