The end of the military era

"What! Warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet appeared in the east and west?"

"General, we may have fallen into the trap of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, shall we retreat immediately?"

Annott hadn't spoken yet, and at this moment, there were continuous shelling sounds on the sea in the distance.

Annott gritted his teeth and said: "It's too late to retreat, order all the teams to form a battle line, let us Flying Leopard Empire Royal Navy come to meet this human fleet for a while!"

Annott's courage is commendable, but the Flying Leopard Navy is far inferior to the five main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet in terms of the number and quality of capital ships.

So from the beginning of this naval battle, the Flying Leopard Navy was at a disadvantage.

"Boom"

A full load displacement of up to 37200 tons of the honor class battlecruiser, a 1mm shell pierced the side armor, and then detonated an ammunition storehouse, directly blowing the honor class battlecruiser into two pieces, Quickly sink to the sea.

At this time, it was more than 2 o'clock in the afternoon on February 18th, and the naval battle had lasted for about 3 hours. Annott, the first deputy minister of the Navy of the Flying Leopard Empire, saw with his own eyes that the Exalted-class battlecruiser was sunk. There wasn't even an expression on his face.

The reason why Annott didn't change his expression was actually that Annott was already numb. Now he can't even remember how many warships of his own side were sunk under his nose.

"General, withdraw! If you don't withdraw, you will be wiped out!" Captain Furmit of the Iron Spear begged Annott in panic.

The Iron Spear had also been hit by several large-caliber shells at this time. Fortunately, the Iron Spear was not seriously injured. Only one dual-mounted 1-caliber 45mm main gun was blown up. Speed ​​was not affected.

But just now, a large-caliber artillery shell directly penetrated the deck armor and landed near an ammunition warehouse.

If the explosion of this large-caliber shell immediately killed hundreds of tons of shells in the ammunition store, then the fate of the Iron Spear would be the same as that of the sinking Exalted battlecruiser.

Fortunately, the large-caliber shell was a dud, and the Iron Spear was spared.

Annott said with a wry smile: "Retreat at this time, how many warships can we escape?

Almost all of the remaining battleships were wounded. "

The captain of the Iron Spear, Fumit, immediately said: "General, at least our Iron Spear still has a chance to escape, so we must try no matter what!"

Chapter 244 Selection

Annott, the first deputy minister of the Flying Leopard Empire Navy, finally gave the order to retreat, but this retreat order seemed to overwhelm the last life-saving straw in the hearts of the Flying Leopard Navy officers and soldiers.

After the retreat order was issued, many seriously injured Flying Leopard Empire warships raised white flags one after another.

Due to the vast battlefield of the entire naval battle, although the five main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet are equivalent to surrounding the main force of the four major fleets of the Flying Leopard Navy, the encirclement cannot be so tight. It can be done.

However, for those seriously injured Flying Leopard Empire warships, especially those whose speed has dropped severely, trying to break out of the encirclement of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is tantamount to nonsense.

Now that Annott has given the order to retreat, it is tantamount to abandoning these seriously injured warships. If they do not surrender, the final end can only be ship destruction and death.

Annott had expected this situation a long time ago, and he even explained to the captain of the Iron Spear, Fermit: "Send a report to the captains of those seriously injured warships, and allow them to surrender to the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire.

They have already done what they should do, and there is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices. "

Hearing this, the captain of the Iron Spear, Vermit, hesitated and said, "General, if such an order from yours is sent back to China, it may cause quite a bit of trouble."

Annott said bitterly: "I have a lot of debts now, and I hope that this order will allow more boys to return to their families.

We, the Royal Navy of the Flying Leopard Empire, have shed too much blood today. "

In the end, the battleship Iron Spear with full main guns on which the first deputy minister of the Navy of the Flying Leopard Empire, Annott, successfully broke through the encirclement. Unfortunately, the Flying Leopard Empire battleship that escaped with the battleship Iron Spear with full main guns was not counted. Not many, especially the capital ship of the Flying Leopard Navy.

在这场海战中，飞豹帝国的海军总计有39艘全主炮战列舰、25艘战列巡洋舰、32艘全钢制战列舰、34艘大型装甲巡洋舰、69艘轻巡洋舰和108艘驱逐舰，在交战的过程中被击沉。

有24艘全主炮战列舰、12艘战列巡洋舰、16艘全钢制战列舰、12艘大型装甲巡洋舰、26艘轻巡洋舰和30艘驱逐舰，因为重伤或者感觉突围无望，而选择了向西南海防舰队投降。

这支聚集了飞豹帝国皇家海军四大舰队精华的庞大舰队，最后只有15艘全主炮战列舰、5艘战列巡洋舰、4艘全钢制战列舰、14艘大型装甲巡洋舰、27艘轻巡洋舰和45艘驱逐舰，成功逃了出去。

Although this naval battle was won by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, the main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet also suffered considerable losses.

