Therefore, most of the personnel did not board the ship, and the evacuation tonight became a joke because of the existence of the German navy. After the war reports on the front line came, the evacuation tonight was decisively stopped. In the end, only 2,400 British troops boarded the transport ship, and 1,000 of these people were buried forever in the rolling waves of the Dover Strait!

That's right, you're right, there were 1,000 troops dead. One of the ships responsible for transport personnel was attacked by German submarines shortly after leaving Dunkirk! The Germans fired 4 torpedoes in a row less than 600 meters and hit 3 directly! Then, the poor transport ship was directly smashed to pieces! The more than 700 army officers and crew on it ran out no more than 100 people, while the other transport ship hit the mines just deployed by the Germans! However, the British on this ship were lucky, and about half of them escaped.

After the British stopped evacuating at night, Earl Spey had no idea to continue to attack. After all, the fleet consumed a lot of ammunition, and if they got closer, they might be attacked by the army's long-range cannons. In addition to leaving some destroyers to continue to monitor, the entire fleet began to return.

Overall, in the battle tonight, the German Navy lost 1 light cruiser, 1 large destroyer and 6 other destroyers and submarines. The British fleet suffered a lot of losses. Two 12,000 tons of armored cruisers and 3 light cruisers were sunk, and the total number of various destroyers and torpedo boats was no less than 15! Of course, these losses were not the most deadly. The most deadly thing was that the Germans told the British with their actions that they wanted to leave all, more than 1.5 million British expeditionary forces on the European continent, and they had the ability to do so. This was an attitude of uncompromising and ready to push the other party to death! Sometimes this murderous intent was more terrifying than the battle on the battlefield!

After receiving information from the front line, Prime Minister Asquis personally went to the current headquarters of the Fleet, Fors Bay. There was no way. At this critical moment, Jericho, as the commander of the Fleet, would never dare to leave his post without hesitation, so he could only trouble the Prime Minister to go!

"Our evacuation was forced to be stopped, and the entire British Empire expressed disappointment with the actions of the navy." After seeing Jericho, Prime Minister Asquith said straight to the point.

"We are trying to deal with this, but I hope the Prime Minister can pay attention. If there is a problem with the large fleet, then the entire empire will not be disappointed but despair." Jericho's answer was very calm, as if he was just stating a certain fact. In fact, what he said was indeed correct!

"The Germans wanted to destroy us in one battle, and they not only targeted our army, but also our navy! The Germans are mainland countries, and they dared to fight with us to lose both sides. So, I am not afraid of war, but just because the survival of the empire depends on the navy." Jericho said.

"But we cannot give up the army of millions. They were born and died for the empire. They were the most dedicated and cautious people in the empire. We cannot give up on them." Prime Minister Asquith said.

"Well, this is our final plan. I will put all the chips I can hold onto the gambling table to ensure the normal retreat." Jericho said, and then he brought Prime Minister Asquith to a huge sand table. Then he placed a model of the battleship on the Dover Strait.

"We can send no more than 4 dreadnoughts into the Dover Strait to cover the night evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force. This is the greatest effort that the British Empire fleet can do. If we lose these warships, then I can only say that the fleet is powerless because we must ensure that we can face the German high seas fleet with a strong blow!" Jericho said resolutely, without any compromise in his words.

There is a reason why Jericho draws this bottom line, because the number of main ships in the current large fleet is really not too many! How many warships of the British have built in total and above? And so far, after more than two years of fighting, how many are there left?

First of all, let’s talk about the dreadnought. The dreadnought is naturally divided into battleships and battlecruisers. The former built a total of 10 5-level 1. The battlecruisers are 6 2-level 6, with a total of 16 fearless warships.

Then the British Navy entered the era of super fearlessness. During this period, the British first built the third-level super fearless ships equipped with 10 13.5-inch guns, each level was 4, a total of 12. After completing these third-levels, they entered the era of Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, a total of 9 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, and 4 Revenge-class battleships, plus 3 Furious-class fast battleships that are being built that are about to be completed. This class of battleships can be regarded as an enhanced version of Queen Elizabeth-class. These are 25 ships. If you include the 4 Super Fearless Battlecruisers, there are 32 ships in total.

So far, how many warships have the Great Fleet lost in total? In the Battle of Dogel Sands, the Great Fleet lost four battlecruisers, namely the Lion, Queen Mary, Grand Princess, and the Indomitable, as well as two super fearless Aes (also known as Ajax) and Elling (replaced the historical George V-class battleship Centurion).

In the subsequent Battle of Prometheus Firefighters, the German High Seas Fleet once again severely damaged the British fast fleet. In this battle, three Queen Elizabeth-class battleships: Barrym, Reputation and Counterattack were hated on the spot, and the New Zealand battle cruiser was also destroyed. These are another 4 ships! In addition, a confrontation before the Battle of Firefighters, the loss of Australia, this is 5 searches.

Well, how many battleships are left in the large fleet now? There are only 4 pure-blooded battlecruisers, of which only one Tiger is considered super fearless. There are 6 Queen Elizabeth-class battleships left. The battleship detachment has a total of 10 fearless and 10 super fearless equipped with 13.5-inch guns, a total of 20, which is 34.

As for the remaining three Furious Class fast battleships, there is no way. Although they have been launched, they are being installed. As for when to complete the outfit and whether they can catch up with the final battle, it is really not possible. There is no way, the construction of the warship takes time. Although the British shipyard has worked overtime, it has received some production lag problems of key components and insufficient manpower, which has led to the three latest fast battleships still not being able to serve. However, thinking about it, although a lot of mature technology is used in the construction, it is only more than a year of construction time now, and the speed is already very good!
Chapter completed!