Chapter 446: The Broken Fish Belly Fleet

In the bridge of the British Navy's Duncan-class all-steel battleship Milgau, the atmosphere was very depressing at this time, and the faces of every British Navy officer and sailor were like mourning, and Milgau received an order to almost die, taking 1 other large fast armored cruiser of the LinkedIn Navy, which was also seriously damaged, as well as 2 fast protection cruisers, 3 destroyers and 3 torpedo boats, to stay with the French warships and German warships that were also unlucky to be left behind, as a broken fleet, Intercepting the pursuing fleet with 13 dreadnought battleships was definitely a lifeless mission.

As the captain of the Milgau, Rimando looked at the expressions of the undermen inside the bridge as if the end had come, and sighed secretly in his heart, the mission after the break was no different from the mission of sending him to death, and he could only be the live target of the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, he was in his early 50s, and he had dedicated his whole life to the British Royal Navy. But the hundreds of young men on the Milgau are all good British guys, and they can't bear to die in vain, but now that the 13 dreadnought battleships are behind, it is impossible to let some people leave.

But for the honor of the British Royal Navy, in order to let more British warships escape from this hell, the necessary sacrifice is worth it, who let their Milgau be unlucky, was hit by 1 406 mm armor-piercing shell, penetrated the 178 mm thick broadside armor, although the Milgau was not sunk by a single shot, but lost 4 152 mm secondary guns at once, and a large number of pipes in the hull were ruptured, the speed was forced to be reduced to less than 15 knots, and the fire ignited by the explosion has not been extinguished until now, At this time, if the Milgau does not leave a serious injury, who else can be left?

However, Bridget, the commander of the British naval fleet, sent a telegram to the Milgau, saying that after the main fleet had fled, the severed British warships could be allowed to choose a dignified surrender.

The so-called dignified surrender refers to the fact that after the white flag is raised, the watertight door at the bottom of the warship is opened, the warship is sunk, and then the personnel take a lifeboat to surrender to the Northeast Navy, but can it be done? Rimando was skeptical.

Rimantor coughed and shouted loudly from inside the bridge: "Cheer me up, remember that you are all officers and men of the British Royal Navy, serving in the most powerful navy in the world, you should not back down at any time, and you must maintain the dignity of the Royal Navy of the British Empire!" ”

Yedlin, the first mate who had been standing beside Rimanddo, listened to the words of his old-fashioned captain, and couldn't help but roll his eyes secretly, and said with some complaints, the Northeast Navy has these 13 dreadnought battleships, the British Royal Navy is still the most powerful in the ball, and the status of the world's naval hegemon has been ceded to the Northeast Navy. Otherwise, maybe the Mirgau will die with one more 406-mm shell, and then all dignity will be in vain!

The first mate Yedlin is only in his 30s this year, and he has a beautiful wife and a pair of well-behaved children at home, he really doesn't want to lose his life here, otherwise his beautiful wife doesn't know which bastard will be cheaper!

Riemando continued to shout: "Immediately contact the other warships left behind by our British Navy, let them move closer to our Milgau, contact the French and German fleets left behind, and form an interception formation here, to widen the distance between the warships, we must drag the 13 dreadnought battleships pursuing behind, our Milgau will immediately turn the bow and sail in a zigzag direction, and order our damage control personnel of the Milgau to do their best to control the fire, Don't let the fire spread to heavy ground like an ammunition warehouse. ”

The British officers and sailors on the bridge of the Milgau mechanically began to execute according to Riemando's orders.

The Frederick III-class all-steel battleship Barbarossa was left behind because of the explosion of the cannonball at close range, which tore a big hole in one side of the warship, making the Barbarossa leak strictly, although it was controlled and stopped from continuing to enter the water, but it had already carried nearly 1,000 tons of seawater, resulting in a speed of less than 14 knots.

In the bridge of the Barbarossa, the atmosphere was also much more solemn, what it meant after the break, these German naval officers and men were very clear, and the captain Skagen said in a deep voice: "Boys of the German Navy, we have come all the way to the East, although it has proved to be a stupid decision, but for the sake of Germany, let's fight until the last moment!" Turning the bow of the ship, making a Z-shaped course, ordering the other German warships to move closer to our Barbarossa. ”

"For Germany!" "For Germany!" ……

The originally oppressive atmosphere was blown away by the German slogan, and the fighting will of these German naval officers and men burst out in a slogan and began to carry out the orders of the captain.

