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At 14:32 p.m. on April 7, 1862, Lin Haijiang woke up and returned to the bridge, where Duravyev, who was wounded and wrapped in the same head as an Indian Asan, was looking at several huge bonfires on the sea with a bitter face. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The two giant ships of the Chinese Empire in two successive naval battles turned the tide like the pillars of the sky, and all the warships of the coalition looked extremely pale and powerless in front of the two ships of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, but the 260mm naval guns of 35 times the caliber of these two warships were like destroyers, and they could easily penetrate all the armored protective positions of any coalition warship.

Duraviev believes that after this battle, there will definitely be a new round of major adjustments in the naval shipbuilding plans of all countries in the world, because the two warships built by Prussia for the Chinese Empire have already created a new era of naval affairs! Giant warships equipped with large-caliber naval guns will become the main force in the future decisive battle on the ocean.

Plimpton. Arthur looked at the defeated right-wing formation and his mind buzzed, the two giant ships of the Chinese Empire brought him too much shock to be incredible, and he destroyed his right-wing formation in just three shots, is there still a need for this naval battle to continue?

Major General Mitchell anxiously reminded Printon on the sidelines. Arthur said: "Your Excellency! We should take advantage of the great opportunity of the enemy's ship formation to retreat immediately, otherwise we will repeat the situation of the total annihilation of the right flank formation, we are not their opponent! ”

Plimpton. Arthur put down his binoculars in a distraction, and he finally knew that James . How did William fail, although the number of allied warships was large, but a single ship was inferior to the Chinese Empire in terms of gun caliber, tonnage and armor thickness, especially the two huge ships that could be called invulnerable, like two ferocious beasts rampant on the battlefield.

Plimpton. Arthur said to Major General Mitchell a little hungry: "Now I will hand over the command to you, Major General Mitchell, you can make all decisions on my behalf, including surrender!" Stop this damn pointless fight! Let the living continue to live! ”

In an instant, Plimpton. Arthur seemed to be a teenager old, and he even stumbled a little! A powerlessness in Plimpton. Arthur's body spread, Plimpton. Arthur's faith was completely destroyed, as if the war in front of him no longer mattered!

Lin Haijiang looked at the coalition warships that no longer had a formation and turned to flee the battlefield, he knew that this encounter in the Strait of Malacca was likely to be the last battle of the Chinese Empire against the Eight-Nation Coalition at sea, and even if the coalition warships escaped back to the port of Batavia, I am afraid they would no longer have the courage to fight!

Perhaps these warships that escaped will become their own trophies, at this moment Lin Haijiang has not had time to count the victories of this battle, but one thing is certain, that is, after this battle, the Chinese Imperial Navy will become the country with the most advanced warships!

Major General Mitchell did not choose to surrender, because the honor of the military did not give him the courage to face the so-called surrender, retreat is the only choice for Major General Mitchell, as for where to retreat? Rear Admiral Mitchell is also very blind, the battleship needs to be refueled with coal and water, and they can't go anywhere before that!

The remaining eight warships of the coalition forces withdrew from the battle sequence and sailed towards the port of Batavia at full speed, and the ship formation of the Imperial Chinese Navy that completed the tactical maneuver except for the two seriously damaged heavy cruisers, the remaining nine warships also followed the coalition fleet, this is the first time since the Chinese Empire has engaged in the war, the number of naval ships has surpassed the coalition forces, and the quantitative advantage of nine to eight plus the quality advantage, Lin Haijiang's opportunity to completely eliminate the naval power of the coalition forces is at hand, You must know that the huge supply fleet of the coalition forces is basically docked at Batavia Port, which is a delicious meal delivered to Lin Haijiang's door.

Duke Hanni, who was anxiously waiting in the port of Batavia, finally waited for another successful reduction of half of the coalition armored protection cruiser formation, and the entire port of Batavia was shrouded in an atmosphere of terror, and the Chinese Imperial Fleet, which followed the coalition fleet, gathered the coalition ships anchored near the port of Batavia like a duck, and several tried to set sail or fire their guns to resist were all sunk on the spot, and the 260 mm high-explosive bombardment bombarded the 1,500-ton wooden sail battleships or transport ships, The results are obvious!

Except for broken pieces of wood and corpses, almost nothing is intact! The more than 300 coalition ships near the port of Batavia all obediently lowered their sails, and they knew very well that even if they escaped, they could not choose this time, but could only wait until night to wait for an opportunity to find an opportunity.

A large amount of supplies were piled up near the docks of the port of Batavia, which was the main reason why the Chinese Empire did not carry out large-scale shelling.

