After Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, issued a new tactic, hundreds of warships led by dreadnoughts and all-steel battleships of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France turned their bows together and rushed towards the battle line composed of 15 super dreadnought battleships and 6 phoenix-class dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Although according to Bridget's new tactics, it was only to let dozens of dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the navies of the four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany and France turn around and approach the battle line of the other side, but because of the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire raging in the sky, the navies of the four countries followed the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of other types of warships, and they also had to start turning together and continue to provide anti-aircraft fire for their main battleships, otherwise dozens of dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the navies of the four countries, They may have not even been in the effective range of their main guns before they were blown up and sunk by hundreds of carrier-based aircraft in the sky.

Sun Xitao, commander-in-chief of the three main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy, saw that a large number of warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet had changed direction and went straight to his own battle line, and immediately ordered the carrier-based aircraft of the nine Emperor-class aircraft carriers to intensify the bombardment of these charging Joint Expeditionary Fleet warships, especially the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, which were the focus of the bombing.

At the same time, Sun Xitao ordered the eight general-class super dreadnought battleships to aim their main guns at the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet that had changed direction, and the seven provincial-level super dreadnought battleships still aimed their main guns at the eight super dreadnought battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet and opened fire.

In addition, Sun Xitao also ordered a part of the three main fleets of large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats to move closer to the battle line, and to guard against small and medium-sized warships of the joint expeditionary fleet changing direction, to get close enough to their own battle line at a short enough distance to fire torpedoes at the super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

At a time when a large number of warships of the navies of the United States, Germany, and France of the United Expeditionary Fleet approached the battle line of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. All the warships of the four navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet have broken away from the battle line of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet and are bypassing the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy from the south, preparing to attack the warships of the Chinese Empire that can carry fighters behind.

The 18 all-steel battleships of the three fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, plus some large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats, saw the movements of the navies of the four countries of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey. It also broke away from the vicinity of its own battle line and directly faced the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey.

Seeing the navy of the Chinese Empire on the opposite side, Bridget, commander-in-chief of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, sent more than a dozen all-steel battleships and dozens of warships of other types to meet the navies of the four countries of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, and immediately ordered dozens of warships led by eight large fast armored cruisers from among the navies of the four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France to advance further south, preparing to bypass the interception of the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy from the further south and go behind the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy. Attack the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy that can carry warplanes.

However, Bridget's plan does not seem to be easy to realize, and the 18 all-steel battleships and hundreds of other types of warships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, which are facing the navies of the four navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, have divided four all-steel battleships, four large fast armored cruisers, eight fast protection cruisers, eight destroyers and 12 torpedo boats, and also sailed further south, preparing to block dozens of warships led by eight large fast armored cruisers of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

The voyage of the two assault fleets of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet was not easy all the way, and the second assault fleet was formed above the heads of the assault fleet composed of the four navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, as well as dozens of warships led by eight large fast armored cruisers drawn from the navies of the four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France. There have always been a number of carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Navy, constantly diving into these warships that want to attack aircraft carriers. Drop aerial bombs or aerial torpedoes on them.

In the bridge of the Orion, the flagship of the British Navy, the Orion-class super dreadnought battleship, Bridget saw the Chinese Imperial fighters in the sky that had not stopped, and couldn't help but shake his head helplessly. May God bless me, Bridget prayed incessantly.

The captain of the Orion, Remacular, looked at the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy divided into several fleets, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Commander, the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy has already responded to our tactics. In particular, our 2 assault fleets, it seems that it is not easy to break through the interception of the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and it is not easy to attack their warships that can carry fighters, and I hope that the new tactics we adopt can play a role and defeat the super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy's battle line as soon as possible, and then the main forces of our British, American, German, and French navies can continue to move forward and sink those warships that can carry fighters in the Imperial Chinese Navy, so that our joint expeditionary fleet can completely achieve the final victory in this decisive naval battle. ”

Bridget smiled bitterly and said: "I have done everything I can do, as for whether the tactics can succeed, it depends on the officers and men of the United Expeditionary Fleet, I have already ...... everything"

Suddenly Bridget thought of something, his eyes lit up, and then he said to Remekar in a hurry: "By the way, our entire joint expeditionary fleet still has 82 submarines, Remecular, immediately convey my order to all submarines, immediately approach the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and launch a torpedo attack on the super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy." ”

As soon as Ray McCal heard this, he remembered that under the surface of the sea, there were 82 submarines from Britain, the United States, Germany, and France, and at present, the warships of all types in the entire Joint Expeditionary Fleet were only submarines hiding under the surface of the sea, and they had not suffered any losses, and the warships of various types of other Joint Expeditionary Fleets had lost a lot, and even the most powerful super dreadnought battleships were all sunk by the fighters of the Chinese Empire.

