However, the disintegration of the Expeditionary Fleet also brought certain difficulties to the People's Army fleet, because the number of the People's Army fleet was originally small, so the expeditionary Fleet was of course somewhat inadequate to the scattered escape and could not take care of it.

Of course, Wang Hailong was also prepared for this and immediately ordered the Southern Fleet to change its formation. The organization of each squadron was immediately disrupted and reorganized. A battleship or armored cruiser led a protective cruiser and a destroyer into a group. In this way, the Southern Fleet could be divided into 7 groups and then faced the Far East Fleet separately. According to the battlefield situation, 2 or 3 groups formed into a team to fight, and the three warships were in charge of command and dispatch. In this way, the fleet's actions were much more flexible, and the operations were mainly intercepted. It was to try its best to stop those warships that attempted to escape from the flanks, but it did not require that the warships must be sunk, as long as they were stopped and not allowed to break through and escape. If there were indeed loopholes, the three warships would use ** to strike.

Although Wang Hailong was careless on the surface, he still knew the overall situation in his heart. The Southern Fleet had only 23 warships in total, and it was not easy to stop the Expeditionary Fleet. However, the Northern Fleet's pursuit fleet was coming soon. When the Northern Fleet arrived, there were nearly 40 warships on both sides, so that they could attack forward and backward and encircle the Expeditionary Fleet.

Sure enough, after the Southern Fleet changed its formation, it would be much more difficult for the Expeditionary Fleet to hover from the flanks, because warships always stopped them, and once they were circling far, the strike would come from the sky. In fact, if the Expeditionary Fleet broke through the siege, they could still rush out some warships. But at this time, the officers and soldiers of the Expeditionary Fleet had no intention of fighting, and they also felt fear of the People's Army's attacks. Therefore, when they saw the People's Army's warships intercepted, most of the warships chose to turn around, at least to distance themselves from the People's Army's fleet, and they did not want to fight with the People's Army's warships at all.

As the warships of the Expeditionary Fleet retreated in one section, the People's Army fleet did not pursue them, but several groups went hand in hand and slowly advanced forward. The warships maintained their own distances and slowly closed the net. However, since the overall advancement of the People's Army fleet was not fast, the Expeditionary Fleet did not feel too much pressure after turning around, and the fleet was not seriously injured and killed, so they were even more unwilling to fight to the death.

About an hour later, the sun sets in the west and the sky is getting darker. Except for the occasional 1 or 2 warships fleeing from the gaps intercepted by the People's Army Fleet, most of the warships of the expeditionary fleet were intercepted, and the scattered ships gathered again. At this moment,

The pursuit warship of the People's Army Fleet's Northern Fleet finally arrived. Under the command of the Yueyang ship, they advanced together with the Southern Fleet, attacking the north and the south, constantly squeezing the expeditionary warship, leaving the space for the expeditionary warship to move smaller and smaller, and the two sides finally fought fiercely again.

Moreover, although the sky was not completely dark at this time, visibility had dropped significantly. In this era where eye-based aiming was completely reduced, the ability to fight at night would be greatly weakened. However, the People's Army's warship shooting did not necessarily rely on eye-based aiming, because modern warships provided parameters, so there was almost no impact. As a result, at this time, the People's Army's artillery fleet still maintained its previous high hit rate, while the Expeditionary Fleet's hit rate was greatly reduced, so warships were sunk continuously.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Expeditionary Fleet also knew that if they continued to fight like this, they would definitely wipe out the entire army. Many people regretted it. If they had known this was the result, they would have tried their best just now, and maybe they could still make a way out. But it would be too late to regret it now. If they don’t want to surrender, they can only take the risk of breaking through and strive to get a glimmer of life. So the Expeditionary Fleet also forced the break through, and the People’s Army, under the dispatch and command of the Xiangyang ship, tried their best to intercept it.

However, at this time, the number of warships in the Expeditionary Fleet was still above the People's Army. Therefore, once the warships of the Expeditionary Fleet desperately broke through, it was impossible to completely block it. So Wang Hailong adopted the tactic of catching the big and letting the small and ordered each warship to block the destroyers of the Expeditionary Fleet. Small and medium-sized cruisers could block them, and if they could not, they would let them break through. Modern warships used ** to strike. If they withstand the ** strike, even if they were lucky, if they could not, they would be sunk by **.

However, warships such as battleships, armored cruisers, large cruisers and other warships of the expeditionary fleet must be intercepted. Of course, the targets of these warships are obvious, and compared with small and medium-sized warships, they are not mobility and flexibility sufficient. Guan Jian spared small and medium-sized warships, and the number of warships that needed to be intercepted was greatly reduced, so it is not difficult to intercept. At the same time, the People's War Fleet also looked for opportunities to launch surrender signals to besieged warships or launch landing operations.

