The Russian Navy detachment was ready to outflank the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy on the right, but it was stopped by the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Northeast Navy on the right, and a fierce naval battle began to break out between the two sides, but it was not long before the Russians could not stand it, and many of the main all-steel battleships were sunk by the battleships of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet in the confrontation, and the large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the Russian Navy also suffered heavy losses. If Makarov, the commander of the tangled Russian naval fleet, hadn't taken into account the war in Russia, he would have wanted to leave immediately, and he was not ready to continue to play with the Northeast Navy.

On the other hand, the detachment of the navies of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan, which was prepared to be copied from the left side of 13 dreadnought battleships, was even worse than the Russian naval detachment.

The Northeast Navy sent to intercept the three naval detachments of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan is the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet, and the main fleet of the two Northeast Navy still has 16 city-class all-steel battleships, while the Italian Navy fleet has 4 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, and the Japanese Navy fleet has 7 Kongo-class all-steel battleships, originally there were 8 ships, but at the beginning of the war, 1 was sunk by the giant armor-piercing shells of the Northeast Navy's 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships. The weakest fleet of the Austro-Hungarian Navy consisted of only 1 all-steel battleship with a full load displacement of 8500 tons and 2 ironclad battleships with a displacement of 7000 tons.

At 11 a.m. on 17 June, the naval detachments of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan were already unable to hold out in the naval battle of the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet of the Northeast Navy.

The reason why it can't hold on is that the battleships of the naval detachments of the three countries combined, even if the two ironclad battleships of Austria-Hungary are counted, they are only 14, and in the face of the battle line composed of 16 city-class all-steel battleships, especially the city-class all-steel battleships, the rate of fire of the main guns of the city-class all-steel battleships can reach 2 or 3 minutes for a round of salvo fire, and the 14 battleships of the navies of the three countries are completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation, and many battleships of the three countries' naval fleets are sunk, so the gap in strength between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger. The navies of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan were a little overwhelmed.

The commander of the Italian naval fleet, Roberte, who is also the commander of the naval detachments of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan, has a hard time seeing the extreme at this time, and the Italian Navy has sent 4 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers, and 4 destroyers to join the joint naval fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance.

These warships did not mean to go all out for the Italian navy, which had 20 all-steel battleships, which made Roberte, who was ready to wash away his shame, very dissatisfied, and if according to his opinion, the main fleet of the Italian navy, including at least 15 or more all-steel battleships, should be sent to Asia, so as to gain more status in the eight-nation alliance for Italy, as well as more interests in the future.

However, there are several veterans in the Italian Navy, who oppose sending more warships to join the joint navy of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and several veterans believe that the Italian Navy counts the four ironclad battleships hired to the Japanese, which have been in the hands of the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin, and they have broken their wings three times, and each time it is worse than the other. After all, it is not easy for the Italian Navy to develop to this scale again, Italy has no money!

If there is a case, countries like Britain, France, and Germany will lose money, but Italy's little family background really can't stand the toss, and the Northeast Navy is also a powerful navy with 40 all-steel battleships, and the Northeast Navy will be defeated in the naval battle, and it will inevitably have a lot of losses, and the Italian Navy can't afford to hurt it!

Robert scoffed at the conservatism of several veterans of the navy, but they had the support of King Emanuele III of Italy, and if it weren't for Robert's arguments, Italy might not have sent a fleet of this size.

Originally, the king of Italy, Emanuele III, because of the death of the previous king, his father Umberto I, was angry with the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin, which caused the destruction of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Italian Navy, so that his father fell ill in a hurry, and as a result, he was ill until he died.

Emmanuele III hated Lin Daxin and the Northeast Navy very much, but he knew how hard-won it was for the Italian Navy to regain such a scale, if the current Italian Navy was hit hard, it would never be slow down without three or five years, and there were those warships in other countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and they could also avenge themselves, so Emmanuele III supported the opinions of several veterans of the Navy.

Robert can't help but be a little glad now, Italy did not send more warships to join the joint navy of the Eight-Nation Alliance, otherwise not to mention the 13 dreadnought battleships that suddenly appeared in the Northeast Navy, even the actions of the three navies of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan to outflank them have caused heavy losses to the navies of the three countries.

1 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleship of the Italian Navy has been sunk, as have 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser and 2 destroyers.

The warships of the fleets of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan, except for the battleships, and the battleships of the Third and Fourth Fleets of the Northeast Navy, also fought against each other while the battleships were bombarded, and both sides wanted to disrupt the battle line formed by the battleships.

In the bridge of the flagship of the Italian Navy, Jeansel, the captain of the Jeansel, Ram, said to Roberte: "Commander, now our form is very unfavorable, we only have 3 battleships left in Italy, the Japanese only have 5 battleships, 1 all-steel battleship and 2 ironclad battleships of Austria-Hungary have all been sunk, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, General Rustit, is now uncertain, and not 1 of the 16 all-steel battleships opposite the Northeast Navy has been sunk, Only 1 seriously wounded withdrew from the battlefield, which is now equal to our 8 all-steel battleships against 15 all-steel battleships of the Northeast Navy. ”

Ram is the captain of the original Queen Margaret, the flagship of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Italian Navy, and followed Roberte into a prisoner of war camp that year, and later after Robert returned to Italy, he was still favored by Emanuele III, and held a high position in the Italian Navy.

