The northern Java Sea is not more than 10,000 meters away from the battlefield.

On the USS Illinois battleship, Major General Clus, the chief of staff of the U.S. Colonial Navy in the Philippines, stood on the bridge, looking at the battlefield of the distant artillery fire, and his brow was wrung into a river trip.

Major General Edward, captain of the Illinois who was standing next to Clus, had no better expression.

They had been eyeing the British fleet for a long time, and the powerful United States and Britain were contenders for global interests, and American industry during this period was overtaking Britain.

Although the United Kingdom and the United States are culturally homologous, the relationship between the United States and the United States, which has been the main country since, for nearly 150 years, and the United States, the former main country, and the later independent colony, the United States, have been less harmonious.

There are subtle differences between the two countries in terms of national psychology.From the beginning of the Victorian era, with the material and spiritual prosperity brought about by the industrial revolution, Britain gradually developed a sense of superiority that the rest of the world did not have, and almost all people outside the British mainland regarded as "barbarism".

In the eyes of many Britons, the United States is a very strange and distant country, the place for those who are exiled and sentenced criminals, where people have low living standards, poor cultural quality, insignificant international status, and inaction on world affairs.

Although the average American is influenced by the culture of the mother country, he does not have much affection for Britain, on the contrary, he often sees it as an enemy of his wealth and a spiritual oppressor, and he has a contradictory feeling for the British in culture.

Early American politicians regarded Britain as a symbol of colonial rule, and the word British was no different from dangerous.

On a larger scale, Britain is the representative of the old world and the old forces, the shackles of the new forces, and the United States is the symbol of the new forces, the living force that breaks and smashes the traditional forces.

Britain and the United States, where relations are not harmonious, are indispensable to all kinds of competition, especially in recent years, the expansionism of the United States, whether it is the Maine incident or the Philippine colony, have made the British very vigilant.

But the United States is also wary of the British.

In front of the eyes is the best embodiment, the British teamed up and joined the Dutch in Southeast Asia to send troops.

Americans will not miss such a good opportunity, but only with their eyes.

The strong isolationist currents in the United States and the caution of the international situation have left the U.S. government helpless and did not think about doing anything in this war.

A battleship, just with curiosity and learning attitude, to observe this war, do not need the invitation of others, anyway, is to look at the edge, how much you can see, is their own business.

It is just that this naval battle not only came suddenly, but also made the audience look at it with some courage and fear.

Ten thousand meters away, want to see the battlefield clearly, that is basically impossible, not to mention today this kind of sky is not beautiful weather.

From the sound of a peek at the gunfire and the distant fire, Clus saw something shocking, or inscrutable.

"This Fan Yize is not easy, the British Navy is completely at a disadvantage."

Edward on the side was also a state of embarrassment, as he dealing with the British Navy every day, how could he not know the strength of the British Far East Fleet.

But such a powerful fleet, actually pressed, even so far, have not even seen the British sinking of the other's warships, which in Edward's view is more like watching fairy tales.

"It's incredible, if it's not too dangerous, I want to go over and see what's going on?"Edward lamented.

“The British Far East Fleet is expected to be defeated, several rounds of shelling down, the British firepower has been greatly reduced, and it has never escaped the intensive artillery range of the other side.”Clus is a naval staff officer, even if not close to view, can understand the situation on the battlefield from the most basic artillery fire.

"The British have nothing great."Edward said something disagreed.

"I think this time the British kicked the iron plate, what kind of person is Fan Yize?"

Clus muttered a word, and his heart became more and more curious about Fan Yize.

In the telegram from the country, Fan Yize's name was also mentioned many times, and he also knew that the reason why the British knew that it was Fan Yize was also deliberately disclosed by Washington.

The United States suspects that Fan Yize secretly formed an army somewhere in the world, which is not a subjective speculation, but the result of a large number of American think tanks and layers of analysis.

Now this has been thoroughly confirmed, and as the United States wishes, the British have opened up more unknown aspects of Fan Yize.

However, it is difficult for Clus to accept the fact that the British Far Eastern Fleet did not defeat the mysterious fleet under Fan Yize, which has shown that the fleet under Fan Yize is the first navy in the Far East and stepped on the British Navy.

Most importantly, Clus heard unusual things from the sound of guns.

Because of the distance, Clus could not see the warship under Fan Yize, but from the dense roar of the ship gun roared, this mysterious fleet has far more powerful fire density than the warships of various countries.

And it also has very sophisticated tactics, as the world's navy of the strongest Britain, is far inferior.

From the point of view of speed, the speed of those warships, including the speed of the battleships, exceeded twenty knots, otherwise the British would not be chased so badly.

From this, it can be concluded that the warships under Fan Yize have more than the fire density and speed of the world's active warships.

Firepower, speed, these two key technologies are enough to make the world excited.

But until now, everything is just speculation, what the United States wants to do, and Clus only has a slight suggestion.

Even now, Clus wants to be close to the battlefield, but he can't do it, no matter what happens in front, the U.S. warships can't come near when the battlefield has not yet settled.

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On the sea not far from the United States Illinois, German and French warships are also concerned about this naval battle in the distance.

The sudden naval battle, not only the British were not prepared, but they were the same.

Like the Americans, the warships of Germany and France are only far away, and they dare not have the slightest provocation.

Wander along the safe distance so that the other party does not see it as an enemy, and then a few shots.

Both Germans and French people, like the Americans, were extremely shocked by the current naval battle, and even a little did not believe that what they saw was true.

Today, however, is not April Fool’s Day, and the mighty British Far East Fleet is on the verge of destruction.