A violent explosion sounded on a British Navy ironclad battleship, which was a shell from the 406mm main gun of a provincial super dreadnought battleship of the Chinese Empire, which hit the ironclad battleship.

This ironclad battleship known as the Darnas has a full load displacement of 11,500 tons, equipped with 2 double-mounted 40 times the caliber of 305 mm main guns, and the power system has also been modified, and the maximum speed can reach 20 knots.

On the whole, the Darkas ironclad battleship is not too backward warship, but the problem is that the opponent it is facing now is too strong, and it is not at all something that its level can resist, the Darkas ironclad battleship and the other 5 ironclad battleships of the British Navy lead the British Navy 12 fast protection cruisers, 16 destroyers and 20 torpedo boats, and fight to the death with the middle lane detachment led by 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships and 3 phoenix-class dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. It is not an exaggeration to say that moths fight fires.

After leaving the main force of the Central Route Sub-Fleet of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, these warships of the British Navy basically turned around in the same place, that is, at a position about 6,500 meters away from the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and set up a position to launch an artillery bombardment with the main fleet of the pursuing Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, hoping to entangle the pursuing fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

According to the order of Sun Xitao, commander-in-chief of this naval battle of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the main force of the joint expeditionary fleet to escape. The Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire no longer intends to pay attention to them, after all, it wants to eat them by force. I also had to pay a lot of price, so the fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire was steadily fighting. The warships of the severed Joint Expeditionary Fleet were besieged and devoured to bring this naval battle to a successful conclusion.

The 406 mm armor-piercing shell directly penetrated the waterline armor of the Darnas ironclad battleship, and the power of the explosion suddenly blew up a few meters of the hull under the water surface on the right side of the Dalnas ironclad battleship, making the turbulent sea water seem to pour into the interior of the Darnas ironclad battleship.

And that's not all. Then two more 406-mm shells and one 305-mm shell hit the ironclad battleship Darnas, so that the ironclad battleship with a full load displacement of 11,500 tons finally died and disappeared into the sea.

When the distance between the warships of the British Navy and the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire was reduced to less than 5,000 meters, there were not a few warships left after the British Navy was broken, and within this distance of 1,500 meters, the warships of the British Navy were losing rapidly.

After the sinking of the ironclad battleship Darnas, the British warships in charge of the broken middle route have already sunk 4 ironclad battleships. There were only a few other warships left, and most of them were not lightly wounded, but their losses were not in vain, and the Central Route Squadron of the Imperial Chinese Navy had to destroy these warships in the way. The main warships in the middle of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet have fled to a distance of 30,000 meters, and it is no longer possible for the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire to catch up with the fleeing Central Expeditionary Fleet Subfleet.

Other 2 ways. Because the German Navy and the French Navy left behind the broken warships to entangle with the pursuing fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy. The main force of the 2nd Route Sub-Fleet of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet also escaped the range of the Royal Navy guns of the Chinese Empire. However, the warships left behind by the German Navy and the French Navy also suffered very heavy losses.

On the Midano, one of the surviving 3 British Navy ironclad battleships, the first mate of the Midano shouted hoarsely to the captain of the Midano: "Captain, the Darnas has also sunk, and now we have 2 ironclad battleships left, all of which are still scarred, and the other warships are only 4 fast protection cruisers, 6 destroyers and 9 torpedo boats, and the main force has gone far away, should we also retreat, if we don't retreat, we will be finished!" ”

The captain of the Midano shook his head with a wry smile and said, "If you look at the distance between us and the dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships of the Chinese Empire, can we still escape?" ”

The first mate of the Midano glanced at the dense Chinese Imperial warships not far ahead, and suddenly seemed to have his strength drained all of a sudden, and said in a wailing voice: "Yes, we can't leave, the warships of the Chinese Imperial Navy have caught up, and we can't escape the range of the main guns of the Chinese Imperial battleships." ”

At this moment, the other remaining ironclad battleship of the British Navy also had a series of violent explosions, and then broke into two and sank into the sea.

The captain of the Midano immediately turned his head and shouted to the people on the bridge: "Quick! Stop firing! Raise the white flag! Our mission is over! ”

The first mate of the Midano also reacted, and shouted loudly: "Hang up the white flag, we won't fight!" ”

Fortunately, the British naval officers and men of the Midano moved very quickly, and immediately raised the white flag, so that the main guns of the Imperial Chinese battleships aimed at it stopped firing at the ironclad battleship Midano, otherwise the 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships and 3 phoenix-class dreadnought battleships of the middle lane detachment of the Royal Chinese Navy may be able to sink the Midano in the next round of salvo.

As the British Navy's broken Ironclad battleship Midano raised the white flag, the surviving warships of other types of the British Navy also raised the white flag, and at this time, the cannon fire on the left and right roads also stopped, and the remnants of the German Navy and the French Navy also raised the white flag.

At this point, this sea battle, which attracted the attention of the world, finally came to an end, and the entire naval battle lasted less than 5 hours, but the fierce battle and heavy losses of the two sides reached a jaw-dropping level.

