On the other side, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, which is also a battleship, led the Pacific Fleet to penetrate the rearguard part of the Hober fleet, but this flagship was not as warlike as the flagship of the Nanyang Fleet, and did not deliberately adjust the angle at all, and directly when it cut into the Hober fleet, it quickly fired at the two frigates that were not the closest distance, because the angle was just right, and the range of the flagship's guns was far enough, and it directly hit one of the frigates of about 300 tons, and the frigate suffered heavy damage at once. On the verge of sinking.

Subsequently, the main warships of the Pacific Fleet also followed closely behind the flagship, cutting into the battlefield one after another, and firing at each other with some warships of the rear guard of the Hober fleet, which were ready to begin besieging the flagship.

At this time, the flagship of the Nanyang Fleet also seemed to find that he was surrounded by enemy ships, and struggled to break out of the encirclement, but how could He Bo, who was full of excitement at this time, let him escape? After more than half an hour of fierce bombardment, the flagship of the battleship of the Nanyang Fleet had been bombarded on all sides, the power of the steam engine was lost, the muzzle of the gun exploded, and it became an uncontrollable empty hull, and the Chinese naval soldiers on the ship were also killed and wounded by hundreds, and they became the target of the shelling.

Seeing that the flagship was like this, several warships of the Nanyang Fleet behind hurriedly stepped forward to support without caring about the formation, and even one of the main cruisers directly crossed between the flagship and the enemy ship with its own body, and was fired multiple shells at once, becoming a target. The other two small frigates were too anxious and couldn't be restrained because they were too fast, and they collided with a large British fast sailing frigate, but the captain of the British frigate reacted quickly and immediately turned to avoid it dangerously and dangerously, causing the frigate of the South Ocean Fleet to collide directly with the bow of a cruiser that was in a hurry to come to the aid on the other side, and the frigate suddenly turned into the water, and the soldiers on the ship quickly evacuated to the colliding cruiser. However, the cruiser was also heavily damaged, and the British fleet next to it took the opportunity to open artillery bombardment, and the cruiser barely returned fire despite the artillery fire, but because the shooter was panicked, several shells missed, and the ship was seriously damaged, so it had to leave the battlefield.

A cruiser of the Pacific Ocean Fleet, which was closely behind the flagship, became the object of the substitute attack because of the flagship's rapid departure from the battlefield, and after more than 40 minutes, it also lost its combat effectiveness, and most of the gunners and sailors on the ship were killed and wounded by the fierce artillery fire, and began to struggle to get out of the battlefield, but it was bitten by the three gunboats of the British Hob fleet, the mainmast was blown up again, and the steam power was also lost.

A small frigate and a gunboat in the South Ocean Fleet, as well as a cruiser and a frigate in the Pacific Fleet, also began to capsize or sink under careful fire from the British Hobo fleet on the flank.

However, at the same time as the Ho Bo fleet was exerting its might, the four warships in the middle of the avant-garde and the front of the rear of his entire horizontally arranged fleet that were the first to be attacked also lost their combat effectiveness one after another because they were hit the most by the South Sea Fleet and the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Empire, which had successively cut into the battlefield.

Generally speaking, although the Hobber fleet was ambushed, it was well adapted, and their gunners were well-trained and their shooting accuracy was extremely high, so not only did they not suffer losses, but they took advantage of the battle for more than two hours.

At this time, the warships behind the South Ocean Fleet and the Pacific Fleet also began to outflank them, and they were about to cut into the battlefield, He Bo had rich experience in the battlefield, and immediately realized that he could not take advantage of the battle again, and immediately asked the flagship to issue a flag and order the entire fleet to quickly withdraw from the battlefield.

After He Bo gave the order, he looked at the pursuing Chinese Imperial warship behind him with a telescope in his hand, and smiled proudly.

In the two and a half hours of fighting just now, he had already counted the losses of his own fleet of four warships, of which a capital cruiser of more than 2,000 tons and a frigate were sunk, and the other two smaller gunboats and frigates surrendered directly. And this is much smaller than the enemy's losses.

Although some Chinese soldiers and commanders on the flagship were quickly rescued by other warships, it was precisely because of this that several other warships were seriously damaged, and there were even warships colliding with each other. The enemy's fleet, with losses more than twice as much as its own.

The loss of a battleship of nearly 5,000 tons, although it is only a second-hand old battleship, some old, but the price should be expensive, at least let their fleet lose its command, the whole fleet is in chaos, those warships fight separately, their own side can achieve such a result. Another cruiser and three frigates, two gunboats were sunk or about to be sunk, the loss of seven large and small warships, and several warships were damaged by their own fleet fire, it was clear that they had won a great victory.

