"Bang bang bang bang..."
The rapid knock on the door interrupted Archduke Philip's words and actions, and he was very angry!
Bol is such a blind guy!
I'm going to throw him into the sea to feed the sharks!
The war has already begun. With a powerful French fleet of one hundred ships bullying the enemy's eighteen warships, could it be that the war is over and that bastard Boll is rushing to tell him the good news?
That should be the case. In the eyes of Archduke Philip, this battle is not worth mentioning, and the good news comes at the wrong time.
He decided to ignore Paul; he hadn't had enough fun yet.
But then, the rapid knock on the door rang out again.
Archduke Philip shuddered, wrapped himself in pajamas, and opened the door angrily.
"I know I've won!"
"What the hell are you in such a hurry?"
"How can this credit be missing from you!"
"Pa..." A crisp slap was heard, and Pol was almost staggered by the slap from Archduke Philip.
He hurriedly bowed and was about to speak, but he didn't expect Archduke Philip to say again: "Get lost! You blind bastards, count the damage, reorganize the fleet and continue on! What does this little achievement mean? We want the Eastern Divine Kingdom!"
"There is gold everywhere and beauties everywhere!"
"After conquering the Eastern Divine Kingdom, this Grand Duke will naturally ask Her Majesty the Queen to grant you a title of Marquis. Bol, you are an old man by my side, why don't you be more careful?"
Bol wanted to die. I also wanted to go to the Eastern Kingdom of God! But when I saw that my entire army was about to be annihilated, why would I go to the Eastern Kingdom of God?
Whether you can get back to Frankie alive is another matter. What the hell are you thinking?
At this critical moment, how could Boll care about the dignity of a great Grand Duke? He rubbed his cheek and suddenly shouted loudly: "Our expeditionary fleet is about to be wiped out!"
When Archduke Philip heard this, his eyes widened. He suspected his ears were broken and asked in disbelief, "What did you say? Are you crazy?!"
At this moment, the turn of Daxia's First Fleet was completed.
The deafening sound of artillery fire rang out again, and one of the shells actually landed on the flagship of the expeditionary fleet, which was five hundred meters away.
"boom……!"
As the explosion sounded, the battleship HMS Queen shook violently. Before Archduke Philip could react, he was thrown out of the cabin. He fell so hard that stars came out of his eyes. When he stood up hurriedly, his face was pale.
"What the hell are you still standing here for? Come on, let's go take a look!"
The Queen did not sink, but a raging fire broke out on the deck.
"Put out the fire, everyone, put out the fire quickly!"
Archduke Philip ran to the forebridge deck in his nightgown, barefoot, completely oblivious to the cool autumn air.
He ran up to the second-floor control tower, raised his telescope and looked around -
Of the sixteen enemy ships, two were sunk, and what about our own fleet...
He took a breath, a hundred warships!
How much of this is left now?
He counted silently in his mind, thirty-two ships!
Among these thirty-two ships, eight are still emitting thick smoke, and it is unknown whether they still have the strength to fight.
"Boll, how the hell did you fight this battle?"
The fire in Archduke Philip's eyes was even more intense than the fire on the deck, and Paul was depressed. Can he blame me for this?
"Your Excellency the Grand Duke!"
Pol stared directly into Archduke Philip's fury. "The enemy ships were able to hit our warships with incredible accuracy at a distance of 300 meters! The optimal range of our naval guns is 150 meters! Moreover, the enemy's artillery fire is even more powerful than ours! Their tactics are also extremely standardized. They are not newcomers at sea! They are clearly battle-hardened soldiers!"
Upon hearing this, Archduke Philip calmed down. It turned out that the intelligence was wrong, causing Her Majesty the Queen to underestimate the enemy's combat effectiveness.
What to do now?
After only two rounds of attacks, 70% of our side has been lost. Now the distance between the two fleets is still about 200 meters, and the enemy ships' hit rate will be even higher. If this continues, I am afraid that at most we can destroy two more enemy warships, and our entire fleet will be buried on the seabed in the east.
But if I go back like this...
This expeditionary fleet consisted of all of Franky's warships, which were built by Her Majesty the Queen at great expense, but was destroyed in her own hands.
If he returned to his country, he would only be greeted with the wrath of Her Majesty the Queen. Not to mention keeping the title of Grand Duke, he would probably be chopped off by Her Majesty the Queen.
But what can we do now?
Just as Archduke Philip was hesitating, two more of his warships were sunk.
"Your Excellency, Grand Duke, make a decision! Didn't we pass through other countries on the way here? We obviously can't defeat this Eastern Divine Kingdom. How about..." Boll took a deep breath and came up with an idea for Grand Duke Philip: "Why don't we destroy a small country and settle there?"
Archduke Philip's eyes lit up, as if he saw a way out.
"Okay, pass on this Grand Duke's order, the entire army retreats! Retreat at full speed!"
The First Fleet was fighting fiercely, and when they turned their ships around again, they suddenly discovered that the enemy ships were also turning around. No, they were turning around!
Want to run?
Zuo Mu grinned while holding up the telescope, "Everyone in the army, the enemy ships are defeated, chase them and sink them!"
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This was a course of war that even Fu Xiaoguan had not anticipated.
In Fu Xiaoguan's opinion, if Zuo Mu really fought hard with the 18 warships of the First Fleet facing the 100 warships of the enemy, it would probably end up in a situation where both sides would suffer losses.
He, or the entire Ministry of National Defense, did not expect that the First Fleet would be able to defeat the enemy ships so easily. At the cost of only two warships sinking, they actually destroyed more than 90 warships of the Franki Expeditionary Fleet.
Archduke Philip used the remaining ships to slow down the advance of Zuo Mu's fleet, and his flagship, the Queen, finally escaped under the escort of eight warships.
Zuo Mu felt a little regretful after all.
"Our warships are faster than the enemy ships, why don't we chase them?" Fang Chaoyang asked.
"This pursuit will take ten days or half a month. Don't delay His Majesty's expedition. The enemy has been defeated. The strategic goal of this battle has been achieved."
Zuo Mu stood at the bow, gazing out to sea, a smile of joy plastered across his face. "Our warship has withstood the test. Our guns are far superior to the enemy's. More importantly, our soldiers...they performed exceptionally well!"
"Lao Fang, I was a little worried about this expedition, but now it seems that there is no need for that."
"Let's go, all troops return to the port."
The First Fleet of the Daxia Navy destroyed more than 90 enemy ships with 18 warships, but the news of this victory had not yet been delivered.
When the First Fleet returned to Ezo Port, the Third Fleet accompanied by Fu Xiaoguan also arrived.
Right at the dock of Ezo Naval Port, as soon as Fu Xiaoguan stepped onto the land, he saw a man standing on the dock.
——Xu Yunqing!
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