Munitions Empire
Chapter 1366: The same misery in 1283

Chapter 1366: The same misery in 1283

“Look!” On the deck of the Qin Country’s Courage destroyer, on the outskirts of the Allied Fleet, the sentinel on guard nudged his companion’s shoulder.

The drowsy companion rubbed his eyes, “What’s going on? It’s been a day; I’m exhausted. Let me sleep for a while, please don’t bother me.”

“Look over there!” The sentinel who had noticed the anomaly continued to shake his companion until he too looked towards the distant sky.

His eyes widened instantly, and any sleepiness vanished in a flash, because he saw many meteors, numerous meteors heading towards their fleet… “Meteors!”

“Oh my god…” The sentinel on the Courage saw a meteor with a roaring sound streak past the sea surface near their warship, the noise overshadowing the sounds of waves and engines.

The sentinel who first noticed the anomaly turned and shouted towards the direction of the bridge, “Enemy attack! There’s an enemy attack!”

Seconds later, the battle alert sounded within the Courage destroyer. Having been teased all day, the crew of the Courage, who finally caught up with the main fleet, rolled off their hammocks onto the floor.

Without even properly dressing, they groped their way to their posts in the darkness, being as familiar with the ship as if it were their home.

Putting on his steel helmet, the captain walked to the chief mate on duty, grabbing the binoculars, “Damn it, how did things turn out this way?”

In the darkness ahead where the sharp bow of his destroyer pointed, a flame was burning in the distance.

That was the Great Qin Empire’s Battleship Shu Mountain, named after Shu Mountain City. At this moment, this battleship was exploding, and it seemed the magazine hadn’t detonated, yet the fire was out of control.

Further out, another not-so-clear fireball was expanding, gradually becoming clear: it was the Qin Country’s Aircraft Carrier ZhenNan.

A domestically built carrier by Qin Country, the Great Qin Empire’s first aircraft carrier! It was based on the Essex-class carrier’s basic design with some modifications, its overall performance was quite good.

Back then, the Qin and Tang countries were still in their honeymoon period, with the Tang Country generously providing carrier blueprints to Qin Country ahead of time.

Now, this giant ship that once witnessed the friendship between the Qin and Tang countries was exploding and burning, with flames nearly engulfing the whole flight deck.

“Accelerate!” Dropping the binoculars, the captain turned to the officer in charge of power, commanding: “Get closer to Shu Mountain! See if they need assistance…”

Before he finished speaking, a frightening whistle sounded overhead, a meteor streaked across the sky, straight towards Shu Mountain.

Everyone in the bridge shrank their necks in fright, when they looked up again, they saw the light was already a step away from Shu Mountain.

The next moment, the flame submerged into the hull of the Battleship Shu Mountain, and soon, everyone on the destroyer saw a glint flash across the heavy armor of the battleship, the entire warship seemed to shudder.

“Boom!” The already burning battleship exploded violently once more, the towering flames illuminating the surrounding sea. A nearby cruiser was quickly turning, its midship spotlight shining on the Shu Mountain.

“Cancel the order! No need to approach anymore.” Even a fool would know that Shu Mountain was done for. Approaching now might get embroiled in its explosion.

Under such circumstances, how many officers and soldiers from Shu Mountain can survive is left to fate. After canceling the order, the Courage destroyer captain then instructed, “Correct the course, go around, and try to assist the ZhenNan aircraft carrier…”

As he spoke, suddenly something fell outside the porthole, hitting the deck with a “clang.”

In an instant, everyone in the bridge had their souls scared out, their hair standing on end. The captain almost fell, the thought flashed through his mind: it’s over, I’m going to die for my country.

After waiting for a while, realizing there was no violent explosion, everyone then straightened up, someone went out to inquire what had fallen, and came back to report to the captain, “It’s a railing segment.”

“Railing?” The Courage’s captain frowned, dissatisfied in reproaching, “The warship is so new, how can the railing break off and fall? How is the maintenance done usually?”

“Captain, it’s not our railing.” The returning officer answered somewhat embarrassingly, “Not sure where it’s from.”

The captain stood dumbfounded for a moment, then looked towards the distant, continuously exploding Shu Mountain, seemingly understanding something: “Accelerate!… Send a message to Shu Mountain, wish them luck.”

“The interference is too strong, our message may not reach them…” The communication officer hesitantly reminded.

“Send it.” The chief mate understood the captain’s intention, told the communication officer, “It’s the last thing we can do.”

The silent Courage destroyer captain at this moment noticed more “meteors” flying towards the pitch-black distance. Over there, there were more, more crucial warships of the Allied Fleet.

“It’s over…” That’s the thought that emerged in the Courage captain’s mind, a day ago, he still felt the Allied Fleet was unbeatable.

Back then, he saw the fleet anchored in the distance, 10 aircraft carriers gathered together, more than 700 carrier-based aircraft!

This was no joke! Entirely 700 carrier-based aircraft, 10 aircraft carriers, flanked by battleship guards, no opponent would dare challenge such a fleet!

Unfortunately… such heroic feeling only lasted a day. Or rather, lasted just a day before it dissipated. The opponent didn’t even show themselves yet devastating the massive Allied Fleet, leaving them fleeing in panic.

John Cleves watched as another Dorn aircraft carrier got hit by missiles, his face turned to a livid color. He didn’t know the rear ZhenNan aircraft carrier was severely damaged too, at this moment he held 10 aircraft carriers, already half were unable to fight.

“Report! Leyte Prince Battleship got hit, ammunition explosion occurred…” An officer walked up to John Cleves again, saluted and reported the newly received news.

Now, the main warships of the Allied Fleet were roughly half lost; the remaining warships were damaged or critically harmed.

John Cleves no longer hoped for a comeback; right now, his mind was only filled with thoughts on how to salvage this fleet. If he could immediately leave the battlefield, he’d rather sacrifice himself.