Chapter 714: The Bottom of the Sea Has Done It

Within half an hour of the bombardment of the Super Dreadnought Battleships of the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy and the Super Dreadnought Battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, the losses of the British Navy, the United States Navy, the German Navy, and the French Navy, the main forces of the four joint expeditionary fleets, were very large, and most of the losses were still caused by the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

For example, the second assault fleet drawn out by the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France originally had a total of 8 large fast armored cruisers, 12 fast protection cruisers, 12 destroyers, and 16 torpedo boats, but in this half an hour, only 5 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 9 destroyers, and 14 torpedo boats remained.

Now the assault fleet drawn from the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France is still sailing southward, but it is very difficult for them to bypass the main force of the entire Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire has divided a fleet headed by four all-steel battleships, and has been staring at the assault fleet of the four navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France, and is sailing south with this assault fleet, and the distance between the two sides is constantly narrowing.

In this way, the second assault fleet drawn by the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France is not in a good situation, and the Royal Navy detachment of the Chinese Empire, which is staring at them, can have four all-steel battleships, which also makes this assault fleet dare not lean over and carry out a forced assault, otherwise it is very likely to be crushed by four all-steel battleships.

The situation is even worse for the assault fleet of the other joint expeditionary fleet, which is composed of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey. During the half hour of the southward detour, it was constantly bombed by the carrier-based aircraft group of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. The scale is much thinner than half an hour ago, the commanders of the naval fleets of the four countries of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey. The face is very bad.

Within half an hour, the Russian Navy sank 2 Borodino-class all-steel battleships, which means that the 4 all-steel battleships that the Russian Navy joined the second joint expeditionary fleet this time have all been wiped out, and the main battleships of the Russian Navy are only 2 dreadnought battleships, and the Russian Navy also has 2 large fast armored cruisers, 3 fast protection cruisers, 5 destroyers and 4 torpedo boats that were also sunk within half an hour.

After a series of losses in the entire Russian Navy, there are now only 1 Russian-class dreadnought, 1 Valdo-class dreadnought, 2 large fast armored cruisers, 9 fast protection cruisers, 8 destroyers and 20 torpedo boats, and the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Vladilianovich, is crying without tears.

Up to now, except for the Russian Navy's attacks on the Chinese Imperial Warplanes in the sky, the naval guns of all Russian warships have not fired a single shell at the warships of the Chinese Imperial Navy. The entire Russian Navy is already half-crippled!

The Italian Navy sank 1 Count Cavour-class dreadnought battleship within half an hour, which was the first dreadnought battleship sunk by the Italian Navy, but only 3 dreadnoughts joined the second joint expeditionary fleet in the entire Italian Navy, which made the commander of the Italian Navy fleet, Erebet, feel distressed, you must know that the Italian Navy also took out most of its family resources this time and joined the second joint expeditionary fleet.

In addition, the Italian Navy also had 1 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 3 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers and 3 torpedo boats, which were also sunk by carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Navy within half an hour.

So far, the entire Italian Navy has only 1 Dante-class dreadnought, 1 Count Cavour dreadnought, 2 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, 3 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 10 destroyers and 19 torpedo boats, which are also half-destroyed.

The Austro-Hungarian Navy and the Ottoman Turkish Navy were the weakest of the second joint expeditionary fleet. In this half hour, the losses were also very large for them, and 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser, 1 destroyer and 2 torpedo boats of the Austro-Hungarian Navy were sunk. 1 fast protection cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 torpedo boat of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Navy also disappeared from the sea.

The Austro-Hungarian Navy now has 1 Austrian-class dreadnought battleship, 2 fast protection cruisers, 3 destroyers and 8 torpedo boats, and the original 2 large fast armored cruisers have all been sunk by the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Chinese Navy.

The weakest Ottoman Turkish Empire Navy now has 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser and 2 torpedo boats left. Just 4 battleships.

In this way, the assault fleet composed of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey. Now only 5 dreadnought battleships, 2 all-steel battleships, 6 large fast armored cruisers, 20 fast protection cruisers, 21 destroyers and 49 torpedo boats remain.

On the other hand, the intercepting detachment sent by the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy had 14 all-steel battleships, 14 large fast armored cruisers, 40 fast protection cruisers, 40 destroyers, and 60 torpedo boats. In terms of numbers, it has overwhelmed the assault fleet composed of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey.

In the bridge of the Valdo-class dreadnought battleship Waldo, the flagship of the Russian Navy, the commander of the Russian Naval Fleet, Vladilenovich, saw the captain of the Valdo, Tiudocaf, hand him the statistical report of the current losses of the Russian Navy, and his hands couldn't help but tremble, the losses were too great, God bless the joint expeditionary fleet of this naval battle can achieve the final victory, otherwise Tsar Nicholas II would never have let him go, the commander who almost buried the entire Russian Navy.

