"Boom-boom-boom-boom" On the surface of the Strait of Hormuz, the sound of explosions one after another has drowned out all other sounds, and the navies of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations have been inextricably separated from the four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The two fleets fought until about 12 noon on August 16, when the left column of the Austro-Hungarian navy, the Italian navy, the Ottoman Turkish navy, and the Spanish navy of the League of Nations European Combined Fleet was the first to be unable to hold out.

Inside the bridge of the Italian Navy's Litorio-class super-dreadnought battleship Littorio, the captain of the Litorio, Mattia? Desiglio vs. Italian Admiral Didier? Ned lamented and said: "Three of the Litorio's five twin 381 mm guns are unusable, and although the leaky part of the hull is temporarily sealed, our Litorio has brought at least 2,000 tons of seawater, plus several damaged boilers, so that the maximum speed of the Litorio has been reduced to 19 knots, in such a fierce naval battle, such a speed means that it is easier to be hit by the opponent's main artillery, and it is also easier to be bombed by the opponent's carrier-based aircraft, commander, The Litorio couldn't hold out anymore. ”

Italian Admiral Didier? Ned's face was blue at this time, the Italian Navy's hard work over the years, it can be said that most of it has been consumed in this unexpected naval battle, after the main warships of the two fleets began to bombard, the 8 main warships of the Italian Navy participating in the war have sunk 3 Doria-class super dreadnought battleships and 1 Litorio-class super dreadnought, that is, the remaining 2 Doria-class super dreadnought battleships and 2 Litorio-class super dreadnought battleships have also suffered serious injuries.

Mattia, the captain of the Litorio? Desiglio then said: "Commander, now we have 4 capital battleships left, that is, plus the seriously damaged 1 Roman-class aircraft carrier and 1 Leonardo da Vinci-class battlecruiser in the back, our entire Italian Navy only has 6 capital battleships left, in order to leave some seeds for our Italian Navy, let's withdraw from this naval battle!" ”

Italian Admiral Didier? Ned smiled bitterly and said: "This time the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations has concentrated almost the naval forces of the entire Europe, if the naval battle is lost, the impact on this war will be very huge, and the retreat of our Italian Navy now is likely to cause the rout of the entire European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations." ”

Mattia? Desiglio immediately said helplessly: "Commander, look at the current situation, does our European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations still have a chance to win?" It is better to withdraw from this naval battle as soon as possible, so that the navies of European countries can preserve some strength as much as possible, waiting for another war! ”

Didier? Ned was silent for a moment and said: "First ask the naval commanders of the other three countries in the left column for their opinions, if everyone agrees, the commanders of the navies of our four countries will report to the commander-in-chief of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, British Admiral John? Jellico sent a telegram. ”

At this time, not only the Italian navy could not hold on, but the Austro-Hungarian navy, the Ottoman Turkish navy and the Spanish navy of the left column could no longer hold on.

Soon Austro-Hungarian Admiral Kingsley? Koman, Ottoman Turkish Admiral Rustu? Retzbel and Spanish Admiral Schneiderlin? Sico gave it to the Italian Admiral Didier? Ned called back, agreeing to retreat immediately.

So the navies of the four countries in the left column of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, on the one hand, gave the commander-in-chief of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, British Admiral John ? Jellico sent a telegram and began to retreat southward.

"Bang-" British Admiral John? Jericho slammed his fist on the table under the observation window of the bridge, and then angrily slammed into the face of the captain of the Queen Elizabeth, Mark? Miligan shouted: "These Allied bastards, they retreat at this time, and they will suddenly ruin the opportunity of our entire League of Nations European Combined Fleet to turn defeat into victory, they will be the sinners of the whole of Europe!" ”

Captain Mark of the Queen Elizabeth? Miligan said gloomily: "Commander, don't insist, according to the current situation, if we continue to fight, in addition to increasing the losses of the navies of our League of Nations European Combined Fleet, there is no hope of victory at all, without the support of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft, in the face of the attack of the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, our situation is too passive." ”

In the nearly two-hour bombardment of the main warships, the 21 aircraft carriers of the four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire dispatched a total of four waves of carrier-based aircraft groups to launch repeated attacks on the three columns of the left, center, and right of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, with the number of carrier-based aircraft in each wave being more than 800, of which the middle column formed by the navies of Britain and France was the focus of attack of the carrier-based air groups, and a large number of warships of Britain and France were sunk by the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

Coupled with the losses in the bombardment of the main battleships, there are currently only 7 Queen Elizabeth-class super battleships, 2 Orion-class super-class dreadnought battleships, 4 King George V-class super dreadnought battleships, 4 Iron Duke-class super dreadnought battleships, 3 Tiger-class battlecruisers, 3 Lion-class battlecruisers, 1 Neptune-class dreadnought-class battleship and 1 giant-class dreadnought-class battleship, which is equivalent to 15 capital battleships being sunk after the main fleets of both sides met each other. Even among the remaining 25 capital battleships, several were seriously injured and had withdrawn from the front battle line.

The French Navy in the middle column was also miserable, with only 8 capital warships left on the battle line, and after the main warships launched a confrontation, 7 more capital warships of the French Navy were sunk, and 3 were seriously injured and withdrew from the battle and withdrew directly to the south.

However, the 12 Yellow River-class super battleships, 8 gem-class battlecruisers and 8 phoenix-class dreadnoughts of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, which were bombarded by the middle column, have so far only 2 gem-class battlecruisers and 1 phoenix-class dreadnought battleship have been sunk, and 1 Huanghe-class super battleship, 2 gem-class battlecruisers and 1 Feng-class dreadnought battleship have been injured and temporarily retreated to the rear.