At this time, the comprehensive quality of the navies of various countries was reflected. Faced with the layers of advances of the People's Army, the British fleet was the most heroic. Although all British warships suffered heavy blows, all ships were fighting hard to resist and refused to surrender the People's Army without exception. In the end, the battleships Exmouth, Russell, the armored cruiser Cresey, the protective cruiser Crown, etc. were all sunk by the People's Army. However, the People's Army also took advantage of the evening to launch a landing battle, and finally took over the battleship Magnificent and the two warships of the protection Cruise Magnificent. The British destroyer was sunk by the People's Army in the middle, and only three destroyers escaped from the siege.

Russia and the Netherlands performed the worst because they were already making up the numbers in the expeditionary force. They thought they could follow the fleets of Britain and France, even if they couldn't eat meat, they could drink a few sips of soup. Then they were defeated. The navies of these two countries did not have the courage and determination to fight to the death. Therefore, as soon as the People's Army sent a signal of surrender, the remaining warships of the two countries responded immediately and fired the white flag.

The warships that surrendered Russia were the battleship Pantlemon and two destroyers; the warships that surrendered Netherlands were the battleships Seven Provinces, the protective cruisers Aruba, St. Martin, and one destroyer.

The French fleet is the strongest among the expeditionary fleet, and the French are not inferior to the British. Therefore, the French fleet's resistance is quite strong. In the fierce battle, it also sank three cruisers and two destroyers of the People's Fleet. However, after the People's Fleet deliberately let go of some destroyers and small cruisers and sank some warships, the 15 warships of the People's Fleet, including 4 battleships and 3 armored cruisers, surrounded two French battleships, 3 armored cruisers, 4 defensive cruisers, and 2 destroyers.

After trapping the French fleet, the People's Army Fleet did not rush to launch an attack, but instead sent a banner of surrender to the French fleet. However, the People's Army's surrender was strongly rejected by the commander of the French fleet, so the People's Army Fleet launched an attack on the French fleet. In fact, these French warships basically had little resistance, otherwise the People's Army would not surrender to them. Therefore, the subsequent battle was basically one-sided, and the French fleet had almost no power to fight back. So after the People's Army Fleet's bombardment, it sank four French warships, then stopped the attack, and sent a surrender signal to the French fleet again.

Moreover, this time the People's Army Fleet also sent envoys to board the French warship to negotiate with the French fleet commander Ginoer. It said that the Expeditionary Fleet had completely failed, and now these French warships had no way to escape. In addition to surrendering, they were the fate of being sunk. The East China government based on humanitarian principles, hoping that the French warships would surrender to the People's Army to avoid meaningless casualties. At the same time, it also offered better conditions like the French fleet, such as not being treated as prisoners of war after surrender, the wounded can be treated first, and after the war is over and after the two countries reach an agreement, they can be released first, etc.

But Ginoer also put forward his own conditions to the envoys. French warships could surrender to the People's Army, but during the period of being captured, all French soldiers remained on the warships, not in prisoners of war camps; warships would be controlled by French soldiers, and the East China government could only supervise on the shore and could not board the ship without permission. Of course, warships could be completely disarmed; and after the war ended and the two countries reached an agreement, the warships and crew would be released unconditionally.

After receiving the request from the French, Wang Hailong was also quite annoyed. The Gaul Chicken was too ungrateful. They had been beaten to this point. They even sent out superior airs to put forward such arrogant and rude conditions. They didn't know where they came from. To be honest, if they didn't like the two French battleships, Wang Hailong would be too lazy to waste his spit? He had already ordered them to sink.

Since the French themselves are ungrateful, Wang Hailong is not polite. It is so difficult that if you don’t surrender, I will not get the warship. So Wang Hailong ordered the launch of a landing battle against the French warship.

At this time, these seven French warships basically had no resistance, so they were quickly relied on the warships of the People's Army and boarded the French warships. The French soldiers on each warship fought hard, but the French soldiers were outnumbered, and the People's Army could also get firepower support from their own warships. So some warships even opened the valves at the bottom of the ship and sank themselves. Of course, the People's Army also stopped the French soldiers on several warships and controlled the warships.

After about 30 minutes of battle, the battleships Joregibery, the armored cruiser Joan of Arc and Diplé sank themselves, while the battleships Sufferen, the armored cruiser Kleber, the protective cruiser Bellod, and the Fleonte Tina were controlled by the People's Army, while the commander of the French fleet, Ginoer, was killed in the battle against the People's Army.
Chapter completed!