Chapter 639: Retreat is not easy

With a loud bang, a British Navy's majestic all-steel battleship was hit by an 800-kilogram aerial bomb, which directly penetrated the deck armor of this majestic all-steel battleship and exploded violently inside the hull, causing the all-steel battleship, which had maintained its combat effectiveness, to instantly burst into flames, and the smoke was suddenly as high as 100 meters, and the Chinese Imperial Seahawk bomber group had already flown into the sky above the United Expeditionary Fleet and began the fourth round of indiscriminate bombardment.

This majestic all-steel battleship of the British Navy, known as the Starlight, was not only ignited by aerial bombs, but also some steam pipes inside the hull of the Starlight were also damaged by aerial bomb explosions, which made the speed of the Starlight drop a lot at once, and some of them could not keep up with the rhythm of the middle line of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet.

Taking advantage of your illness to kill you, I saw that this majestic all-steel battleship of the British Navy was seriously injured by an aerial bomb, and its speed slowed down a lot, and suddenly three or four Sea Hawk bombers immediately locked on the top of this all-steel battleship Starlight, and swarmed to dive and bomb it.

In the end, the British Navy's majestic all-steel battleship Starlight, which had slowed down, was hit by three 800-kilogram aerial bombs, and could no longer hold on, slowly sinking into the sea.

At this time, the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers had begun to retreat to the north in accordance with the orders of the commander-in-chief Bridget, but it was not so easy for the remnants of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet to successfully evacuate the battlefield of this naval battle, and the raging Chinese Imperial bombers in the sky were enough for the Combined Expeditionary Fleet to drink a pot. The main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy on the opposite side was also in hot pursuit.

As soon as the lines of battle of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet changed direction, the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet between the lines of battle of the two sides were added. Ignoring the warships of the Chinese Empire in the fierce battle, they turned around and retreated. Let Sun Xitao, the commander-in-chief of this naval battle of the Chinese Imperial Navy, immediately understand that the joint expeditionary fleet could not stand it and wanted to escape!

Sun Xitao suddenly shook his fist in ecstasy, but he did not forget his identity as the commander-in-chief, and immediately issued a few orders, first let the battle line composed of dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire change direction, and closely pursue the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet. If you want to escape at this time, you have to ask the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire if you agree to it.

Then Sun Xitao asked the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of the Imperial Chinese Navy between the battle lines of the two sides to cooperate with their own battleships to pursue the joint expeditionary fleet, but these warships should not close the distance too much, otherwise the battleships of the joint expeditionary fleet are not decorations, unless the battle line of the joint expeditionary fleet has collapsed. The large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the Imperial Chinese Navy could attack them in a timely manner, otherwise it was not clear whether they could cause trouble to the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet by rushing over at this time. But the losses will be enormous.

Now that the combined expeditionary fleets of the Entente and the Central Powers could no longer hold out and were about to run away, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire was in this decisive naval battle. has won the battle safely, as the commander-in-chief Sun Xitao. I don't want our fleet to lose too much in the final stage. In this naval battle, although the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire did not reach the point of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of itself, it also lost a lot of warships, and Sun Xitao's heart was already distressed enough.

Moreover, Sun Xitao knew very well that although the current joint expeditionary fleet was about to escape, their strength still existed, and it had not yet reached the point of exhaustion, and it was impossible for the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire to leave behind the warships of the Entente and the Allied Powers at present, and could only try to leave some warships of the Entente and Allied Powers in the process of pursuit, so as to weaken the strength of the entire Allied and Allied navies.

In the end, Sun Xitao also asked people to contact the commander of the Sea Hawk bomber group, so that the Sea Eagle bomber group still tried to select the big guys of the joint expeditionary fleet for bombing in the fourth round of bombing, giving priority to dreadnought battleships, followed by all-steel battleships, and finally large fast armored cruisers, like the fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats of the joint expeditionary fleet.

On the H199 Seahawk bomber, the fireman Brother Zhang shouted in surprise: "It's hit again!" This time, both aerial bombs were hit! Ha ha! We hit 1 more dreadnought, and it looks like this dreadnought was also sunk by 2 of our aerial bombs. ”

H199 Sea Hawk bomber does not count this round of bombing, has completed 2 rounds of bombing, amazing performance has shocked the entire aircraft carrier formation, 4 dreadnought battleships and 1 all-steel battleship were sunk by H199 Sea Hawk bombers, you must know that these 5 battleships are equivalent to being sunk by 10 800 kg aerial bombs of H199 Sea Hawk bombers, such efficiency, such a record, there is really no one, it is the most powerful provincial super dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, None of them have such a record.

In the fourth round of bombing of the Sea Hawk bomber group, the H199 Sea Hawk bomber, which was not injured, followed the group into the air again, and soon the H199 Sea Hawk bomber's heroic performance began again.

Because the Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers had begun to retreat, the Seahawk bomber group did not need to target the enemy's battle line to help reduce the pressure on its own battleships.

Many of these badly wounded Combined Expeditionary Fleet dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships had slowed down considerably, just in time for Sea Hawk bombers to dive and bomb them. The H199 Seahawk bomber also chose a seriously damaged British Navy's St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship for bombing.

However, only one of the two 800-kilogram aerial bombs dropped in the first dive hit the British Navy's St. Vincent-class dreadnought. It didn't cause any fatal damage, but then Captain Hyun Se-hoon immediately ordered another dive bombing of the British Navy's St. Vincent-class dreadnought. The result was perfect, this time two 800-kilogram aerial bombs fell on it, and one of them pierced its deck armor, exploded inside the hull, and detonated an ammunition compartment for the main gun shells, and then the British Navy's St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship was blown in two by the force of dozens of 305-mm shells, and soon sank into the sea.

