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The fierce battle between the Xinhua Navy and the British Navy is still continuing. Although the British Navy still has the upper hand, the Xinhua Navy is not without the power to fight back. Often, the Xinhua Navy is sunk or severely damaged a warship, which will soon give the British Navy a color. Such a battle will cause the losses of both sides to continue to increase. But overall, the situation facing the Xinhua Navy is becoming more and more critical.

"Boom! Boom!" Two explosions sounded one after another on a warship of the Xinhua Navy, and rolling smoke rose from the warship. After the wooden hull was hit, it was easy to catch fire. The damage managers on the warship tried desperately to put out the fire, but it was not small.

"Commander, Cruise No. 17 was severely damaged. The brothers on the battleship are extinguishing the fire. In addition, a main mast was blown off and the captain requested to withdraw from the battle." The communication officer reported to Major General Wei Yong, commander of the 1st Fleet.

"Allow them to withdraw from the battlefield." Major General Wei Yong nodded. This is the fifth battleship lost by the Xinhua Navy and the second battleship lost by the 1st Fleet. So far, they have only sunk two British Navy warships and severely damaged one. The battle loss ratio is 5 to 3. Now the Xinhua Navy still has 31 warships that can continue to fight, and the British Navy has 43 combat ships. The gap between the two sides has widened to 12. As the gap becomes larger, the pressure on the Xinhua Navy is also increasing.

The 17th battleship of the Xinhua Navy dragged its damaged body and slowly retreated from the battlefield. Fortunately, the British Navy focused on those intact warships and wanted to concentrate all its efforts to defeat the Xinhua Navy as soon as possible. It did not send warships to pursue these damaged warships. Otherwise, there would be only one outcome for the No. 17 cruiser, which was to be sunk.

"General, we have severely damaged another warship of the Xinhua Navy, and the other party is running away. Should we send warships to chase after them and completely sink them?" Lieutenant Colonel James, the captain of the warship of the "Apollo" warship, suggested. Although the warship of the Xinhua Navy was severely damaged and lost the ability to continue fighting, after returning to the shipyard, it was still able to continue fighting after repair. If it could sink, it would be over.

Major General Alan, the commander of the British Navy, shook his head. Then he said, "No need, those yellow-skinned monkeys still have more than 30 warships. First, they will deal with these intact warships, and then deal with those severely damaged warships." Major General Alan's intention was very clear. That is, in this naval battle, the severely damaged warships can be completely destroyed. Although those severely damaged warships can be continued after repair, it will take a long time. By then, the British Navy has already obtained the control of the sea in the South China Sea. Maybe Britain has won the victory of this war by then. Therefore, there is no need to draw valuable combat power to deal with those severely damaged warships.

"Yes, General." Lieutenant Colonel James nodded. Although he felt it was a pity, he also believed that Major General Allen's consideration was correct.

"Boom! Boom!" The 27th battleship of the 2nd Fleet of the Xinhua Navy was once again hit by a British warship. The warship was hit by a 4-inch shell and a 3.7-inch shell on the starboard side. Two large holes were torn apart from the waterline. The sea water poured into the warship frantically. In this case, the damage officers on the warship were powerless. The captain ordered the abandoned ship to retreat immediately. The soldiers began to drop the lifeboat. However, because the water inlet speed was too fast, the warship tilted quickly. In the end, it captained over the sea in less than two minutes and slowly sank into the sea. The more than a hundred sailors on the warship, except for a dozen people, were not spared, including the captain. The Xinhua Navy has detailed regulations. When ordering to abandon the ship, the captain must be the last to disembark. Therefore, most of the time, the captain did not have the chance to escape.

"Bastard!" On the cruiser of the "Xinhua", Major General Wei Yong couldn't help but curse secretly after learning that another warship of the Xinhua Navy had been sunk. The battle was too fierce, and the losses of the Xinhua Navy were also expanding, which made him very uncomfortable. The Xinhua Navy had never suffered such losses since its establishment, which can be said to be the most difficult battle of the Xinhua Navy. Even though the Spanish Expeditionary Fleet was very powerful at the time, the Xinhua Navy was able to take advantage of the performance advantages of the warships to reverse the situation step by step and finally win. In that battle, the Xinhua Navy only had a few warships severely damaged, and none of them were sunk. But now, there are six warships that were sunk and severely damaged in the Xinhua Navy, which is equivalent to losing half a fleet.