In the bridge of the Fengtian Super Dreadnought battleship, Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian, walked up to Sun Xitao with a smile and said, "Commander, the remnants of the 3rd Route Warship left behind by the Joint Expeditionary Fleet. It's all surrendered, but it's a pity that there are no decent big guys. This adds up to only 4 wounded ironclad battleships, as well as 9 fast protection cruisers, 10 destroyers and 19 torpedo boats. They are all British, German and French warships, and as for the remaining main forces of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, they have long escaped beyond the range of the main guns of our provincial super dreadnought battleships, and in this naval battle, our Imperial Chinese Navy has won! ”

Sun Xitao sighed and said, "It's finally over!" This victory was not easy to come by, and our Imperial Chinese Navy also paid a considerable price for it, but everything was worth it, and in the near future, the entire Asian sea area will be firmly controlled in the hands of our Imperial Chinese Navy. The navies of the Entente and the Central Powers were also severely dealt a blow in this decisive naval battle, and they did not want to come to the waters of Asia again in a short time! ”

Yin Jian said regretfully: "It's a pity that the remaining warships of the Entente and the Allied countries have run away, otherwise the British Navy and the German Navy will not want to recover in three or five years." ”

Sun Xitao said with a smile: "If we leave behind the joint expeditionary fleets of the Entente and the Allied Powers, we may have to suffer very large losses ourselves, and we may not be able to recover in three or five years, which is not what we want to see!" That's right. Are the losses counted? ”

Yin Jian immediately nodded and said: "According to preliminary statistics, our entire Imperial Chinese Navy sank 3 Phoenix-class dreadnought battleships and 7 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships in this naval battle, and 2 Feng-class dreadnought battleships and 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships were seriously injured. 14 all-steel battleships were sunk, 6 more all-steel battleships were seriously damaged, and 10 large fast armored cruisers were lost. Fast-defending cruisers lost 21 units, destroyers lost 23 units. Torpedo boats lost 33 units, submarines lost 44 units. In addition, the Sea Hawk bombers on the 4 Mythical aircraft carriers lost more than 150 units. ”

Sun Xitao sighed again and said, "The loss is indeed too great!" ”

Yin Jian continued: "However, our results were also very brilliant, sinking 53 dreadnought battleships of the Entente and Allied countries, sinking 48 all-steel battleships, sinking 16 ironclad battleships, sinking 28 large fast armored cruisers, and sinking hundreds of fast protection cruisers, submarines, destroyers and torpedo boats, this is an out-and-out victory!" ”

Sun Xitao nodded and said: "Order all the destroyers and torpedo boats of our Royal Navy to search the sea area of the entire battlefield, salvage the survivors of both sides who fell into the water, and at the same time have people send a report to Beijing to report to the emperor that the main force of our Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire defeated the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers in a decisive battle at sea, and gave the joint expeditionary fleet heavy losses, and sent a copy of the data on the sinking of enemy warships and the losses of our Royal Navy to Beijing." ”

The remnants of the combined expeditionary fleets of the Allies and the Central Powers, retreating from the naval battle, sailed along the coast of India towards the Indian port of Mumbai.

In the bridge of the British Navy's flagship dreadnought battleship, the atmosphere was extremely depressing, and now in addition to Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the joint expeditionary fleet, the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, the commander of the French naval fleet, François, the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Vladilianovich, the commander of the Italian naval fleet, Erebet, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, Rusdit, have all come here to discuss the next plan of the joint expeditionary fleet.

In this decisive battle with the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, not only was the United Expeditionary Fleet defeated, but the navies of various countries also suffered extremely heavy losses, which may not be enough to describe the losses of the navies of various countries.

Even the seven fleet commanders of the Entente and the Central Powers at the beginning, one less, that is, Ismail, the commander of the fleet of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Navy, had sunk to the bottom of the sea with the warship.

Bridget coughed and said, "Ahem...... How come the temporary commander of the fleet of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Navy has not yet come? ”

Vladilenovich, commander of the Russian naval fleet, said at this time: "In the navy of the entire Ottoman Turkish Empire, there are only 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers and 4 torpedo boats, which add up to less than 10 warships, and the most powerful is a large fast armored cruiser with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons. A brief notice of the temporary commander of the fleet of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Navy will suffice. ”

The commander of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet next to him, Rusdit, immediately said angrily: "General Vladienovich, what do you mean by this? You must know that the losses of our navies are all losses in battles with the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy! ”

The Austro-Hungarian navy now has only 2 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers, 3 destroyers and 6 torpedo boats, which are not much stronger than the navy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

Vladienovich immediately counterattacked and said: "Rustit, don't catch the loophole in my words here, I just hope that we can hurry up and study the next plan, will our Russian Navy lose less in this naval battle!" ”

Ruthdit wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, who frowned and said: "We are here to discuss the next plan of the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet, not to listen to your quarrels, now we still study what our Joint Expeditionary Fleet should do next!" ”

François, commander of the French naval fleet, said with a wry smile: "Now that our navies have suffered so heavy losses that they are no longer able to fight, our French Navy counts the seriously injured, and now there are 3 dreadnought battleships, 6 all-steel battleships, 6 large fast armored cruisers, 11 fast protection cruisers, 13 destroyers, and 15 torpedo boats, and the strength is less than three-quarters of what it was before the war, especially those seriously injured warships, which are no longer able to fight, and the situation in other countries is similar, I think our joint expeditionary fleet can only withdraw to Europe and make plans again. ”

Erebet, commander of the Italian naval fleet, also said: "Our Italian navy has only 1 dreadnought battleship, 3 all-steel battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 8 fast protection cruisers, 9 destroyers and 7 torpedo boats, and we have lost three-quarters of our strength, and I think we can only withdraw to Europe." (To be continued.) )