Inside the bridge of the British Navy's flagship dreadnought, Bridget, commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, heard that the commander of the French naval fleet, François, and the commander of the Italian naval fleet, Erebet, both wanted the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Entente and Central Powers to withdraw to Europe, and then turned his gaze to the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessime.

In the entire joint expeditionary fleet, the British Navy and the German Navy are the most powerful, that is, after this brutal naval battle, the strength of the remnants of the British Navy and the German Navy is still the strongest existence in the navies of various countries, and the decision of their two fleet commanders is the key to the next plan of the entire Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

In the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, the remnants of the British Navy currently have 7 dreadnought battleships, of which 3 dreadnoughts were seriously damaged, 8 all-steel battleships, of which 2 were also seriously damaged, in addition to 17 large fast armored cruisers, 36 fast protection cruisers, 45 destroyers, and 71 torpedo boats, which still retreated with the surviving battleships.

The remnants of the German Navy also currently had 7 dreadnought battleships, of which only 1 dreadnought battleship was seriously damaged, 6 all-steel battleships, of which 2 were seriously damaged, and 9 large fast armored cruisers, 20 fast protection cruisers, 28 destroyers, 36 torpedo boats.

The combined strength of the British Navy and the German Navy is still not to be underestimated, as the commander-in-chief of the naval battle of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the reason why Sun Xitao did not have a single mind to leave the entire combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers. It was also the British Navy and the German Navy, which were still not weak, that they insisted on eating the remnants of the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet. With the remnants of the British Navy and the German Navy, the Imperial Chinese Navy Navy will definitely have a few teeth broken.

The commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, saw Bridget set his eyes on him. Helplessly, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "There is no other choice in the current situation, leaving us with the joint expeditionary fleet of the Allies and the Entente, we can only retreat in the direction of Europe first, and at the same time send a telegram to the heads of European countries to see what their opinions are, we don't want to rely on the current scale of the joint expeditionary fleet to turn the tables." ”

Bridget coughed and said, "Ahem...... It seems that this is the only way, now that we have already gathered the logistics fleet, we don't need to go to the Indian port of Mumbai to replenish it, ahem...... The entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet was ordered to turn around and turn to the northwest. We don't go to the port of Mumbai, we go straight through the Arabian Sea and into the Red Sea. ”

Before the start of the war, the joint expeditionary fleets of the Entente and the Central Powers had more than 400 supply ships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons to tens of thousands of tons, which were used to transport various supplies necessary for long-distance expeditions. But it was left behind, and now the remnants of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet retreated along the same route, having converged on these more than 400 supply ships.

At this time, Tessim said: "After this tragic naval battle, our surviving warships. There are many who are seriously injured, and it is better to go to the dockyard in the port of Mumbai for simple repairs, otherwise I am worried about the warships that are seriously injured. It is difficult to insist on returning to Europe, and many warships in our countries. There are quite a few seriously wounded, and it is better to let these seriously injured stay in the port of Mumbai to recuperate. Otherwise, the long journey is likely to cost the lives of these seriously injured people. ”

Bridget shook her head and said, "Ahem...... I don't think it's a good choice to go to the port of Mumbai, everyone knows the process of the battle between the Eight-Nation Alliance Naval Combined Fleet and the Northeast Navy, the predecessor of the Chinese Imperial Navy, a few years ago...... The warships of Britain, France, and Germany retreated to Hong Kong, but they were surrounded by the Northeast Navy in Hong Kong's harbor, and almost all of them were wiped out, and I am afraid that the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy will not give up, and if they continue to pursue and block us in the port of Mumbai, our joint expeditionary fleet is likely to repeat the mistake of Hong Kong. ”

Tessim nodded when he heard this, there is indeed this possibility, if the joint expeditionary fleet really arrives in the port of Mumbai, and then is blocked in the port by the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, it will be absolutely disastrous for the current joint expeditionary fleet, so Tessim did not consider any seriously injured warships and seriously injured naval officers and sailors of various countries, and agreed that the entire joint expeditionary fleet would immediately cross the Arabian Sea.

The commander of the Russian naval fleet, Vladlianovich, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rustit, were also in favor of withdrawing to Europe, so the joint expeditionary fleet reversed course and began to cross the Arabian Sea.

Bridget's concern was not unreasonable, although the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire did not pursue the remnants of the main fleet of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet after annihilating the warships behind the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, Sun Xitao still sent several destroyers to follow behind the Combined Expeditionary Fleet using radar.

Sun Xitao also wanted to know where the Joint Expeditionary Fleet would go next, if the Joint Expeditionary Fleet was going to the port of Mumbai in India, Sun Xitao would not mind repeating the scene in Hong Kong a few years ago, you must know that blocking the remnants of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet in a port to launch an attack is not the same as fighting at sea, Sun Xitao is unwilling to let the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and the remnants of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet die at sea, but it does not mean that Sun Xitao does not want to block the Joint Expeditionary Fleet in the port of Mumbaito engage in a siege and annihilation battle.

Moreover, there are dozens of Seahawk bombers on the four mythical aircraft carriers that can take to the skies, and the port of Mumbai is likely to make up for the regret that the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire did not annihilate the entire United Expeditionary Fleet.

However, information sent back by several Imperial Chinese Navy destroyers showed that the remnants of the United Expeditionary Fleet did not go to the Indian port of Mumbai for rest, and directly began to cross the Arabian Sea and return to Europe.

And so it goes. Sun Xitao also ordered the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy with a little regret to start sailing back. Sun Xitao had a premonition in his heart to fight with the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers. It will definitely not be just this time, perhaps in the near future, the Entente and the Central Powers will form a second joint expeditionary fleet to make another expedition to Asia.

