At 2:20 p.m. on March 4, 1909, in the Arabian Sea, the second joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente, the Allies and the United States was still fighting fiercely with the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, but at this time, the joint expeditionary fleet was already at an absolute disadvantage.

Just now, the remnants of the Russian Navy and the Italian Navy in the Joint Expeditionary Fleet raised the white flag and chose to surrender to the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, which made the joint expeditionary fleet even worse.

However, Bridget also knows in his heart that now is not the time to settle accounts with the Russians and Italians, these guys who have more than enough success and more failures, the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France have no energy to deal with them, as for the remaining Austro-Crème Navy and the Ottoman Turkish Empire's navy, they simply do not have the strength to go to trouble the Russian Navy and the Italian Navy, Bridget immediately ordered the remnants of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the Ottoman Turkish Navy after the remnants of the Italian Navy's warships raised the white flag, Immediately break away from the first assault fleet and withdraw to the position of the 4 armies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France on 3 battle lines.

As for the Russian Navy and the Italian Navy, Bridget could only watch as their remnants of warships were captured by the navy of the Chinese Empire, and there was nothing they could do.

After the successive surrenders of the Russian Navy and the Italian Navy, the enemy opposite the 13 all-steel battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire was left with 1 Austrian-class dreadnought battleship, 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers and 5 torpedo boats of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. As well as 1 large fast armored cruiser and 2 torpedo boats of the Ottoman Imperial Turkish Navy.

Bridget knew that the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the Ottoman Turkish Navy had such a small strength. It was not enough to plug the teeth of the 13 all-steel battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy and dozens of carrier-based aircraft in the sky on the opposite side, so it was better to quickly withdraw to the main force of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France. Otherwise, it is very likely that the few remaining warships of the navies of these two countries will all disappear on the surface of the sea in a short time.

The commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rusdit, and the commander of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial naval fleet, Ismail, were also very aware of the situation faced by the remaining warships of their two national navies, so the two commanders simply chose a very safe path.

After the remnants of the Italian Navy had just raised the white flag, the remaining 9 warships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the 3 warships of the remnants of the Ottoman Turkish Navy raised the white flag immediately, and there was no need for the commander-in-chief Bridget to worry about whether the naval fleets of the two countries would be in danger of being wiped out.

The 13 all-steel battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and hundreds of warships of other types opposite the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey all raised their white flags when they saw the remaining warships of the enemy on the opposite side. He stopped firing the artillery, and slowly stopped, and immediately divided dozens of warships and approached the remnants of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, ready to accept the loot.

The 13 all-steel battleships did not come close, and they were still lining up the battle line to prevent the enemy warships that had already surrendered, and they were making small moves, and dozens of carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy in the sky were also hovering over the remnants of the warships of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey. Spy on these trophies of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The sudden surrender of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey not only further expanded the advantage of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in this naval battle, but also made it a windfall. There are 4 remaining dreadnought battleships in the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, as well as dozens of warships of other types.

Inside the bridge of the Orion-class super-dreadnought battleship Orion, the flagship of the British Navy, Bridget saw the remnants of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Navy. Instead of immediately withdrawing to the direction of the main forces of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France in accordance with their own orders, the white flag was raised cleanly. The anger was not as strong as when the Russian Navy and the Italian Navy suddenly surrendered just now, and Bridget said to the captain of the Orion, Remacal, with helplessness in his tone: "Now the entire joint expeditionary fleet of the eight national navies. It has already been reduced by half, and alas - now the navies of the four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France can only win this naval battle if they defeat the battle line composed of super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy on the opposite side as soon as possible. ”

At this moment, a group of carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy appeared in the sky in the distance, flying towards the three battle lines of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France, replacing the carrier-based planes that had already dropped all their bombs or torpedoes.

Remekar hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, now our British Navy has 2 super dreadnought battleships, 6 dreadnought battleships and 12 all-steel battleships have been sunk, and dozens of warships of other types have also sunk, the losses can be described as very heavy, and the losses of the French Navy, the United States Navy and the German Navy are also not light, and our enemy seems to have only 1 dreadnought battleship and a few small warships sunk so far, and the battle loss ratio is too different, at this time the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey surrendered againThe most important thing is that the warplanes of the Chinese Empire that are raging in the sky are still bombing the warships of the navies of our four countries, Britain, the United States, Germany and France, and it is too difficult for us to achieve the final victory! ”

After a pause, Ray Macal said tentatively, "Commander, should we consider retreating?" If we continue to fight so hard, most of these main battleships of our Royal Navy of the British Empire may be lost here, and our Royal Navy of the British Empire will definitely not be able to afford such losses. ”

After all, the Imperial Chinese Navy only relied on the bombing of fighter planes to bomb the navies of the entire eight countries of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and even the navies of the four countries of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey all chose to surrender, and there was no point in continuing to fight except to increase losses. It is better to retreat quickly and save more of the capital battleships of the British Navy.

This time a second joint expeditionary fleet was formed. Although the British Navy did not use its main force, it also took out more than half of its own resources. Let's just say that the super dreadnoughts and dreadnoughts with strong combat effectiveness have mostly joined the second joint expeditionary fleet.

The British Navy originally had 8 super dreadnought battleships, and this time it took out 6, and the British Navy still had 20 dreadnought battleships, and this time it also took out 12 of them.

