The end of the military era

"Let the brothers of the four main turrets, this time must be accurate!

We have used up almost half of the shell inventory of Fu Rong's main gun, but in the end, not even a single warship was sunk. This should be our last chance! "

However, as soon as Wang Kui's words fell, Liang Baozhong, the first officer of the Furong, exclaimed: "Captain, the Lion Clan has raised the white flag!"

Hearing this, Wang Kui quickly picked up the binoculars and looked at the six full-armed battleships of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy.

"Damn! Did you make a mistake! They are Lion Clan people! How could they surrender to the human navy!"

In the war between the human country and the orc country, it is difficult for the human army to capture the orc prisoners.

On the one hand, it is because human countries are generally defeated, and on the other hand, the orcs are ashamed to be captured by the human army.

For example, at the end of the sea battle on Shark Island, some warships of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy that could not escape chose to fight until the last moment.

In the battle where the Zhenwei Army captured Pusha Island, there were a total of 2.4 Silver Wolf Empire defenders, and the Zhenwei Army only captured less than 800 prisoners of war, more than half of whom were seriously injured.

So Wang Kui felt very incredible when he saw that the 6 full-armor battleships of the Golden Lion Empire Navy, which still had combat effectiveness, all raised the white flag.

First officer Liang Baozhong said with a smile: "I heard that among the six orc nations, although the Golden Lion Empire has the strongest army, its fighting will is the weakest. It seems that the rumors are true."

Wang Kui sighed, "The last chance is gone, and our Fu Rong can only go back with nothing this time."

Jiang Hui, the first mate of the Fuchang, was even more surprised that the six all-main-gun battleships of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy chose to surrender.

Because just before the 6 battleships with full main guns of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy raised the white flag, the captain of the Fuchang, Liu Ergou, saw the 6 battleships with full main guns surrounded by the enemy, and said with regret: " I have sunk so many battleships with full main guns.

It's a pity that no one has been captured. It would be perfect if these six all-main-gun battleships of the Golden Lion Empire can surrender. "

"Captain, you are really unlucky. You even talked about surrendering, and these six battleships with full main guns surrendered."

Liu Ergou himself was a little confused, he just said that, he just wanted to put on a pretense and make a fuss, after all, the record of the Fuchang in this naval battle is really too dazzling.

In this sea battle with the Golden Lion Imperial Navy, the Fuchang alone sank 2 all-main gun battleships, 2 all-steel battleships, 1 large armored cruiser and 1 light ship of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy. cruiser.

Regardless of the number of enemy warships destroyed or the quality of enemy warships, the entire Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has no record of any warship that can compare with the full main gun battleship Fuchang.

Liu Ergou definitely deserves the title of the number one general of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

"I didn't expect those Lion Clan people to really surrender.

But I have never opened my mouth. Baozhong, don't spread the word, it's too good. "

Although Liu Ergou said that, but with the look of embarrassment on his face, it seemed that the surrender of the six battleships of the Golden Lion Empire Navy with full main guns was all due to him.

Chief Officer Liang Baozhong jokingly said: "Captain, I never thought you would still be humble."

"Brother Baozhong, I have too many advantages. You didn't notice it before, haha!"

Chapter 163

After the Eighth Fleet and the Advance Fleet of the Golden Lion Empire Navy chose to retreat, they did not dare to withdraw to the Naval Base of Gaosnail Island, otherwise it would be like giving the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire a chance to close their doors and fight dogs.

Therefore, the two fleets of the Golden Lion Empire Navy fought and retreated all the way towards the vast sea to the southeast.

The Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet chased after 2:25 am on February 10th, and it was the end of the sea battle that was later called the "Gaosnail Island Sea Battle".

At the end of this pursuit, the four all-steel battleships of the Eighth Fleet of the Golden Lion Empire chose to raise the white flag under the siege of the Eighth Fleet of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet and the Provisional No.4 Fleet.

After Song Limin, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, counted the results of each formation, even he himself couldn't believe it.

不算击沉的金狮帝国海军军舰，仅仅俘获的军舰，就有10艘全主炮战列舰、9艘全钢制战列舰、2艘大型装甲巡洋舰、3艘轻巡洋舰和2艘驱逐舰。

To be honest, even in this naval battle on Gaosnail Island, the strength gathered by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet was much greater than the two fleets of the Golden Lion Empire Navy, and Song Limin did not have the confidence to win.

