The remnants of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey raised the white flag one after another and surrendered to the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, which became the last straw for the second joint expeditionary fleet that overwhelmed the Entente, the Central Powers and the United States.

Even the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, Bridget, wanted to continue to fight hard, the German Navy, the American Navy, and the French Navy were unwilling to fight, and even the vast majority of the officers and men of the British Navy were unwilling to fight.

In the bridge of the Fengtian Super Dreadnought battleship, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, Sun Xitao saw the remaining warships of the British, American, German and French navies of the United States and the United States of America and France in the United Expeditionary Fleet, and began to turn around and prepare to evacuate, and couldn't help but wave his fist excitedly, and then laughed happily and said: "Sure enough, it's almost the same as I thought, the French Navy and the U.S. Navy will first be unable to hold on, and then the German Navy will not be able to hold on, The rest of the British Navy is difficult to support alone, and can only follow along, hahaha! This naval battle was won by our Royal Navy! ”

Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian who was next to him, also said with a smile: "This naval battle is going on so far, except for the loss of carrier-based aircraft, our three main fleets have not sunk many warships, compared to a sea battle of this scale, it can be said to be a miracle!" ”

At this time, the officers and men of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in the bridge of the Mukden could hardly suppress their joy when they saw the remnants of the fleets of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France about to escape. I couldn't help but cheer.

Sun Xitao saw the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France that began to retreat on the opposite side from the observation window of the bridge, and waved his hand. shouted to Yin Jian beside him: "Send a telegram to the three commanders of the aircraft carrier formation, asking them to increase the bombardment of the remnants of the joint expeditionary fleet." We can't let the Combined Expeditionary Fleet leave so easily, and strive to leave as many warships as possible of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France before it gets dark, and at the same time order all the super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships, as well as other types of warships near our Royal Navy battle line, immediately pursue the remnants of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, cooperate with the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier, and try to leave as many warships as possible of the enemy! ”

After Sun Xitao's order was issued, the Imperial Navy of the Chinese Empire had 9 emperor-class aircraft carriers. Began to release as many carrier-based aircraft as possible to pursue the remnants of the joint expeditionary fleet, and the main forces of the three fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire also swarmed towards the remnants of the fleeing warships of the four navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France.

Even the submarine forces of the three fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire under the surface of the sea pursued the remnants of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France.

In the sky above the British Navy's Orion-class super dreadnought battleship Scorpio, after the two fleets faced each other head-on, the figure of the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire has never disappeared, and carrier-based aircraft continue to dive bomb the Scorpio super dreadnought, but most of them have not succeeded. Many carrier-based aircraft were destroyed by the anti-aircraft fire of the Scorpio Super Dreadnought battleship, as well as the anti-aircraft fire of other types of warships around the Scorpio, and there were very few carrier-based aircraft that could successfully drop aerial bombs or aerial torpedoes on the Scorpio Super Dreadnought battleship, and the Scorpio Super Dreadnought battleship retreated with the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France. Basically, there were no major injuries, and the combat effectiveness was not affected in the slightest.

However, because of the sudden retreat, the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France inevitably had some confusion. Several British Navy warships of other models were following around the Super Dreadnought battleship Scorpio, during the retreat. The overall anti-aircraft formation was not maintained, which made a gap in the firepower and air defense network of the Scorpio Super Dreadnought battleship. One Sea Hawk bomber seized the opportunity and successfully dropped an 800-kilogram aerial bomb on top of the Super Dreadnought battleship Scorpio.

With a "boom-" sound, the 800-kilogram aviation torpedo pierced the deck armor of the Scorpio Super Dreadnought battleship, and exploded near a power compartment inside its hull, destroying several boilers and a steam turbine in the power room at once, although it did not cause the boiler and steam turbine to explode, but it slowed down the speed of the Scorpio Super Dreadnought battleship.

In the bridge of the Scorpio Super Dreadnought battleship, the first mate of the Scorpio said to the captain of the Scorpio in a sad voice: "The loss situation has just come from the power compartment, 1 steam turbine and 6 boilers have been scrapped, it is impossible to repair it in a short time, and the maximum speed of our Scorpio can only be about 15 knots now, now we are in big trouble, the speed of our Scorpio will definitely not be able to keep up with the large force, and it will soon be caught up by those battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy behind!" Captain, what shall we do? ”

The captain of the Scorpion gritted his teeth and said: "Let the warships around our Scorpion maintain the anti-aircraft fire that supports our Scorpio, and order the remaining boilers of our Scorpio to increase the output steam pressure to the maximum, so that our Scorpio Super Dreadnought Battleship can retreat as quickly as possible!" ”

However, the British Navy's Scorpio Super Dreadnought Battleship did not exceed a little more than 15 knots at its fastest speed, and it didn't take long for the Scorpio Dreadnought Battleship and its surrounding 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 torpedo boats to fall behind most of the remnant warships of the 4 navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France, and the main force of the 3 fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Empire that was pursuing behind it was getting closer and closer to the Scorpio Super Dreadnought Battleship.

Seeing that the main force of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire was getting closer and closer, the captain of the Scorpio Super Dreadnought Battleship discussed it with some officers on the warship, thinking that with the speed of the Scorpio Super Dreadnought Battleship, although it was not long before it got dark, it was difficult for the Scorpio Super Dreadnought Battleship to escape, that is, after dark, the fighters of the Chinese Empire stopped bombing, and those super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy behind would also catch up with the Scorpio, So the British naval officers of the Scorpio collectively agreed to surrender to the navy of the Chinese Empire.

In fact, there was originally a British naval officer on the Scorpio who suggested opening the sea valve at the bottom of the Scorpio Super Dreadnought Battleship and sinking the Scorpio Super Dreadnought Battleship by itself. Then the British naval officers and sailors on the Scorpio took a lifeboat and surrendered to the Imperial Chinese Navy.

