Chapter 267 Retreat x Wester Empire Defeat

"Okay! Go and command the soldiers now, and don't worry about anything else." Duke Elliot raised his hand to stop the adjutant and gave the order.

"Yes!" The adjutant left unwillingly.

Another hour later.

"Damn it! Don't the Netherlands' artillery shells cost money? They have fired at least a hundred thousand shells since the war began." Duke Elliot's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out.

The Dutch Navy's dog-walking style of play is a waste of money and time, but it is safe.

At this moment, the morale of the Wester Empire's Third Fleet was very low.

They were toyed with for more than two hours, suffered heavy losses, but did not achieve any decent results.

This was a fatal blow to morale.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

Duke Elliot was so overwhelmed by emotion that he did not notice the low morale.

Whether it was the extremely poor accuracy of the shells or the decreasing frequency of the shelling, they were all telling Lieutenant General Zheng Hai: Now is the best time to counterattack.

Then, thousands of flying dragons took off into the sky, carrying Zerglings on their backs, and flew straight towards the West Empire's Third Fleet.

"Report, thousands of flying monsters are flying towards our fleet." The observer reported anxiously.

In fact, he didn't need to report, as the naval soldiers also saw the dense flying dragons in the distant sky.

"What are those?"

"The insect beast of the Netherlands Kingdom."

"Why are there so many?"

"do not know."

"..."

The naval soldiers looked panicked, with a hint of fear in their eyes.

Their good military qualities prevented them from collapsing immediately.

"Quick! Counterattack! Counterattack!" The officers shouted loudly as they looked at the approaching group of flying dragons.

Upon hearing this, the soldiers hurriedly picked up their weapons, suppressed their inner fear, and aimed at the group of flying dragons.

"shooting!"

boom! boom! boom!

clang!clang!clang!

The lethality of muskets to flying dragons is almost zero.

After the group of flying dragons flew over the West Empire warship, the jumping worms fell like dumplings.

For a moment, the battleship deck was covered in blood and the naval soldiers were unable to organize an effective counterattack.

After a period of chaos, under the leadership of strong physical and swordsmanship masters, the West Empire Navy finally turned the disadvantage around.

"Alas! This is the level of the jumping worms that cannot form a large scale." Xia Jieren said helplessly.

The attack by the flying dragons and jumping worms immediately stunned the West Empire's Third Fleet.

The Dutch Navy took the opportunity to launch a salvo.

The overwhelming artillery shells swept in again.

Seeing this, Elliot's eyes were bloodshot: "Damn it!"

He looked at the less than thirty warships left and closed his eyes in despair.

Duke Elliot knew that he was defeated, completely defeated.

After this battle, the Elliot family will become a laughing stock in the West Empire.

"Retreat!" Duke Elliot uttered these two words weakly.

"Yes!" said the adjutant sadly.

"Want to run?" Zheng Hai chuckled as he looked at the West Empire's Third Fleet which was changing direction.

He then commanded the Dutch Navy to turn around.

"Damn it! Does the Kingdom of the Netherlands want to kill everyone?" Duke Elliot said angrily.

At the same time, he kept urging the helmsman to speed up.

"Retreat with all your strength!" Duke Elliot said urgently.

boom! boom! boom!

One or two warships were sunk in every round of bombardment.

When the Wester Empire's Third Fleet sailed out of the Dutch territorial waters, there were only ten warships left in the Wester Empire's Third Fleet, of which three top-level warships were relatively intact, while the remaining seven large warships suffered varying degrees of damage.

Looking at the fleet sailing out of the territorial waters, Lieutenant General Zheng Hai ordered to stop the pursuit.

Then, the Dutch Navy began to clean up the battlefield and provide humanitarian assistance to the surviving Westerly Navy.

The encounter between the Wester Empire's Third Fleet and the Dutch Navy soon reached the ears of various forces.

When they heard the results, they were all in disbelief.

But when they learned the details of the battle, they were all impressed by the Netherlands's powerful ships and artillery as well as its wealth.

After all, not every force can withstand the Netherlands Kingdom's domineering style of play.

Wester Empire, imperial capital.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

In the magnificent palace, there was a crackling sound of things being smashed.

"Bastard! Trash!" West Caesar vented his anger in a completely ungraceful manner.

God knows how incredulous he was when he learned that Duke Elliot was defeated.

If he hadn't confirmed it again and again, he would have thought someone was playing a joke on him.

"It's a disgrace to the whole world!" West Caesar was furious.

He originally felt a little guilty towards the Elliot family.

Elliot Lindsay had to accept his mission anyway, which led to his unfortunate death.

But now anger filled his chest.

If nothing unexpected happens, Duke Elliot will be severely punished, and not only that, he will also need to give up his position as commander of the West Empire's Third Fleet.

This was a fatal blow to the Elliot family.

Duke Elliot also thought of this, so on the way back he was in a low mood, his back was slightly hunched, and his hair turned white overnight.

The only thing worthy of praise for Duke Elliot was that he gained a lot of benefits for the Wester Empire.

But now it seems that the profits he gained from the five major mafia families are far less than this loss.

Now, no one knows how many forces are secretly mocking the West Empire.

The next morning.

Yesterday, the battle between the Dutch Navy and the Wester Empire's Third Fleet was reported in detail in the newspapers.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands became popular again.

Everyone was very happy to see the defeat of the West Empire.

After all, the West Empire is too overbearing, and they don't like it.

The focus of the major powers at sea is obviously different from that of the rest of the world.

They paid more attention to the artillery used by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Its long range and great power are enough to attract all forces.

So they sent people to the Kingdom of the Netherlands to negotiate.

However, before their people arrived in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of the Netherlands announced that it would not sell automatic rifles, artillery and other weapons.

It’s not that the Kingdom of the Netherlands doesn’t want to sell, but the World Government has put pressure on the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

"Damn World Government, you're blocking my path to wealth. You're already doomed to die." Xia Jieren cursed inwardly.

As compensation, the World Government's Joint Navy also sent the Kingdom of the Netherlands an order of moderate size. However, the profits that the Kingdom of the Netherlands could obtain from this order were pitifully small compared to the huge profits from arms.

Moreover, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has already reached a cooperation agreement with the Navy Headquarters and regularly sells batches of weapons to it.

Wester Empire, imperial capital, palace hall.

West Caesar swept his majestic eyes over the ministers.

All the ministers suddenly felt as if they were falling into an icy cave and couldn't help shivering.

"I'm sure everyone has seen this morning's newspaper."