Chapter 468: The Fall of Cannon Fodder

At this time in the Qiongzhou Strait, there is a fleet sailing from east to west, each warship of this fleet is a huge guy, with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, if there is a person with naval common sense, these warships are either all-steel battleships, or large fast armored cruisers, none of them are small warships, but several of them are still smoking, it seems that they have just experienced a big war.

At this time, there were only 8 all-steel battleships left in the fleets of the three countries, 2 Majesty-class, 1 Duncan-class and 1 Old Man class left in the British Navy, 1 Liberty class in the French Navy, and 1 Frederick III-class and 2 Wiecelsbach-class in the German Navy. The remaining 8 all-steel battleships were either sunk or seriously damaged and could not keep up with the high-speed fleet, and the British Navy also had 4 ironclad battleships, which were annihilated in the breakout.

The battleships of the British Navy Fleet Commander Bridget, the French Navy Fleet Commander François, the German Navy Commander Hummels, and the Chinese Fleet Commander Carragher in Hong Kong, England, were not sunk or seriously injured.

In addition, there were 9 large fast armored cruisers in the fleet, 7 from the British and 2 from the French, and none of the 3 large fast armored cruisers that broke through from the Germans escaped.

Originally, the navies of the three countries had 20 fast protection cruisers in order to block the pursuit of the Northeast Navy's all-steel battleships and large fast armored cruisers, and resolutely launched a decisive assault on the Northeast Navy's blocking warships. Along with the main warship, he fled.

It is a pity that the 2 French fast protection cruisers that did not launch a decisive assault were rushed. Faster than the 20 fast-defending cruisers that sank were all greeted by shells from the 305-mm guns of the battleships of the Northeast Navy. It's all an instant one-hit kill and sunk, it's really Hades destined to die in the third watch, how can you leave you alive in the fifth watch, why don't you dodge.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Majesty, Bridget, the commander of the British naval fleet, was pale, sighed constantly, and clutched the telescope in his right hand, making the fingernails of his right hand a little white, and the captain of the Majesty beside him, Birdom, looked at him depressed. He said with relief: "Commander, although we have suffered heavy losses, we have at least escaped partially, if we continue to stay in Hong Kong, our warships will either become trophies of the Northeast Navy in the end, or will be sunk in the port." ”

Bridget smiled bitterly and said: "Escaping our 8 all-steel battleships and 9 large fast armored cruisers, it was we who let hundreds of warships of other types launch a decisive assault, in exchange for our 16 capital warships to break through, plus those capital warships that we sank." The losses are staggering. ”

Bedaum shook his head helplessly and said: "This is also a matter of no way, if the Northeast Navy does not have those 13 dreadnought battleships, we can still fight when we break through, with these 13 dreadnought battleships." We can only highlight as much as we want. ”

Bridget sighed and said: "If the Northeast Navy didn't have those 13 dreadnought battleships, we wouldn't have to break through from Hong Kong at all, and even the naval battle in the Taiwan Strait." We will not be defeated, or defeated. Ugh—"

Bridget's resentment towards the 13 dreadnoughts was unusually deep, and he was so unlucky. It was hard to get the position of commander of the expeditionary fleet of the LinkedIn Navy this time, and he paid a lot of price for this, but he wanted to figure out that Guò had enough combat achievements in this war against the Northeast Navy to add some chips to his promotion to the marshal of the British Royal Navy.

What makes me even happier is that because of the strength of the British Royal Navy, as the commander of the British Navy fleet, he was also selected as the commander of the entire Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet, if he led the Navy of the Eight-Nation Alliance to defeat the Northeast Navy, how glorious he would be, but unfortunately all the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy that should not have appeared have changed.

The Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet, which gathers the navies of eight countries, and most of these eight countries are among the ranks of the world's naval powers, and there are more than 100 all-steel battleships alone, but it has become a joke, and it has become a joke in front of the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, and his own commander has become synonymous with a loser.

Birdum glanced back in the direction of Hong Kong and said gloomily: "I don't know if any of the fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of our three navies have been able to escape." ”

Bridget also looked back in the direction of Hong Kong, "The fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of the navies of our three countries, seeing that our main warships have successfully broken through, should also start to retreat. ”

Bridget thought it well, but the reality was still cruel, at this time on the sea outside Victoria Bay in Hong Kong, the fierce artillery sound had stopped, and the 50 torpedo boats, 33 destroyers and 20 fast protection cruisers that the fleets of Britain, France and Germany were willing to be cannon fodder in order to cover the breakthrough of the main warships were already equivalent to the total annihilation.