Ray McCal immediately turned to one of the lieutenants and said, "Immediately send a telegram to the 18 submarines of our British Navy, ordering them to launch an attack on the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and send a telegram to Commander Bridget to the commander of the French naval fleet, François, the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, and the commander of the American naval fleet, Sampson." Let the submarines of the navies of the three countries, together with the submarines of our British Navy, attack the super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy. ”

Soon after, 18 submarines of the British Navy, 22 submarines of the US Navy, and 12 submarines of the French Navy. and 30 submarines of the German Navy, all approaching the battle line composed of super dreadnoughts and dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire from under the sea.

Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, was also exhausted, but it seemed that the development of the war had not gone as he had expected.

At 1:50 p.m. on March 4, 1909, the battle line of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, consisting of super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships, and the battle line composed of super dreadnought battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, had been shortened to a distance of 26,000 meters, and the 15 super dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire had been shortened to a distance of 26,000 meters. A salvo of 52 rounds of main guns had already been fired, and the Super Dreadnought battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet had also fired 25 rounds of main gun salvos, and the bombardment of the Super Dreadnought battleships of the two fleets had been going on for half an hour.

The provincial super dreadnought battleships and the famous general-class super dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire rely on the advanced shell loaders installed, and the main guns can reach a rate of fire of almost 2 rounds per minute, while the super dreadnought battleships of the British Navy and the US Navy are also equipped with new shell loaders developed by the two countries themselves, and the rate of fire of the main guns is not low, almost reaching the speed of firing 1 shell per minute. However, compared to the super dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the rate of fire of the main guns was still twice as slow.

The super dreadnought battleships of the two fleets were in a 30-minute confrontation. did not sink any of the opponent's super dreadnought battleships, but each of them damaged a few, and the injuries were not serious, but it does not mean that there are no sunken super dreadnought battleships, don't forget, there have always been carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in the sky. The bombing of the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet is continuous.

One of the British Navy's Orion-class super dreadnought battleships, the Lion, was hit by multiple aerial bombs, but the deadliest was indeed an aerial torpedo dropped by a Puffin torpedo bomber on the Lion Super Dreadnought battleship.

This 850-kilogram 533-mm aviation torpedo directly penetrated the right waterline armor of the USS Lion Super Dreadnought and exploded inside the hull of the USS Lion Super Dreadnought. Detonated a main gun ammunition compartment of the Lion Super Dreadnought Battleship, so that dozens of 343 mm shells exploded instantly, and the Lion Super Dreadnought Battleship with a full load displacement of 25,000 tons was blown into two at once, and it disappeared without a trace on the sea after it was not long after, which was also the only super dreadnought battleship sunk by the two fleets after the battleships of the two fleets launched a confrontation.

The seven provincial-level super dreadnought battleships bombarded by the super dreadnought battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet did not achieve any gratifying results, but the other eight super-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy sank many warships of the four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany and France.

These warships of the four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany and France, which were sunk by 8 super-dreadnought battleships, were the unlucky warships among the warships of the four navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France that rushed to the battleline of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and even a few dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships were also unlucky to be sunk by giant shells, but the remaining dozens of dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the British, American, German and French navies finally took advantage of the sacrifice of their companions and rushed into the effective range of the battleline of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. At a distance of 20,000 meters from the battle line of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and 12,000 meters from the battle line of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, two battle lines were formed, at a distance of 20,000 meters, a battle line composed of dreadnought battleships of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France, and at a distance of 12,000 meters, a battle line composed of all-steel battleships of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France.

The dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the British, American, German and French navies have begun to shell the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and the six phoenix-class dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire have also begun to fire on the enemy's nearest battle line, which is composed of all-steel battleships of the British, American, German and French navies.

Other types of warships that followed the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the British, American, German, and French navies approached the battleline of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and at this time still gathered around their own dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships, continuing to provide them with anti-aircraft firepower to resist the Chinese Imperial fighters who were still raging in the sky.

In this half-hour naval battle, the warships of the British, American, German and French navies, including the second assault fleet drawn by the navies of the four countries, suffered very heavy losses under the double blow of the super dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, in addition to the sinking of a super dreadnought battleship by the British Navy, the British Navy also sank a St. Vincent-class dreadnought-class battleship, a Duncan-class all-steel battleship and an Edwardian VII-class all-steel battleship, In addition, 2 ironclad battleships, 3 large fast armored cruisers, 7 fast protection cruisers, 8 destroyers and 5 torpedo boats of the British Navy were also sunk in this half hour.

The German Navy sank 1 Westphal-class dreadnought, 1 Wiecchersbach all-steel battleship, 1 ironclad battleship, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 5 fast protection cruisers, 6 destroyers and 3 torpedo boats in this half hour.

The French Navy sank 1 Dreadnought-class battleship, 1 Republic-class all-steel battleship, 1 Freedom-class all-steel battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 3 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers and 2 torpedo boats in this half hour.

The U.S. Navy sank 1 South Carolina-class dreadnought, 1 Wyoming-class dreadnought, 1 Maine-class all-steel battleship, 1 Connecticut-class all-steel battleship, 1 ironclad battleship, 3 large fast armored cruisers, 7 fast protection cruisers, 7 destroyers, and 4 torpedo boats in this half hour. (To be continued.) )