Chapter 905: The Battle of the South China Sea (2)

"Bastard! Damn, damn it! ”

Ding Ruchang could see clearly from the flagship in the distance, as long as the US ships held their positions and continued to attack and bomb with naval guns, the two battleships would be able to break through the encirclement and climb to the sky!

You must know that the siege of five battleships, countless shells have been fired, and two battleships have been hit by more than 20 bullets, and they have already suffered heavy losses! Damn, two American gunboats actually dropped their chains at a critical time, it seems that you have to rely on your own people to fight!

"Order, all battleships pursue at full speed, pursue at full speed! We must not let them run! ”

Ding Ruchang was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and shouted that all the battleships were in pursuit! It's just that at this time, people have already broken through, and if they want to catch up with them, it will take a lot of effort. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Keynes successfully broke through from the encirclement, and his mood immediately became comfortable, whether a few gunboats could break through or not, it was not his concern, what he cared about was that the battleships could break through and return to the Strait of Malacca smoothly and return to Kuala Lumpur!

The most important thing now is to bring back the intelligence of the sneak attack of the Chinese fleet, so that the governor can hurry up and prepare, and if a few gunboats are lost, they will be lost, isn't it a matter of hundreds of thousands of pounds? The loss of the British Empire, but if something happened in Malacca, I am afraid that it would not be a matter of hundreds of thousands of pounds, this is a problem that affects the hegemony of the British Empire in Asia, there can be problems anywhere, but Malacca must not have any problems!

Keynes did not care about the death or death of the gunboats and even torpedo boats behind him, and fled the battleship to the northeast at full speed, intending to turn around and return to Malacca after shaking off the pursuers.

Keynes's plan was very good, but unfortunately, he led the battleships to break through and escape, without the main battleships such as battleships as tactical support, the remaining gunboats and torpedo boats were simply vulnerable, and the most vulnerable were the last few gunboats and torpedo boats, they were facing the attack of three battleships!

The three battleships, with their huge size, powerful firepower and indestructible armor, ran straight at the opponent!

The gunboat and the torpedo boat were the opponents of the three battleships, and they were completely crushed, one torpedo boat was directly rammed and sunk by the battleship, and the other two were severely damaged by heavy artillery fire, completely losing their combat capability, and the British troops on the battleship jumped into the sea one after another to escape, throwing the two battleships of Qiyu on the sea.

After packing up this small force, the three battleships turned their heads and rushed towards the northeast, and since they did not block the two battleships, they were surrounded again!

The two British battleships, at this time, were able to get rid of the pursuit of the five naval division battleships behind, and before they had completed the adjustment of direction, the three battleships again surrounded them from the other direction.

The battleship's guns again opened fire at the same time, and launched an attack on the William and Philip, completely blocking both battleships.

These three battleships are all battleships of the Shandong Naval Division, and they want to rush out of the interception again on a rampage? That's simply not possible! The soldiers of the Lu army have always been known for their fearlessness of death, but the soldiers of the British Empire are not so loyal and iron-blooded!

Keynes was so anxious that he stomped his feet and almost jumped into the sea, but since the people surrounded him, he had no choice but to fight and wait for an opportunity to break through.

The two battleships also opened fire with all their might, entangled with their opponents!

Although Keynes was still able to deal with it and not lose quickly, it was impossible to break through the opponent's blockade!

In less than twenty minutes, Ding Ruchang led the main battleship to rush up from behind again, besieged, and a huge encirclement was formed again, eight against two!

Eight battleships, two battleships against Keynes, no matter how bullish Keynes is and how good the British Navy is, it is definitely not the opponent of the Shandong Naval Division!

The William and the Philip rushed left and right, but they could not break out, and more and more shells fell on the two battleships, which had been blown up to the ground, and they were miserable, and the flames burned from the battleships, and the British Navy was even more dead and wounded!

Finished! It's completely over!

There was no way to break through at all, Keynes felt a wave of despair, now there were not enough six guns on the battleship to continue the battle, the sailors suffered heavy casualties, and the battleship's steam turbine was even hit by cannonballs, unable to operate normally, and completely lost the hope of breaking through!

"General Keynes, what shall we do now?"

The staff officer on the side asked.

"What else can I do? We lost! The order, the two battleships raised the white flag, surrender! We can't let all these hundreds of brothers die in the sea! ”

Keynes replied abruptly.

"Yes!"

The staff officer conveyed the order in a panic, and the two white flags were quickly hung on the mast!

Groups of British soldiers walked to the deck with their hands raised from their respective posts, and all the guns were piled up in a heap, one by one!

In the distance, Ding Ruchang saw clearly through the binoculars, and saw the white flag rising, Ding Ruchang finally breathed a sigh of relief, if they really escaped, it would be a big trouble, so that the British army in the Malay Peninsula was prepared in advance, it would be a huge mistake.

"Order, the battleship Qingdao and the battleship Shanghai immediately move forward, move closer, and receive the surrender of the British army!"

The two battleships slowly approached each other.

At this time, the battle in the distance was also over, and the British Empire's Asian Fleet had two battleships, four gunboats, and two torpedo boats, a total of nine ships, three sunk gunboats, one torpedo boat, two battleships and two gunboats, although both battleships and gunboats had suffered heavy losses, but as long as they were pulled into the dock for overhaul, they could still return to the battlefield.

The four warships plus the sailors rescued from the sea, almost 12,300 people, all of them became Ding Ruchang's prisoners!

Relieved, really relieved, fighting Spain is nothing, there is not so much hatred with Spain, and Spain is not a top power, only England, the humiliation of the two Opium Wars, plus this meddlesome, the hatred is as deep as the sea, and looking around the world, worthy of the name of the first military power, the world hegemon, defeated them, captured more than a thousand, what is more enjoyable than this?

Ding Ruchang personally took the Western saber handed over by Keynes, handed it to Luo Bicheng, and said with a smile: "Old Luo, I'll hand it over to you, this is the treasure of the British general!" ”

Luo Bicheng's heart was overjoyed, and he laughed and said: "Count your kid as a visionary, good things, I accepted it!" ”

"You're dreaming!"

Ding Ruchang said disdainfully: "You dare to ask for this thing? This is reserved for our handsome! You deserve it too! ”

"I'll rub!"

(To be continued.) )