Chapter 449: Prepare to Block
The German Navy's Karl the Great and Zalingen's two all-steel battleships, under the leadership of the German Navy fleet commander Tessim, were very brave and decisive on the way to escape and turned around to meet the Northeast Navy that was pursuing behind, in fact, Tessim also had no way, the Northeast Navy that pursued their 2 battleships had 2 dreadnought battleships, with the ultra-long range of the dreadnought battleships, and the speed higher than the Karl the Great and Zahringen, their 2 battleships really couldn't run, and they couldn't fight. The aggrieved can only be like a lone knight, launching a suicidal charge against a powerful enemy.
In the bridge of the Fengtian Super Dreadnought Battleship, Yu Fu saw that the German Karl the Great and Zaringen no longer continued to escape, but turned the bow of the ship and rushed towards the pursuing fleet on his side, and immediately let out a sneer, and said to Zhen Li, the captain of the Fengtian: "Send a telegram to the Jilin, our two super dreadnought battleships continue to fire at the German all-steel battleship on the left, sink this one, and then deal with the other one, we don't need to slow down, and rush towards the two German all-steel battleships." β
Although Yu Fu was quite disdainful of the meaningless charge of the 2 German all-steel battleships, he also had to admire the hardness of the German Navy, and in this case he still had the courage to turn the bow and launch a charge, which is not something that ordinary people can do, and most people may choose to surrender.
Zhen Li smiled and said, "Old man, just take a look!" We, the Fengtian and Jilin, would not give those two all-steel battleships a chance to open fire, otherwise our two years of secret training would have been in vain. β
Soon the two German battleships braved the huge shells of the Fengtian and Jilin super dreadnought battleships, and the fleet pursued by the Northeast Navy approached a distance of about 14,000 meters, and at this moment, there was a loud "boom", and a 406-mm armor-piercing projectile fired by the Mukden hit the waterline armor of the bow of the Karl the Great that was charging at once, and the 300-mm waterline armor did not block the 406-mm armor-piercing projectile, and the power of the armor-piercing projectile exploded. Dozens of 450-mm torpedoes in the bow torpedo bay were detonated, so that the bow of the Karl the Great was almost blown up. The turbulent sea water continued to pour into the body of the Karl the Great along the gap, and it didn't take long for the stern of the Karl the Great to warp out of the sea, and the bow of the ship was already in the sea. It was only a matter of time before the Karl the Great sank.
The commander of the German naval fleet, Tessim, and the captain of the Karl the Great, Gomesr, knew that the end of the day was over after the Karl the Great was hit, and immediately ordered all the German naval officers and men on the Karl the Great to abandon the ship, and finally more than 200 German naval officers and men on the Karl the Great, including Tessim and Gomesr. The jump managed to swim to a safe area and was not sucked into the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool created by the sinking of the Karl the Great.
The all-steel battleship Zalingen of the German Navy, which was left alone, bravely moved forward for a distance, and when it was 11,000 meters away from the Northeast Navy pursuit fleet, it was hit by two 406-mm shells almost at the same time, and did not last long, and sank into the sea, and the two lonely knights ended their short charge.
The site of the sinking of the Karl the Great and the Zalingen was near Wang'an Island in the Penghu Islands, and after sinking the two German all-steel battleships, one anti-aircraft fast protection cruiser sailed to the area where the two German battleships were sunk. Prepare to rescue the German naval officers and sailors who are floating at sea.
Inside the bridge of the Fengtian, Yu Fu said to Zhen Li with a sigh: "These Germans are much tougher than the British and French, let us go by the warships, search the vicinity carefully, if there are still German naval officers and sailors alive, they are really a group of admirable opponents, although the strength is a little weak." β
Your old man has 13 powerful dreadnoughts in his hands, and 7 of them are super dreadnoughts that shouldn't appear at all. Is there still a strong one?
Zhen Li nodded and said, "I will immediately ask people to explain the anti-several level fast protection cruiser that passed over, and carefully search for the German naval officers and soldiers who fell into the water." Old man, what do we do next? Do you continue to chase the fleeing enemy ships nearby? We have radar, but we can catch up with one or two more escaped all-steel battleships. β
Yu Fu glanced in the direction of Wang'an Island. Then he said: "Didn't part of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy's Joint Expeditionary Fleet, which fought against the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet, escape from the Penghu waterway between Taiwan Island and the Penghu Islands?" It should still be in the Penghu waterway, and we pass between Wang'an Island and Qimei Island to the part of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet that blocks the pursuit of the Third and Fourth Fleets in the Penghu waterway. β
Zhen Li immediately said: "The battle with the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet should be the Italian Navy, the Japanese Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and their position of engagement is equivalent to the rear of the battlefield of our naval battle just now, and now the Italian, Japanese and Austrian fleets are fleeing. It should still be in the Penghu waterway, and we can almost block it, so I will immediately send someone to contact the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet, and let the radar search the sea area of the Penghu waterway. β
In the Penghu waterway between Taiwan Island and the Penghu Islands, two fleets that are not small in size are staging a scene of chasing and fleeing here, the first to flee is the remnants of the three naval detachments of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan, and the third and fourth fleets of the Northeast Navy are being pursued.
