1052 Breaking out of the Encirclemen (1/2)
Chapter 1052 – Breaking out of the Encirclement
'Hong! Hong! Hong!'
The surrounding attacks of the Japanese Squadron continued, reducing the area in which Zhou Tai's forces could move.
Kuki Ship.
”General, the enemy's main forces will arrive in about two hours.”
Kuki Yoshitaka frowned and said weirdly, ”Their speed is pretty fast.”
Speaking of which, he turned around toward the generals behind him, ”We need to pick up the pace. Sweep up the battlefield before the enemy main force arrives and complete our formation change.”
”Hai!”
The generals nodded.
Under the relentless assault of the Japanese squadron, Zhou Tai's forces found it difficult to hold on. Warships were sunk one after another, and blood flowed into the ocean. The scene was really tragic.
Like how it was when one peeled an onion, Zhou Tai's forces were being peeled off layer by layer.
Ocean battle was just like that. If the firepower net of both sides were not on the same level, the losses could be even bigger than the difference in numbers.
Although the 2nd division could retaliate while defending, they were still outnumbered and posed a limited amount of killing threat to the enemy.
For every Japanese ship they sunk, they had to pay the price of six of their own.
It seemed like Zhou Tai's forces could not hold on any longer.
”General, the reinforcements have not arrive, and we cannot hold on any longer. What should we do?” The deputy general panicked.
Zhou Tai too was anxious, but as the main general, not only could he not show it, but he also had to act calm to settle the hearts of the army.
If not, they would have no chance at all.
”The reinforcements are on their way. Let the brothers hold on for a little longer,” Zhou Tai said.
”Understood!”
The deputy gritted his teeth and turned around. In his heart, he was already ready to die.
”At most, we will just die.”
The Great Xia Army did not surrender, ”We cannot let down that person!”
Another hour passed.
Zhou Tai's forces were already on the verge of collapsing. The gap in numbers was getting larger and larger, from the starting 1:5 to the current 1:15.
It seemed like the entire division was going to be eaten up by the Japanese Squadron.
On the Kuki ship, Kuki Yoshitaka looked out through the telescope. Everything was in his eyes. The performance of the squadron pleased him, and he smiled, ”There's still one more hour, it's enough to sweep the battlefield!”
At this very moment, in the deep ocean, three magic powered submarines were like ghosts, passing through the battlefield and heading toward the Kuki ship and the two other secondary warships.
One of them was the warship of Murakami Takeyoshi.
As expected from Lemuria, the submarines they created travelled faster than warships.
10 minutes later, the submarines were all in place.
”Fire!”
With the order given, the three submarines pretty much fired at the bottom of the ships at the same time.
'Hong!'
'Hong!'
'Hong!'
Along with the three huge sounds, the magic crystal cannon roared and sent out a thick white light, cutting through the water and easily splitting apart the cabin, leaving a huge hole behind.
The ocean water surged into the breach and right into the cabin.
What shocked everyone was that the white light did not stop and went through the enemy warship. With that, even if one used waterproof cabin technology it would be useless.
As expected from a bug level presence, the power of the magic crystal cannon was greater than any cannon.
It was strong, but it burned money.
With just one cannon, 50 units of magic crystals were used, which were worth 100 thousand gold.
On the ocean surface.
The three flagships were sinking at a visible rate. Very quickly, they were at their mid-waist height.
”What happened?”
Under the protection of his Personal Guards, Kuki Yoshitaka climbed up onto a safety raft.