Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 267 Chapter 267 Turning Again

This time, General Warren finally saw clearly the battleship that was chasing him—he saw the Wolf 1 cruiser leading the way through his binoculars.

It was the first time he had seen a battleship of this style, without sails and low in shape, no wonder he could only see black smoke spreading on the sea when it was far away.

The side of this battleship is very high, and if the bow is carefully distinguished, you can still see a cannon pointing to the side.

It's just that this cannon is installed on a turret. This is the first time he has seen this design, and it looks very fresh.

Then, he saw a burst of flames from the cannon, which seemed to be firing.Because of the occlusion of the battleship behind him, Varun didn't see the picture of the shell hitting the target, but only heard the muffled sound of the shell from a distance.

Finally, after one's own fleet completely turned, the relative position of the two sides was basically in the shape of a number 11.

It's just that the one after the number 11 is a little short.

But this is not a problem at all, because compared to before, the fleet length of Tarun Kingdom has been shortened a lot...

At this moment, the battle has been going on for more than two hours, and the formations of both sides have returned to the most common state of two parallel lines.

Compared with the previous formation, the main fleet of Tarun Kingdom only made a 180-degree U-turn, and there was no change except that the course was opposite to when the battle broke out.

The four warships of the Datang Group, in other words, circled a large circle around the enemy's main fleet and returned to their original route.

During the battle of more than two hours, the warships of the Datang Group were almost unscathed, while 30 ships of the Tarun Kingdom's fleet had been sunk, leaving only 36 pitiful warships still holding on.

If it wasn't for a big circle, Datang Group's attack efficiency might be higher, and it is estimated that it could sink a few more warships of the Tarun Kingdom.

And General Warren, who already knew that he was at a disadvantage, was already thinking about how to change the current situation at this time.

He didn't dare to issue new combat orders before because he was afraid that the fleet would collapse and completely lose command.

Now, his formation has returned to a simpler shape, so he has another chance to operate.

So this time, he decided to turn the fleet to the right, seize the T-head position from the front, seize the opportunity to fire, and launch a Jedi counterattack.

Although he doesn't know how many battleships are left on his side, he can still judge that he has at least 40 battleships left to support him to give it a go.

This time, he has lost too much. If he can't bring the final victory back to Tarun Kingdom, then he, the commander of the navy, can almost die for his country.

So he had to give it a go, he had to win, he didn't even think about running away, and he didn't even think about surrendering.

"Order the fleet to turn! Steer full rudder! Seize the row position!" General Varun ordered angrily.

He has known it for a long time, so he has lost his mind a little.He wanted revenge and completely wiped out the Datang Fleet in front of him!

Immediately afterwards, the standard bearer standing on the mast above his head began to give orders, and the order to continue turning immediately began to be conveyed to the warships on both sides.

Because it was General Warren's flagship that first executed the steering command when it turned around, the position of his battleship in the fleet has been raised several places.

This time, it was his battleship that started to turn first, so his battleship was immediately in the third position of the fleet.

What he didn't know was that now he had only 32 warships left, and four sailing warships that were overtaken would never be able to carry out his orders.

Explosions are still coming, and there are still battleships that have been hit by shells and lost the ability to continue fighting.There are boards and corpses floating on the sea, as well as battle flags and sails.

Finally, on a sailing warship in the middle of the fleet, a captain of the Kingdom of Taron couldn't bear the pressure anymore.

He leaned on the railing of the side, watching the enemy warships gradually approaching behind him, he had long lost his former calmness.

Soon, he withdrew his head and looked at his adjutant: "That bastard Varen wants to lead us to die! He has been giving wrong orders!"

"But, what can we do?" the adjutant asked numbly.

The battle has reached this stage, and everyone knows that the navy of the Tarun Kingdom has suffered heavy losses.Even if this battle is won in the end, their remaining battleships are completely unable to maintain the trade routes in the southern waters of the endless sea.

Unless the rebellion they conspired in the Dorne Kingdom succeeds, they may still have a chance to breathe.

Once the other party has suppressed the rebellion and gained energy, they will definitely take advantage of the weakness of Tarun Kingdom to create troubles at sea and compete for interests.

What makes people desperate is that Tarun Kingdom is a maritime country, and the interests of the sea are its core interests...

