The Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, which had gone through the Battle of Xiangshi Island and the Battle of Shark Island, did not have much difference in terms of hit rate in the battle with the two fleets of the Golden Lion Empire Navy.

Among the six beast countries, the Golden Lion Empire can be said to be one of the best, and it can be regarded as the strongest country in terms of comprehensive strength among the six beast countries.

It is precisely because of this that although other beast countries also have contradictions with the Golden Lion Empire, they do not dare to start a war with the Golden Lion Empire easily.

As for the human countries in the eastern continent of this world, as soon as they heard the name of the Golden Lion Empire, they were three points shorter, and they didn't dare to provoke the Golden Lion Empire.

This makes the Golden Lion Empire not experience a war for many years, and the last war between the Golden Lion Empire and the Black Bear Empire dates back to more than thirty years ago.

Therefore, although the officers and men of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire can be said to be well-trained, it is difficult to play to the level of training when they experience war for the first time and encounter such an unprecedented scale of naval battle.

It can be said that the backbone officers and men of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet have grown up through the flames of war, and under the leadership of these backbone officers and men, the performance of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is even better than that of peacetime training.

When the two sides fought fiercely until dark, there was a mistake on the side of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy that a battleship with full main guns collided with a light cruiser.

At about 11 o'clock in the evening of February 24, in the bridge of the battleship Fengshang of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, the commander of the Fourth Fleet, Nakola, held a loss data and asked the captain of the Fengshang in a deep voice: "Has the loss of the Eighth Fleet been sent?" ”

Hippe shook his head, "Not yet, but the situation of the Eighth Fleet should also be very bad." ”

Nakola then placed a few pieces of paper counting the damage on the table in front of him, "You can't continue to type like this.

If we continue to fight, our advance fleet and the Eighth Fleet may not be able to leave if they want to, and we have obviously fallen into the trap set by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires. ”

Hippe said with some hesitation: "Commander, but if we retreat like this, I'm afraid there is no way to explain to the Admiralty and the Governor's Palace." ”

"If I really lose all the advance fleet and the Eighth Fleet, I will not be able to explain to the Admiralty and the Governor's Palace, and send my intention to General Chevas, and if the Admiralty and the Governor's Office are held accountable in the end, I am willing to take all the responsibility."

After receiving the telegram from Nakola, the commander of the Eighth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, Chevas, was silent for a long time before asking the captain of the Lizan, "What do you think, Niok?" Is there no way for us to win? ”

The captain of the Lizan, Neok, said cautiously: "Commander, due to a mistake in intelligence work, our Eighth Fleet and General Nakola's advance fleet may have fallen into the trap carefully arranged by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires from the very beginning.

Today, our Eighth Fleet has lost 3 battleships with full main guns, 2 battlecruisers, 4 all-steel battleships, 9 large armored cruisers, 10 light cruisers and 12 destroyers, and many battleships have been seriously damaged.

On the side of General Narcola's advance fleet, it had also lost 4 battleships with full main guns, 5 battleships with all steel, 5 large armored cruisers, 8 light cruisers, and 11 destroyers.

The situation in the entire battlefield can be said to be very unfavorable for our Eighth Fleet and the advance fleet, and it is almost difficult to see hope of victory. ”

Xie Vas's face was already quite ugly at this time, "Can the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy rush over to join the battle?" ”

"The commander of the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Imperial Navy, Savier, sent a telegram that due to the need for some preparation time, the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Imperial Navy will not be able to reach the battlefield here in 48 hours at the earliest."

"48 hours later? Are you here to collect the corpses of the two fleets of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire? Xie Vas said with some indignation.

When the second column of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet appeared, Xie Vas sent a telegram to Saveye, the commander of the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire, hoping that the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire would come to participate in the battle.

If the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy was fully reinforced, it might not take more than 24 hours to get over.

Yumen Island, where the Sixth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy was stationed, was thousands of kilometers away from the battlefield, so Xie Vas did not send a telegram to Yumen Island asking for help.

Then a frustrated expression suddenly appeared on Xie Vas's face, "I really can't imagine that one day, our Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire will choose to retreat in front of a human fleet.

Send a telegram to General Nakola, and I agree with his proposal. ”

The battle formation of the two fleets of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy had been maintained very well, but after the various teams received the order to retreat, because it was night, some confusion occurred immediately, and the formation of the two fleets was also chaotic.

On the side of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, when they found that the navy of the Golden Lion Empire was about to run, the warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, immediately began to chase all the way.

At dawn on 25 February, six battleships with all main guns of the Third Squadron of the Advance Fleet of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy were intercepted by the Ninth Formation and the Tenth Provisional Formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

These 6 all-main gun battleships all belong to the Black Prince class of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy, with a full load displacement of 29,000 tons and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots.

