Xu Zhenjie didn't know that the last target he chose to attack was the flagship of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, and after the No. 18 torpedo boat released the remaining three 533 mm steam gas torpedoes, it quickly retreated to the battleship column of the independent fleet.

In the end, only ten torpedo boats, including torpedo boat No. 18, safely withdrew to the rear of the battleship column of the independent fleet, and five-sixths of the sixty torpedo boats that attacked were destroyed by the naval guns of the Salad navy.

However, the results of this sortie of 60 torpedo boats of the Independent Fleet were quite brilliant, sinking a dreadnought battleship, a former dreadnought battleship, five ironclad battleships, two large armored cruisers and a medium armored cruiser of the Sharad Navy, and also seriously damaged a number of battleships of the Sharad Navy, and even the flagship of the Sharad Navy's Second Expeditionary Fleet, the Ares of War, was also hit by two torpedoes.

In the bridge of the Ares of War, the flagship of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Sharad Navy, the captain of the ship, Rofeyer, reported to the commander Denis with a sad face: "Commander, you have to move to other battleships, although the water intake of the Ares has been basically controlled, but more than a thousand tons of seawater have entered the ship's body, and the hull is currently tilted to the left side, in order to maintain balance, it is necessary to fill the right compartment with about 1,000 tons of water, so that the Ares with more than 2,000 tons of seawater may not even reach 8 knots." ”

Commander Dennis's face was very gloomy at this time, so far, in this naval battle, the Sharad Navy has sunk two super dreadnought battleships, four dreadnought battleships, five former dreadnought battleships, thirteen ironclad battleships, six large armored cruisers, as for medium armored cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats, the number of losses is even more amazing.

Even the remaining warships of the Sharad Navy are seriously damaged, for example, three of the seven super dreadnoughts have been far away from the battle line of the Sharad Navy because of serious injuries, and the Ares must now quickly withdraw from the battle line, otherwise according to the speed of the Ares of less than 8 knots, it is likely to become a live target.

"Put down a motorboat for me, and I will go to the Knight to continue directing the battle, and the Ares will immediately withdraw from the battle line and temporarily join up with the other wounded battleships!"

The captain of the Ares Rofeie, hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Commander, the losses of our Salad Navy in this naval battle have been very large, and the Baron fleet on the opposite side has not sunk a few capital ships. ”

Commander Dennis smiled bitterly, "If we retreat now, then our previous losses will be in vain, and what will happen to the seriously injured battleships?" ”

In fact, Dennis also has the intention of retreating in his heart, but he has lost the naval battle of the Yanmen Strait before, if this naval battle is also lost, even if he is the confidant of the Emperor Herris of the Sharad Empire, presumably Emperor Herris will not spare him easily, after all, in the naval battle, the losses of the Royal Navy of Sharad are too great, not to mention that two super dreadnought battleships were sunk.

At this moment, an officer hurried up to Commander Denis and Captain Rofeye, "Commander, Captain, Commander of the Gisk Navy, a telegram has been sent!" ”

Denis took the telegram and looked at it, shook his head gloomily and said: "The Gisk Navy can't hold on, and Gordey sent a telegram, hoping that the combined fleet of the three navies can retreat. ”

The Gisk Navy sent a total of fourteen dreadnought battleships, twelve former dreadnoughts, twelve ironclad battleships, ten large armored cruisers, sixteen small armored cruisers, thirty light cruisers, forty destroyers, and sixty torpedo boats.

Now that less than one-third of the warships are left in the entire Gisk Navy, they can still maintain their combat effectiveness, and the rest of the warships have either been sunk or seriously injured, and Gorgey, the deputy minister of the Admiralty, who is the commander of the Gisk Navy, does not want to bury the entire Gisk Navy in this naval battle, and looking at the current situation of the naval battle, Gorgey does not think that the combined fleet of the three navies still has any hope of winning.

After Denis finished speaking, he handed the telegram in his hand to the captain of the Ares Rofeye, who took it and read it quickly, then said with a deep groan: "Commander, with this telegram from the Gisk Navy, we can also give an explanation to the Admiralty, this naval battle is because the Gisk Navy can't hold on, so that the combined fleet of the three navies has not completely defeated the fleet under Su Yi!" ”

Dennis sighed and said, "Then send a telegram to Mihailo of the Orensa Navy and ask about the meaning of the Orenza Navy!" ”

After a pause, Denis whispered again: "Rofeyer, you have to remember that the battleship can be rebuilt if there is no one, but if there are no people, then everything is gone." ”

Rofeye nodded gloomily and said, "Commander, I understand what you mean, I hope I can still serve under your command in the future!" ”

Denis shrugged his shoulders and said, "Maybe after this naval battle, my military career will be over." ”

The Orenza Navy engaged a total of eighteen dreadnought battleships, twelve former dreadnought battleships, twenty ironclad battleships, eight large armored cruisers, eight small armored cruisers, thirty-six light cruisers, thirty-six destroyers, and sixty torpedo boats.

