When the Third Fleet of the Northeast Navy appeared, the battle line formed by the main warships of the Franco-Russian Combined Fleet seized the T-shaped position because the battle line formed by the main warships of the two fleets of the Northeast Navy seized the T-shaped prefix, and the current position was exactly in the position of being caught between the opposing Northeast Naval Fleet and the newly emerged Northeast Naval Fleet.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Cecilia, the flagship of the French Expeditionary Fleet, the commander of the French fleet, François, now needs to support the table with his hands to stand, and the continuous sinking of French warships has made the French admiral a little unbearable, it is too tragic, he already has the idea of retreating, the essence of the French Navy cannot be thrown here, he is no longer interested in winning the naval battle.

The remaining warships of the French Navy's expeditionary fleet and the Russian Navy's Second Pacific Fleet still have a slight advantage over the fighting Northeast Naval Fleet, and the main warships of the French fleet still have 9 all-steel battleships, 3 ironclad battleships and 5 large fast armored cruisers, in addition to 6 protective cruisers, 5 destroyers and 17 torpedo boats.

The main warships of the Russian fleet also included 4 all-steel battleships, 3 ironclad battleships and 3 large fast armored cruisers, in addition to 3 protective cruisers, 7 destroyers and 5 torpedo boats.

On the opposite side, the main warships of the Northeast Navy also have 8 all-steel battleships, 5 ironclad battleships and 6 large fast armored cruisers, in addition to 10 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers and 6 torpedo boats.

François smiled bitterly, if the battle continued, even if the French Expeditionary Fleet and the Russian Pacific Second Fleet won the final victory, the French Expeditionary Fleet would still have a few warships left. The fleet he led is the essence of the entire French Navy, but the current losses have broken the French Navy. I don't know how long it will take to refill it back.

At this moment, another enemy fleet suddenly appeared behind his battle line, which made François's body shake. Thanks to his hands on the table, he might have fallen to the ground.

Ruth, the captain of the Cecilia next to him, also saw the fleet that suddenly appeared in the direction of Vladivostok, and immediately exclaimed: "Admiral, another enemy fleet has appeared behind us, what should we do now?" ”

François said in a low, hoarse voice: "Ruth, we can't fight this naval battle!" We can't all be consumed here, we must get out of here at once! Contact the Russians right now and let them evacuate with us! If they Russians don't want to be wiped out here, they'll agree! ”

Ruth nodded. He also agreed to retreat, after all, the French navy had already lost too much here, and he asked François: "Admiral, where are we retreating?" Is it into the port of Vladivostok? ”

François shook his head and said: "The enemy has airships, and when we enter the port of Vladivostok, it is very likely that we will be bombed by airships, and we will retreat to the south and return to our Vietnamese ports." Order our battle line to go to the south, get rid of the entanglement of the Northeast Navy, and we go home! ”

Ruth nodded and said, "I'll contact the Russians right away." And convey the Admiral's orders to our warships! ”

On the bridge of the Astrakhan Navy, the flagship of the Russian Navy's Second Pacific Fleet, the Russian commander Rozhdestvinsky received the news that the French had decided to retreat from the flagship captain Avdej, and angrily slammed the table in front of him with his fist and roared: "These French cowards. If we want to escape, we can only continue to fight, and the final victory will definitely be ours! Now the retreat is equal to the losses in front of us, all in vain! ”

Afdjey asked with a worried face, "Commander." The French are already determined to retreat, what shall we do? ”

Rozhdestwinsky glanced at the newly emerged Third Fleet of the Northeast Navy. Still indignant, he said: "The French have all run away, how can we fight so many warships in the Northeast Navy if we stay here ourselves!" ”

After a pause, Rozhdestwinsky sighed and said, "Let's also retreat south with the French!" We left alone. The end can only be the total annihilation! ”

Avjey breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he wanted to leave this hellish Ussuri Bay very much, so he immediately nodded and said: "I will immediately inform our warship to evacuate here with the French fleet!" ”

Although the French Expeditionary Fleet and the Russian Pacific Second Fleet decided to retreat, it was not easy for them to retreat, and when the main warships on the battle lines of the two countries turned, the entire formation drew an arc and wanted to break away from the battle line of the two fleets of the Northeast Navy and retreat to the southerly sea area.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Shenyang, Lin Daxin's face was a little gloomy because of the continuous sinking of 2 all-steel battleships and 2 large fast armored cruisers, and his face became a little better when he saw that the small warships of the 2 fleets had severely damaged the small warships with the superior number of the Franco-Russian combined fleet, and also sank 3 ironclad battleships of the French Navy with torpedoes.

