Unlike the almost one-sided battle on the 43rd Special Mix Fleet, there was no fight on the 42nd Special Mix Fleet!

After dawn, the 12th Special Mixed Fleet in Newland had already retreated voluntarily.

After chasing for two hours, at around 9 a.m., Zhang Guozhu ordered a slowdown and steering, because he was worried that the Newland transport fleet would take the opportunity to sail towards the Nayi Empire.

Given the situation at that time, Zhang Guozhu was worried about being bombed by Newland carrier-based aircraft.

At that time, the Newland aircraft carrier special-mix fleet had been discovered, and the air decisive battle was even more imminent. If the 42nd Special-mix fleet pursued it rashly, it would be bombed.

After that, the cruisers of both sides fought for more than two hours.

After 11 a.m., the battle of the 42nd Special Mix Fleet was declared over.

There are some gains, such as sinking a light cruiser and three destroyers, which may have injured four battleships.

But it's not worth mentioning at all.

In fact, the battle of the 43rd Special Mixed Fleet is not one-sided.

At the end of the battle, all four fast battleships were covered in scars.

The "Yanhai" is the most brave and has the most serious damage.

The armored turret at the front of the ship's bow was almost completely scrapped, and a barrel of the turret at the tail was also blown away.

If the front armor on the main gun turret was not thick enough, the 16-inch armor-piercing projectile that hit the armor turret would probably explode inside the turret, at least it would blow up the turret.

The "Xuhai" has the lightest damage, but it looks very ugly.

The key is that all four battleships have exhausted shells!

At the end of the fight, even the high-explosive bomb was used.

It is a light cruiser used to deal with the Newland Navy, not a battleship.

At the end of the battle, there were 17 main artillery shells left on the "Xuhai", 8 "Yanhai", 21 "Beihe", and 14 "Nanjiang".

Since its completion, the main artillery ammunition depots of these four battleships have never been so empty!

If there are no shells, what kind of battle?

It can be seen that Spear's concerns are indeed a bit redundant.

Even if you encounter the 43rd Special Mixed Fleet at night, as long as you withstand the previous rounds of artillery fire, you can completely treat the four battleships as air.

Without shells, would you rush up and sink the Newland aircraft carrier?

To be more than absolute speed, fast battleships are still a little slower than fleet aircraft carriers.

But Spear didn't know this.

When he received the battle report from Li Jie, Bai Zhizhan was already on the "Accompanying Beijing".

At that time, Zhou Yongtao was explaining the situation to him and trying to persuade him to order a voyage to the east, so as to launch an attack in the afternoon.

The battle report sent by Li Jie blocked Zhou Yongtao's mouth.

Because of the ammunition exhaustion, the 43rd Special Mix Fleet has returned. After joining the 21st Special Mix Fleet in the early morning tomorrow, they will return to the local port with the "Longjiang".

The damage to the four fast battleships was too serious and they would definitely have to go back to the shipyard for overhaul.

The "Longjiang" has been severely damaged due to its flight deck. Even if it does not need to return to the shipyard, it will have to stay in the port for a while.

In addition, the Mohe has sunk.

Although the officers and soldiers of the damage management department tried their best and dozens of officers and soldiers died during rescue, the water in the hull of the "Mohe" was too serious.

At around 1 pm, after the sea water overflowed the hangar deck, the captain had to issue an order to abandon the ship.

The "Longjiang"-class horizontal watertight compartment is actually under the hangar deck. As long as the sea water overflows the hangar deck, the aircraft carrier will definitely be out of salvation.

By 2:30 pm, after all the officers and soldiers had evacuated, the accompanying destroyer fired two torpedoes at the Mohe, which was almost flooded by sea on the flight deck.

It’s not that I’m worried that the Mohe will not sink, but that I’m using torpedoes to deliver the aircraft carrier.

In fact, this is the tradition of the Imperial Navy.

If the warship is seriously damaged during the battle and cannot return to the port, it must be sunk by its own warship.

In this way, it would not be sunk by the enemy ship.

According to the legend of the Imperial Navy, if a warship has a soul, then it can only rest in peace after being buried with your own hands and be reincarnated.

For decades, only the names of the warships buried by themselves were reused.

Maybe it's not auspicious enough. The names of all warships sunk by the enemy will not be used again.

The 43rd Special Mix Fleet has been withdrawn. Is there any guarantee to continue pursuing the 17th Special Mix Fleet?

Even if the 43rd Special Mix fleet did not withdraw, it would not be helpful.

The 43.2nd Squad had only a few light cruisers, and they were all treaty light cruisers, and they were not the opponents of the Newland heavy cruisers at all.

The closest heavy cruiser at that time was the four "Zizhou" class ships of the 42.2nd Team.

Unfortunately, it was still more than 300 kilometers away, and the four heavy cruisers were behind the four "Longjiang" class ships, heading north to intercept the Newland transport fleet.

In addition, there are several heavy cruisers from the 21st Special Mixed Fleet.

However, the 21st Special Mixed Fleet was more than 400 kilometers away from the rear, and Liu Xiangzhen would never send heavy cruisers to cover Bai Zhizhan, let alone help Bai Zhizhan expand his results.

Given the situation at that time, if Liu Xiang was really interested, he would have let the four heavy cruisers of the 21.3 team arrive.

In fact, with the relative positions of the 41st Special Mix Fleet and the 21st Special Mix Fleet, even after the battle begins, the 21st.3rd team cannot catch up with the 41st Special Mix Fleet before dark, so naturally there is no way to provide cover for the 41st Special Mix Fleet at night.

So what if you catch up?

The 21.3rd team consists of four "Queenzhou"-class first-generation treaty heavy cruisers. Their performance is not very strong, and they have not been truly improved, nor have gun aiming radars. They are not opponents of the four "New Au"-class heavy cruisers of the 17th Special Mixed Fleet in Newland.

If you fight, you may not be able to gain a advantage.

Don't forget that the heavy cruisers of the 17th Special Mixed Fleet in Newland are equipped with radar.

Even if it is not a gun-aising radar, it is very helpful in night battles and can greatly increase the shooting hit rate.

It can be seen that the 21st Special Mixed Fleet could not count on at all.

During the daytime battle, especially after discovering the 16th Special Mixed Fleet of Newland, the 41st Special Mixed Fleet was sailing north, hoping to shorten the distance from the 43rd Special Mixed Fleet. Fortunately, after the battle, it can obtain the cover and support of the 43rd Special Mixed Fleet.

Unexpectedly, Li Jie was exhausted.

In Bai Zhizhan's words, probably because they can only watch air force performances in the rear, after they get the chance, Li Jie and Jin Hong will do their best.

Feelings are not about fighting, but about staying in the army for more than half a year, and going home to be intimate with your wife.

The more powerful you have, the more powerful you use.

In any case, the battle report sent by Li Jie declared that the battle was officially over.

Actually, it's not the end.

That night, a Newland submarine sneaked into the return "Longjiang". Although all the torpedoes were shot, one of them hit the escort "Luhe". A violent explosion broke out a large hole several meters long on the left side of the "Luhe" hull, resulting in the death of hundreds of officers and soldiers. Because they did not leave the war zone, the entire ship was still in combat readiness, so the water inlet was controlled in time.

This torpedo allowed the Luhe to return to the shipyard to lie for three months.

By the early morning of the 13th, more than a dozen cruising cruisers under the name of the Second Fleet began to intercept Newland freighters who had not had time to escape under the cover of the 42nd Special Mixed Fleet.
Chapter completed!