Song Limin even asked his staff to work out a retreat plan, and also asked the more than 100 transport ships following the second column to stay away from the battlefield.

Once the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet loses in the naval battle, let these more than 100 transport ships carrying 6 infantry divisions run away quickly.

However, what Song Limin did not expect was that the navy of the Golden Lion Empire, known as the world's number one, performed worse than the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire in naval battles.

As a result, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet almost always controlled the superiority on the battlefield during the entire Naval Battle of Gosnail Island.

Chen Yongliang, the captain of the Ruixue, said to Song Limin excitedly: "Song Zhi, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has won a big victory this time!

According to the feedback information, most of the captured 10 all-main-gun battleships and 9 all-steel battleships suffered only minor injuries, and even some serious injuries can be completely repaired. "

Of the 10 all-main-gun battleships captured by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, except for 6 Black Prince-class ships, the other 4 ships are Hydra-class ships.

The Hydra class of the Golden Lion Empire is the predecessor of the Black Prince class, and also the first all-main-gun battleship of the Golden Lion Empire, with a full load displacement of 25800 tons and a maximum speed of 20 knots.

装备了4座双联装45倍口径330毫米主炮，10门五十倍150毫米副炮，16门30毫米高射炮，20挺13毫米高射机枪，4具550毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 220 mm to 330 mm, the main deck armor is 80 mm, the main turret armor is 330 mm, and the crew is full of 990 people.

而俘获的9艘全钢制战列舰，其中有5艘属于白蚁级，满载排水量21800吨，最高航速19.5节，装备了2座双联装45倍口径330毫米主炮和4座双联装45倍口径220毫米副炮。

4艘属于红雀鹰级，满载排水量18800吨，最高航速19节，装备了2座双联装45倍口径300毫米主炮和和3座双联装45倍口径200毫米副炮。

The reason why the Golden Lion Empire Navy has so many battleships and was captured by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has a lot to do with the speed of the battleships.

For example, the 2 large armored cruisers, 3 light cruisers, and 2 destroyers that surrendered to the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet chose to surrender after being seriously injured, their speed dropped severely, and they were even unable to move.

Song Limin said with some emotion: "To capture 10 all-main-gun battleships and 9 all-steel battleships of the Golden Lion Empire Navy all at once is something that I can't even imagine.

Send back the results of the statistics to the commander-in-chief! "

After the results of the sea battle on Gaosnail Island were reported, it can be said that it caused a sensation in the whole world.

按照金狮帝国公布的官方数字，金狮帝国皇家海军在高蜗岛海战中，总计聚集了42艘全主炮战列舰、8艘战列巡洋舰、36艘全钢制战列舰、40艘大型装甲巡洋舰、78艘轻巡洋舰和78艘驱逐舰。

最终战损了22艘全主炮战列舰、3艘战列巡洋舰、23艘全钢制战列舰、20艘大型装甲巡洋舰、18艘轻巡洋舰和22艘驱逐舰。

The warships captured by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet were also included in the official battle damage statistics of the Golden Lion Empire.

You must know that the navy of the Golden Lion Empire has always been recognized as the number one navy in the world, and in the naval battle of Gaosnail Island, the navy of the Golden Lion Empire was also very powerful, with 86 capital ships alone.

As a result, the Golden Lion Empire Navy was beaten up by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire, and more than half of the battleships were lost. Among them, 18 battleships became the spoils of war for the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire.

This has caused countries all over the world to reassess the strength of the southwestern coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

The expeditionary forces of the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire postponed the date of their expedition because of the naval battle on Gaosnail Island.

In addition, shortly after the naval battle on Gaosnail Island, Zhou's army occupied Gaosnail Island almost without bloodshed.

The 12th Marine Division of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire was originally stationed on Gaoshou Island with the Eighth Fleet of the Golden Lion Empire Navy.

The 12th Marine Division of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire stationed on Kosnail Island, after learning the approximate strength of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet participating in the sea battle on Kosnail Island, was ready to evacuate from Kosnail Island.