When the Third Fleet appeared in the distance, and the battle line of the main warships of the Franco-Russian Combined Fleet began to turn in another direction away from the Northeast Naval Battle Line, Lin Daxin suddenly showed an ecstatic look on his face, and shouted loudly: "The French and Russians can't stand it anymore, and immediately order the airships on the Russian Island, no matter how many bombs they have, to take off immediately and cooperate with the naval fleet to pursue the remnants of the Franco-Russian Combined Fleet!" Order the battle lines of the First and Second Fleets to turn and pursue the combined Franco-Russian fleet, with the protective cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of the First and Second Fleets in pursuit with the main warships! Let the Third Fleet leave some warships to clean up the battlefield, search for and rescue people on the sea, and other warships of the Third Fleet will join the pursuit! Hahaha, we won the big battle, now what we have to do is to leave as many French and Russian warships as possible! ”

Although the French expeditionary fleet and the Russian Pacific Second Fleet are retreating, the fleets of the two countries have maintained a formation, and the main warships on the battle line have been firing a salvo of their main guns at the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Northeast Navy, which are closely pursuing them.

The remnants of the warships of the two-nation combined fleet, which had been bombed once by the airships, saw several behemoths flying rapidly in the distant sky behind them, and they were suddenly like frightened birds, where could they take care of what formation, what to take care of their seriously injured comrades-in-arms whose speed had dropped, so the warships of the Russian-French joint fleet began to increase their horsepower and scrambled to flee to the south.

It turned out that after bombing the five airships of the Franco-Russian combined fleet and the three airships of the Russian Navy's First Pacific Fleet, they all flew back to Russian Island to replenish their bombs, but because of the weight of the bombs, it was very time-consuming to replenish them, and even the large airships had to replenish 300 kilograms of bombs, and it would take at least two hours to reach a base, and this still had to be helped by the Marine Division on Russian Island. As for the supership with 800 kg of bombs on it, it is even more laborious.

Therefore, Zhang Guoxin, the temporary commander of the airship unit, did not wait for Lin Daxin's order to let them take off immediately no matter how many bombs they loaded, he saw that the super airship was replenished with 12 800-kilogram bombs, and the large airship was replenished with 40 300-kilogram bombs, so he ordered all 8 airships to take off and continue to fly to the remnants of the Franco-Russian combined fleet, cooperate with the main force of the Northeast Navy, and completely solve the remaining warships of the Franco-Russian combined fleet.

Sure enough, the re-arrival of the airship became the last straw that overwhelmed the Franco-Russian combined fleet, and the Franco-Russian combined fleet, which had retreated in an orderly manner, fell into complete chaos, and all the warships of the two countries only cared about their own escape, and there was no formation at all, and even the commanders of the fleets of the two countries could no longer control the situation.

François, the commander of the French Navy's expeditionary fleet, stood in the observation window in the bridge of the flagship Cecilia with a bloodless face, looked at the several behemoths approaching, and said to Ruth, the captain of the Cecilia beside him, in a somewhat lonely voice: "Convey my orders to all ships, all warships are scattered to break through, if you can escape, let's assemble again in Da Nang, Vietnam!" ”

Lu Si said with a wry smile: "Admiral, what about our injured warship that has dropped its speed?" Not to mention escaping the pursuit of the airship, they could not even escape the pursuit of the enemy's warship. ”

François hesitated for a moment and said: "If you can't escape, you can choose to surrender to the Northeast Navy, and it won't be too embarrassing to surrender to this powerful naval fleet!" ”

Ruth nodded and said, "Admiral, I will immediately convey your order to the other warships, but I will not choose to surrender, I will fight my Cecilia to the end!" If the Admiral wants to ......"

François interrupted Ruth's words with a wave of his hand, "As the commander of the French expeditionary fleet, I will not surrender to the Qing Dynasty in order to protect the honor of France!" You are determined to fight to the end, so let's pray for God's blessing so that we can return to Da Nang! ”

On the Astrakhan Flagship, the flagship of the Russian Navy's Second Pacific Fleet, Commander Rozhdestvinsky saw the airship flying in the distance, his face was also pale and frightened, and the captain of the Astrakhan next to him, Avdey, was even more frightened and shouted: "God! Those devilish airships are back! Commander, what shall we do? ”

Rozhdestwinsky smiled bitterly and said: "What else can I do now, order all our warships to immediately start to disperse and break through, and run as much as you can!" If they are still together, they can only be blown up and sunk in the sea by airships like just now. If they were able to escape, they would assemble in Da Nang, France, Vietnam. ”

After the two commanders gave the same order, the remnants of the French Navy's expeditionary fleet and the Russian Navy's Second Pacific Fleet began to scatter and flee, but the direction of these warships was basically south. (To be continued......) R1292