At 1 p.m. on March 4, 1909, the battleline formed by the battleships of the First Fleet, the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire was 32,000 meters closer to the battleline composed of the battleships of the second joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente, the Central Powers and the United States. It is the 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, with an effective range of less than 30,000 meters and a distance of more than 30,000 meters.

The battle lines of the two fleets have been lined up at this time, and the direction of the advance of the two fleets has changed, in order to seize the position of the T-shape, the battle lines of the two fleets have become a "figure eight", and they are moving in the opposite direction, neither is willing to give up the position of the T-shaped to the other side, and the warships of other types of the two fleets also follow the battle line and sail in one direction.

In the bridge of the Orion-class super dreadnought battleship Orion, the flagship of the British Navy, Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, said to the captain of the Orion, Ray McCal: "Immediately send a telegram to the naval fleet commanders of Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, asking the navies of their four countries to form an assault fleet, and when the main naval forces of our four countries, Britain, the United States, France and Germany, contain the main forces of the Chinese Imperial Navy opposite, From the right side, bypass the main battleship of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and find those warships of the Chinese Empire that can carry fighters in the back. Bomb them all to the bottom of the sea and let the fighters of the Chinese Empire. Lost its role in this decisive battle at sea. ”

At present, the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy and the battle line of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet are sailing to the north, and to the right is to go around from the south of the Imperial Chinese Navy's battle line.

Remacal nodded and said, "I immediately have someone send a telegram to the commanders of the naval fleets of other countries. Convey the orders of His Excellency the Commander to them! Indeed, we must destroy as soon as possible the warplanes that pose the greatest threat to our Joint Expeditionary Fleet. ”

Bridget said categorically: "Tell the four commanders that they must sink the warships of the Chinese Empire carrying fighters, and whether our joint expeditionary fleet can achieve the final victory of this naval battle depends on whether the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire can destroy the warships of the Chinese Empire carrying fighters as soon as possible!" By the way, let Vladilianovich, the commander of the Russian naval fleet, serve as the temporary commander of this assault fleet, control the navies of the other 3 countries, and tell Vladilianovich that at all costs. Must succeed! ”

Soon in the bridge of the Valdo-class dreadnought battleship Waldo, the flagship of the Russian Navy, Vladtienovich, the commander of the Russian naval fleet, received Bridget's order, Vladilianovich looked through the telescope at the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy lined up opposite, and the expression on his face was not good.

The captain of the Valdo, who was next to him, Ji Udokav, frowned and said: "Commander, Bridget has given us a very difficult task, and the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy on the other side will definitely not watch the navies of our four countries bypass their battle lines and attack those warships that can carry fighters behind their battle lines." Moreover, the navy of our Russian Empire now has only 1 Valdo-class dreadnought, 1 Russian-class dreadnought, 3 Borodino-class all-steel battleships, a total of 5 battleships, even counting the Italian Navy, the Austro-Hungarian Navy and the Ottoman Turkish Empire's Navy, the strength of our assault fleet is not strong. I think that as long as the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy sends some warships, it can stop our assault fleet. ”

After 2 waves of air strikes by the Italian Navy. Two Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships were sunk, and currently there are three dreadnoughts and four all-steel battleships left in the Italian Navy. If you add 1 Austrian-class dreadnought battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the assault fleet will consist of 6 dreadnoughts and 7 all-steel battleships. As for the Ottoman Turkish Navy, it can be automatically ignored, and the flagship of the Ottoman Turkish Navy, which joined the second joint expeditionary fleet, is only 1 large fast armored cruiser, which is also the most powerful warship of the Ottoman Turkish Navy.

Vladilenovich, the commander of the Russian naval fleet, put down his binoculars, sighed and said: "The main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy on the opposite side has only 15 super dreadnought battleships, 6 dreadnought battleships and 18 all-steel battleships, although our joint expeditionary fleet has suffered 2 waves of air attacks and suffered very large losses, but it is still much stronger than the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy in terms of strength, and now the only thing that prevents our joint expeditionary fleet from winning is the warships of the Chinese Imperial Navy that can carry fighters, There was no problem with General Bridget's tactics, an assault fleet had to be sent to bypass this line of battle of the main forces of the Imperial Chinese Navy and destroy those warships that could carry fighters. ”

After a pause, Vladilenovich continued: "Since General Bridget has let the navy of the Russian Empire and the navies of other three countries form an assault fleet, in order to win this naval battle, we can only follow the order, even if our assault fleet is stopped, it can also contain a part of the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy, I believe that General Bridget, seeing that we are blocked, will definitely send fleets from other countries to complete this task." ”

To tell the truth, if he could choose, Vladilianovich would never be the commander of the Russian naval fleet that joined the second joint expeditionary fleet, Vladilianovich, who rose to a high position in Russia by sloping his beard, had been frightened in the last naval battle, and the powerful strength of the Chinese Imperial Navy was deeply engraved in the depths of Vladilenovich's soul, and if it was possible, he would not want to fight with the navy of the Chinese Empire again in his life.

However, the Russian navy, which joined the first joint expeditionary fleet, suffered very heavy losses, and Vladishanovich led the remnants of the fleet back to Russia. Tsar Nicholas II had Vladtienovich executed the commander, thanks to Vladtienovich's long-standing connections. and Vladishenovich's family took out a lot of money to dredge it, so that Vladishinovich was saved. However, Tsar Nicholas II made Vladilenovich guilty and led all the remaining main forces of the Russian Navy to join the second joint expeditionary fleet.

