In this naval battle in the northwest of Sri Lanka Island, the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers have been fighting fiercely here for 3 hours and 40 minutes, and the time has reached 12 o'clock at noon, the battle scene is still extremely tragic, and the huge scale of the fleets of both sides has been slimmed down a lot, especially the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers, and the effect of slimming down is more obvious.

Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet and the commander of the British Navy, felt that the situation of this naval battle was already very unfavorable to the Allies and the Allies, so he ordered 8 large fast armored cruiser formations, 21 fast protection cruiser formations, 22 destroyer formations, and 32 torpedo boat formations to bypass the battle line of the joint expeditionary fleet in front and launch an attack on the battle line of the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, intending to disrupt the battle line of the Chinese Empire and create an opportunity for the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet.

Bridget's vision is very good, but reality doesn't work out the way he envisioned it.

Sun Xitao, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Chinese Navy, saw the movements of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and immediately sent more large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats to the area, forming an even more fierce battle in the sea area between the battle lines of the two sides.

Not only did the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet be unable to get close to the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and disrupted the bombardment of the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet by the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Expeditionary Fleet on the battle line, but also caused extremely heavy losses to the warships of other types launched by the Combined Expeditionary Fleet.

Moreover, Bridget made the battle line of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet adjust its direction and no longer continue to get closer to the battle line of the Chinese Empire. Sailing in parallel at a distance of 7,000 meters doesn't seem to have any effect. The battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were still losing at a very rapid rate, and dreadnoughts and all-steel battleships were sunk by shells from the main guns of the Imperial Chinese battleships.

A loud "boom" sounded on the Ottoman Empire's Dante-class dreadnought battleship Turkey. The front of the dreadnought, the last remaining dreadnought battleship of the Ottoman Empire, was blown to pieces and quickly sank into the sea.

This is a 305 mm armor-piercing shell of the battleship of the Chinese Empire, which penetrated the 248 mm thick waterline armor in the front of the Turkish hull, and the shell fell directly on the door of the torpedo compartment, and the heavy hatch did not withstand the power of the explosion of the 305 mm shell, and dozens of 460 mm torpedoes in the torpedo compartment were instantly detonated, and seawater poured into the hull from the front gap of the Turkey, so that the rear side of the Turkish hull quickly warped out of the sea, and then the Turkish diagonally inserted into the sea. The commander of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Naval Fleet, Ismail, immediately ordered the officers and men of the Turkish to abandon the ship, but unfortunately the Turkish sank too quickly, and none of the more than 900 naval officers and men of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, including the commander Ismail, could successfully escape from the sinking dreadnought battleship.

In the bridge of the Giant-class dreadnought battleship Giant, the flagship of the British Navy, the captain of the Giant, Ryan Meade, trotted to the side of Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and said urgently: "Commander, the commander of the naval fleet of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Ismael, does not seem to have escaped, the people on the Ottoman Turkish Empire's Turkish dreadnought battleship. It seems that none of them were able to escape, even those who jumped into the sea to escape, and they were also carried into the sea by the whirlpool created by the rapidly sinking Turkey. ”

Bridget's face was very bad at the moment, and he took contingency measures for this naval battle. It didn't have any effect at all, and the current situation of the war was becoming more and more unfavorable for the Joint Expeditionary Fleet. The sinking of the Dante-class dreadnought battleship Turkey of the Ottoman Empire means that the two dreadnought battleships of the Ottoman Turkish Empire that joined the joint expeditionary fleet have been completely destroyed.

And that's not all. Just now, the Austrian-class dreadnought battleship Austria of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Without the miraculous luck before, it was not hit by the main guns of the battleships of the Chinese Empire, but it was hit by several 305-mm shells in succession, and the hull of the ship was seriously leaking, and it also disappeared into the sea.

As the commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rusdit was luckier than Ismail that the Austrian did not sink into the sea too quickly, and gave the Austro-Hungarian naval officers and sailors on the Austrian some time to escape, and Rusdit has now escaped to the top of a large Austro-Hungarian fast armored cruiser.

Bridget sighed and said, "The Turk has also sunk, ahem...... How many dreadnought battleships do we have left now that can continue the fight? ”

Ruthit looked at the few dreadnought battleships left in the middle lane of the joint expeditionary fleet outside the observation window of the bridge, sighed, and said helplessly: "Commander, the three sub-fleets of our entire joint expeditionary fleet are combined, and there are only 14 left, and this is also counting the three dreadnought battleships that have been seriously damaged and repaired and returned to the front battle line, starting from sending large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats to attack the battle line of the Chinese Empire, Six more dreadnoughts of our joint expeditionary fleet were sunk, and there were no more dreadnoughts that were seriously injured and retreated to the rear of the fleet, or even seriously injured. ”

Originally, a British Navy's St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship was hit and ignited, and the fire at several fire points was very large, and one of the burning positions even threatened an ammunition compartment where the main gun shells were stored, so the St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship retreated to the back, ready to extinguish the fire on the ship, and then returned to the battle line to continue to fight with the battleships of the Chinese Empire.

It's a pity that the provincial super dreadnought battleships Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia of the Chinese Empire did not give this St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship a chance to fight again, and kept persevering in firing at the seriously injured St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship, and finally this powerful battleship of the British Navy was hit by multiple 406-mm shells from 2 provincial super dreadnought battleships, and could no longer hold on. sank into the sea.

After the three dreadnoughts of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were seriously damaged, one British Navy's St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship returned to the front battle line to continue the battle. and 1 Oldenburg-class dreadnought battleship of the German Navy, and 1 Westfa-class dreadnought-class battleship of the German Navy.

