Chapter 629: The Empire Ends
Betty didn't know that an invisible net had been shrouded over his head and the remnants of the Combined Fleet's warships, and he was trying his best to deal with the Chinese battleships like maggots attached to the bones, under the cover of dense fire, Chinese destroyers flashed from the end of the searchlight column from time to time, and each time they appeared, it meant that deadly torpedoes had been fired, although the torpedo hit rate dropped significantly at such a distance, but the number was equally fatal, starting with their attack, In less than half an hour, there were already ten warships of various types, including two heavy cruisers.
In order to expel these wolves, the destroyers and light cruisers in the combined fleet broke away from the fleet and killed them, but unfortunately, they were shelled by the Chinese heavy cruisers and even battle cruisers within the distance of searchlights, and then gradually disappeared from the sea with soaring flames.
Betty can already confirm at this time that the Chinese have the technology to aim without turning on the searchlight, but it is useless to understand, he can only hold the surface of the sea, and at the same time determine the direction according to the flash of the enemy ship's shelling to return fire, but such a return fire is not of much significance, it is difficult to hit the target unless it hits big luck, just imagine how it is possible to hit even the distance, no matter how good the gunner's experience can not do this, the only use is to force those sneak attack destroyers not to dare to get too close, In this way, the hit rate of those deadly torpedoes can be lower, but then the consumption of shells is very strict.
"There is no way, this is the only way, otherwise most of our warships will have to die under torpedoes tonight." He said helplessly to the officer who reported the consumption of ammunition.
What he didn't know was that there were even bigger naval battles waiting for him after dawn.
The long night had finally passed, and by the time the dawn appeared on the horizon, his fleet had only six capital ships left, and even the cruisers and destroyers had lost more than a third, but even so, the fleet still had a hundred and twenty warships of all kinds, and of course more than half of these ships were wounded.
Fortunately, at this time, the attacks of those Chinese warships also stopped. It is understandable that after a whole night of fighting, with their terrible rate of fire, the shells were probably almost consumed, and Betty was no different, as he sank only two destroyers, and also hit a heavy cruiser twenty kilometers away with a 305mm shell, but this was the result that cost him almost two-thirds of the main guns.
"General. Can we go back? An officer said bitterly.
Betty did not answer, he could not answer this question, since the Chinese battle cruisers have always followed them, then the Chinese aircraft carriers have naturally followed, that is to say, he is about to usher in the bombers that cover the sky again, and there are also seven fast battleships, and he suddenly remembered that until now, those seven fast battleships have not appeared.
"Where will they be?" The guy frowned at the chart, and then an officer next to him touched him and said, "General." No need to look for them, here they are. ”
In the mist of the sea in the distance, a row of hazy shadows gradually emerged, and the majestic bodies of the seven battleships became clearer and clearer.
"Okay. At least it's a fair fight. Betty said with a wry smile.
After a night of torment on the sea, the exhausted Allied sailors were awakened by the terrible sound of battle sirens when they found a powerful fleet blocking the front. The sailors calmed down, and as Betty said, at least it was a fair fight. A real naval battle, they were not afraid of such a battle, and the British, French, and Italian sailors, who were tormented by Chinese carrier-based aircraft and battle cruisers, were on the contrary fighting and bravely rushed to the enemy under the command of their young acting fleet commander.
At this time, a hundred kilometers behind them, the two aircraft carriers in Dingzhen were also pushed onto the runway facing the rising sun, and began to slide in the sound of propeller rotation, next to these two aircraft carriers, six fierce battle cruisers were each leaning against a large supply ship, and in the rotation of the crane boom, one by one large-caliber shells were hoisted onto the deck, and then pushed into the ammunition depot by the cart, and then waited for the next battle that would soon come.
Although he didn't see this scene, General Betty, who was rushing towards the enemy, could imagine it, but at this time he had no way to retreat, only to fight, fight with all his might, even if he died in the sea.
In the roar of countless battles, the combined fleet of the Allied powers fiercely rushed towards the enemy blocking their way of escape, and at this time, in the fleets of Spain, Brazil, and Argentina on the opposite side, a 280 naval gun had already spewed flames, and between the water columns stirred up by the explosion of the shells, the six British and Italian battleships drew an arc very beautifully on the sea, and cut diagonally to the enemy's rear in the roar of a 356 or 305 mm naval gun.
