In the bridge of the flagship of the First Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the provincial super dreadnought battleship Fengtian, Sun Xitao, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy in this naval battle, looked at the Fengren-class dreadnought battleship that was sinking not far away, and couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

After all, the dozens of dreadnought battleships of the Allied and Allied Combined Expeditionary Fleets are not decorations, and now the dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire have only sunk 4, although it is distressing, but compared with the 10 dreadnought battleships sunk by the Joint Expeditionary Fleet in the bombardment, it is already a very good record.

If it weren't for the fact that the main guns of these dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy were equipped with advanced gun scopes, the hit rate of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy was much higher than that of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and the losses of the dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy were definitely more than that, after all, there were more enemies than few.

Compared with the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and the Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers, except for the 4 mythical-class aircraft carriers, the Chinese Empire was in a weak position before the war, and now the Joint Expeditionary Fleet has sunk so many dreadnought battleships, and the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire is still weaker than the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and the dreadnought battleships of other people are nearly twice that of the Chinese Empire.

Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian, who was also standing in front of the observation window of the bridge, looked at the Fengren, where most of the hull had sunk into the sea, and said with a wry smile: "Now the commander of the Second Fleet, Jiang Chen, should scold his mother!" ”

The sinking Fengren belonged to the Central Fleet, which was composed of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet. The Fengren belonged to the formation of dreadnought battleships of the Second Fleet.

Sun Xitao sighed and said: "The war will not avoid casualties, in this one-hour confrontation. The Combined Expeditionary Fleet has sunk 10 more dreadnought battleships by us, and that's it. There are only 53 dreadnoughts left in the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and if we remove 3 dreadnoughts that have been seriously injured and have been evacuated from the battle line, this means that we still need to face 50 powerful dreadnoughts. However, we ourselves are not without losses, and now we have sunk 4 dreadnought battleships, and 5 more seriously injured have withdrawn from the battle line, which means that the current dreadnought battleship ratio has become 28 to 50, and we are still in a weak position. ”

Yin Jian immediately said: "Zhen Li sent a telegram saying that the Sea Hawk bomber group on the aircraft carrier has begun to take off. It won't be long before we can continue to bomb the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and I believe that with the Sea Hawk bomber group, we can be regarded as recovering the weakness. ”

After two rounds of bombing of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, the Sea Hawk bombers on the four Mythical aircraft carriers flew back to the aircraft carrier, preparing to replenish the ammunition for aerial bombs, machine guns, and heavy machine guns, and then bomb the Combined Expeditionary Fleet.

However, the process of replenishing bombs and ammunition for the Sea Hawk bombers can be described as twists and turns. Either there is a problem there, or something is wrong here, in short, after the first two rounds of bombardment, the head of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet is still cloudless. Not even the shadow of 1 Sea Hawk bomber appeared.

Sun Xitao said: "It is the first time for an aircraft carrier to participate in actual combat, and some situations are inevitable, if there is no bombing of the first two rounds of the Sea Hawk bomber group. We're in an even more difficult position now, if the Seahawk bomber group can bomb the dreadnought battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet again. We were really relaxed! ”

After a pause, Sun Xitao continued: "Send a report to Zhen Li, and let the Sea Hawk bomber group give priority to attacking the dreadnought battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet." The second is the all-steel battleship, which has now been shortened to 11,000 meters, and another 1,000 meters or so will enter the effective range of the all-steel battleships on both sides. ”

At this time, in the bridge of the Fengxiang, the flagship of the Second Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, Jiang Chen, the commander of the Second Fleet, looked at the sinking Fengren, and his teeth creaked.

In the 4th round of salvo fire of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, Fengren was hit by a 305-mm shell that penetrated the waterline armor and damaged part of the boiler, which greatly affected the speed of the Fengren, and then was targeted by many dreadnought battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and in multiple rounds of salvo, it was hit by no less than 20 305-mm shells, that is, the armor of the Feng-class dreadnought battleship was thick enough and could not stand it, and finally the Fengren was beaten to tatters, and the sea water poured in from various gaps, and the hull was seriously tilted, The captain of the Fengren had no choice but to abandon the ship.

Jiang Chen also knew that in such a big naval battle, losses were inevitable, but when the dreadnought battleships of his fleet sank like this under his nose, Jiang Chen's heart was really like a knife.

Zhang Lu, the captain of the Fengxiang, hurriedly walked to Jiang Chen's side and said, "Commander, the officers and men of the Fengren have evacuated the warship, but more than 100 people have not withdrawn. ”

Jiang Chen nodded with a straight face, and then shouted almost loudly: "Order the remaining dreadnought battleships of our Second Fleet to hit Lao Tzu hard!" Avenge the Fengren! ”

There are currently only 4 phoenix-class dreadnought battleships left in the second fleet's dreadnought battleship formation, in addition to the sunken Fengxiang, there is also one that has withdrawn from the battle line composed of dreadnought battleships because of its serious injuries.

The commanders of several countries of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet may be even more uncomfortable than Jiang Chen, that is, they were ravaged by the bombers that suddenly appeared in the Chinese Empire, and the number of dreadnought battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet far exceeded the number of dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Empire, but in the one-hour bombardment, the losses of the dreadnought battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were twice as many as those of the Chinese Empire.

In the bridge of the Dreadnought Battleship Midlane of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, coughed for a moment, then turned to the captain of the Giant beside him, Ryan Meade, and asked, "In the confrontation, ahem-how many dreadnoughts have we lost?" ”

Ryan Mead sighed and said: "Commander, another 10 dreadnoughts have been sunk by the other side, and our British Navy has 1 Bellerophon-class dreadnought, 1 giant-class dreadnought, and 2 St. Vincent-class dreadnought-class battleships, which sank in this one-hour confrontation. ”

Bridget looked out of the bridge observation window, and said in a hoarse voice, "That's it." Our entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet has lost 19 dreadnought battleships, ahem—seven of them in our British Navy. It's tragic! Ahem—"

In fact, 1 hour ago, Bridget's voice was fine. But in such a fierce confrontation, Bridget's pressure was extremely heavy.

