Chapter 1120: Military Morale

"You all..."

The climate in Tianzhu is as scorching as fire; even the sea breeze blowing over is stinging.

However, the attitudes of the officers from other Xitu Guo made Bolt shiver with cold.

Clearly, these officers were terrified.

Tianzhu concerns the core interests of Britain, but it has little to do with them.

In reality, they never thought the Coalition would be defeated; they all came with the mindset of bullying indigenous armies as they had in the past.

More of it was to carve up Great Song and gain some benefits after defeating Great Song.

But now, the Great Song fleet has displayed astonishing combat power before them.

This terrified them.

The so-called unity naturally vanished in an instant.

After all, Tianzhu concerns the core interests of Britain, but it is not their core interest.

Yet no matter what they think, it is already impossible to change the minds of these officers.

Some officers have already left, dispatching soldiers toward the East front.

The officers of Frank, Folangji, and Stedan lingered a little longer, but in the end, they also chose to leave.

This battle completely killed their desire to retake Southeast China, Luzon, and Yajia.

For him, what should be of concern now is not these colonies taken by Great Song, but rather, he should worry more about whether Great Song will seize more colonies in the future.

At the same time, they need to report the true situation of this war back to their home countries, allowing their nations to make correct judgments.

Secondly, they must start thinking of ways to ensure the soldiers of the Expeditionary Army return to their own countries alive.

"Traitors, you are all traitors! You have abandoned Britain like this, abandoned Tianzhu—oh, my Tianzhu, the jewel on the British crown..." With only sorrowful British officers and officials left by his side, Bolt screamed as if he had gone mad, and finally, he began to cry.

On the sea, the game of cat and mouse was still continuing.

It was just that the figures of the Great Song warships and the Coalition warships were moving further and further away from the port as they chased each other.

Only after staying at the port until dusk, with nothing left on the sea but the wreckage of warships emitting blue smoke, did Bolt turn back under the persuasion of his officers and officials.

They knew very well that there was not much time left for them.

When the Great Song warships sink all the warships that fled and return to Tianzhu again.

What they will face will be the ruthless blockade of the Great Song fleet.

The sea route between Tianzhu and Britain will be completely severed.

Not long after Bolt left, the Jinling and the four Sailing Warships following it appeared in the sea area thirty miles outside the port.

Black columns of smoke billowed from the funnels of the warships, and the Ironclad Warships churned the reddened seawater.

Under the setting sun, it was unclear whether this touch of red was blood or the reflection of the sunset.

Surging along with the seawater toward the sides of the warships were the wreckage of Coalition warships and the corpses of Coalition soldiers floating on the sea surface.

The smell of blood attracted sharks.

From time to time, triangular fins flashed by.

Gazing at the scene that looked like purgatory, Zhou Yi and Song Xiang exchanged a glance.

At this moment, a thought simultaneously emerged in their hearts.

If not for their Emperor, I fear the outcome of today's naval battle would have been reversed, and this sea would be filled with the corpses of Great Song soldiers.

And this naval battle would not be fought in Tianzhu; I fear it would have been fought in the waters of Yanzhou.

"Next, we just wait for Qin Shan and Guan Tong and the others. If they win, the Westerners will be completely driven out of Dongtu, and Tianzhu will also be incorporated into the sphere of influence of Great Song." Withdrawing his gaze, Zhou Yi looked toward Calcutta, which was gradually being shrouded in the night.

He had already ordered the pursuit to stop.

It was not that they could not catch up, but that the sea in the dark of night is a dark labyrinth.

As long as the opponent extinguished their lights, they would have no way to discover the opponent's trail; chasing would be in vain.

Moreover, including the Coalition warships that fled into the inland rivers, at most ten or so Sailing Warships had escaped.

As for their Steamships, they had all been sunk, as these were their primary targets for attack.

This number of Coalition Sailing Warships, without the towing of Steamships, was already not worth mentioning to the Great Song Navy.

Even if it were a combination of Steamships and Sailing Warships, as long as they were discovered, they could be completely annihilated.

In short, they had won this naval battle thoroughly.

The Coalition navy was effectively wiped out.

Next, they would execute the order of Emperor Zhao Xu to blockade the Tianzhu sea area.

Making it impossible for Tianzhu to obtain any supplies from the sea.

Thinking of this, he ordered a Steamship to depart, on one hand to deliver the intelligence to Qin Shan and Guan Tong, and on the other to transmit the naval battle intelligence back to Great Song.

At the same time.

On the front line where Piaoman and Tianzhu meet, the daily shelling and bombardment here were still continuing.

After more than half a month of tactical deception back and forth.

Qin Shan and Guan Tong believed that the Field Artillery in the opponent's trenches had basically been cleared out.

And the daily small-scale night raids had also made the opponent accustomed to them, no longer triggering a full-scale counterattack from the Coalition as they did the first time.

To the two of them, everything indicated that the time for the general offensive had arrived.

"Wait a few more days; I reckon Zhou Yi has just about started fighting the opponent's navy." Gazing at the Coalition fortifications in the distance, Qin Shan said.

Today, Guan Tong had already urged him several times, demanding to launch the general offensive.

But he believed they should still wait for news from the navy.

After all, the Calcutta sea area is only eight hundred kilometers away from Piaoman.

It is not like Malacca, which is over two thousand kilometers away from them.

If things go smoothly, they will be able to receive intelligence on the naval battle in three days.

In his view, the success or failure of the naval battle would be crucial to the morale of the soldiers on both sides.

Especially for the Coalition soldiers; if the naval battle is lost, it could be said to be fatal to their morale.

Because this would mean they would be unable to return to their own countries by sea.

Although, they could return through Tusman.

But it is eight thousand kilometers from Tianzhu to the Western Lands, and Zhongtu has many plateaus, mountains, and deserts.

Moreover, whether Tusman can provide them with sufficient supplies along the way is also an unknown.

Even if they could go back, how many people would be able to return alive?

I fear that just thinking about it is enough to make the Coalition soldiers collapse.

"Zhou Yi, that kid, better not drag us down." Guan Tong frowned upon hearing this.

Since Qin Shan had said so, he could only accept it; after all, on the battlefield, Qin Shan's rank was higher than his.

They waited for another three days.

Before Zhou Yi's intelligence arrived, the airships above the battlefield reported an unusual situation regarding the Coalition to the two of them:

Many officers in different military uniforms arrived at the Coalition camp, then the officers seemed to have an argument, and afterwards, these officers were all detained.

Upon learning this news, Qin Shan and Guan Tong immediately ordered officers at all levels to keep a close watch on the Coalition's Trench fortifications.

Once the enemy showed changes favorable to them, they would immediately launch an attack.

They vaguely guessed something.

This guess was confirmed the next day.

A team of Piaoman Cavalry brought the news that the Great Song Navy had completely annihilated the Coalition navy.

"Clearly, the enemy's commanders have suppressed this news; they are still not giving up, wanting us to keep wearing each other down to hold onto Tianzhu." Stroking his chin, Zhou Yi said to Guan Tong, "Since they want to cover it up, we will make sure everyone knows."

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