"Order the battleship to turn full rudder! Let's leave this ghost place!" The captain looked at his adjutant, trying to persuade him to run away with him who was timid.

Sure enough, the adjutant was still a little hesitant, because running away was definitely a felony, and he didn't want to lose his bright future.

But if you follow the battleship ahead and turn to the right full rudder, you will definitely meet the fierce enemy ship behind you. At that time, let alone getting promoted and getting rich, it is impossible to save your own life.

"Captain! We are fleeing the battle. If the people above pursue it, both of us will be dealt with by military law!" The adjutant reminded tremblingly.

"This is not escaping! This is retreating! The enemy is too powerful! Do we have to wait here to die?" The more the captain said, the more he felt that he was justified, and his tone became firmer.

He looked at his adjutant, and without waiting for the latter to continue speaking, he continued on his own: "What's more, if all the warships are sunk here, wouldn't the Tarun Kingdom be doomed?" Did we leave here, what we took away...is kindling! It is hope!"

Speaking of this, he was even amazed by the excuse or reason he made, and his eyes lit up.

The adjutant swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then looked at the friendly warships at the stern who were panicking, and finally, the desire to survive overcame his courage.

He nodded, and agreed: "Then let's go to the left...You, you have the final say."

Hearing that the adjutant had finally compromised, the captain secretly let go of the hand holding the long sword hilt at his waist, and the ruthlessness finally faded from his face.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered loudly: "Full left rudder! Immediately full left rudder! Let the warships behind follow us! Let's break away from the fleet and leave here!"

Soon, the battleship started to break away from the fleet, which confused the captain of the Tarun Kingdom battleship who had been in front of the battleship.

He was sure that the order conveyed by his standard-bearer was full starboard, but the other party left the fleet at this time and ran away towards the distance.

"What is the Stampede doing?" The captain of the Kingdom of Taron, who accidentally saw the friendly warship behind him leaving the fleet and rushing towards the outside of the battle circle, asked angrily.

Under his gaze, the sailing battleship called the Strenuous, just in the opposite direction of their right rudder, turned its bow to the left.

"They seem... to turn the wrong way." Hearing the voice, the adjutant looked behind him, checked for a while, and finally spoke.

"How can this be wrong!" The captain had already guessed something, walked to the edge of the stern rail, leaned on it, stared at the galloping away, and didn't know what he was thinking.

With this sailing ship named Stampede taking the lead, the captain of another sailing warship of the Kingdom of Taron behind him brazenly followed the Stampede and fled the battlefield.

The two battleships turned in the wrong direction, and the subsequent battleships were completely messed up.In the end, some of these disorganized warships turned to the left and some to the right, completely disfiguring the originally neat formation.

And Varen, who had just completed the turn and looked at the fleet behind him, also saw this scene.He saw at least three warships break away from the line of battle and begin to flee the battle.

He also counted his remaining warships. At this time, the number of warships still in the fleet queue was less than 30.

However, he still felt that he had regained the advantage, because he had seized a better position and was about to get a chance to fire.

He felt that as long as he had the opportunity to fire, he could turn defeat into victory.So he was full of confidence, thinking that there was still hope for a comeback in this naval battle.

But then, the adjutant returned to him with an ugly face and a message: "Sir! There is a message from the battleship behind! It says that the enemy's battleship is made of steel!"

"Is it made of steel? The wooden hull is covered with steel?" Varun, who didn't quite understand what the adjutant meant, asked doubtfully.

"No, the words used... don't seem to cover steel, but 'a hull made of steel'." The adjutant explained.

"It's impossible! Steel warships, without sails...how did they get such a fast speed?" Warren asked in disbelief.

Without waiting for the adjutant to answer, he roared furiously: "Those bastards who are greedy for life and afraid of death! In order to escape, they even made up rumors that the enemy's battleship is made of steel! Bastard! Bastard!"

He connected this report with the escaped battleship, so he didn't believe a word of the above statement.

At this time, his formation was already in chaos, and there were only more than 20 warships left that could follow him in battle.

"It doesn't matter that much! After I go back, I will deal with these cowards who have run away!" Varen drew out the long sword at his waist, pointed in the direction of the Datang Fleet, and ordered: "Follow me to the death! Prepare to fire!"
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I still owe everyone 4 more.

(End of this chapter)