Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 186 Intermission
Fortunately, when Feng Xiaogang was anxious, a light cruiser and a destroyer came near the super dreadnought battleship Corey, and sent a message to the destroyer D103 where Feng Xiaogang was located, and they would take over the task of guarding the super dreadnought battleship Corey .

In this way, the destroyer D103 can temporarily leave the battlefield to find a supply ship to replenish shells.

And this light cruiser and this destroyer originally followed an Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship, but now that Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship has been sunk.

On the bridge of the destroyer D103, Feng Xiaogang with a tired face said to the first officer Lu Honggang: "Old Lu, you said that the naval battle will not end after we replenish the shells, right?"

The first officer Lu Honggang yawned and said: "Captain, the two sides have been fighting for so long, and many battleships have run out of shells for the main guns. Maybe there will be an intermission, but I think the five countries' navies will join forces. The fleet will not just withdraw."

Feng Xiaogang glanced out from the observation window of the bridge, and said with some emotion: "This naval battle was really tragic. I don't know how many warships were sunk by both sides. Although we, Datang and Ziyue The Royal Navy of the two countries seems to have gained some upper hand, but the joint fleet of the five navies still has a huge scale, and it should not be easily withdrawn. It seems that our D103 still has a chance to sink a few more enemy battleships. "

On the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Yongxiang, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire, Yuan Fan, the commander of the First Fleet with bloodshot eyes, said to Wang Chengliang in a deep voice: "Commander, our royal families of Datang and Ziyue Many warships in the Navy are about to run out of shells, and the same is true for the Yongxiang. In addition, since yesterday afternoon, although it can be rotated, the officers and soldiers are still very tired, should we temporarily withdraw and recuperate?"

Wang Chengliang, who also hadn't slept all night, looked very tired on his face at this time, but his tone was still very firm, "Let all capital ships pay attention to saving shells, especially the shells of the main guns, and other non-main battleships should be dispatched in batches immediately." Return to the direction of Huifeng Port, there is our supply ship over there."

After a pause, Wang Chengliang sighed and said, "Our royal navies of the Tang Dynasty and Ziyue cannot withdraw first. In this case, whoever retreats first will suffer. Some warships may not be able to withdraw."

On the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship HMS Bull, the flagship of the Royal Sharad Navy Expeditionary Fleet, Vesalius, the captain of the Bull, reported to Commander Johnny Hui with a bitter face: "As of 23 o'clock in the morning, our Royal Navy of Sharad has already There are seven super dreadnoughts, seven battlecruisers, four dreadnoughts, eight pre-dreadnoughts, sixteen ironclad battleships, six large armored cruisers, nine small and medium armored cruisers, 26 light cruisers, [-] Destroyers, thirty submarines and more than seventy torpedo boats were sunk, and many warships were seriously injured."

Commander Janis asked hoarsely, "Are we running out of shells?"

Captain Vesalius nodded and said: "Commander, there are many warships that have run out of shells and have withdrawn from the battlefield, including many battleships. However, replenishing shells at sea, especially large-caliber shells, is not an easy task. It is very easy for those capital ships that have withdrawn from the battlefield to return to battle in a short period of time."

Commander Genis gritted his teeth and said: "According to the current situation where the warships of the two sides are mixed together, whichever side can't hold on first will suffer a big loss, and no matter how difficult it is, we must persevere. The captain sent a telegram asking them to save shells, especially the shells of the main guns."

Captain Vesalius hesitated for a moment and said: "But according to the telegram sent by the commander of the Inlobal Naval Expeditionary Fleet, Petru, he wants to retreat."

After the election of the commanders of the expeditionary fleets of the five countries, Petrou of the Royal Navy of Inaba will temporarily serve as the commander-in-chief of the joint fleet of the five navies.

Commander Genis snorted coldly and said: "Although Petrou is the commander-in-chief in name, he can't decide whether to retreat or not!"

