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After the retreat of the British Far East Fleet, the Chinese Navy began to tidy up the battlefield, and they lost three 'Orlando-class' and one 'Nelson-class' armored cruisers, the "Pearl River" of the Junquan-class and the "Taiwan" of the "Dreadnought" battleships were moderately wounded, the "Hainan" and the Invincible-class battlecruiser "Qinhan" were slightly wounded, and some of the batteries and warehouses of these battleships were also blown up.

There were also 300 pairs of naval soldiers who died, and only more than 100 corpses could be found in the sea.

The navy flag with red, blue, white, yellow, and black stripes slowly lowered to the middle of the flagpole, and this five-color flag was made by Qin Yu after taking the opinion of the navy and adding his own ideas. Red represents blood and sacrifice, symbolizes the difficulties and efforts faced by the navy, blue represents the ocean, white represents the waves, yellow represents land and islands, and black represents the bottom of the sea.

On the deck, more than 100 sacrificial soldiers were placed on the deck in an orderly manner, all covered with white cloths, and each sacrificial soldier was placed next to a clean gun, which was stipulated by Qin Yu, and this gun would be buried with the sacrificial soldiers. Sa Bingzhen stood in front of the phalanx of the sacrificed soldiers with a group of people, he first took off his military cap, held the military hat in one hand and saluted with the other, and the officers and soldiers behind saluted the sacrificial soldiers like Sa Bingzhen, and then they were silent for three minutes.

Sa Bingzhen: "Shoot, fire, see off." ”

"Bang! Bang! After the gunfire of the ......", the main gun of the 'Xianyang' fired a cannonball obliquely into the sky with a "boom".

After the ceremony, the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers were moved to the cold room of the bottom warehouse for preservation, and when they returned, they were buried in the martyrs' cemetery in Nanjing.

Sa Bingzhen thought that the British navy should not go far and ordered the fleet to follow slowly in the direction of the retreat of the British Far East Fleet, he didn't want the British fleet to go back and wait for her domestic reinforcements, after all, it was very difficult now, if the reinforcements came, the Huaxia Navy would not be able to deal with it at all, and then it would be the sorrow of the whole of China.

Winslow, who had just retreated five kilometers, immediately sent a telegram back to China, in which he explained the strength of the Chinese navy, and also said that he had seen two warships that were more advanced than the 'Dreadnought', and that he had now lost one-third of the warships, and he proposed to retreat.

In the first battle, the British Far East Fleet lost three armored cruisers, one 'Old Man' battleship, two Sovereign-class 'Counterattack' and 'Ramie', and the other warships also suffered a lot of wounds, and 500 soldiers were killed. Even though the British navy had rich experience in actual combat, their warships were much behind those of the Chinese, and they were still on other people's territory, so you can imagine the difficult course of this naval battle.

The British Prime Minister was silent for a while after receiving Winslow's telegram, those battleships in East China were not a big deal at the beginning, but now there is more than one 'Dreadnought' in Huaxia, and there are two warships that surpass the 'Dreadnought', which shocked him. He didn't know who built these warships, but according to the intelligence report, Germany had already owned the equivalent of the 'Dreadnought' battleship for a long time, and even started building it long before the Reich built the Dreadnought.

But one thing he had to believe in was that the current Imperial Far East Fleet was very likely not to be the opponent of the Huaxia Navy, so this operation against Huaxia could be said to be a complete loss. Once Britain admits defeat, Britain's position will be strongly challenged, and the colonies may be in turmoil under the planning of some conspirators, and now the shape of Asia and Europe is very strict, and even the world's leader Britain has to consider the impact of the rise of China.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom immediately summoned all the ministers to the Parliament Chamber to discuss the next matter, and the time has now come to the point where there is no time to delay.

The Minister of War, Viscont Hall, the Secretary of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, the Minister of Economy, representatives of the royal family, and a large number of other people soon came to the parliament hall, and as soon as they arrived at the Prime Minister, they immediately had Filimantle's telegram circulated to them, and after one time, everyone was silent, and their faces became very heavy, obviously digesting the contents of the telegram.

