Chapter 187: I Can't Hold It Anymore

Originally, according to the plan of the five commanders of the combined fleet of the navy of the five countries, they were ready to attack Huifeng Port again on the morning of January 24, forcing the main naval forces of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire to continue the decisive battle with the combined fleet of the navy of the five countries.

However, this plan was stranded due to a night attack by the submarine forces of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and at about nine o'clock in the morning of January 24, in the bridge of the Super Dreadnought Battleship Princess Alice, the flagship of the Royal Navy of British Luoba, the commanders of the expeditionary fleets of the five national navies gathered together again, and everyone's faces were not very good.

During the night attack by the submarine forces of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, a total of six super dreadnought battleships, five battle cruisers, four dreadnought battleships, three former dreadnought battleships, and three large armored cruisers were sunk in the combined fleet of the five navies, and many battleships were seriously damaged.

Of course, the submarine force of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire also paid a lot of price for this, and a total of thirteen submarines were sunk by depth charges.

Denis, commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet in Shalad, gritted his teeth and said: "We can't wait any longer, although some enemy submarines were sunk with depth charges last night, there must be many enemy submarines that escaped, and if we continue to dwell on this, then it is very likely that we will be attacked by enemy submarines tonight." ”

Pifanu, commander of the Monia Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet, frowned and said, "But what if our five-nation naval combined fleet is engaged in a decisive battle with the main naval forces of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, those submarines take advantage of the chaos to launch a torpedo attack on our five-nation naval combined fleet?" ”

Dennis hesitated for a moment and said: "In the previous war, the navies of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire did not send submarines to participate in the war, which shows that when the two sides were in a big war, there must be some reason to restrain the enemy's submarines, so that the enemy's submarines could not take the opportunity to launch a torpedo attack on the combined fleet of the navies of our five countries." ”

Petru, the commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Yingluoba, sighed at this time and said: "As Count Denis said, we really can't continue to be so entangled, let the seriously injured warships stay here for the time being, and the remaining warships will set off as soon as possible to compete with the main naval forces of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire!" ”

Polfi, commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of Noomi, smiled bitterly and said, "Then let's fight!" Although the losses of the combined fleet of the navies of our five countries are very large, in terms of overall strength, I think we still have the upper hand. ”

After the opinions of the five fleet commanders reached an agreement, the main force of the combined fleet of the five navies once again attacked in the direction of Huifeng Port at half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

Soon, the news that the main force of the combined fleet of the five navies was dispatched again was reported to Wang Chengliang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, by the two destroyers responsible for monitoring the movements of the combined fleet of the five navies.

When Wang Chengliang learned that the combined fleet of the five navies had come again, he immediately led the main forces of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire to meet them, and at about two o'clock in the afternoon of January 24, the naval battle began again.

After the start of the naval battle, the combined fleet of the five navies still adopted the previous tactics, with the navies of Yingluoba, Monia, and Rilland facing the main naval forces of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire head-on, while the Salad Navy and Noomi Navy outflanked the main naval forces of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire.

In addition, the joint fleet of the five navies is still trying to let their own warships rush up to disrupt the formation of the two navies of Datang and Ziyue, so that the warships of the two sides can be mixed together, so as to continue to give full play to the numerical superiority of the joint fleets of the five navies.

And the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire also greeted them without showing weakness......

It seemed to be a repeat of the previous great war, and the two sides fought until they were exhausted, from 2 o'clock in the afternoon of 24 January to noon the next day, when both sides retreated because the shells of their respective capital ships were almost exhausted.

On the night of January 25, the 17 submarines of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire launched another night attack on the combined fleet of the navies of the five countries, and still achieved good results, but in the end, only 8 of the 17 submarines were able to leave smoothly.

At the same time that the submarines of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire launched a night attack on the combined fleet of the five navies, the combined fleet of the five navies also gathered the last twelve submarines, and also launched an attack on the main naval forces of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, but because the warships of the royal navies of the Tang Dynasty and the Purple Moon were equipped with sonar detectors, in the end, the twelve submarines of the combined fleet of the five navies were not only wiped out, but also did not achieve any results.

Early in the morning of 26 January, the five commanders of the combined fleet of the five navies once again gathered in the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Princess Alice, the flagship of the Royal Navy of British Roberta.