And don't look at Bridget's sworn claim that those bombers of the Chinese Empire will never come back to bomb the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, but what he said is hard, and his heart is also sudden, and he is not 100% sure that the bombers of the Chinese Empire will not come out again.

Worry, anxiety, and constant sinking of dreadnoughts from the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, especially as we watched the British dreadnoughts on the same line as the Giant. Bridget was in a hurry, and his throat became inflamed.

This is not to blame Bridget on fire, this time the British sent a total of 22 dreadnought battleships to join the joint expeditionary fleet, thousands of miles to come here, only to meet the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy for a long time, 7 costly dreadnought battleships were sunk, and 1 majestic class all-steel battleship and 1 Edward VII-class all-steel battleship were also sunk, the naval battle is not over, the next battle. The losses of the British Navy were bound to increase.

Bridget had experienced the war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin a few years ago, and knew very well that the strength of the Imperial Chinese Navy was the joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente and the Central Powers to defeat the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy. It must have paid a lot of price, but he never thought that it would be so long since the war began. It was still too early to decide the winner, and nearly a third of the British Navy's dreadnought battleships had been sunk. It's a hard time to accept.

Ryan Mead shook his head helplessly and said, "Our British Navy is facing the main middle fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, but it has 7 super dreadnought battleships. So the losses of our British Navy were much greater than those of several other countries of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet. ”

Speaking of which, Bridget and Ryan Mead complained very much to the British intelligence services, you come and see, how can those 7 guys with huge displacement be warships with no combat effectiveness, and the dreadnought battleships of our British Navy are not paper paste, and 5 British dreadnought battleships have been sunk by the main guns of those 7 guys in a short period of time.

Bridget coughed again, then rubbed his neck with his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Now the distance between us and the fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, It has been shortened to 11,000 meters, and is about to enter the effective range of all-steel battleships, ordering all all-steel battleship fleets to line up in battle lines and prepare to fire on the warships of the Chinese Empire, although our joint expeditionary fleet has suffered great losses, but as long as we continue to fight like this, the victory will definitely belong to us, and my prediction is also correct, those planes of the Chinese Empire will indeed not come to make trouble again. ”

Speaking of this, Bridget's pressure in his heart relaxed a little, as long as those bombers of the Chinese Empire did not come back to make trouble, it was the United Expeditionary Fleet that finally suffered very heavy losses under the attack of the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and he also believed that the victorious side must belong to the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

Among the joint expeditionary fleet, in addition to the British Navy, the German Navy suffered the greatest losses, 2 Oldenburg-class dreadnought battleships, 1 Westphalen-class dreadnought-class battleship and 1 Nassau-class dreadnought-worthy battleship, which had disappeared into the sea, and 1 German Navy's all-steel battleship was also sunk by the Sea Hawk bombers of the Chinese Empire.

In the bridge of the Helgolan-class dreadnought battleship Helgoland, the flagship of the German naval fleet, the commander Tessim stood in front of the observation window, his face was gloomy, four dreadnought battleships of the German Navy were sunk in a short period of time, and Tessim felt that the speed of this loss was too violent.

I know that the naval combat effectiveness of the Chinese Empire is strong, but now this rhythm is too unscientific, and the contrast with the situation expected by the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers is too great.

Captain Tolebad of the Helgoland walked up to Tessim and said: "Bridget, the commander of the British Navy, has sent a telegram to the all-steel battleship fleets to line up and prepare to fire a salvo of the main guns of the fleet of the Chinese Empire. ”

Tessim said: "According to Bridget's order, inform the entire right fleet, and now the distance between the two fleets has been reduced to 11,000 meters, and they are about to enter the range of all-steel battleships." ”

The right flotilla of the joint expeditionary fleet was commanded by Tessim, after all, most of the warships of the entire right flotilla were German.

Tolebad nodded and said, "Yes, Commander, I will immediately have the order conveyed to the captains of the all-steel battleships." However, the Chinese Empire has given people too many surprises, not only can it suddenly get a bomber fleet here, but it can also occupy an advantage in the bombardment of dreadnought battleships with fewer enemies, I really don't know what words to use to describe it. ”

Tessim looked at the dense warships of the Chinese Empire opposite, sighed and said: "I hope there are not too many accidents, our German Navy has already suffered great losses in this naval battle." ”

The losses of the French Navy were also very large, with only 12 French dreadnoughts joining the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and now 1 Lone class dreadnought battleship and 2 Provence-class dreadnought battleships have been sunk.

The face of François, the commander of the French naval fleet, was even more ugly than Bridget and Tessim, and the grudge between François and the Imperial Chinese Navy could be recalled many years ago, and he led the French fleet this time to take revenge and wash away the shame, and he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of the previous two times.

However, as soon as this naval battle began, there were many accidents, which made François feel a sense of déjà vu, which made his heart a little abrupt.

The commander of the Italian naval fleet, Erebet, the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Vladilianovich, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rusdit, and the commander of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial naval fleet, Ismail, did not have a good face, and several countries had sunken dreadnought battleships, especially Ishmael of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, whose face definitely caught up with the color of the bottom of the pot.

The Ottoman Turks had a total of 2 dreadnought battleships join the joint expeditionary fleet, only to be sunk by 1, and it was also the flagship of Commander Ismail.

If it weren't for Ishmael's quick escape, he would have been at the bottom of the cold sea by now. (To be continued.) )