The Fifth Formation sank a British Revenge-class battleship with all main guns.

The sixth formation sank 2 Xianyuan-class battleships with full main guns, 1 German König-class battleship with full main guns, 1 German Kaiser-class battleship with full main guns, and 1 French Kolbe-class battleship with full main guns.

The seventh formation sank 2 "Akebono" class full main gun battleships, 2 British Toza class full main gun battleships, 1 British Iron Duke class full main gun battleships and 2 captured full main gun battleships.

The eighth formation sank 9 battleships with all main guns at once. Among the 5 main formations participating in the battle, the number of battleships lost was the largest.

The Tenth Formation sank 2 British Lion-class battlecruisers, 2 German Moltke-class battlecruisers, and 2 captured battlecruisers.

除了损失的这22艘全主炮主力舰和6艘战列巡洋舰之外，西南海防舰队5支主力编队还沉没了20艘大型装甲巡洋舰、27艘轻巡洋舰和29艘驱逐舰，数十艘战舰受了重伤。

In addition, the two teams of the Ninth Formation, which originally served as bait, also participated in this naval battle, losing a large armored cruiser, a light cruiser, and two destroyers, and a British Hood-class battlecruiser. Seriously injured and must be overhauled.

If casualties were not taken into account, just capturing the warships of the Flying Leopard Empire in this naval battle could almost make up for the loss of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

For the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, this naval battle has completely established its position as the number one overlord at sea.

However, the two commanders of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet commanding this naval battle, Song Sheng and Wang Xin, known as the twin stars of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, were not satisfied with the outcome of this naval battle.

"I didn't expect to let the main fleet of the Flying Leopard Empire escape with more than a hundred warships, otherwise this naval battle would be perfect." Wang Xin said to Song Sheng with a sigh.

Song Sheng said in a deep voice: "There are many issues that we need to summarize.

This time our 5 main formations have an absolute advantage, but only the capital ship sank 22 battleships with full main guns and 6 battlecruisers, and many battlecruisers were seriously injured, which shows that my command exists. Not a small problem. "

Wang Xin hurriedly said: "Boy, the capital ship has lost so much, and I can't blame you for it.

The Flying Leopard Empire is worthy of being a veteran naval power. Its combat effectiveness is still very strong in adversity. Especially the close-range torpedo attack on our capital ship with light cruisers and destroyers shows the courage of the Flying Leopard Navy. .

Anyway, in this naval battle, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet had the last laugh, and captured so many warships from the Flying Leopard Empire, didn't the commander also send us a congratulatory message?"

The expression on Song Sheng's face also eased at this time, "Fortunately, we have kept most of the warships of the Flying Leopard Navy, and we have completed the task assigned to us by the commander.

Presumably next, those orc nations should consider whether it is worth continuing this war. "

"I actually think that there is no need to hold peace talks with those orc nations. With the strength of our Zhou family, it is enough to drive all the orc nations back to the world on the other side of the space-time node."

"The Barbaric Bull Empire is relatively weak among the six orc nations. If the army attacked the Golden Lion Empire, Scarlet Tiger Empire, and Black Bear Empire, it might not be as easy as it is now.

Of course, whether it is peace talks or continuing the war, that is up to the commander-in-chief to decide."

After the results of the naval battle between the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet and the Flying Leopard Navy got out, the Golden Lion Empire, Scarlet Tiger Empire, Black Bear Empire, and Silver Wolf Empire couldn't help becoming nervous. They were worried that their own navy had also fallen into the trap of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. The encirclement and suppression of various raiding fleets of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet was suspended.

In the palace of Noela City, the first capital of the Golden Lion Empire, Prime Minister Salento handed some papers to Emperor Kosno, and said solemnly: "According to the summary of information from various sources, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet this time To set traps against the Flying Leopard Empire's navy, at least more than 400 battleships were dispatched.

However, the first formation, second formation, third formation, fourth formation and No.11 formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet did not leave the coast of the Han and Tang Empire.

In addition, the Ninth Formation and No.12 Formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet were divided into several raiding fleets, which were scattered near the coasts of several of our Eldar countries, so in fact, the main formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet participating in this naval battle was only 5 branch. "

"Only 5." Emperor Kosno couldn't help but gasped, "It seems that the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet concealed its strength before, but where did they get so many capital ships from the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet?"