When the battle line composed of the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy and 13 dreadnought battleships was 20,000 meters apart, the seven provincial super dreadnought battleships carried out 36 rounds of salvo fire in just 18 minutes. It was also impossible to block armor-piercing shells weighing up to 1 ton with thick armor.

The British naval detachment suffered the greatest losses in these 18 minutes, 1 Majesty-class all-steel battleship, 1 Duncan-class all-steel battleship, 1 Old Man class all-steel battleship, and 1 Sovereign-class all-steel battleship were all sunk by 406 mm armor-piercing shells, and 1 Majesty-class all-steel battleship was seriously wounded and had withdrawn from the battle sequence and retreated to the rear alone.

The French Navy detachment also had 1 Cecilia-class all-steel battleship with a standard displacement of 13,500 tons that was sunk by a 406 mm armor-piercing projectile, and 1 French Navy's Cecilia-class all-steel battleship was hit and although it did not sink, it had completely lost power and floated at sea, and the French had sent a large fast armored cruiser to prepare to tow the Cecilia-class all-steel battleship that had lost power away from the battlefield here.

The German naval detachment also had two brandenburg-class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 10,013 tons, which were pierced through the throat by an armor-piercing bullet and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The two Peresvet-class all-steel battleships of the Russian Navy detachment with a standard displacement of 12,600 tons were also unlucky to receive one 406-mm armor-piercing shell each, and they did not last long, and these two Peresvet-class all-steel battleships disappeared into the sea.

The detachments of Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan also lost 1 all-steel battleship, which was a Kongo-class all-steel battleship with a full load displacement of 16,000 tons of the Japanese Navy, which made the temporary commander of the combined fleet of this part of the Japanese Navy, the captain of the Kirishima Shinji, a little green.

Although Emperor Meiji of Japan vigorously supported the development of the Japanese Navy, after paying compensation to Lin Daxin more than two years ago, Emperor Meiji still raised funds in various ways and invested huge sums of money in the navy to rebuild a large number of cutting-edge warships.

Shirakawa Shinji heard that in order to save the navy funds for the construction of warships, Emperor Meiji even repeatedly reduced the use of the imperial palace and allocated the saved money to the Japanese Admiralty.

Fortunately, according to the order of Bridget, the commander of the British naval fleet and the commander of the joint expeditionary fleet of the entire Eight-Nation Alliance, the detachment of their Japanese Navy and the navies of Italy and Austria-Hungary had begun to break away from the formation and was ready to outflank the main fleet of the Northeast Navy from the right, in fact, it was to copy the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy that suddenly appeared from the right.

In this way, the remaining warships of the Japanese Navy will at least not continue to deal head-on with the battle line composed of 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, so that the remaining warships of the Japanese Navy have less chance of being hit by those giant shells, otherwise they can only be beaten like this, Shirakawa Shinji really doesn't know if he can hold on, if the losses of these warships led by him are too great, he has no other choice but to commit suicide after the war.

Shinji Shirakawa shouted to the first mate of the Kirishima with a calm face: "Quick, let our warship go faster, avoid the front, and speed up to the right!" ”

In addition, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 torpedo boat were also sunk in the 18-nation alliance naval joint expeditionary fleet. A large fast armored cruiser was seriously damaged, but fortunately it did not sink, but it also lost most of its combat effectiveness, and slowly and leisurely withdrew to the rear alone, preparing to leave the battlefield.

These are not all-steel battleships, and it is bad luck to be sunk and injured, and the 7 super dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy really did not aim at them, and they did not want to waste shells on these little guys, oh, large fast armored cruisers are not small guys.

It was all the 7 super dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy that missed some shells, which caused these unexpected results, and the 1 torpedo boat sunk by the Joint Expeditionary Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy was of the British Navy, and it was even more unlucky, it was overturned by the waves caused by a 406-mm shell that fell in the sea not far from it.

Bridget, commander of the entire Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet, was like a nightmare in these 18 minutes, and the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet was bombarded by seven dreadnought battleships with a displacement of at least 3 or 40,000 tons in the Northeast Navy, and in 18 minutes, 10 powerful all-steel battleships were sunk, and 2 all-steel battleships had been seriously injured and could no longer continue to fight, of which 4 were sunk and 1 was seriously injured in the British Navy. It is equivalent to the loss of 12 all-steel battleships by the Joint Expeditionary Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy at once, and there is no reason for this, such a long distance, such accurate shooting, and such powerful shells, Bridget is a little impulsive, and wants to make the entire Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet turn around and retreat.

Bridget believes that as long as the distance is pulled, victory should still belong to the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance, but now it can't go on like this, and then let the Northeast Navy 7 battleships with a displacement of at least 3 or 40,000 tons bomb down, and they don't know how many all-steel battleships they will lose, and they must find a way to change this situation.