However, the proposal was immediately rejected. According to the experience of many battles with the Chinese Imperial Navy, if they dare to sink the Scorpion Super Dreadnought battleship. The navy of the Chinese Empire will definitely not accept the surrender of their Scorpio naval officers and men, and it is very likely that all the lifeboats will be sunk, in order to save the lives of hundreds of British naval officers and sailors on the Scorpio Super Dreadnought Battleship, it is better to be honest.

Immediately, the Scorpio Super Dreadnought battleship raised the white flag, turned off the boiler, and waited for the reception of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and the six British Navy warships that followed the Scorpion Super Dreadnought immediately accelerated to the west and did not surrender with the Scorpio Super Dreadnought.

The USS Washington, a New York-class super-dreadnought battleship of the US Navy, was already hit by several aerial bombs and one 343-mm armor-piercing shell. He was seriously wounded, his speed was greatly affected, and after the retreat of the remnants of the warships of the four navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France, he fell behind.

The captain of the Washington saw the super dreadnought battleships and dreadnoughts of the Imperial Chinese Navy approaching behind, and simply ordered the Washington to raise the white flag, turn off the boiler, and surrender to the Imperial Chinese Navy.

And the several warships of other types of the US Navy that followed around the USS Washington Super Dreadnought, as long as 1 fast protection cruiser accelerated to escape, the other 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 torpedo boats. did not continue to retreat, and simply surrendered to the navy of the Chinese Empire with the Washington.

The officers and men of the US Navy on these US warships have been frightened, knowing that there are more than 10 other types of warships that followed the super dreadnought battleship Washington. The few warships had already sunk, most of them were blown up by the warplanes of the Chinese Empire, and it was still some time before it got dark. No one knew if their warship would be sunk by the pursuing Chinese Imperial fighters before dark. Anyway, it's already completely defeated, so it's better to surrender with it. It is good to save the lives of the officers and men of the US Navy on the warship.

After the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France escaped, the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire pursued them for more than three hours, until the sky darkened, and all the pursuing carrier-based planes returned home, and the main forces of the three fleets in pursuit also stopped catching up, drawing an end to this naval battle that attracted worldwide attention.

A large number of warships of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France were sunk or surrendered in the process of pursuit, and after the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire stopped pursuing, the size of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France was much thinner than when they retreated.

The main battleships of the British Navy managed to escape in the end were only 3 Orion-class super-class dreadnought battleships, 1 St. Vincent-class dreadnought-class dreadnought, 1 Neptune-class dreadnought, 1 giant-class dreadnought, 2 Majestic-class all-steel battleships, 2 Dreadnought-class all-steel battleships, and 3 Edward VII-class all-steel battleships.

In addition, the British Navy also escaped with 4 large fast armored cruisers, 12 fast protection cruisers, 26 destroyers, 50 torpedo boats and 3 submarines.

In the course of the escape, the British Navy had 1 Neptune-class dreadnought battleship, 1 London-class all-steel battleship, 1 Duncan-class all-steel battleship, 2 ironclad battleships, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 10 fast protection cruisers, 13 destroyers, 8 torpedo boats, and 4 submarines sunk.

In addition, the British warships that surrendered to the Imperial Chinese Navy during the escape were 1 Orion-class super-class dreadnought, 1 St. Vincent-class dreadnought, 1 Edwardian VII-class all-steel battleship, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers, 8 destroyers, and 22 torpedo boats.

The German Navy eventually escaped 1 Westphary-class dreadnought, 2 Helgoland-class dreadnoughts and 3 Caesar-class dreadnoughts, 2 German-class all-steel battleships, 6 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 16 destroyers, 30 torpedo boats, and 8 submarines.

1 Helgoland-class dreadnought, 1 Deutschland-class all-steel battleship, 2 ironclad battleships, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers, 9 destroyers, 5 torpedo boats and 7 submarines of the German Navy were sunk during the escape.

In addition, during the pursuit, 1 Caesar-class dreadnought battleship, 1 Deutschland-class all-steel battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 5 fast protection cruisers, 6 destroyers, and 16 torpedo boats of the German Navy surrendered to the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The French Navy eventually escaped 1 Guba-class dreadnought battleship and 1 Provence-class dreadnought, 1 Liberty-class all-steel battleship, 1 Danton-class all-steel battleship, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats, and 2 submarines.

On the run, the French Navy sank 1 Lone class dreadnought battleship, 1 Republican class all-steel battleship, 2 ironclad battleships, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers, 4 torpedo boats, and 3 submarines.

The surrendered French warships were 1 Provence-class dreadnought battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 2 fast protection cruisers, 1 destroyer and 7 torpedo boats.

The U.S. Navy eventually escaped 2 New York-class super-dreadnoughts, 1 South Carolina-class dreadnought, 2 Florida-class dreadnoughts, 1 Wyoming-class dreadnought, 1 Ginya-class all-steel battleship, 2 Connecticut-class all-steel battleships, 5 large fast armored cruisers, 17 fast-protection cruisers, 23 destroyers, 45 torpedo boats, and 4 submarines.

The U.S. Navy's 1 Delaware-class dreadnought, 1 Maine-class all-steel battleship, 2 ironclad battleships, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 5 fast protection cruisers, 10 destroyers, 8 torpedo boats, and 6 submarines were sunk on the run.

In the process of escaping, the American warships that surrendered to the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire included 1 New York-class super dreadnought, 1 Wyoming-class dreadnought, 1 Ginya-class all-steel battleship, 1 Connecticut-class all-steel battleship, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 6 fast protection cruisers, 12 destroyers, and 28 torpedo boats. (To be continued.) )