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"The second fleet that went out to sea probably had about seven or eight hundred ships in total." Gustav rubbed his nose and replied with a smile.

Wolfgang nodded slightly. "Yes, that's right, but the shipyard needs to build more warships as soon as possible."

"In addition to needing large warships to transport troops to Yan Country, we also need a fleet to control the coastal waters of Yan Country for a long time. Sea power is becoming more and more important now."

Gustav hummed, and just as he saw the sky outside the window getting dark, he turned and asked:

"When will your Majesty come, Marshal Wolfgang?"

"Six o'clock." Wolfgang put down his legs, tapped the table with his fingers, and said to the servants, "Clear the table."

Gustav looked up at the white jade clock on the wall. He stared at the slowly moving hands and murmured, "Half an hour left."

As soon as he finished speaking, the pointer pointed to the center and made a crisp sound.

"Boom!"

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The sails were burning in the flames, the tall and straight mast had been burnt black, and the cracks at the bottom caused by the explosion were getting bigger and bigger. Finally, it could no longer hold on and collapsed with flames all over its body.

The sailor who was unable to dodge was knocked to the ground. He struggled and screamed, but the fire from the mast spread to his body, burning his hat, hair, and clothes. He died while wailing.

Under the cover of night, white waves rolled on the sea, and countless wreckages of federal warships were swept into the deep sea by the waves.

An afternoon of fierce fighting, no, it should be said that the suicide interception is about to come to an end.

During this period, the Iron Wall Fleet narrowed the distance to the Yan Army Fleet despite heavy casualties, and then launched an artillery attack. However, at this time, more than half of their warships had been destroyed, and even the battle line had collapsed, and the counterattack did not achieve any effect.

So they gave up the bombardment and used the remaining warships to charge, hoping to directly destroy the Yan State warship. Although they knew that the Yan State warship was covered with iron armor and the most likely result of a collision would be the destruction of their own ship and the death of people, this was the last means of interception, so they still did it.

But even so, this move did not work. Although the steam ironclad ships of the Yan Army were made of steel, they did not want to withstand the impact or suffer even the slightest unnecessary damage, so they used their superior maneuverability to dodge.

While dodging, they continued to fire with rotating turrets. Although shooting while moving would reduce their hit rate, fortunately the firepower was sufficient. After all, there were only dozens of federal warships left when they launched the suicide collision.

At this point, shortly after the sun set, the intercepting Iron Wall Fleet was on the verge of destruction.

All the warships were destroyed in the bombardment, and now in this sea full of wreckage, there are only a dozen warships that have not completely sunk.

And now, with the sea water backflowing and the spreading flames, they are about to sink completely into the deep sea.

On one of the warships, a man crawled out from a pile of broken wood. There was a horrible gash on his cheek caused by shrapnel, and blood was gushing out. The gushing blood had dyed half of his body red.

Despite his serious injuries, the man did not make a sound or stand up from the ground. Instead, he knelt on the ground, rummaging through the wreckage with his hands, as if he didn't care at all that the warship was about to sink.

While searching, he could no longer hear the cries of others, which made him realize that his companions had all died in the explosions in the previous two rounds of shelling.

After pulling out a charred plank, a badly mangled corpse came into view. Upon seeing the familiar face, the man's pupils shrank slightly, and his lips moved slightly:

"Rest in peace, Carlos."

"At least... we fulfilled our final duty."

"Although we didn't stop them for too long, we still slowed them down."

"Right?"

Muttering to himself, he stretched out his bloody hand and gently closed the corpse's wide-open eyes.

"Here it is."

He then pulled aside a wooden board and pulled out a crushed military cap from underneath. It was exactly the cap he was looking for.

Chick, holding his hat, slowly stood up and walked to the highest point of the tilted warship.

As he walked, he fiddled with his hat, gradually restoring the deflated shape to its original shape. When it was finally restored, he finally reached the highest point of the warship.

After fumbling with his bloodstained clothes, straightening out some wrinkles, and fastening the loose buttons, Chick put on his hat.

He put his feet together, straightened his body, and faced the direction of the land.

Under the cover of night, the Yan Kingdom fleet was sailing. Compared to the first encounter, their lineup was still as large as before. This naval battle that wiped out their own fleet seemed to be nothing to them.

Chick looked on expressionlessly, gradually raised his chin, and set his gaze higher and farther, past the sailing enemy fleet, he looked at the country that was far away yet so close.

Nothing can be seen, everything is hidden in the night.

He restrained his expression, his face became solemn, and his arm suddenly raised at this moment.

He saluted in a very standard military manner and maintained this posture, looking into the distance until the warship could no longer bear it and sank into the deep sea with him.

-

"Boom!"

The hands pointed to six o'clock and the clock rang again.

Everyone in the room stood up and saluted von Palen who walked into the meeting room on time.

"Well, sit down."

Von Paalen strode to the table, and Gustav attentively pulled out a chair for him.

Feng Palen glanced at him and asked casually:

"Long time no see, Gustav. Have you arranged everything in the army before coming to Salvia?"

Gustav immediately said, "Yes, Your Majesty, everything has been arranged."

Von Palen nodded slightly, then looked around and frowned, "Where's Chick?"

Everyone looked at Gustav, who immediately replied, "Chik said he had military matters to attend to and couldn't get away."

"Can't you leave it to Carlos? This is the twelfth anniversary celebration." Von Palen still frowned.

Gustav lowered his eyes slightly and said, "That's what I told him, but he..."

Before he could finish his words, von Palen interrupted and said, "Well, he is indeed a man with a strong sense of responsibility."

"very good."

After this was said, the generals on the side echoed it. Gustav sat back in his chair in silence, and von Palen continued:

"It has been a long time since we have gathered in Salivia like this. Taking advantage of this 12th anniversary celebration, you, the pride of the empire, have gathered here. I am very happy to see familiar faces like you."

As he spoke, he slowly swept his eyes across everyone's faces.

Everyone held their heads high and had a proud expression on their faces.

And Von Palen went on to say, "Tomorrow is the last day of this year. I will award you the Twelve Years Medal of Honor at the Imperial Castle. It bears witness to our development from the Golt Empire to today's Delta Federation."

“And in the next twelve years, I hope that each of you here will be able to add another medal of honor.”

As soon as these words came out, Gustav's face brightened up, and he quickly stood up and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

The others then stood up and expressed their opinions.

Von Palen went on to say, “Edelman is not in the country right now. I will award him the Medal of Honor when he returns.”

At this point, he turned to look at Gustav: "And Chick, you should get one as well."

"Let's go together."

"Okay, let's not waste any more time and get into the content of our meeting today."

"Fully capture Yan Country and control all land and sea!"