Chapter 454: A Late Guest

Originally, the remaining warships of the Russian Navy detachment, under the orders of Makarov, commander of the Russian Navy fleet, have been fleeing to the southwest of the Taiwan Strait; if there is no accident, the Russian Navy is the country that has preserved the most strength among the several countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance that participated in the naval battle in the Taiwan Strait, and even the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy, which is pursuing behind it, is ready not to continue to pursue. Choosing an escape route, he crashed into the direction of the retreat of the Sharp Knife submarine and the 5 Q-class submarines.

As a result, the Russian naval detachment began to be miserable, their warships were not equipped with the same sonar as the British, and the Russian naval detachment was unprepared and plunged into the ambush circle of 6 submarines, allowing the 6 submarines to launch torpedoes in a free and lively manner, and one Russian warship after another was hit, and then seriously injured or even sank.

The Russian Navy's flagship Borodino-class all-steel battleship Askald, under layers of protection, did not suffer a single torpedo, but Makarov, who was in the bridge, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he never thought that there was an ambush by a submarine of the Northeast Navy on the way to escape, and in a short period of time, his own fleet suffered heavy losses, and the attack of the submarine has not stopped, and the rapid protection cruisers and destroyers of his own fleet threw depth charges into the sea, because he did not know the specific location of the submarine, It didn't have any effect, and it could only make the warships continue to accelerate and flee forward, hoping to get out of the range of the submarine as much as possible.

When the Russian naval detachment completely broke through the ambush circle of the submarine, 3 Peresvet-class all-steel battleships, 3 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers, 5 destroyers, and 1 torpedo boat were sunk by the submarine's torpedoes, and the Russian torpedo boat was unlucky enough to hit one torpedo. The submarine will not use its precious torpedoes on such a little guy as a torpedo boat. It's not worth it.

In addition, 1 all-steel battleship of the Peresvet class, 1 all-steel battleship of the Borodino class, 1 large fast armored cruiser were seriously injured by torpedoes, and the gaps that were blown out of the torpedoes. A large amount of seawater poured in, which caused the speed of the three warships to drop YanzhΓ²ng, and they could no longer keep up with the speed of the escape of the remaining Russian warships, and finally they were caught up by the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy, which was pursuing behind, and all of them raised the white flag, and honestly became prisoners.

As for the remaining warships of the Russian Navy that escaped, the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy and the six submarines were no longer interested in paying attention to them, and there was no chance of catching up with them, so the First Fleet and the six submarines slowly captured the three warships at a leisurely pace. Heading towards the battlefield of the original naval battle, the fleets pursued by the various departments of the Northeast Navy will all return to the battlefield of the naval battle to converge.

In the bridge of the Russian Navy's flagship Ascald, Captain Rostislavich said to Makarov like a heavy load: "Commander, we have finally escaped, and the Northeast Navy, which is pursuing behind, has also stopped pursuing. ”

Makarov's mouth was a little bitter, although he escaped from the attack range of the Northeast Navy submarines, and the warships of the Northeast Navy that had been chasing his own fleet behind him did not chase them, but his losses were too great. Now there are only 6 all-steel battleships, 3 large fast armored cruisers, 5 fast protection cruisers, 6 destroyers, and 21 torpedo boats, which are less than one-third of the strength at the beginning of the war. It is the result of the multi-faceted financing of the Russian Navy in recent years, and now this is all that remains.

In fact, if Makarov had known about the losses of the navies of the other Eight-Nation Alliance countries, he might have been more balanced in his heart. Because countries that are worse off than Russia abound.

Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan, among which Italy and Austria-Hungary were wiped out, and all the battleships of the Japanese Navy were sunk. Just escaped some warships of other types, the British, French, German navies. It was even more chased like dogs by 13 dreadnought battleships, and many warships of the three countries were sunk or surrendered on the way to escape.

This largest naval battle in the history of mankind is also approaching the end because of the end of the pursuit of the Northeast Navy, and the reason why it did not end is because there were guests who arrived belatedly and rushed to the sea area west of the Penghu Islands that had just ended the fierce sea battle.

The late guests were the remaining Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy and the American Fleet, and these Japanese and Americans arrived here with great joy to help clean up the battlefield, but they did not expect that things would be a little unexpected to them.

The Heilongjiang and Yalu River, with more than a dozen warships of the Fifth Fleet, pursued the 2 all-steel battleships of the British, but did not chase far, and the 2 British battleships saw that there was no way to get rid of the pursuit of the 2 dreadnought battleships behind, and if they did not get right, they would be sunk by the shells of the 2 dreadnought battleships, so they readily chose to raise the white flag, and several other British warships that fled with the 2 battleships also raised the white flag.