It was equipped with 4 twin 45x caliber 360 mm main guns, 14 50x 150 mm secondary guns, 20 30 mm anti-aircraft guns, 26 13 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 4 550 mm torpedo tubes.

The broadside armor belt was from 220 mm to 330 mm, the main deck armor was 80 mm, the main turret armor was 330 mm, and the crew was 1060 people.

The Black Prince class is the predecessor of the Golden Lion Empire's Brave class all-main gun battleship, and the weapon systems of the two are the same, but the Black Prince class is a little worse than the Brave class in terms of speed and armor.

At this time, the 16 "Fu"-class all-main gun battleships of the Ninth Formation and the Tenth Provisional Formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, that is, the Nevada-class of the United States, were still maintaining their combat effectiveness.

In addition, the ninth formation also has 4 large armored cruisers of the "Xiangshi" class, that is, the German Scharnhorst class, 6 "Jingsheng" class light cruisers, that is, the German Wiesbaden class, and 8 "Longshan" class destroyers, that is, the Russian Wuli class.

With the 16 "Fu" character all-main gun battleships, the 6 all-main gun battleships of the Third Squadron of the Advance Fleet of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy were surrounded.

In the bridge of the Furong all-main gun battleship, Captain Wang Kui saw the six all-main gun battleships surrounding the Golden Lion Imperial Navy, and the expression on his face was quite excited.

"Let the brethren of the four main turrets be sure to hit it right this time!

Almost half of the shells of our Furong main guns have been used up, but not even a single warship has been sunk, this should be our last chance! ”

However, as soon as Wang Kui's words fell, Liang Baozhong, the first mate of the Furong, exclaimed: "Captain, the lion people have raised the white flag!" ”

When Wang Kui heard this, he hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked at the six battleships of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy.

"Damn! Make no mistake! They're leonins! How could it be surrendered to the navy of humanity! ”

In the war between the human state and the beast state, it is difficult for the human army to capture the orc prisoners of war.

On the one hand, due to the fact that human nations are generally defeated, and on the other hand, the orcs are ashamed to be captured by human armies.

For example, at the end of the Battle of Shark Island, some warships of the Silver Wolf Empire's Navy that could not escape chose to fight until the last moment.

In the battle of the Zhenwei army to capture Pusha Island, the Zhenwei army captured less than 800 prisoners of war with a total of 24,000 defenders of the Silver Wolf Empire, most of whom were seriously wounded.

Therefore, Wang Kui felt very unbelievable when he saw that the six battleships of the Golden Lion Empire Navy with all main guns that still had combat effectiveness had all raised their white flags.

The first mate, Liang Baozhong, said with a smile: "I have long heard that among the six beast countries, although the army of the Golden Lion Empire is the strongest, its will to fight is the weakest, it seems that the rumors are true. ”

Wang Kui sighed, "The last chance is gone, our Furong can only go back this time." ”

For the 6 battleships of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy with all main guns choosing to surrender, Jiang Hui, the first mate of the Fuchang, was even more surprised.

Because just before the white flag was raised by the 6 all-main gun battleships of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy, Liu Ergou, the captain of the Fuchang, saw that the enemy's 6 all-main gun battleships were surrounded, and pretended to be sorry and said: "Lao Tzu sank so many all-main gun battleships.

It's a pity that not a single one has been captured, and it would be perfect if these 6 Golden Lion Empire's all-main gun battleships could surrender. ”

"Captain, you really have no luck with this, you have even opened your mouth, saying surrender, these 6 battleships with all main guns will surrender."

Liu Ergou himself is a little blindsided, he just said that, he just wanted to pretend to be a little bit of a sigh, after all, the Fuchang's record in this naval battle is really dazzling.

In this naval battle with the Golden Lion Imperial Navy, the Fuchang single-handedly sank 2 all-main gun battleships, 2 all-steel battleships, 1 large armored cruiser and 1 light cruiser of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy.

Whether it is the number of enemy warships destroyed or the quality of the enemy's warships, there is no warship in the entire Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet that can compare with the Fuchang all-main gun battleship.

The title of the first lucky general of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, Liu Ergou is definitely well deserved.

"I didn't expect those leonions to really surrender.

But my mouth has never been opened, Baozhong, don't spread it nonsense, it's too good. ”

Although Liu Ergou said this, the look on his face was as if the six battleships of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy with all main guns could surrender, all thanks to him.

First mate Liang Baozhong said jokingly: "Captain, I didn't expect you to be modest. ”

"Brother Baozhong, I have too many advantages, you didn't notice them before, haha!"