Chapter 2500: Dog bites dog bone
Cabot, Siresma, Zhao Tianjing, Xiao Changrong, and Yan Zhangwu were responsible for chasing the dead north. They did not linger, and immediately led the team to set off after boarding the ship. Cruise ships and other cruise ships were released in front of the battleship group. It is a group of two ships, going forward at the fastest speed, carrying out the task of finding the enemy.
In ancient times, there was no radar, so scouts were used. Cruise ships were scouts for battleships.
They marched along the Xishun coastline, while the white-skinned remnant fleet had already crossed the Strait of Messina in Italy and Sicily and fled in a hurry.
Fleeing quickly, afraid of being overtaken, the lights were turned on that night, loneliness was gone, and all the white skins were dejected.
If this battle is defeated, I am afraid that the consequences will be serious!
After daybreak, everyone looked left and right on the deck, seeing the scattered teams, really sad!
Except for the battleships that were sunk, captured, and fleeing on their own, most of the battleships currently returning to the group are British and Dutch. Among them:
Britain also has two first-class battleships "Prince Royal" and "Royal Catherine", and two second-class battleships, and the remaining 24 third-class battleships;
The Dutch fleet suffered the least damage, and there were 28 battleships, of which six second-tier battleships were all intact, and they are worthy of the Dutch.
The Spanish fleet lost a lot of money. When they came, they had four first-class battleships, but two of them were destroyed. I don't know how much it would cost to repair them. The other two first-class battleships were captured!
The original eight second-tier battleships lost half of the original eight, and the twenty-five third-tier battleships were missing a full fifteen. Even the commander, Admiral Lierva Don Chateneffer, died in his country.
As for the Portuguese funny, the loss was exactly half, that is, the original "Santa Teresa" and "San Martin" first-class battleships, and four second-class battleships. The remaining 22 are third-class battleships. "St. Martin" was captured, and there were two second-tier battleships, and all eleven third-tier battleships were lost.
They are not the worst. The above-mentioned four countries are all maritime powers, but they may slip away if they are defeated. Other maritime miscellaneous forces such as the eight battleships commanded by French Admiral Tran de Compos and ten other ships. Battleships from various countries, as a result, only the French escaped from the four battleships, and the remaining ten battleships from Italy, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the Knights of Malta were all swept away in a single net, and none of them escaped!
The remaining four French battleships did not turn their heads back, and went straight back to the country!
It's not to be blamed for their refusal to fight, but that three battleships have been maimed and are unable to fight again.
In the past, there were 139 battleships, but now only 84 are capable of combat. The rest are sinking, captured and fleeing, or are completely maimed, and thus withdraw from the battle sequence.
Seeing such a miserable situation, some white skins couldn't help crying!
Spanish Rear Admiral Don Aznar took a small boat to the Dutch flagship "Seven Provinces" and boarded the "Seven Provinces". He blamed the Dutch humanity: "You didn't want to be with us in the Aegean Sea. , But at the time of the war, we failed to break through the battleships of the Eastern pagans, which caused us the Spaniards to suffer heavy losses!"
"Although we were at odds before, we believe in the same God. Don't you feel heartache when you do this?" Don Aznar was heartbroken!
The Dutch were speechless. After all, they hadn't lost much. And the Spanish fleet now has two of the four Tier 1 battleships captured and two maimed. It can be described as tears and sadness from the hearers.
Especially Don Aznar recites the knight’s oath: “The strong enemy is present, fearless and fearless, courageous and loyal, worthy of God, upright, and would rather die than humiliate, protect the weak, and no strange nature.” After that, the Dutch said: “Good. Think about it, if you still want to stand before God, you have to understand what to do!"
I left without hesitation!
The Knight's Oath, which was widely circulated in Europe, fell on deaf ears with the decline of religion. The general public has long didn't know what the Knight's Oath is, but for high-level people, they still want face. The young Tromp of the valiant general annoyed: "Next time I will be the vanguard, and I will fight to the death with the pagans in the East!"
Lieutenant General Cornelis Iverson also said: "We must not lose our Dutch face!"
Admiral Druidel said calmly: "We will not let the pagans of the East be spared, but everyone must know how to preserve their strength. After all, we rely on our battleships to defend the Netherlands!"
This is very reasonable, everyone nodded.
Compared with the navy, the Dutch army is just a symbolic embellishment. No matter in terms of combat experience, armed equipment service or combat strength, the Dutch army's prestige depends on the navy's battleships!
After scolding the Dutch, Don Aznar went to the British again and scolded them a lot!
Everyone believes in the same God, but the British let the pagans in the east wreak havoc. Don Aznar seriously suspects that these **** British men will use this war to weaken the power of Catholic Spain.
The British are on fire: "How dare you suspect that we are not brave?"
We need to know that we also lost a first-class battleship, you Spaniards died an admiral, and we were also captured by a deputy commander Richard Dean!
The reason why you have suffered such a heavy loss is because of you fools!
The advantage of the British population does not lie in their heavy artillery. They put the label of "idiot" on Spain's forehead.
The two sides had a big quarrel and broke up!
Admiral George Munch did it on his own. He smiled and said: "Just now that Spaniard's saliva was sprayed on my face. We should be fortunate that it is French, Italian, Danish, and Swedish. The battleships of both the Germans and the Germans are lost!"
This joke is not funny at all, and no one in Britain can laugh out loud.
Admiral George Munch spread his hands and asked everyone, "What should we do in this situation?"
Rear Admiral William Payne analyzed: "We were beaten badly. If we go back like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain to the king. But the pagans in the East are powerful, and we have to preserve our strength. ."
"If we all lose, then no one will defend England!" Rear Admiral John Lawson said.
Well, the combat effectiveness of the British army and the combat effectiveness of the Dutch army are 50 steps but one hundred steps, which is not on the table in the European military.
The truly powerful armies are France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire, so the British navy must not be lost!
George Munch made up his mind to fight another battle, fight if he wins, and return home if he doesn't win. There are so many things in the Mediterranean that can't be taken care of!
His plan coincided with the Dutch, so everyone joined forces and informed the Spanish and the Portuguese. The generals of the two countries expressed their accompaniment. After discussion, George Munch was appointed as the commander, and he sent a cruise. The ship went to seek the enemy, while the large fleet stayed on the sea opposite Palermo, the capital of Sicily. In Palermo, they made a repair.
Soon, they waited for the South China Fleet, and a naval battle was about to begin!
