Although the "Luhe" has killed the rudder, due to speed limitations, the rudder efficiency is very low and the steering speed cannot be fast at all.

Inside the commander's bridge, Bai Zhizhan and others looked at the two torpedoes shot from the starboard direction, but could not do anything.

The Luhe is trying to turn right and strive to aim the bow of the ship at the torpedo.

When the torpedo in front approached, everyone thought it was over, because judging from the track, it would definitely hit the head of the ship.

But the explosion did not happen.

Immediately, a trail appeared on the left side of the battleship.

What's going on?

Because the depth of concentration is too large, I crawled under the warship!?

While everyone was dumbfounded, Bai Zhizhan had already rushed to the open-air corridor on the left side of the commander's bridge, raised his telescope and looked at the tail of the ship.

No explosion occurred.

After seeing the trail that almost rubbed the stern of the ship and extended to the distance, the officers and soldiers who came to the open deck breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, the communications officer sent the news he had just received.

Not only the Lu River was attacked, but also six torpedoes shot at the Beihe and Nanjiang, one of which hit the Nanjiang.

Fortunately, the torpedo did not detonate either.

Because there are no enemy ships nearby, eight torpedoes are still shooting from the same direction and at the same time, so they must have come from a certain ocean-going submarine.

To be honest, the captain of that submarine was so greedy.

If one ship is locked, even two warships and four torpedoes attacking one warship will definitely achieve completely different results.

The battle with the First Battle Patrol team had just ended, and the officers and soldiers of the 21st Squadron were careless and would not relax their vigilance.

The 21st Fleet did not have anti-submarine warships, and they had to escape when they encountered a submarine.

Back inside the bridge, He Yongxing immediately issued an order to return, using the route planned by Baizhi Zhan and went directly to the maze channel.

The submarine launched a sneak attack and would definitely report the whereabouts of the 21st Squadron. It won’t take long before the express war team in the south and the Second Battle Patrol team heading south will receive the news. If they don’t leave, the East Ocean will become the last destination of the 21st Squadron and thousands of Imperial Navy soldiers.

He Yongxing’s worries were not wrong.

As the 21st squadron was leaving, a periscope reached out of the sea, and a moment later a dark submarine floated up, and then a crucial telegram was sent.

At this time, to the east of the Watcher Strait, about 20 kilometers east of the exit of the maze channel, the flagship of the Joint Fleet Express War Team "Queen Isa".

Cunningham called on the communications consultant who was walking over with the telegram and did not ask him to bother Betty.

After receiving the news that the First Battle Patrol team encountered the 21st Squadron and had a fierce battle, Betty kept standing next to the chart table.

The sent from then on included both good and bad news.

The biggest bad news is that the First Battle Patrol team was defeated, three Battle Patrols were sunk, and the other three were also severely damaged. Thousands of soldiers were killed, including the commander of the team, Major General Gunter. Among them, there were more than 3,000 officers and soldiers on the three Battle Patrols that sank.

After suffering such huge losses, the only result of the battle was to severely damage the enemy's ships.

In fact, how credible this war report sent by the Tiger is still worth discussing, because according to the report of "Reputation" and "Counterattack", after the firefighting, that is, when the Tiger left the battle, the 21st Squadron's lead ship showed no signs of heavy damage, and the speed of the 21st Squadron did not decrease, indicating that it did not slow down due to the damage of the lead ship.

In addition, it is impossible to confirm that the ship was led by the flagship "Beihe", or it may be the "Nanjiang" of the same level.

Of course, there is not no good news.

The biggest good news comes from three main teams.

About half an hour ago, the flagship of the first main team, the Pennsylvania, sent a message that three main teams of twelve battleships, belonging to the Newland Navy, were coming quickly and expected to arrive in the evening. At that time, they could replace the fast battle team to block the maze channel.

In addition, the fourth main team affiliated to the Nayi Navy will also set off from the Naqiu Military Port and are expected to arrive at night.

At the latest early tomorrow morning, the Joint Fleet will be able to assemble sixteen battleships, five fast battleships and four battlecruisers on the east side of the Watcher Strait. As long as you make full use of the easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack environment in the strait, you can easily deal with the counterattack of the local fleet of the Liangxia Empire.

A few days later, when the fifth and sixth main teams affiliated to the Kingdom of Bran will arrive, the joint fleet will be able to gain an advantage in terms of force.

The key is whether you can block the Watcher Strait before reinforcements arrive.

If you want to say it, you have to blame the sudden storm, or to be precise, the sudden turn of the typhoon.

In order to avoid the typhoon, all warships of the Joint Fleet were withdrawn, and only battlecruisers and fast battleships with fast speeds returned in time.

What made Betty angry was that the cowards of the Naoyi Empire actually kept the Second Battle Patrol team in the name of cleaning the boiler, instead of following the First Battle Patrol team as planned. Otherwise, the First Battle Patrol team would not face the powerful 21st Fleet alone.

Cunningham could fully understand Betty's feelings.

What made Betty angry was actually not the losses suffered. After all, more than two years ago, when facing the Battle Patrol Team of the High Seas Fleet, which was much weaker than the 21st Squadron, Betty was also defeated. The real problem was that the defeat of the First Battle Patrol Team disrupted the combat deployment.

If you don’t do it well, the Quick Battle Team will even be attacked from both sides!

In addition, Gunter has died in battle and died in his country, so Betty has to take the blame.

But now, complaining is useless.

After handing over the message to Betty, Cunningham marked the sea area mentioned in the message and also drew the route of the 21st Fleet.

"Andrew, do you think the 21st Squadron will come here?" Betty said, then put down the message and asked Cunningham who was standing opposite him.

“This is not the key.”

Betty frowned and asked Cunningham to continue.

If it weren't for Cunningham being too young, he had just worked on a destroyer before and had not commanded the main battleship, it wouldn't be Gaunt's turn to command the First Battle Patrol team.

After accepting the appointment of the Admiralty Department to serve as commander of the Eastern Force, Betty's first thing was to transfer Cunningham to serve as the fleet's combat staff. Next, he personally abolished the fleet's chief of staff and let the combat staff exercise the powers of the chief of staff.

Betty respects Cunningham very much, and he never disappoints Betty.

"Our mission is to nail it here, block the waterway from Xuhai to the east, and make the local fleet of Liangxia Empire a beast in the cage."

"Those are six battlecruisers, and even if the lead ship is severely damaged, there are still five."

"The Second Battle Patrol team has come out and is heading south quickly. Although there is no ambition at the foot of the mountain, his master Takano is definitely not a mediocre person."

Betty frowned, not refuting Cunningham's point of view.

"Victory is achieved through battle, and a gambler who often bets on his life will definitely not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

After hearing what Cunningham said, Betty nodded.

The United Fleet is the fleet of the Alliance Group, and when victory is approaching, no one will give up the opportunity to get more victories after the war.

So, is Major Takano from the Second Battle Patrol really that kind of bold gambler?
Chapter completed!