For this result, Uncle Ho is not surprised at all, if the other party is as skilled in combat as the British Royal Navy soldiers under his command, it would be strange. As the so-called "10-year army, 100-year navy", this is really not a casual remark. Think of the fact that the Royal Navy of the British Empire was able to dominate the world and become the supremacy of the seas, especially in the past hundred years, especially the combined fleets that defeated the Spanish Armada and the French Navy.

The captain of the flagship saw that He Bo's face was full of joy, and couldn't help but say: "General, such a big victory, why not continue to fight." Although our fleet will suffer some losses, it is obvious that these Chinese navy is not trained enough at all, and they are already a little panicked, and this is the time to take advantage of the victory to expand the results of the battle, why did the general order to retreat? ”

He Bo said with a smile: "The other party was too anxious because it was the flagship, and the commander made a mistake, which caused a moment of panic, and there may not be many large-scale naval battles like this, resulting in defeat." But they still have more warships than we have, and, you see, several of their warships have already reacted at this moment, taking advantage of their long-range Krupp cannons, and firing at us from a distance. When they all react and use the range advantage to shoot at us from a long distance, it will be bad. ”

"I see, I see! Just now there were serious problems with their command, which led to confusion in the entire fleet. ”

"Not bad! Because of the confusion of command, although they have more warships than us, we have long lined up the formation and adjusted the angle to align, and when they rushed into the formation and were shot by us, they also fell into chaos because of the loss of the flagship, on the one hand, some warships guarded the flagship for loyalty, and in order to save the main general on the flagship, they were shelled by our side many times, and on the other hand, because of the confusion of the formation, the warships behind and the warships on the other side were crowded together, and they were unable to join the battlefield for a long time. Therefore, on the battlefield within the actual range of artillery bombardment, the number of warships of our side participating in the battle is much higher than that of the other side, and this is the local battlefield advantage of using troops. Those Chinese have only been on warships for a few years, so where will they understand? He Bo proudly analyzed it to his subordinates and carefully cultivated his successor.

"My lieutenant colonel, you remember. Temporary victories cannot be carried away, everything is for greater victories. He continued: "It is true that I have ordered the continuation of the war against him, and by virtue of the good fighting of our British invincible navy and men, it is natural that we can defeat the enemy, but we will surely suffer heavy losses ourselves. This is not advisable! You must know that the main force of the British Expeditionary Fleet led by General Seymour should have captured Batavia, and maybe it is rushing over at this moment. Moreover, I had not sent someone to report to General Seymour before the engagement, believing that he knew that the destruction of the enemy's fleet was more important than the capture of Batavia, and that he would have come quickly. We only need to pretend to retreat and lead the enemy fleet to the south, and when the time comes, when the main fleet arrives, we will have an absolute superiority in strength, and in one fell swoop we will completely defeat the fleet that the Chinese have worked so hard to build. ”

The captain was convinced.

The South Ocean Fleet and the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Empire here, because many warships were about to sink, the friendly ships around were busy salvaging and rescuing the naval officers, and there were two surrendered British warships to be captured, so that the British fleet could easily evacuate the battlefield.

However, the commander of the rescued South Ocean Fleet and the commander of the Pacific Fleet immediately reacted, leaving several warships to deal with the aftermath, and then ordered a pursuit, leading the two fleets to turn around and pursue the British fleet that was evacuating to the southwest.

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On the battleship "Pacific No. 1," Tan Tiyuan, commander of the South Ocean Fleet, who was soaked like a chicken in soup, stood in front of Peng Yulin, commander of the Pacific Fleet, with his head down.

"Commander Peng, for this big defeat, all the blame lies with me, Tan Tiyuan, and I will ask the General Staff and Your Majesty for the guilt. Now that my heart is in turmoil, I can't continue to command, from now on, all the Nanyang Fleet will be handed over to you, Commander Peng, to take unified command! Tan Tiyuan blamed himself, the Nanyang Fleet had just fought chaotically, and even blocked the way of attack of the Pacific Fleet, which arrived later, resulting in the defeat of the entire Chinese Imperial Navy. In particular, he thought that the South Ocean Fleet and the Pacific Fleet would make a joint attack, and the number of warships and the sophistication of the artillery would surpass that of the British fleet, and that he would be able to defeat the enemy army by surprise and suddenly ambush it from the bay next to it, and he was also the first to lead the flagship to rush into the enemy ship formation to launch a fierce attack. Regret should not be!