At this time, the People's Navy's Northern Fleet's sniper on the Expeditionary Fleet came to an end. The retreating British warships basically fled 10 kilometers away and released a large amount of smoke. Therefore, the sea was foggy and the distant scenery was very blurred. The Dutch, Russia and France fleets that retreated first had already run 3,40 kilometers away. Of course, the Northern Fleet was not worried that the Expeditionary Fleet would really escape, because at the southern entrance of the Taiwan Strait, the People's Navy's southern fleet was waiting for them.

On the nearby sea surface, there are broken hulls, steel plates, wood chips, masts, flags, etc., as well as warships that are burning without sinking, as well as warships that have lost their power or steering ability and can only slowly drift on the sea surface. The most common people in the sea are people, living people, dead people, and broken limbs. Of course, the living people are struggling hard in the sea water to save them.

Although the task of intercepting the expeditionary fleet has been successfully completed, the rest cannot be handed over to the Southern Fleet. The Northern Fleet still needs to give the Southern Fleet enough support. After all, the Northern Fleet's strength is far better than that of the Southern Fleet.

However, the matter on the battlefield has not yet been completely over. The battlefield still needs to be cleaned up, and the warships floating on the sea must be resolved. Therefore, Han Chao ordered the battleship detachment to lead the Fourth Cruiser Squadron and the Third Destroyer Squadron. At the same time, the four warships of Jinan, Tianjin, Qingzhou and Yizhou were also removed to them, and the responsibility was to catch up, and cooperate with the Southern Fleet to attack the Expeditionary Fleet.

The remaining two armored cruisers, the Chitu and Jueying, the First Cruise Squadron, and the Second Destroyer Squadron. In the battle just now, the First Cruise Squadron had two warships, the Luhai Squadron, and the destroyer Hehua was also sunk. Therefore, there were actually only 3 protective cruisers and 3 destroyers. They were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and rescued the British soldiers who fell into the water, and at the same time, they also had to deal with the warships that were still drifting on the sea.

The two modern warships, Kunming ships and Xiangyang ships, remain unmoved for the time being. Instead, they understand the situation of the new battlefield through the helicopters of the Southern Fleet and guide the attack. Except for the only 50 kilometers of Haihongqi 16**, the combat distance of Haihongqi 9** is 250 kilometers and the combat distance of Eagle Strike 18** is 350 kilometers, which can support the combat of the Southern Fleet.

After the fleet was dispatched, the smoke on the sea gradually dissipated. Chen Xiaojiang, the commander of the battleship team, led the chasing warships to set off. The remaining warships were responsible for rescuing the British soldiers who fell into the water, while the Chitu and Jueying led the three destroyers, Helong, Heqing and Hexi, who were responsible for solving the British warships drifting on the sea.

Now, there are 8 British warships that are still drifting on the sea, namely the British battleships Bad, Rebellion, Mars, armored cruisers Donegal, Berwick, protective cruisers Niober, and Europa. Another one is the Russian battleship Glory. During the withdrawal, it was hit by the Dutch battleship William I, the battleship of the Netherlands, causing the two propellers to break and unable to move. As a result, it has been drifting on the sea until now. The common feature of these warships is that the artillery on the ship was basically destroyed, and even if there are still a few left, the hull was severely damaged, or the power system was malfunctioning, unable to move, or the warship was too much water, resulting in a significant decrease in maneuverability, etc.

The principle of dealing with these warships is, of course, to persuade surrender, which is the best result, because although these warships have been severely damaged, as long as they can still float on the water, they can be repaired for the People's Army Navy and strengthen their own strength. The cost and time required for repair is far less than the construction of a new warship; secondly, jumping on the ship and forcibly occupying the warship by force. This result is similar to persuading surrender. The People's Army can also obtain warships, but it has to pay a certain price. After all, occupying warships by force will definitely cause certain sacrifices. In addition, even if you board a ship, you may not be able to occupy the warships. The officers and soldiers on the ship can choose to sink themselves or blow up the warships; the worst result is that the warships refuse to surrender and have a certain ability to resist, making it difficult for the People's Army Navy to perform a jumping battle, so the People's Army Navy can only choose to sink.

The first thing to deal with was the battleship Barracks. In the battle just now, Barracks were the first warship to withdraw from the battle. Due to a large amount of water in the cabin and a propeller was destroyed, the speed of the warship was only 4 or 5 knots, so it was unable to escape, so it simply stopped running and floated on the sea. However, in addition, other damage to the warship was not too serious. Most of the naval guns were still intact, but at this time the water in the ship exceeded 1,000 tons, the deck was less than 2 meters away from the sea. Most of the crew stood on the deck, but the ammunition depot was flooded by sea water and the shells could not be taken out, so it was useless to have naval guns.

