At 11 o'clock in the morning of June 17, under the bombardment of 6 dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, the all-steel battleships of the British, French and German navies suffered extremely heavy losses, and the navies of Britain, France and Germany were also very aggrieved, and the range of their all-steel battleships could not reach the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy.

If they hadn't been able to fire at the warships of the Fifth and Sixth Fleets of the Northeast Navy, the officers and men of these all-steel battleships of the British, French, and German navies would have collapsed long ago, but the current situation is not much better.

Only about one and a half hours after the start of the naval battle, the British Navy detachment had already sunk 3 Majesty-class all-steel battleships, 3 Duncan-class all-steel battleships, 3 Old Man-class all-steel battleships, 2 Sovereign-class all-steel battleships, and 1 Majesty-class all-steel battleship and 1 Duncan-class all-steel battleship were seriously injured and had retreated to the south of the Taiwan Strait and escaped from the battlefield of the naval battle.

The French naval detachment lost 5 Cecilea-class all-steel battleships and 1 Republic-class all-steel battleship, and 1 Cecilia-class all-steel battleship also left the battlefield with serious injuries.

The German naval detachment suffered significant losses, with all 4 Brandenburg-class all-steel battleships sunk, as well as 3 Frederick III-class all-steel battleships and 1 Wiecchersbach-class all-steel battleship.

The large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the British, French, and German navies also lost a lot of money, most of which were aimed at launching a charge against the battle line composed of 13 dreadnought battleships, but they were blocked by the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of the Northeast Navy, and were sunk by the auxiliary guns of the Fifth Fleet, the Sixth Fleet, and 13 dreadnought battleships.

Although the losses of the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet were also very large, and they were the fleets with the greatest losses of the Northeast Navy so far in this naval battle, the warships of the British, French, and German navies could not break through the interception of the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet, and watched as the 13 dreadnought battleships bombarded their all-steel battleships.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship of the Majesty, the captain of the Majesty, Birdolm, said to Bridget, the commander of the British naval fleet, with a depressed face: "Commander, the 1 twin 305 mm main gun turret of our Majesty has been destroyed, and now the firepower of our Majesty's main guns has been reduced by half, but fortunately the losses have not expanded, the ammunition compartment under the main gun turret is safe, and the speed of our Majesty has not been affected. ”

Bridget had already given up the idea of letting the all-steel battleships of the British, French, and German navies rely on their own speed to approach the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, hoping that the relatively fast large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the three countries could break through and intercept, interfere with the 13 dreadnought battleships, and create a chance for the all-steel battleships of the three countries, but the all-steel battleships of the British, French, and German navies have lost more than 20 units, and there is still no sign of any breakthroughIf this continues, the all-steel battleships of the navies of Britain, France and Germany will all have to be sunk.

Bridget said with a very bad face: "Birdaum, do you see that our large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats, and it is possible to break through the interception of those warships of the Northeast Navy, pose a threat to the 13 dreadnought battleships, and create a chance for the all-steel battleships of our three countries?" ”

Bedaum hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Excellency, it seems that there is not much hope, that is, to successfully break through those interceptor warships of the Northeast Navy, cause trouble to the 13 dreadnought battleships, and let the 13 dreadnought battleships enter the effective range of our all-steel battleships of Britain, France and Germany, but with the remaining all-steel battleships we have now, this ...... There is no certainty that it will be able to deal with 13 dreadnought battleships. ”

Bridget let out a long sigh, the Japanese and US navies, which were originally flanked on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, have not yet appeared, and the situation of the Russian detachment and the fleets of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan is also not good, and they are also blocked by a large number of warships of the Northeast Navy, not only can they not get close to the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, but they have suffered heavy losses, and they cannot be counted on.

Even the 10 submarines that were sent to attack the 13 dreadnought battleships from the bottom of the sea sank into the sea, and there was no movement at all, just now the soldiers of the watchtower reported that several small warships of the Northeast Navy around the 13 dreadnought battleships seemed to be dropping depth charges, and the 10 British and German submarines were more than lucky, Bridget already had the idea of retreating in his heart, this naval battle could not be won, but it was really unwilling to retreat like this!

Before Bridget could make up his mind and give the entire Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet an order to retreat, the first mate of the Majesty ran into the bridge in a panic, and quickly came to Bridget's side and said: "Commander, the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Makarov, sent a flag requesting support, if we can't support, Makarov is ready to lead the Russian detachment to withdraw to us, and ...... In addition, the commander of the Italian naval fleet, Roberte, sent a flag, they could not hold it anymore, and now they have begun to retreat, and are ready to withdraw directly from the battlefield. ”

Bridget immediately picked up the telescope and looked at the observation window in the bridge of the guò ship in the distance, and sure enough, the remnants of the all-steel battleships of Italy and Japan had begun to turn around and prepare to withdraw from the battle, and the all-steel battleships of the Northeast Navy opposite them were still bombarding these enemy ships that were about to escape, I wonder if they had found that the Italians and Japanese on the opposite side were ready to run away?

Bridget angrily threw the telescope to the ground, this Roberte is really too bastard, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan are running away, and the warships of the Northeast Navy opposite them may be thrown into the frontal battlefield, and the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats on their side are even more impossible to break through and intercept, and now they can't retreat.

The captain of the Majesty, Bird, said anxiously: "Commander, retreat! Since the appearance of the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, we have been at a disadvantage, and now our situation is already very bad, and if we hold on, I am afraid that it will be ......"