Rather than caring about the life or death of the Austro-Hungarian naval commander Rustit, Robert asked: "What is the opinion of the Japanese?" ”

It turned out that Robert saw that the outflanking task in this direction could not be completed, so he was ready to evacuate here, and he did not have as many scruples as the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Makarov, he was ready to discuss with the Japanese and withdraw directly from the Taiwan Strait, and the Italian Navy would not play this naval battle.

Although Robert is full of hatred for the Northeast Navy, and he always thinks about revenge and hatred, and washes away the shame of leading the Italian Navy Expeditionary Fleet twice to annihilate the entire army, but the premise is that he is safe, if the current war situation continues, Robert is afraid that he will enter the prisoner of war camp of the Northeast Navy for the third time.

As for the Austro-Hungarian navy, Robert has already ignored it, the Austro-Hungarian navy was originally the weakest one in the Eight-Power Alliance, and even the US Navy, which did not appear, was stronger than the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet.

And just 1 hour before the battleship bombardment, the three main battleships of Austria-Hungary were sunk, and even the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, Rustit, did not know whether he was alive or dead, and the Austro-Hungarian Navy had a few fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats left, and they did not send large fast armored cruisers in the first place, so that the Austro-Hungarian Navy really could not attract the attention of others.

Ram nodded and said: "The Japanese don't want to hold on any longer, they completely agree with the commander." ”

At this time, Shirakawa Shinji, the captain of the Japanese Navy's Kongo-class all-steel battleship Kirishima, who was also the temporary commander of the Japanese Navy fleet, said in a gloomy tone to Yanagawa Nosuke, the first mate of the Kirishima beside him, in the bridge of the Kirishima: "We have lost 3 Kongo-class all-steel battleships in this naval battle, which is already something that our Great Japanese Empire cannot afford, and now since the Italians want to escape, let's push the boat down the river and retreat!" Keep some more valuable warships for our Great Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet! ”

Yanagawa Nosuke said helplessly: "We also lost 2 Asama-class large fast armored cruisers, 2 Yoshino-class fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers and 12 torpedo boats, the losses are indeed too great, but we and the Italians have left, this naval battle, can our Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet still win?" ”

Shirakawa Shinji said with a wry smile: "Don't think about winning the war, with the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, our eight-nation alliance naval joint expeditionary fleet doesn't want to achieve the final victory, in fact, from the 13 dreadnought battleships that suddenly appeared, our eight-nation alliance naval joint expeditionary fleet has already lost, those dreadnought battleships are too powerful." ”

Yanagawa Nosuke sighed and said, "I wonder when our Great Japanese Navy Combined Fleet will have such a powerful dreadnought battleship?" Only that kind of dreadnought battleship can be regarded as invincible at sea, it is really too powerful! ”

Shirakawa Shinji sighed and said, "Our Great Japanese Navy Combined Fleet will definitely have dreadnought battleships in the future, but unfortunately I can't see it." ”

Yanagawa asked thoughtfully, "Your Excellency, Captain, do you mean?" ”

Shirakawa Shinji sighed again and said, "As the commander of this fleet, I have caused such heavy losses to this fleet, especially the sinking of 3 Kongo-class all-steel battleships, and I must be responsible for this." ”

Yanagawa Nosuke said with a somewhat gloomy expression: "Your Excellency, the Northeast Navy is really too powerful, and it is not a battle!" ”

Shirakawa Shinji waved his hand and said: "Now is not the time to study these issues, Yanagawa Jun, immediately send a signal to all our warships of Great Japan, we will immediately withdraw from the battlefield of the naval battle, retreat to the southeast at full speed, and we and the Italian Navy will withdraw from the Taiwan Strait by sea between the island of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands." ”

Yanagawa Nosuke nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, Your Excellency Captain, I will send someone to convey your order immediately!" ”

After that, Yanagawa Nosuke turned around and was about to leave, but Shirakawa Shinji immediately remembered something, and then said: "Wait a minute, Yanagawa Jun, the other part of our Great Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, according to the plan, will be under the leadership of Commander His Excellency Togo, from the north of the Taiwan Strait to attack the Northeast Navy, we must find a way to report the situation here to His Excellency Togo, don't let the other part of our Great Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet crash into it, those 13 dreadnought battleships are really terrifying." In this case, send 2 fast protection cruisers to break through to the north and find the fleet led by Lord Togo. ”

The Austro-Hungarian Navy commander Rusdit did not die, before the Austro-Hungarian Navy's all-steel battleship as the flagship sank, Rusdit had already jumped into the sea to escape, the Austro-Hungarian Navy's all-steel battleship had a full load displacement of only 8,500 tons, and was hit by three 305-mm shells in a row.

At this time, Rusdit was on an Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat, which rescued the commander Rusdit while searching for and rescuing the officers and men of his country who had escaped by jumping into the sea.

Rustit took off his soaked general's uniform, changed into clean clothes, and asked the captain of the torpedo boat: "How many of our Austro-Hungarian warships are left?" ”

The captain of the torpedo boat said with a wry smile: "General, not only did our 3 battleships all sink, but also the Northeast Navy sank 2 fast protection cruisers, 1 destroyer and 3 torpedo boats, and we don't have a few warships. ”

Ruthit sighed and said: "We Austria-Hungary have done our best, and the next battle has nothing to do with us, send flags to our warships, tell them that I am here, and order them all to retreat to the southeast, we should not have any more losses." ”R1152