This is the third time that Bridget has led an unusually large fleet against the main naval force of the Chinese Empire, and he is absolutely unwilling to turn the number of defeats into 3. Therefore, although Bridget also knew in his heart that even if the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France continued to fight, the hope of achieving a final victory was also very slim, but Bridget was not willing to lead the remnants of the British Navy and the remnants of the navies of the United States, Germany and France to retreat, or escape.

There was a slight opportunity, and Bridget also wanted to fight for it, if he escaped like this, his military career would definitely come to an end. There was no chance to wash away the shame from himself, so as soon as Ray McCal's words fell, Bridget shouted, "No! We still have a chance! Our British Navy also has 4 super dreadnought battleships, 6 dreadnought battleships and 10 all-steel battleships, and the US Navy also has 3 super dreadnought battleships, 6 dreadnought battleships and 6 all-steel battleships. The German Navy also had 8 dreadnought battleships and 4 all-steel battleships, and the French Navy also had 4 dreadnoughts and 3 all-steel battleships left, and so on. The navies of the four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France together have 7 super dreadnought battleships, 24 dreadnought battleships, and 23 all-steel battleships, which are still stronger than the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy in terms of capital battleships. We have every chance of winning this big battle at sea! ”

Remekar smiled bitterly and said, "Commander, you must know that our joint expeditionary fleet originally had 10 super dreadnought battleships, 58 dreadnought battleships, and 76 all-steel battleships. The capital battleships have already lost more than half of them, and now all the capital battleships combined, there are only 54 left, commander, do you want to think about the proposal to retreat again? ”

Bridget gritted his teeth and said firmly: "Order our 3 battle lines to continue to approach the battle line of the Chinese Imperial Navy!" The final victory must belong to our joint expeditionary fleet! ”

In the bridge of the Fengtian Super Dreadnought Battleship, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, Sun Xitao smiled and said to Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian: "Not bad! Not bad! Last time, we fought a bloody battle with the first joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers, although in the end we won a big victory, but our Royal Navy suffered very large losses, and the loot was pitiful, this time we fought with the second joint expeditionary fleet, the naval battle was not over, we captured 4 dreadnought battleships. ”

Yin Jian said with some sighs: "It's a pity that our Royal Navy's Fengwu dreadnought battleship was sunk, otherwise the current situation in the naval battle would be even more perfect!" ”

Sun Xitao said: "In such a large-scale naval battle, the United Expeditionary Fleet on the opposite side has sunk dozens of main battleships, and the super dreadnought battleships have been sunk by us 3, and our Royal Navy has only paid the price of 1 dreadnought battleship, which is not easy, if it weren't for the carrier-based aircraft of the 9 emperor-class aircraft carriers in the back, constantly bombing the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, where would we be so easy!" By the way, what about the losses of our carrier-based aircraft now? ”

In order to support the confrontation between the main battleships of the Royal Navy and the enemy battleships, the carrier-based aircraft on the nine Emperor-class aircraft carriers have not stopped bombing the Joint Expeditionary Fleet since the two fleets approached, and have maintained more than 200 carrier-based aircraft in the sky over the entire Joint Expeditionary Fleet at all times, giving the navies of the United Expeditionary Fleet a very heavy blow, and most of the sunken warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were caused by the carrier-based aircraft of the nine Emperor-class aircraft carriers.

Of course, the carrier-based aircraft of the nine Emperor-class aircraft carriers also suffered great losses under such continuous bombing, after all, the new air defense weapons replaced by the navy warships of the United Expeditionary Fleet are not decorations.

Yin Jian replied: "10 minutes ago, the commanders of the three aircraft carrier formations counted that 474 carrier-based aircraft on the nine aircraft carriers have been lost, including the carrier-based aircraft lost in the first two waves of air raids. ”

Hearing that 10 minutes ago, 474 carrier-based aircraft on 9 aircraft carriers had been lost, Sun Xitao showed a distressed expression on his face, Sun Xitao could still accept the loss of aircraft, but the loss of pilots and crews on 474 carrier-based aircraft made Sun Xitao very distressed.

Sun Xitao sighed and said: "We were able to defeat this huge joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente, the Allies and the United States this time, and the officers and men of the Navy on our aircraft carriers have made great contributions. For those officers and men of the Navy who have sacrificed their lives, the bereavement pension must be implemented in accordance with the best treatment! ”

Sun Xitao picked up the telescope at this time, looked at the three battle lines of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France from the observation window in the bridge, and then turned to Yin Jian and said: "The remnants of the naval fleets of Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire have all surrendered, how long do you say the remaining British, American, German and French navies can hold out?" ”

Yin Jian shook his head and said, "If I were Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, when our Royal Navy carrier-based aircraft group launched the first wave of air attacks on the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, I would order the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet to immediately turn around and retreat!" However, that General Bridget is bent on getting rid of the shame, and it is impossible to give the order to retreat until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and I think we may have to continue to fight with the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France, until the General Bridget does not see a glimmer of hope. ”

The corners of Sun Xitao's mouth rose slightly, revealing a confident smile and said: "Although the commander-in-chief of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, General Bridget, may not be reconciled, but you must know that the Combined Expeditionary Fleet is not a country's naval composition, and I think we will not wait too long for the victory of this naval battle!" (To be continued.) )