"Lower the drawbridge!"
At the forefront, on the slumbering warships of the Blazing Sun Fleet, soldiers roared angrily. They lowered the spiked claw drawbridges and laid them on the opposite Yan Army warships. Then, gripping their weapons, they swarmed onto the drawbridges and charged towards the other side.
The Yan army warship that was climbed onto the drawbridge was the same warship that had been hit earlier. The hull was severely damaged and it was slowly sinking. But when they saw the enemy coming, they immediately loaded their guns and set them on fire.
"Bang bang bang!"
In an instant, like firecrackers exploding, the crackling sound gradually spread outwards. The Saar people who rushed onto the suspension bridge were also firing their guns; they were already bloodthirsty.
People were shot off the drawbridge, but the charge continued. Some Sajis threw out grappling hooks, hooked onto the masts of the ships opposite, and then sprinted forward, swinging onto the deck with the help of the ropes.
This combat method is a common tactic used by the Sasukuni. After a bombardment, they would try to rush onto the enemy ship for close combat, whether by shooting or hand-to-hand fighting, all in order to kill the enemy.
Although the shelling has not stopped, they can't care about anything else now.
A little further away, the warships on the left and right flanks of the Yan Army gradually closed their battle circle. At this moment, the shells they fired were more powerful and more concentrated!
With the colliding warships as the central axis, the enemy ships behind them were unable to move an inch, as they were all blocked by the warships in front, and at this moment they could only endure even more intense cannon fire.
Under such an offensive, masts were destroyed and fell one by one. Both the bow and stern of the ships were riddled with holes by cannon fire, and the hulls suffered the most severe damage, with countless holes of all sizes. Many warships were flooded with seawater, and even if the soldiers of the Sa Ri Kingdom wanted to plug the breaches, they could not do so. They had no choice but to abandon their warships.
In less than a quarter of an hour, hundreds of warships from the various nations' fleets were sunk, far faster than the bombardment they suffered in the naval port. On the Sun Goddess, Clemento was ashen-faced; how could he not judge the dire situation at this point?
If this battle continues, it is highly likely that all the warships will be destroyed after tonight.
Breaking through the encirclement is now completely impossible.
Clemento hung his head helplessly, feeling that all was lost. Just then, a soldier rushed over and reported another piece of bad news.
"Marshal! The Sea Lion Fleet is retreating!"
Clemento looked up, then shook his head helplessly: "If we retreat, we'll reach the naval port; we won't be able to escape then either."
The soldier's expression was complicated as he continued, "During their retreat... they raised a white flag."
Upon hearing this, Clemento's pupils dilated in shock.
Chief of Staff Wilson, clutching his arm, walked to Clemento's side and said hesitantly, "Marshal..."
"Perhaps we have to do the same."
Clemento pressed his lips together and did not respond.
Having fought naval battles for so many years, as the First Minister of Naval Affairs of the Sa Ri Kingdom, he had never been defeated in a single naval battle, let alone raised the white flag.
Wilson noticed his displeasure and continued, "We lost this battle, but it wasn't our Sassa Kingdom that lost. We were defeated only because of an intelligence failure. If we had known beforehand that their navy had such combat power, we would never have been defeated."
"The situation is such that we can no longer continue fighting. The only option is to raise the white flag and make them stop. Even if we suffer some humiliation, we can still make them pay us back when people from the country come to redeem us."
"Marshal!" Wilson emphasized.
Clemento's expression froze; the sound of artillery fire outside had almost completely shattered his mental defenses. Finally, he said in a trembling voice:
"Surrender."
Once the order to surrender was given, it quickly spread with the sound of bugles, and within moments, white flags were raised on both warships that were still fighting and those that were no longer able to fight.
At this point, the fleets of the various nations had dwindled from a thousand warships to less than three hundred, which was an extremely serious loss for a naval battle.
Furthermore, half of the remaining warships were supply ships and transport ships, with a large number of marines on the transport ships.
Of course, their shelling gradually ceased as they raised the white flag.
Correspondingly, the Yan army's artillery fire gradually weakened, and they naturally saw the white flags displayed on these warships, which was a message of surrender.
Behind the Yan Army fleet, aboard the Yanhuang, Qin Ze looked at the white flag fluttering in the firelight in the distance, a faint smile appearing on his lips.
Then he burst into laughter, even to the point of being somewhat manic.
"Surrender... They know they're surrendering... Hahahahahahaha!"
Then, with a wave of his hand, his smile vanished, and he said coldly:
"Make them lay down their weapons and let our men board the ship!"
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The Sea Lion fleet, which had retreated to the rear to avoid the shelling, stopped sailing. Augustus, standing on the deck, saw that the Sunfire fleet had also raised white flags, and the shelling gradually ceased.
It is obvious that the battle has been lost.
Augustus clenched his fists, feeling utterly helpless, but he knew that surrender was the only option left, as there was no other way to survive.
Then, he said weakly, "I lost...it's over."
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Half an hour later.
On the now-controlled [Sun Goddess], Clemento knelt on the ground with his head down in humiliation, while Augustus, who had been brought over from the Sea Lion Fleet, also knelt on the ground, looking down at the deck. Apart from the Yan Kingdom soldiers, everyone else around them was in the same state.
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