The formation of Hanxin-class, fast battleships, six Jianghe-class, heavy cruisers, Ningbo-class, light cruisers and six Fuqing-class, destroyers chased north at a speed of 25 knots. The British fleet's great force
The maximum speed of the USS God battleship is only 21 knots. In addition, their Queen Elizabeth battleship was severely damaged and its speed was greatly affected. Therefore, the British fleet can maintain a speed of up to 5 knots or even lower.
Even though the British fleet has left two hours in advance, it only takes a few hours for the Chinese Navy to catch up with them, the prerequisite is that the direction must be correct!
In the bridge of the Han Xin, Brigadier General Ge Chunlin is checking the chart. According to the report of the US Navy, the direction of the British fleet's retreat was northwest. Brigadier Ge Chunlin believes that the British fleet probably wanted to retreat with Elizabeth, who had already retreated before.
Queen, the battleship cooperated, and then crossed the Atlantic Ocean to return to Britain!
"Hmph! British guy, let's see how you run away this time? You can't run away!" Brigadier General Ge Chunlin said confidently at the chart. The British fleet has 6 battleships, 'Edinburgh class, heavy cruisers, 16 light cruisers and
18 destroyers. After the naval battle began, there was no remnant in. Except for the British Navy's Qyg fleet, which was sunk in the battle, the flagship Queen Elizabeth, the battleship was at the beginning of the war.
No other losses were suffered except by the carrier-based aircraft forces of the Chinese Navy. This is also a huge fleet. If this fleet can be destroyed or forced to surrender in this battle, China will send troops to Europe in the future.
It is also very beneficial to defeat Britain and completely win the world war!
"Captain, the flagship call! The United States contacted the Alabama, the battleship and the Arizona, the battleship, who had retreated early. The two battleships did not know that the American fleet had surrendered to us. They had already reached the Americans.
Report their location. They are currently in the waters of fifty kilometers west of ours. The British fleet was an hour ago and
‘Queen Elizabeth, the battleship has joined forces and is probably sailing northeast! Now the flagship has sent seaplanes to reconnaissance. We will contact us as soon as we receive the news.”
‘Han Xin, a communication officer on the battleship reported to Brigadier General Ge Chunlin!
"Well! I know, adjust the direction and sail to the northeast!" said Brigadier General Ge Chunlin. With this clue, it would be much easier for them to pursue the British fleet. Otherwise, the vast Atlantic Ocean would be accurate
It is almost impossible to find the traces of the British fleet. In addition, although it is still more than an hour to go dark, the take-off and landing of the seaplane is very simple and will not be affected too much. And the seaplane
The speed is much faster than that of warships. If seaplanes take off, the British fleet will be unable to fly!
The fleet adjusted its direction and chased northeast. The speed of 25 knots is a bit difficult for the fleet, but it is not a big problem. Whether it is the Hanxin-class, fast battleship or the Jianghe-class, heavy cruiser, maximum speed
They are all above 28 knots. Although they cannot cruise at high speed, it is not difficult to chase the enemy at a speed of 25 knots in a short period of time!
Half an hour later, the flagship "Tang Gaozu, the battleship, sent another telegram, which stated that a seaplane had discovered the traces of the British army and informed the pursuit fleet of the location!
Brigadier General Ge Chunlin immediately lay on the chart and looked for the specific location of the British fleet. It turned out that the British fleet was less than 30 kilometers away from them, which made Brigadier Ge Chunlin very excited!
"Adjust the navigation and continue chasing! In addition, send a telegram to the commander and ask the seaplane to continue to monitor the British. We will catch up with the British within an hour and a half!" Brigadier General Ge Chunlin said excitedly. As for the darkness in more than one or two hours, it will be more than two hours.
He doesn't care about this. As long as they can catch up with the British fleet, they won't run away. At worst, they will wait until dawn the next day, the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese aircraft carrier formation will attack the British fleet and kill them completely!
In the thirty kilometers northeast of the pursuit fleet sent by the Chinese Navy, a fleet was sailing deep into the Atlantic Ocean. However, the fleet was not very fast, and one of them was a huge warship that dragged the fleet's speed.
