Isn't it already a decisive victory? Ye Fei asked coldly.

Sa Zhenbing glanced at him obliquely: "What did you say?" ”

Ye Fei pinched his fingers and said: "The loss of the battle patrol is 1 to 5, and it has just been confirmed that the loss of the Nanyue ship is now 1 to 4, if you can effectively destroy the 4 warships behind the opponent's palace with superior forces, it will reach 1 to 8, and the total loss ratio of the capital ships is 213, of which the loss rate of our army is one-twelve, and the loss rate of the enemy army is close to half, which is just in terms of quantity." Compare the quality of the lost ships: The Thunderbolt class and the other party's Lion class are both first-class in the world, and the loss ratio is already very large; The Nanyue is our earliest dreadnought, and now it is an outdated second- or third-rate ship, while the other party's Orion, Queen, and Queen modifications are all cutting-edge first-rate super dreadnought warships. Coupled with the fact that the enemy has lost all its aircraft carriers, on the whole, even if we are content to eat only the opponent's outcasts, the Jericho fleet has lost its elite and is no longer qualified to be the opponent of our main forces in order to contain our troops in the Indian Ocean for a long time. Therefore, there is no need to take any risks at all, the strategic purpose of the empire can be easily achieved, on the other hand, if you bypass the abandoned son and take the enemy's main force directly, then you have to take the risk of swooping down at both ends, to borrow a sentence: as soon as it gets dark, you and I don't know what will happen to the road. ”

As he spoke, eight huge columns of water rose around the "Pinghai" twice, and the last one had already crossed both sides, and the nearest impact point was only twenty or thirty meters away from the battleship, and the mist scattered by the wind blurred the bridge porthole for a while.

Sa Zhenbing was about to refute, when suddenly a lookout post reported: A large number of destroyers were found in the direction of 4 bells! Hit our ship! ”

Ye Fei took advantage of the situation to pursue: "It seems that the main force of the opponent's lightning strike force has arrived, so if you insist on turning to the south-southwest, it will be equivalent to throwing the enemy's lightning strike force on the initiative to throw Force A, and the commander should be very clear about the risks." ”

Sa Zhenbing let out a rough breath in his throat, slapped his palm on the armrest, and finally nodded reluctantly: "Order, the whole ship turns left in turn to azimuth 135, and launches fire to destroy the enemy's rear troops, while paying close attention to the enemy lightning strike troops on the starboard side." ”

Soon, with the "Thunder" as the lead, the 14 high-speed ships of Unit A in a single column braved the artillery fire and turned sharply 90 degrees to the port side in turn, changing from the southwest course to the southeast course, and all the main guns were pointed at the 4 small columns on the starboard side of Lu, which still maintained the course due east and was pitifully thin in comparison......

The light cruiser "Dragon Leopard", the flagship of the mobile forces.

In the VIP room inside the ship, across the one-meter-wide sandalwood coffee table, Bi Lingbo and Liang Shumingbi had been sitting on the rattan chair and looking at each other for a while, silent to each other.

Before the snowflakes condensed in the air, Liang Shuming sighed lightly, and his face trembled with a smile: "It's all over, although I am very unwilling, it seems that it can only end here." ”

"It's not like you're going to speak." Bi Lingbo said with a face.

Liang Shuming continued without paying attention: "You wait and see. After this battle. The mobile fleet will be disbanded. The carrier-based and carrier-based aircraft units will be restored to the establishment of a single ship. Other words. Fleet from ** to the ground is often formed. Downgraded to join the Campaign Task Force Ground Individual Squad as needed. The Carrier Faction will still exist as a vassal of the Battleship Faction - all my efforts since Pearl Harbor. It's finally going to come to naught. ”

Bi Lingbo closed his eyes and said, "I said it." I don't have an aircraft carrier faction and a battleship faction here. There are only unquestionable military orders. ”

"Those people won't let me go. After that, you can do it yourself. Liang Shuming spread his hands. It doesn't matter with a face.

"It's not over yet." Bi Lingbo opened his eyes suddenly. Full of breath.

Liang Shuming sneered: "Still counting on the Saker Falcon? Even if the weather permits, the reserve fleet of Port Blair will be able to fly out on its own during the day tomorrow, and the Saker, which is currently heading for Port Blair at a cruising speed of 18 knots, will not join the reserve fleet until noon tomorrow, and it is not known whether the injury of the Saker will worsen. Even if the reserve fleet is successfully received, it will not be possible to join up with the main force before dark that day, no, based on the current trend, I am afraid that it will not be able to catch up in two or three days, so that if the main force continues to closely pursue the remnants of Jericho's fleet, it will be exposed to the enemy's shore-based air force for two or three consecutive days - Commander Sa will never take such a risk. So, that's the end of it. ”

Bi Lingbo picked up the saucer on the table with one hand, twisted the small spoon and gently stirred the foamed black tea in the cup, and waited quietly for Liang Shuming to finish speaking, and then slowly said: "Of course I know this, what I am talking about is the direction of your efforts." ”

Liang Shuming didn't seem to believe his hearing, blinked his eyes and asked, "...... you mean?"

Bi Lingbo nodded vigorously without hesitation: "That's right, the direction of your efforts, to create a future where aircraft carriers will rule the sea, this historic task, I will take over and continue to work hard, so, please cheer up, no matter what happens later, one day, your theory will become the mainstream, and your dream will really come true." ”

The corners of Liang Shuming's mouth trembled, rubbing his hands and staring at the table for a while, and suddenly raised his eyes and said, "Is this true?" ”

Bi Lingbo smiled faintly, pointed to the sky, and said word by word: "If there is half a lie, I will be hit directly by hundreds of kilograms of huge bullets, and the bones will not survive." ”

……

At 10 Downing Street, London, in the small dining room of the Prime Minister's Residence, it is lunchtime, and at one end of the long table covered with a white tablecloth sits the cloudy Prime Minister Asquith, and on the left hand side sits the Admiral Churchill, the First Sea Lord, the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Field Marshal Fisher, and opposite the two are the Secretary of State for the Army, Kitchener, and the Minister of Finance and Quartermasters, Lloyd George.

“…… The losses confirmed so far are all 4 aircraft carriers, all 5 battle cruisers, and 4 of the 23 battleships sunk, 34 battleships heavily damaged, and the losses of other forces are yet to be recognized. The confirmed result was the sinking of the opponent's 2 aircraft carriers and heavy damage of 1 or 2; sank 1 battlecruiser with heavy damage of 2 or 3; Sink or heavily damage 1 or 2 battleships ......"

Before he could finish Fisher's report, Asquith had already blurted out: "We lost." ”

Churchill, who was blushing, bowed his head and sighed: "I have to admit that this is exactly the case, and I will be responsible for it." ”

Kitchener, who had thick sideburns, said sharply: "Now is not the time to hold accountable, what to do next, you must come up with an idea immediately." ”