As the commander-in-chief of the Allied and Allied Combined Expeditionary Fleet, Bridget felt that the current situation of naval warfare was very unfavorable to the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

So Bridget decided to change his tactics and use the large fast armored cruisers, protective cruisers fast, destroyers and torpedo boats of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, which had a numerical advantage, to launch an attack on the battle line composed of dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy at a straight distance, hoping to disrupt the battle line of the Chinese Empire, otherwise the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet would be a little unable to withstand the current confrontation.

The dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet had already suffered heavy enough losses after being bombed by the bombers of the Chinese Empire in turn, and what made Bridget even more annoyed was that the battleships of the two sides were bombarded, and the battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were also at an absolute disadvantage, and the number of battleships lost in the bombardment far exceeded that of the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

It is possible that the Joint Expeditionary Fleet will lose 2 or 3 battleships in the bombardment, and the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy will only lose 1 battleship, so how can it go on like this, now the 3-way sub-fleets of the two sides have narrowed the distance to 7,000 meters, and the number of dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet is already at a disadvantage, if the bombardment continues like this, the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet will definitely sink more, and even the powerful battleships of the entire Joint Expeditionary Fleet will lose their combat effectiveness.

You must know that in the current navy, the most powerful warship is the dreadnought battleship, followed by the all-steel battleship. If both types of battleships were lost, the Combined Expeditionary Fleet would essentially be able to declare a defeat in the decisive battle with the Imperial Chinese Navy.

As for what the captain of the Giant, Ryan Meade, said. These large fast armored cruisers, protective cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats would face the main gun bombardment of the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and the losses would be extremely heavy. Bridget also knew this very well in his heart, but the Chinese Empire had bombers that could disrupt the battle line composed of the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and the Combined Expeditionary Fleet did not have bombers, and if he wanted to disrupt the battle line of the Chinese Imperial Navy, Bridget could only think of this one way at present.

Moreover, now the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Vladienovich, the commander of the Italian naval fleet, Erebet, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rusdit, have all sent telegrams to Bridget, suggesting that the entire joint expeditionary fleet withdraw from the battlefield and fight again at a later date. The will to fight of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet has become sluggish under successive blows, and now the fleet commanders of these three countries cannot hold on, let alone the ordinary naval officers and men of other countries.

Subsequently, many large fast armored cruisers, protective cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet received orders to cross the battle line of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet and launch an attack on the battle line of the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Not to mention, the officers and men of the navies of various countries on these warships are very powerful, and they know about such an attack. They would face the shells of the battleship's main guns directly with the Imperial Chinese Navy, but they still obeyed the orders of Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and began to turn around and prepare to get out of the sea between their battleships. Launch a charge on the battle line of the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The commanders of the other countries of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet understood Bridget's decision to change tactics, and these commanders knew about it. If this kind of confrontation continues, their battleships may not be far from being wiped out. The defeat of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet will become more and more obvious, and the final result of this naval battle will certainly not be optimistic. Therefore, the fleet commanders of other countries did not block Bridget's order, but the fleet commanders of several countries who strongly advocated retreat also let some of their country's large fast armored cruisers, protective cruisers and destroyers, destroyers, and torpedo boats, in accordance with the orders of the commander-in-chief Bridget, launch an attack on the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The large fast armored cruisers of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were divided into 8 teams, the fast protection cruisers were divided into 15 teams, the destroyer teams were divided into 20 teams, and the torpedo boats were divided into 30 teams. 30 torpedo boat squadrons and more than 300 densely packed torpedo boats followed other types of warships, all rushing in the direction of the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Don't underestimate these torpedo boats, if you let them get close to a dreadnought battleship or an all-steel battleship, the torpedo of the torpedo boat is still very threatening for those powerful battleships.

The torpedoes that these countries in Europe are now equipped with are also steam gas torpedoes, which are fast and carry a lot of explosives, even if the provincial super dreadnought battleships are hit by a few, they can bear it, and if they are unlucky, they may be sunk by a few steam gas torpedoes.

The Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire immediately discovered the movement of the Allied and Allied Combined Expeditionary Fleets on the opposite side, and in the bridge of the Fengtian Super Dreadnought, standing in front of the observation window, Sun Xitao, the commander-in-chief of this naval battle, put down his binoculars and turned his head to Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian, and said: "It seems that the commander of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet is preparing to launch an attack on our battleships with large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats." ”

Yin Jian also put down the binoculars and said: "From the distance of 10,000 meters to 7,000 meters between the two fleets, our 4 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and 1 Feng-class dreadnought battleship were sunk, 1 Dragon-class dreadnought battleship and 1 Feng-class dreadnought battleship were seriously injured by the main gun shells of the battleships of the United Expeditionary Fleet, and 11 all-steel battleships were also sunk in the confrontation during this time, and 4 all-steel battleships were seriously injured, and the losses were very huge, but in comparison. The losses of the combined expeditionary fleet were even greater, and they no longer wanted to find a way. There is no suspense about the outcome of this naval battle. ”

Sun Xitao sighed and said, "I didn't expect that at this distance, our battleships would lose so much. Although the losses of the joint expeditionary fleet are greater, it is enough to make us feel distressed like a knife, the sinking of these dozen battleships, our Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire can still bear it, but the loss of officers and men on the battleships is unacceptable. It is not yet possible to know the exact number of personnel lost, but it will definitely be a number that will make us feel distressed. ”

