Chapter 447: The warships of the three countries scattered and fled
The broken rear fleet left by France took the initiative to raise the white flag and hid to the side to watch the excitement, leaving only the British and German broken fleets to withstand the bombardment of the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy outside the effective range.
With a "boom-" sound, the large fast armored cruiser left by the British was hit by a 406 mm armor-piercing projectile, and it seemed that it was impossible to avoid sinking this time.
The 13 dreadnought battleships had just concentrated their firepower on the British and German warships, and the British Navy was left with the all-steel battleship Milgau, 3 destroyers, and 3 torpedo boats, and the German Navy was not in a good situation, leaving only the all-steel battleship Barbarossa, 1 fast protection cruiser, 3 destroyers, and 3 torpedo boats.
Like destroyers and torpedo boats were not at all the target of 13 dreadnought battleships, so the destroyers and torpedo boats after the breakoff of the two countries have not been lost, and the other 2 large fast armored cruisers and 3 fast protection cruisers were quickly sunk, and its 406 mm shells against fast protection cruisers are somewhat overkill.
The Milgau and Barbarossa were fortunate to have escaped successive rounds of shelling, but as the 13 dreadnoughts got closer to them, their fate was destined to be pessimistic.
Yedlin, the first mate of the British Navy Milgau, saw the large British fast armored cruiser in the distance, which had sunk in the sea at an angle, and immediately collapsed, and shouted to the captain Riemando in tears: "Captain, for God's sake!" We must raise the white flag immediately, or our Milgau may be sunk in the next moment, captain, order the white flag to be raised! Woo, I don't want to die, I still have my wife and children in England waiting for me to go back. ”
None of the British naval officers and men on the bridge of the Milgau laughed at the weeping first mate Yedlin, and even many young officers and men sobbed, after all, no one wants to die, if the Milgau is sunk, I don't know how many of the officers and men on the bridge will sink to the bottom of the sea with the Milgau, and there will not even be a corpse left.
Rimando also looked a lot older at this time, he was not afraid of death, the problem was that the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy did not slow down at all, but temporarily transferred their firepower to the warships left by Britain and Germany, and now his own Milgau is about 14,000 meters away from the 13 dreadnought battleships, and it may be less than 10,000 meters away, his own Milgau should be sunk, and then the 13 dreadnought battleships can still continue to bombard the main fleets of Britain, France and Germany that have not fled far. It is equivalent to the warship after the break, and there was no delay at all for the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, but they became live targets in vain.
Rimantor looked at Yedlin, the first mate with snot and tears, and then at the gloomy expressions of the rest of his subordinates on the bridge, and said with a long sigh: "Raise the white flag!" There's nothing we can do about it, and I'll take responsibility for the surrender. ”
Hearing that the stubborn captain finally agreed to surrender, cheers rang out in the bridge, and the first mate Yedlin didn't care about the tears and snot on his face, and immediately shouted: "Quick! Fast! Raise the white flag! ”
This white flag hoisting also has to rush for time, otherwise if it is a little late, the Mirgau will be hit by a cannonball, and he will die unjustly.
As the Milgau raised the white flag, the remaining three destroyers and three torpedo boats of the British Navy immediately hoisted the white flag, and sailed to the side with the Milgau, giving way to the passage that the 13 dreadnought battleships were supposed to pass.
Fortunately, the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy spotted the white flag raised by the British warships in time and did not continue to attack them.
Inside the bridge of the German Navy Barbarossa, the officers and men of the German Navy saw that the remaining warships of the British Navy also raised the white flag, and turned their heads to look at the captain Skahn.
Skagen couldn't help frowning when he saw the British Milgau raising the white flag, but the resolute expression on his face did not change, and he shouted loudly to the German officers and soldiers in the bridge: "Our German navy will never give up until the last moment, we have a large number of main warships of our German navy behind us, we must cover them to retreat safely, pass on my orders, the ships continue to carry out evasive tactics, we must hold on until the last moment, for the sake of Germany!" ”
The broken fleet left by the British, French and German navies, the British and French warships have all raised the white flag, began to avoid the channel, and prepared to wait for the Northeast Navy to receive the warships, only a few warships of the German Navy are still gritting their teeth and insisting, but with another round of 406 mm shells falling from 13 dreadnought battleships, the Barbarossa all-steel battleship was pierced through the side armor by a 406 mm armor-piercing projectile, and the power of the armor-piercing shell explosion suddenly detonated the shells in an ammunition compartment, followed by a series of explosions, The Barbarossa broke into two and sank into the sea, and in the end, more than 600 officers and men of the German Navy, including the captain Skagen, did not survive.
