PS: Sorry, it's late

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14:55.

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......" The main guns of the four Qingcheng-class were constantly roaring, and they were delivering 325 kg 280 mm armor-piercing incendiary shells to the positions of the Dutch battleships at a rate of fire of 3 rounds per minute.

The battered Prince Morris weaved through the soaring water and smoke as it headed south, followed by the fiery William I, and two Sumatra-class cruisers in slightly better condition guarding it to the left and right. They look like a few lost dogs.

True, they are running for their lives, trying to escape from the pursuit of the Chinese fleet behind them.

"Detachment leader, two Dutch battleships ran away...... "The intelligence staff officer reported.

"Leave them alone, let's eat what we see first. Li Ang smiled and said, "Run, can they run away at the speed of a dozen knots? When we eat what we are looking for, it's no problem to chase after them......

At this time, the armored command tower was busy, and the staff officers and intelligence non-commissioned officers were staring at the display screen in front of them, listening to the signal coming from the headphones, and constantly reporting the battle situation in their mouths.

"The Lushan hits the enemy ship Sumatra!

"Liaoyang report, sinking an enemy destroyer ......"

"The Qingdao launched a lightning strike, hitting one enemy Celebes and one enemy destroyer......"

"Our ship hit three more shots, and Frederick Henry's main guns were confirmed to be completely destroyed......"

Beyond the conning tower, there is a tragic battlefield. The whole sea was filled with gunsmoke, and there were columns of water blown up by artillery shells, and from time to time a looming thunder trail rushed over the sea, and the sea water was floating with oil and garbage. The wreckage of several Dutch warships was slumped in various postures and was sinking, and several Dutch warships had been turned into torches, covered in flames and smoke.

From time to time, some of these ineffective battleships jumped into the sea, and the lucky ones were able to squeeze into the lifeboats, and the unlucky ones had to rely on a life jacket or find a floating object such as a plank, and the unlucky ones had to swim on their own. The sailors were paddling hard, trying to get out of the sinking ships.

China's four oversized cruisers and eight large destroyers are beating water dogs.

Of course, they are not in good condition, and they are all injured. For example, the No. 1 turret of the flagship Huangshan has disappeared, and the original position of the turret has become a large pit, and white water vapor comes out of it from time to time. A large chunk of the Qixia Heavy Cruiser was missing, and a catapult was missing, as if it had been bitten by an ancient beast.

Eight destroyers are not much better, they look either missing arms and legs, or they are scarred. The foremast of the Tongzhou is missing. The chimney of the Tianshui is missing one and a half, and the back chimney is completely gone, and the front chimney is only half left. The bow of the Deyang was missing, and the foredeck was lifted like a can lid.

But the happiness is all compared, compared to the miserable Dutch fleet in front of them, they are already very happy, although everyone is wounded, but not a single one of them has been damaged in battle.

At this time, Chief of Staff Qin Wenbin suddenly pointed to a display screen and shouted happily: "Kaicheng, the enemy battleship Frederick Henry hoisted the white flag and surrendered to us......

Leon hurriedly leaned over to see that the screen was the terminal of an external monitor, and the screen was showing a Dutch battleship. Its bridge was completely gone, scarred, and full of smoke from the explosion, and at the moment its rear mast hung a white flag representing surrender, well, white sheets, and more than one. There are even a lot of sailors waving white shirts, white underwear or something, anyway, as long as it is white, they are regarded as white flags.

Leon carefully identified it and said with a smile: "Hehe, this is really Frederick? Henry, I almost can't recognize it...... Well, it seems that their officers are almost dead, otherwise even if they were to surrender, they would not be so chaotic......" At a glance, I almost guessed the reason. "Well, accept their surrender and order all ships not to attack ...... again"

At this time, the non-commissioned officer of the communication suddenly said: "Detachment leader, Colonel Shen Honglie of the Seventh Patrol has called and asked to talk to you......

As soon as Li Ang picked up the intercom, Shen Honglie's proud voice came from inside: "Hehe, Kaicheng, I've already done it here! What's wrong with you? Don't worry, I'll ......come over to help right away."

The corners of Leon's mouth twitched, and he said, "I'll get it done here soon, just now Frederick Henry surrendered to us, hehe......" Then he said: "The Dutch also ran two battleships and two cruisers, if you are sure, intercept them......"