However, what Genis didn't expect was that not only the commander of the British Naval Expeditionary Fleet, Petelu, wanted to retreat, but the commanders of the other three navies' expeditionary fleets also agreed with Petelou, hoping to temporarily let the main forces of the navies of various countries Warships and other types of warships can be withdrawn from the battlefield, supplemented with shells, and let the tired naval officers and soldiers of various countries rest. Anyway, the main forces of the Datang Empire Navy and the Ziyue Empire Navy can't run away.

Although Janis was a little reconciled to this, if the navies of the other four countries withdraw collectively, only the Shararad Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet will be left alone, and it will not work if it does not withdraw.

In the end, the largest naval battle in history came to an end temporarily with the combined fleet of the five navies retreating first.

The Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire took advantage of the opportunity of the combined fleet of the five navies to retreat, and pursued and fought fiercely, which increased the losses of the combined fleet of the five navies a lot, and even forced the surrender of the five navies. More than a dozen seriously injured warships in the combined fleet of the US Navy.

It's a pity that the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire are also at the end of their battle at this time. After taking the opportunity to add some losses to the joint fleet of the five navies, Wang Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, also issued an order to retreat in the direction of Huifeng Port. Order.

By the time the two sides completely broke away from the battle, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon on January 3014, 23 in the Tang calendar.

On the way to retreat to Huifeng Port, Wang Chengliang got the loss report of the Royal Navy of Datang and Ziyue in this naval battle. After reading it hastily, Wang Chengliang couldn't help showing a little sadness on his face.

In this naval battle, the Royal Navy of Datang and Ziyue has sunk 32 super dreadnought battleships, 68 battlecruisers, 6 dreadnought battleships, [-] former dreadnought battleships, and [-] large armored cruisers , [-] light cruisers and [-] destroyers, the number of dead and missing naval officers and soldiers of the two countries exceeded [-]. Such a huge loss was unprecedented for the Royal Navy of Datang and Ziyue.

At this time, Yuan Fan, the commander of the First Fleet, sighed and said: "Commander, this naval battle is not over yet. The joint fleet of the five navies will probably make a comeback after replenishing the shells."

Wang Chengliang put down the loss report in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "As soon as possible, let all the warships replenish their shells, and then hurry up to rest. The joint fleet of the five navies is not likely to make a comeback, but will definitely continue to fight!"

On the evening of January 23, in the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship HMS Princess Alice, the flagship of the Royal Navy of Inaba, the atmosphere was very dignified. The commanders of the five national naval expeditionary fleets gathered here at this time .

The commander of the British Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet, Petru, coughed and broke the silence on the bridge, "Although the navies of our five countries all lost a lot, the navies of the Datang Empire and the Ziyue Empire also suffered losses. We have suffered heavy losses, and the joint fleet of the five navies has not lost in this naval battle. When the warships of various countries have replenished their shells, we can continue to fight against the navies of the Datang Empire and the Ziyue Empire!"

As soon as Petrou's words fell, Genis, commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of Sharad, said in a cold voice: "If the navies of our five countries cannot hold the determination to fight to the end, I think we should stop fighting. If we If we can grit our teeth and persevere, maybe we are already drinking celebration wine now!"

Polfi, the commander of the Noomi Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet, curled his lips and said: "Man is not a machine. After fighting for more than 20 hours in a row, the officers and soldiers must take a break! Besides, most of the warships participating in the battle have to shoot shells. It’s gone, I think it’s a very correct choice to temporarily withdraw!”

Gennis was already suffocated because of the retreat of the joint fleet of the five navies, but when he heard that Porfi wanted to argue with him, Gennis immediately became angry, "Our officers and soldiers are tired, don't the enemy Are you tired? Porfi, don't make excuses for cowardice!"

"Jennis, who are you calling cowardly?"

"Just tell me what's wrong with you!"

Petru, commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of Inlobal, saw that Genis and Porfi had quarreled, and he couldn't help shouting: "The enemy is not defeated yet! Let's not say a few words!"

Pifanu, the commander of the Monia Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet, also persuaded: "Everyone put out the fire, the battle is not over yet, we can't mess up among ourselves, let's study, when will the Tang Empire, Ziyue Let the empire's navy fight again!"

