It was very great to see the remnants of the Russian Navy, the Italian Navy, the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and the Ottoman Turkish Navy raising their white flags one after another and surrendering to the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Originally, the entire joint expeditionary fleet suffered very heavy losses because of the incessant bombing of the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and the officers and men of the navies of various countries were already very tight in the face of such tragic casualties, and now as soon as the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey surrendered, Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the joint expeditionary fleet, was unwilling and was ready to let the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France continue to hold out in this naval battle, but most of the officers and men of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France The string that was taut in his brain was broken by the sudden surrender of his comrades.

In the bridge of the Helgolan-class dreadnought battleship Helgoland, the commander of the German naval fleet, after seeing the surrender of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey one after another, Tesim, the commander of the German naval fleet, said to Tolebad, the captain of the Helgolan: "It is impossible for us to achieve the final victory in this naval battle that can determine the direction of the war!" The surrender of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey has greatly demoralized the officers and men of the four navies of Germany, Britain, the United States, and France, and the situation of the war is becoming more and more unfavorable to us! ”

Tolebad nodded with a wry smile and said: "Commander, our German Navy has lost 6 dreadnought battleships and 8 all-steel battleships in the main battleship until now, and now there are 8 dreadnought battleships and 4 all-steel battleships left, and the losses of other types of warships are also very large, since it is now impossible to win this naval battle." We, the German Navy, should have planned ahead, although we could not follow the example of the Russians and Italians who were cowards. But I think that our German Navy can study the problem of retreat, and continue to fight like this. Our German Navy has lost all of its money here! ”

This time the second joint expeditionary fleet was formed, and the German Navy also took out most of its resources, especially the main battleships, if these main battleships were lost, the strength of the German Navy would fall several levels before the new super dreadnought battleships were put into service.

Tessim glanced at the battle line of the Chinese Imperial Navy on the opposite side, and said very painfully: "I have been fighting for so long. The main battleships of our entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet were sunk one after the other, and the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy on the opposite side has only one dreadnought battleship sunk until now. Ptolebad, sent a telegram to Admiral Bridget of the British Navy proposing to unite the navies of the remaining 4 countries of the expeditionary fleet. Immediately retreat to the west. ”

Before Ptolebad could send a telegram to Bridget, a German lieutenant in the bridge handed a telegram to Ptolebad, and after reading it quickly, Ptolebad frowned and said to Tricky: "Commander." General Bridget sent a telegram asking the three battle lines of our four navies to continue to accelerate closer to the battle lines of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and strive to get ahead of dark. Crush the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy! ”

Tessim's brows also furrowed, and he snorted coldly and said, "I see that the fight continues like this." It was a joke to crush the Imperial Chinese Navy's battle line consisting of super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships before dark, without waiting for the Imperial Chinese Navy's battle line to be crushed. These 3 battle lines of our 4 navies will collapse first! Tallerbad, continue to send Bridget the advice of our German Navy, and if in the end the British are really unwilling to retreat, our German Navy will go on its own, and let our warships be ready to retreat! As long as I can bring back as many warships as possible, especially dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships, I am willing to accept whatever punishment I will receive when I return to Germany, and I hope that the essence of our German navy will be preserved as much as possible. ”

Tolebad nodded and said: "Commander, then I will immediately have someone send a telegram to General Bridget, and at the same time convey the order you have prepared to the remaining warships of our German Navy, if General Bridget does not agree to retreat, our German Navy will go by itself!" ”

Tessime said again: "Contact Admiral Sampson of the U.S. Navy and Admiral François of the French Navy, I believe that few people will be as willing to go all the way to the black as Bridget!" ”

It's true that not everyone is willing to throw the wealth of their own country's navy into this desperate naval battle, just like Bridget.

On the bridge of the New York-class super-dreadnought battleship of the US Navy, Sampson, commander of the US Atlantic Fleet, saw the surrender of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey one after another, and knew that in this naval battle that could determine the direction of the war, the Joint Expeditionary Fleet could no longer achieve victory.

Sampson turned his head to the captain of the New York, Everderson, and said with a wry smile: "I can't fight anymore, our U.S. Navy's main battleships are now left with 3 New York-class super dreadnought battleships, 1 South Carolina-class dreadnought, 1 Delaware-class dreadnought, 2 Florida-class dreadnought, 2 Wyoming-class dreadnought, 1 Maine-class all-steel battleship, 2 Ginia-class all-steel battleships, and 3 Connecticut-class all-steel battleships, In this way, our US Navy has sunk 1 super dreadnought battleship, 10 dreadnought battleships and 14 all-steel battleships, the losses are really too great, and dozens of warships of other types have also been sunk! However, only one dreadnought battleship was sunk by the navy of our enemy, the battle damage ratio is too great, and the fighters of the Chinese Empire have not stopped bombing, and if this naval battle continues like this, the remaining main battleships of our US Navy will have to be lost here! ”

Everderson said with a gloomy face: "Now that the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey have surrendered, our joint expeditionary fleet has no hope of victory at all, commander, I think we should consider retreating?" ”

At this moment, a burst of explosions sounded, and several main gun shells fired by the Chinese Imperial Navy's super dreadnought battleship landed near the New York Super Dreadnought. Although none of the shells hit the New York, the most recent spot of the shells was to land. It was only more than 100 meters away from the New York, and it exploded into a column of water more than ten meters high.