The Heilongjiang and Yalu rivers, as well as a dozen warships of the Fifth Fleet, had just returned to their original naval battlefield with the surrendered British warships, and the remaining combined fleets of the Japanese Navy and the American fleet appeared to the north.

The Second Fleet of the Northeast Navy, which stayed here to clean up the battlefield, immediately converged with the two super dreadnought battleships, the Heilongjiang and the Yalu River, formed a battle formation, and faced the new Eight-Nation Alliance naval fleet that appeared in the distance.

In the bridge of the Fuji, the flagship of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Heihachiro Togo, commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, put down the binoculars in his hand in a daze, turned his head to the captain of the Fuji, and asked in disbelief: "What's going on?" And what about the main force of the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy? ”

Shinji Shirakawa, the captain of the Japanese Navy Kirishima, sent 2 fast protection cruisers to break through to the north when he retreated, looking for the fleet led by Togo Heihachiro, but unfortunately the 2 fast protection cruisers did not find the remaining Japanese Navy combined fleet led by Togo Heihachiro, and Togo still rushed over.

Takahashi Jiro saw through the telescope that there were some warships in the distance that should be from the countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and at this time they all raised white flags, which made Takahashi Jiro feel very bad and said: "Commander, could it be...... Could it be that our Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet was defeated? ”

Heihachiro Togo was extremely unconvinced, how could the main force of the powerful Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet be defeated? Their strength far exceeds that of the Northeast Navy, and only counting all-steel battleships, they are twice as many as the Northeast Navy, how is this possible? Isn't this the main battlefield of the war between the two sides?

Without giving Togo Heihachiro much time to think, the two super dreadnought battleships Heilongjiang and Yalu River were already at a distance of 30,000 meters, firing a salvo of their main guns at the Japanese fleet and the American fleet that were rushing to the late field.

The 406-millimeter shells fell into the sea and exploded a column of water several tens of meters high, and although they did not hit any warships of the Japanese and US fleets, they made the officers and men of the navies of the two countries suddenly frightened.

Takahashi Jiro stumbled and said, "This ...... This is, the British kind...... That kind of dreadnought battleship? "Just now, Jiro Takahashi only paid attention to the warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance that raised the white flag, and he really didn't pay attention to the two big guys on the side of the Northeast Navy, and even the commander Heihachiro Togo didn't notice the two super dreadnought battleships just now.

Togo Heihachiro said with a gloomy face: "It should be that kind of battleship, I didn't expect the Northeast Navy to have it, it seems that the main force of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet has indeed been defeated." ”

Takahashi Jiro hurriedly asked, "Commander, what should we do?" I don't know how Shirakawa-kun is doing? ”

Togo Heihachiro's face was even more ugly and said: "I hope Shirakawa-kun and they can be safe, we will retreat immediately, and we can't stay here anymore." ”

As soon as Togo Heihachiro's words fell, another round of shells from the Heilongjiang and Yalu River fell, which made Togo Heihachiro's heart tremble, this rate of fire is really too fast! It's only been a long time since the last round!

U.S. Navy Commander George Aboard the Indiana-class all-steel battleship USS Missley? Dewey, when he arrived here, he immediately found 2 behemoths of the Northeast Navy in the distance, and his legs and stomach were suddenly weak, what kind of monster is this, and then look at those eight-nation alliance warships with white flags, George? Dewey immediately knew that the situation was wrong, and immediately ordered all the US warships to immediately turn around and prepare to run away, so the US fleet fled to the north of the Taiwan Strait one step ahead of the Japanese fleet.

Of course, the Northeast Navy can't let the late guests say they can go, and that's not the way of hospitality, so the two super dreadnought battleships of the Heilongjiang and the Yalu River, as well as the warships of the Second Fleet, began to pursue the Japanese fleet and the American fleet that wanted to evacuate, and the Heilongjiang and Yalu River also maintained a salvo of the main guns, and constantly greeted these late guests with 406 mm armor-piercing shells.

The warships of the Japanese fleet and the American fleet risked being patronized by 406 mm at any time, and fled to the north of the Taiwan Strait, and from time to time some unlucky warships were hit by 406 mm armor-piercing shells, and even the rough and thick all-steel battleships could not carry it, and many warships were sunk.

However, their warships are not miserable, you must know that they are followed by more than 150 transport ships, on which there are 100,000 troops from five standing divisions of the Japanese Army, as well as 500 troops from the United States.

The Americans' transport ship carrying 500 troops simply raised the white flag, but the Japanese Army, which was instilled with the spirit of bushido, had no intention of surrendering at all, and even many Japanese Army soldiers shot at the warships of the Northeast Navy with rifles. (To be continued......)

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