Just as the Yueyang and Sanya ships surrounded and suppressed the German transport fleet, the Kunming and Xiangyang ships, and the Huaihua ships also defeated the German guerrilla fleet, the three ships wanted to come and meet with the Yueyang and Sanya ships immediately, but on the way, they encountered the single battleship Brandenburg.

At the beginning of the battle, Brandenburg was hit by the Kunming ship with torpedo. The hit part was near the power cabin. A steam engine was broken, and a large amount of water was inflowed in the cabin. Therefore, Brandenburg's speed dropped from 17 knots to below 10 knots, and he could only temporarily withdraw from the battle and speed up drainage and repairs. After more than 40 minutes of emergency repairs, he finally blocked the gap without force and discharged most of the water inflow, but only one steam engine was left to work, and the speed could only reach 1 knot.

Samur, the captain of Brandenburg, ordered to return to the battlefield. But at this time the battle was basically over, and the German fleet was sinking and fleeing, and could only see some shadows of ships from afar. Brandenburg was not lucky. Just when he wanted to leave the battlefield and retreat, the Kunming ships, Xiangyang ships and Huaihua ships rushed over, and the two sides met with one head.

Before being hit by torpedo, Brandenburg was hit with more than ten artillery guns, including two 10mm shells, six 100mm shells, and five 76mm shells. Although these shells did not cause fatal damage to Brandenburg, and most of them fell on the upper structure, the damage to the facilities on the deck was also quite great. It was on the fore deck, and one 80mm double main gun on the head of the ship was destroyed, four 105mm single guns and 80mm single guns were also damaged, and half of the glass in the command room was shattered, and more than a hundred officers and soldiers were injured and killed in the ship.

Under this situation, the German officers and soldiers on the Kunming ship, Xiangyang ship, Huaihua ship, and Brandenburg knew that they might not be able to escape this time. However, the Germanic people are also known for their bravery and warlikeness in Europe. They knew they could not defeat them, but they still had to fight. Therefore, Captain Samur immediately ordered the ship to order the naval guns that could still be used on the ship to shoot at the enemy indiscriminately, and they would fight against the enemy anyway.

But before Brandenburg could fire, the main guns of the three warships had been fully fired, and all kinds of shells fell on the hull of Brandenburg one after another. And almost all of them were attacking Brandenburg's upper structure equipment, and the huge explosion completely covered the hull of Brandenburg.

The German soldiers on Brandenburg did not want to fight back, but the opponent's attack was too fierce and the accuracy was extremely accurate. Brandenburg had never stopped getting shot, which made the German soldiers on Brandenburg almost unable to find any gaps to fight back. In addition, the smoke barriers caused by the explosion also interfered with Brandenburg's shooting. Therefore, in the continuous strikes of the three ships, the artillery on Brandenburg only fought back five guns, and all of them were fired randomly, and the shells were not known where they were shot.

However, the three crossing warships only used naval guns to strike the Brandenburg, and all missiles and torpedoes were not used.

It turned out that when he bumped into the Brandenburg, Shang Jinfeng immediately made a decision to capture the warship as much as possible. Because it was a battleship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, if the warship was captured and repaired, it could be used as a main warship for the new navy of the Crossing Group in the future.

Now the Time Travel Group has recruited soldiers in Tianjin and formed a new army. The navy will also be expanded in the future. Moreover, the navy cannot rely solely on five modern warships. It must build more and stronger warships based on existing technical conditions. However, the construction of the navy is not only a long cycle, but also a huge investment and amazing investment. It also requires sufficient industrial strength, which is by no means possible in a short period of time. Of course, a century-old navy is not empty talk.

Of course, the construction of the navy is not completely shortcut. In some cases, some means can be used to accelerate the development of the navy, such as captives salvage and repairing enemy warships and using them for their own use.

In the old time and space, there is a precedent for using captured enemy ships to expand their navy.

Before the Russo-Japanese War, Japan's main warships were six battleships and six armored cruisers, ranking seventh in the world. During the war, two battleships in Japan sank and two armored cruisers were purchased as supplementary. After the war, Japan captured and salvaged and repaired them, and incorporated seven Russian battleships and one armored cruiser into its own naval sequence.

In addition, Japan also ordered two new battleships to replace the two battleships that sank in the Russo-Japanese War. As a result, they had thirteen battleships and nine armored cruisers, which almost doubled compared to before the war. Moreover, the strength of the Japanese navy also jumped into the fourth place in the world and became a first-class naval power. In World War I, these Russian ships participated in the Japanese attack on Qingdao and played an ineffective role.