Sampson frowned. His hands trembled, and he turned to Everdson and said, "Send a telegram to Admiral Bridget of the British Navy that you must retreat!" ”

The radio station in the bridge of the New York ship had just sent a telegram to Bridget, and Bridget sent back a telegram, Sampson looked at the telegram, Bridget still ordered the three battle lines of the four navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France to continue to approach the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and said that he would crush the battle line of the Imperial Chinese Navy composed of super dreadnought battleships and dreadnought battleships before dark, and couldn't help but sneer and crumpled the telegram sent by Bridget. threw it to the ground, and then ordered: "Ignore the British, the remaining warships of our American Navy, immediately turn their bows, immediately retreat to the west, and break away from the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy as soon as possible!" ”

In the bridge of the French Navy's flagship Dreadnought battleship, François, commander of the French Navy's fleet, saw all the warships of the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, raising the white flag one after another, and shook his head helplessly. It seems that this time, the main force of the French navy led by himself will once again be defeated by the hands of the Chinese Imperial Navy.

Bridget counted this time, but it was only the third time that he was defeated at the hands of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and François counted this time. It is already the fourth time that it has been defeated at the hands of the Imperial Chinese Navy or the predecessor of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and sometimes I have experienced too many things and I am used to it. So François calmly ordered the remnants of the French naval fleet to immediately turn the bow and retreat. Even the step of sending a telegram to Bridget asking for instructions was eliminated.

In fact, the vast majority of British naval officers and men did not agree with Bridget's order.

This naval battle was fought like this. It was completely out of the pre-war expectation of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and from the very beginning when the huge number of fighters of the Imperial Chinese Navy flew over the head of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, the process of this naval battle had been out of the control of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet.

Now the navies of the United Expeditionary Fleet have suffered heavy losses, but the main naval force of the Chinese Empire, the loss of strength is not much, only now has one dreadnought battleship sunk, and the navies of Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire on their own side have directly raised the white flag, but the bombing of the Chinese Imperial fighters is still continuing, where is there any hope of victory in this naval battle? What else are we holding on to here? Are we waiting for all the warships of the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France to be sunk?

The captains of many of the main battleships of the British Navy also sent telegrams to Bridget, suggesting that the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France should immediately retreat and not continue to hold on, and victory could no longer belong to the Joint Expeditionary Fleet!

In the bridge of the Orion-class super dreadnought battleship Orion, the flagship of the British Navy, Bridget saw many telegrams from the captains of the main battleships of the British Navy suggesting a retreat, and they were torn apart in anger, and then shouted at the captain of the Orion, Ray McCal: "These cowards have really lost the face of the Royal Navy of the British Empire!" This time, our British Empire has taken out such a powerful strength, if it is defeated again, the prestige of our entire British Empire Royal Navy for more than 100 years will plummet, and it will completely become the laughing stock of all countries in the world! ”

Ray McCal looked at Bridget's angry face, and sighed in his heart, he knew very well why Bridget insisted like this, but the situation of this naval battle has been eroded, and the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France can hold on any longer, in addition to increasing losses, the hope of victory is not visible at all, Ray McCal persuaded: "Commander, just now the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, and the commander of the US naval fleet, Sampson, have both sent telegrams, suggesting the matter of retreating, it seems that the navies of their two countries are a little unable to hold on, If our British Navy insists on continuing to fight with the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy, it is very likely that the American Navy and the German Navy will not obey the orders of the commander and retreat without authorization, and the consequences will be even worse. ”

As soon as Ray McCal's words fell, an exclamation rang out from inside the bridge of the Orion.

"Oh God! The remaining warships of the French Navy have turned around! ”

"The French can't stand it either! The Bridget warship has not yet given the order to retreat, and the French are about to run away! ”

"Oh! The warships of the US Navy have also turned around! We lost this naval battle! ”

"Defeated again! I didn't expect that our joint expeditionary fleet of such a large scale would fail again! ”

Seeing the remaining warships of the French Navy and the US Navy, which began to turn around almost simultaneously, Ray Macal urgently shouted to Bridget: "Commander, the Americans and the French have already taken the initiative to retreat!" We, the British Navy, must also retreat immediately, otherwise it will be difficult for us to retreat when the Americans and the French run away! ”

At this moment, someone in the bridge of the Orion shouted again: "The German warship has also begun to turn around!" Now we're left alone in the British Navy! ”

All the officers and men of the British Navy in the bridge of the Orion looked at Bridget with earnest eyes, hoping to hear the order to retreat from Bridget's mouth, and now the American Navy, the German Navy and the French Navy are all withdrawing, and if the British Navy does not retreat, it will really be annihilated!

Bridget saw the Americans, Germans, and French fleeing, and his body shook a little, and if he hadn't held the platform in front of the observation window with his hands, Bridget might have fallen to the ground.

Finished! It's all over! What to defeat the main forces of the Imperial Chinese Navy! What washes away the shame of oneself! What a military career! None of them were gone, and at the moment when the warships of the United States, Germany, and France turned around, everything Bridget insisted on came to naught, and Bridget's face seemed to have aged a lot.

Bridget said to Ray McCal in a deep voice: "Convey my order to all the warships of the British Navy, turn the bow of the ship at once, and retreat to the west, we have lost this naval battle again!" This should also be the last defeat in my life, and even if I want to lose in the future, I shouldn't have a chance! ”

Ray McCal opened his mouth and didn't say anything comforting, it would be superfluous to say anything at this time, the second joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente, the Allies and the United States was completely defeated in the hands of the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy, Bridget, the commander-in-chief, could not escape the blame, after returning to Britain, Bridget's best ending was to leave the army forever, in that case, Bridget really had no chance to seek revenge on the Chinese Imperial Navy. (To be continued.) )