After the sinking of the Retvizan, the Potemkin, as another decoy ship, is also not optimistic, if you look at the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Navy, it is really not necessary to waste much of a matter to destroy this battleship. But at this time, the Makanov fleet, which had already seized the superior position, caused a big problem for the Huaxia Navy, whether to continue to attack the Potemkin, or to regain a good position through maneuvering? Faced with this choice, Yang Yonglin did not hesitate, the Potemkin was already a dead thing in his eyes, it was just a matter of when to kill, and the Makanov fleet was the real big fish.

Immediately, under the leadership of the Longxing, the four battleships turned in turn and prepared to speed up to keep up with the Makanov fleet, but at this time, the three Borodino-class battleships had appeared in front of the Longxing, and more than a dozen main guns were aimed at the Longxing that was turning, and in this case, forcibly turning would naturally bring great danger, so a group of light cruisers quickly came out of the queue and pulled out thick smoke screens to cover the tactical maneuver of Yang Yonglin's fleet. In the face of heavy smoke, Makanov naturally could not continue to attack Yang Yonglin's fleet, but it didn't matter, Makanov's target was Yezusi's fleet.

But when Makanov wanted to re-attack Yezusi's fleet, he suddenly found that Yezusi's soles had already slipped with oil! Of course, it is certainly not accurate to say that it slipped away, and after Makanov successfully rushed out of the gap and pulled out of the battle line, the fleet led by Yezusi turned 70 degrees to the left and cut towards the rearguard of the Essen fleet! In this way, it was possible to widen the distance between the two sides and the Makanov fleet, and on the other hand, to move in the northwestern direction of the opposing side. It is absolutely impossible for Makanov to turn back and chase after the Yezusi fleet! If he goes back, it will be impossible for Makanov to rush out of the city again!

And in this case, Ye Zusi can bite the opponent's defender fiercely, and maybe he can tear off a piece! Overall, Makanov's plan was achieved. At least the main fleet rushed out of the city, but the plan to take the opportunity to ask for a bite from the other party was in vain, and what was even more tragic was that the rear team of the Essen fleet at this time was bitten by the opponent, and the 3 dreadnoughts of the Essen fleet are really no longer powerful at all! Either the turret is destroyed or the ammunition is bottomed out. As soon as the Varyag saw that the situation was not good, it immediately accelerated, and the battleship, which was the least injured, gave full play to its high-speed performance at this time, breaking away from the encirclement of the Huaxia Navy, leaving behind the Rotterdam.

Essen looked at Rotterdam, which had been entangled, and reluctantly gave the order to evacuate. Then turn to join the Makanov fleet. When Yang Yonglin's fleet adjusted its formation and came out of the smoke, the Makanov fleet had already been regrouped with the Essen fleet. An armored cruiser and a quasi-dreadnought left behind were completely thrown away, looking at the Russian fleet fleeing in the direction of Batavia. Yang Yonglin smiled bitterly and turned around to besiege the remaining Russian battleships.

At this time, the speed of the Russian fleet was not high, only about 17 knots, and if the Yezusi fleet went to pursue, there would be absolutely no problem in terms of speed, but there would be a big problem in terms of ammunition. The long period of engagement made the ammunition consumption of the Huaxia Navy also very alarming. 5 fast battleships have already hit about half of the ammunition. And Yang Yonglin's battleship formation was to destroy the remaining two battleships. In this case, it is undoubtedly the most correct to choose a more secure but conservative plan. Moreover, in terms of strategic purposes, the Russian fleet has already suffered heavy losses. The Huaxia Navy is also exhausted, and it must be known that after this battle, the entire fleet must go to Taiwan for rest.

As for the remaining two capital ships of the Russian-Dutch Navy, there is no suspense. The first was the first few minutes when Ye Zusi's 5 dreadnoughts slammed into the Rotterdam. The Rotterdam's 10-inch gun was able to fire back with a thin barrage, but quickly. A wave of steel frenzy completely overwhelmed the poor battleship. Shells continued to explode on the hull, and the whole battleship was like a leaf floating in the storm, and each hit made the battleship tremble, and the armor box could no longer provide enough protection for the battleship at this time, and more and more places cracked and fell off. Within 10 minutes of the engagement, the battleship had completely lost the ability to resist, and the inclination was as high as 30 degrees! If it weren't for the balance of the water injection, I'm afraid the entire battleship would have sunk. Resistance has become pointless. After a brief hesitation, "Silent Jack" decided to sink the warship and raise the white flag in surrender. And this has become the biggest stain on Jack's military career.

