Liu Min (Wang Kun) saluted Liu Hai together, then said yes and exited the restaurant.
After Liu Hai finished these things, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then slowly returned to the command room of the battleship Huangdi.
When Liu Wei saw Liu Hai coming back, he quickly stepped forward to greet him and moved Liu Hai to the seat in the center of the command room.
"Master, I have sent people to transport personnel to several warships. The two Sovereign-class battleships will soon be able to resume combat effectiveness."
Liu Hai was satisfied this time. With the addition of these two 14,000-ton battleships, the Nanyang Navy had almost no rivals in East Asia.
The most important thing is that with the expansion of Liu Hai's naval strength, the Nanyang Navy's ranking in the world has also jumped to third place, with a total tonnage of 300,000 tons.
Such naval strength is a formidable force not only in East Asia, but also in Europe.
After a while, a semaphore came from the Sovereign-class battleship Counterattack. Liu Ming had completely taken control of the battleship and was able to skillfully maneuver it.
Liu Hai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, as expected, the cyborg modulator is really powerful. If it were trained by natural humans, it would be impossible for the battleship to form combat effectiveness without a year's effort.
After Liu Min sent the news, Wang Kun also sent news on another Sovereign-class battleship, the Ramillis, that he had completely taken over this new battleship.
After Liu Hai saw that the two battleships were under his complete control, he ordered Liu Wei on the side to take over the command again.
So these six battleships sailed majestically to the north, and returned to the battlefield more than an hour later to rendezvous with other warships of the Nanyang Navy.
After Liu Hai and others returned to the battlefield, they smiled when they saw that there were two injured Edgar-class armored cruisers that had also joined the Nanyang Navy.
Now it's better. We have battleships and there is no shortage of cruisers. We will be able to form combat effectiveness immediately when we go to sea in the future.
After all the warships lined up again, with the Huangdi as the first ship, the fleet headed for their home port, Shanghai Wusongkou Pier.
Let’s talk about the escaped ironclad Indomitable ship of Knut Clone’s fleet. They headed south all the way, and after traveling for several hours, they anchored on the sea.
It wasn't that there was something wrong with the ironclad ship, or that there was no coal to burn, but that they didn't dare to go any further south.
Because if you go further down, you will be close to the Malay colony of our country. If you go back like this, they will definitely be found to have escaped from the battle, and I am afraid that they will have to be court-martialed.
Finally, the captain of the warship discussed with the first officer and finally decided to linger nearby for a while to determine the final victory of the naval battle.
If the British Navy had won a complete victory, there would be no need for them to return home and go directly north to join the Nanyang Navy.
Because once the Nanyang Navy fails, it will definitely suffer heavy losses? They need this ironclad ship to support their appearance, and in the end their lives will definitely be saved.
But what if the Nanyang Navy wins a complete victory? And what happens if the expeditionary fleet suffers heavy losses? Since they are intact warships, they hope that the government can be exempted from their culpability.
After all, so many Sovereign-class battleships have failed, does his ironclad ship participate or not? It is of little use? Their escape actually retained a capital ship for the navy.
After they discussed it, they kept wandering along the sea route going south. Finally, one day later, they discovered two Cossack-class light cruisers.
The two Cossack-class light cruisers also discovered the escaping Indomitable and came to rendezvous with them.
Light cruisers usually serve as guard missions at sea? What if they really participate in the main battle? There is no chance of winning at all? Now the Indomitable is also a large ironclad ship? With this ironclad ship as a backer, it can be safer on the sea.
The captain of the Indomitable? After rendezvousing with the two Gesak cruisers, he asked about the battle. As a result, the captains of the two warships were also confused.
It turns out that the captains of these two warships are also naughty? Seeing that the sea was not favorable for them, the two Sovereign-class battleships also began to retreat. They relied on their speed and small size to get rid of the Nanyang Navy.
Encircled and suppressed, escaped back.
Hearing this, the captain of the Indomitable laughed. Now no one should laugh at anyone. I ran away and you did not insist on fighting.
So all the captains of this small fleet held a private meeting on the Indomitable.
In the end, everyone decided to wait for a while to see if they could wait for the two Sovereign-class battleships to return. If these two battleships did not appear, they must have been completely wiped out by the Nanyang Navy.
In this way, when they returned to Lion City, they had something to say: It was not that we did not persist to the end, but that the battle was unfavorable. Even the two Sovereign-class battleships escaped, and they could only break out separately. After the final rendezvous, they did not find anything
Sovereign-class battleship, so it could only return to base.