"No problem, look at my ......" Shen Honglie paused, and then said: "By the way, if the Zidian can take off a carrier-based aircraft, send it over to help." ”

At this time, at the junction of heaven and sea in the north, a large column of blue-gray smoke suddenly appeared, and more than a dozen seaplanes flew in the direction of the battlefield, and then more than a dozen giant ships appeared murderously.

"Commander Gao, they've finally arrived!" Commissar Lu laughed.

"Okay, let's go after those deserters, and leave these things to the High Commander......" Leon ordered.

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Lieutenant General Cruyff wiped a handful of blood from his face, he had been hit on the forehead in the previous battle, and now after emergency treatment, although the bleeding has stopped, there is still a lot of blood leaching out of the gauze wrapped in it. He stared blankly at the few boats left around him, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart.

It would have been a nightmare! His Excellency could not help but sigh like this, but the painful wound after the effect of the anesthetic medicine kept reminding him that this was not a dream, and that the Far East Fleet of the Royal Netherlands Navy had been defeated! Even the flagship Dutch Monarch was left behind, and life and death were unknown.

Just an hour ago, the Admiral had been ready to destroy Lyon's First Task Force in high spirits.

At that time, under the attack of a large group of Dutch planes, the Chinese First Task Force was already in a bitter battle, and those Chinese quasi-combat patrols had greatly reduced their speed because they wanted to avoid aerial bombs and torpedoes. A divine twist that Lieutenant General Cruyff did not want to recall.

A huge fleet of 352 fighters took off from the four regular aircraft carriers of the First and Second Lines, and a huge group of 128 Jian-5 "Skua" fighters, 128 J-2 "Tern" dive attack planes, and 96 H-6 "Demoiselle Crane" torpedo bombers.

They were like a dark cloud of calamity, densely flying from the north, and then 128 J-5 fighters rushed down viciously towards the Dutch fleet. The Dutch fighters were as weak as chickens facing eagles, constantly turning into flaming fireballs and falling to the sea, and the Dutch planes in the sky were decreasing at an alarming speed.

Lieutenant General Cruyff, who saw this scene at that time, was shocked and angry, and his heart could not help but think of the description of the hell locust "Abaddon" in the Old Testament: "When the abyss is opened, the foul and filthy smoke rises...... Evil locusts flew to the ground from the smoke and were bestowed with terrifying powers on land scorpions. These hell locusts...... Iron armor is attached to his chest, and when he spreads his wings and flies, he roars like a thousand horses. The poisonous hook on their scorpion-like tails can make people ache for up to five months...... The messengers of hell are their kings. The Hebrews called it Abaddon, and in Greek it was called Apollon. They have the same meaning, the one who destroys the miè!"

The rest was completely conceivable, the Dutch fleet was hit with terrible air strikes. At that time, in order to chase down the First Task Force, they released all the light ships, and at this time, they were fighting with the First Task Force more than 10 kilometers away, and as a result, it was too late to gather and form an air defense formation.

Relying only on the anti-aircraft fire of five Dutch monarch-class aircraft, it is obvious that it cannot withstand the attack of hundreds of aircraft. In addition, the Dutch Monarch class did not think much about air defense when it was originally designed, and its secondary guns were 16 150 mm rapid-fire guns and 12 75 mm rapid-fire guns, both of which were gun profiles, and the firing angles and elevation angles were extremely narrow, and there was basically no air defense capability.

Although the air defense transformation was carried out later, after all, the foundation was there, the British were too busy, and the Netherlands itself could not carry out major reforms. It was only the 12 75-mm rapid-fire guns that were dismantled, replaced with 12 75-mm anti-aircraft guns, and some small-caliber anti-aircraft guns were added. But the 16 150-mm secondary guns could not move, and a lot of space and weight were wasted, and more anti-aircraft fire could not be installed. Moreover, the performance of these anti-aircraft guns is very amateurish, not to mention the low rate of fire, and the stability is also very touching, such as the triple 37 mm anti-aircraft gun, which uses a magazine to feed the ammunition, but it is often jammed, and it is not possible to shoot at the same time. The most important thing is that the Dutch did not have a real anti-aircraft fire control system, they aimed completely by manpower, and the steering and pitching of the gun mount also relied entirely on manpower, and the reaction speed was very slow.

So what happened to them was tragic.

The bridge of the Frederick Henry was blown up by a 500-kilogram bomb, which pierced the multi-story compartments on the bridge and exploded violently in the conning tower, throwing fragments of steel and the wreckage of officers and men into the air in the flames and smoke.