But the Westpha-class dreadnought battleship of the German Navy that returned home with serious injuries. In the ensuing confrontation, it was hit by a 305-mm armor-piercing shell that penetrated the surface armor, and what was even worse was that the 305-mm shell penetrated into a power compartment before exploding, detonating several boilers at once, and blowing up the Westfa-class dreadnought-class battleship, and the sea water quickly poured into the Westfa-class dreadnought battleship from the bottom of the hull. It completely disappeared from the surface of the sea.

Bridget asked Ruthdit in another wail, "Oh God! cough cough cough ...... Is this still our fleet that shocked the whole world? When we set out from Europe, we had 72 of the most powerful warships in the world...... Now counting the 10 dreadnoughts that were seriously damaged, there are only 24 dreadnoughts left in our entire combined expeditionary fleet that are still floating on the sea, and alas - in addition to our Dreadnought battleship USS Giant, how many dreadnought battleships are there that can continue to fight? ”

Ruthdit replied: "Commander, at present we have 5 dreadnought battleships left in the British Navy, including our Dreadnought battleship HMS Giant, and 7 dreadnought battleships left in the German Navy. There are 2 dreadnoughts left in the French Navy, 1 dreadnought in the Italian Navy, and 1 dreadnought in the Russian Navy. ”

At present, the British Navy has 1 Bellerophon-class dreadnought-class battleship, 2 giant-class dreadnought battleships, 1 St. Vincent-class dreadnought-class battleship and 1 Neptune-class dreadnought-class battleship, which are still on the front battle line. Persist in fighting with the 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships and 3 phoenix-class dreadnought battleships in the middle of the Chinese Empire, if it were not for the British Navy's all-steel battleships on the side, the British Navy's dreadnought battleship fleet. It has long since collapsed.

The German Navy's dreadnought battleships on the front line consisted of 2 Oldenburg-class dreadnoughts, 2 Westfa-class dreadnoughts, and 2 Helgoland-class dreadnoughts, as well as 1 Nassau-class dreadnought.

The French Navy had 1 Lone class dreadnought and 1 Provence-class dreadnought remaining above the battle line. The Italian Navy has only 1 flagship Dante dreadnought left, and the Russian Navy has 1 Valdo-class dreadnought. That is, the flagship of the Russian Navy, the Valdo.

Bridget coughed and asked, "Ahem, ahem...... And how many of the all-steel battleships of our combined expeditionary fleet are left to continue the operation? ”

Rustit said: "I just counted, at present, our 3-way fleet, there are only 20 all-steel battleships left that can continue to fight, from the time we sent large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats to attack the Chinese Imperial battle line, 11 all-steel battleships have been sunk by the battleships of the Chinese Empire, and 3 all-steel battleships have been seriously injured and retreated to the rear, to be honest, I am now very pessimistic about the outcome of this naval battle, commander, Isn't it time for us to think about something else? ”

Bridget suddenly became silent, the naval battle was fought here, Bridget already knew very well in his heart that wanting to completely defeat the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy was tantamount to a fool's dream, according to Bridget's own statistics, the Chinese Imperial Navy opposite, there were still 19 dreadnought battleships that maintained combat effectiveness, and they were still on the front battle line and the battleships of the United Expeditionary Fleet were bombarded, and there were 28 all-steel battleships left in the Imperial Chinese Navy, which also maintained combat effectiveness, so The battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were in a weak position.

From occupying an absolute advantage to being transformed into a disadvantage, the Combined Expeditionary Fleet actually did not take long, and now it is only 12 o'clock, that is to say, in less than 4 hours of naval battle, the Combined Expeditionary Fleet was completely overturned by the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Bridget has thought of all the ways he can think of, and the commanders of the naval fleets of other countries have no other better way than to have a proposal of thirty-six plans, and the entire joint expeditionary fleet is already a little exhausted.

Seeing that Bridget did not speak out this time, Rustit immediately objected to the retreat, and immediately said: "Commander, those large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats that we sent out to attack the battle line of the Chinese Empire were blocked by the warships of the Chinese Empire except for the battleships, and they also suffered extremely heavy losses, and how much impact did they have on the battle line of the Chinese Empire, it seems that the new tactics are not very effective, in order to preserve the strength of our joint expeditionary fleet, I suggest that it is better to retreat first, Then send domestic telegrams to our Entente and Allied Powers requesting support, and when each country sends some more warships to Asia, it is still possible for our joint expeditionary fleet to completely defeat the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy in the next decisive naval battle. ”

In the face of such a tragic naval battle, Rusdit had already begun to tremble in his heart, hoping to leave this hellish sea as soon as possible.

Bridget let out a long sigh and said, "This is the second time I've fought with the navy of the Chinese Empire, to be precise, the last time it should have been with the predecessor of the Chinese Imperial Navy, cough cough cough...... The Northeast Navy engaged in an engagement, and as a result, the Combined Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy led by me suffered an almost devastating defeat, and the fleet was unusually large, and in the end, there were not many warships left to escape the pursuit of the Imperial Chinese Navy fleet, ahem...... Now that I have the opportunity to lead an even more powerful fleet to Asia and fight the navy of the Chinese Empire again, I thought this was an opportunity for revenge, but I never expected it to be like this, alas--I am really unwilling! Ahem......"

Ruthit listened to Bridget's words, although he did not say the words of retreat, but between the words, there was already a loosening of the retreat, and just as Ruthit wanted to persuade Bridget again, someone in the bridge shouted: "God! Those bombers of the Chinese Empire are back! We're going to be finished! ”

Bridget and Ruthdit immediately looked up into the distance in the sky, and sure enough, what made the two of them collapse was that in the distant sky, another black dot appeared, and the terrifying Chinese Imperial bomber appeared again. (To be continued.) )

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