The seven fast battleships on the opposite side quickly increased their speed to the limit of thirty-two knots, turned around at the same time on the sea, and soon put out the most classic battle lines and poured shells on each other, and with the explosion of fire one by one, an era slowly drew the curtain.
The end of the combined fleet of the Entente is already doomed, they are now at least a thousand kilometers away from the Strait of Gibraltar, even under normal circumstances they have to sail for more than a day and a night, there are battleships and air strikes during the day, and there are battle patrol formations at night to attack, and every kilometer forward in the long voyage may leave a battleship, maybe some of them will be able to complete this voyage in the end, but the number will certainly not be too much, and even at this time, even the British cabinet has crossed out the main fleet of the Navy from their combat sequence.
But even so, the Entente was not ready to give in to Yang Feng, his conditions were too harsh, there was no room for acceptance, the land was no longer important, and the indemnity of 30 billion gold pounds was fatal, which meant that the Entente army group would forever become a slave of China, Germany, and Austria-Hungary in the foreseeable time in the future, and would never have a chance to turn over.
At this time, the Entente is no longer fighting for simple interests, they are fighting for their own future, although they also understand that the enemy is too strong, but people always inevitably have some illusions, and in the recent war situation, they are not on the battlefield without the possibility of blocking the Chinese, for example, in Chelyabinsk, the Russian army led by Grand Duke Nicholas firmly blocked the footsteps of the Chinese.
At this time, if you go all out to fight for it, maybe there is still a glimmer of life? Don't ask for more, even if the amount of compensation is reduced to several billion, it is barely acceptable, 30 billion, it makes people shudder to think about it.
Of course, the threat of the Chinese navy was also imminent, in order to deal with this powerful fleet, the British began to desperately lay mines, almost all the ports they could think of outside the mine blockade, and in order to ensure the smooth flow of the English Channel transportation line, all the submarines, small destroyers, torpedo boats owned by Britain and France were concentrated in the strait. At this point, they are still quite confident that the number of such small warships in the two countries combined is several hundred, and the shipyard can also continue to manufacture new ones, especially torpedo boats, small boats of several tens of tons can be built very quickly, and it is easy to run more than 30 knots with high-power diesel engines or even gasoline engines, plus torpedoes are deadly weapons.
In addition, there is air defense, all the major British arsenals are desperately producing anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, especially the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns used to defend against the Liberators, seven-five, eight-eight, one-zero-five, anyway, all that can be thought of is used, and it is too late to simply use the army cannon, especially high-end goods like time fuses are given priority. There are also balloons, all of the UK's major industrial cities are filled with balloons, large and small, and some of them are even connected to each other with wires, all protected from high to low altitudes. In addition, there are fighter jets, although it is known that it is impossible to reach the level of China in terms of performance, but a large number of fighter jets are still desperately produced in factories, and the manufacture of this kind of wood plywood is also simple anyway.
"Your Majesty, it is said that the British are also developing a suicide plane designed to ram the Liberators, and recruiting volunteers to fly it." Attendant Yuan said to His Majesty the Emperor with a smile.
"Well, they're pretty creative." Emperor Yang couldn't help but be speechless for a while, poor baby, he actually forced himself to this point, this is the rhythm of the Japanese in the original history, of course, he also understands that the British are just putting on a show, showing themselves their determination to fight to the end, and then adding bargaining chips to the negotiations, no one will really take this kind of thing seriously, and the British are not stupid.
But since they have said so, of course they have to give them a slap in the face and burst all their fantasy bubbles. Of course, there is nothing new in bombing London, the liberators at the Budapest airport have been bombed more than a dozen times, and thousands of tons of bombs have been dropped alone, and the people of London have long been accustomed to it, which has little visual impact on them.
"How's the airport in Prague going?" Emperor Yang asked.
"It's done." Chief Yuan said.
"So fast?"
"Your Majesty, they originally had a large airport there, although it was only for fighter jets to take off and land, but because the scale was relatively large, the runway was only slightly extended." Chief Yuan said.
"Well, blow up Edinburgh and Glasgow, and we'll let the British people know that there's no place on their soil that we can't reach." Emperor Yang said with a cruel smile. (To be continued......)