William who saw the Queen Elizabeth being blasted out of the boiler room by the enemy. Baga finally realized that Britain had lost the war...... Britain lost not a battle, but a war!

Of course, she will also lose her empire that never sets......

The reason why Britain has gone from an island nation isolated on the European continent to an empire on which the sun never sets is that it has the world's largest Royal Navy!

It is no exaggeration to say that it was the Royal Navy that created the British Empire, not the British Empire. And when the Royal Navy ceased to be the first in the world, the time came for the empire to set.

And this naval battle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean undoubtedly announced the end of the British Empire's maritime supremacy...... Although the Royal Navy of the British Empire had been defeated by the Ming Navy several times in Malacca and the Indian Ocean, those defeats were not fatal to the profound British Empire, at least not the setting of the empire.

Because at that time everyone believed that the British Empire was just a momentary negligence...... Well, that's what the Western world should think. Moreover, at that time, the British Empire did still have the capital to turn around, and there was also hope for a turnaround. After all, the British Empire has the best naval officers in the world and the strongest shipbuilding industry in the world, so she is not so easy to be defeated by the Ming Dynasty.

But now this naval battle in the Pacific clearly tells everyone that the navy and shipbuilding industry of the Ming Empire have completed a comprehensive catch-up and even crushing Britain with the blessing of her world's first industrial strength...... After all, it is the era of industrialization, and shipbuilding and navy are inseparable from the great foundation of industrialization.

Britain, whose industrial strength is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, can only design and manufacture the "lame steel monster" of its opponent with relatively outstanding firepower and armor, and its power system is far inferior to that of its opponents.

It's nice to see these "lame beasts" when they don't go to the battlefield, but when they go to the battlefield today, they find that they can't do it at all! The result of a difference of 5-7 knots in speed is to be passively beaten! And the "superiority" in armor and firepower that was exchanged for sacrificial power simply does not exist...... The firepower and protection of the battleships of the Ming army, which were 5-7 knots faster, were still in a clear upper hand.

William. At this time, Baga was also desperate to find that those new Daming battleships with a fairly balanced speed, firepower, and armor, although the number was only 10, but after a round of fierce fighting, none of them sank, and it seemed that they were not even broken - Daming may have lost a few modified old battleships, but those fast, strong and fierce new battleships are still rampage on the sea, and it seems that they are not even seriously injured.

This shows that the officers and men of the navy who operated those battleships were extremely good and could fully master the powerful weapons in their hands!

In addition, the Daming Navy has three killer features, one is steam gas torpedoes, the second is aviation, and the third is submarines...... They're not fully used yet!

Now the situation is very obvious, the Ming Empire already has an overwhelming naval superiority...... The world's sea control has been transferred from the hands of the British Empire to the hands of the Ming Empire.

At 6:50, when the 12 heroes and Hanwu of the Ming Navy began to join the battle, William. Baga finally fully recognized the reality, and after some psychological struggle, he made a decision and gave the order: "So cruisers and destroyers rushed to the enemy ships, and at all costs...... Cover the evacuation of the battleship!"

With William. Baga's order was broadcast by the Sheffield's radio, and dozens of small and medium-sized warships rushed into the battlefield like crazy, immediately stirring up the already chaotic battlefield even more.

"Admiral, enemy cruisers and destroyers have joined the warband!"

"Oh...... Is this a retreat?"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Before Li Kezhi could figure out how to launch a pursuit, in the smoke and dusk not far away, the sudden appearance of three fires made him taste the sweetness of victory again - the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which had been beaten half to death, was hit and exploded, and this time the meritorious ones were two "Zhongwang" class, and they were ordered just now

A charge was launched at the Queen Elizabeth, and 12 530-mm steam gas torpedoes were released...... 3 of these torpedoes hit the Queen Elizabeth!

Looking at the Queen Elizabeth, which quickly began to roll over after being hit by a torpedo, the smile on Li Kezhi's face could no longer be hidden.

Counting this 30,000-ton battleship, his fleet has sunk three Sovereign-class (Dignity, Old Man Star, and Fear), two 25,000-ton (King of Scotland, King of England), and two 30,000-ton (William IV, Queen Elizabeth) and other 7 battleships in today's naval battle.

In addition, two 25,000-ton ships have been heavily damaged (the Emperor of India and the King of Hanover), and they are about to be sunk by the 6 First Emperors...... In this way, it is a huge result of nine battleships!

And except for the three monarch classes, the other six are all 25,000 or 30,000 tons of big ships!

What a credit for that!

"Order," Li Kezhi said with a smile, "order our cruisers and destroyers to be dispatched as well...... We have an advantage over cruisers and destroyers!"

He's not bragging, just the four cruisers and destroyers of the Kong Ming class, the Hao Han class, the Zhuangshi class, and the escort class, can't even find the same type of warship that can match them on the side of the British Empire!

Not to mention the fact that these cruisers, armored cruisers and destroyers were armed with powerful steam gas torpedoes.

In addition, the Fourth Submarine Squadron of the Pacific Fleet had already been lurking in the south of the battlefield, waiting for the British fleet to be defeated and run through there......

The bitterness of the British has only just begun!

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St. James's Palace, London, England.

Telegrams about the defeat in the Battle of the Pacific Ocean flew like snowflakes into the office of William, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India.

His Majesty the Emperor, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Hardy, who had accompanied him to wait for the news, were now all pale as if they were mourning.

Sir Hardy had in his hand the telegram he had just received - it was William. Baga would be sent from Sheffield, then relayed by the high-power longwave radio on the Roman Emperor (who and Charlemagne had escaped) to Australia, then to India via the longwave radio in Sydney, and finally to London by cable telegraph.

Although the telegram changed hands several times, the news reported was quite timely.

"Your Majesty the Emperor......" said Sir Hardy in a trembling voice, "it is certain that we have lost 13 battleships, and 8 have been damaged or hit!"

Among the lost battleships were HMS William IV, HMS Queen Elizabeth, and HMS Emperor of India...... Your Majesty, we have lost this war!"

"No, Sir, we haven't lost yet!" Emperor Wilhelm obviously could not accept this reality, and he roared, "The Grand Fleet of Australia still has at least 20 battleships in good condition...... There are also 8 battleships that can be repaired quickly!

Our Royal Navy is still the second largest navy in the world! Nor can we in the United Kingdom be invaded by the enemy.

And on the Australian continent, we still have a large, well-equipped army...... How could we possibly lose?"

As he spoke, he looked at the Duke of Wellington again and asked word by word, "Duke, do you think it is still possible for us to defeat the invading Ming army in Australia?"