Chapter 35: Martyrdom

When Yu Junren hurried out of the port with the main force of the Nanyang Fleet, the fleet of the Kunya Elven Empire had already blocked the port.

Before the battle began, the defeat was decided.

Yu Junren stood on the bow of the Dragon Tooth Ship, and with the length of the Dragon Tooth Ship of more than one hundred and thirty meters, he was still a small man in front of the Yanyang-class battleship.

"Lin!", "Bing!", "Fight!", "Who!" Yu Junren stood at the bow of the boat, his hands raised, concentrating on the communication of holy power, and reciting four words in his mouth. A burst of majestic energy rose within a radius of 100 meters from the Dragon Tooth Ship, the word "Lin" boosted morale, the word "Bing" enhanced the body, the word "Dou" increased strength, and the word "่€…" increased speed, and the battleships led by the Dragon Tooth Ship that had been blessed by the Holy Power rushed out of the fleet first and rushed towards the invading elf fleet.

After Yu Junren blessed the holy power, he was slightly weak, and it was not difficult to bless the range of blessings with his strength, but today's blessing was the soldiers on more than twenty warships, and he seemed quite struggling. In fact, this string of characters was supposed to have seven characters, but it was also because his cultivation days were short and the level of the Holy Dao was not enough, so he could only emit the power of the first four words.

His last effort failed, and the difference in strength could not be offset by individual efforts.

Hicks Amber Light didn't show up at all, and the Sun-class battleship didn't attack, even though there were nine great mages and hundreds of high-level mages on this behemoth.

Just the hundreds of Full Moon-class battleships of the forward fleet loaded with magic crystal cannons did not need to be aimed at all, and with a single salvo, the warships around the forward line of the South Sea Fleet, which was formed by the hedgehog group, were blown to pieces, and sawdust and severed limbs flew everywhere.

This kind of naval warfare, which has never appeared before, made Yu Junren, an unlucky guy, encounter it for the first time, and he was also killed on the spot in the third round of bombardment of the elven fleet, and finally no longer have to worry about the defeat of the fleet and the condemnation of the empire.

Igna Yuechen is the commander of the royal fleet of the Kunya Elven Empire, although he is not the commander-in-chief of this expedition, he is also a major military general. He had been on his own ship and commanded the battle, for he disliked the army officers who accompanied Prince Hicks Amberlight, as was the case in every country. What's more, the reputation of the Imperial Army is not good, in the Sunset Battle of the Elven Empire thousands of years ago, it was because the Royal Army at that time was defeated by the Terran coalition that the Elven Clan was forced to retreat to the sea, and Her Royal Highness the Empress at that time was martyred. So after the coronation of the new Elven Empress, the army was stripped of its royal title, and the army could only be called the Imperial Army.

However, the Royal Navy fought bravely at that time, and in order to block the Terran coalition forces on the mainland, the Royal Navy suffered heavy losses. The Royal Navy's desperate spirit has always been praised by the Imperial family, the nobility and the populace, and the reputation of the two is very different, although the Navy has looked down on the Army for the past thousand years.

Although Prince Hicks Amber Light is a member of the royal family, he has no way to deal with the battle between the army and the navy, as long as it does not affect the Eastern Crusade, he will turn a blind eye and let Igna Yuechen go.

"All the battleships that have finished firing the magic crystal cannon will give way to the firing line!" Igna Yuechen stood at the bow of his own ship, ordering the flag commander to wave the command flag and dispatch his own warship. The Crystal Cannon recharges very slowly, and the chamber does not fire continuously. There are only four magic crystal cannons on a Full Moon-class battleship, and only one can be fired at a time, otherwise the hull will not be able to withstand the huge recoil force of the magic crystal cannon.

Although the Qinling Empire's Nanyang Fleet in front suffered heavy losses, the huge number could not be eliminated by a few rounds of bombardment. The first batch of Full Moon-class battleships quickly gave way to both sides, and the battleships in the rear immediately replenished the launch line and continued the attack on the enemy fleet.

After the death of Yu Junren, a wolf tooth ship in the rear quickly raised the command flag and replaced the fleet commander. In the four rounds of attacks just now, the Dragon's Tooth Battleship was taken care of because of its huge size, and now all the Dragon's Tooth Battleships on the entire battlefield have been sunk. The Huya battleship was in disrepair and could not serve as the main force, and had already retreated. Although small in size, the wolf tooth battleship with the advantage of speed quickly stepped forward and rushed towards the elven fleet, and they had to get closer, otherwise they would be powerless to fight back under the bombardment of the elven warship with long-range attacks.

While the expectations are good, the reality is cruel. Under the saturation attack of the Full Moon-class battleships, none of the wolf fang battleships were able to rush to the front. Although the officers and men of the Nanyang Fleet were not afraid of death, the unilateral slaughter without any chance of returning the war still made them chill. After the twentieth round of bombardment by the elven fleet, the remaining warships of the Nanyang fleet chose to retreat and retreat to the port, they must abandon the ship and go ashore, otherwise there is only one result, that is, the total annihilation.

When the Nanyang Fleet withdrew to the bay of the harbor, the command ship of the Langya issued a flag order, requiring all warships to sink themselves at the mouth of the bay.

A tragic scene appeared, and the remaining hundreds of warships of the Nanyang Fleet, under the personal operation of the reluctant officers and men with tears in their eyes, opened the sea-opening valve at the bottom of the ship one after another, and then rushed to the harbor beach in a small boat, watching their warships disappear from the sea, and gradually only the masts remained.