Duke Hanni looked out of the harbor from a nameless hill behind the port of Batavia, the nine warships of the Chinese Empire were rampant on the sea, the coalition ships anchored outside the harbor had been driven together, and three warships were cruising outside the harbor, two of which had high freeboard and streamlined hulls that he had never seen before.

Duke Hanni glanced at Major General Mitchell, who was not speechless, and reproached: "Look at the good things you have done! Actually provoked all these plague gods back? Now that the port is blocked, what should we do? Plimpton. Where is Admiral Arthur? Why didn't he come to see me? I commanded him to come to me! ”

Duke Hanni seemed a little extremely restless at the moment, because he had tried to persuade Dennis, the captain of the Ark Royal, to forcibly break through the encirclement of the enemy and use the Ark Royal's maximum speed of seventeen knots to get rid of the enemy's encirclement, but Captain Dennis told Duke Hanni that the sixteen 260 mm and 35 times the guns on the two giant ships of the other side could sink the Ark Royal dozens of times in two hours after the Ark Royal was on fire and pressurized! The wisest option now is to negotiate with the other side rather than risk breaking out.

In fact, Major General Mitchell also understands that his so-called behavior is like a child who has been bullied at school running home to find help, and when human beings are faced with a crisis that they cannot cope with, they always like to gather together to produce a so-called group effect.

Plimpton. Admiral Arthur had already taken off his uniform inside his tent, meticulously shaving, and the adjutant seemed to be ironing his gown, perhaps Princeton. Admiral Arthur has an important event to attend? However, in the face of Duke Hanny's inquiry, Major General Mitchell still responded from a polite point of view, that is, Princeton. Admiral Arthur was very uncomfortable, and Duke Hanny was obviously very unhappy with this explanation!

The sailors on the eight coalition warships who escaped back lowered the boilers with the guns extinguished after the pursuers arrived, and all of them went ashore to become the army, and the only battleship with all the staff on board was the Royal Ark, but the Royal Ark, which was not prepared at all, was obviously impossible to complete the so-called breakthrough, Duke Hanni had long heard of the barbaric acts of the Chinese Empire, and he believed that Lin Haijiang would not easily let go of himself as the commander of the coalition forces, and how to get himself out of danger became Duke Hanni's urgent delay.

Soon, Duke Hanni waited for the other party's negotiator, Vice Admiral Duravyev, for this Russian vice admiral, Duke Hanni did not have the slightest impression, on the contrary, Rear Admiral Mitchell did know a lot about Duravev, but it was obviously not the time to greet and catch up.

Duraviev looked at Duke Hanni hiding in the grove very embarrassed and said helplessly: "Your Excellency the Honorable Duke, on behalf of Lin Haijiang, the head of the Chinese Empire, I now inform you that in an hour he will accept the formal surrender of the Supreme Commander of the coalition forces on the Zhenyuan ship, as an additional condition for surrender, all the officers and men of the coalition forces who participated in the Batavia port tragedy will be executed, and the rest of the high-ranking officers will be jointly and severally responsible for the unfavorable management and supervision. In the end, according to the personal rank, the funds raised by his country or relatives will be redeemed! If the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces fails to formally surrender after an hour, the Imperial Chinese Navy will sink all the Allied ships in the port of Batavia, and all Allied personnel, including non-combatants such as priests, will be killed. ”

Duke Hanni gasped after listening to the simple message brought by Duravev, this result is really terrible, there is no psychological obstacle for Duke Hanni personally, and he is placed in the execution of some Indians and Dutch, Duke Hanni thinks that this is their own doing, he is only the nominal commander of the coalition forces, and when he arrived at the port of Batavia, the tragedy of the port of Batavia has already happened! It should be James who is responsible. William is in charge!

The only thing Duke Hanni cares about now is the time limit of one hour, under the stunned gaze of Major General Mitchell and others, Duke Hanny eagerly pulled Duraviev as he walked: "We can't waste precious time for meaningless things now, the army units attacking the Imperial fortress are trapped, and they have to lose several ships every day in order to deliver supplies to them, they are already hopeless, now we should think more for the living!" ”

Duke Hanni decided the life and death of the tens of thousands of allied troops who attacked the imperial fortress in a few words, and the troops that could not be attacked and withdrawn were discarded by Duke Hanni like broken socks without hesitation, and Duke Hanni had only one thought at this moment, that is, how to hurry to the Zhenyuan ship of the Chinese Empire to sign the surrender, so as to get himself out of the nightmare in front of him as soon as possible.

(To be continued)