After a pause, Sun Xitao's voice raised a little, and then said: "Since we have lost so many warships and personnel, we must not let victory slip out of our hands. Order our large formations of fast armored cruisers, protective cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats to bypass the line of dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships in front of us, and meet the warships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet that want to disrupt the situation, and ensure that our battleships can continue to bombard the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet. ”

At this time, Yin Jian said again: "The battleships of the joint expeditionary fleet on the opposite side began to adjust their direction and began to turn slightly to the north, so that the battle lines of the two fleets could not keep moving in a zigzag shape, and almost became parallel sailing, it seems that they don't want the two fleets to continue to close the distance, and are ready to rely on their other types of warships." Disrupt our battle lines and create opportunities for their battleships. ”

Sun Xitao sneered and said, "At this distance, as long as our battleships are not disturbed, the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet still don't want to be in the middle of the bombardment. Take advantage of it in the slightest. ”

"Boom-boom-boom-boom" Soon, on the sea between the battle lines of the two fleets, more than 1,000 warships of both sides began a fierce battle.

The main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy. There is no need to worry about the opposing bombers coming to bomb the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships on the battle line, and count the number of submarines that sink the Combined Expeditionary Fleet. It can be known that the enemy's submarines have also been lost, so Sun Xitao has no scruples to send most of his large fast armored cruisers, protective cruisers fast, destroyers and torpedo boats. The warships that met the joint expeditionary fleet, thousands of warships on both sides, engaged in fierce battles between the two battle lines.

Eight of the 10 formations of more than 50 large fast armored cruisers of the Imperial Chinese Navy that participated in this naval battle were dispatched, 200 fast protection cruisers were organized into 24 formations and 21 were dispatched, more than 200 destroyers were organized into 25 formations and 22 were dispatched, and more than 300 torpedo boats were formed into 35 formations and 32 were dispatched.

"Tell the brothers that I'm aiming, it's finally time for us to show our skills, but we must not drop the chain." Sun Xiyu, the captain of the anti-modified fast-protection cruiser Anti-244, shouted loudly on the bridge, and other naval officers and sailors of the Anti-244 shouted.

Sun Xiyu is Sun Xitao's younger brother, a few years ago in the naval battle with the Eight-Nation Alliance, Sun Xiyu was only the commander of a double main gun on a large fast armored cruiser, and he has become the captain of a fast protection cruiser in the past few years.

However, although Sun Xiyu was promoted quickly, he definitely did not rely on the energy of his brother Sun Xitao, it was entirely by Sun Xiyu's own ability, coupled with his exploits in the last war, and with the help of the great expansion of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in recent years, Sun Xiyu achieved several consecutive promotions in just a few years.

The first mate of the anti-244 fast-protection cruiser shouted loudly: "Captain, don't worry!" Brothers will never be ashamed of you! ”

As soon as the first mate's voice fell, the shells of the 45 times caliber 210 mm main gun of the Anti-244 hit a fast protection cruiser of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet 3,000 meters away, which was a warship of the British Navy.

This 210 mm shell was still 1 armor-piercing shell, which directly penetrated the waterline armor of the British Navy's fast-protection cruiser with a displacement of less than 3,500 tons, and then blew a big hole in the position below the water's surface, and a large amount of seawater suddenly poured into the British Navy's fast-protection cruiser, and part of the boiler pipes also burst, slowing down its speed all of a sudden.

"Good! Hit it well, continue to aim at it......" Sun Xiyu saw that his Fang 244 hit the fast protection cruiser of the United Expeditionary Fleet aimed at 1 shell, and slowed down the speed of the fast protection cruiser, and suddenly excited to let his Fang 244 continue to aim at it and fire.

But before Sun Xiyu's words were finished, the fast protection cruiser that had just been hit by the 210 mm main gun shell of the anti-244 was hit by another 210 mm shell, and this shell penetrated the deck armor of the fast protection cruiser and entered the inside of the hull before exploding, and it was directly near an ammunition bin.

With a "boom," the British Navy's fast-defending cruiser of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet was blown in two by the explosion caused by the explosion of hundreds of 230-millimeter shells in the ammunition compartment, and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

"Who robbed our prey! It's really unlucky, aim at the fast protection cruiser next to you and open fire, don't let people rob you again. Sun Xiyu said with an unhappy face.

There are more than 1,000 warships sent by the fleets of the two sides to the battle line, and the whole scene has been turned into a pot of porridge, and warships are sunk almost every moment, and the number of these warships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire has to occupy some advantages, so there are many two-on-one situations, bullying the joint expeditionary fleet does not dare to send their large fast armored cruisers, protective cruisers fast, destroyers and torpedo boats, otherwise the bombers and submarines of the Chinese Empire will come out again, and the joint expeditionary fleet will be miserable, Without these large fast armored cruisers, protective cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats forming a protective circle around the battleship, the bombers and submarines of the Chinese Empire could attack the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet without any scruples.

After a while, Sun Xiyu, the captain of the anti-244 anti-modification class fast protection cruiser, showed a happy smile, and finally one of the fast protection cruisers of the joint expeditionary fleet was sunk by the main gun shells of the anti-244. (To be continued.) )