Bridget slammed the platform under the observation window, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Convey my order to the entire fleet, including the German, French, and Russian fleets, and all warships to retreat to the south and return to Hong Kong." ”

Bridget couldn't help but rejoice in his heart that the land forces of various countries that had been operating together with the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet had separated from the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet in the Dongsha Islands and went to Hong Kong, which was also the fact that the Eight-Nation Alliance was preparing to ensure the safety of the sea routes in the Taiwan Strait after the Northeast Navy had been completely defeated, and then let the army land at the port of Fuzhou to join the British, French, and Japanese armies that were already in Fuzhou City.

The Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy had just discovered that the Eight-Nation Alliance fleet on the opposite side, that is, the fleet flying the flags of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan, had turned the bow of the ship, which was the rhythm of escape, and then the Northeast Navy in the entire battle found that the fleets of several other countries had also begun to turn their bows, and it seemed that the fleets of the Eight-Nation Alliance could not hold on.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Shenyang, the flagship of the First Fleet, Sun Xitao, as the commander-in-chief of the naval battle designated by Lin Daxin, discovered the changes in the entire naval battle, and immediately said to Wu Lili, the captain of the Shenyang beside him, with great surprise: "Old Wu, the navy of the Eight-Nation Alliance can't stand it, it seems that it is going to run, this is the largest naval battle in the world, or our Northeast Navy has the last laugh, although this is expected, but it really happened, and it is really exciting!" ”

Wu Li said with a smile: "Commander, we can't let the fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance run away so easily, how can there be a reason to just say that we can go." ”

Sun Xitao nodded and said: "Our First Fleet pursues the Russian fleet on the opposite side, let the Second Fleet stay to clean up the battlefield, and be careful that there is a fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance north of the Taiwan Strait, we have to be on guard, it is enough for the Russian fleet to pursue with our First Fleet." Let the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet pursue the Eight-Nation Alliance fleet on their side, let 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships pursue the main fleet of the frontal Eight-Nation Alliance, and the Fifth and Sixth Fleets follow around the 13 dreadnought battleships to ensure the safety of the pursuit. ”

With the orders of the commanders of both sides, this large-scale, but short-lived naval battle entered the stage of escape and pursuit, but the rumbling artillery did not weaken in the slightest, whether it was the fleeing Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet or the pursuing Northeast Navy Fleet, the naval artillery never stopped bombarding.

However, not all the warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet began to escape, and some warships that were seriously injured and had dropped their speed were no longer capable of escaping, such as the German Navy, the British Navy, and the Japanese Navy, and there were warships that were seriously injured and unable to escape, and the officers and men on the warships opened the watertight doors at the bottom of the warships and began to sink the warships, and then all the officers and soldiers on the warships got on the lifeboats in an orderly manner, watching their warships sink into the sea, waiting to be taken prisoners, The officers and men of the navies of the three countries did not want their warships to be captured by the Northeast Navy, and preferred to sink their seriously damaged warships.

The French Navy's 1 seriously damaged large fast armored cruiser and 2 seriously damaged fast protection cruisers directly raised the white flag, and the other 1 seriously damaged fast protection cruiser and 1 seriously damaged destroyer of the Russian Navy also raised the white flag one after another.

As for the warships of the Italian Navy that were not seriously damaged, if they had, I believe they would have made the same choice as the French and the Russians. Except for the sunken warships, the remaining Austro-Hungarian ships were not seriously damaged, and gathered together with the Italian and Japanese fleets to prepare to escape from the Taiwan Strait by sea between the island of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands.

Although Bridget, commander of the British naval fleet, had ordered the entire fleet to retreat, the retreat was not very good, and the warships of the Northeast Navy were in hot pursuit, especially the 13 dreadnought battleships that were chasing behind the naval detachments of Britain, France and Germany, relying on their high speed to cling to the rear and maintaining a distance of 20,000 meters, leisurely continuing to bombard the all-steel battleships of the three countries.

It's too much of a bully, how can you be like this? Don't you know the truth of being a man and leaving a line, and seeing each other well in the future? Bridget stared fiercely at the 13 dreadnoughts pursuing behind him, as well as the other Northeast Navy warships that followed nearby.

At this moment, not far from the all-steel battleship Majesty, a British Navy's Duncan-class all-steel battleship Mirgau, was hit by a 406 mm shell, and there was a violent explosion, and suddenly thick smoke billowed and flames soared into the sky, although Milgau was lucky not to be sunk by this giant armor-piercing projectile, but its speed dropped suddenly, and the maximum speed of 19 knots was left less than 15 knots after a while.

The captain of the Majesty, Birdom, exclaimed beside Bridget: "It's over, the speed of the Milgau is affected, so it can't be successfully withdrawn at all, Commander, if this continues, few of our warships will be able to successfully escape, and the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy will sail faster than our all-steel battleships, and we must leave the broken warships." ”

Bridget hesitated for a moment and said: "Immediately contact the commander of the French naval fleet, François, and the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, and discuss with them, our three countries must leave behind the broken warships, otherwise they will not be able to escape, each country must leave at least one fleet that is not weak, and must buy time for the main force to escape." ”

François, the commander of the French naval fleet, and Tessim, the commander of the German naval fleet, soon received Bridget's order, and the two of them also knew that this was the best choice, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and accept it, and selected the injured warship that had been reduced in speed as the broken death squad.

In the end, the commanders of the three countries negotiated with the flags, and quickly selected the warships that they left behind, and the navies of the three countries left a total of 1 Duncan-class all-steel battleship, that is, the newly damaged Milgau, 1 Cecilia-class all-steel battleship Migaril and 1 Frederick III-class all-steel battleship, in addition to 3 large fast armored cruisers, 6 fast protection cruisers, 9 destroyers and 9 torpedo boats.

Each country is equivalent to leaving 1 all-steel battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 2 fast protection cruisers, 3 destroyers and 3 torpedo boats, these broken warships are definitely death squads, even death squads, they will face the attack of 13 dreadnought battleships. R1152