Chapter 188: The Result of the Pursuit
The five commanders of the combined fleet of the five navies finally reached an agreement on the retreat, and even the commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Sharad, who had been fighting the main battle, had to agree to the plan of retreat, after all, the navies of the other four countries were gone, and relying only on the remnants of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Sharad, they could not compete with the main forces of the Datang and Ziyue navies.
Of course, if the combined fleet of the five navies wants to end this decisive battle with the main forces of the Datang and Ziyue navies, the five commanders must report to the emperors of their respective countries in order to obtain the consent of the emperors of the five countries.
In the imperial palace in Merseca, the capital of the British Empire, Prime Minister August cautiously asked Emperor Penelope: "Your Majesty, do you think the combined fleet of the five navies should choose to end this great war?" ”
Emperor Penelope, who had a gloomy face, snorted coldly and said: "The naval battle has been fought like this, it is impossible for me to continue to fight, forty-eight super dreadnought battleships, twenty-four battle cruisers and thirty dreadnought battleships, as a result, there are now only seventeen super dreadnought battleships, eight battle cruisers and nine dreadnought battleships, which is equal to the most powerful capital ship of our British Royal Navy, which is reduced by two-thirds at once, not that the strength of the combined fleet of the five navies is far beyond the Tang Dynasty, Is the main force of the two navies of the Purple Moon? ”
Prime Minister August was a little speechless and said: "Your Majesty, no one thought that it would become like this, the strength of the Tang Empire Navy and the Purple Moon Empire Navy far exceeded our expectations. ”
Emperor Penelope waved his hand and said, "Forget it, since the matter has come to this point, it is useless to say anything else, send a telegram to Petru and ask him to bring back the remaining warships of our Royal Navy in Yingluoba as much as possible." ”
Like Penelope, the emperor of the Angloba Empire, the emperors of Sharad, Noomi, Monia, and Ryerland, whether they wanted to or not, agreed to the plan of their own naval retreat, so the combined fleet of the five navies withdrew to the sea to the west at about 11 o'clock at noon on January 26.
And just when the combined fleet of the five navies began to retreat, Su Yi had already arrived at Huifeng Port.
At the end of the second fierce battle between the two navies, the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire forced down eight more enemy warships, including a super dreadnought battleship and a dreadnought battleship.
As a result, the system rewarded Su Yi with an American Colorado-class super dreadnought battleship and a German King-class dreadnought-class battleship, so that two American Colorado-class super dreadnought battleships, two British Prestige-class battlecruisers and three German King-class dreadnought battleships were stored in the system item warehouse.
On the dock of Huifeng Port, Wang Chengliang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, said to Su Yi with a gloomy face: "Your Majesty, now our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire have lost twenty-five super dreadnought battleships, nineteen battle cruisers, thirty-two dreadnought battleships, thirty-six former dreadnought battleships, twenty-nine large armored cruisers, fifty-four light cruisers, one hundred and seven destroyers and twenty-two submarines, and many battleships have been seriously damaged. ”
Su Yi patted Wang Chengliang on the shoulder and said: "Chengliang, what our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire are facing is the combined fleet of the world's five major naval powers, I am already very satisfied with this fight, in terms of losses, the combined fleet of the five navies is much worse than ours, this time I have brought you two super dreadnought battleships, two battle cruisers and three dreadnought battleships, you just let go and fight, I am the strongest backing of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire!" ”
As soon as Su Yi's words fell, an officer from the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire ran over, "Your Majesty, commander-in-chief, the destroyer responsible for monitoring the combined fleet of the five navies sent a telegram back, the combined fleet of the five navies has begun to retreat westward, and we have won!" ”
Su Yi snatched the telegram from the officer's hand, read it hurriedly, and then couldn't hide his excitement and said: "It's still the joint fleet of the five navies that can't hold on first, this largest naval battle in history, after all, our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire have the last laugh!" ”
Wang Chengliang took the telegram, and after reading it, a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Your Majesty, in the two duels, many battleships in the combined fleet of the navies of the five countries were seriously injured, and the minister feels that we should not let go of the combined fleet of the navies of the five countries easily, and should immediately organize a group of warships to pursue, and it is best to capture a group of battleships seriously injured by the enemy, so as to make up for the losses of the Royal Navy of our Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire." ”
Su Yi said with a smile: "Pursuit is a must, don't forget how the two super dreadnought battleships, two battle cruisers and three dreadnought battleships I am about to give you came from, but you must be careful when pursuing, don't fall into the trap of the combined fleet of the five navies." ”
In order to capture the seriously injured battleships of the combined fleet of the five navies, Wang Chengliang can be said to have exhausted the remaining main forces of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, and even the two super dreadnought battleships, two battle cruisers and three dreadnought battleships that Su Yi had just extracted from the system goods warehouse were quickly filled with naval officers and soldiers by Wang Chengliang and joined the pursuit battle.
