At the critical moment, Major Condra, who was in charge of damage control, ordered water to be poured into the ammunition depot, which saved the battleship. However, even so, the battleship had too much water in it and the ship's side was close to the water. In addition, the ammunition depot was flooded.
It had basically lost its combat effectiveness, and the captain had to order to withdraw from the battle.
In the blink of an eye, Dewey had lost two battleships, but the matter was not over yet. Although the first wave of torpedo attacks did not achieve results due to the opponent's evasion, the destroyer fleet relied on its own speed and flexibility to quickly turn back.
After entering the effective distance, the second wave of torpedo attacks began.
"Turn right and launch torpedoes." Following the loud orders from the captains of each destroyer, all the destroyers drew an arc about three hundred meters close to the battleship. In order to increase the hit rate, they took the risk of choosing a closer distance.
, a large number of torpedoes drew a straight water line and rushed towards the battleship.
Dewey was so frightened that he shouted orders to evade. Unfortunately, it was very difficult to evade the battleship due to its huge body. Each battleship had several destroyers firing torpedoes from different angles.
At the critical moment, the cruiser fleet, which had already seen that the battleship was threatened, managed to get rid of the opponent with the gunfire of the Saar cruiser, and crossed over at high speed. Several cruisers used their hulls to block the torpedo attack line, 'boom'
There was a burst of torpedo explosions. The three cruisers were hit by several torpedoes and soon began to sink.
Because the destroyer Saar launched too many torpedoes and the cruiser blocked them in a hurry, two torpedoes still missed and hit a battleship each. Fortunately, the battleships were rough and thick, so hitting one torpedo was not a big problem.
The destroyers of the Saar Navy turned again, and their cruisers also surrounded them from behind, also planning to launch torpedoes nearby. The Boston Navy, which did not have much combat experience in the ironclad era, had never seen such ferocious hand-to-hand tactics, and they immediately panicked.
Lieutenant General Dewey, who had already begun to act timidly when he saw that nothing could be done, immediately ordered all warships to withdraw from the battle quickly.
After losing a battleship and a cruiser again, Dewey's fleet finally managed to get rid of the opponent and finally escaped from the opponent's attack range. Dewey immediately ordered the fleet to retreat at full speed toward the Boston Empire, including the previously evacuated transport fleet.
I didn't even bother to look for it.
This battle fully demonstrated the strength of the Thrall Navy as the world's largest naval power. The tactics were fierce and effective, and did not give the opponent any chance to breathe. As a result, the Boston Navy had already lost more than half of its troops before it could launch a decent attack. In the end, it had to
Escaped in despair.
Lieutenant General Betty did not order a pursuit. He knew very well that those transport ships must be used to carry infantry to attack his own colonies. If they were allowed to land, the weak colonial garrison of the Saar Empire would not be its opponent at all, so Lieutenant General Betty's fleet immediately turned
, chasing in the direction of the transport fleet's retreat.
The transport fleet only had a speed of eight knots, and the naval battle only lasted less than half an hour and ended with the Boston fleet retreating. Therefore, they did not run very far, and the Thrall naval fleet, which was pursuing at full speed, soon followed.
The world war had reached this point, and the Salar people had long lost their gentlemanly demeanor. Moreover, the Salar people were quite angry at the betrayal of the Bostonians. Therefore, Betty did not give the other party a chance to surrender, and directly ordered the cannon to be fired on the transport ship.
The Saar fleet dispersed and surrounded the Bostonian transport fleet. They fired dense artillery shells at the transport fleet. The Saar fleet showed no mercy and carried out bombardment frantically.
This bombardment was a naked massacre. Without any resistance, the Boston Empire's transport ships were hit one after another. These ships were all civilian ships. In order to increase their cargo capacity, they had very few watertight compartments.
These ships with poor anti-sinkability and no armor protection were brutally beaten by the navy's naval guns, and they soon sank one after another, and a large number of army soldiers fell into the water.
Lieutenant General Betty knew very well that there were too many Bostonians and it would be very difficult to deal with them once they were captured. Moreover, he had a mission and had no time to waste.
For a more important mission, Lieutenant General Betty did not give the Bostonians a chance to surrender. He hardened his heart and ordered all small-caliber artillery and machine guns on each warship to shoot at the sea, while the destroyers repeatedly cruised and attacked in the sea area without letting go.
Take a living.
An hour later, the sea turned red. Tens of thousands of Boston soldiers were either killed or eaten by sharks that came later. The brutal and bloody scene made many Sal sailors vomit.
With red eyes, Betty looked at the tragic scene in front of her and murmured: "This is the fate of your betrayal. Who made you betray the Entente and switch to the Allies? We don't hate our enemies because they are already hostile to us. Only traitors are the worst."
Damn, because they pointed their guns at their former friends."
The Boston Empire has always been considered an invisible ally of the Allied Powers. Therefore, when the Boston Empire announced that it would join the Allied Powers, it would attract more hatred. Both the Sars and the Nantes regarded them as traitors, so they
He also hated the Bostonians the most. After adding enough coal and water in Guinea Harbor, Vice Admiral Betty's fleet set sail again, heading towards the east coast of the Boston Empire.
After receiving the report from Lieutenant General Dewey who returned from the defeat, the Boston military had no hope for those transport ships and army officers and soldiers. The Boston Imperial Government was very clear about the mentality of the Allied Powers at this time. Under such a hateful mentality
, those officers and soldiers must be in trouble.
Lieutenant General Dewey did not know whether it was to shirk responsibility or simply did not know. He insisted that he had fallen into a trap by the Sars and was completely ambushed. Therefore, the Boston Imperial Army did not even think that this battle was just an encounter.
war, and the Saar Empire Navy did not even think about attacking its east coast.
After this defeat, the Boston Imperial Intelligence Agency, which had been criticized domestically, was made a scapegoat. Washington III ordered them to clean up their own internal affairs and the navy to find the leaker of this time to prevent naval operations from being leaked again.
The Intelligence Bureau suffered an unreasonable disaster and was purged from top to bottom. The Intelligence Bureau personnel who luckily escaped the purge also hated the Navy. Therefore, in the subsequent operations, the Boston Navy suffered an even more severe purge. Many of them had
Experienced officers were ordered to retire or be arrested, and the navy's combat effectiveness plummeted.