After that, the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy no longer aimed their firepower at the remaining three melons and two dates of the German Navy's broken fleet, but concentrated their firepower on the main fleet of the British, French, and German navies, which were still about 20,000 meters away.
The remaining 1 fast protection cruiser, 3 destroyers, and 3 torpedo boats of the German Navy after the broken fleet did not abandon their responsibilities, and after the 13 dreadnought battleships and the surviving warships of the Fifth and Sixth Fleets approached, they resolutely launched an attack, but the action of blocking the car with the mantis arm did not make the slightest sense, and the 13 dreadnought battleships did not move, and the remaining few warships of Germany were cleaned up by the warships of the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet.
The Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of the Northeast Navy suffered quite a lot of losses in the interception battle, and many warships were sunk, but their strength still existed, and it was really a very simple thing to deal with these small warships of the German Navy, and they did not delay the speed of the entire fleet.
When the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy once again turned their firepower back to the main fleet of the British, French and German navies that fled, in the bridge of the British Navy's all-steel battleship Majesty, Commander Bridget's body couldn't help but shake, and the two all-steel battleships of his own country and France raised the white flag, and the German all-steel battleships were sunk again, at this time the 13 dreadnoughts were at least 12,000 meters away from the location where the German battleship sank, The main fleet of the navies of Britain, France and Germany remained at about 20,000 meters, and the broken fleet was thrown in vain.
The captain of the Majesty, Bedol, said helplessly beside Bridget: "Commander, even if our Milgau does not raise the white flag, it seems that it will not play a role, 13 dreadnought battleships can sink it at a long distance, and then continue to pursue the main fleet of our three countries without delay, and continue to bombard our warships at a distance of about 20,000 meters." ”
Bridget didn't have any idea about the 13 dreadnought battleships chasing behind him, but it was not a way to go on like this, so he had to say: "Send a flag to the commander of the French naval fleet, François, and the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, the warships of our three countries are divided into three ways to escape, and the warships of each country can be divided into multiple roads, and you can escape as much as you can!" Let all the warships flee to Hong Kong of our British Empire, and we will meet again there! ”
When Bedaum heard it, this is not to let the main force of the British, French and German navies become a rout and flee, but now it seems that in addition to this method, there is no good way to make these warships of the British, French and German navies evade the pursuit of 13 dreadnought battleships, after all, there are only 13 dreadnought battleships in the Northeast Navy, and the hundreds of warships of Britain, France and Germany that have fled in rout can many of them escape.
The commander of the French naval fleet, François, and the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, received this order, knowing that this was the next strategy, but it was also the only strategy that could be implemented at present, as for which warship could escape and which could not, it could only depend on their luck.
So the navies of Britain, France and Germany were divided into three directions at once and began to continue to escape, and the warships of this country in each direction were divided into different directions, almost like a frying pan scattered and fled.
In the bridge of the Fengtian super dreadnought battleship, Yu Fu, the commander of the dreadnought battleship formation, saw the warships of Britain, France and Germany scattered and fled, and immediately said to Zhen Li, the captain of the Fengtian: "Order our Fengtian, as well as Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Yalujiang, to pursue the enemy ships on the left, and order the Luzon, Inner Mongolia, Outer Mongolia, Longwei, and Longscale to pursue the enemy ships in the front, and the Longfei, Longyan, Longgang, and Longgong to pursue the enemy ships on the right. In addition, Wen Yu of the Fifth Fleet and Huang Hong of the Sixth Fleet sent a telegram, asking them to also assign the warships in 3 directions and follow our dreadnought battleships to continue the pursuit. ”
Zhen Li nodded and said, "Old man, I will immediately ask someone to convey your order." ”
Yu Fu continued: "In addition, let the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet not forget to receive the surrendered warships, these warships are still needed by our Northeast Navy." Yu Fu refers to the warships that surrendered after the break between Britain and France.
Before this war, not counting the long coastline of the mainland, Luzon, Lanfang and Taiwan provinces, these island provinces need a large number of warships to protect, and these surrendered warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance are definitely a big increase in the scale of the Northeast Navy, and it is foreseeable that the warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance will surrender this time. R1152