Before committing suicide with a gun, the commander of the British fleet, with what little sanity he had left, issued his final order, asking the remaining ships to abandon the pursuit of the Ocean Fleet, and instead switch their targets to pursue the six old Beiyang ships that had gradually moved away but had not yet run too far away, and the auxiliary ships they escorted. However, since the fleet was already in disarray, only a part of the warships received orders, and the result inevitably led to even greater chaos.

Some warships obeyed the order or spontaneously changed their targets, but because a considerable number of warships were still continuing to pursue the oceanic fleet, only a dozen or so of them rushed over, of which only two were relatively new anti-cruisers, most of which were old anti-patrol ships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons or even less; In addition, some ships lost their courage and retreated, or even fled without authorization, resulting in a further reduction in the number of British ships that continued to pursue the Ocean Fleet.

Of course, this can't be completely blamed on the captain's cowardice, after all, even their fleet commander had a nervous breakdown, and it was the performance of the ocean fleet that subverted their original cognition, and the mental impact caused was too strong.

However, it was not easy to escape in the chaotic queue, except for the ships on the edge, the other warships rashly turned and easily collided with friendly ships, while the heavy artillery fire of the Ocean Fleet continued to sink the British ships, and by the time the three British warships who were bent on escaping finally broke away from the group, there were less than ten British ships that had been chasing the Ocean Fleet like moths to fire, and they all raised their white flags one after another to ask for surrender

The three British warships that escaped also raised the white flag after seeing this scene, no way, the speed of the Haitian-class patrol was too fast, there was originally a large group dragging it, and they still had hope of escaping, but now the brigade actually surrendered, so how could they escape? It's better to surrender too, anyway, the law is not responsible for the public, and the British government can't send everyone to a military court, right?

"What a disservice to the reputation of the Royal Navy! But after all, it was temporarily gathered, and it was a good performance to be able to hold on until now before surrendering. Although the relationship has deteriorated many years ago, the Chinese Navy has always taken the British Royal Navy as its division, and it is impossible to imagine that in just a few years, the Chinese Navy will be able to beat the former teacher to the point that he can not even maintain the most basic self-esteem

After ordering the flag soldiers to send a signal and ask the British ships to surrender to slow down and line up, Liu Buyun immediately divided two Haitian-class patrols to support the coastal defense fleet, although he believed that Deng Shichang had the ability to defeat the attack of the dozen or so British ships, but the second Zhijing ship and those auxiliary ships were not as resistant to defeat as Dingzhen, and it was better to lose a little less.

Although the Ocean Fleet was divided, the British ships that surrendered still accepted the arrangement honestly, firstly because their courage had been lost, and secondly, these warships were generally old and slow (otherwise they would have rushed ahead and would have been killed first), even if the Ocean Fleet only left two Haitian-class patrols to watch them, it would be an irresistible and difficult force to get rid of.

Yes, Liu Buyun only left two Haitian, and two were sent to support Dingzhen, so what did the other two Haitian do?

It turned out that Liu Buyun had actually noticed the two Edgar-class large protective cruisers that had been watching the battle on the edge of the battlefield, and had paid attention to them early, although it was too far away to accurately identify the size and type of warships, but with rich experience, Liu Buyun still believed that the two warships were the back of the British fleet. As a result, when Liu Buyun, who had a good eye, had been deliberately leaning towards the two Edgar-class cruisers when he was directing the Ocean Fleet in a circle.

After the distance was shortened, the technicians on the Haitian finally calculated the approximate tonnage of the two British warships through the data observed by the rangefinder, and the gradually clear outline made Liu Buyun think that they were cruisers, and immediately paid more attention to them.

According to the information of the British Royal Navy that he had read before going south, Liu Buyun knew in advance that Britain now has two kinds of large cruisers, and no matter which one they are, they all have extremely fast speed and super endurance, and if they are allowed to escape to the coastal areas of China, they will definitely cause great harm.

Therefore, after the enemy in front of him was resolved, Liu Buyun immediately sent the "Sea Dragon" and the "Sea Tiger" to deal with the two Edgar-class large protective cruisers, regardless of whether they could catch up, if they didn't try, there would definitely be no hope.

Fortunately, the British made a fatal mistake, because they were just watching the battle, the two Edgar-class large protective cruisers only maintained the cruising speed to save coal, that is, about 10 knots, and the British fleet commander had only a little residual sanity before committing suicide, and forgot to warn them, and as a result, the two Edgar-class cruisers, who were a little careless, did not raise the speed for a long time.

The speed of the Sea Dragon and the Sea Tiger had been increased to more than 20 knots when they were circling in circles, and after being ordered to act alone, they turned on the strong pressure ventilation, and the speed soon exceeded 22 knots, and they pounced on the two Edgars like arrows from the string!

When the two British captains found that something was wrong and ordered to turn and flee, the distance between the two sides had been narrowed to within 7,000 meters, and the British officers and men desperately wanted to speed up, but where could they reach the limit so quickly in their eagerness?

As a result, they could only watch the distance between the two sides continue to close, and then the two British ships wisely chose to flee separately, but the sea dragon and the sea tiger immediately separated and chased one each

Then, seeing that the size of the Haitian-class cruiser was a cut larger than their own, the two British captains took it for granted that the draft of the Edgar-class cruiser was shallower, so they relied on their familiarity with the waters in this area and deliberately drove into the shallow water with more reefs, hoping to let the enemy ship run aground.

But they didn't know that the normal draft of the Haitian-class patrol was half a meter smaller than that of the Edgar-class with a standard row of more than 7,000 tons, especially since the British warship had a shorter journey and consumed less coal and living supplies, so the difference in draft was even greater

As a result, an Edgar-class large protective cruiser hit the reef first because of a panic, and the Sea Dragon did not fire a single shell, and the large cruiser with a standard row of more than 7,000 tons sank into the sea, and the Sea Dragon's job immediately became to rescue the British troops in the water (to be continued. )