Chapter 301 The Doomsday of the Royal Navy

On March 11, this day is destined to be recorded in history. Especially for the British, this day is particularly important. Generations below will not forget this day, because this day is the beginning of their disaster. On this day, the Royal Navy Atlantic Fleet, the only fleet that has not suffered any losses in the existing three fleets of the Royal Navy, was ambushed by the French Navy and was severely damaged. From then on, the British Navy was unable to stop the French Navy's advance, and the vast ocean was controlled by France from then on.

Let us return to that day, for France, the beginning of its rise, and for Britain, the beginning of its decline.

Under Kirkbride's order, the French Atlantic Fleet launched a fierce attack on the British Atlantic Fleet with the Hero, the Knight and five other "Former Fearless" class warships. The roar of the giant cannon resounded between the world, and the fiery red light flashed in the muzzle.

"General, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, we can't stand it anymore." A major general reported to Brian. Although the current British Atlantic Fleet is slightly stronger than the French Atlantic Fleet, they could not hold on with the fierce artillery fire of the French Atlantic Fleet. Because of the power and range of artillery, it was destined that this was an unfair naval battle from the beginning.

"The ships accelerated and pulled the distance from the enemy ships. For the sake of the British Empire, charge." Brian waved his fists and ordered. At this point, retreating was impossible. Retreatment with a speed less than the French fleet would only cause the fleet to be defeated and eventually lead to the complete failure of the war. At the same time, he was very clear that if he could not win, or if he did not severely damage his opponent, the opponent would have an absolute advantage in future naval battles. So he has now made up his mind to severely damage the French Atlantic Fleet, even if the price was his entire fleet.

Under Brian's order, the British warship rushed towards the French fleet without fear of death. Soon, the distance between the two sides was completely closer, but in order to narrow this distance, the British Atlantic Fleet also paid a heavy price for this.

The shells flew everywhere, and the warships hit on both sides were burning and sinking.

"Do you want to defend us?" Kirkbride said to himself with a slight tilt. "Send a message to the Mediterranean Fleet and ask how long they can go into the battle." Kirkbride ordered.

After 15 minutes, they received a reply from the Mediterranean Fleet, and they could rush to the war in about two hours to join the battle.

"Okay, order the ships to teach me a fierce lesson to those arrogant British men and let them know how powerful we are." Kirkbride ordered frantically. Under his command, the French Atlantic Fleet also launched a fierce attack on the British fleet.

"Turn right 30 degrees, the Knight, the General, the Marshal, the Centurion, the Sailor and the Raider all followed." Kirkbride issued a new order. Since the number of warships was less than that of the British fleet, after the advantage of naval gun range was lost, many warships were under the siege of the opponent, which was very unfavorable for the French Atlantic Fleet. Although French warships were thicker than British warships, especially the "Dreadnought" class warships and the "Former Fearless" class warships can be described as steel and iron bones. In addition to the superstructure of the warships being easily destroyed, the British warships wanted to break

It is almost impossible to drive their thick armor. Even so, French warships still suffer a little. Although most French warships catch fire at most after being hit by heavy blows, as long as they are not hit by important parts such as the waterline, ammunition depot and engine room, it is generally difficult to lose their combat effectiveness. If British warships are hit, they will not be so lucky. As long as they are hit by shells with a caliber of more than 105 mm, they will basically suffer severe damage. If they are hit by a few more shots, there will be no other result except sinking. Not to mention those large-caliber shells, they will generally be difficult to escape the fate of a shipwreck as long as they are hit.

The powerful hull and super speed made the French Navy's "Dreadnought" class warships have a powerful impact. Under the leadership of the "Hero" and the "Knight", seven powerful warships rushed out of the formation of the British warship and came to the left rear of the British fleet. There, they crossed the hull and launched a devastating blow to the British warship with their powerful main guns and the secondary guns on the right side of the warship. In half an hour, there was no more warships in the northwest corner of the British fleet, at least more than 20 warships were sent to the seabed by them.

