PS: I seem to have said earlier, the rhythm of two shifts will resume around August!

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"Huh?" Colonel Demps was stunned, he glanced at Leon seriously, but did not answer. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

At this moment, a hurried voice interrupted their argument.

The voice came from the lookout.

This time, instead of going through the normal procedure and letting the deputy next to him inform Demps's herald first, he shouted directly from above, and his voice was visibly nervous.

He leaned over, the sea breeze making his voice strange, and his cheeks flushed with tension or congestion.

"The flanking warships report that a large number of orc warships appear within their line of sight, and the number is unknown for the time being!"

The words of the observer were heard by the whistling of the sea breeze to the ears of every officer in the upper echelons of the navy in Secca City.

The faces of the many officers who were still arguing just now changed slightly.

After the observer had finished reporting the information, he gave an order to his assistant, and he climbed down the lookout as fast as he could, and officially reported to Colonel Demps again.

"Are our scouting clippers all fools?" Major Barandel glanced at the battlefield before fixing his gaze on Colonel Demps.

"Colonel—" Major Leon looked imperceptibly at Lieutenant Colonel Ender next to him, and then turned his gaze to Temples.

Demps's heart sank, too, which was worse than he expected.

"Colonel—" An officer was a little anxious when he saw that Demps had not yet made a decision.

Demps ignored the officer, he didn't even look at the officer, he habitually looked up at the somewhat glaring sky.

More than 10 years ago, when the colonel's lover Camilla left, he stared at the blue sky above the sea in a daze.

It seems that he will not be able to escape this time! Is this fate? Colonel Demps thought so.

He thought of his lover Camilla, who was also buried in the sea.

Fall back?

For others, it may be possible to retreat, but for Temple, to withdraw from here, what awaits him will be a punishment more terrible than death.

Those high-ranking nobles will not let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they have coveted naval power for a long time.

Perhaps, returning to the arms of the sea god is the best choice here!

"Order the Clipper detachment to withdraw twenty ships!" Colonel Demps ordered, "Let them cover you on the flanks, and now, you can go, break through from the flanks of the nearby islands, where the reefs are dense, and there is still a chance while their encirclement is not yet complete!"

Colonel Demps glanced at the crowd around him and said calmly.

"Demps... Colonel, you...?" Barlandel's face changed.

"Pick out ten warships, I'll stay and lead them, and break off with the ten clippers in the rear, so that you have a better chance of escaping!" Demps said with an uncertain smile on his face.

"Colonel!" Major Leon squeezed past Lieutenant Colonel Ender, who had been standing in front of him, and took two steps forward, "With our familiarity with the nearby reefs, we don't need to be broken at all, you should come with us!"

"But in the end, it's going to be a big loss, isn't it? Major!"

Colonel Demps winked at his former friend.

Seeing this, Major Barandel clenched his fists tightly, sighed secretly in his heart, and then turned away, he had more important things to do, and with his understanding of Demps, he naturally knew that the other party's decision could not be changed.

"I'll stay too!"

It was Major Leon's voice, and his tone was resolute.

"Leon!" Lieutenant Colonel Ender's face changed, he was entrusted by Major Leon's father, and if anything happened to this major, he didn't dare to imagine the fate of his family.

"Haha!" Demps laughed, "your determination and courage will make you a good naval commander, Major!"

"But this is not your place, do as I command!" Lieutenant Colonel Ender, perhaps you should escort Major Leon away. ”

"Of course, Colonel!" Ander said bluntly.

Colonel Demps's order was quickly conveyed, and no one could change his decision. He had moved to a ship that had been somewhat damaged from the battle.

"Forward!" Demps commanded the boatswain on the ship.

Immediately, his gaze seemed to inadvertently sweep over the somewhat worn military flag of the warship.

Beneath this military flag, which symbolizes glory, are more than a dozen naval soldiers with despair in their eyes.

Looking at the flag, Colonel Demps suddenly felt his eyes swell and his throat dry.

More than ten years ago, he was able to fight under this banner and constantly improve his reputation, and it was precisely because of his almost utilitarian pursuit that his lover was buried in this sea.

It can be said that most of his youth was for this military flag.

This military flag on this warship may have been lowered to the bottom of the flagpole because of the battle just now.

"Take it up a little higher!" said Colonel Demps to a veteran next to him.

The old soldier was a little stunned, he didn't even understand Demps's order, and Colonel Demps had to reply to his order: "Raise that flag a little higher!"

As the flag was slowly raised, Colonel Demps clenched the sword in his hand.

"Forward!"

The colonel roared angrily, the sword in his hand was unsheathed, and he pointed at the blue sky!

He stood in the bow of the ship like a normal sailor, and with his roar, a loud trumpet sounded again.

The Colonel knew in his heart that this might be the last time he would ride on the vast expanse of the sea in his life.

It's been more than a decade, and it's been a long time since he's standing in the bow of a ship like this, leading his men to charge.

Those young faces, those youthful rhetoric, seem to have returned.

"Fuck it!" a captain who had been ordered to stay, and when he saw that their commander, Colonel Demps, was also in the broken fleet, he shook his spirits, and he put aside all his displeasure in his heart, and roared and ordered his boatswain to follow Colonel Demps's ship.

Immediately, the other warships that had been scattered were all approaching Colonel Demps's warship at the fastest speed.

"Wow!Wow!poof!poof!"

It was also at this moment that the rolling waves that had been erected on the side suddenly collapsed.

The spray of the broken waves formed a sea fog, which only blocked Colonel Temple's view for a moment, and at the same time, the undulating waves also caused his ten warships to roll to the side.

This is not something that can be stopped by manpower, and Colonel Demps is not in a hurry, and on the surface of the sea he has experienced a wave more violent than this.

Almost at the same moment as the waves fell, the muffled sound of war drums and horns from the opposing orc ships reached Colonel Demps' ears through a layer of sea fog.

It was a signal for the orcs to attack, and the Colonel had heard it several times in the previous battle.