Fox of France

When the battle was over, Admiral Bruce was downcast. His performance was worse than the admiral Treville, whom he had been attacking. Yes, it was indeed worse.

In the North Atlantic naval battle, Marshal Trewell did indeed lose the flagship "Inbrado". But in this battle, he also lost the latest battleship "Trajan". Moreover, although Marshal Treville lost the "Inbredo", it did not lose many sailors. As for him, the "Trajan" lost nearly a third of the sailors!

What's more, Marshal Treville basically wiped out the enemy's fleet, and he had no more losses except for the "Inbrador", but he let the enemy's "Crecy" escape. At least two of the enemy’s armored cruisers escaped. Even worse, when he was pursuing, he actually lost another super cruiser and two armored cruisers.

If he succeeds in capturing the Poitiers, there is something to be said about him going back. After all, this is the first time a steam-powered battleship has been captured in history. However... the **** British opened the sea valve and the ship sank.

In short, in the opinion of Admiral Bruce, the marshal's scepter has flapped its wings and flew away, and he himself must have become a representative of "a fool who can't catch no matter how good the opportunity is.

But Admiral Bruce did not know that the situation was not as bad as he thought, because, because the British battleship "Crecy" did not escape, it sank not long ago.

"Crecy" did not suffer any fatal damage, and she also sailed strictly in accordance with a safe channel, and was about to leave the minefield. There was a faint sound of explosion from behind them, maybe the French had touched mine. In short, the French did not catch up. Lord George Kirkburn, the commander of the British fleet, was also thinking about how he should go back to explain the problem.

Because of the rapid retreat, Lord George Kirkburn did not see the "Poitiers" sinking. In the end, he only saw "Poitiers" crashing into the enemy, but he didn't know how it turned out. However, he also knew that Poitiers would probably not be able to return regardless of whether they were hit or not, and the "Hope" who had been covering them would probably not return either. After all, so many warships are fighting around... Besides, even if they come back, what's the use? Strategically, he has failed. He failed to break through the French blockade, and the fleet suffered heavy losses, it is impossible to launch similar operations in the future. Of course, theoretically there is still a chance for the "Crecy" to be repaired, and if the "Poitiers" also comes back, there is also a chance to repair them, but the UK now has no time or resources to repair them. Maybe……

Thinking like this, someone suddenly shouted: "Commander, Hope is back."

"The'Hope' is back? What about'Poitiers'?" Lord George Kirkburn hurriedly asked, while grabbing the binoculars from a staff officer standing nearby and looking over there.

The lonely figure of the armored cruiser "Hope" can be seen from the telescope-apparently, the "Poitiers" did not return.

The "Hope" was in good condition, and its speed was significantly faster, and it was quickly approached. Lord George Kirkburn noticed that the "Hope" was coming from the minefield. He figured out the reason as soon as he turned his mind. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "The luck of the "Hope" is really good. We have all the rest of the fleet. The luck of the ship can’t be better than her. She must have taken the French into the minefield just now. There seemed to be a faint explosion sound over there, probably because the French touched a mine. I don’t know what the result will be."

Having said that, Lord George Kirkburn sighed. No matter what the result is, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. Even if the entire French squadron is sunk in the minefield, it will not change the overall situation, let alone the "Poitiers". Did not come back.

At this time, the "Hope" had already reported the following situation with a semaphore.

"Commander, we sank Trajan. In addition, the French'Hermes' and another armored cruiser hit mine!" A staff officer reported excitedly, apparently the news made him very happy. .

But Lord George Kirkburn was not happy at all.

"It's not bad, but...it's useless..." Lord George Kirkburn said.

Everyone knew what Lord George Kirkburn meant, so the a little active atmosphere just disappeared, and everyone was speechless.

But at this moment, an explosion happened suddenly.

The huge explosion almost threw the entire ship up. The people on the ship fell to the ground in the shaking. When everyone got up, they found that the warship began to tilt quickly.

"Damn it, is it mine? Aren't we on a safe passage?" Lord George Kirkburn shouted while lying on the deck.

"Commander, Commander, are you okay?" Several people quickly helped Lord George Kirkburn up.

The boat tilted so fast that it was visible to the naked eye.

"How is the situation?" Lord George Kirkburn asked.

"The water is flooded by the mine. I don't know how big the gap is. However, Commander, the warship can't be kept. You should leave as soon as possible."

The warship is dead and can't stand it. In fact, Lord George Kirkburn knew it himself. This ship had been beaten badly by the French before, and now... and the tilting speed of this ship also means that the amount of water inflow is terrible, and it is basically impossible to save the ship.

"Commander, please leave immediately. I am going to issue an order to abandon the ship." The captain said so too.

By this time the ship was already heavily tilted. Lord George Kirkburn and they hurriedly got into the lifeboat, and when they got to the lifeboat, the boat was already leaning on the deck to the point where it would fall down if you were not careful.

As soon as the lifeboat was placed on the sea, everyone worked hard to paddle it away from the rapidly leaning "Crecy"-once such a large ship sank, it would form a large vortex on the surface of the sea. The things are brought down to the bottom of the sea.

The lifeboats are still being put down, but more sailors have jumped off with whatever they want-the ship is tilted too fast, it must be too late to wait for the lifeboat.

As soon as the sailors entered the water, they swam desperately to the distance, trying to get as far as possible from the sinking warship. Some lifeboats also pulled the sailors as far as possible until they couldn't fit them.