Both Genis and Porfi snorted afterwards, but they didn't continue to quarrel. They also knew that now was not the time to quarrel.

At this moment, Yurik, the commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of Rielland, said with a wry smile: "I never thought that the navies of the Tang Empire and the Ziyue Empire would be so powerful. The combined main force of the navies of our five countries would still suffer a disadvantage." , our Royal Navy of Rielland already has four super dreadnought battleships, three battlecruisers, seven dreadnought battleships, eight pre-dreadnought battleships, eleven ironclad battleships, five large armored cruisers, fourteen Four light cruisers, nineteen destroyers and forty-eight torpedo boats were sunk, almost losing half of the strength of our Royal Rielland Navy, and to be honest, our Royal Rielland Navy couldn’t bear it.”

Yurik's cowardly words did not arouse any accusations from the commanders of the other four navies' expeditionary fleets, but instead made the faces of the other four commanders look ugly. If they could choose, none of them would want to fight with The navies of the Datang Empire and the Ziyue Empire continued to fight, and a series of data losses made the hearts of their commanders seem to be bleeding.

The commander of the Royal Navy Expeditionary Fleet of the Inlobal Royal Navy finally sighed and said: "Since we have paid such a high price, we should continue to fight with the navy of the Datang Empire and the Ziyue Empire, so that we can The joint fleet of the five navies can win the final victory, otherwise the five of us should not be able to explain to our respective countries!"

This battle between the joint fleet of the five navies and the navies of Datang and Ziyue has touched the hearts of countless people. At 23:24 p.m. Among them, Emperor Penello listened to the loss report read by Prime Minister August, and couldn't help but said with a painful face: "The fight was indeed too tragic. In less than a day and a night, the main force of our Royal Navy of Inaba The warship lost fifteen super dreadnought battleships, eight battlecruisers, ten dreadnought battleships, thirteen pre-dreadnought battleships, and [-] ironclad battleships. Other types of warships lost nearly [-] ships. Prime Minister, you Do you think we should continue fighting?"

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to the telegram report sent by the commander of the expedition fleet, Marquis Petrou, in this large-scale naval battle, the navies of the Datang Empire and the Ziyue Empire also suffered considerable losses. Even proportionally speaking, the loss ratio of the Datang and Ziyue navies should be larger. After all, in terms of overall scale, the joint fleet of the five navies has an absolute advantage. The main force of the Ziyue Empire's navy is good, even if it pays some price, it's worth it."

Emperor Penello said with a look of hesitation: "I never thought that the main force of the five navies of Inroba, Sharad, Noomi, Monia, and Rielan would be gathered, and they would fight so hard. Pete The expedition fleet led by Lu is almost the entire property of our Royal Navy of England!"

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, I can't bear to let the children not be able to catch the wolves. Now our Royal Army of England and the armies of Noomi and Sharad, because the Datang Empire has suddenly brought out a large number of fighter jets with very good performance. and bombers, the attack on the Datang Empire has come to a stalemate. If the main naval forces of the Datang Empire and the Ziyue Empire can be completely defeated, then the numerous coastal cities of these two countries will be exposed to the combined forces of the five navies. Under the muzzle, maybe that Su Yi will directly choose to surrender to the seven-nation alliance."

Emperor Penello waved his hand helplessly and said: "Then let Petru continue to fight with the expeditionary fleet of our Royal Navy of England! By the way, the tough-class super dreadnought battleship with a 381mm main gun and the ambush When will the class battlecruiser enter service?"

"Your Majesty, there are ten tenacious-class super dreadnought battleships and ten ambush-class battlecruisers. Before July this year, they will be able to join the active duty of our Royal Navy of England. The other twenty tenacious-class super dreadnoughts The construction of the battleship and twenty ambush-class battlecruisers should also be completed before the end of this year."

"Let the Ministry of the Navy continue to design super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers with larger main gun calibers. Petru sent back news that the navy of the Tang Empire already has a super dreadnought battleship with a main gun with a caliber exceeding [-]mm. See Come this money-burning naval arms race, and we, the Inlobal Empire, have to go on."

(End of this chapter)