Davydok, the commander of the Herssel naval fleet, was extremely ugly when he received a telegram from the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, Gorgei.

The captain of the Hessel Navy's super dreadnought battleship that had just been sunk, but Davidok's own brother, according to the speed at which this super dreadnought battleship sank, all the officers and men on the battleship had almost no chance of survival.

Grishenka, the captain of the Naval Mercy Herssel, with a telegram in his hand, cautiously asked the commander Davydok: "How do we reply to the commander of the Gisk Navy?" ”

According to the pre-war agreement between the navies of Gisk, Orenza and Hessel, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, Gorgei, will be the temporary commander-in-chief of the combined fleet of the three navies.

Davidok gritted his teeth and said: "Don't reply to the telegram first, after the battle line of the Datang Navy has been distanced, I will bear all the consequences!" ”

Although the battle line composed of the remaining five super dreadnought battleships, five battle cruisers and four dreadnought battleships of the Hessel Navy fled to the westward seas, the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers of the Gisk and Orenza navies still withstood the 406 mm shells of the Jingyuan-class and Zhiyuan-class shells of the Tang Royal Navy, constantly closing the distance between them.

Because of the shortening of the distance between the battle lines of the two sides, the hit rate of the two sides has increased a lot, and this naval battle has become even more tragic.

"Boom-", another 81 mm armor-piercing shell hit a Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser, before that, this Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser had been hit by several shells of more than 300 mm, and this 81-mm armor-piercing shell, after penetrating the waterline armor of the Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser, dozens of kilograms of high explosives in the armor-piercing shell, the keel of the Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser was blown off, and after a creaking sound that pierced the eardrums, The Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser broke in two and began to sink rapidly towards the surface of the sea.

In the bridge of the Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleship Jingyuan, Chu Rongke, the captain of the Jingyuan, put down the binoculars in his hand and said bitterly to Jiang Zhihang, the commander of the Third Fleet: "The Zhihui is over!" ”

The Zhihui is the Zhiyuan-class battlecruiser that is about to sink, and the naval battle has been going on for more than three hours at this time, and even on the side of the Datang Royal Navy, there is a Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleship and four Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers that have been sunk, and the four sunken Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers, including the Zhihui.

Jiang Zhihang, commander of the Third Fleet, said with a solemn face: "The defense of the Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers is still a little weak relatively speaking, counting the Zhihui, we have four Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers sunk, and several Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers have to temporarily withdraw from the battle line because they are too seriously injured. ”

Chu Rongke, the captain of the Jingyuan, immediately said: "However, the price paid by our entire first team is still worth it, the loss of the opponent's capital ship is at least five or six times that of ours, and there should be no suspense about the outcome of this naval battle." ”

Jiang Zhihang, the commander of the Third Fleet, immediately pondered and said: "Let all the remaining Zhiyuan-class battlecruisers in our battle line be withdrawn to the rear for the time being, since there will be no suspense about victory, then in the next battle, try to reduce the losses of the entire First Fleet." ”

Chu Rongke, the captain of the Jingyuan, then asked, "Commander, then do you still need to let the fourth team rush over to support?" ”

"Where is Team Four at the moment?"

"The Fourth Sentai sent a telegram just now, and they have entered the Wessel Strait through the western entrance, and there are still about eight or nine hours to sail from the sea area where they are fighting."

"Then let the Fourth Team continue to come over! We finally encountered the main forces of the Gisk Navy and the Orensa Navy, but we can't easily let go of the main forces of the two navies! ”

At about one o'clock in the afternoon of August 4, in the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Cold, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, Gordey, asked the captain of the Cold, "How many capital ships have we sunk?" ”

Captain Larion of the Coldness sighed and said: "Commander, our Royal Navy of Gisk has sunk six super dreadnought battleships and nine battle cruisers, and most of the remaining super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers have been injured, even the Lengru has a twin 81mm main gun that can not continue to shoot, and the Orenza Navy has also sunk five super dreadnought battleships and eight battle cruisers, if you count the losses of the Herssel Navy, the navies of our three countries have lost twelve super dreadnought battleships, Eighteen battlecruisers and two dreadnought battleships. ”

The commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, Gorgei, snorted coldly, "Don't mention the Hessel Navy with me, after this naval battle is over, our Jisk Empire must ask the Hessel Kingdom for an explanation, presumably the Orenza Empire should have the same idea as us." ”

At this time on the battlefield, the figure of the Hessel Navy was no longer visible, and the Hessel Navy had withdrawn to a distance of dozens of nautical miles, and not even a single torpedo boat remained.

Captain Larion hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, although our Gisk Royal Navy and Orenza Navy together still have a numerical advantage in terms of capital ships, if we continue to fight like this, the Royal Navy that our Gisk Empire built at great expense is likely to be crippled, and it may not be able to achieve the final victory." ”

Commander-in-Chief Gordei understood the meaning of Larion's words, but Commander-in-Chief Gordey did not want to give an order to retreat, "Did the submarine force send any telegrams?" Why didn't you get any results at all? ”

This time, in order to encircle and annihilate this sub-fleet of the Third Fleet of the Datang Navy, the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy also gathered a number of submarines, and when the capital ships of the two sides were bombarded before, the submarine forces of the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy had already taken the opportunity to launch an attack on the super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers of the Datang Navy under the sea.

Larion, the captain of the Cold, smiled bitterly, "Commander, the submarine force of our Jisk Royal Navy sent a telegram, those light cruisers and destroyers of the Datang Navy should be equipped with very advanced sonar, our submarine did not even have a chance to launch a torpedo, it was sunk by the depth charges dropped by those light cruisers and destroyers of the Datang Navy, so far, the submarine force has lost seventeen submarines, and the remaining thirteen submarines have given up the attack." ”

Sonar is one of the weapons to deal with submarines, after the sonar equipped by the Datang Royal Navy, the sonar of other naval powers has also been successfully developed, of course, the sonar made by other countries is much worse than the sonar equipped by the Datang Royal Navy in all aspects of performance.

The commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of Jisk, Gorgei, said in a tone that was not firm enough: "If the armored cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of the Royal Navy of Jisk and the Orensa Navy take the opportunity to charge the battle line of the Datang Navy at this time, is it possible to change the outcome of this naval battle?" ”

Captain Larion said categorically: "Commander, this Datang Navy detachment on the opposite side also has many small and medium-sized warships, even if the armored cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of our two navies launch an attack, it should not be able to achieve very ideal results, and it will continue to increase the losses of our two navies. ”

Just as Captain Larion of the Ruthless had finished speaking, a communications officer on the bridge sent a telegram to the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy of Gisk, Gorgey, and the Captain of the Cold, Larion.

Larion took it and looked at it, smiled helplessly, and then said to Gorgey: "Commander, the Orenza Navy is also a little unable to bear such a large loss, and the Orenza Navy Commander Leonid sent a telegram, hoping that our two navies can withdraw from this battle where there is no hope of victory. ”

Through the observation window in the bridge, Gorgey looked at the row of Jingyuan-class super dreadnought battleships in the distance where the number of the Datang Royal Navy had barely decreased, and said with some reluctance: "I didn't expect that we, the main forces of the Jisk Royal Navy and the Orenza Navy, would not be able to defeat a detachment under the jurisdiction of the main fleet of the Datang Navy. ”

"Commander, this war has just begun, and when the main forces of the navies of our nine countries unite, we will definitely be able to defeat the Datang Navy!"

"Send a telegram to the commander of the Orenza Navy, Leonid, and ask the Orenza Navy to withdraw to the port of Groning with our Royal Navy of Gisk!"

Groning Port can be regarded as the largest military port of the Gisk Empire, and has the largest shipyard in the Gisk Empire, and the entire Groning Port is heavily guarded, with more than 100 shore defense guns with a caliber of more than 200 mm.

Previously, the staging place of the navies of Gisk, Orenza and Hessel was also in the port of Groning.

Seeing that the Gisk Navy and the Orensa Navy were about to run, the commander of the Third Fleet, Jiang Zhihang, immediately gave the order to pursue, and this chase was directly driven to the vicinity of Groening Port.

On the night of 4 August, the Fourth Squadron of the Third Fleet of the Tang Royal Navy, consisting of 18 Iron Duke-class super dreadnought battleships, 8 Prestige-class battlecruisers, 14 large armored cruisers, 40 light cruisers, and 40 destroyers, also came to the port of Groening, joined forces with the First Squadron of the Third Fleet, and besieged the main forces of the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy in the port of Groening.

And this naval battle that broke out in the Wessel Strait soon spread throughout the world, in the palace of Wendell City, the capital of the Gisk Empire, Emperor Lazaric angrily yelled at Maxim, the prime minister of the Gisk Empire: "In just one battle, the Royal Navy lost seven super dreadnought battleships, nine battle cruisers, seventeen submarines, two armored cruisers, five light cruisers, four destroyers and three torpedo boats, and the remaining main force of the Royal Navy was surrounded by the Tang Navy in Groening Port, Could this be the Royal Navy, which I spent so much money building? ”

Some of the above-mentioned lost warships were caused by the retreat of the Royal Navy of Gisk, and there was even a seriously damaged Cold-class super dreadnought battleship, which finally became a trophy of the Tang Royal Navy.

In order to build more super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, the Gisk Empire issued a large number of national bonds, which was equivalent to putting a very heavy burden on the Gisk Empire, but now the Gisk Royal Navy, which has spent a lot of money, has just lost more than one-fifth of its strength in a fight with a detachment of the Tang Navy, which makes Emperor Lazarik, who has high hopes for the Gisk Royal Navy, very disappointed.

Prime Minister Maxim said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I never thought that just a detachment of the Tang Navy would have such a powerful combat power, and this time it almost brought together all the main forces of our Royal Navy and Orenza Navy, but I didn't expect it to be defeated." ”

After a pause, Prime Minister Maxim continued: "Of course, the escape of the Hessel Navy is also one of the reasons for the failure of this naval battle, because of the escape of the Hessel Navy, the morale of our Royal Navy and the Orenza Navy was suddenly wiped out, maybe the situation would be better without the participation of the Hessel Navy." ”

At the beginning, the plan of the three navies of Gisk, Orenza and Hessel to jointly encircle and suppress the first team of the Third Fleet of the Tang Royal Navy was strongly approved by Prime Minister Maxim, and now that the naval battle has been defeated, Prime Minister Maxim hopes to use the Hessel Navy to share more of Emperor Lazarik's anger.

Sure enough, as soon as Emperor Lazarik heard about the Hessel Navy, he immediately gritted his teeth, "I will definitely find the Hessel Empire to calculate this account!" Now what? The main forces of our Gisk Royal Navy and Orenza Navy have been trapped in the port of Groning Port by the Tang Navy, and without sea supremacy, the three million land forces promised by the Hessel Kingdom will not be able to land on our Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire! ”

Prime Minister Maxim sighed and said: "Your Majesty, according to the telegram sent from the port of Groning, another large detachment of the Datang Navy has arrived outside the port of Groning, in the face of the two detachments of the Datang Navy, the main force of our Royal Navy and the Orenza Navy, it is impossible to break through with their own strength, and now we can only hope that the Monia Navy and the Ruierland Navy, which are both in the southern theater, can come to relieve the siege of Groning Port and help our Gisk Empire and Orenza Empire, Regain sea supremacy in the Wessel Strait. ”