The battleship was the Queen Elizabeth battleship, which was severely damaged by the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft force. This battleship was severely damaged. Although the fire on the battleship has now been put out, it has entered hundreds of tons of sea water and the ship
The body was slightly tilted, and the speed of the warship dropped a lot, and now it can only sail at a speed of 12 knots. This greatly dragged down the fleet.
However, the British fleet did not give up on the idea of this battleship. After all, this is already the most powerful battleship of the British Navy. After experiencing the Battle of Sicily, there are only such battleships left in the British Navy.
.Before the Revenge class, the battleship is in service, the British Navy has to rely on this battleship to support the scene!
On the battleship Marborough, British Admiral John.
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Robeck's face was unstable. The British Navy joined the decisive battle against China this time to revive the might of the British Royal Navy. But unexpectedly, he was still defeated in the end. Fortunately, the British fleet suffered little losses, except for two ships.
Beyond the destroyer was sunk, only Queen Elizabeth, the battleship, was severely damaged.
However, it was possible to complete the repair by just lying on the boat for a few months. It was able to preserve the main combat power of the British fleet, which had already made John.
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Admiral Robeck was very satisfied! Of course, this was a big gap from the defeat of the Chinese Navy he expected. But now, it is already very fortunate to be able to escape!
"Where did the Chinese plane take off? According to the Americans, the entire western Atlantic Ocean is under their control, and it is impossible for Chinese airports to appear! Then, the Chinese planes are
Where did you take off?” John.
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Admiral Robeck was puzzled. If it weren't for the Chinese planes, the US-British Navy Combined Fleet might not have failed this time, but would have achieved a brilliant victory!
"Did the Chinese move the plane to the ship and take off from it? But don't the takeoff of the plane require a long runway? How could there be such a long runway on the ship?" John.
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Admiral Robeck shook his head, unable to believe his inferences!
"General, plane! Discover a Chinese plane!" At this time, a low-level officer's somewhat anxious voice woke John up.
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Admiral Robeck's meditation.
"What? Why are Chinese planes here?" John.
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Admiral Robeck was shocked. He grabbed the telescope and rushed out of the bridge. However, when he saw clearly the appearance of the plane, just a seaplane, and had no attack power, the tension on his face did not disappear.
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"Damn it, this is the Chinese reconnaissance plane, we have been exposed! Order the fleet to accelerate immediately!" John.
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Admiral Robeck ordered. However, because of the drag of the battleship of Queen Elizabeth, their maximum speed was only 5 knots. John.
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Admiral Robeck only hopes that Ye Se can lead him quickly, so that they may be able to escape. Otherwise, they will die! After experiencing this naval battle, he has deeply understood the shipboard of the Chinese Navy.
The power of the aircraft force! Such a huge joint fleet will soon fail under the attack of the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft force. If the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft force chases, then they will be finished!
John.
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Admiral Robeck hopes that the Chinese people they pursue are still far away from them, so that they will have enough time to escape! However, ideals are full, and reality is indeed a backbone!
In the evening, at 6:45 pm, the British fleet's eyewitness discovered the Chinese fleet coming from the southwest and immediately warned!
A shrill alarm sounded over the British fleet, and a large number of British naval officers and soldiers rushed out of the cabin and entered a state of combat readiness!
"General, discover the Chinese fleet, there are six main battleships, six heavy cruisers and 10 light cruisers and destroyers!" A staff officer told John.
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Admiral Robeck reported!
"What model are the six battleships?" John.
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General Robeck asked.
"From the appearance, it is the Chinese 'Han Xin-class, battle cruiser!" The staff officer reported!
"'Han Xin-class, battlecruiser? Humph! Do the Chinese think that we can defeat us with just a few battlecruisers? It has been proven in the Battle of the North Sea that although the battlecruiser is fast, it is not the opponent of the battlecruiser at all.
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Admiral Robeck said disdainfully!
Soon, the communication officer entered the bridge again, towards John.
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Admiral Robeck reported: "General, the Chinese fleet is very fast and is now quickly shortening the distance between us! They sent us a message through the banner and asked us to surrender to them! Otherwise, they will
Sink us!"
"Haha! Joke, is it just their battle cruisers? No, the Chinese want to delay time and wait for subsequent battleships or planes!" John.
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Admiral Robeck speculated that he did not take the Han Xin-class battleships of the Chinese Navy at all, and he was even more disdainful of the Chinese fleet's request for them to surrender!