Up to now, the strongest Royal Navy of Yingluoba has only 17 super dreadnought battleships, 8 battle cruisers, 9 dreadnought battleships, 13 former dreadnought battleships, 15 ironclad battleships, 15 large armored cruisers, 17 small and medium-sized armored cruisers, 34 light cruisers, 49 destroyers and 68 torpedo boats, and the rest of the warships have all sunk to the bottom of the sea, and many of the remaining warships are seriously damaged.

The Royal Navy of Yingluoba, which is the strongest, has suffered such heavy losses, and it is conceivable how many warships are left in the navies of the other four countries.

Urerick, commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Rareland, said with a gloomy face: "Our Royal Navy of Rareland really can't fight, and now our Royal Navy of Rareland only has one super dreadnought battleship, one battle cruiser, two dreadnought battleships, three former dreadnought battleships, two ironclad battleships, four light cruisers, seven destroyers and nineteen torpedo boats sunk, and even the flagship of our Rillland Royal Navy has been sunk, how can I explain to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Pifanu, commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Monia Royal Navy, followed: "I also feel that I can't fight so hard anymore, the capital ships of our Monia Royal Navy are only seven super dreadnought battleships, six battle cruisers, five dreadnought battleships, four former dreadnought battleships and eight ironclad battleships, the number has been reduced by more than two-thirds, and if we fight a bloody battle like before, the last bit of our Monia Royal Navy is likely to be exhausted." ”

Commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of Sharad Denis said coldly: "Everyone, although the losses of our five-nation combined fleet are very large, but the losses of the Tang Empire Navy and the Purple Moon Empire Navy are also not small, as long as we fight again, we may be able to achieve the final victory in this war. ”

Yuric, commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Ruierland, immediately said: "Anyway, our Royal Navy of Ruierland is really not ready to continue fighting, I must bring the remaining warships back to China, anyway, the remaining strength of our Royal Navy of Ruierland is already very weak, even if our Royal Navy of Ruierland leaves, it will not have much impact on the overall strength of the combined fleet of the five navies." ”

"No! You Ryerland Navy can't leave! If your Ruierlan Navy leaves at this time, it will bring a very heavy blow to the morale of the navies of the other four countries! Commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet in Sharad shouted Denis.

Yurik smiled bitterly, "Count Denis, in fact, the decision to leave was not made by me, but His Majesty the Emperor of our Ryerland Empire, personally sent me a telegram last night, asking me to leave a little seed for the Royal Navy of Ryerland. ”

Denis also knew that the losses of the Ruierlan Navy were relatively worse than those of the other four navies, so he couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Count Ulric, in the next big battle, your Ruierland Navy can stay in the supply fleet, and now is the most critical time for our five-nation naval joint fleet to defeat the main forces of the Datang and Ziyue navies, and your Ruierlan Navy can't pick on it!" ”

As soon as Dennis finished speaking, Polfi, commander of the Noomi Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet, said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry everyone, our Noomi Royal Navy is also preparing to retreat, for this decisive battle with the main forces of the Datang and Ziyue navies, I don't see any hope of victory at all, I think our navies still have to accumulate strength, wait for the opportunity to have a decisive battle with the Datang and Ziyue navies!" ”

When Denis heard this, he immediately stood up angrily, "Porfi, you coward, you want to escape!" ”

Porfi was not angry because of Dennis this time, but said a little gloomily: "Dennis, when you retreated yesterday, you must have also seen how many battleships are left of the Datang and Ziyue navies, and it is very likely that in terms of capital ships, the combined fleet of our five navies is already in a weak position after experiencing two major battles, and if you continue to fight hard, you may not be able to leave." ”

Porfi's words made Janis sit down again like a deflated ball, and said with a wry smile: "Is it really just retreating?" If we retreat like this, the combined fleet of our five navies will be tantamount to defeat. ”

Petru, commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of Yingluoba, gritted his teeth and said: "It seems that we really can't fight it, now we can only save our strength and prepare to fight again with the Datang and Ziyue navies in the future, and we can't fight all the strength of our five navies, otherwise the sea control will all fall into the hands of the Datang and Ziyue navies." ”