The Red Tu and Jueying were approaching the Rebellion within 2,000 meters. The Red Tu raised the banner of "requiring to board the ship" to the Buhe. The Rebellion replied soon and allowed to board the ship.

So the Chitu sent an envoy to the Rebels in a small boat and met the captain of the Discord, McClaney, who asked McClaney to hand over the warship and surrender to the People's Army, and ensure that the crew of the Rebels could not be treated as prisoners of war, and that the injured people on the Rebels could also be treated with the best conditions. Otherwise, the People's Army would sink the Rebels, and the current crew would definitely suffer casualties. Even if they were rescued by the People's Army, they would be treated as prisoners of war. The injured people would not be able to receive the best treatment at the best time.

Captain McClane only made one request, not only the People's Army made a written guarantee, but also retained his command knife. The envoy agreed and came to the Buhe with the second letter of guarantee. McClane signed the guarantee and ordered the crew to hand over the warship and surrender to the People's Army. Then the Red Tu relied on the Long Buhe and sent a group of soldiers to board the Buhe, and Jackson, the navigator of the Buhe, was responsible for handing over the People's Army.

About 20 minutes later, the People's Army completely controlled the warship, leaving only a small number of crew members responsible for operating the warship, and everyone else was transferred to the Chitu for supervision. Then the People's Army brought two high-power pumps to the Buhe to help the Buhe pump water, because the current state of this warship is quite bad and may sink at any time. Since the People's Army controlled the warship, it naturally had to try its best to save the warship, so it was drained out a portion of the water so that the warship could float up so that it could be dragged back. Moreover, it is not a good thing to immerse the ammunition depot in the seawater for a long time. The pressure of the seawater will cause the ammunition to explode, and the pumping will also reduce the bottom.

Just as the People's Army was busy handing over the control of the warships, Captain McClane hid in his room and shot himself, leaving only a suicide note explaining the reason for his choice to surrender.

It turned out that McClellini did not want to surrender, but at this time most of the cabins of the warship were flooded by sea water. Whether it was detonating the warship or opening the bottom valve, it was impossible to sink the warship. In the absence of sinking, Captain McClellini could only choose to surrender and win the best result for the remaining crew members of the ship. After dealing with these things, McClellini could only leave a suicide note and use suicide to protect his honor.

After understanding these situations, Lei Meng, the captain of the Red Tu, still had some respect for this colleague, handed over the suicide note to Jackson, the commander of the Brutal Sea, and agreed to let McClane wear the captain's uniform and wear his command knife, first wrapped it with the British Navy flag, and waited for the war to end and then choose a coffin to become a burial after the war was over. Lei Meng's holding also won some favors from the crew, so he also cooperated with a lot in the subsequent actions.

After successfully taking over the Brutality, the People's Army then dealt with the Rebellion and Mars, but this was not so smooth. Both were strongly rejected by the two warships. So the People's Army launched a platoon battle against the two warships. The crew of the two ships resisted with only a few weapons on the ship, while trying to sink the warships and never let the warships fall into the hands of the People's Army.

The Rebellion successfully opened the bottom valve of the ship and let the warship sink to the bottom of the sea; but Mars, like the Bilge, water in the bottom valve of the ship, flooded the bottom valve, but there was not so many Bilge. Although the crew submerged into the bottom of the bilge for the second time, trying to open the valve and let the warship sink, they failed. Just when the crew members tried to sank for the third time, the soldiers of the People's Army boarded Mars. With the support of the firepower of Chitu, they quickly controlled the upper floor of the deck of Mars and captured the captain Fran in the command room. Under the pressure of the People's Army's gun, Fran finally ordered the crew of the ship to give up resistance and surrender to the People's Army. As a result, the self-sank of the Mars was not successful, and even if the crew surrendered, they could not receive preferential treatment and could only accept the treatment of prisoners.

The remaining British cruisers also carried out strong or weak resistance. In the end, the armored cruiser Donegal sank itself, and the Berick was controlled by the People's Army, which boarded the ship; the protective cruiser Niober was sunk by the People's Army, and the Europa surrendered.

The most successful one was the Russian ship Glory. It took the initiative to fire the white flag and surrender to the People's Army. Originally, Russia had been beaten to no aura by the East China government, and the morale of the army was extremely low. This time, it was just relying on the strength of Britain and France. The Glory lost its power early and floated on the sea, so it was clear that the war was passed. Seeing that the British fleet was beaten by the People's Army, with heavy casualties, and the French fleet ran away early. The Russian officers and soldiers on the Glory still had the desire to resist, so it was important to save their lives first. Therefore, although the Glory lost its power, the ship-borne weapons were intact. However, in the battle just now, the white flag was fired and surrendered immediately.
Chapter completed!