After the three people discussed it, they explained to the sailors under their command that although one or two of these sailors still wanted to stick to their principles, most of them did not want to bear the infamy of running away and the consequences of failure.
He swallowed his anger and said no more words.
This small fleet wandered at sea for another day and did not find the Sovereign-class battleship coming to join them.
They had already concluded that the main fleet seemed to have been wiped out, so the three warships gathered together and cautiously headed towards the base military port.
When their fleet returned to Lion City, there was an immediate sensation.
When they left, they had a mighty force, including 6 battleships and 6 armored cruisers. Such a huge fleet only had a pitiful three warships when they came back.
Chief Secretary Alexander, after receiving the news that the warship was defeated and returned, immediately met with the three captains.
The captains of these three warships immediately reported to Chief Secretary Alexander according to what they had originally agreed upon.
After Alexander received the news that the entire expedition fleet was annihilated, he was so frightened that his legs became weak.
In the end, the secretary next to him kept reminding him.
Alexander barely maintained his dignity, and then ordered people to temporarily take custody of the three captains.
Next, Alexander quickly reported to Strait Governor Mitchell.
After receiving Alexander's telegram, Governor Mitchell simply couldn't believe his eyes.
In the end, the governor asked the other party to reply three times in a row, and then he believed that the expedition fleet was completely destroyed in the east.
Mitchell did not dare to suppress such a big matter. He did not dare to hesitate at all. He immediately went to the telegraph office and sent a telegram to London, the capital, reporting the news of the naval defeat to the cabinet.
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The Prime Minister, Earl Rosebery, also couldn't believe the outcome of this naval battle after receiving an over-the-top report from the Governor of the Channel.
Since they defeated the Armada, they have almost never failed in a naval battle, and only then did they become the overlord of the world.
If news of being defeated this time and suffering heavy losses spreads to other countries, other suppressed naval powers will definitely be ready to challenge their hegemonic status.
Earl Rosebery thought for a while, and then quickly ordered someone to prepare a car for him. He immediately entered the palace and reported the incident to the queen.
Queen Victoria is now old, her health is not in good condition, and she does not care as much about political affairs as she did when she was young.
But this time there was such a big loophole that the Queen still had to drag her tired body to meet the Prime Minister.
Earl Rosebery first saluted Queen Victoria in accordance with court etiquette, and then began to speak with Queen Victoria's consent.
"Dear Her Majesty the Queen, what I am about to tell you is bad news."
"My dear Count, is another colony rebelling?"
In Queen Victoria's current consciousness, she would never have thought that there would be a country in the world that could subvert their hegemony. The so-called troubles in the country now are just the natives of one colony rebelling again.
Earl Rosebery sighed, and then said self-deprecatingly: "Your Majesty, I now hope that a certain colony will rebel, rather than the news in my hand."
After Lord Rosebery finished speaking, he shook the telegram in his hand.
Queen Victoria finally became more serious and asked the maid to take the telegram from the Prime Minister.
When Queen Victoria read the telegram, she immediately felt like stars were popping up in front of her eyes. If it was true as what was said in the telegram, then only half of the Junjun-class battleships in the country would be left.
Moreover, dozens of other warships were sunk, which almost reached 1/4 of the total tonnage of the navy. These warships are not all old warships, they are all relatively new and have combat effectiveness.
If calculated in terms of combat power, the combat power of this expedition fleet is equivalent to 1/3 of the entire navy.
"What's going on? Why did our Armada lose to indigenous people like the Qing Dynasty? Mr. Prime Minister, you must give me an explanation, otherwise I will definitely hold the government accountable."
Earl Rosebery has no news for Her Majesty the Queen now, but since Her Majesty the Queen asked him, she would at least give him an answer.
Then the Prime Minister rolled his eyes and remembered the news that had been circulated in the Admiralty Department some time ago that the Qing Dynasty now had four giant ships worth 50,000 getons.
There is nothing we can do now, and we don’t care whether this is true or not. Let’s just fool it first.
"Your Majesty the Queen, the main reason for this defeat is that our warships are already at a disadvantage. According to reliable information, the Qing Dynasty has four 50,000-ton super warships, and we currently do not have any warships that can compete with them.
I think the main reason for this defeat is the naval battle involving these four warships, and our Sovereign class is no match for him."