Lin Daxin, who was far away in Beijing, was extremely concerned about this naval battle between the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Countries, and it would not work if he did not care, the victory or defeat of this naval battle was too significant, if everything was won and everything was easy to say, the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire could follow the original plan. In the Russian theater and the British Asian colonies of the battlefield, continue to launch an offensive against the coalition forces, if the naval battle is lost, then the matter will be a big deal, which is equivalent to the sea dominance of the entire Asian seas, which is taken away by the Entente and the Central Powers, where will the Chinese Empire still have the energy to continue to attack on the battlefield in two directions, and then the Chinese Empire will have to concentrate all its forces to protect its coastal port cities. as well as a number of important islands.

Lin Daxin came to the building of the Ministry of National Defense in Beijing early in the morning of the 19th, in the office of Defense Minister Wu Peifu, Lin Daxin and Wu Peifu, as well as Jiang Hui, vice minister of the Ministry of Defense in charge of the navy. Anxiously awaiting the outcome of the naval battle.

Fortunately, Sun Xitao asked people to keep sending real-time battle reports of the naval battle back to Beijing City, otherwise Lin Daxin would definitely be anxious like an ant on a hot pot, that's it. Lin Daxin has been urging to ask if there is the latest battle report.

The first round of bombing by the Sea Hawk bomber group of the first 4 myth-class aircraft carriers. After blowing up and sinking several dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, Lin Daxin's bright smile never dissipated. It wasn't until Sun Xitao finally sent back the battle report of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire that he had won the decisive naval battle, and Lin Daxin raised his arms excitedly and shouted.

"Good! Well played! Played the majesty of our Imperial Chinese Navy! Didn't the Entente and the Central Powers also fold their wings in the hands of our Imperial Chinese Navy, even if they had built such a huge joint expeditionary fleet! Hahaha, the meritorious officers and soldiers who participated in the naval battle this time must be rewarded heavily! Those who sacrificed their naval officers, I will not forget, I must give their families, the most generous pension! Lin Daxin held the good news sent back by Sun Xitao in his hand, and shouted to Wu Peifu and Jiang Hui with an excited face.

Wu Peifu also said excitedly: "Your Majesty, this is really an unprecedented victory!" In this naval battle alone, the number of dreadnought battleships of the Allied and Allied powers sunk reached 58, and the 48 all-steel battleships of the Allied and Allied powers were also sunk, plus the sunk large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats and submarines, which was equivalent to directly weakening nearly half of the strength of the Allied and Allied powers at sea, and our Chinese empire had firmly grasped the initiative in this war. I will ask Sun Xitao to report the list of meritorious soldiers and fallen soldiers to the Ministry of National Defense, and the ministers will definitely handle the things that the emperor has to do. ”

Jiang Hui smiled like a flower on his face, although the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire suffered a lot of losses in this naval battle, and 10 dreadnought battleships were sunk, but the results achieved were also unprecedented, Jiang Hui said in his loud voice: "The Entente and the Allied countries combined, there are a total of 115 dreadnought battleships currently in service, and 142 all-steel battleships, and now in the first war, we have eliminated 58 dreadnought battleships and 48 all-steel battleships, there is really nothing more enjoyable than this!" Your Majesty, now that the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers has been defeated, the question of Australia can be considered. ”

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "Indeed, after defeating this joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers, it seems that we can eat the fat of Australia." ”

Although Australia is nominally an independent country, Australia is still one of the countries of the British Commonwealth, and the British stationed a naval fleet and army in Australia, and after Britain declared war on the Chinese Empire, Australia, as a country of the British Commonwealth, also obeyed the treaty of the British Commonwealth, and automatically was in a state of war with the Chinese Empire.

Australia's territory covers an area of more than 7.6 million square kilometers, including the entire Australian continent, with a total population of less than 4.5 million, not far from German New Guinea, which Lin Daxin acquired from the Germans, and the current Andao Province of the Chinese Empire.

At present, the British stationed a total of 30,000 troops and a small fleet in Australia, and this British fleet in Australia has only 4 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers, 8 torpedo boats, and 8 small offshore gunboats.

Australia's own standing army currently has just over 80,000 troops, and the Australian navy is not as strong as the small British fleet in Australia, with only two fast protection cruisers, four torpedo boats, 12 small offshore gunboats, and a few old wooden warships.

Such a large territory, but only such a little military strength, for the Chinese Empire, is definitely a big piece of fat, if it were not for the containment of other battlefields, as well as the threat of the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers, Lin Daxin would have stretched out his hand to Australia.

Now that the Joint Expeditionary Fleet has been defeated by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and the remnants of the warships have returned to Europe, they dare not rest in the ports of the British Indian colony.

Wu Peifu nodded to Lin Daxin and said: "The British army in Australia is not much, and Australia itself is not a large army, it is not difficult for us to take Australia, and Australia is vast and sparsely populated, which is convenient for us to immigrate to it, and it will not take long to turn the continent of Australia into an inseparable territory of our Chinese Empire, and the minister thinks that the navy can implement the plan to attack Australia." ”

Lin Daxin touched his chin and said, "There don't seem to be many people in the whole of Australia. ”

Wu Peifu continued to nod and said: "There are indeed not many people, according to Australian official figures, the total population of Australia is currently less than 4.5 million, including nearly a million indigenous Australians, and the rest are European immigrants." ”

Lin Daxin said with a smile: "Australia's natural resources are also very rich, and there is such a large area, if we don't take it down, God really can't see it, and there are only so many people on it, just after taking it down, remove those Australian aborigines and Europeans, and turn Australia into a real province of our Chinese Empire." (To be continued.) )