Chapter 634: Losses Increase
The rapid protection cruisers and destroyers of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet used the sonar system to deal a very heavy blow to the submarine forces of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and dozens of Q-class and S-class submarines of the Imperial Chinese Navy were sunk.
To tell the truth, the officers and men of the navies of the countries of the United Expeditionary Fleet came to Asia with the confidence of victory, and they came to Asia with the desire to defeat the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy and seize the supremacy of the seas in Asian waters.
As a result, after encountering the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, something unexpected happened, the Chinese Empire was able to let their bombers fly to the sea area where the two fleets were engaged at sea, and carried out several rounds of bombing of the United Expeditionary Fleet, which caused the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the United Expeditionary Fleet to suffer very heavy losses, which was really a bit devastating.
Your Chinese Empire can't have a duel in a dignified manner, why do you always get some moths out of every sea war.
Originally, the strength of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet could not be matched by the combined strength of the Chinese Imperial Navy, but after the bombardment of the Chinese Imperial Bombers, the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet suffered serious losses, and now the strength of the two fleets is getting closer and closer.
This unexpected blow caused the naval officers and men of some countries of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet to retreat, and even several fleet commanders could not help but have the idea of retreating.
Now the Combined Expeditionary Fleet has repelled the submarine forces of the Chinese Empire, and even sank dozens of Chinese Imperial submarines with depth charges that had previously terrified all of Europe. This is definitely a very great encouragement to the officers and men of the United Expeditionary Fleet, who have been feeling aggrieved since the beginning of the war. Finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It's a pity that this breath of relief has not been completely exhaled. The battleship main gun shells of the Imperial Chinese Navy pushed back this breath.
The distance between the two fleets was gradually approaching, and soon changed from 8,000 meters to 7,000 meters, and the main guns of the battleships of the two fleets were more intense, and from time to time there were violent explosions on the sea, because the distance was getting closer and closer, the hit rate of the main guns of the battleships on both sides was higher, and the losses of the battleships were getting higher and higher.
After a distance of 7,000 meters, the large fast armored cruisers of the two fleets also joined the bombardment. It adds a fire to the fierce naval battle.
In the bridge of the Giant, the flagship of the British Navy of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, the commander-in-chief Bridget originally showed a smile on his face because his fast protection cruisers and destroyers had sunk dozens of submarines of the Chinese Empire, and became extremely dignified, from the distance between the two fleets from 10,000 meters to the current distance of 7,000 meters, the losses of the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were very serious, and the most important thing was that the losses were much more than the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy.
The British Navy sank 1 St. Vincent-class dreadnought and 1 Neptune-class dreadnought, 2 Majestic-class all-steel battleships, 1 London-class all-steel battleship, 1 Duncan-class all-steel battleship, and 3 Edwardian VII-class all-steel battleships. In a short period of time, the loss of 2 dreadnoughts and 7 all-steel battleships added up, and it would be strange if Bridget's face could still be happy!
And that's not counting the 1 Giant-class dreadnought battleship that the British Navy evacuated from the battle line with serious injuries during this period. As well as seriously damaging 1 Duncan-class all-steel battleship and 1 Edward VII-class all-steel battleship.
You must know that the time is only a little more than 11 o'clock in the morning, which is equal to the loss of the British Navy of these 2 dreadnought battleships and 7 all-steel battleships, which is only in more than half an hour. It was sunk in the middle of the confrontation.
The British Navy's dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships were concentrated in the middle, but they had to face the seven provincial super dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy in the middle. And the caliber of the main guns of these 7 provincial super dreadnoughts reached 406 mm, and the British Navy was not a dreadnought battleship. It is still an all-steel battleship, and as long as it is hit by 1 such a huge shell, it will bring extremely serious damage, and even a sword to seal the throat.
The small joy of sinking dozens of Chinese Imperial submarines could no longer fill the anger caused by the sinking of many battleships for Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.
Finally, without the disturbance of the Chinese Imperial bombers, the Chinese Imperial submarines that once terrified the whole of Europe were also repelled by the depth charges of the rapid protection cruisers and destroyers of the United Expeditionary Fleet, and even sank dozens of submarines of the Chinese Empire, so that the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the United Expeditionary Fleet, which were still superior in strength, could be bombarded with the battleships of the Chinese Empire with peace of mind.
But how is the rhythm of the script wrong, it is clear that the United Expeditionary Fleet has an advantage in battleships, how can it still lose so much in the battleship bombardment!
If the battleships of the Chinese Empire were to suffer greater losses than the Joint Expeditionary Fleet in the confrontation from 10,000 meters to 7,000 meters away from the two fleets, it would not be said anything, the key is that the battleships of the Chinese Empire, in the confrontation at this distance, the losses were much less than those of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, could it be that today is really not an auspicious day for the Joint Expeditionary Fleet to start a war, and Bridget's anger in his heart is very deep.
The battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy could not sink ten or eight ships in a short period of time, and the anger in Bridget's heart could not be calmed down.
However, it seems to be very difficult to let the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy sink ten or eight ships in a short period of time, the key is that the battleships of the United Expeditionary Fleet are not powerful enough, and the warships of other types of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet cannot bring any damage to the battleships of the Chinese Empire for the time being, Bridget can only be angry first, if something like sinking dozens of submarines of the Chinese Empire happens, Bridget may be able to reduce some of the angry elements.
The dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships sunk by the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were not limited to the British Navy, the Allies and the Allies. There were also no fewer dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships lost.
