In the bridge of the British Navy's dreadnought battleship Giant in the middle of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, the captain of the Giant, Ryan Mead, held a telegram paper in his hand, walked quickly to Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, who was standing in front of the observation window, and said with a sigh: "Commander, it's too miserable, alas--just in these ten minutes of bombing, our Joint Expeditionary Fleet has lost 12 dreadnought battleships, as well as 2 fast protection cruisers and 2 destroyers, and 4 dreadnought battleships have been seriously damaged. 2 dreadnoughts were seriously wounded by the enemy's shells, and the 6 seriously wounded dreadnoughts had already begun to break away from the battle line and retreat to the rear of the entire fleet. ”

The loss of 2 fast protection cruisers and 2 destroyers by the Joint Expeditionary Fleet was a complete accident caused by the shells missed by the main guns of the dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy and the aerial bombs thrown by the Sea Hawk bombers.

Bridget coughed, his face was extremely gloomy, in just ten minutes, the combined expeditionary fleet suffered a blow against the giant artillery and bombers, and the losses had exceeded the limit in his heart, 12 powerful dreadnought battleships were sunk, almost 1 dreadnought battleship was sunk in 1 minute, such a loss rate was simply unheard of.

This is not the end, 6 dreadnought battleships were also heavily damaged in this short period of time, although they did not sink, but they also temporarily lost their combat effectiveness, I don't know if they can return to the battle line to continue fighting, that is to say, the joint expeditionary fleet is currently able to fight only 32 dreadnought battleships, not even half of the beginning of the war.

Bridget's voice was hoarse and he asked Ryan Meade, "Which country are the 12 dreadnought battleships lost?" ”

Ryan Mead looked at the piece of paper in his hand and said: "Our British Navy lost 2 Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships, 1 St. Vincent-class dreadnought-class battleship and 1 Neptune-class dreadnought, the German Navy lost 2 Oldenburg-class dreadnought battleships and 1 Helgoland-class dreadnought, the French Navy sank 2 Lone class dreadnought-class battleships, and the Russian Navy sank 1 Waldo-class dreadnought battleship and 1 Russian-class dreadnought. In addition, the Austro-Hungarian Navy sank 1 Dante-class dreadnought battleship. ”

Bridget asked again in a hoarse voice, "Which countries are the seriously wounded dreadnought battleships?" ”

Ryan Mead looked down at the piece of paper in his hand again and said: "The 6 seriously injured dreadnoughts are 1 Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleship and 2 St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleships of our British Navy, as well as 1 Oldenburg-class dreadnought battleship and 1 Westfa-class dreadnought battleship of the Germans, 1 Provence-class dreadnought battleship of the French, and the original 3 dreadnought battleships that were seriously injured are 1 Giant-class dreadnought battleship of our British Navy. 1 Helgoland-class dreadnought battleship of the German Navy and 1 Dante-class dreadnought-class battleship of the Italian Navy. ”

After a pause, Ryan Mead continued: "That is to say, in addition to the sunken, there are 9 dreadnought battleships that have temporarily lost their combat effectiveness, commander, our joint expeditionary fleet has suffered extremely heavy losses in the engagement, especially our British Navy has 11 dreadnought battleships sunk, and 4 are seriously injured, only 7 dreadnought battleships are still in combat effectiveness, this naval battle ...... I don't think it's that easy to fight. I don't know if those bombers of the Chinese Empire will come back, it's better for us to ......"

Bridget coughed and waved his hand, interrupting Ryan Mead's words, Bridget knew what Ryan Mead was going to say, when the two fleets were fighting, the Chinese Imperial bombers that suddenly appeared gave the Combined Expeditionary Fleet a heavy blow, so that the Combined Expeditionary Fleet no longer had an absolute advantage in strength, and the Combined Expeditionary Fleet had to risk the return of the Chinese Imperial bombers again. Fighting against the main fleet of the Chinese Empire's navy, this time chose to retreat. It should be the wisest.

But can Bridget give the order for the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet to retreat? No! Absolutely impossible!

