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Chapter 1507 Conquering the Empire (53)

The black cloud that covered the sky and the earth soon appeared in the sky above the fleet. In just a moment, the strong wind that could blow the battleship down, the waves that could overturn the battleship, and the ear-shattering force that could punch the battleship through a huge hole Thunder and lightning, hail the size of goose eggs with the attack power of a bed crossbow, and huge raindrops that hurt people, all these terrifying natural phenomena appeared in front of these sailors along with the black clouds.

Faced with such a terrifying situation, everyone could only greet with pitiful and helpless wailing, the third time in history that came to this world—the Scourge of God.

On the surface of the sea, hundreds of warships are distributed among the completely boiling waves.

These ships are competing with the sky for their fate, but compared with the power of nature, their efforts seem to be of little use.

The surging waves lifted them up very easily, and then fell hard again. The violent wind and rain brought hail the size of a fist, like rain hitting plantains, and the sails of the ships were smashed into thousands of holes. More ships lose power.

After a few bullying howls in the torrential rain, the ship that lost its power could only helplessly disappear along with the huge waves coming from a certain cover.

The ships that can still move can't pay attention to those brothers who are destined to die. They can only grit their teeth and pull the sails vigorously, and row the ships towards the land.

At this time, even an idiot understands that only by landing on the shore can he save his own life, otherwise he will sink to the bottom of the sea and be with those unlucky brothers.

At this moment when facing the raging power of nature, all hostility was thrown aside, and no one was interested in paying attention to the enemy ship that was escaping. Everyone had only one thought - to land at the fastest speed!

The ships of the Third Fleet knew that their own port was not far away, so they sailed the ships with confidence.

And the United Fleet, which is ignorant of this sea area, is closely following the ships of the Third Fleet while being worried.

The other party is the local snake here, and it is better to follow them than to hang out at sea.

As for running to the opponent's lair, will it be a sheep?There's no time to think about that right now.

Therefore, I saw hundreds of ships rolling forward in the waves. Although some ships sank and disappeared from time to time, the surviving ships still sailed tenaciously in one direction.

The lookout who trapped himself on the lookout post, with a steel helmet on his head and armor, endured the pain and cold even under the intensive attack of the storm and hail, and squinted his eyes to look around.

Because he knows that his sight will determine the hope of the brothers in the whole ship, so no matter how difficult it is, he has to persevere.

Just when the watchman scanned the sea and thought he couldn't see anything except a cloud of hail and rain, he suddenly found a pea-sized yellow light in the dark world in the distance.

The watchman rubbed his eyes in disbelief, watched carefully, and found that the yellow light was not an illusion, but a real existence. He couldn't help waving the flag desperately, and shouted downwards with his throat open: "I saw the lighthouse!"

Risking their lives on the deck, the soldiers who had been staring at the watchtower with their ears upright immediately shouted to the cabin in surprise: "I saw the port!"

The sailor who was close to the door of the cabin quickly passed these words into the cabin.

The originally lifeless cabin immediately boiled.

Although it didn't take long to encounter the storm, the feeling that there was no hope at all seemed to have passed through several years of suffering, and now I heard that I was about to return to the port, a feeling of seeing light in the dark The feeling immediately surfaced in my heart, and everyone immediately cheered up and cheered in unison.

As the distance got closer, the sailors on the observation deck could already see the tower body of the lighthouse, and the inside of the port was tied tightly by cables, and the figures of ships floating with the waves could also be vaguely seen.

He couldn't help but jumped up happily. At this time, he was not afraid of falling into the sea. With such a short distance from the shore, he had the confidence to swim back no matter how strong the wind and waves were.

The busy crowd on the port wharf braved the storm and saw these ships, and immediately assigned a group of people to prepare for the arrival of these sea ships.

Entering the port area, the wind and waves subsided all of a sudden, and the dizzy sailors struggled to climb out of the cabin, but after seeing the land, they immediately fiddled with the sails and oars in high spirits, trying to make the remaining ships Park well in the shortest possible time.

When the ship's cable was caught by the dock, the sailors were completely relieved, and they finally survived.

With the increase of ships entering the port, there are more and more busy people. The sailors of the Third Fleet who originally wanted to take a rest had no choice but to get up and join work.

It doesn't matter how hard you are.

As the number of ships increased, so did the number of sailors. Later, the entire pier was busy with sailors from the Third Fleet.

When a ship with the First Fleet sailed into the port, the sailors of the Third Fleet froze for a moment, then immediately drew their weapons and surrounded them ferociously.

