Another World: Naval Storm

"How dare they?" The German Emperor had a look of resentment on his face. The room was in a mess as if it had been looted.

Bolivar's new president, Castro, announced that he would not recognize all foreign debts before May 1899. Later, he announced a suspension of debt repayment, which greatly angered Bolivar's major creditors, the Drak Empire, the Talen Kingdom, and the Itli Kingdom. You should know that the Drak Empire has invested nearly 5 million gold marks in the Bolivarian Republic, making it Bolivar's second largest creditor.

Prime Minister Hohenlohe-Schillingsfister of the Drak Empire urgently summoned the ambassadors of the Kingdom of Talen and the Kingdom of Itli to Germany.

"Ambassadors, I believe you have received the news that Bolivar has refused to repay the debts of our three countries during the negotiations, and will not compensate the losses of the expatriates of the three countries in the civil war!"

Looking at the documents handed over by Prime Minister Hohenlohe, the ambassadors of the two countries turned pale.

"This is a provocation to the free world!" The Talen people like to use freedom to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, but this time the Drake Empire did not object.

"The property of the people of the Itli Kingdom must not be violated!" said Ambassador Itli.

"Then please ask the two ambassadors to go back and report the situation. Our country hopes to form a joint fleet of three countries to go to Bolivar to put pressure on them. They must repay their debts and compensate the losses of the overseas Chinese!" Prime Minister Hohenlohe stated the purpose of looking for them.

"Of course no problem. I believe the kingdom would be happy to send troops to teach those monkeys a lesson!" Ambassador Tarun nodded.

"I have no problem either. The Kingdom of Itli is willing to join forces to seek justice!" The economy of the Kingdom of Itli has not been very good recently, and Bolivar owes a considerable amount of foreign debt.

"Let's toast to the upcoming victory!" Three crossed hands were projected on the map with Bolivar's coordinates printed on it, like a dark net covering it.

****

Tarrant, 10 Downing Street

"The Drakes invite us to join the Itelis in paying a debt to Bolivar?" asked the current Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour to Foreign Secretary Lansdowne, who had informed him of the news.

"Yes, Prime Minister! Bolivar has stopped paying its foreign debts. The interests of the Kingdom's expatriates in the local area cannot be fully protected. Some people in the Kingdom have already asked us to send troops!"

"Then agree to the Drake people's request. It's time to ease the relationship. Order the War Department to send a fleet to join the Drake people. Remember! In the action, you must show the style of the Royal Navy ruling the ocean. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Prime Minister!"

****

The three-nation joint fleet still needed time to assemble, so the Botuka was ordered to conduct reconnaissance in the waters near Bolivar first.

“It looks like this is going to be an easy trip!”

"That's right, the three-nation combined fleet, Bolivar doesn't have the power to contend with us!"

"Bolivar still has more than a dozen torpedo boats and gunboats. Many ants can kill an elephant. The Botuka can't withstand a few torpedoes!"

"Haha, a small boat like theirs would sink if it were to go out of the harbor in a gust of wind!" There was a relaxed and peaceful atmosphere in the command room.

The Botuca, cruising outside the port of La Guaira, has intercepted several merchant ships that wanted to leave the port. The order received by the Botuca was to blockade the port of La Guaira and not allow any ship to leave.

"Captain, a merchant ship flying the flag of the Republic of Yemelica wants to leave!" a sailor came to report.

"Tell them not to leave, or they will suffer the consequences!"

"We are merchant ships from the Republic of Yemelica! You can't order us around!" Captain Old Jack of the Mermaid stood on the bridge, staring at the black muzzle of the Botuka in fear, and kept asking the sailors to repeat the flag signal.

"Follow orders and return to the port. We will let you go once the matter is resolved!" The Botuka sent out flag signals.

"We refuse an order!" The Mermaid held on and refused to give in. The merchant ship's speed increased instead of decreasing.

"We can't let them get away, otherwise the rest of the merchant ships in La Guaira Port will flee!" The captain turned around and ordered Leo behind him, "Go and give them a shot to show them that we are not kidding!"

He received the order and went to a 37mm secondary gun position, directing the gunner to aim at the bow of the merchant ship. "Boom!" A shell directly hit the bow deck 3500 meters away. The damage was not serious, but the warning was obvious.

"Beautiful! A hit on the first shot. Leo is worthy of being a famous student of Kaili College!" The captain applauded happily.

"This is a bunch of lunatics, they are provoking Yemelica!" Old Jack shouted hysterically.

"What should we do on the ship?" The sailors on the Mermaid trembled.

"What should we do? Turn quickly and return to La Guaira Port. I will report the Drake people's brutality to the government!" Old Jack said harshly, and the rudder in his hand turned rapidly.

****

The Bolivarian Navy could not withstand the pressure from all sides and wanted to force the Botuca to retreat before the arrival of the three-nation joint fleet so that all the merchant ships piled up in the port could leave.

The Bolivarian Navy fleet left the port one after another under the cover of shore fire defense, and eight torpedo boats weighing dozens of tons began to line up outside the port.

"Oh my God, they actually want to take the initiative to attack?" The navigator looked surprised.

"Everyone, take your positions and prepare for battle!" the captain immediately gave the order! "If they want to fight, then let's fight!"

The two 105mm naval guns of the Botuka have a range of 12.7 kilometers. Theoretically, the appropriate engagement distance is around four to five kilometers, but the actual combat effect of long-range artillery fire is not very good.

The torpedo boats tried hard to get close to the Botuka, and the Botuka was gradually leading them into the coast. The transformation between hunter and prey happened in an instant.

The wind and waves were strong near the coast, and the warships of both sides were swaying severely, especially Bolivar's torpedo boat, where the waves often submerged the deck.

The torpedo boats with a speed of 18 knots all accelerated to the maximum speed. On a torpedo boat that was shaking violently, Colonel Barn grabbed the railing and stared at the Botuka in the distance.

"Closer, closer, God bless Bolivar." Colonel Bahn studied at the Yemelika Naval Academy and was the only professional who knew how to conduct torpedo warfare.

The entire battle plan was to attack the Bertuca at high speed, close to the Bertuca, in order to severely damage or force the Bertuca to retreat before the arrival of the three-nation fleet and open the blockade. Unfortunately, Bolivar's torpedo boat was only slightly faster than the Bertuca.

Five thousand meters…

Four thousand meters...

Three thousand meters...

The two main guns of the Botuka opened fire first, and with the help of the first-shot hit skill, they killed a torpedo boat with one shot.

The remaining seven ships released torpedoes at 2500 meters, and fourteen torpedoes with white lines hanging on them rushed straight towards them.

The Botuka turned right at high speed to avoid the torpedoes, and all the 37mm secondary guns on the ship opened fire at full speed to intercept the approaching torpedoes. Three of the 14 torpedoes exploded, and the rest posed no threat to the Botuka, which sank to the bottom of the sea after running out of power.

The 105mm main gun fired five shots and knocked out two more torpedo boats. Bolivar could no longer bear the loss and retreated to La Guaira Harbor. On the way to pursue, the front main gun sank another torpedo boat with two shots. When they chased to the vicinity of La Guaira Harbor, the coastal defense guns opened fire to cover the remaining torpedo boats to return, and the battle ended.