A few years ago, the naval battle between the Combined Fleet of the Navy, the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the main fleet of the Northeast Navy under the command of Lin Daxin, made Bridget bear boundless humiliation, and the powerful Eight-Nation Alliance Naval Combined Fleet, in the hands of Bridget, suffered an unprecedented defeat, and finally the warships of various countries were able to escape. There were so few that it almost ruined Bridget's military career.

This time he was again entrusted with the task by the British Navy, and because of the great strength of the British Navy's fleet, he was elected commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Allies and the Allies, which was his disgrace. The best time to take revenge, at this time, if he orders the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet to retreat, he will never have a chance to turn over, he doesn't want to go home so soon to retire, after all, he is just 48 years old this year, and there are still great times and opportunities to rise to a higher height in his career.

For the bombers that emerged from the Chinese Empire, Bridget still had a trace of illusions, after all, the first two rounds of bombing and the third round of bombing, the interval was long, indicating that those bombers of the Chinese Empire wanted to bomb the Joint Expeditionary Fleet again, it was not so easy, it would take a lot of time, and the Combined Expeditionary Fleet still had a chance.

"Ahem, cough, cough - although our joint expeditionary fleet has encountered so many accidents, and the current losses are very large, but there are still 32 dreadnought battleships left in our countries to maintain combat effectiveness, cough cough - still more than the number of dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy, still surpassing the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy in overall strength, and now the distance between the two fleets is about to be shortened to 10,000 meters, Captain Ryan Mead, cough cough - send a report to the various all-steel battleship fleets, Let the all-steel battleships, after they enter the effective firing range, open fire on the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Chinese Empire, and the dreadnought battleships will maintain their positions in the battle line and continue to fire a salvo at the dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Empire, ahem-ahem-ahem-victory will surely belong to our joint expeditionary fleet! Definitely! ”

Ryan Mead shook his head helplessly when he heard Bridget's words, he knew that Bridget would never give the order to retreat easily, but this naval battle, the rhythm seems to be no longer in the hands of the joint expeditionary fleet, can it really be won?

Ryan Mead was already very skeptical of victory, but it was the duty of a soldier to obey orders. As the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, Bridget had no intention of retreating, and Ryan Mead could only follow Bridget's order to have the telegraph operator of the Giant send a telegram to the various all-steel battleship fleets.

Bridget said again: "Ahem--let the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, and destroyers in the middle, ahem--get close to our battleships in case of another air attack by the Chinese Imperial bombers, ahem-"

At this time, the shells of the main guns of the Chinese Empire dreadnought battleships. Once again, it fell on the head of the dreadnought battleship of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and a violent explosion sounded on the right side of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and a Provence-class dreadnought battleship of the French Navy was hit by two 305-mm armor-piercing shells, which instantly ignited a skyrocketing fire, and the smoke was as high as hundreds of meters at once, Bridget and Ryan Mead immediately picked up the telescope and looked over, and then put down the telescope and couldn't help but look at each other helplessly. The French Navy's lone-class dreadnought battleship may have been martyred, but it looks like it is unsinkable, and it seems that it will lose its combat effectiveness in a short time.

In the bridge of the Helgoland-class dreadnought battleship Helgolan, the flagship of the German naval fleet, Commander Tessim stood in front of the observation window, looking at the distant Chinese Imperial Sea Hawk bomber group, and said to Tolebad, the captain of the Helgoland beside him, in a lonely voice: "I didn't expect the accident to continue, those bombers of the Chinese Empire came over again, and it was only ten minutes. Our joint expeditionary fleet sank a number of dreadnought battleships, and several more were seriously damaged and lost their combat effectiveness. How can such a battle continue, alas-"

Tolebad said with a wry smile: "Our German Navy has now lost 7 dreadnought battleships, plus 3 seriously damaged dreadnought battleships, we only have 12 left that can still fight, the loss is indeed too great, and what is even more worrying." I don't know if the bombers of the Chinese Empire will return again, and if there are two or three bombings of this scale, there will be no more dreadnought battleships left in our joint expeditionary fleet. ”

The commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, let out a long sigh and said: "Order the various large fast armored cruiser fleets, fast protection cruiser fleets and destroyer fleets on the right flank to approach the battleship fleets and prepare to provide anti-aircraft fire to the battleships. Prevent the bombers of the Chinese Empire from returning again. ”

On the right flank of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, was appointed by the commander-in-chief, Bridget, as the temporary commander of the entire right-flank sub-fleet, also because most of the right flank was occupied by warships of the German Navy.

