At the end of the antenna, the sunset was like a severed head, falling in the shadows of each side, the gently rippling sea seemed to be covered with blood, and the drowsy dark red smeared on the surface of the steel battleship was enough to give the illusion that the battleship had been burned red.

Accompanied by the flash and smoke of the dense cannon muzzles, the large and small water columns scattered around dozens of ships were also dyed with a dreamlike blood color, as if thousands of huge water monsters had just been cut open The necks of the blood jets spurted out one after another, compared with such an unrealistic scene, the footage of the large and small warships passing through it was bullets, burning, exploding, breaking, capsizing, and sinking seemed to be unable to make the witnesses secrete even a milligram of adrenaline.

On this blood-stained sea, the "Revenge," which was flooded in the engine room due to a bullet in the propulsion shaft of the stern of the ship, and the entire ship was grounded, was helplessly drifting with the waves, silently bearing the bombardment of various ships after the First Battleship Squadron of the Chinese Army: first the Yangba-class of the Second Battleship Squadron of the Chinese Army, then the "Ise" and "Shinano" of the Japanese Battleship Squadron, and then the "Gwangkaido" and "Yi Sunsin" of the Korean Battleship Squadron, due to the sharp drop in visibility. These eight battleships had only time to hit less than 1,350 mm shells directly on the scarred hull of the "Revenge" in the five minutes before sunset, but they were still not enough to send the most powerful ultra-dreadnought battleship of the Entente to the bottom of the sea.

On the other hand, after it was confirmed that the "Revenge" had ceased sailing, the "Pinghai" and the "Pinghai" led by the "Pinghai" and the "Pinghai" battleship immediately shifted its firepower and bombarded the "Queen Elizabeth" with the "Pinghai" and "Ninghai" battleships together with the "Zhenlei" battle patrol that led the lead, and the "Gangyong" with the "Jinghai" and "Weihai" battleships. By 17:50, the "Jinghai" fired a full salvo and scored three hits, and a few seconds later, on the position of the "Brave Warrior" between the "Queen Elizabeth" and the "Thundering", a huge and vivid orange bloomed between the sea and the sky, and the smoke clouds wrapped in chaotic debris and debris went straight to the sky, but they were quickly swallowed up by the sinking night......

At 17:52, the last rays of sunlight flashed from the sea antenna to the west, and the frenzied battle continued, but it had lost its decisive significance.

Almost at sunset, the Queen Elizabeth, which had been flooded in many places and had dropped to 20 knots, suddenly turned southwest and disappeared into the night, leaving behind the Thunder, which was on fire and could only maintain a speed of 15 knots.

At about the same moment, Sa Zhenbing received a report from the "Fubo": at 17 o'clock, the ship's port side was hit by a mine, and the details will be reported later.

"Port side? Could it be that they are being targeted by submarines? ”

Although the report was corrected 15 minutes later: "There is one mine on the starboard side, and the speed will not be affected," the order to "launch an anti-submarine maneuver for the whole ship" was issued less than 5 days after receiving the first report, and Unit A sailed on a zigzag trajectory for a full 20 minutes, during which it was confirmed that the British "Thunder" was suspended at 18 o'clock, and then the overall course was adjusted to the southwest, and it was not until 18:20 that Unit A resumed direct sailing, at which time it was already completely dark, and it would face a huge risk to continue the pursuit of the "Queen Elizabeth" that had slipped through the net.

In fact, the torpedoes that hit the "Fubo" should have come from the British 1st and 2nd destroyer fleets under the command of Commodore Campbell, and this wave of thunderbolts under the cover of Rear Admiral Haas's Monmouth-class armored cruisers traversed the East Asian armored units at full speed, and took advantage of the gloomy sky to fire more than 30 torpedoes at a distance of 10,000 to 3,000 yards The 350-mm bomb exploded the ammunition depot and was destroyed instantly, and the destroyers "Gypsy", "Valiant", "Havoc", "Hyland", and "Harvant"5 were sunk on the spot, and the heavily damaged "Griffin" and "Acute" sank one after another after the failure of the towing, and the remnants of the ships were damaged.

Around 18:20. The 1st Mine Strike Team and the 7th Strike Team of the East Asian Army's reconnaissance unit were originally equipped to rush to the battlefield. At this time 1 light cruiser and 11 destroyers were available. It is under the unified command of Colonel Jiang Tao, who is sitting on the light patrol of the "Divine Panther". Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, lightning strikes were launched successively on the paralyzed "Thundering" and "Revenge".

The four ships of the "Shengyang", "Anyang", "Gaoyang", and "Luanyang" of the 1st Lightning Strike Squadron approached and were almost unable to fight back. More than ten thunderbolts were fired from the port side. More than half of the hits. The 550-mm large-caliber torpedo is quite powerful. The "Thundering" leaned sharply to the left. It capsized and sank at 18:25.

Expelling the 7th Squadron, the 7th Yang Force, braved the "Revenge" messy and inaccurate, but continued to counterattack and launch a surprise attack. More than 20 thunderbolts were fired from the starboard side. Hit almost half. The "Revenge" was more than 30,000 tons and its huge hull quickly tilted to the right. By 18:30. Suddenly there was a big explosion. The hull was broken in two. capsized and sank respectively. Only 11 of the 11 crew members including Rear Admiral Thomas, commander of the 5th Coalition battleship squadron, were rescued.

It was late at night. The clock on the bridge of the "Pinghai" marked "battlefield standard time" had already pointed to 19 o'clock. Silence faded all around. The sound of the ship's ground engine is also rhythmically clear.

Ye Fei stroked his stomach and leaned into Sa Zhenbing's ear.

"It's a little bit different from what I expected. But it's not worth risking that little bit of success, Commander. It's time to gather troops. ”

Sa Zhenbing didn't seem to be reconciled, and sighed with a slight frown: "That's the end?" I wonder what the two seniors will think of me after I go back......"

Ye Fei Zhengse said: "The times and the situation have been very different, I am afraid that it will be difficult to repeat the situation in the Dadonggou and Nanhai-style land, and we will face a more flexible and changeable battlefield in the future. ”

Seeing that Ye Fei was rarely so resolute and resolute, Sa Zhenbing had no choice but to eliminate his hesitation and waved his hand to give the order: "The whole ship of Unit A turns 90 degrees to the left, heading due south, and the speed is 16 knots; The other divisions moved closer to Unit A at full speed and formed a third night formation. ”

Ye Fei blinked suspiciously: "There is no need for night battles, right?" ”

Sa Zhenbing propped his elbows on the armrests and said lightly: "Be prepared, besides, there is no definite news from the mobile force yet." ”

Ye Fei was anxious again: "Then you have to determine a time limit, if you wait until dawn to get out of time, so let's do it, before 0:00 in the middle of the night, if you can't get a positive answer from the mobile force, the whole army will leave, how about it?" ”

"This ......"

Sa Zhenbing hesitated again.

"If you really can't make up your mind, call the base camp to decide, right?"

Ye Fei seemed to see through Sa Zhenbing's worries at a glance.

After thinking about a cigarette, Sa Zhenbing finally nodded with reservations: "Base camp...... It's so late, it's not good to alarm Her Majesty the Empress...... Let's try it first. ”

Ye Fei breathed a sigh of relief: "Understood...... So, it's time to eat, right? ”

…… (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the chapter for more, author,!) )