At this time, although the situation of the Orenza Navy was stronger than that of the Gisk Navy, eleven battleships and dozens of other warships of other types had been sunk, and many battleships were seriously damaged, so after receiving the telegram from Dennis, the Minister of the Navy Mihailo, who was the commander of the entire Orenza Navy, immediately replied with a telegram and expressed his agreement.

At 12:40 p.m., the remnants of the warships of the Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza navies began to release smoke, and then the battleships of the three navies, while continuing to bombard the battleships of the independent fleet, turned the direction of the bow and began to try to retreat to the west.

Wang Chengliang, commander of the independent fleet, was relieved to see that the combined fleet of the three navies was about to escape, and while breathing a sigh of relief, he immediately ordered the warships that maintained their combat effectiveness to begin to pursue the combined fleet of the three navies and expand the results of the battle as much as possible.

Wang Chengliang knew that in addition to the ironclad ship, as long as he captured an enemy battleship, the creator would reward his commander with a battleship.

So far, the independent fleet has sunk three battle cruisers, one dreadnought, three former dreadnought battleships and five ironclad battleships, Wang Chengliang hopes to capture some more battleships of the three navies to make up for the losses of the independent fleet.

Su Yi, who had been waiting for news from the port of Ambo, couldn't help but yell excitedly when he learned that the combined fleet of the three navies was going to escape, and then said to the second princess Ouyang Qian with a laugh: "Your Royal Highness the second princess, the independent fleet has won!" The navies of Sharad, Gisk and Orenza could not bear the huge losses and had already begun to retreat, and the independent fleet was preparing for a pursuit! ”

The second princess, Ouyang Qian, asked in disbelief: "General Su, this is the battle?" Did your fleet really defeat the combined fleet of the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza? ”

Su Yi rubbed his hands with a smile and said, "If Her Royal Highness the Second Princess has nothing to do, you can continue to stay at the dock, maybe it won't be long before you can see the warships of the Three Kingdoms captured by the Independent Fleet in the port of Ambo Harbor!" ”

The second princess, Ouyang Qian, immediately nodded and said, "I will continue to stay at the dock, by the way, is the loss of the fleet under your command big?" ”

The smile on Su Yi's face suddenly disappeared, "At present, twelve capital ships of the Independent Fleet have been sunk, counting the sunken warships of other types, the losses are close to a hundred, and the surviving warships are almost all wounded, and the entire Independent Fleet only has tens of thousands of dead and missing officers and soldiers, but the losses of the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza are at least several times that of the Independent Fleet!" ”

Then a cold light flashed in Su Yi's eyes, "And it's not so easy for the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza to escape, and the independent fleet will definitely make them pay an even heavier price!" ”

Indeed, as Su Yi said, it is not so easy for the remaining warships of the three navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza to retreat, after all, many battleships of the three navies have been seriously damaged, and the maximum speed has dropped to a few knots.

If the battleships of the three navies that still maintained their combat effectiveness could protect the seriously injured battleships and retreat together, those seriously injured battleships still had hope of escaping, but the commanders of the three navies, under the desperate pursuit of the independent fleets, invariably abandoned the seriously injured battleships of each country.

In the bridge of the Ares Super Dreadnought Battleship of the Sharad Navy, the first mate of the Ares said to Captain Rofeye with a wry smile: "Captain, in order to restore the balance of the hull, we have injected a total of 1,000 tons of seawater into several compartments on the right, and now the speed of the Ares is only a little more than 7 knots, and it is almost impossible to escape. ”

Captain Rofeye was holding a telegram in his hand at this time, and his face showed an expression like a load, "We don't have to escape, Commander Janis has already given an order to all seriously injured warships to surrender, and the war of our Ares is over." ”

At this time, Commander Denis had already boarded the super dreadnought battleship Knight of the Sharad Navy.

"Captain, we'...... Really want to surrender to Su Yi's warship? ”

Rofeye said bitterly: "What else can you do if you don't surrender?" Are you willing to sink to the bottom of the sea with the Aares? ”

At 1:05 p.m., the Ares Super Dreadnought, which had been badly wounded by the Sharad Navy, was the first to raise the white flag and immediately extinguished the ship's boilers.

Shortly after the Ares raised the white flag, the other three seriously damaged super dreadnought battleships of the Sharad Navy, as well as one seriously damaged dreadnought, two former dreadnoughts, three ironclad battleships, and a large armored cruiser, also raised the white flag.