Tolebad nodded and said: "It seems that this is the only way, but in this way, in the confrontation of the battleships, our other types of warships will inevitably be hit by the shells of the battleships of the Chinese Empire, God bless those bombers of the Chinese Empire from appearing again." ”

Tesim gritted his teeth and said: "No matter how big the loss is, we must persevere, now in the land war, our allies and the Entente are already at a disadvantage, if our joint expeditionary fleet is defeated in the hands of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, then this war will be really dangerous for our allies and allies." ”

As the strongest British Navy and the German Navy in the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, they are also the most heavily lost at present, and the dreadnought battleships of the two countries have lost a large number so far, which can be regarded as a broken bone.

The other five countries did not lose as many dreadnoughts as Britain and Germany, but proportionally, the other five countries also lost very large dreadnoughts.

In the bridge of the Provence-class dreadnought battleship Radiance, the French Navy's fleet commander, François, also became hoarse, "Rizaram, how is the Brienita?" ”

The Brinita belonged to the Provence-class dreadnought battleship, and just after the Chinese Imperial bomber group withdrew, it was hit by two 305-mm armor-piercing shells from the Chinese Imperial Dreadnought.

Rizaram, the captain of the Brilliant, sighed and said: "Just now the captain of the Brienita sent a telegram that one of the auxiliary gun ammunition compartments of the Brienita was detonated, and hundreds of 138 mm shells inside were detonated, causing serious damage to the entire hull of the Brienita, and it was no longer possible to control the influx of sea water into the interior of the Brienita, and Domog had given the order to abandon the ship. ”

François patted his head and said in dismay, "Oh God! As a result, our French Navy has already lost 6 dreadnought battleships, and how long has it been. ”

Rizaram continued with a wry smile: "In addition, our Provence-class dreadnought battleship Lorraine was also seriously injured and temporarily retreated to the rear of the left fleet, and our French Navy has only 5 dreadnought battleships left to continue fighting, I hope those bombers of the Chinese Empire will not appear again, otherwise we really can't fight, so we can only choose to retreat." ”

"Retreat? No! There must be no retreat! François shook his head vigorously, and then said: "No matter what, we must persevere, this time it is the naval fleets of the Entente and the Allied countries that unite to fight against the navy of the Chinese Empire, if we lose again, then the navy of the Chinese Empire will dominate the whole world, such a thing, I will never allow it to happen!" Moreover, although our joint expeditionary fleet has suffered huge losses, it is still stronger than the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy on the opposite side, and our chances of victory are still very great. ”

François's resentment towards the Imperial Chinese Navy was really profound, he had been thinking about revenge all the time for so many years, and had thrown the Imperial Chinese Navy into the abyss, and this time the opportunity for the Entente and the Central Powers to form a joint expeditionary fleet was so good, François was never willing to give up easily.

Rizaram sighed and asked: "Then in order to prevent the bomber fleet of the Chinese Empire from coming over, we can only let other types of warships get close to the battleship to provide anti-aircraft fire support for the battleship." ”

François nodded and said: "Do this, send a telegram to the warbands on the left, and order the warships of other types not to withdraw to the rear, and follow around the battleships to guard against the bombers of the Chinese Empire." ”

The fleet of the French Navy was the third strongest in the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and the commander of the French fleet, François, was also appointed by the commander-in-chief, Bridget, as the temporary commander of the left flotilla. (To be continued.) )

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