The only remaining three battleships were also on fire. Among the remaining Japanese battleships, the best condition was the Nimisu. The captain, Hirahachi Toshiga, ordered the flag to be raised and became the flagship. At the same time, he sent a signal to the other battleships to abandon the Hashi and prepare to retreat.
" Open the valve in the lower cabin. Even if we die, we'll drag Zhenyuan down with us."”
The Bridge chose to sink. The soldiers of Zhenyuan saw the falling hull and immediately knew that the bridge was sinking. Because it was stuck together, Zhenyuan, which was about to sink, also sank.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, in everyone's eyes, the two warships that were stuck together slowly sank into the sea. There were almost no survivors.
Other than the captains of both sides, even the captains of the foreign powers who were watching the battle saluted the two sinking warships. Heroes were always more respected than cowards. It was still the same saying, if the ship was there, people would be there. If the ship was destroyed, people would die.
"Fire! Focus all your firepower on Wave Speed.”Sun Wanghua said. The power system of the Wave Speed was not damaged at all, and it could still maintain a speed of 18 knots. In addition, the Wave Speed had a command flag, so it was the flagship of the remaining Japanese ships. It would definitely be the first target of the Proud Heaven.
The previous reconnaissance plane had been successfully retrieved by the Prideful Sky. The Prideful Sky ejected another reconnaissance plane. The Prideful Sky had undergone modern modifications and had three reconnaissance planes. The reconnaissance planes had some military equipment, but for warships, they were almost useless because these reconnaissance planes could not carry heavy torpedoes.
As soon as the Japanese ships left the battlefield, they began to retreat. Unfortunately, the fastest among them was the Wave Speed, which was only 18 knots. The Prideful was 28 knots, so it was not easy to escape. Wei Chenghong would not let them escape, or else he would lose the generous reward.
The remaining four ships of the Japanese fleet were about 10,000 meters away from the Prideful, which was 10 kilometers away. This distance was completely within the range of the Prideful's main cannon and secondary cannon. After the Prideful had completed its turn, all of the firepower was given to the Wave Speed, scaring the ships behind it into staying away from the Wave Speed.
The Wave Speed had been hit by the Proud Heaven's secondary cannon on the port side before the Proud Heaven's third round of main cannon fire.
"This is Wildcat No. 2, confirming that the Wave Speed has sunk. The three enemy ships are fleeing in different directions. I repeat, the enemy ships are fleeing in different directions.”The reconnaissance plane confirmed the sinking of the Wave Speed.
The Proud Sky did not respond to the Northern Navy's request to retreat. Instead, they chose to continue chasing. In the end, the Northern Navy did not follow the Proud Sky. Instead, they chose to gather the people who had fallen into the water.
"As expected, they split up and fled. However, times have changed. Now that they've split up and fled, it's only giving us a chance to attack one by one.”Sun Wanghua said to Wei Chenghong. Unlike the beginning of the battle, after several hours of fierce fighting, these Japanese warships were riddled with injuries. Other than the power system of the Wave Speed, the rest were more or less affected.
On the other hand, the Prideful Heaven was much faster than them. With more than ten knots of speed, catching up to the fleeing warships was not a problem at all.
As the Proud Heaven chased after the three Japanese warships and left the original sea battle area, the warships of the various powers all arrived beside the Northern Fleet. The Proud Heaven had given them too much of a shock. Almost all the Japanese warships had been sunk by it. As long as the main cannon hit, it could sink the Japanese warships. One had to know that those ships were all made by the British and French countries. They were all new and cutting-edge cruisers.
The fact that they were easily sunk by the Proud Sky meant that their warships were the same. The Proud Sky could also easily sink their ships.
These people were all here to ask for information. What was the situation with the Proud Heaven? The secret weapon of the Northern Navy? Which shipyard could build such a powerful ship? In this era, the country with the best shipbuilding technology was Country Y. Even they couldn't build such a warship.
Even if the three injured Japanese ships split up and fled, it would not change their fate of being sunk. The Pride was almost twice as fast as them, and the cannon's range was far, accurate, and ruthless. One shot was enough to sink their ship.
With a loud bang, the last Japanese ship, Takachiho, was also sunk. The dome armor could not withstand the armor-piercing bullets of such a caliber cannon, and it was directly split into two halves. It quickly fell, and all the crew members died.
Wei Chenghong stretched his back. He had been standing for five hours, and it was finally over. If he hadn't blown up the Wave Speed, he reckoned that the Wave Speed would have escaped. The power systems of the other ships were affected, especially Yan Dao's. The ship was burning badly. It sank after taking more than ten rounds from the secondary cannon.
"The battle has ended. You have sunk 9 enemy ships. You have received 48520 EXP and 875680 silver coins. You have been promoted to the rank of captain. If you are promoted to the rank of major, you will be able to unlock the technology line of the second country. Please work hard.”
" What a great harvest!" Wei Chenghong said to the system," Can I clear this dungeon a few more times?”
"I'm sorry, but because the player is a newbie, the difficulty of this instance dungeon isn't very high.”
"I see. Can we go back now? In addition, the Prideful Sky was also damaged. He had to repair it.”
“OK。Teleporting everyone back to the naval base.”As soon as the system finished speaking, the Prideful Heaven disappeared from this era, causing the warships behind to be shocked. How could such a huge thing disappear just like that? How was this possible?
This incident became one of the most incredible things in the world at that time. It was not until decades later that some scientists believed that the warship had traveled back in time. This theory was generally supported by many people, but the witnesses at that time were silent.
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