Bridget, the commander of the British naval fleet and the commander of the joint expeditionary fleet of the entire eight-nation alliance, gave the order for the fleets of all countries to retreat completely, and the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Makarov, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and if he continued to fight, his Russian fleet would not be able to hold on, and after only a long time of war, he had lost 8 all-steel battleships, and only 11 all-steel battleships remained.

And the Northeast Navy opposite him, only 2 battleships were damaged and withdrew from the battle, and the contrast of battleships suddenly became 11 to 14, and it must be the Russian Navy that is unlucky to fight again.

Makarov immediately ordered all Russian warships to immediately leave the battle and retreat to the southwest of the Taiwan Strait, but there was no way to retreat with one seriously damaged fast protection cruiser and one seriously damaged destroyer.

The remaining 8 all-steel battleships of the Peresvet-class and 3 all-steel battleships of the Borodino class of the Russian naval detachment, as well as 7 large fast armored cruisers, 9 fast protection cruisers, 11 destroyers, and 22 torpedo boats, began to turn around and withdraw to the southwest of the Taiwan Strait by order of Commander Makarov.

Because they were worried that the fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance north of the Taiwan Strait, that is, the remaining Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy and the American fleet, and the Second Fleet of the Northeast Navy, would stay behind to clean up the battlefield and at the same time guard against the Japanese fleet and the American fleet, which had not yet appeared, only the warships of the First Fleet pursued the fleeing Russian fleet.

The First Fleet was in the battle just now. Only 1 city-class all-steel battleship, the Cullen, was seriously damaged, and the other large fast-armored cruiser Shock, a throttle-class large fast armored cruiser, was sunk. Two anti-aircraft fast protection cruisers, two destroyers of the several destroyers, and four mine-class torpedo boats were also sunk in the naval battle, and the First Fleet also left three fast protection cruisers and two destroyers on the side of the 13 dreadnought battleships to prepare for emergencies.

Thanks to the fact that both the First and Second Fleets left an equal number of fast-protection cruisers and destroyers. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to easily deal with 13 German submarines close to 3 dreadnought battleships.

As a result, the First Fleet was able to pursue the Russian naval detachment only with 7 city-class all-steel battleships, 3 throttle-class large fast armored cruisers, 7 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers and 12 torpedo boats, which were inferior in strength to the Russian naval detachment they were pursuing, which was quickly discovered by the fleeing Russian Navy.

In the bridge of the Borodino-class all-steel battleship Ascald, the flagship of the Russian Navy, the captain of the Ascald, Rostislavich, said to Makarov: "Your Excellency, the Northeast Navy that is pursuing us behind seems to be only a part of the Northeast Navy warships that fought with us just now, and the other part of the Northeast Navy warships should not have chased us, so that our current strength has completely surpassed the Northeast Navy pursuing behind. Are we going to turn around and teach the fleet that the Northeast Navy is chasing after you a hard lesson? ”

Makarov put down the telescope in his hand. He also saw from the telescope that the Northeast Navy that was pursuing behind was indeed only a part of the warships that had just been fighting, and only seven all-steel battleships were seen in the telescope, as well as a small number of warships of other types.

Makarov frowned and thought for a moment and said: "Now our entire Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet has retreated, because of the 13 dreadnought battleships that suddenly appeared in the Northeast Navy, we have completely failed in this sea battle. Although the direction of our Russian fleet's retreat is only pursued by the warships of the Northeast Navy behind, if we stop and engage the Northeast Navy pursuing behind, there may be other warships of the Northeast Navy in a while. It should be like a cat smelling fishy smell and chasing after us, then we will be miserable, and we will be defeated anyway. As long as the remaining warships of our Russia can be safely withdrawn, even if God forbid, I don't want to destroy many more warships of the Northeast Navy. The preservation of more Russian warships is the most important thing. ”

Rostislavich also only mentioned a Jianyì, hearing Makarov's words. He immediately nodded in agreement and said, "Commander Yingming, now the navies of all countries are busy running away. If we stop and continue fighting, there is indeed a danger of being entangled, in that case, when other warships of the Northeast Navy come over, needless to say, as long as the other warships that have just engaged us also chase after us, our entire Russian naval fleet will be in danger. ”

Makarov sighed and said: "No one thought that such a huge eight-nation alliance naval joint expeditionary fleet could be defeated, I think Hong Kong is not safe, I am ready to lead everyone directly back to Europe, back to Russia, these warships are already the vast majority of our Russian navy strength, there must be no more losses." ”

Rostislavich nodded sternly, and did not say anything more, and the remnants of the warships of the Russian naval detachment also continued to flee in the southwest direction of the Taiwan Strait, even if they were pursued by an enemy weaker than themselves, and they did not have the slightest desire to turn back and fight, and they were rushing all the way.