In fact, this British Navy's St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship was surrounded by many fast protection cruisers and destroyers to provide anti-aircraft fire, and there were two other Seahawk bombers that folded their wings in the face of such dense anti-aircraft fire, but the H199 Seahawk bombers dived and bombed twice in a row. Still did not suffer any heavy damage, and the British Navy's St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship was sunk, it can only be said that today's H199 Sea Hawk bomber was favored by the god of luck, and it was extremely lucky.

Hyun Shixun, the captain of the H199 Sea Hawk bomber, looked at the sinking British Navy's St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship through the observation glass, and shouted loudly to the pilot Cheng Hu: "Brother Tiger, keep flying forward, there is still a smoking all-steel battleship in front." It seems that it is also British, and we still have 1 800-kilogram aerial bomb left, so we will give it away! ”

Subsequently, a Edward VII-class all-steel battleship of the British Navy was seriously injured by the H199 Seahawk bomber. The H199 Seahawk bomber only dropped an 800-kilogram aerial bomb on it, and directly broke its keel, causing the British Navy's Edward VII-class all-steel battleship to tear into two at once. Sinking into the sea at a rapid speed.

The 137 Seahawk bombers quickly completed the fourth round of bombing of the Joint Expedition, but the Seahawk bombers were able to return in the direction of the four Mythical aircraft carriers. There are only a hundred left, and many Sea Hawk bombers are in dive bombing. Shot down by anti-aircraft fire from a warship of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet.

However, the price paid by the Sea Hawk bomber group was worth it, the British Navy's originally seriously injured 1 St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship and 1 Neptune-class dreadnought battleship were sunk by aerial bombs, in addition, the British Navy's 1 Belerophon-class dreadnought battleship that was not in serious trouble was also sunk, the German Navy's seriously damaged Oldenburg-class dreadnought battleship was also sunk by 800 kg aerial bombs, and the Italian Navy's seriously damaged Dante-class dreadnought battleship was also sunk by Seahawk bombers.

In addition, the entire joint expeditionary fleet also had 3 seriously damaged all-steel battleships and 3 all-steel battleships that had maintained combat effectiveness, which were also sunk by Seahawk bombers in the fourth round of bombardment, as well as 1 large fast armored cruiser of the German Navy.

This is not the end, you must know that although the joint expeditionary fleet began to retreat, but for a moment and a half do not want to safely evacuate this battlefield, the warships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire have been following closely, especially the battleships of the Chinese Empire, after the battleline of the joint expeditionary fleet turned around, the battleships of the 3rd Route Fleet also changed direction, and continued to chase the battleships of the joint expeditionary fleet for the bombardment of the main guns, 1 Westfa-class dreadnought battleship of the German Navy and 1 Lone class dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, In the process of bombing, it was sunk by the main guns of the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and in addition, three all-steel battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were also sunk by the main guns of the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

On the other hand, the battleships of the Chinese Empire, but in the process of this bombing, there was not much loss, only 2 all-steel battleships were seriously injured and stopped continuing the pursuit, which was related to the change of direction of the battle line of the joint expeditionary fleet.

In order to retreat, the battle line of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet was turned to the north, so that their battleships could not exert maximum broadside fire, and this was also the reason why the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy did not inflict much damage on the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy during the bombardment.

In the bridge of the British Navy's flagship Giant-class dreadnought battleship Giant, Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, saw that the bomber group of the Chinese Empire had finally left, and his heart was slightly relieved, according to the previous law, except for the first and second time, the Chinese Imperial bombers had to be bombed about 1 hour apart each time, and now the Combined Expeditionary Fleet has begun to retreat, and after 1 hour, the Combined Expeditionary Fleet should have withdrawn from this sea area, It also indicates that it is finally possible to avoid being ravaged by the bombers of the Chinese Empire.

However, seeing the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy chasing after him, Bridget's brows were still very tight, and he coughed and said to Ryan Mead, the captain of the Giant, "Ahem...... The main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy must be prevented from continuing to follow us, otherwise we will finally succeed in retreating, and the losses will be very huge, ahem......"

Ryan Mead was still very happy in his heart, this round of bombing by the Chinese Imperial bombers, the Giant escaped again, hearing Bridget's words, Ryan Mead nodded and said: "In addition to the 5 dreadnought battleships and 6 all-steel battleships that have just been sunk by the Chinese Imperial bombers, in the process of the bombing of the Chinese Imperial bombers, our joint expeditionary fleet also has 1 German Navy's Westphal-class dreadnought battleship and 1 French Navy's Lone-class dreadnought battleship, As well as 1 Duncan-class all-steel battleship of our British Navy, 1 all-steel battleship of the Edward VII-class all-steel battleship, and 1 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleship of the Italian Navy, all of which were sunk by the main guns of the Imperial Chinese battleships, if the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy continued to follow, our losses would indeed be greater and greater. ”

Bridget picked up the binoculars, looked through the observation window in the bridge of the Giant, glanced at the middle sub-fleet of the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy on the right behind him, and the battleships that were firing at his own fleet, gritted his teeth and said, "Ahem...... Order the navies of various countries to detach some warships to intercept the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy...... Let the main forces of the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers successfully evacuate here, and there must be a trade-off at this time. (To be continued.) )