The battle was over, Admiral Brees was dejected, his performance was worse than the Marshal Treville whom he had been attacking, and yes, indeed.

In the Battle of the North Atlantic, Marshal Treville did lose the flagship "Engel-Berrado". However, in this battle, he also lost the latest battleship "Turazin". Moreover, although Marshal Treville lost the "Engel-Berrado", it did not lose many sailors. As for him, the "Turazin" lost nearly one-third of the sailors!

What's more, Marshal Treville basically wiped out the enemy's fleet, and he did not lose more than the "Engelodor". But he let the enemy's "Cresey" battleship escape, allowing at least two enemy armored cruisers to escape. What's more, when he was pursuing, he actually lost a super cruiser and two armored cruisers.

If he successfully captured the Poitiers, then it would be a bit worth mentioning when he went back, after all, this was the first time in history to capture a steam-powered battleship. However... the damn British opened the Tonghai Valve and the ship sank.

In short, in the eyes of Admiral Brees, the marshal's scepter had already flapped his wings and flew away, and he himself must have become the representative of "the idiot who can't catch no matter how good the opportunity is."

But Admiral Brees didn't know that the situation was not as bad as he thought, because, because the British battleship "Cresey" did not escape back, it had just sank not long ago.

The "Cresey" was not seriously injured, and she sailed strictly according to the safe channel and was about to leave the minefield. There was a faint explosion from behind, perhaps the French had touched the mine. In short, the French were unable to chase after him. Lord George Kirkburn, the commander of the British fleet, was also considering how he should go back and explain the questions.

Because of the rapid retreat, Lord George Kirkburn did not see the sinking of the Poitiers. He finally only saw the Poitiers crashing towards the enemy, but he didn't know what the result was. But he also knew that no matter whether he bumped into it or not, Poitiers would probably not be able to come back, and there was also the Hope that had been covering them, and most of them could not come back either. After all, so many warships were surrounding them... Besides, what's the use if they came back? Strategically, he had failed. He failed to break through the French blockade, and the fleet suffered heavy losses, so it was impossible to launch similar actions in the future. Of course, theoretically, the Cresey still had a chance to repair it. If Poitiers came back, there would be a chance to repair it, but Britain no longer had time and resources to repair them. Maybe...

Just as he was thinking this way, someone suddenly shouted: "Commander, Hope is back."

"The 'Hope' is back? Where is the 'Poitier'?" Lord George Kirkburn asked quickly, snatching the telescope from the hands of a staff officer standing next to him and looking over there.

The lonely figure of the armored cruiser of Hope can be seen from the telescope - obviously, the Poitiers failed to come back.

"Hope" is in good condition and is significantly faster, and it is approaching soon. Lord George Kirkburn noticed that "Hope" came from the minefield. He turned his mind and thought through the reason. He couldn't help but sigh: "The luck of "Hope" is really good. The luck of all the other ships in our entire fleet is not as good as her. She must have brought the French into the minefield just now. There seemed to be a faint sound of explosions over there. Maybe the French hit the mine. I don't know what the result is."

Speaking of this, Lord George Kirkburn sighed. No matter what the result was, it was nothing to do with the overall situation. Even if the entire French squadron sank in the minefield, it would not change the overall situation, not to mention that the "Poitier" did not come back.

At this time, the "Hope" had already reported the situation behind in flag language.

"Commander, we sank the 'Turazin'. In addition, the French 'Hermes' has another armored cruiser that touched the mine!" A staff officer reported excitedly, obviously he was very happy.

But Lord George Kirkburn was not happy at all.

"This is good, but... it's not really useful..." said Lord George Kirkburn.

Everyone knew what Lord George Kirkburn meant, so the atmosphere that was a little active just now disappeared and everyone could not speak.

But at this moment, an explosion suddenly occurred.

The huge explosion almost threw the entire ship up, and everyone on the ship fell to the ground in a tremor. When everyone got up, they found that the warship began to tilt rapidly.

"Damn it, was it a mine-hit? Are we not on a safe channel?" Lord George Kirkburn shouted, laying on the deck.

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

The ship tilted so quickly that the naked eye could see it.

"How is it?" asked Lord George Kirkburn.

"Water enters the mine and the amount of water is very large. I don't know how big the gap is. However, Commander, the warship cannot be saved, so you might as well leave quickly."

The warship could not stand it anymore. In fact, Lord George Kirkburn himself knew this situation. This ship had been beaten very badly by the French before, and now... and the tilt speed of the ship also means that the water inlet is terrible, and it is basically impossible to save the ship.

"Commander, please leave immediately. I will issue an order to abandon the ship." The captain also said.

By this time the ship had been seriously tilted. Lord George Kirkburn and his team quickly got on the lifeboat. When they walked to the lifeboat, the boat was so tilted that it would fall if they were not careful about walking on the deck.

As soon as the lifeboat was placed on the sea, everyone worked hard to move it away from the rapidly tilting "Cresey" - once such a large ship sinks, it will form a large vortex on the sea surface, bringing everything around to the bottom of the sea.