After the combined fleet of the five navies withdrew a certain distance to the west, the remaining warships of the Monia Naval Expeditionary Fleet and the Ryerland Naval Expeditionary Fleet separated from the expeditionary fleets of the British Roman, Sharad, and Noomi navies, and turned around and prepared to make a detour back to the northern continent.
Thanks to the change of direction, the expeditionary fleets of the Monia and Ruierland navies escaped the pursuit of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire.
The expeditionary fleets of the Angloba, Sharad, and Noomi navies were driven by the pursuit fleets sent by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire for four or five days.
During this period, the commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Sharad Denis repeatedly advocated that the expeditionary fleet of the three navies should turn around and fight again with the pursuing Datang and Ziyue navies, but this proposal was rejected by Petru, commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of Yingluoba, and Polfi, commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Noomi, who were already unwilling to lose more warships, and in the hearts of the two people, they were still a little worried that they would be surrounded and annihilated by the navies of Datang and Ziyue.
After four or five days of escaping, the expeditionary fleets of the Angloba, Sharad, and Noomi navies gave up many seriously injured warships, and even some warships that were too seriously injured were blown up and sunk by the Angloba, Sharad, and Noomi navies themselves, so as to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Datang and Ziyue navies.
However, during the four-or five-day pursuit, the royal navies of Datang and Ziyue also made great gains, and finally captured dozens of seriously damaged warships of the enemy, including three super dreadnought battleships, two battle cruisers and three dreadnought battleships.
Immediately, the system rewarded Su Yi with three Japanese Nagato-class super dreadnought battleships, two Japanese Kongo-class battlecruisers and three British giant-class dreadnought battleships.
The Japanese Kongo-class battlecruisers and the British giant-class dreadnought battleships already existed in the sequence of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, while the Japanese Nagato-class super dreadnought battleships were newly appeared.
The Japanese Nagato-class super dreadnought battleship, with a standard displacement of 32,720 tons, a full load displacement of 39,000 tons, a maximum speed of 26.5 knots, is equipped with four twin 45 times caliber 410 mm main guns, twenty 140 mm secondary guns, four twin 127 mm anti-aircraft guns, four 76 mm anti-aircraft guns, and is also equipped with an aircraft catapult and three reconnaissance aircraft, with 305 mm main armor on the side, 75 mm deck armor, 356 mm main turret armor, and a crew of 1,370 people.
The Nagato-class super dreadnought battleship can be said to be the super dreadnought battleship with the strongest comprehensive performance among the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, and the Nagato-class super dreadnought battleship is also equipped with three reconnaissance aircraft, which is equivalent to expanding the field of vision of maritime reconnaissance.
The three Nagato-class super dreadnought battleships were assigned by Su Yi to the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
In this great battle with the combined fleet of the five navies, the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, which is the absolute main force, suffered the greatest losses, with a total of two Colorado-class super dreadnought battleships, two Nelson-class super dreadnought battleships, four Queen Elizabeth-class super dreadnought battleships, three Bavaria-class super dreadnought battleships, five revenge-class super dreadnought battleships, four Kongo-class battlecruisers and three Prestige-class battlecruisers sunk.
In addition to the three Nagato-class super dreadnought battleships, the two Colorado-class super dreadnought battleships, two prestige-class battlecruisers and two Kong-class battlecruisers rewarded by the system were also added to the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
In this way, after the battle with the combined fleet of the five navies, the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire still has twelve Queen Elizabeth-class super dreadnought battleships, eleven Bavaria-class super dreadnought battleships, ten revenge-class super dreadnought battleships, eight Colorado-class super dreadnought battleships, six Nelson-class super dreadnought battleships, three Nagato-class super dreadnought battleships, fourteen Kongo-class battlecruisers and fifteen prestige-class battlecruisers, which are still the well-deserved main force of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.