"Enemy attack!!!"
Only now did he finally shout out urgently.
As he shouted, the seawater beneath the boat began to churn violently, as if it were being boiled. No one noticed or knew about this strange phenomenon.
"Clang!"
The warship tilted more and more violently, and the soldiers on board fell one after another. Jim also fell to the ground, but he grabbed the mooring rope and clung tightly to the deck.
At this moment, the tremors coming from below made his face grow paler and paler; he sensed that the warship was being violently damaged.
"Quick! Retreat!" Jim staggered to his feet on the deck and roared, but what he saw was several of his own warships listing.
Meanwhile, the small boats were shuttling across the sea at extremely high speeds. The lights on the Sa Ri Kingdom's warships could not fully illuminate their silhouettes. Before anyone knew it, more than ten small boats had circled around to the rear of these warships.
In this situation, the sailors on the warship realized that the ships were damaging the hull, and the gunners immediately lit the cannons and began firing.
However, under these circumstances, the shells they fired were extremely chaotic, and due to the limitations of the warships' arrangement, some warships were even unable to fire.
As a result, some warships sank to the bottom of the sea due to excessive water entering their hulls, while the remaining warships were also sinking due to leaks in their hulls. Knowing that it was impossible to bring the warships back to port, the soldiers hurriedly launched the spare escape boats.
Jim had already disembarked and boarded one of the escape boats. His face was completely pale. He was holding an oar and, along with the soldiers on the boat, was rowing desperately to escape the area.
However, these ghostly small boats gradually approached them.
"Da da da da da!"
A strange shooting sound suddenly rang out, and flashing lights appeared on the small boats, accompanied by bullets being fired!
A dense hail of bullets swept across the sea with the force of a gale.
Amid screams, the soldiers in the lifeboats were riddled with bullets, and they cried out as they tumbled off the boats and plunged into the sea.
Jim, who had been shot in the arm, also jumped into the sea. He clung to the lifeboat, knowing that if he let go, he would either be shot or drown due to exhaustion.
Just as he was desperately clinging to the lifeboat, his body underwater suddenly felt a violent impact.
In the violent impact, his hands were forced to loosen, and his body was swept away by the object beneath the sea like a kite with a broken string. The excruciating pain in his chest and abdomen contorted Jim's face, and the seawater rushing into his mouth made him feel suffocated. His eyes rolled back, and his hands fell unconsciously to his sides, only to touch a smooth object.
In a daze, he inexplicably recalled the feel of a dolphin; its body was just as smooth, only much softer.
"Bang!"
The next impact came from behind—it was a warship. Jim coughed up a mouthful of blood and lost consciousness in an instant.
He suddenly realized: "Is this a warning from the Yan Kingdom?"
A dull thud!
His body was torn to pieces underwater, and the warship behind him was also blown open.
——
"Turn the rudder and return to the fleet."
"Waaah!"
The melodious sound of ship horns echoed in the night as the three heavy warships of the Yan Kingdom began their return voyage.
The torpedo boats, having finished their mission, followed behind them in three lines. Their small size made their formation exceptionally neat, just like ducklings following their parents out to catch fish. After they had eaten their fill, they lined up in a neat row and splashed their feet in the water to go home.
"it's over?"
"Yes, all twenty-four warships were sent away without exception, and without leaving a single person behind."
"Alright, I'll go and report to His Majesty."
"No need, they're just a few harmless flies. We can deal with them tomorrow. His Majesty is already asleep, so there's no need to disturb him."
"......Too."
"Speaking of which, we should be almost out of this sea area by now."
"Yes, full speed ahead, we'll see the next coordinates in three days."
"The Star Islands will be our first overseas amphibious landing operation."
——
As the sun rose slowly from the distant eastern horizon, Qin Ze also gradually awoke from his sleep.
Upon hearing the noise, the guards waiting outside said:
"Your Majesty, we can already see the blurry outline of the Star Islands."
Qin Ze opened the hatch and walked up the stairs while laughing, saying:
"Everything that goes smoothly makes me a little nervous."
"In the two days since we entered the waters controlled by the Delta Federation, we haven't seen a single patrol boat. Are they that confident?"
Three nights ago, after sinking the Sa Ri Kingdom warships that were tracking and monitoring them, Qin Ze led the fleet at full speed and soon entered the waters controlled by the Delta Federation.
However, no patrol boats were encountered in this area, and no outposts were set up on the small islands along the way, as if the Goths did not care about the importance of maritime patrol at all.
However, Qin Ze knew that they had the confidence to do so because the Brando Strait was their natural barrier, and their military base was located on the Star Islands outside the strait, with a large number of combat personnel on that island.
As its name suggests, the Star Islands are not a single entity, but rather a chain of more than ten islands of varying sizes, which inherently provides a defensive advantage.
But so what? We're already here.
Qin Ze walked onto the deck, took the binoculars handed to him by the soldier beside him, and saw only the blurry outline of the island, still very far away.
"What's the first thing we need to do?" Qin Ze asked casually.
"Completely destroy the enemy ships that enter the firing range, and eliminate their naval power so that they cannot hinder our landing."
Qin Ze put down the binoculars and tossed them casually; the soldiers caught them immediately.
"Yes, destroy their naval power, then sever the connections between these islands, launch a major amphibious assault on the main island, and then gradually take over all the islands."
"This battle must be fought quickly enough to prevent the enemy in the strait from sending reinforcements."
"Cut through the Gordian knot quickly, seize the Star Islands, and head straight for the Brando Strait, piercing their heart!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The fleet hoisted its sails, while the boiler room simultaneously generated steam to power the warships, allowing them to reach their maximum speed.
With propellers spinning rapidly, the massive fleet sped towards the Star Islands like a shuttle!
Meanwhile, sentries in the watchtowers on the Star Islands also noticed the anomaly and immediately sounded the alarm.
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