The First Fleet of the Northeast Navy was closely pursuing the Russian Navy Detachment at a distance of about 10,000 meters, and in the bridge of the Shenyang, the flagship of the First Fleet, Wu Lili, the captain of the Shenyang, put down the binoculars in his hand, frowned and said to Sun Xitao: "Commander, those all-steel battleships in Russia are not slow, let alone those other types of warships that are faster. ”

Sun Xitao didn't mind saying: "The overall situation of this naval battle has been decided, and the current pursuit is only to expand the results, our 13 dreadnought battleships are all pursuing the fleets of Britain, France and Germany head-on, if the Russians can stop and fight with us again, we still have hope to entangle the Russian fleet, and wait for our dreadnought formation to free up their hands and pack up these Russian warships together, but it seems that the Russians are determined to escape, and regardless of the strength of the fleet we are pursuing, forget it, order to stop the pursuit." , cheap Russians. ”

Wu Lili nodded, and was just about to convey Sun Xitao's order, when the signal corps of the Shenyang handed a telegram to Wu Lili.

Wu Li immediately showed a surprised expression when he saw the telegram, and then immediately looked happy, "Commander, Li Dong, the captain of the Sharp Knife submarine, sent a telegram that the Sharp Knife submarine and 5 Q-class submarines are currently on the escape route of the Russian fleet, and 6 submarines are preparing to carry out torpedo attacks on the Russian fleet. ”

Sun Xitao was surprised to take the telegram and take a look, it turned out that the submarine force attacked the battleships of the British, French and German navies and failed, and lost 2 Q-class submarines, the remaining 12 submarines withdrew from the battlefield of the naval battle, but unfortunately the direction of the retreat of the Sharp Knife submarine and 5 Q-class submarines was the direction of the Russian naval fleet's escape, and the 6 submarines including the Sharp Knife found the approaching Russian fleet from the radar, and the 6 submarines holding their breath were ready to attack the fleeing Russian fleet.

Moreover, the submarine forces have found that when they are close to the battleships of the three navies of Britain, France and Germany, it is the British Navy's fast protection cruisers and destroyers that can accurately find out the location of their submarines, and it is very likely that the warships of the British Navy are equipped with sonar, and now the Russian fleet fleeing in their direction should not be equipped with sonar, the British are not so generous, and the six submarines including the Sharp Knife are willing to risk launching a torpedo attack on the Russian fleet.

Sun Xitao hesitated for a moment and said: "Send a report to the Sharp Knife, allow a torpedo attack, and if you find that the Russian warship is also equipped with sonar, immediately retreat with all your might!" In addition, our First Fleet continues to pursue, and I estimate that there may not be sonar on the Russian warships, because God doesn't want the Russians to have a good time! ”

In the Sharp Knife submarine, the captain Li Dong's eyes were attached to the periscope, and the palms of his hands holding the handle were sweating a little nervously, the Russian fleeing fleet was getting closer and closer, if the Russian warships were also equipped with sonar, the six submarines on their side that had sneaked to the attack position would not only be unable to carry out torpedo attacks, but the losses would certainly not be small.

Fortunately, what Li Dong was worried about did not happen, dozens of Russian warships still unknowingly entered the ambush circle of 6 submarines, and Li Dong also found from the periscope that 1 battleship of the Russian Navy had entered the attack range of his Sharp Knife, so he ordered: "The No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes are 3 degrees to the right, immediately fill the water, and prepare to launch!" ”

Moments later, the first mate of the Sharp Knife reported that the No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes were ready, and at the same time the other five submarines received a telegram that they were about to launch a torpedo attack on the Russian warship.

Li Dong's eyes never left the periscope, and then he ordered two torpedoes to be fired, and two 533-millimeter steam gas torpedoes were fired from the Sharp Knife, drilled into the sea, and at a speed of 45 knots, rushed towards a Russian battleship at a distance of about 700 meters.

Immediately after the sound of explosions, five other Q-class submarines also launched torpedo attacks.

Li Dong saw from the periscope that the torpedo hit the target, and immediately waved his hand excitedly, and immediately ordered: "The No. 3 and No. 4 torpedo tubes are 4 degrees to the left, immediately fill with water, and prepare to launch, our submarine force will find a place on the Russians today!" ”

The sudden torpedo attack caused a great confusion in the Russian fleet, and although the Russian fast protection cruisers and destroyers kept dropping depth charges into the sea, they seemed to have no effect, and one Russian warship after another was torpedoed...... (To be continued......)

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