The Prince of Orange was hit in the engine room by a bomb, and half of the power system was blown apart. Ate another torpedo and blew up half of the bow. Both the front and rear rangefinders were blown off.

The Dutch Monarch, the flagship, was the worst, with at least a third of the fleet attacking the capital ship targeting it. As a result, it ate five 500-kilogram bombs and three "Yu-4" 500-millimeter aerial torpedoes, and was blown up so that it could not take care of itself. The No. 1 and No. 2 main turrets were blown up, and the No. 4 main turret was also smashed with the kinematics, and more than half of the firepower was reimbursed. The starboard gun profile was blown up by two aerial bombs, and the secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns on the starboard side were almost completely destroyed. The underwater part of the port side was blown up by three aviation torpedoes, and three large holes were made that could pass people.

Cruyff was thrown to the bulkhead by a strong shock, hit his head, broke the blood flow, and fainted directly. After finally surviving the air raid, seeing that the Dutch Monarch could no longer be saved, his subordinates hurriedly transferred him to the Prince Maurice, who was in the best condition. Fortunately, he only had skin injuries, plus a slight concussion, and after some emergency treatment, he finally woke up.

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But Cruyff looked at the miserable scene in front of him, and preferred that he never woke up.

"Are we left with these four ships now?" he asked in a hoarse voice.

The chief of staff said bitterly: "The Dutch Monarch has sunk, the main officers of the Frederick Henry have been martyred, and the whole ship has lost its command. The Prince of Orange's power system was damaged and could no longer be evacuated, and Captain Scott said he would put us behind to defend the Royal Navy's last honour...... The rest of the cruisers and destroyers were either sunk or covered by our retreat......"

"Is it?" Cruyff laughed miserably: "Can we still run away? With so many carrier-based aircraft, it must be the main fleet of the Chinese who have poured out." Just by dealing with four quasi-battle cruisers, what will we do against them if their main force comes? Where else can we retreat?"

There was an eerie silence in the bridge of the "......".

After waiting for a while, he asked again, "What about the second column?"

“...... Well, we lost contact half an hour ago......" replied the chief of staff hesitantly.

There was silence again.

In less than a minute, the silence was broken.

"Report, Chinese planes are here again! The number is about 40 ......"

"Report, four Chinese cruisers have been spotted ahead of our course!"

Everyone hurriedly jumped up, picked up the binoculars and took a look, only to see another group of planes flying from the north, although the scale was not as terrifying as just now, but it was very fatal for the Dutch remnants who were now covered in bruises, and they had already been severely injured in the battle just now. Although they still maintained a certain combat effectiveness, they were all washed decks, and the losses of anti-aircraft fire were quite severe.

The problem is not only these planes, four 10,000-ton cruisers have lined up and stopped in front of their course.

At this moment, the light cruiser Guiana on the right suddenly sounded a loud bang, and a thick column of water exploded on the starboard side. I saw that the Guyana was moved a few meters horizontally by this huge impact, and the entire hull was trembling. Then a column of water exploded in its tail, and the entire stern was suddenly reduced by half.

"Torpedo! It's a torpedo!"

"There are Chinese submarines here!"

The Dutch were shocked, the entire formation suddenly slowed down, and the planes in the sky had already begun to enter the attack course.

At this time, another lookout shouted hoarsely: "Behind, behind, the Chinese have caught up!"

When everyone looked back, a mast was visible at sea level behind them. After a while, surrounded by a large number of light ships, several huge ships showed their hideous faces.

When everyone saw the signature three quadruple main guns, they all shouted in despair: "It's the Sun Wu-class super dreadnought!"

"My God, what now?"

"Even if our Dutch monarch is complete, he will definitely not be able to defeat Sun Wu!"

The Dutch were in despair, for there were enemies in the sky, on the sea, and in the sea, and they themselves were so badly wounded that they could not escape. At this time, another large group of aircraft appeared in the sky, the second wave of carrier-based aircraft of the main Chinese fleet.

At this time, the Chinese did not rush to attack, but sent a signal to persuade surrender.

Vice Admiral Cruyff's telescope slipped from his hand, and he said dreamily: "It's over, the Dutch Far East Fleet is finished! The Royal Netherlands Navy is finished, and the Dutch East Indies are finished."

He said to the chief of staff, "Surrender to China...... and then he himself walked into the captain's room, and after a while, a gunshot was heard inside.