At this time, Tiudokaf said worriedly: "Commander, the navy of the Chinese Empire has laid down 14 all-steel battleships and 14 large fast armored cruisers in front of the navies of our four countries, Italy, Austria and Turkey, as well as hundreds of warships of other types, the navies of our four countries, Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey. Under the constant bombardment of the Chinese Imperial fighters, can it still break through the interception of the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy? ”

Vladilenovich gritted his teeth and said: "The navies of our four countries still have 5 dreadnought battleships. The effective range of their main guns was about 20,000 meters, while the effective range of the all-steel battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy could not reach 16,000 meters at most. This is the opportunity for the Navy of our 4 countries! Convey my order to our remaining 2 dreadnought battleships of the Russian Navy, as well as 2 dreadnought battleships of the Italian Navy, and 1 dreadnought battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and the 5 dreadnought battleships immediately line up in a battle line and fire a salvo of their main guns at the all-steel battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy that are in the way. ”

At this time, the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey had already narrowed to within 20,000 meters of the detachment blocked by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and entered the range of the main guns of the dreadnought battleships.

Immediately, the five dreadnought battleships of the navies of Russia, Italy and Austria began to fire at the blocking fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and the target was mainly concentrated on the 14 all-steel battleships.

However, it was limited by the interference of carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. The effect of the main gun bombardment of the 5 dreadnought battleships is not good, and the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, led by 14 all-steel battleships, continues to kill the navies of the four countries of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, and the effective range of these 14 all-steel battleships is about 15,000 meters, plus the navies of the four countries of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey are also approaching their blocking fleet, and it will not be long before the 14 all-steel battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy can also hit the shells of the main guns at the dreadnought battleships of the three countries of Russia, Italy and Austria.

A considerable number of carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Navy have been maintained in the sky, and 5 dreadnought battleships of the navies of Russia, Italy and Austria have been seen. The artillery bombardment of its own detachment headed by all-steel battleships on the sea immediately consciously increased the number of carrier-based aircraft above the heads of the naval fleets of the four Russian, Italian, Austrian, and Turkish navies, and intensified the bombardment of the five dreadnought battleships of the navies of the three Russian, Italian, and Austrian navies on the sea.

Within half an hour of the super dreadnought battleships of the two fleets, the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy were finally sunk. A Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy's anti-aircraft fast-protection cruiser was directly hit by a crooked 343-mm armor-piercing projectile from a super dreadnought battleship of the U.S. Navy, and was blown into two in an instant. Quickly sinking to the surface of the sea, the entire anti-aircraft rapid protection cruiser on the officers and men of the navy. None of them managed to escape, and this is the only warship on the sea that has been sunk by the Imperial Chinese Navy so far.

Hundreds of warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy on the sea. Hundreds of warships of the second joint expeditionary fleet are engaged in a fierce battle, and under the sea, an even more tragic battle is also underway.

According to the order of Bridget, commander-in-chief of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, 82 submarines of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France approached the battle line composed of super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and carried out torpedo attacks, but these 82 killers under the sea did not get close enough to launch torpedoes at the super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and they were frantically blocked by 18 Q-class submarines and 6 S-class submarines of the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of China.

When the super dreadnought battleships of the two fleets bombarded each other for half an hour, the submarines of the two sides had already begun to fight under the surface.

The Q-class submarines equipped by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire are much more than the submarines of the British, American, German and French navies in terms of performance, not to mention the S-class submarines with better performance.

A Q-class submarine of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, according to the direction locked by the sonar system, fired 2 torpedoes at a submarine of the German Navy more than 300 meters away, although the sonar system installed on the Q-class submarine and S-class submarines of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy cannot lock the specific location of the submarine of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet under the sea surface, and can only lock the general direction, but with the infrared periscope, the traces of the submarine of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet can still be found within a certain distance in the sea. It will still pose a very big threat to the submarines of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

One of the two torpedoes fired by the Q-class submarine of the Imperial Chinese Navy hit the target, directly blowing up the bow position of the German Navy submarine, and then quickly sinking to the bottom of the sea, and at this time, one torpedo passed by the hull of the Q-class submarine, almost passing by, and if it got closer, the Q-class submarine would also suffer the same as the German submarine that was sunk by it.

The sonar system equipped on the submarines of the British, American, German and French navies of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet and the sonar system equipped on the submarines of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy are similar in performance, and they can only detect the general direction of the other submarine, but the submarines of the British, American, German and French navies do not have infrared periscopes, and they cannot see the specific location of the submarines of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in the dark seawater, and can only launch the torpedo in the general direction shown by the sonar system, can they hit the submarines of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. A lot depends on luck.

When the submarines of the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Empire and the submarines of the four navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France were fighting under the surface of the sea, the submarines of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France also encountered a trouble, because the sonar system could not distinguish the submarines of the enemy and us.

A submarine of the U.S. Navy was lucky enough to avoid two torpedoes fired at it by an S-class submarine of the Imperial Chinese Navy, but its luck did not last forever, and the torpedo fired by a British submarine immediately hit it and blew up a big hole.

Under the surface of the sea, such a big hole appeared on the hull of the submarine, and the final fate was self-evident, but the British naval officers and men in the British submarine that hit it cheered, and they thought that the torpedo fired by their submarine hit a submarine of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire!

Soon, the submarines of the four navies of the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and France of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were destroyed 20 in the confrontation under the surface of the sea, while the submarines of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire only had one unlucky Q-class submarine sunk by torpedoes, and the battle loss ratio of the two sides was 1 to 20. (To be continued.) )