Bridget said to the captain of the Majestic beside him, "Order the 2 large fast armored cruiser squadrons, 3 fast protection cruiser squadrons, 3 destroyer squadrons, 3 torpedo boat squadrons of our British Navy detachment, cross the battleship squadron, and launch an attack on the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy. In addition, let the French naval detachment and the German naval detachment send most of the other warships to rush up with our British warships. ”

Bridget also retained a squadron of large fast armored cruisers, a squadron of fast protection cruisers, a squadron of destroyers and a squadron of torpedo boats, and the other warships except the all-steel battleships were all ready to launch this very risky charge, but this was also the only way he could think of to interfere with the seven dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy with a displacement of at least 3 or 40,000 tons.

The captain of the Majesty, Birdolm, hesitated for a moment, nodded without saying anything, and Birdaum knew that there was no way out, "Yes, Your Excellency, Commander, I will immediately convey your orders to our fleet, as well as to the French and Germans. ”

Bridget continued with a calm face: "Let the Russian detachment, the Italian, Austria-Hungary, and Japanese detachments attack the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy from the left and right. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" Bird Om immediately turned away from Bridget's side to deliver his orders.

Just as Bedolm left, Bridget saw another round of giant shells fall in the waters of his own fleet, and what made Bridget's face worse was that these shells were obviously a lot more than the previous 36 rounds, and the other 6 battleships with a displacement of 20,000 tons of the Northeast Navy also fired, and now the two sides are 20,000 meters apart, and the powerful battleship formation of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet on their side can still only be beaten and cannot fight back, and can only watch.

On the bridge of the all-steel battleship Shenyang, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy, Commander Sun Xitao saw that the Joint Expeditionary Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy had sent two parts of warships and began to sail to the left and right, clearly with the intention of outflanking the 13 dreadnought battleships.

However, today the Northeast Navy is not only here with only 13 dreadnought battleships, but also the 6 main fleets of our Northeast Navy here, and the Joint Expeditionary Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy will not forget us, right? No, it should deepen the impression of those guys in the Eight-Nation Alliance of our 6 main fleets.

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Xitao ordered the First Fleet and the Second Fleet to meet the fleet separated from the Joint Expeditionary Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy on the right, and the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet to meet the fleet separated from the Joint Expeditionary Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy on the left, so as to entangle the two fleets that the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet wanted to outflank, so as not to let them affect the battle line of the 13 dreadnought battleships.

In this way, the First Fleet and the Second Fleet will directly collide with the Russian naval detachments, and the Third and Fourth Fleets will directly fight with the Italian fleets, Austria-Hungary, and Japan.

The four main fleets of the Northeast Navy have just begun to act, preparing to intercept the outflanking Russian Navy detachment, as well as the Italian, Austria-Hungary, and Japanese detachments, and the British Navy detachment, the French naval detachment, and the German naval detachment in front of the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance's navy. Rush to the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy.

Since the enemy has already made a move, there is absolutely no reason not to accept it, and the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of the Northeast Navy are immediately preparing to cross the battle line formed by 13 dreadnought battleships to meet these warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance that have come out to stir up the situation.

The 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy also changed direction, keeping the battle line in a position similar to that of the British Navy Squadron, the French Navy Squadron and the German Navy Squadron in front of them, so that the 13 dreadnought battleships could always use their speed to maintain a distance of 20,000 meters from the all-steel battleship formations of the three countries and practice the tactics of hanging and fighting.

This made the battleship fleets of the British Navy Squadron, the French Navy Squadron and the German Navy Squadron very aggrieved, isn't this an obvious bully? You have some ultra-long range, and you still maintain a very high speed, so that we, the all-steel battleships, don't even give a chance to close the distance, do you have the chivalry?

But it's useless to complain, the Northeast Navy can't hear it at all, and even if it does, it won't mind, it's just that there is no chivalry, what's wrong with it, and you have the ability to bite us!

Seeing this situation, Bridget could only shake his head helplessly, hoping that the large fast armored cruiser fleet, fast protection cruiser team, destroyer team, and torpedo boat team sent out could make a great contribution and entangle the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy, so that his battleship team could have a chance to open fire.

With the addition of 6 Dragon-class dreadnought battleships, the losses of all-steel battleships of the naval detachments of Britain, France and Germany continue to increase, and the all-steel battleship fleet of the naval detachments of the three countries, because the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy maintain a speed of about 20 knots, not only did not narrow the distance, but also went a little far, but other warships such as those large fast armored cruisers of the three countries crossed the battleship fleet and rushed forward.

However, before they could get close to the 13 dreadnought battleships, they were stopped by the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of the Northeast Navy, and fierce battles broke out between the 13 dreadnought battleships and the battleship fleets of Britain, France, and Germany.

In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Majesty, Captain Birdom almost ran to the side of Commander Bridget, who was now looking a little dejected, and shouted: "Commander, there are a large number of warships of the Northeast Navy in front of them rushing out from behind the 13 dreadnought battleships and starting to intercept our charging warships. ”

Bridget said with some frustration: "I see, with the interception of these warships of the Northeast Navy, my plan to interfere with 13 dreadnought battleships with assault warships is not easy to achieve." ”

Bird Om said with a little excitement: "Commander, this is not the point, the point is that the team of our battleships can open fire, and these intercepted warships of the Northeast Navy have entered the effective range of our battleships." ”R1152