The lifeboat was still put down, but more sailors had already jumped off with just a little hug - the ship was tilted too fast, so it would be too late to wait for the lifeboat.

As soon as the sailors entered the water, they swam desperately to the distance, trying to stay as far away as possible from the sinking warships. Some lifeboats also pulled the sailors as much as possible until they could not be installed at all.

In the distance, the "Hope" armored cruiser also accelerated to rescue the sailors. She stopped about a thousand meters away from "Cresey", put down all the lifeboats, and went to rescue the sailors.

Lord George Kirkburn and others were also sent to the Hope. When Lord George Kirkburn boarded the deck of the Hope, the stern of the Cresey could be seen tilting up high, revealing two glittering brass propellers.

The bow of the "Cresey" continued to sink, the stern continued to rise up, and finally stood obliquely on the sea surface at a 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 was the sound of air enclosed in the hull, which was sprayed out at high speed from the gaps of the ship under the pressure of the sea water.

In this sound, there were various crackling and creaking sounds mixed with. This was the sound of the hull structure being bent by its own weight. Then there was a loud noise, and the "Cresey" broke from the middle, and the second half of the hull hit the sea hard and splashed huge waves. Even the "Hope" shaking.

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

The armored cruiser of "Hope" took another time to rescue the sailors who fell into the water, and then returned to the port in Liverpool with the armored cruiser "Ferro". On the way back, the steam engine of the "Ferro" malfunctioned and exploded, killing more than 40 more people. In the end, the "Hope" dragged him back.

After this battle, the entire British local fleet was left with only the "Hope" ship and its combat effectiveness. However, the entire British navy did not challenge France's maritime power again.

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

As soon as the ship arrived in the United States, it encountered a war caused by the division of several northern states. "Hope", well, had been renamed "July 4" at that time. Well, "July 4" was ordered to lead the federal fleet to block the port of the rebellious "American Union" in the north. This was his first combat mission in the U.S. fleet. Then the fleet encountered a hurricane off the coast of New York. "July 4" was unscathed, but all other ships sank. Of course, "July 4" once again rescued a large number of fallen into the water.

This hurricane also caused the maritime blockade of the United States of America in the south to the northern Union of the American Union. In the end, the United States finally split into two countries. In order to commemorate this hurricane, the United States in the north even set up a Second Thanksgiving Day to express gratitude to the hurricane. Of course, this is all a story.

What is interesting about the "Battle of the North Sea" is that this battle is a lose-lose battle. It is said that in France, when Napoleon was in power, he was so angry that he smashed the pencil in his hand into two sections on the floor. He expressed sadly that in order to support the Navy, he even cut the army's budget, causing the army to use old-fashioned rigs to retreat artillery.

"I gave the entire military budget 65% to the Navy in one go. In French history, this is something that has never happened before. I allocated all the best steel to them. Tell me that the steel made from Lorraine's iron ore was not of good quality, so I went to Sweden to buy high-priced iron ore for them to make steel. Joseph, the steel used by the army, was all made from Lorraine's iron ore. The soldiers of the army told me that Lorraine's steel was great. But what about the Navy? The knife they used were all made from better Swedish iron ore. What about the result?

I gave them the most training fee and the best warships, but in the end, they learned to eat with high-end knives and forks made from Swedish iron ore on warships! If Robespierre is still there, they will all have to feed the guillotine!"

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

"Well, Joseph, I know what you mean. From a strategic point of view, we did not lose." Napoleon said, "Our blockade against Britain is like a big prison. The British's operation is like a prison escape. In the end, they were not successful in escape, and they were still locked in prison. Moreover, the social situation in Britain cannot last long. After this battle, they were finished. I understand this. But, Joseph, think about it, we can all foresee the prison escape operation of prisoners and prepare the prisoners. Then, although the prisoners failed to run out, they beat the guards to a bruised nose, not only the bruised nose, but also the head was bleeding. Such a favorable situation and such overwhelming power, finally had such ridiculous results. These fools in the Navy are really... so angry! I want to capture all the guys in the Navy, line up and shoot them one by one!"

"Come on, Napoleon, you know, we even have to reward them, and promote this decisive victory in big events." Joseph sneered. To be honest, it was beyond Joseph's expectation that the navy would be fighting like this.

Napoleon was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "You are right. From a political point of view, we must do this. Even for the sake of damn political needs, I must give Bryes a rank of marshal, a fool, a guillotine who should be on the guillotine, a rank of marshal, to commend his contribution! Damn bastard! After getting the marshal's scepter, he immediately retired! Thinking about him having to take the marshal's pension, I... Damn bastard, a marshal!"

In Britain, the situation is similar, or even worse. For example, after Napoleon learned the result, he still had the strength to throw a pencil and scold people, but King George III couldn't even get angry. After learning the bad news, His Majesty the King laughed out loud.

"Your Majesty, why are you..." Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson was surprised.

However, His Majesty the King did not make any words such as "I laugh at Napoleon for no reason and Joseph for no courage". He ignored the Count of Liverpool and just kept laughing, his face twisted and his mouth and eyes were tilted - King George III's mental illness broke out again!
Chapter completed!