What France left behind was the Cecilia-class all-steel battleship Prihelia, which was actually not hit by any 1 shell, but its 1 double-mounted 40 times caliber 305 mm main gun turret was unable to turn the gun because of a malfunction, and basically lost half of the main gun firepower, and what was even more unfortunate was that it was hit by one of its own destroyers when dodging the shells, and opened a hole in the underwater part of the hull side, although the water leak was finally charged, but the speed was less than 15 knots, I don't know if it's lucky? Or is it unfortunate?

The French captain of the Prihelia, Laudero, was not as tough as the other two captains, as soon as he received the order from the commander of the French naval fleet, FranΓ§ois, he immediately wanted to cry without tears, why did all the unfortunate things happen to us on the Prihelia? Letting us stay on the Prihelia to join the severed Fish Belly Fleet is no different from sending us to death!

In fact, compared to those sunken warships, the Prihelia's luck is quite good, at least it is still floating at sea.

The first mate of the Prihelia walked up to Londello with a lonely expression and said: "Captain, the Milgau left by the British sent a flag, so that the fleet left by France, together with the fleets left by Britain and Germany, will widen the distance between the warships and drag the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy behind. ”

Rondello didn't say anything for a long time, he was still immersed in the fear of death, and the first mate said it again, and Londello reacted: "Oh, then let's let the warships we stay, follow this!" Ughβ€”"

The first mate hesitated for a moment and said, "Captain, we basically have no way to survive if we stay, shouldn't we think about ourselves?" ”

A gleam flashed in Rondelo's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Since we have been abandoned, we should indeed think about our own lives. ”

Later, Londello whispered a few words into the first mate's ear, and the first mate immediately nodded repeatedly, then turned around and hurried away.

Shortly after the escape of the main fleet of the British, French, and German navies separated from the broken fleet, the 13 dreadnought battleships pursuing behind the Northeast Navy discovered these fleets of the British, French, and German fleets that had begun to move laterally.

In the bridge of the Fengtian super dreadnought, Yu Fu, the temporary commander of the dreadnought battleship formation, put down the binoculars in his hand, frowned and said to Zhen Li, the captain of the Fengtian beside him: "It seems that the main fleet of Britain, France and Germany of the Eight-Nation Alliance chose a strong man to break his wrist and leave a broken fleet. ”

Zhen Li also put down the binoculars and said without mind: "We actually don't have to pay attention to these broken warships, they don't add up to a few all-steel battleships, we rushed over directly, and it may not pose any threat to our 13 dreadnought battleships, we will wipe them out." ”

Yu Fu nodded approvingly and said: "Order all ships not to slow down, concentrate their firepower on the warships after the Eight-Nation Alliance is broken, sink them as much as possible, and continue to pursue the main fleet of Britain, France and Germany of the Eight-Nation Alliance. ”

Zhen Li said with a smile: "The three countries of Britain, France and Germany must be ......."

Before Zhen Li finished his sentence, someone in the bridge suddenly shouted: "A warship has raised a white flag!" ”

Yu Fu and Zhen Li immediately picked up the binoculars and found that some of the warships of the British, French and German fleets of the Eight-Nation Alliance had raised the white flag, and it should be the warships of the French, among which there was also 1 all-steel battleship, which was sailing to the left with 8 or 9 warships that also raised the white flag, leaving the channel pursued by the 13 dreadnought battleships, and after a while, the fire was extinguished in the sea area on the left, and it seemed that there was no doubt about surrender.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Milgau of the British Navy, the British captain Riemando looked at the broken warships left by the French in amazement, raised the white flag one after another, and ran to the side to extinguish the fire, and immediately shouted angrily: "Coward! This bunch of French cowards! ”

At this moment, a huge explosion came, and a fast protection cruiser left behind by the British Navy was hit by a 406 mm shot, which immediately blew the hull in half, and the two hulls quickly sank to the bottom of the sea with thick smoke and fire.

Yedlin, the first mate of the Milgau, turned pale and thought to the captain of the ship, Riemando, should we also learn from the French, but thinking of Rimanddo's stubbornness, he opened his mouth and did not speak.

Skahn, the captain of the all-steel battleship Barbarossa in Germany, pouted when he saw the appearance of the French, the cowardly French, what a disgrace to the Europeans.

The warships left behind by the British Navy and the German Navy were not greatly affected by the raising of the white flag by the French warships, and continued to adhere to their own broken mission, enduring the huge artillery bombardment of 13 dreadnought battleships. R1152