Chapter 452: Someone Holds Up and Sorrows
When the two super dreadnought battleships of Fengtian and Jilin concentrated their firepower on the battleship Jeansel, the flagship of the Italian Navy, the commander of the Italian Navy, Roberte, finally let go of the insistence in his heart and gave the order to surrender, so that the other Italian naval officers and men, including the captain Ram, on the bridge of the Janesl, immediately cheered loudly, not like they were about to surrender, but like they had won the naval battle.
Ram shouted to the rest of the officers and men of the navy: "Quick! Fast! Fast! Immediately raise the white flag, raise a few more, and make sure that the 2 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy can see clearly, and don't shoot at us again! In addition, contact other warships immediately and convey the commander's orders. ”
With the issuance of Robert's surrender order, the 3 large fast armored cruisers, 3 fast protection cruisers, and 2 destroyers that can risk breaking out of the Northeast Navy will also surrender along with the 3 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships.
After giving the order to surrender, Roberte became much more relaxed, and he said to Ram: "Tell our allies the Japanese in addition!" If they choose to be like us, then the battle here should be over. Alas, it is a pity that I have entered the prisoner of war camp of the Northeast Navy again, and when this war is over and we can return to Italy, I will be ready to withdraw from the Italian Navy, and I will have no face to remain in the Navy any longer. ”
Ram said comfortingly: "Your Excellency Commander, it is really not a fault of the war, no one expected that the Northeast Navy would suddenly appear 13 dreadnought battleships, it is really not your command's responsibility!" ”
Ram said in his heart. Don't do it! I'll have to count on you again when I get back to Italy. As long as you don't fall in the ranks of the Italian Navy, I'll be able to follow you.
Roberte sighed and said, "Actually, it's not my command at any time. But I have buried the Italian Navy fleet in Asia three times, and our Italian Navy has suffered unprecedented heavy losses, and I myself am very depressed! ”
The remaining dozen or so warships of the Italian Navy broke away from the shock formation of the Japanese naval fleet after the order of Commander Roberte, and began to sail to the side, and all raised the white flag, and after leaving the Japanese naval fleet for a distance, more than a dozen warships of the Italian Navy slowly slowed down. Finally stopped at the sea, honestly waiting for the reception of the Northeast Navy.
In the bridge of the Fengtian Super Dreadnought Battleship, Yu Fu Tong Guò telescope saw that the Italian Navy had surrendered, and immediately put down the telescope in his hand, his smiling face was full of folds, and said to Zhen Li, the captain of the Fengtian: "Hahaha! Great, the warships flying the Italian flag have already hoisted the white flag, there are 3 battleships and 3 large fast armored cruisers, which is not a small gain. ”
Zhen Li also said excitedly: "I will send a telegram to the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet immediately. Let them immediately send warships over to receive these surrendered Italian warships, hehe, what a bumper harvest! Now the fleet of the Japanese is left, and it is not known when they will be able to surrender? ”
Yu Fu looked at it and didn't slow down at all. The Japanese fleet, which continued to rush in their direction, pouted and said: "It seems that the Japanese are not so easy to succumb, so let them continue to taste the power of our 406-mm shells!" ”
Inside the bridge of the Japanese Navy Kirishima. Captain Shinji Shirakawa saw the Italian warships raise the white flags one after another, and then broke away from the forward shock formation. His face was very unsightly, and he had already received a flag from the commander of the Italian Navy, Roberte. Knowing that the Italians were frightened by the huge shells of 2 dreadnought battleships, they did not dare to continue to break through to the south, rushed through the interception of the Northeast Navy, and chose to surrender in shame.
The first mate of the Kirishima Yanagawa Nosuke said in a deep voice: "Captain, now that the two dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy have concentrated their firepower on the Michi, we ...... What are we going to do? ”
The Meizhi is one of the remaining three Kongo-class all-steel battleships in the Japanese Navy, in addition to the flagship Kirishima, there is also a Uraba battleship, and these warships in Japan are at least 20,000 meters away from the two dreadnought battleships, which means that they can still only be beaten and cannot fight back, and they have to continue to be aggrieved.
Shirakawa Shinji secretly complained in his heart, where could he do anything, if he could find a way to deal with the Northeast Navy's dreadnought battleships with a long range, the entire Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet would not suffer a crushing defeat in today's naval battle, and he didn't know how many warships could escape the pursuit of the Northeast Navy, and now his own Japanese Navy fleet was in a very bad situation.
Shirakawa Shinji frowned and said: "Yanagawa Jun, now there is only a way to charge forward, there is no other way, do you want our navy of the Great Japanese Empire to surrender to the Northeast Navy in shame like the two navies of Italy and Austria-Hungary?" As a commander, I would never say yes. ”
Yanagawa Yukisuke hurriedly said: "Captain, I don't mean to surrender, there are no 2 words of surrender in my dictionary, I just think that if this continues, our 3 battleships will never have a chance to successfully break through the interception, but ......"