In previous naval battles, the Xinhua Navy almost used the performance of warships to ravage the enemy. But this time, the performance of the British Navy's "Apollo-class" warship was comparable to that of the "Shark-class" cruisers, or even slightly stronger. After losing the advantage of the warships, the Xinhua Navy inevitably fell into a hard battle. The increasing losses caused the morale of the troops to be greatly affected. Under the combined influence of these factors, the Xinhua Navy is becoming increasingly unfavorable.

"How long will it take for that kid Lu Haipeng to arrive? I hope we will not be able to fight all the money when he arrives." Major General Wei Yong said secretly. Although he knew that the 5th Fleet must be on the way to arrive. However, it takes time to go back and forth. In addition, during the fierce battle, the Xinhua Navy and the British Navy were sailing at high speed, and their location had long changed. If the 5th Fleet arrived, it would take more time to find the Xinhua Navy's position, which would delay some time.

"Boom!" A shell fired by the cruiser "Xinhua" accurately hit the British Navy's flagship "Apollo". The battleship exploded on the fore deck, destroying two 4-inch cannons installed on the fore deck. The British were lucky, and there were no shells in the barrel at this time. Otherwise, the death of the shells alone would be enough to kill the warship.

Even so, Major General Alan, the commander of the British Navy, looked a little unnatural. Although soldiers always had to face such a situation, it still scared him to be so close to death. Fortunately, this time the "Apollo-class" warship lost two main guns and was not severely damaged. This also made Major General Alan feel much more at ease. He believed that in the dark, God must be blessing them.

The Xinhua Navy found that it did not cause fatal damage to the warship "Apollo", which was also very regretful. If it could sink the flagship of the British Navy, it would undoubtedly be a big deal to increase the morale of the troops. It could even take this opportunity to reverse the situation.

About thirty kilometers away from the fierce battle waters, a fleet was sailing rapidly on the sea. Although these warships had a tall mast, there were no white sails on the mast. Instead, there was a thick chimney, which was constantly emitting thick smoke. The smoke was blown by the wind, just like a warship dragging a long tail.

Although the fleet sailed against the wind, the power of the warship came from the propeller driven by the steam engine, not the wind. Therefore, the headwind had almost no impact on the warship, and the fleet's speed was as high as 12 knots.

This fleet is the 5th Fleet of the Xinhua Navy. The fleet commander Brigadier General Lu Haipeng was a little anxious inside the bridge of the fleet's flagship "Xia Qi". They had already received the news that the war had begun from the main force of the navy sent by the main force of the navy and were rushing to the battlefield with all their might. However, because the weather was not very good last night, the distance between the 5th Fleet and the main force of the navy increased to more than 80 kilometers. Therefore, it took a while for the clutch sent by the 1st Fleet to find the clutch ships sent by the 1st Fleet to find the

After they learned that the war began, Brigadier General Lu Haipeng immediately ordered the fleet to rush to the battlefield to fight. However, this took time. Brigadier General Lu Haipeng was a little worried. If the Xinhua Navy was severely damaged because he did not arrive at the battlefield in time, how should he explain to His Majesty the King? Of course, he had no doubts about victory at all. With the strength of the "Summer-class" cruiser, Brigadier General Lu Haipeng was very confident in winning this battle.

"How long will it take for us to arrive at the battlefield?" Brigadier General Lu Haipeng asked again. He could no longer remember how many times he asked.

"Commander, we will be able to arrive in one hour." The Navigator replied. However, the area of ​​fierce battles and the place of notification must be different. Although they marched to the possible location of the battlefield calculated based on the direction provided by the Clippers. However, it is still unknown whether they can reach the battlefield in one hour. Perhaps more time will be required to search.

"I hope Brother Wei and the others can hold on." Brigadier General Lu Haipeng said.

"The commander's defense line, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fleets also have 36 'shark-class' cruisers. Although the British had 46 'Apollo-class' battleships, the gap was not big. It was absolutely impossible for the British to eat our main force in one bite." The Navigator comforted.

Brigadier General Lu Haipeng nodded, and he could only try his best to think in the better direction.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the warships lost by the Xinhua Navy had increased to 9, and two more warships were sunk and one was severely damaged. Their results were only severely damaged the British Navy's "Anger". The huge losses seriously affected the morale of the Xinhua Navy.

At 2:15 pm, a large area of ​​dark clouds suddenly appeared in the sky to the north. This was very strange in the clear weather. (To be continued...)
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