This is a good time to beat the dog in the water.

However, when the first ship hung the flag of surrender, the sailors of the Third Fleet were depressed.

The navy is different from the army. When a war is won, the victor will rescue the loser who fell into the water, and if the enemy surrenders, he will definitely accept the surrender and will not massacre, and those who surrender will not rebel.

This is a unique rule of the navy. Although there is no express regulation, it is well known.

Therefore, the sailors of the Third Fleet, who originally wanted to relieve their nerves by killing, had no choice but to put away their weapons and turn to gather the prisoners.

The captain sailor on this First Fleet ship didn't care that he was tied up by the sailors of the Third Fleet at all, all with an expression of escaping disaster.

Frightened by the violent storm, they had long since lost the pride of the imperial navy, and they deeply realized the feeling of escaping from death—the victory or defeat was not as important as their own lives.

On the sea not far from the port, on the shaking flagship of the United Fleet, Jiang Yu, Qi Ming and other four captains looked at the ship with the flag of surrender with gloomy faces. They knew that they were in a dilemma and could not get off .

If you don't call at the port, you will definitely be sunk into the sea by the violent storm. If you call at the port, you will definitely become a prisoner of the Third Fleet.

"Let's decide, should we surrender or be sunk by the wind and waves?"

Qi Ming said with a ferocious face, "We can land on other shores!"

A captain of the fleet said disdainfully: "Don't dream, the land along the coast is all other people's territory, our ship landing is simply to deliver food, and, being captured in that state, there is no benefit at all. treatment."

Another captain said with a sad face: "Even if we don't want to surrender, what about our subordinates? In such a disaster, they don't care about the orders of our captains. It can be concluded that this disaster is enough to make our four major fleets It's all history."

Hearing this, everyone's heart sank. It can be estimated that there are seven or eight hundred warships that can come here now. If these warships do not surrender, it is absolutely impossible to land.

Because of the disaster, these warships can only come forward one by one, completely in the posture of delivering food. It is completely idiotic to rely on the strength of one ship to compete with a port stationed with heavy troops and fleets, so in the end these Battleships will become prisoners of the Third Fleet.

It would be nothing if only these warships were captured. Anyway, the four major fleets still have half of their troops in the lair. Unfortunately, the commanders of the four major fleets are also here, and they are faced with the choice of not surrendering or dying. I, the remaining half of the four major fleets can still exist, but will it still be my own fleet?
Thinking of this, the four sighed and said at the same time: "Surrender."

As soon as these words came out, they knew that the Imperial Fleet was finished.

When the joint flagship raised the surrender flag, several warships had already surrendered with white flags.

And those warships that were unwilling to sink just like that, and did not dare to surrender easily, saw that the flagship also surrendered, immediately hoisted the white flag with peace of mind, and rushed to the port.

The four captains Jiang Yu actually surrendered. This news made everyone overjoyed, because it means that as long as this natural disaster is over, the entire imperial sea area will be their own backyard!
The entire empire has no navy that can compete with itself!
The news was reported layer by layer, but in the face of the commander of the third fleet—Zhao Hu, the commander of the navy, Liu Ming, the four Jiang Yu, who were already down-to-earth, all showed disdain and refused to surrender to Liu Ming.

The reason for this is that, now that it is safe, self-esteem has once again gained the upper hand.

They think that although they surrendered, they surrendered only because they were avoiding natural disasters, not because they were defeated, so they definitely did not surrender like the enemy navy.

For Jiang Yu and the others' staid and ignorant behavior, Liu Ming felt that there was nothing strange about it. In such a situation, he was only willing to surrender to the leader of the other party, not like his own opponent, because this opponent did not If you haven't defeated yourself, you don't deserve your respect at all.

Knowing the thoughts of Jiang Yu and the others, Liu Ming suppressed the dissatisfaction of his subordinates, and immediately reported the news to Zhao Hu, the governor.

Although the scourge has begun to form, it is only raging on the sea and it is just a little rain on the land. It is not a problem for the governor to come and be surrendered.

Although it was not afternoon at this moment, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was already brightly lit, staff members with documents came in and out, and a dozen teams of cavalry in coir raincoats braved the wind and rain and rushed into the darkness.

After a while, a team of cavalry escorted a carriage back.

As soon as the carriage stopped, an old man with a white beard appeared from inside the carriage, and the attendant holding a lantern at the door immediately stepped forward with an umbrella to cover him.

(End of this chapter)