The spirit of bushido is now prevalent in Japan, and this spirit of bushido is instilled in the army, so the Japanese army and navy rarely choose to surrender in the unfavorable situation of war, they believe in fighting to the end and fighting to the last moment of their lives.
"Yanagawa-kun, if you have anything to say, it's already at this time, and there's nothing you can't say."
"Captain, I think it is impossible for our 3 battleships to escape, in order to reserve more warships for the Japanese Empire, it is better for our 3 battleships and the 2 fleets of the Northeast Navy to intercept and pursue, maneuver here, give up the practice of continuing to advance and break through, let our remaining 6 large fast armored cruisers, 10 Yoshino-class fast protection cruisers, 8 destroyers and 24 torpedo boats take the opportunity to rush out of the Penghu waterway, and then let them bypass the island of Taiwan, take the Bass Strait, and return to the Japanese mainland through the Pacific Ocean."
When Shirakawa Shinji heard this, his frowning brows loosened, and he nodded and said, "Yanagawa-kun, just send flags to other warships according to your idea!" However, Yanagawa-kun may have to accompany me to be loyal to the Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor! ”
Yanagawa nosuke said sternly: "Shirakawa-kun, it is the honor of my Yanagawa nosuke to be loyal to the Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, and I believe that the Yanagawa family will also be proud of me, the only regret is that I can't see the day when the Great Japanese Empire will truly dominate Asia, alas, it's a pity that our Great Japanese Empire has worked so hard to build these all-steel battleships." ”
Shirakawa Shinji smiled bitterly and said: "No matter what chance there is in ten thousand, I also hope to bring the remaining 3 battleships back to Japan, but there is an ultra-long-range shelling of the 2 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy in front, and there is more than a dozen all-steel battleships of the Northeast Navy in the back, plus the Italians have also surrendered, the 3 battleships really have no chance to escape." We can't just hold on to the 2 dreadnought battleships that keep sinking our 3 battleships, send flags to the Pop and the Beauty, we turn the bow and catch up with the pursuing Northeast Navy, and if we're lucky, we can damage or even sink 1 battleship of the Northeast Navy. ”
Subsequently, the remnants of the Japanese Navy warships were divided into two, and the three Kongo-class all-steel battleships turned around and rushed to the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy that were pursuing behind, and the other 48 warships of the Japanese Navy rushed to the south of the Penghu Waterway at full speed, preparing to break through the interception of the Northeast Navy interception fleet and escape from Ascension.
Yu Fu discovered the movements of the Japanese Navy in the telescope, discussed it with Zhen Li beside him, and ordered the main guns of the two super dreadnought battleships Fengtian and Jilin, to let go of the only remaining three all-steel battleships of the Japanese Navy, and see that they meant to prepare to fight with the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet that were chasing them behind.
The Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet should be given a little chance for more than a dozen all-steel battleships, and if the credit cannot be given to the 2 super dreadnought battleships, the 3 battleships of the Japanese Navy should be left to the 2 fleets that pursue.
Yu Fu ordered the Fengtian and Jilin to fire at the 1 large Japanese fast armored cruiser that escaped at full speed, which is also a big guy, and the Japanese still have 6, enough for 2 super dreadnought battleships to bombard for a while.
Subsequently, the Fengtian and Jilin continued to bombard the warships of the Japanese Navy fleeing south with their main guns, but the two super dreadnought battleships did not block the channel to death, but gave way to the route of the Japanese Navy's southward escape, and only continued to bombard with their main guns, and did not even let the warships of the Japanese Navy get close to the distance of 10,000 meters from the two dreadnought battleships, nor did they pursue the Japanese warships that escaped interception.
Just like Yu Fu said, the Northeast Navy really doesn't care about the small fish and shrimp left over from the Japanese Navy.
In this way, the warships of the Fifth Fleet that followed the Mukden and the Jilin never had a chance to fire, but the Japanese warships also suffered very heavy losses under the bombardment of the Mukden and Jilin, and in the end only 3 large fast armored cruisers, 8 Yoshino-class fast protection cruisers, 8 destroyers and 24 torpedo boats successfully escaped, and the Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats did not lose any more, but because of the 2 super dreadnought battleships, they simply ignored them.
The Japanese Navy's Kirishima, Uraba and Meizhi 3 battleships, without the bombardment of the super dreadnought battleships, quickly approached the pursuit of more than a dozen all-steel battleships behind, the two sides then bombarded each other, and in the end there was no miracle, Kirishima, Uraba and Meizhi were sunk one after another, and the captain Shirakawa Shinji and the first mate Yanagawa Nosuke on the Kirishima also realized the idea of being loyal to the Great Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor in their hearts. (To be continued......)
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