The German Navy lost 1 Oldenburg-class dreadnought, 1 Westfa-class dreadnought, and 2 Nassau-class dreadnoughts in this distance. Also lost 1 Wiecchersbach all-steel battleship, 2 Braunschweig-class all-steel battleships and 2 Deutschland-class all-steel battleships.
In just over half an hour, the German Navy lost 4 dreadnought battleships and 5 all-steel battleships, making the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim. The face was a little dark, the German Navy's dreadnought battleships had suffered a lot of losses, and in the past half an hour, I don't know what happened, as if the luck of the German Navy had become extremely bad.
For example, the German Navy's Westphali-class dreadnought battleship Tayasoni was sailing to maintain the battle line, when a steam turbine suddenly failed, which slowed down the Tayasoni a lot, and then it was hit by several 305mm shells. One of the rounds exploded directly near one of the Tayasoni's main gun ammunition bins.
Then the Tayasoni was sad, the steel bulkhead of the ammunition compartment could not withstand such a powerful explosion, dozens of 305 mm shells in the ammunition compartment were detonated, and then the Tayasoni was directly blown into two pieces and quickly sank into the sea, none of the German naval officers and men on the Tayasoni could successfully escape from the sunken Tayasoni, that is, someone jumped into the sea to escape, and because the Tayasoni sank too quickly. The man who jumped into the sea did not swim far before being sucked into the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool created by the sinking of the Tayasoni.
And the German Nassau-class dreadnought battleship Miriaan was even more unlucky. I don't know why, it may be that in order to maintain high speed, the boiler load belt is too much. A boiler in a power compartment suddenly rose sharply and exceeded the warning value. Before the officers and men of the German power room could deal with it, an explosion occurred. At once, several other boilers in the power compartment were detonated.
The explosion of these boilers was so powerful that it shattered the bottom of the Miriaan's hull, and the Miriaan did not last long before disappearing into the sea, and the only news worth celebrating was that the German naval officers and men on the Miriaan managed to escape more than half of them.
The other battleships of the German Navy that sank at this distance were basically all hit by the main guns of the battleships of the Chinese Empire, and anyway, in more than half an hour, the ranks of the German Navy's battleships were suddenly much smaller.
So far, the entire German Navy has sunk 11 dreadnought battleships, 7 all-steel battleships, plus seriously damaged battleships, and the strength of the German naval fleet has dropped by half compared with the beginning of the war.
In this more than half an hour of bombardment, the French Navy suffered considerable losses, and another Guba-class dreadnought battleship was sunk, and two Republic-class all-steel battleships, two Freedom-class all-steel battleships, and one Dandong-class all-steel battleship were also sunk by the main guns of the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy.
The face of the commander of the French naval fleet, François, was also ugly, in addition to sinking another dreadnought battleship, there was also a Provence-class dreadnought battleship that was seriously injured by the main gun shells of the Chinese Imperial battleship and retreated to the rear of the fleet, so that the most powerful dreadnought battleships of the French Navy were left with only 3, and they still maintained their combat effectiveness and could continue to bombard the battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy.
It is equal to the number of dreadnought battleships of the French Navy that can fight now, only a quarter of what it was before the war, which is really tragic, and François, a person who particularly hates the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, thinks in his heart, is there any point in continuing this naval battle? The fleets of the two sides have narrowed the distance from 10,000 meters to 7,000 meters, and the comparison of the strength of the battleships of the two sides has been reversed.
There were only 2 dreadnoughts left in the Russian Navy, but 1 was sadly sunk at this distance, fortunately it was not the Russian Navy's flagship Valdo-class dreadnought battleship that sank, it was another Russian-class dreadnought battleship that sank, otherwise the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Vladilenovich, might not have been so frightened.
If the Valdo is sunk, Vladitanovich is likely to have no chance of escaping, and there is no need to be as frightened as now, so he can't care about anything else, what Tsar Nicholas II's autumn reckoning, Vladitanovich didn't think about it at all, after the last 1 Russian-class dreadnought battleship sank, Vladitanovich sent a telegram to the commander-in-chief Bridget, strongly asking Bridget to quickly lead the entire joint expeditionary fleet to evacuate this hellish battlefield, Their Russian Navy could no longer hold out.
In this more than half an hour, except for the last 1 Russian-class dreadnought battleship, half of the 6 all-steel battleships sent by the Russian Navy to join the joint expeditionary fleet were sunk, and 2 Peresvet-class all-steel battleships and 1 Borodino-class all-steel battleship were sunk by the main guns of the Chinese Imperial battleships in the confrontation.
The Italian Navy was not spared in the more than half an hour of confrontation, and one more Dante-class dreadnought battleship was sunk, as well as two Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships were also sunk.
The Austro-Hungarian Navy also sank another Dante-class dreadnought battleship, leaving the entire Austro-Hungarian Navy battleship with the flagship Austria-class dreadnought battleship Austria, and the Austro-Hungarian Navy did not have all-steel battleships to join the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.
The commander of the Italian naval fleet, Erebet, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rusdit, were hesitant to evacuate because the rapid protection cruisers and destroyers of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet had sunk dozens of feared submarines of the Chinese Empire with sonar systems and depth charges, but when the battleships of the two countries were sunk again, they immediately sent a telegram to Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet.
The telegram meant that General Bridget, the battleships of our joint expeditionary fleet have suffered too much loss now, and they no longer have an advantage over the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy that still have combat effectiveness.
In order to preserve the strength of the re-battle, let's go to the dark by another way, if not, let's withdraw first, leave Asia and go back to Europe.
When we gather enough strength again, we will return to Asia and compete with the main fleet of the Chinese Empire.
If we continue to fight like this, our entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet will be in the air. (To be continued.) )