When the Prime Minister saw that everyone was silent, he said, "Don't doubt that Lieutenant General Winslow is not going to get a fake telegram for us, now let's discuss what we need to do next, if you don't know what's going on, you will all become sinners of the Empire." According to the intelligence of the intelligence department, Germany has not helped Huaxia build any large warships over the years, and it is obvious that Huaxia itself cannot build these warships, but the intelligence officers who smashed Huaxia did not know at all. And now it is very obvious that the power of the empire in the Far East is no longer enough to protect our interests, so I hope that the parliament will be more inclined to the Far East, especially India. ”

Churchill said cautiously: "Huaxia's navy has such strength, I also build yì to increase the importance of the Far East, and now the rise of Huaxia has affected the interests of the empire in Asia, I hope to let Japan join this war, anyway, our interests in Huaxia will definitely be terroristly suppressed by the Huaxia government after this time, if we can also bring in Nikolai, the madman will not be able to take care of us, after all, they can't stand it at the same time with three countries." ”

War Minister Visconte Hall said disdainfully: "Although Japan's strength can defeat China, Russia will never allow Japan to enter China, I am afraid that the Second Russo-Japanese War will start at that time, and now our focus is on the European continent rather than China, and China's interests are not at all comparable to India's interests, so I still recommend giving up China's interests to win over China." ”

The person in charge of the financial department stood up and said: "Now in the empire's trade in the Far East, India's trade is much more than that of China, and the disputes over the interests of various countries in China are too complicated, the empire's market in China is only near the Yangtze River Valley, unlike India, which is all in our hands, so I think we must keep India, otherwise those people in China will not let us go, and now the finances are already very tight, everyone knows that Germany has recently been updating weapons on a large scale, So the empire has also stepped up its research on new weapons. ”

The representative of the royal family stood up and said arrogantly: "You must teach the Far Eastern Yellow Monkey a profound lesson and let them know the power of the Empire, so we should send the domestic fleet to fight the Yellow Monkey." ”

The prime minister was very disdainful after hearing this, but he did not show it on his face, he shook his head and said: "Now we can't send the domestic fleet to the Far East, the situation on the mainland is very tense, and we can't spare our hands." The Minister of the Navy said that Japan and Russia should join this war, I don't think so, you should not forget that the current person in charge of Huaxia is the son-in-law of the German Krupp family, and if you are not careful, it will cause a war between the Reich and Germany, but we must teach Huaxia a lesson. ”

Churchill thought for a moment: "But now our Far East Fleet is basically the same as the naval strength of China, or even inferior, if it continues, the Far East Fleet will be completely wiped out, please consider carefully, the colonies in Asia are still very important." ”

Prime Minister: "We can rebuild the Far East Fleet without it, but if India is gone, how big a blow to the empire will be, everyone can think about it, and some of the warships that the empire is now in service are about to be decommissioned, and when the time comes, the retired warships will be arranged in the Far East." We want the Empire's Far East Fleet to defeat the Huaxia fleet, and even if it fails, it will cripple the Huaxia Navy, and Huaxia will also be afraid of the Empire's domestic fleet. ”

The Prime Minister, War Secretary Viscont Hall, the Royal Representative, and the Minister of Economy raised their hands, but Churchill did not raise his hand, and in his opinion it was better to leave the Far East Fleet and wait for it to be strengthened later before attacking the Chinese navy.

When the representative of the imperial family saw Tong Guò, he said: "It is a great shame that the powerful navy of the empire will not retreat even if it is killed in battle, and I will let His Majesty increase the cost of the navy, and the authority of the empire must not be compromised." After saying that, he walked away.

After the passage of Guò, the Prime Minister gave Vice Admiral Winslow a request to him to continue to fight against Huaxiaai's navy, and he must win and not lose.

The next morning, Winslow received a telegram from home and sighed for a long time, this battle was either the death of the Huaxia Navy or the death of the Far East Fleet, he knew that it was difficult for the country to make this decision, so he immediately ordered the fleet to turn around and fight the Huaxia Navy.

Winslow said to his subordinates: "This battle is a difficult battle, the country has issued a death order, this battle will be won, if we do not win, we will die, we shoulder the honor and disgrace of the Empire's century-old navy, we must not lose the face of the navy." ”

The officers did not speak, and after a while, they said in unison: "We will definitely not lose the face of the Imperial Navy, and we will win this battle." ”

When the Huaxia submarines tracking the British Far East Fleet saw that the British had turned their direction to rush back, they immediately sent this information back to the flagship, and the telegraph personnel of the 'Xianyang' immediately handed it over to Sa Bingzhen after receiving the telegram.