Irving boarded the Ocean and had just raised the flagship flag on the Ocean. At this time, he received the Ganjiang of the People's Army Fleet. Moye penetrated from the England and the Centurion of the Far East Fleet, and sank the Centurion and cut off the Far East Fleet.

After hearing this, Owen was struck by lightning. Unexpectedly, the People's Army Fleet had such a bold and risky move. In fact, to be fair, it was quite risky to penetrate the enemy's fleet, and its danger was far greater than the head-to-head slam. However, the People's Army Fleet did this and achieved success, and it became a skillful move. To a certain extent, this was the same as the enemy's giant turnaround in the enemy's enemy, which was to save the victory in the vicinity. However, although the Japanese Joint Fleet defeated the Russian fleet with such a risky move, the intervention of the People's Army Fleet made this adventure successful, but it also lost its meaning. Now the People's Army Fleet's adventure is obviously successful. As long as there is no third-party intervention, this will be one of the most classic examples in the history of naval warfare.

Irving didn't know if there would be a third party intervention, but the failure of the Far East Fleet in this battle was unchangeable. What he had to do now was to minimize the losses. Therefore, the most urgent task now is to break through the interception of the People's Army fleet and evacuate the battlefield.

Since Irving needed to change his flagship, the Ocean had to slow down so that Irving could board the ship. The Jinan and Tianjin took advantage of this gap and finally stopped the front of the British fleet and faced the enemy with the side. However, at this time, Irving did not care much and ordered that all ships do not have to strictly guard the team, but to use the bow of the ship to fight the enemy, advance at full speed, and break through the interception of the People's Army fleet.

There are five battleships in the British fleet now. Except for the Old Man Star who was too damaged and had little combat power left, the other four battleships, the Ocean, Glory, Revenge, and England, although each has injuries, and some are severely damaged, they also have the power to fight. Therefore, with the power of one of these four battleships, let alone break through the interception of two armored cruisers, as long as there is enough time, it is not difficult to sink.

So the five British warships immediately dispersed, and while accelerating their strength, they opened fire at the Jinan and Tianjin. Although the Old Man Star was seriously damaged and its combat effectiveness was almost zero, they also joined the assault and did their last efforts. Although these warships now use the bows of the ship against the enemy, there are not many artillery fired, but the five warships are added together.

But the Jinan and Tianjin naturally would not surrender, and both warships were facing the enemy with their sideways and could exert their maximum firepower. In addition, the Qingzhou and Yizhou also rushed up to assist the Jinan and Tianjin to intercept British warships.

For a time, the cannons were endless, and the water columns were as dense as a forest. Although five British warships had been hit by multiple shots in less than 2 minutes, they still rushed forward without any hesitation, approaching less than 3,000 meters from the People's Army's intercepted warships. Of course, these five warships were all battleships after all, and small and medium-caliber shells were difficult to cause substantial damage to them. Moreover, these five battleships also fought back during the rushing process. Because the distance between the two sides was too close at this time, although the British warships did not provide shooting parameters, they also caused considerable losses to the People's Army's intercepted warships. After all, the intercepted cruisers at this time were all cruisers, so naturally they could not be compared with the battleships.

Fortunately, at this time, these British battleships were almost all fighting on their own and did not concentrate their firepower to attack a certain warship. Otherwise, the People's Army fleet would inevitably have warships sunk at this time. However, despite this, if the current trend continues to develop, it will be a matter of time before the British warships succeeds in the assault.

But at this moment, 4 or 5 destroyers were sailed out from the gaps between the warships of the People's Army Fleet and rushed towards the British battleships left and right. It turned out to be five destroyers of the first destroyer detachment of the People's Army Fleet. These five destroyers were all warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance captured during the Gengzi Kingdom, but the ships were older and had a speed of about 20 knots. At this time, the assault ability was somewhat insufficient. Therefore, when the Jinan and Tianjin intercepted the British warships, the five warships also followed several cruisers and hid on the other side of the cruisers. When the British warships approached and several cruisers could not intercept, they inserted diagonally into the middle of the battle between the two sides from the gap.

When Irving saw this, his face changed drastically. Of course, he knew that under such a situation, the destroyer poses a great threat to him, even more than these intercepted cruisers.

Sure enough, because the two sides were too close at this time, the British warships used the bows against the enemy, and there were not many artillery available, so there was no time to intercept them. So after several destroyers entered the battlefield, they immediately entered the area of ​​the launch of **, so the destroyers immediately launched ** at these British battleships.