Not all the cannon fodder warships were sunk, but they saw that the main warships fled, and the remaining cannon fodder could not hold on any longer, this kind of hopeless battle, after they completed the set task, the will to fight collapsed instantly, so the cannon fodder who had not been sunk chose to raise the white flag one after another.

As the first and second waves of decisive assaults, 50 torpedo boats and 33 destroyers of the three countries of Britain, France and Germany, and the fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of the three fleets of the Northeast Navy, fought fiercely, and did not break through the interception to cause any damage to the 13 dreadnought battleships, but also prevented the 13 dreadnought battleships from pursuing the main warships of Britain, France and Germany, otherwise with the high speed and ultra-long range of the 13 dreadnought battleships, they would have fled to the Qiongzhou Strait. The only remaining 8 all-steel battleships and 9 large fast armored cruisers of the British, French and German navies did not want to escape.

However, because the 50 torpedo boats and 33 destroyers of Britain, France and Germany are not only facing the melee of the same type of warships, but also dozens of anti-several fast protection cruisers of the Northeast Navy have also been mixed in, you must know that the fast protection cruiser can be called the nemesis of torpedo boats and destroyers, and in naval battles, it is also dedicated to protecting the main warships from torpedo attacks by small warships such as enemy torpedo boats and destroyers. When they chose to surrender in order to survive, there were only 12 torpedo boats and 9 destroyers from Britain, France and Germany left on the sea, and the remaining cannon fodder had been sunk and returned to the sea.

The Northeast Navy also paid for the loss of 1 fast-protection cruiser, 5 destroyers and 8 torpedo boats, which is not a large loss compared to the cannon fodder.

As the third wave of decisive assault of Britain, France and Germany, 20 fast protection cruisers, heroically rushed to the Northeast Navy's 21 city-class all-steel battleships and 10 Trotto-class large fast armored cruisers, originally according to the configuration of the three fleets of the Northeast Navy, it should be 24 city-class and 12 throttle-class, but 3 city-class battleships were seriously injured in the naval battle, did not follow to Hong Kong, but returned to Dalian together with the warships captured in the naval battle of the Taiwan Strait, ready to enter the shipyard in Dalian for maintenance, In addition, two Tsunaku-class ships were sunk and seriously injured in the naval battle in the Taiwan Strait.

In the face of the all-steel battleships and large fast armored cruisers of the main warships, if the fast protection cruisers take the opportunity to carry out torpedo attacks, they still have a chance to sink the main warships, but now the 20 fast protection cruisers of Britain, France and Germany have taken a frontal hard fight in order to contain them, and they have also taken the initiative to rush up and narrow the distance to bombard, so the tragic things continue to be staged.

Although the all-steel battleships and large fast armored cruisers of the Northeast Navy were dragged to pursue the main warships of Britain, France and Germany, so that the remnants of the main warships of the navies of the three countries finally escaped and ascended to the sky, the 20 fast protection cruisers that were cannon fodder were sunk by large-caliber main guns one after another.

After the main warships of Britain, France and Germany fled away, the only remaining 7 Britain, France and Germany 3 fast protection cruisers immediately raised the white flag, and 8 should have survived, but there was 1 unlucky British fast protection cruiser The white flag was just raised to half, and 1 305 mm shell accurately found it, and penetrated its deck armor, and penetrated several layers of steel plates, and exploded in the power compartment of this fast protection cruiser, Originally, one 305 mm shell was enough for this fast protection cruiser with a displacement of less than 3,000 tons, and the shell explosion also detonated eight boilers in the power compartment at the same time, so this British fast protection cruiser became the last warship sunk in the Hong Kong sea war.

The Northeast Navy's city-class battleships and Trotto-class large fast armored cruisers, only a few were wounded, and none of them sank, and the injured warships were all damaged when they bombarded each other with the main warships of Britain, France and Germany during the pursuit, and the 20 fast protection cruisers as cannon fodder did not bring any damage to the main warships of the Northeast Navy, and the only role was to prevent these warships from continuing to pursue and complete the mission of cannon fodder. (To be continued......)

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