After dealing with the British warships in the northwest corner, the seven sea steel fortresses led by the Hero and the Knights turned again, and turned to the rear of the British fleet in the direction of an instantaneous needle, so the killing began again.

"Roar up, rush up, even if it is used to hit, you will have to sank those damn big guys." Brian said as if he was madly. Seeing the warships being destroyed, his heart seemed to be bleeding. It was already 1 pm now, and the battle lasted only an hour, and the British Atlantic Fleet had lost more than 50 warships. Although he didn't know how much the French Atlantic Fleet had lost, it was obviously much lower than them.

.To be precise, the French Atlantic Fleet has also lost nearly 20 warships, most of which are weak-armored "Iberia" class warships. In the hard defense of the British fleet, weak-armored "Iberia" class warships are always at a disadvantage. Of course, no matter how weak their armor is, they are much thicker than the British "British" class. So until the beginning of the battle, the most sunk warships will be the British "British" class warships.

"Damn, the British are crazy. Order the ships to distance themselves from contact with the British fleet." Seeing the British warships rushing towards their warships without fear of death, even if they were hit by artillery fire, Kirkbride was a little scared. He was also a madman, but today he met someone crazier than him.

With a speed that was not much higher than the British fleet, the French Atlantic Fleet left the British Atlantic Fleet. The role had changed unknowingly. The French Atlantic Fleet, which was actually chasing the British fleet, is now being chased and beaten by others. This conversion made Kirkbride blush, but in order to reduce the losses of the fleet, he ordered the ships to maintain a distance from the British fleet and consume the British fleet through their range advantage.

Seeing the French fleet adopting this "rogue" tactic, Brian was so angry that he was itchy. Seeing that his fleet of less than 70 warships had a fleet of less than 70 warships, many of them were still covered with dark scars, Brian sighed helplessly. He knew that his purpose of severely damaging the other party was impossible. As a last resort, he ordered a retreat, and no matter what, he would reserve some seeds for the Royal Navy.

However, Kirkbride certainly would not agree to the retreat of the British Atlantic Fleet and ordered his fleet to lean on and continue to attack the British fleet. Helplessly, Brian had to order 20 warships to stay and drag the French Atlantic Fleet, and he led the main force of the British Atlantic Fleet to retreat.

Seeing the British fleet leave, Kirkbride was not angry, nor sent a fleet to chase, but ordered the ships to seize the time and remove the 20 abandoned warships. Because Brian did not return along the original path, he retreated to the English Channel. Because they had no more fuel and other supplies, they needed to receive supplies. This direction was exactly the direction where the French Mediterranean Fleet came. Kirkbride knew that the Mediterranean Fleet would entangle the British Fleet, so he had enough time to solve the trouble in front of him, and then cooperated with the Mediterranean Fleet to completely eliminate the British Fleet.

Sure enough, one hour later, the British fleet that was fleeing northeast encountered the French Mediterranean Fleet. Although the Mediterranean Fleet now has only 19 warships and the Brian Fleet has nearly 50 Zhanjiangs, it is basically impossible for the Brian Fleet to destroy the French Mediterranean Fleet. After knowing that the Atlantic Fleet is not far southwest, the Mediterranean Fleet did not fight hard with the Brian Fleet, but continued to harass the outside and delay time.

Brian felt that he was about to collapse. The huge British Royal Navy Atlantic Fleet now had less than 50 warships left, and this number continued to be reduced. This failure came too quickly. In order to get rid of the harassment of the French Mediterranean Fleet, he had to send 10 warships to block the French Mediterranean Fleet, and he led the remaining warships to flee wildly.

Perhaps his prayer was fulfilled. This time, the French warships did not catch up with them. They fled back to Plymouth Harbor in southwest England in a panic. Because of one accident, the "abandoned" British warships still bravely launched a heroic attack on the French fleet, which made the French fleet spend a lot of time on it. The Brian fleet had enough time to escape.
Chapter completed!