At about 12 noon on September 19, 1908, the Sea Hawk bomber group of four mythical aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire appeared again in the sky above the United Expeditionary Fleet, this time it was the fourth round of bombing of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet by the Sea Hawk bomber group, after the loss of the first three rounds of bombing, only 137 Sea Hawk bombers in the fourth round of bombing could refill the ammunition of aerial bombs and machine guns and heavy machine guns, and re-take to the air for combat.

Originally, after the end of the third round of bombing, a total of 162 Sea Hawk bombers returned to the 4 mythical aircraft carriers, but 25 of them were not lightly injured and were no longer suitable for re-ascension into the air, but these 137 Sea Hawk bombers were enough to collapse the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers, which suffered extremely heavy losses.

When Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, was in the bridge of the Giant dreadnought, he found that the sky in the distance was once again densely packed with Chinese Imperial bombers, and he suddenly felt black in front of him, and his body shook, and he was about to fall to the ground.

"Commander, are you all right? What do we do now? A frightened Rusdit asked anxiously.

"Ahem...... Finished! It's completely over! cough cough cough ...... The bombers of the Chinese Empire have appeared again, representing our Entente, ahem...... The joint expeditionary fleet with the Allies will not have the slightest chance of turning the tables, and order the battle line of the 3rd Route Squadron to turn around and retreat to the north! Ahem...... Order the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats that follow around the battle line to help the dreadnoughts and all-steel battleships in their air defense as much as possible. Ahem...... We must survive this round of bombing by the bombers of the Chinese Empire. Bridget coughed and snapped.

Although Bridget was extremely reluctant to retreat like this for the Combined Expeditionary Fleet. But the terrible reality was in front of him, after repeated bombing by the bomber groups of the Chinese Empire. The battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet suffered unusually heavy losses, and this is not the end, in the confrontation with the battleships of the Chinese Empire, the Combined Expeditionary Fleet lost more battleships.

As the most powerful warship in the current naval war, the dreadnought battleship is the most important bargaining chip for victory, and now the Allied and Allied joint expeditionary fleets are running out of such bargaining chips, from 72 at the beginning of the war, only 14 are still maintaining combat effectiveness, such losses are no longer enough to describe with heavy losses.

And an all-steel battleship that was only weaker than a dreadnought. The Joint Expeditionary Fleet has also grown from 72 ships before the war to only 20 ships still in combat.

Compared with the battleships of the Chinese Empire, the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were already completely at a disadvantage, and the bombers of the Chinese Empire flew on the head of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet again.

Ruthdit immediately said: "Commander, I will immediately convey your order to the warships of our British Navy, as well as to the commanders of other countries. May God bless us! ”

Ruthit looked at the group of Imperial Chinese bombers that were gradually approaching the sky above the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and was very uneasy, hoping that his God would bless the aerial bombs of the Imperial Chinese bombers from falling on the Giant. Let him get out of this hellish battlefield safely.

Bridget coughed again and said, "Ahem...... Let's get those large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats fighting between the battle lines of the two fleets...... Immediately retreat in the direction of the line of battle of our Combined Expeditionary Fleet. There is no need for them to continue to fight hard, let them get back around the battleship. Also helped the battleship in air defense operations. ”

Inside the bridge of the Helgolan-class dreadnought battleship Helgoland, the flagship of the German naval fleet, Commander Tessim looked at the distant sky with a pale face. The bomber group of the Chinese Empire, which is gradually approaching, has only two words in its heart, it's over!

The warships of the German Navy joining the Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers have suffered heavy losses, and they have long exceeded the limit of Tessim's heart, especially after Bridget changed the tactics of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and did not achieve any situation to turn the tide of the war, the battleships of the German Navy are still losing rapidly, and Tessim also has the idea of retreating in his heart.

What the honor of the German Navy can no longer be taken care of at this time, this unprecedented scale of naval battle, Tessim no longer has any hope for the victory of the joint expeditionary fleet, as much as possible to save as many German warships, evacuate this battlefield of naval battle, is the most important thing.

At present, there are only 7 dreadnought battleships left in the German Navy that still maintain combat effectiveness, that is, with the 3 dreadnoughts evacuated to the back with serious injuries, there are only 10 dreadnought battleships left in the entire German Navy, and only 8 of the all-steel battleships of the German Navy, including the seriously injured, have disappeared on the sea, and if they continue to fight, the German battleships will definitely continue to lose.

In fact, the third and fourth formations of the Chinese Imperial Royal Navy dreadnought battleships opposite the Germans also suffered great losses, and now only 4 dreadnought battleships are left to continue fighting, and the other dreadnoughts are either seriously injured and withdrawn to the back, or they are sunk by the battleship main guns of the German Navy.

Tessim was just about to ask Tallerbad, the captain of the Helgolan, to send a telegram to Bridget, suggesting that the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet retreat immediately, but before the captain of the Helgolan, Tallerbad, could send a message, and the dense bomber group of the Chinese Empire appeared again.