The five destroyers each launched 2 rounds, a total of 10 rounds, and crossed to attack the British warship.

Even the battleships did not dare to ignore the attack of **. Although the British warships could break through the interception of the People's Army fleet in just 1 or 2 minutes, they still had to give up and continue to advance, and they all turned to avoid the attack.

At this time, the lookout reported to Irving that the two battleships of the People's Army's fleet, the Ganjiang and Moye, had turned and rushed towards this side. Irving also knew that it was impossible to break through the People's Army's interception. If Ganjiang and Moye arrived, they might not be able to escape. In the battle just now, the powerful combat power of these two battleships of the People's Army left a deep impression on Irving. Irving estimated that in the British Navy, only the latest Edward's 7th Century battleship would fight these two battleships alone.

So Irving ordered the Ocean to turn and avoid **, and then issued a banner again, and each ship fought freely and evacuated the battlefield. However, in this way, each warship would fight on its own, and it was hard to say how much it could escape.

In fact, as long as you can discover the ** in advance, ordinary warships will not be a problem. Therefore, other ships also avoided the ** attack through steering, but only the Old Man Star. Due to the heavy damage before, the steering was slow and he could not avoid it. He was hit by a **. The huge explosion exploded a large gap of more than 3 meters in diameter at the bottom of the head of the Old Man Starship. The Old Man Star could no longer hold on. After 20 minutes, it finally sank the sea. This is also the third battleship that the Far East Fleet was sunk in this battle.

The Ocean withdrew from the side of the war, and Irving also witnessed the result of the old man's star being hit and sunk on the bridge. Although this ending was long ago as Irving expected, the old man's star was too damaged, and it would be difficult to escape from the battlefield. However, Irving felt indescribable discomfort in seeing his flagship buried under the sea with his own eyes. Of course, what was even more discomfortable was the failure of this naval battle. In a battle, three battleships were sunk, which is probably the most tragic failure in the history of the British Navy. As the person involved, Lieutenant General Irving was obviously to blame.

However, it was because of Owen's quick decision that the other four battleships fled in dispersed ways, but instead let other warships seize the lead. When Gan Jiang and Mo Xie arrived, the other four battleships had fled 5,000 meters away. Although Gan Jiang and Mo Xie chased after 3 or 4 rounds of artillery attacks, they also hit many targets and chased for a while, the British warships still escaped the pursuit of the People's Army with their familiarity with the hydrology of the sea.

There are many islands in the sea area of ​​Bijing, with dense reefs and complex hydrological conditions. The People's Army fleet only dares to sail in wide waters and does not dare to easily enter the sea areas with many islands and reefs. Bijing has won this battle and has sunk three battleships. It is just a big victory with this result. Therefore, there is no need to take risks at this time. If a warship hits the reef and is damaged, it will be a waste of money. So Gan Jiang and Mo Xie did not pursue it, but returned to the battlefield to help Jinan and Tianjin to rescue the British soldiers who fell into the water.

On the other end of the battlefield, the Barelle, Monmouth and Bedford turned to avoid the circumstance, so they exposed the Edgar, Royal Arthur and Grafton behind them. At this time, the three battleships of the People's Army fleet, Weiyang, Boyang and Feiyang, also replaced the Ganjiang and Moye, and launched a fierce bombardment on the British warships.

At this time, Edgar, Royal Arthur, and Grafton were still in the column, so Edgar, the leader, was the first to be the brunt. Under the fierce attack of the three battleships, he was hit by more than 20 bombs in less than a minute. All three British warships were protective cruisers. Although the displacement exceeded 7,000 tons, they were simplified versions of the Blake-class. Not only did they have vertical armor on the side, but the dome armor was reduced from 152 mm of the Blake-class to 127 mm. Therefore, the actual defense was not as good as the Qingzhou-class protective cruiser of the East China Government. Therefore, the entire bow of Edgar was almost destroyed, and even the command center was blown up, and it was dead in a blink of an eye.

Then came the Royal Arthur, but after several guns, the destroyer team of the Far East Fleet finally arrived. The four destroyers of the First Destroyer Team, Swordfish, Spitfire, Rocket, and Shark, rushed towards the three cruisers of the People's Army. The three battleships did not dare to be careless about these four destroyers, so they temporarily let go of Royal Arthur and concentrated their firepower to deal with the British destroyers.
Chapter completed!