The same was true of the wolf-tooth flagship that took over the command, but none of the officers and men on board chose to abandon the ship, and they chose to follow General Xu Pengxing to die on the ship. Xu Pengxing is not a general from the Holy Academy, he has stepped from a pawn to the position of commander of the Wolf Tooth Squadron of the South Ocean Fleet. Faced with the crushing defeat of the Nanyang Fleet, the commander had already been martyred, and he, the temporary commander, was powerless to return to heaven.

The Empire despised the Navy and finally swallowed the bitter wine it brewed today.

"Your Majesty, the Nanyang Fleet has been completely annihilated, and the minister Xu Pengxing can only thank the country with death!" Xu Pengxing stood at the bow of the ship and shouted mournfully, then knelt down facing the north and kowtowed a few times. He stood up and turned his head to the officers and men on the ship around him and said, "Abandon the ship and escape!"

"My lord, I can't wait, I'll follow you to the death!" said a deputy commander who stepped forward and clasped his fists. This deputy envoy, Xu Pengxing knew, and he had also reprimanded him for gambling in the camp. Unexpectedly, at this time, he chose to die as generously as himself. Compared with Wu Heyi, the commander of the Huya Detachment who came from the Holy Courtyard to serve, regardless of his order to sink and block the waterway, he fled with the wolf bรจi of the ship, but this deputy envoy who was born at the bottom of the military like himself was a real man.

"My lord, let's die! The fleet is gone, and the hard bones of our sailors of the Nanyang Fleet are still there!" At this time, the group of sailors shouted loudly.

"Okay! I, Xu Pengxing, can be followed by all loyal and righteous people, and I will be in vain with my comrades in this life!" Xu Pengxing clenched his fists with both hands, his tiger eyes were full of tears, and he bowed to everyone as a circle.

Then he turned to hold on to the railing, the sea was already surging up the deck, he drew his war knife and shouted at the elven fleet in the distance: "If you have the intention to kill the thief, you can't go back to the sky! Kill! kill!"

The heroism of all the members of this temporary command ship who died not only fell in the eyes of the officers and men of the fleeing Nanyang Fleet, which made them sad and indignant, and they had already heard of Xu Pengxing's name, but today's martyrdom really convinced them. And this scene also fell in the eyes of Igna Yuechen, which made him admire this commander.

Igna Yuechen did not order a pursuit, nor did he stop the Qinling people from sinking themselves, he ordered the forward fleet to raise the flag and send a salute signal to Xu Pengxing's ship. The Navy has the glory of the Navy, and he respects this kind of behavior of not surrendering in battle, and finally choosing to sink with the ship, and maintaining the dignity of the Navy soldiers.

After ordering the fleet to begin clearing the waterways, he had to board the Sunny class battleship to report the battle situation to the prince and ask for instructions on what to do next.

"General Igna Yuechen, why didn't you give the order to stop the Qinling people's self-sinking operation? Do you know that this will delay our precious landing time!?" Before His Royal Highness could say anything, Simpson Dark Song, who had already been dissatisfied in his heart, opened fire on him first.

This Simpson Dark Song is the commander of the First Army of the Imperial Army, with the rank of Imperial General. This guy has always had no good impression of the navy, and if it weren't for the fact that the army couldn't fly, he would never have been a naval warship to go to the Eastern Continent.

Igna Yuechen turned a deaf ear to his questioning, and just saluted Prince Hicks Amberlight, and then said: "Your Royal Highness, the forward fleet will soon clear the channel, and the harbor bay of Wanghai City is extremely deep, and the people of Qinling cannot block the channel. Please wait a moment, Your Highness!"

Hicks Amber Light touched his chin and said playfully, "Your Excellency General doesn't have anything to say about General Simpson Darksong's questions?!"

"Your Highness, the Navy has always admired the heroic deeds of martyrdom and sinking with the ship, and although they are enemies, I cannot stop them strongly, which will dampen the faith of the Royal Navy. I think it's worth the delay compared to inheriting the thousand-year-old sacrifice faith!" Igna Yuechen said, bowing to the prince.

Simpson Darksong doesn't understand the navy, he's a pure landlubber. Although he was very dissatisfied with Igna Yuechen's attitude towards him, as a soldier, he still knew to maintain a respectful attitude towards the heroic deeds that were generally recognized in the army, so he did not say anything.

Prince Hicks Amber Light was not actually a pure soldier, he was more of a politician, so he disagreed with this explanation. But he was an excellent politician, and he saw understanding and respect in the eyes of the generals in front of him, so he turned the matter over lightly.

"Okay, your explanation is understood, Your Excellency!" Hicks Amber Light continued, "I ask the naval fleet to carry out a saturation strike on Wanghai City before we land, and destroy the will of resistance of the defenders of the Qinling Empire. I don't think Your Excellency the General will have a problem with this!"

Of course, Igna Yuechen will not have a problem, although he spared the officers and men of the South Sea Fleet, but this does not mean that he is a soft-hearted person. Although the shelling of Wanghai City will inevitably cause a large number of civilian casualties, he is a soldier, and soldiers will not consider the enemy's casualties, not to mention that there are no elves in Wanghai City.

"Yes, Your Highness, the Royal Navy will let Wanghai City not survive!" Igna Yuechen's words carried a hint of murderous aura, without the slightest chivalry that had just upheld the dignity of a soldier.