At this time, the remnants of the Italian Navy had 3 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, 3 large fast armored cruisers, 3 fast protection cruisers, and 2 destroyers, and the Japanese Navy still had 5 Kongo-class all-steel battleships, 6 Asama-class large fast armored cruisers, 10 Yoshino-class fast protection cruisers, 8 destroyers, and 24 torpedo boats, and the combined strength of the two navies was not weak.
However, behind them there are 15 city-class all-steel battleships of the Northeast Navy, led by 2 main fleets, which have been closely chasing, the Italian Navy and the Japanese Navy can only hold their heads, and 1 city-class all-steel battleship was seriously injured in the battle just now and did not chase over, but fortunately, the city-class all-steel battleships do not have the desperate ultra-long range of the dreadnought battleships, and they will not constantly bombard the warships of the two countries that escaped, Italy and Japan, plus the speed of the main all-steel battleships of both sides is about the same, The situation of the warships of Italy and Japan is many times stronger than that of the warships of Britain, France and Germany.
As for the warships of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they are almost negligible, the main warships of the Austro-Crème Naval Joint Expeditionary Fleet joined the Eight-Power Alliance, 1 all-steel battleship and 2 ironclad battleships have all been sunk in the naval battle, and now only 2 fast protection cruisers, 3 destroyers and 5 torpedo boats remain, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, Rustit, has reluctantly used 1 torpedo boat as a temporary command ship.
In the bridge of the flagship of the Italian Navy, Jeansel, the captain of the Jeansel, Ram, said to the Italian commander Roberte in frustration: "Commander, I really didn't expect that our Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet would be defeated, and this news will definitely cause an uproar when it reaches Europe." β
Roberte said with a wry smile: "It's really unexpected, I didn't expect that there were 13 dreadnought battleships hidden in the hands of the Northeast Navy, I heard that the British Dreadnought had just been launched and was undergoing sea trials, but 13 of them appeared here at once, and the power of this dreadnought battleship is really amazing." β
Ram nodded and said: "The advent of this kind of dreadnought battleship has made the previous all-steel battleships a little outdated, and our Italian Navy should also build this kind of dreadnought battleship in the future." β
Roberte couldn't help but shake his head secretly, he knew very well what the situation of Italy's finances was, and he didn't want to have the money to build such a dreadnought battleship in 1 or 2 years.
The observation window in the bridge of Ramtong GuΓ² looked at the Northeast Navy that was still chasing after him, frowned and said, "I don't know when these Northeast Navy can catch up?" β
Luo Baiert also looked at the large group of warships of the Northeast Navy behind him, and his face showed a trace of worry, these Northeast Navy will not always be ready to chase Hong Kong, right?
In the bridge of the Japanese Navy's Kongo-class all-steel battleship Kirishima, the captain Shirakawa Shinji frowned, with a worried look, and the first mate of the Kirishima Yanagawa saw Shirakawa Shinji's appearance, and thought that he was worried about what would happen after returning home, so he said with relief: "Your Excellency Captain, Your Excellency Commander Togo and even His Majesty the Emperor, know that 13 dreadnought battleships suddenly appeared in the Northeast Navy, completely breaking the battle plan of our Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet, We have lost more than 20 warships, including 3 Kongo-class all-steel battleships, and I believe we will not blame you, after all, no one can predict such a situation. β
Shirakawa Shinji sighed and said: "I'm not worried about what will happen after returning home, after all, as the commander of this fleet, I have suffered such heavy losses, even if I commit suicide by seppuku, I will not have the slightest complaint, I am worried about the current situation of our fleet." β
Yanagawa Nosuke said puzzledly: "The main battleships of the Northeast Navy in the back are almost the same speed as our battleships, that is, they have been chasing us, and when it gets dark, we can also get rid of their pursuit, captain, what are you worried about?" β
Shirakawa Shinji said with a solemn face: "The battlefield we fought just now is farther than the 13 dreadnoughts from the Penghu Islands, I'm worried that those 13 dreadnoughts won't send a few dreadnoughts to intercept us in front while pursuing the warships of Britain, France and Germany, right?" (To be continued.) )
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