"Ptolebad, order the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats that remain around our German battleships to provide anti-aircraft fire support for our German dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships at all costs, and we must survive this round of bombardment, and then whether the British General Bridget wants it or not." The rest of the warships of our German Navy will leave this hellish place. This naval battle...... We failed. ”

Tolebad, the captain of the Helgolan, said with a lonely expression: "Your Excellency, commander, do we have no chance at all?" Lost so many German warships. But getting such a result is really unwilling! ”

Tessim smiled bitterly, then raised his arm, pointed to the dense group of Chinese Imperial bombers in the distant sky, and said helplessly: "With those bombers of the Chinese Empire constantly bombing our joint expeditionary fleet, where do we have any chance, now is to try to keep as many German warships as possible, and evacuating here is the most correct choice, our German Navy's losses today are too great." ”

At this time, the first mate of the Helgolan hurried to the side of Tessim and Tolebad. Holding a telegram in his hand, he said: "Commander, Captain, Admiral Bridget of the British Navy has sent a telegram ordering our entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet to begin retreating!" ”

Tessim first took the telegram, read it, and then handed it to Tallerbad, and at the same time said: "It seems that the General Bridget also knows that this naval battle has reached the point where it is impossible to do anything, and there is no need for us to bring it up, the General Bridget himself gave the order, so it is fine." After returning to Germany, we can also give an account of the defeat in this naval battle and the retreat at this time. It was the British who were the first to hold out, and our German navy had to retreat. ”

Tolebad took the telegram and quickly swept it with his eyes, then sighed and said, "It seems that it will not be possible to retreat." I immediately sent a telegram to the battleships of the German Navy to change the direction of the battleship line. Evacuate in the direction of the channel from which you came. ”

"Don't forget to send a telegram to the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats that our German Navy is attacking, and ask them to withdraw to the battle line," said Tessim. Retreat to the north together, and hope that God will bless our German Navy and reduce some losses in the next retreat. ”

In the bridge of the French Navy's flagship Provence-class dreadnought battleship Radiance, the French Navy fleet commander François no longer has the previous hard spirit, the French Navy's dreadnought battleships are only 1 Lone class dreadnought battleship and 1 Provence-class dreadnought battleship, and they still maintain combat effectiveness for the time being, and there are also 2 Provence-class dreadnought battleships that are seriously injured and have been withdrawn to the back of the right flotilla of the combined expeditionary fleet, these surviving dreadnought battleships, Compared with the 6 Lone class dreadnought battleships and 6 Provence-class dreadnought battleships owned by the French Navy at the beginning of the war, they have successfully completed the slimming.

The French Navy has actually slimmed down and is also very successful, the French Navy has sent a total of 6 Republic-class all-steel battleships, 6 Liberty-class all-steel battleships and 4 Dandong-class all-steel battleships to join the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers, and now counting the seriously injured and withdrawn behind the right flotilla, the French Navy has only 6 all-steel battleships left.

Before the appearance of the fourth round of Sea Hawk bombers of the Chinese Empire, the captain of the Radiance, Rizaram, sighed to François and said: "After the sinking of the Ottoman Turkish Empire's Turkish dreadnought battleship, Ismael, the commander of the Ottoman Turkish Empire's naval fleet, did not escape, and now it has sunk to the bottom of the sea with the Turkish dreadnought battleship. ”

François said helplessly: "After the sinking of the Turkey, the dreadnought battleships on our right are left with 2 of our French Navy and 1 of the Italian Navy, but the Chinese Imperial Navy on the opposite side of our right still has 5 dreadnought battleships, and the all-steel battleships on our right are also lost, that is, no matter how many large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats we have, without battleships, it is impossible to win, and this naval battle seems to be unfought. We'll have to think about retreat. ”

François is honest, he really doesn't want to retreat like this, but the current battle situation is very obvious, if the joint expeditionary fleet wants to win, it is bound to be difficult to reach the sky, and if he doesn't hurry up and retreat, maybe he may enter the prisoner of war camp of the Chinese Empire again, Francois really doesn't want to go in again, although he is already a regular customer.

At this time, François and Rizaram spotted the Chinese Imperial Navy's Sea Hawk bomber group appearing in the distance, and François said with a blank sheet of paper: "The bombers of the Chinese Empire are here again, and they will immediately send a telegram to General Bridget of the United Kingdom, and our joint expeditionary fleet must retreat immediately!" ”

Rizaram nodded, and hurried to the position of the radio station in the bridge, and after a while he had a telegram in his hand, and ran back to François and said urgently: "General Bridget of England has given the entire United Expeditionary Fleet an order to retreat, and we can evacuate here." ”

François snatched the telegram from Rizaram's hand, and after reading it, he sighed and said, "Just follow General Bridget's orders!" ”

On the bridge of the Valdo-class dreadnought battleship Waldo, the flagship of the Russian Navy, Vladilenovich, the commander of the Russian Navy's fleet, saw the Chinese Imperial Sea Hawk bomber group appearing in the sky in the distance, and was immediately frightened and couldn't pee his pants, and immediately ignored the order of the Valdo to retreat to the rear of the Central Squadron of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

The captain of the Valdo, Tiudokaf, said to Vladilenovich: "Commander, in this situation, I believe that the commanders of other countries also know that this navy can no longer achieve victory, rather than us retreating privately, it is better to send another telegram to General Bridget of England, I don't believe that he does not understand the current situation of the war, as long as he gives the order to retreat, we will return to Russia, and it is better to explain." ”

As soon as Vladishanovich heard that it made sense, he immediately asked Tiudakav to send a telegram, and then to Vladilenovich's relief, Bridget really sent a telegram, ordering the entire joint expeditionary fleet to begin to retreat in the direction from which it came.

The commander of the Italian naval fleet, Erebet, and the commander of the Austro-Plenotic naval fleet, Rusdit, who had originally advocated retreat, received Bridget's order, of course, without any objections, and agreed with Bridget's retreat plan with both hands, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rusdit, complained about this that this order to retreat came later, and the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleships had all sunk, and earlier, the flagship Austrian dreadnought battleship might still have successfully retreated. (To be continued.) )

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