Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 81 The end of the naval battle
In addition to the seriously injured warships of the Sharad Navy that quickly surrendered, the severely wounded warships of the Jisk Navy and Orenza Navy whose top speed dropped to a few knots also chose to raise the white flag.

The commander of the independent fleet, Wang Chengliang, in addition to leaving some warships behind to receive the seriously injured warships surrendered by the three navies, the main force of the independent fleet still pursued the escaped fleet of the three navies.

However, after several broken light cruisers and destroyers of the Orenza Navy dropped more than a hundred floating mines into the sea, Wang Chengliang issued an order to the battleship formations to stop the pursuit, and then Wang Chengliang dispatched more than 30 destroyers, To clear the mines dropped by the navies of the three countries.

After all, the sea here is not far from Anbo Port. If there are mines floating near the port of Anbo Port, it will cause considerable damage to the warships of the Independent Fleet.

In addition, during the pursuit of the independent fleet, the Tiger-class battlecruiser Shengyu was sunk, which was also the main reason why Wang Chengliang decided not to continue to pursue the three navies.

Now that the naval battle has been won, Wang Chengliang does not want to increase the loss of the independent fleet, not to mention that the remaining fleets of the three navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza are not helpless.

So far, the largest naval battle in history has come to an end, and newspapers from all over the world have called this naval battle the Battle of Anbo Port.

In this naval battle, although the independent fleet won the victory, its own losses were not small. There were two Tiger-class battlecruisers, two Lion-class battlecruisers, one Ji-class dreadnought battleship, three Lake Three-class pre-dreadnought battleships, five ironclad battleships, three large armored cruisers, three medium armored cruisers, sixteen light cruisers, fourteen destroyers and fifty torpedo boats were sunk.

Tiger-class battlecruisers and Lion-class battlecruisers both emphasize speed and firepower at the expense of armor protection, so these two battlecruisers are actually not suitable for participating in battleship duels.

Both Su Yi and Wang Chengliang knew this very well, but in order to increase the firepower of the entire battleship column of the independent fleet, Su Yi and Wang Chengliang had no choice but to bite the bullet and use twelve battlecruisers as battleships.

Sure enough, in this tragic naval battle, four of the twelve battlecruisers with relatively weak armor finally sank.

Of course, in the end, the losses of the three navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orenza were much greater than that of the independent fleet.

三国海军在这场海战当中，加起来损失了六艘超级无畏战列舰、21艘无畏战列舰、十九艘前无畏战列舰、34艘铁甲战列舰、十六艘大型装甲巡洋舰、34艘中小型装甲巡洋舰、七十艘轻巡洋舰、82艘驱逐舰和160九艘鱼雷艇。

Among them are four super dreadnought battleships, four dreadnought battleships, four pre-dreadnought battleships, eight ironclad battleships, two large armored cruisers, three medium armored cruisers, three light cruisers and two destroyers. , unable to escape from the battlefield, chose to surrender to the independent fleet.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon on December 3011, [-] in the Tang calendar, on the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Knight of the Sharad Navy, Johnny, the commander of the Second Expeditionary Fleet, said to Boris, the captain of the Knight, with a sad face. : "If I can let the cruisers and destroyers carry some mines, then maybe the God of War, Goddess of Victory, Archer, and Bannerman can retreat safely with us."

Ares, Goddess of Victory, Archer, and Bannerman are the four super dreadnought battleships that the Sharad Navy surrendered to the Independent Fleet. At this time, the remaining warships of the combined fleet of the three navies completely escaped the pursuit of the Independent Fleet and successfully merged More than 200 supply ships were dispatched.

Boris, the captain of the Knight, sighed and said: "Commander, you don't have to blame yourself. None of us thought that our Royal Sharad Navy, together with the Jisk Navy and the Orenza Navy, would be attacked by Su Yi. The Baron's fleet was defeated, and the Gisco Navy also did not carry mines, and the light cruisers and destroyers of the Orenza Navy carried mines only because they forgot to unload them."

After a pause, Boris said again: "Actually, the fleet under Su Yi's command did not continue to pursue. Perhaps the more reason is that our Knight sank a battlecruiser that they were chasing. Today's sea is very stormy. Small, the fleet under Su Yi's command can completely bypass the area with mines and continue to pursue the navies of our three countries."

Janice said with a sad face: "No matter what, I lost the six super dreadnought battleships of our Sharad Royal Navy this time, plus the three lost in the naval battle in the Yanmen Strait. My command caused our Sharad Royal Navy to lose nine super dreadnought battleships, and now I have become a sinner of our Sharad Royal Navy!"

Boris, the captain of the Knight, saw Genis's sluggish look, and then changed the subject and said: "Commander, Gorjay of the Gisk Navy and Mihailo of the Orenza Navy, hope to come to the Knight, Discuss with you the next plan for the joint fleet of the three navies."

Genis nodded slowly, "Then let the two of them come over! We really need to study what the joint fleet of the three navies should do next!"

Not long after, Gorjay, the commander of the Gisk Navy, and Mihailo, the commander of the Orenza Navy, boarded the Knight one after another.

Gorjay, the vice-minister of the Navy Department of the Gisk Empire, sighed and asked, "General Genis, what should our joint fleet of the three navies do next?"

Genis hesitated for a moment and asked, "General Gorjay, how many battleships do you have in the Gisk Navy?"

Gorjay said with a wry smile: "There are only six dreadnoughts, six former dreadnoughts, and five ironclad battleships left."

Then Mihailo, the Minister of the Navy of the Orenza Empire, sighed and said: "The capital ships of our Orenza Royal Navy only have eight dreadnought battleships, six former dreadnought battleships, and nine ironclad battleships. It's too awful."

Janice said sadly: "In this naval battle, the loss of our combined fleet of the three navies is indeed too great. The capital ships of our Royal Sharad Navy only have three super dreadnought battleships, three dreadnought battleships, three former dreadnought battleships and ten The ironclad battleships have been withdrawn, and I think the next priority of the joint fleet of the three navies is to repair the injured battleships first."

Almost all the battleships escaped from the navies of the three countries were injured, but the injuries of these battleships did not have much impact on their speed.

Both Gorjay and Mikhailo nodded slightly, and then Mikhailo said: "Why don't you go to the Leon Shipyard of our Orenza Royal Navy, the Leon Shipyard is the largest in our Orenza Empire. There are [-] shipyards with a capacity of more than [-] tons, and many of these large shipyards are now empty."

In the end, the three commanders of the three navies decided to go to the Leon Shipyard of the Orenza Empire to repair some of the injured battleships before studying other things.

Genis originally planned to transfer the Sharaad naval squadron near the Xiguan Islands of the Purple Moon Empire to the Leon Shipyard, but after persuasion by Gorjay and Mikhailo, Genis agreed to temporarily let the squadron The Sharad Naval Squadron continued to stay near the Xiguan Islands, preventing the British Empire's transport fleet from approaching the west coast of the Purple Moon Empire.

Once the British Empire's armaments capable of arming millions of troops enter the Purple Moon Empire, it will bring great trouble to the armies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orensa.

However, Johnny sent a telegram to the Sharad naval squadron. Once the fleet under Su Yi's command approached the Xiguan Islands, Johnny asked the squadron to withdraw immediately to avoid contact with the fleet under Su Yi's command.

(End of this chapter)