Therefore, although the number of main warships in the middle column of the European Union Fleet of the League of Nations still has an advantage, the captain of the Queen Elizabeth, Mark ? Milegan asserted, however, that the League of Nations Combined European Fleet had no chance of victory, and that the same was true for the left and right columns.

If it weren't for the fact that the number of warships in the navies of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations was too large, perhaps the entire European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations would have collapsed long ago.

Captain Mark of the Queen Elizabeth? Miligan seeing John? Jericho still had a hesitant expression on his face, and immediately said: "Commander, don't hesitate any longer, the navies of the four countries in the left column have begun to retreat, so that our left flank will be completely exposed, if we don't retreat quickly, maybe it won't be easy to retreat for a while." ”

John? When Jericho heard this, he suddenly seemed to be several years old, "Give the retreat order to the navies of various countries, and let the navies of various countries leave some warships to be responsible for the aftermath, this naval battle ...... It's over! ”

With the commander-in-chief of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, British Admiral John? Jellico's order, the middle column of the European United Fleet of the League of Nations, the naval fleets of Britain and France, and the naval fleets of Germany and Russia in the right column, all began to retreat to the south, in order to be able to get out of the battlefield, the navies of all countries left some broken warships, hoping to stop the pursuit of the main force of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, but because the navies of various countries only left some small and medium-sized warships, so that these warships after the break did not have much effect.

In the bridge of the Yellow River-class super battleship of the Yellow River of the First Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, Sun Xitao saw that the warships in the three directions of the European United Fleet of the International Alliance on the opposite side began to retreat, and immediately laughed and said to Jiang Chen, the commander of the First Fleet: "These Europeans can't stand it!" Hahaha! Order the fleets to pursue to the south, order the carrier-based aircraft of each of the four fleets to continue the attack, and we want to leave as many enemy warships as possible. ”

Jiang Chen said with a smile: "Although it was expected, I didn't expect that after such a short period of time, the entire European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations would not be able to stand it!" By the way, we have to tell the officers and soldiers below that we need to capture as many enemy ships as possible, and we need to maintain the fine tradition of our Royal Navy, that is, after every sea battle, we will not lose but earn! ”

Sun Xitao said with a smile: "Hahaha! That's right! We must capture as many enemy ships as possible, and our Royal Navy's tradition of getting stronger and stronger cannot be lost! ”

Then a pursuit battle continued throughout the afternoon, and on the evening of August 16, the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy gave up the pursuit of the navies of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, and a large number of warships of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations were sunk in the process of pursuit, and many warships were captured by the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Empire in the process of pursuit.

Many of the captured warships of the European Union Fleet of the League of Nations were seriously injured and could no longer maintain a high speed to escape, and the officers and men of the navies of European countries did not have the rule of preferring death to surrender, so the warships of the seriously injured European countries raised their white flags one after another.

In the end, the four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire captured a total of 1 aircraft carrier, 9 super dreadnought battleships, 4 battle cruisers and 3 dreadnought battleships of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, a total of 17 capital warships, and hundreds of warships of other types, which also became the trophies of the four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

At the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Admiral Fisher held several telegrams in his hands and rushed into the Prime Minister's office with a panicked face, "Prime Minister, it's over!" It's all over! The European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations suffered a crushing defeat, and our Royal Navy of the British Empire suffered unusually heavy losses! ”

Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? When Asquith heard this, he immediately walked to Fisher's side in a few steps, snatched the telegram from Fisher's hand at once, and then looked at Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith's face darkened.

This telegram was from the British Admiral John? Jellicoe sent back a telegram with a brief account of the course of the naval battle, focusing on the losses of the British navy.

The British Navy dispatched all 84 capital warships to join the League of Nations European Combined Fleet, and as a result, after a naval battle, the British Navy only had 1 Glorious-class aircraft carrier, 1 Fury-class aircraft carrier, 5 Queen Elizabeth-class super battleships, 4 King George V-class super dreadnought battleships, 3 Iron Duke-class super dreadnought battleships, 3 Tiger-class battlecruisers, 3 Lion-class battlecruisers and 1 Giant-class dreadnought-class battleship, and several of the 21 capital battleships were seriously injured, It was only when the speed of the ship was not affected that he was able to escape under the pursuit of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

The British Navy's 3 Queen Elizabeth-class super battleships, 1 King George V-class super dreadnought, 1 Iron Duke-class super dreadnought, 2 Tiger-class battlecruisers, 1 Lion-class battlecruiser, and 1 Neptune-class dreadnought-class battleship have been affected by injuries and have become trophies of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The British Navy also had 4 all-steel battleships, 18 large fast armored cruisers, 85 fast protection cruisers, 102 destroyers, 266 torpedo boats and 13 submarines also escaped, and the rest of the warships except the main battleships were either sunk or became trophies of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

British Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith finished reading a few telegrams in his hand, and suddenly his body shook, and he fell to the ground as soon as it was dark in front of him, thanks to the help of the Admiral Fisher next to him, otherwise Herbert? Henry? Asquith is bound to fall to the ground.

"Prime Minister! Prime minister! Are you alright? Come! Come on! The Prime Minister fainted! ”

Hearing the shouts of Admiral Fisher, several secretaries and guards outside the Prime Minister's office hurried into the office to help Fisher take Herbert? Henry? Asquith was lifted to the bed in the office suite, and soon after, the doctor from the Prime Minister's Mansion also arrived here to hurry to Herbert? Henry? Asquith administered first aid.

By the doctor's first aid, Herbert? Henry? Asquith slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw the Admiral Fisher beside the bed, he showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, "Fisher, our Royal Navy of the British Empire must not collapse!" (To be continued.) )