Vladishanovich knew that if the second joint expeditionary fleet was defeated again, he would finally be able to escape, and after returning to Russia, Tsar Nicholas II would also take his life, not to mention that this was just the beginning, and the Russian Navy had already lost 2 dreadnought battleships and 1 all-steel battleship. If he couldn't achieve victory, now it was only 3 sunken battleships, and Vladienovich would no longer be able to explain to Tsar Nicholas II, so in order to achieve victory, Bridget asked him to lead the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey to form an assault fleet to complete the difficult task of destroying the warships of the Chinese Imperial Navy that could carry fighters.

In addition, Vladishanovich guessed accurately, Bridget would not bet on just an assault fleet. In addition to ordering the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire to form an assault fleet, Bridget also ordered a number of ironclad battleships, large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats to be removed from the navies of the four countries of Great Britain, the United States, Germany, and France to form another assault fleet. If the assault fleet of the four navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey is blocked, the other assault fleet will bypass the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy from a farther place on the right. Destroy the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy that can carry warplanes.

Inside the bridge of the Dante-class dreadnought battleship Dante, the flagship of the Italian Navy, the commander of the Italian fleet, Ebert, after receiving an order from Bridget. He was reluctant to carry out the order, but he knew that Bridget's tactics were correct. Without destroying the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy that could carry fighters, the final winner of this naval battle could never be their second joint expeditionary fleet, so he reluctantly asked the captain of the Dante, Mursamo, to convey his order, and the entire fleet of the Italian Navy followed the Russian Navy, separated from the main force of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and advanced to the sea area on the right, preparing to bypass the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy to complete that extremely important and arduous task.

After receiving Bridget's order, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rusdit, and the commander of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial naval fleet, Ismail, also immediately led the warships of the navies of the two countries, followed by the navies of Russia and Italy, and turned to the right together.

As the two weakest navies of the second joint expeditionary fleet, they don't have the strength to bargain, so they can do whatever they want!

Opposite the second joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente, the Allies and the United States, Sun Xitao, commander of the First Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, saw the change in the enemy's formation from the telescope, and couldn't help but show a contemptuous smile on his face, Sun Xitao then put down the telescope and said to Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian: "It seems that the commander of the joint expeditionary fleet also knows that if you want to achieve victory, you can only have a chance by sinking our aircraft carrier, but they can't succeed!" How many carrier-based aircraft have been released from the 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers now? ”

Yin Jian immediately said: "The commanders of the three aircraft carrier formations just sent a telegram to the Fengtian one minute ago, and now each emperor-class aircraft carrier has released more than 30 carrier-based aircraft, and the commanders of the three aircraft carrier formations are ready to let each of the nine emperor-class aircraft carriers release more than 50 carrier-based aircraft to form a group of 500 carrier-based aircraft to launch a third wave of air strikes on the joint expeditionary fleet." ”

Sun Xitao shook his head and said: "Now that the main forces of our three aircraft carrier battle groups and the Joint Expeditionary Fleet are so close, I think the air attack can adopt a gradual increase in tactics, and now let the carrier-based aircraft that have been lifted into the air launch an air attack on the main battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and before the battleships of our three fleets and the battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet enter the firing range, they will take the lead, disrupt the battle line of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and disrupt the tactics of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, and the carrier-based aircraft that will rise in the air behind can carry out continuous air attacks. Let the battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet not be able to concentrate on even bombarding our battleships. ”

Yin Jian nodded and said, "Then I will immediately have someone send a telegram to the three commanders of the aircraft carrier formation and tell them what Brother Sun meant." ”

After speaking, Yin Jian immediately picked up the pen and paper on the platform under the observation window, quickly wrote a few lines, and then turned his head and handed the paper to an adjutant who followed him and Sun Xitao, "Send it to the three aircraft carrier formation commanders of the three fleets immediately!" ”

The adjutant took the paper, turned around and ran to the radio stations on the other side of the bridge.

Sun Xitao then said to Yin Jian: "In addition, let the 18 all-steel battleships of our three fleets not be lined up in the front battle line, let them be divided into three small formations according to each fleet, and prepare to intercept the assault force sent by the joint expeditionary fleet, and not let the warships of the joint expeditionary fleet break through the main force of our three fleets and get close to the nine emperor-class aircraft carriers." ”

Yin Jian frowned and asked, "Brother Sun, in that case, on the front battle line, we only have 7 provincial-level super dreadnought battleships, 8 general-class super dreadnought battleships and 6 Feng-class dreadnought battleships, is it a little too thin?" The number of battleships of the opposing joint expeditionary fleet is still more than 100 after two waves of air raids, and when the battleships are bombarded, there are too few battleships on our front battle line, and it is easy to suffer losses and be beaten by the group. ”

Sun Xitao said indifferently: "The main purpose of using our battleships to bombard the battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet is to create an opportunity for the carrier-based aircraft of our aircraft carriers to bomb, and the purpose of the bombardment is to contain them. ”

Soon, the commanders of the three aircraft carrier formations of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, in accordance with Sun Xitao's order, ordered more than 300 carrier-based aircraft that had already taken off to immediately fly over the joint expeditionary fleet to launch the third wave of air raids.

According to Sun Xitao's plan, the carrier-based aircraft group over the Joint Expeditionary Fleet will always exist throughout the naval battle, using the continuous bombing of carrier-based aircraft to finally let the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire win this decisive naval battle. (To be continued.) )