Boston docks is already busy in the early morning. To support cargo from all over the United States, it is shipped here by train and then shipped to other parts of the world by ocean freighter.
United States As the country with the highest industrial output value in the world, their own domestic market alone is obviously unable to consume all the goods they produce. They must actively explore foreign markets.
However, as Germany took away Britain and France's colonies, United States's products can no longer be sold in these colonies. This has greatly squeezed the overseas market of United States. They can only dump in the Americas market and Island Nation market. However, Germany has also begun to compete with United States in the Americas market, which makes the industrial development of United States more and more difficult. Germany did this, on the one hand, to develop its own industry, and on the other hand, to suppress United States.
Although Germany has the largest colony in the world, as Germany gradually begins to integrate Europe's industry, this also makes Germany's industrial output value higher and higher. It is foreseeable that it will surpass United States in one or two years. Although the market in the colonies is huge, it is estimated that it will be saturated in a few years. By then, Germany will have to further develop overseas markets. What's more, Oscar knows that in a few years, the economic crisis will break out. Germany You must be prepared for this. At the same time, if United States's industry can be suppressed, this will also give Germany a great advantage in future wars. After all, the competition in war is undoubtedly the country's comprehensive strength, and industrial strength is undoubtedly a very important part of it.
Boston people don't know that danger is about to come at this moment. There are even many people who are still sleeping at all.
When the huge German Navy Combined Fleet appeared in the Boston offshore, those Boston people didn't even realize their identity immediately.
"God! What a huge fleet! Does Republic of America actually have such a huge fleet?" A merchant ship owner looked proud, as if United States was the real world's most powerful country.
"Long live Republic of America! We are the most powerful country in the world." A sailor shouted.
Many sailors followed suit, although United States was severely injured by Germany in the previous conflict with Azores. However, under the propaganda of US government, Americans's hatred for Germany continues to rise. At the same time, their national self-esteem and self-confidence have gained unprecedented unity.
An old sailor was fishing on the pier. He looked at everything with a smile.
United States, although it is a country that has only been established for more than a hundred years, although it is very young, it is very powerful. Perhaps it is precisely because of this reason that United States can quickly surpass the established powerhouse Europe in industry and become the most industrially developed country in the world.
"Damn, that's not our fleet. The Iron Cross flag hanging on those battleships!" A United States businessman who was looking at the huge Grand Fleet with a telescope shouted in shock.
"German fleet? What are they doing here?"
"God! Germany people don't want to attack Boston, right? Isn't the conflict over?"
Many people suddenly thought that US government claimed that the Azores conflict was over, but in fact, the two parties had never signed an agreement or document to end the conflict. In other words, this was just Americans's wishful thinking that the conflict was over. In German government's view, Americans can provoke conflicts, but it is German Empire who has the final say as to when the conflict or even the war will end.
When the huge fleet was getting closer and closer to the Boston offshore, and those Capital Shipss even began to cross the ship's body, the Boston people on the dock were all waking up from a dream. They all realized that danger was coming soon.
On German Navy Combined Fleet's flagship 'Caesar' Battleship, Admiral Hipper gave the order to prepare to fire with a cold face.
The 16 Capital Shipss in the fleet have already overwhelmed the ship. Cruisers and destroyers surround the perimeter and are responsible for dealing with potential threats. For example, Americans may dispatch a submarine to attack German Navy. In particular, those anti-submarine destroyers equipped with the most advanced Sonar cruise around the periphery of the fleet, building a tightly sealed anti-submarine network. Once a United States submarine approaches, it will be discovered by them and then sunk with depth charges.
Combined Fleet's Capital Ships's and Naval Gun are slowly rotating, aiming at the port of Boston. In the port, countless Boston people are fleeing in all directions. They shouted Panic as if the end of the world was coming.
Everything that happened in the port was seen by Admiral Hipper through the telescope. However, he had no sympathy for these Americans. In war, people will die. Especially this time it was United States who took the initiative to provoke German Empire, which would mean they were seeking their own death. For people like Admiral Hipper who have experienced countless tragic battles, they are used to seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and their hearts have long been as hard as stone.
"Open fire! Destroy Boston's port and shipyard!" Admiral Hipper issued the order.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The three-seat triple-mounted 50-times-caliber 410mm Main Gun of the 'Caesar' Battleship began to roar. Cannonballs weighing more than a ton roared and smashed into the port of Boston.
A violent explosion sounded in the port, black smoke rose into the sky, and fire was everywhere.
German Navy Combined Fleet's other Capital Ships followed suit and started shooting.
For a time, the port of Boston turned into a hell on earth. Building after building was destroyed in the shelling of German Navy Combined Fleet, and there were craters everywhere. Many of the Boston people who fled in all directions were killed directly in the shelling. Battleship's main gun was so powerful that those people were almost blown to pieces.
In less than an hour, Boston's port was bombed into ruins by German Navy Combined Fleet's fierce shelling.
But even so, German Navy Combined Fleet did not stop. They began to shift their targets to the Boston shipyard. These shipyards were also destroyed. At the same time, the warships that were being built for American Navy on the slipway were all turned into a pile of scrap metal under the fierce bombardment of German Navy.