In the distance, the armored cruiser "Hope" also speeded up to rescue the sailors. She stopped about a kilometer away from "Crecy" and put down all the lifeboats to rescue the sailors.

Lord George Kirkburn and they were also sent to the "Hope". When Lord George Kirkburn boarded the deck of the "Hope", we could just see the stern of the "Crecy" tilted up high, revealing two shiny brass propellers.

The bow of the "Crecy" continued to sink, the stern continued to rise, and finally stood diagonally on the sea at an angle of forty-five degrees. At the same time, a high-pitched and sharp sound similar to the whistle of a train came into everyone's ears-this is the air enclosed in the hull of the ship, under the pressure of sea water, it is emitted from the cracks of the ship at high speed. sound.

In this sound, all kinds of crackling and crunching sounds were mixed. This is the sound of the hull structure being crushed by its own weight. There was a loud noise immediately, and the "Crecy" broke apart from the middle, and the second half of the hull slammed into the sea, splashing huge waves. Even the "Hope" shook.

As the waves splashed down, only a huge vortex was left on the sea, and nothing else was left.

It took another time for the armored cruiser "Hope" to rescue the sailors who had fallen into the water, and then returned to the port of Liverpool with the armored cruiser "Ferocious". On the way back, the "Ferocious" steam engine broke down and exploded, killing more than forty people. Finally, the "Hope" dragged him back.

After this battle, the entire British fleet, only the "Hope" ship remained combat effective. However, the entire British navy has no power to challenge France's sea power again.

Of course, this is not the end of the "Hope" story. After the war, the British government paid the "Hope" to the Americans as part of the compensation. So this British warship that had participated in the "North Sea Strait War" became the flagship of the US Navy fleet.

As soon as the ship arrived in the United States, it ran into a war caused by the division of several northern states. "Hope", well, it was renamed "July 4th" at that time. Well, "July 4th" was ordered to lead the Federal Fleet to blockade New York, the port of the "Confederate States of America" ​​in the Northern Rebellion. This was his first combat mission in the US fleet. Then the fleet encountered a hurricane off the coast of New York, and the "July 4th" was unscathed, but all other ships sank. Of course, the "July 4th" once again rescued a large number of people who fell into the water.

Also because of this hurricane, the maritime blockade of the United States of America in the South against the Confederate States of America in the North was completely failed. In the end, the United States finally split into two countries. To commemorate this hurricane, the Confederate States of America in the North even set up a second Thanksgiving Day to express gratitude to the hurricane. Of course, this is a story.

The interesting thing about the "Naval Battle of the North Sea Strait" is that this battle is a lose-lose battle. It is said that in France, when Napoleon heard about the process and results of the battle, he was so angry that he broke the pencil in his hand into two pieces on the floor. He sadly stated that in order to support the navy, he even cut the army's budget so that the army is still using old-fashioned guns.

"I gave the navy six and a half percent of the entire military budget in one go. This is something that has never happened before in French history. I allocated the best steel to them. Tell me, the iron ore in Lorraine. The quality of the smelted steel is not good enough, so I went to Sweden to buy high-priced iron ore to make steel for them. Joseph, the steel used by the army is steel smelted from the iron ore in Lorraine. The soldiers of the army told me, Lorraine’s steel is great. But what about the navy? They use better Swedish iron ore for their table knives. The result?

I gave them the most training fee, the best warship. As a result, they learned to eat high-grade knives and forks made from Swedish iron ore on warships! These guys, if Robespierre is still there, they all have to feed the guillotine! "

"Okay, Napoleon, don't make us really lose." Joseph said.

"Well, Joseph, I know what you mean, strategically speaking, we did not lose." Napoleon said, "Our blockade of Britain is like a big prison, and this action by the British is like an escape. In the end, they were not successful in breaking out, and we were still in prison. Moreover, the social situation in Britain could not last long. After this battle, they were finished. I understand this. But, Joseph, think about it. , We can all foresee the prisoner’s escape action, and prepared the jailer, and then, although the prisoner could not run out, but they beat the guard with a swollen nose, not only a swollen nose, but a **** head. Flow. Such a favorable situation, such an overwhelming force, finally produced such a ridiculous result, these navy idiots, really... really annoying puppets! I want to catch all the navy guys and line them up. A row, shot one after another!"

"Come on, Napoleon, you know, we even have to commend them, to promote this decisive victory." Joseph sneered. To be honest, the navy's behaved like this also exceeded Joseph's expectations.

Napoleon was stunned. UU read www.uukanshu.com and shook his head: "You are right. Politically speaking, we must be like this. Even, for the **** political needs, I must give Bruet This fool, idiot, should be the scum of the guillotine with the rank of a marshal in recognition of his contribution! Damn bastard! If you get the marshal's scepter, let him retire immediately! Think about him still getting the marshal's pension, I'm just... **** scum, scum!"

In the UK, the situation is similar, or even worse. For example, after Napoleon learned the result, he still had the strength to throw a pencil and curse, but King George III couldn't even get angry. After learning the bad news, His Majesty the King burst into laughter.

"Your Majesty, why are you..." Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, was taken aback.

It’s just that His Majesty didn’t make things like "I laugh at Napoleon’s innocent, Joseph’s guts". He completely ignored the Earl of Liverpool and just continued to laugh, his face was distorted and his eyes were crooked. ——King George III's psychosis is on again!

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