"I don't think it's wrong to do this, I've done my best, my comrades destroyed an armored cruiser of the Huaxia Navy and did the best we could. In irretrievable circumstances, I don't think it's wrong to accept reality. Afterwards, Jack defended himself.

Relatively speaking, the Potemkin, the last battleship left on the battlefield, really fulfilled its promise to fight to the last moment, and it fought back in vain with its four 12-inch guns and four 10-inch guns, but soon, in the face of at least 40 rounds per minute of 12-inch gun strikes, more than one meal of steel was poured on this battleship almost every minute. In order to improve accuracy, the Chinese Navy adopted close shooting. High hits in close exchange destroyed the ship's steering gear and a power compartment in the first 2 minutes of the battle. And in the third minute, a 10-inch gun turret was smashed into a pile of scrap metal!

After all the main turrets and secondary main turrets were destroyed, the Russian battleship did not surrender after losing power and even losing control of its direction. Looking at the Russian capital ship that had been beaten into ruins on the surface of the ship in the distance, Yang Yonglin didn't even have the idea of continuing the shelling. "Send it away with a torpedo, let's save some shells!"

For this smelly and hard guy, the torpedo boat formation of the Huaxia Navy will never be ambiguous, and 3 torpedo boats fired 6 torpedoes at a very close distance. Except for one that didn't explode due to a fuse problem, the remaining 5 hit the target in 30 seconds! The violent explosion instantly smashed the battleship into several pieces! It disintegrated before it even sank! Thousands of Russian sailors on it were killed by violent explosions or swept underwater by whirlpools on the sea without even having a chance to save themselves, and the Chinese Navy even saved people! There are only 3 survivors in the entire battleship!

With the sinking of the Potemkin. The decisive battle in the Java Sea, which lasted for more than 7 hours, finally came to an end, with the smoke gradually dissipating, the sea was quiet again, all kinds of seabirds flew on the sea, only pieces of oil and debris falling on the sea told the world what a fierce battle broke out here just now! The Russian-Dutch fleet withdrew in the direction of the port of Batavia, and they were no longer in a position to engage the Chinese navy in a head-on battle until the French-aided warships arrived. It is very difficult to go to sea and fight even within one month.

Needless to say, the remaining battleships were all seriously damaged. (Well, except for the lucky Varyag). The Makanov fleet was better, but the damage to the battleships also made it inconvenient for them to fight, and the damage to the main turret and waterline greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of these battleships. As for auxiliary warships? The Russians have lost almost all their light cruisers and torpedo boats, and they don't even have enough direct defense power for the fleet, let alone separate independent detachments to go to sea to break diplomatic relations! Although the Russians still hold the port of Batavia, and although the Russian fleet is very strong on paper, the current Russians can't even take out a single warship to carry out the blockade and break diplomatic missions!

And the Chinese Navy, as the victor, must also return to the base after the war. The long ocean-going operations have exhausted the entire fleet. The intense battles and cruises have brought everything from the fleet commander down to the ordinary officers and men to the limit of their bodies and minds. The mechanical damage and fatigue of the battleship should not be ignored either. In particular, the consumption of artillery, after sweeping the entire coast of Java Island and fighting the Russian-Dutch fleet, the main ships of the Chinese Navy had to replace their gun barrels. Although it had an overwhelming advantage, a large number of warships were also more or less damaged. These are things that need to be repaired back to the dock. And the cleaning of boilers and pipes must also be on the agenda.

"We have won on the battlefield, but we still can't bring this sea into our hands, the construction of bases is on the same level as the construction of warships, if we want to control the seas, then we need to build a network of bases across the four seas like the United Kingdom." Looking at this blue sea, Yang Yonglin's heart was full of helplessness. This battle only established the dominant position of the entire naval battle, but did not start the final word. Especially when the French fleet to aid Germany was getting closer and closer, and at this time, the Huaxia Navy could not go to sea to prevent the other side from converging, but had to return to the dockyard thousands of miles away to maintain and maintain its fleet!

Yes, the first dreadnought fleet battle in the world ended with the fall of night, but the end of the battle does not mean the end of things, the various reactions caused by a battle began to ferment and catalyze like a chemical reaction, and they are affecting this world in a place that people can't see! The fact that the Chinese Navy won a tactical victory and thus won the initiative was actually not so important compared to some of the things that happened later. In distant Europe and the Americas, with the end of the Battle of the Java Sea, the scales of power shook again.

"The impact of this war was so great that more than a decade later, in the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, the navies of both sides are still fighting on the basis of the experience gained from this naval battle, and it has ushered in an era, an era that truly belongs to battleships!" Twenty years later, when Scheer recalled his own voice in his later years, he commented on the naval battle.

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