When the battleship Qingchengshan was sunk, the allied fleet completely annihilated the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Empire. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info 14 battleships were all wiped out, and the Ming Imperial Navy lost a clean one.

However, before they were completely annihilated, they sank two British battleships, six Ceylon battleships, and wounded three others, almost wiping out half of the Allied fleet.

Chu He died in the battle, all 14 captains under his command were killed, and although the losses of the coalition fleet were small, they also learned the combat effectiveness of the Ming Empire's fleet.

After sinking the battleship Qingchengshan, Balek? Admiral Lem let out a sigh of relief, realizing that his palms were already covered with sweat.

While his fleet was constantly attacking the warships of the Ming Empire, it was also enduring the counterattack of the other party and the harassment of the planes in the sky.

The battle lasted two hours, and the planes of the Ming Empire appeared three times, and in addition to sinking the Collingwood, another Ceylon battleship was seriously damaged.

The three battleships Gan Ning, Zhang Fei, and Huo Qubing were seriously damaged, and the Qin Qiong, Yang Ye, Wei Qing, Heishan, Li Guang, and Han Signal were sunk. Ceylon also suffered very heavy losses.

After leaving the four battleships of the Li Jing and Li Ji, as well as the Zhao Yun and Yue Fei, continued to shell Luzon and cover the landing force for the operation, Balek? Admiral Lem returned with his own fleet.

Returning in advance, there was also a battleship Guan Yu that escaped from the battle, so calculated that after a naval battle, Ceylon's originally powerful naval battleship fleet would only have 4 barely usable ships.

Another figure is much more interesting, the battleships of the Ming Empire also sank 22 supply ships and troop transports in Ceylon before sinking themselves, sending almost 4,000 landing soldiers to the bottom of the sea.

At the same time, ammunition and other weapons and equipment were sunk. Including tanks and cars, as well as a large number of infantry artillery, they were all sent to the bottom of the sea by Chu He's strange soldiers.

At this moment, Chu's arrangement with it showed its might, the Ceylon landing force was weak, and the battle for the landing in Luzon came to a stalemate.

In a state where the retreat was not and the offensive was weak, the main force of Ceylon was consumed by hundreds and thousands, and now the counterattack on Luzon Island, on which Miao Shengye had high hopes, has become a piece of chicken ribs that are tasteless and abandoned.

The data on the loss of transport ships also shows that the focus of the Ming Empire's attack was not focused on the enemy's battleships, which made Ceylon's losses particularly heavy.

Ceylon's heavy losses made the victory in this naval battle less dazzling, and even the landing was frustrated, and it was almost driven back by the infantry of the Ming Empire.

The coalition fleet, which had recovered the field, began to shell the positions of the Ming Empire's defenders on Luzon again, but this time they were much more cautious.

I don't know if it's out of fear of the planes of the Ming Empire, Balek? Admiral Lem not only did not let the three new, faster battleships close, but also drove away the lightly wounded St. Vincent and two wounded battleships in Ceylon.

Of course, after the transfer of command of the battlefield, Balek? Admiral Rem ordered the battleship Magnificent to escort the battleship St. Vincent back to the Ceylon shipyard for repairs.

Rendezvous the Giant, which is under repair, and waits inside the port of Ceylon. And he himself, transferred to the battleship Liverpool.

He also had another task, that is, the deterrence mission of forcing the Ming Empire to sue for peace. This task is actually very simple, that is, to take advantage of the weak navy of the Ming Empire to shell the coastal areas of the Ming Empire.

Although afraid of the planes of the Ming Empire, can they have their own fleet, Balek? Admiral Lem is still very confident. He felt that his fleet was fast, and before the other side could react, he could leave the battle and leave the war zone.

Balek? Admiral Lemm's plan was simple, he decided to bombard Canton, and then feigned a retreat to the south, turned north in the open sea, and attacked Shanghai to cause great damage.

Immediately after that, he could take the fleet all the way to the west, retreat to the range of the Japanese navy, and after the Japanese got the reinforcements, he would go east to test the feasibility of shelling Tianjin.

Of course. In the north, he was likely to encounter the fleet of the North Sea Division under the command of Zhang Rude, but he was confident that his fleet would not be afraid of the battleships that were outdated.

Although the planes of the Ming Empire are powerful, they can't all be deployed along the coast to defend his fleet, right? Even if you encounter the plane of the Ming Empire, Balek? Lem thinks his fleet can escape without a hitch.

Before heading north, Balek? Lem was well prepared - he borrowed thirty machine guns from the Ceylon landing force, as well as some rifles, to be used as anti-aircraft weapons for the new battleships.

With these weapons, at least his battleship won't be passively beaten. But how effective this temporary weapon will be, then only God knows.

Just in Balek? As Admiral Lem was heading north with three new battleships, he received a telegram from His Majesty the King of the homeland.

Looking at the contents of the telegram in his hand, Baalek? Admiral Lerm felt that he had read the wrong word. The orders in the message were contradictory and confusing him.

On the one hand, the telegram asked him to continue to carry out the mission of going north to attack the coastal areas of the Ming Empire, and insisted on keeping the plan of fighting and promoting peace unchanged.

On the other hand, His Majesty the King asked him in the telegram to shorten the shelling time as much as possible, save the fleet, and reduce the damage to the coastal cities of the Ming Empire.

"This is the group of adults in the country, I don't want to fight......" thought about it carefully, Baleck? Admiral Lem finally grasped the spirit of the message.

The officials and gentlemen in Britain wanted him to show the power of the navy's big ships and cannons, but they didn't want to completely annoy the Ming Empire and let the war continue endlessly.

In other words, it is to make the Ming Empire realize that there is no benefit in fighting any longer, and it cannot really annoy the Ming Empire and make the other party resist the peace talks.

"Anyway, let's shell Guangzhou first...... It's a big deal that after fighting Guangzhou, I will retreat south! "Balek? Lem crumpled the message and muttered through gritted teeth.

He knew that if the mission was canceled and he returned home with such a huge loss of the fleet, he, the commander of the expeditionary fleet, would be liquidated.

Even if he is not kicked out of the navy, he will probably be shelved. This may be the last time he will lead the fleet into battle, and he should cherish this opportunity.

"Speed up the fleet, 20 knots! Direction due north! "Throw away the message, Balek? Admiral Lem issued his new order.