Chapter 174: Emergency Annihilation Mission

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The Sunset Imperial fleet began to retreat quickly, and under the cover of the smoke screen released by the destroyers, it was ready to get out of the battle, but because it was too slow, it was chased and beaten by the three main battleships of the Storm Fleet!

The high-intensity secondary artillery fire of the Storm Fleet made the Sunset Imperial Fleet miserable, the superstructure of the flagship was almost destroyed, and a fire also burned on the deck of the bridge, but the hull structure remained intact and still had the strength to fight!

The intelligence department of the Storm Strait has received urgent information that two allies of the Sunset Empire have sent troops to rescue and will arrive within five hours, which is not good for the Storm fleet fighting on the front line!

When Zhang Lin learned the news, he sent a telegram to Kyle and Cade, reminding them to fight quickly!

After reading the telegram, Cayde said to the correspondent: "Send a telegram to the detachments, asking them to assemble in the direction of the flagship!" ”

The Storm Squadron, which received the news, quickly assembled in the direction where the Liberty was located, on the other hand, the Sunset Fleet was seriously scattered, the battleships were seriously damaged and sunk, the cruisers were almost completely lost, and the three main battleships were also in danger!

In less than an hour, a huge siege network has been launched against the Sunset Empire, and the battle is about to begin!

After the Sunset Imperial fleet left the range of the smoke screen, the flagship's sailors had to devote more to the damage management, and the flagship's wooden deck was seriously burned, if the fire was not extinguished, I am afraid it would greatly affect the combat effectiveness!

The destroyers detecting in the front found more enemy troops, and with the transmission of information, the commander of the Sunset Empire fleet discovered a terrible fact, they were already surrounded by the enemy, and I am afraid that they would not be able to wait for the arrival of reinforcements!

As the encirclement closes, Kyle and Cade give the order to attack at the same time, and the battleships lined up in a row quickly fire on the enemy ships, while the cruisers frantically tilt their ammunition at the right distance!

It was almost a one-sided battle, a 203 mm high-explosive shell hit the enemy's flagship, the explosion destroyed all the flagship's bridge antenna, and the broken steel fragments and sailors' body fragments even fell onto the decks of the surrounding friendly troops, and the cruelty of the war was undoubtedly displayed at this moment!

With the loss of the azimuth disk and the sight, the flagship of the Sunset Imperial Fleet has become a blind man, and the smoke on the hull can be seen for more than ten kilometers, and the Liberty has a 420 mm armor-piercing projectile that hits the tail turret of the flagship of the Sunset Imperial Fleet, the stern structure is completely destroyed, and the violent explosion lifts the rear turret up dozens of meters high!

The secondary guns of the flagship of the Sunset Imperial Fleet were also almost destroyed, almost useless, and with the destruction of the remaining two main gun turrets, the battleship completely lost the ability to attack, and the personnel in the command tower who commanded the battle were almost killed and wounded in the night!

In the end, the sailors had to abandon the ship and flee, and the flagship of the Sunset Empire fleet began to tilt sharply to the right, accompanied by the friction sound of the ship's hull breaking, she said that it would sleep forever in this sea!

With the loss of the flagship, the Sunset Empire fleet lost its chain of command, and the few remaining battleships were almost blinded and fought indiscriminately, with almost no effect on the Storm Fleet, and even the destroyers of the Storm Fleet instigated friendly forces to come close and release torpedo attacks, although this dangerous behavior was stopped!

On the other hand, the Pioneer, a battle cruiser, with its high speed, quickly detoured to the enemy's flank, and its nine 350 mm guns pointed to the enemy's side, and she closed to a range of 17 kilometers with the enemy!

The cruisers of the Storm Fleet were very arrogant and did not take the remaining two battleships in their eyes, which naturally annoyed the command staff of these two battleships, who were ready to give these light cruisers a lesson that they would never forget, but forgot that there was a powerful enemy behind them!

The main gun of the Pioneer fired at the nearest battleship under the guidance of the radar, and the excellent artillery has excellent ballistics, this shot is enough to destroy this battleship!

In fact, the Pioneer had a good hit rate at this distance, and after more than twenty seconds of flight time, the shells hit six rounds, and then the sailors on the Pioneer observation tower observed that a large amount of black smoke was coming out of the chimney of the attacked battleship, mixed with flames, and the second main turret in front also exploded!

The battleship, which had lost the power of its engine, quickly stayed in place, and the Pioneer, in order to speed up her sinking, released three torpedoes at the battleship, and it only took two minutes for the torpedoes to hit the target!

At this point in the battle, there was almost nothing left to fight, the Storm Fleet had an absolute advantage in the battle with zero losses, if the enemy did not surrender, maybe it would take a few more minutes to sink the last battleship of the Sunset Empire fleet, thus winning the battle, some of the remaining destroyers were not to worry about, the cruisers in the Storm Strait would teach them a lesson!

Perhaps the remaining battleships realized that they were about to lose, and that continuing to fight would only add to the casualties of the dreadnought, the battleship with its engine paralyzed had just been torpedoed, the bow had been raised, and the sinking was already unstoppable!

After a painful decision, the remaining four ships issued a surrender announcement to the Storm Fleet, locked up the weapon system, and waited for the Storm Fleet to take over!

After consulting with Cade, Kyle ordered two light cruisers and three Hope-class destroyers to receive the ships, and in order to avoid fraud, all the battleships were facing the remnants of the enemy at a distance of ten kilometers, and if they made the slightest move, they would face a stormy attack!

Almost all the captains of the Sunset Empire fleet showed a bitter smile, now that the enemy forces are very close to themselves, such a huge battleship is the first time they have ever seen it, maybe it was doomed from the beginning, but I didn't expect it to be so soon!

After successfully receiving the fleet of the Sunset Empire, Kyle and Kade led the fleet to approach the mainland of the Sunset Empire, and everyone here acquiesced that once the country's fleet completely failed, then they would choose to surrender, after all, if they lost their sea dominance, they would lose the supply of sea supplies, and the country would be difficult to maintain normally, so they had to choose to surrender!

But there are exceptions, if there is still a chance to turn over, it will definitely be a game, maybe it will be completely turned over, without facing the loss of territory!

When the fleet approached the Sunset Empire, Kai'er and Caeder had already issued an announcement to persuade them to surrender, and the Sunset Empire's high-level leaders panicked when they saw it, and the Empire's parliament was already arguing.

There are the main battle faction, which thinks that with the Imperial Army, they will also fight the enemy to the end and wait for the help of their allies, while the surrender faction believes that they can defeat their own fleet so quickly, and the allies will not be able to rescue themselves, once the enemy blocks the sea communication, there will be civil strife in the Empire, so it is better to surrender early, so as not to have many dreams at night!