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Chapter 155:Far East Fleet's Second Defeat (9/10)

Six majestic battleships, two have completely lost their combat effectiveness, one has issued a signal that the ship has been hit hard, withdraw from the battle sequence, put on the British soldiers and officers, gave up the battleship, boarded the boat, and are ready to wait for the rescue of other warships.

Approaching the first team of three St. Vincent-class battleships, they were heavily attacked by the three British warships.

The shells fell everywhere, and the shells that exploded on the edge of the battleship also fully showed that the British Navy was not easy to provoke.

The main gun of 343 mm was still a little weaker, and a shell fell on the port side of the ship 112, blowing up a large mouth of the defensive armor, and the wooden structure inside was also burning, but it was immediately extinguished by the ship's damage control system.

Only two soldiers close to here were wounded, and this attack gave the British sailors a lot of confidence, at least to show that the other side's warships were not invincible.

The first three battleships of the first team also quickly counterattacked, and the distance between the two sides has been closer to only six kilometers.

At this distance, the catch rate of the fearless first-class battleship is extremely high.

The main and secondary guns were fired almost simultaneously, and the intensive shells fell towards three British warships.

The first shell hit the battleship St. Vincent, and in an instant the upper bridge was penetrated, and the shells ran directly through the deck of the bridge on the third floor, and exploded at the rear of the command tower.

Fortunately, the explosion did not penetrate the command tower, but the huge vibration force of the explosion, so that everyone in the command tower was shocked to the ground, one by one, if not the armor of the command tower blocked most of the force of the explosion oscillation, I am afraid it is not a headache.

David was not much better, his head was on the ground, and his ears and nose were bleeding.

After the others staggered to stand up, they found that David had fainted, and looked very dangerous, and was very likely to suffer a serious concussion, and even did not rule out the possibility of damage to the internal organs.

Nearby people, hastily shouted to the medical soldiers, when someone tried to command, fortunately found that the radio equipment was working normally.

The other two warships also showed signs of being shot, and the situation was not very optimistic.

Collingwood's main turret was blown open, and the entire turret was lifted into the sea, even the tall chimneys behind the turret were crooked, and the fire was burning in the turret position.

The warship cannot turn to the right, otherwise the seawater will pay attention directly to the inside of the battleship directly from the gap in the starboard turret.

With six turrets, the St. Vincent-class battleship, losing a turret is nothing, but the firepower of a turret on the starboard side is missing.

However, overall, the fighting power still exists and has not been seriously damaged.

The avant-garde number is much better, the turret and the main structure are not damaged, on the other hand, the St. Vincent, the situation is a little eye.

The bridge was blown open, a chimney was poured, and even the steam engine could be damaged, and the speed of the battleship had dropped to only fifteen knots.

However, at this time, the captains of the three warships also issued the order of shelling at the same time, and ordered the warships to approach the enemy ships at full speed.

The main guns on both sides did not stop at all, and under the desperate counterattack of the three British warships, the three battleships of the First Battle Group also appeared to varying degrees of wounds.

Mainly the damage caused by the secondary guns on the three British warships is not actually serious.

In contrast, the three St. Vincent-class battleships, the injuries became more and more serious, and after 20 minutes of fighting, the battleship of St. Vincent also gave a signal to withdraw from the battle, and the officers and men of the ship began to withdraw.

The first team naturally did not target the warship, which is the rule of naval warfare, although not mandatory to comply, but there is no need to attack a warship that is no longer threatening.

The ships that the British withdrew from the battle were all scuttled without exception, because the enemy's main warships were still basically intact, and they could only sink the warships and not leave them to the enemy.

At this time, the other three majestic class battleships, after being directly sunk one, the remaining two have also withdrawn from the battle, a large number of British sailors, in a small boat, while rescuing the fallen comrades, while watching *****.

Only in the face of the six fearless first battleships, and the remaining Collingwood and the avant-garde, are so powerless.

However, with the shame of the last surrender, this time the British sailors on the two battleships did not choose to surrender, but continued to fight under the disadvantage of the First World War.

However, miracles did not occur, and when the strength reached the point where it could be crushed, even if the British sailors tried again, it would not help.

Fifteen minutes later, the eyes of Collingwood in the two warships were tilted, and the bridge was almost reaching the sea, and the captain ordered the whole family to abandon the warship.

The avant-garde was no better, the whole battleship was full of burning fires, and the steering system was interrupted, burning while sinking, and turning around on the sea.

An hour later, the Indian Ocean Fleet began to assemble here and began to rescue the captives at sea.

On the sea now, no English ship could be found, and many Englishmen were floating on the sea, and those in dinghies could not escape from this place.

Moreover, all around were the warships of the Indian Ocean Fleet, and when a warship approached, all the British surrendered.

Soaking in the sea is not comfortable, crowded boats are not comfortable, the British sailors who were rescued on the warship are very conscious of squatting on the deck, holding their heads in both hands.

Among them was a small part of the English sailors, not for the first time, and when they stepped on the deck of the Red Police warships again, the bitterness in their hearts could conceivably.

When David awoke, he found himself lying on the deck of the enemy battleship, looking at a group of fellow chickens, his head was in sharp pain, and then fainted.

In the dark sea, a few supply ships came, and after taking the captives of these ships one by one, the fleet moved on.

In the darkness, many British sailors also found that many ships appeared behind the fleet, not warships, more like those large merchant ships, and already smart British soldiers thought of troop carriers.

Yet they could do nothing now, the visionary Englishman hoped, that the armies were ready to face the attack.

The fleet was attacked and had alerted India for the first time, but what the British did not know was that the telegram India had not received it at all, and the telegraph signal had already been intercepted by electronic ships.

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