In fact, in the previous battles, the Crossing Group had always captured enemy ships as much as possible for its own use. Even if it was not available now, it could be used to form a navy in the future. The Crossing Group's main warships are the British ships Orlando, the German ship Hansa, the French Pascal, the Japanese ship Akishi, as well as several shallow water gunboats, torpedo speedboats, etc. In addition, there were several large and medium-sized warships in the sea water at Dagukou, including two 10,000-ton warships, the Russian ship Sissoi battleship and the Russian armored cruiser. They were only waiting for salvage and repair after the war was over.

If the battleship Brandenburg can be captured, then the new navy that will travel through the group will have three large 10,000-ton warships, which can be quite high. It can be completely possible to build a navy with certain strength in a short period of time.

And on the other side, the Yueming ship and the Sanya ship can also control the German transport fleet, which allows the three ships to free up their hands and capture Brandenburg with all their might. Therefore, Shang Jinfeng ordered each ship to bombard Brandenburg with only artillery, and try to attack only parts above the deck, so that the remaining force of Brandenburg could be eliminated without sinking Brandenburg.

After this round of artillery was over, the deck of Brandenburg seemed to have been washed and almost completely lost its power to fight back. At this moment, a boat was dropped on the Kunming ship and sailed towards Brandenburg. It turned out that this was the representative of the Kunming ship's deputy political commissar Deng Yongjian to go up to Brandenburg to persuade him to surrender.

Originally, Shang Jinfeng did not intend to send people to the Brandenburg to persuade the surrender. After all, this was too dangerous and he still planned to use the usual method of tweeters to shout. However, Deng Yongjian believed that simply relying on shouting was not very effective. Just now, the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship also shouted at the German transport fleet. What was the result? It was better to send people to board the German ship to persuade the surrender.

Moreover, Deng Yongjian also took the initiative to request orders, asking himself to personally board the German ship to persuade the surrender, and believed that the danger was not great. Because Deng Yongjian had worked and studied in Germany for a year, and was not only proficient in Germany, but also familiar with German history and humanities. Compared with other European countries, although Germany was not a long history as a unified country, it was only more than 150 years in the old time and space, which was shorter than the history of the United States. However, the German nation was a nation with a long history, because it regarded itself as the heir to the Holy Roman Empire. Therefore, the Germans' character was not only rigorous and serious, but also had a gentlemanly demeanor similar to the British. At the same time, it was extremely proud of the soldiers' sense of honor. On the battlefield, they generally did not easily hurt the representatives sent by the enemy.

Seeing Deng Yongjian's firm attitude, Shang Jinfeng could only respect Deng Yongjian's decision and sent Deng Yongjian to the De ship to persuade him to surrender.

The captain of Brandenburg, Samur, had just taken a breath and received a report from the soldiers. The other party's warship sent representatives to meet the Brandenburg fleet. Although Samur had guessed the other party's origin, out of the military's demeanor and sense of honor, he still ordered the other party to come on board and meet the other party in the command room.

Deng Yongjian ascended the Brandenburg and, under the leadership of the German soldiers, came to the command room. At this time, Captain Samur had recruited the main officers of the Brandenburg to meet Deng Yongjian.

The two sides exchanged their names and ranks and saluted themselves. Samur said: "Lieutenant Colonel Deng, what's wrong with you coming to our warship?"

Deng Yongjian said: "Captain Samuel, I am the entire staff of our warship on behalf of all the people. I hope your ship can put down your weapons and surrender to us. We can guarantee the personal safety and basic rights of all of you."

Samur had long guessed Deng Yongjian's origin, so he had already thought of a response and immediately said: "It is impossible, we, the Gods, would rather die gloriously than surrender to the enemy." When the other officers heard this, they all raised their chests and looked like they would rather die than surrender. They would build momentum for Samur.

Deng Yongjian said: "Captain Samuel and all the soldiers, the current situation is very clear. Do you think Brandenburg still has a chance to escape now? I can't exaggerate it. As long as we are willing, we can sink Brandenburg at any time. No one will deny this, but we are not willing to make unnecessary sacrifices. Therefore, I hope that you can put down your weapons and surrender. After the war is over, we will negotiate with the German government and you can return to your country safely."
Chapter completed!