Volume 2: Empire Chapter 115 Surrender
The gap in weapon generations and the amount of firepower per unit area caused the seemingly impregnable defense of Samuel Port to be shattered by the Raging Waves City fleet.
On the water, raging fires burned the destroyed ships, and explosions caused all kinds of equipment on the ships to spray out with wood chips. The helpless sailors could only jump off the ship to escape, but in the water they had to face the raging waves and warships passing by, as well as the residual power of area magic attacks. Sometimes a bolt of lightning struck, and all the Rio sailors in the entire area lost consciousness, sinking and floating with the floating fish.
The sailors who escaped to the shore fled madly towards the city of Samuel. The collapsed morale and the huge airship pressing down on them made the Leo soldiers on the shore lose the courage to resist.
Once a major rout occurs, it will be difficult to stop it, and large amounts of weapons and supplies are abandoned at the dock.
The Marine Corps formed by the Raging City Fleet for this war completed the landing with almost no obstruction. An assault team composed of war machines took the lead in pursuing the defeated soldiers to prevent them from being organized to build defenses in the city.
The leader of the war machine assault team is Rossetti Owen, who was recruited by Luke from the Caltrop Armor Factory in Saint Lun City. This young man has a very high talent for driving war machines. After the element fusion reactor is developed, he can manufacture special war machines that combine magic alchemy and steam machinery technology. That is when Owen's strength will fully explode.
Now Owen is also a very good war machine driver. The members of his war machine team are all test drivers and pilots recruited by Luke for the future development of special war machines.
Named: Heart of Iron Squad.
The back of the war machine specially made for the Iron Ambition Team roared and emitted white smoke as the steam engine ran at full power. The war machine's steps were heavy and agile. Under the control of the driver, they crossed obstacles and ran quickly. Holding a shield in one hand and a knife , they used the shield to charge and the knife to chop, just like a harvester driving into a crop field, leaving deep footprints and a pile of broken limbs.
After a short rest, the subsequent landing Marines immediately rushed to their respective targets according to the tasks of each unit.
Some of them will follow the Iron Ambition Team to pursue the defeated soldiers in the direction of Samuel City. If they find the city empty, they will quickly enter the city and capture the city administrative buildings and large newspapers as quickly as possible.
The other part encircled and wiped out the remaining enemies in the ports and docks.
At this time, without the containment and guidance of surface ships, the coastal defense forts became blind in the face of the coast shrouded in the fog of war. When the Marines of the Raging Tide City Fleet arrived, the forts, which had no garrison forces around them, became helpless islands.
The Rio army, whose escape route was cut off, began to surrender on a large scale.
The ease and smoothness of the victory caught everyone in by surprise.
According to intelligence, Rio has deployed about 60,000 soldiers in the Samuel Port area, which is the most elite part of Rio's navy.
The attacking force of the Nutao City fleet was less than 30,000, and even half of them were a motley crowd supported by various parties.
In the original battle plan, the assault and melee on the harbor surface would not completely defeat the Rio Navy until the early morning at the earliest, and the capture of the entire port area would probably take until dawn the next day.
Now, Luke looked at the time.
22:36.
Only four hours had passed since the general offensive was launched at 18:30.
Some are too fast.
Amid a tremor, the "Tingtao" airship landed on an open space cleared at the dock.
The hatch opened, and the soldiers placed a ladder under the door. Luke put away his pocket watch and saluted Agatha: "Your Highness the Princess... please!"
Agatha nodded to Luke and walked down the steps.
Agatha and Luke were greeted by a tide of cheers.
The warriors of the Raging Waves City fleet raised their weapons high and saluted the Princess and Governor Meteorite. Some mages fired celebratory magical fireworks into the sky.
Agatha walked up the steps and waved to the cheering soldiers, her eyes scanning the battlefield around her.
The sea surface of the port was full of burning ships. The ships of Nutao City were actively pumping seawater to put out the fire and rescue people in the water.
Occasionally, battles broke out on the water.
The 39 Evangelion-class battleships that still retained their combat effectiveness were docked close to the shore, and the signal tower on the bridge kept shining beams into the sky. A group of airships belonging to the Raging Waves City Fleet were approaching the airspace of Samuel City, and no one knew where the Leo's airships had gone.
The airships and the Unit-01 class battleships used optical signals to communicate frequently. When the airships and battleship signal towers flashed red beams at each other in a regular pattern, the main guns of the 39 Unit-01 class battleships fired at Samuel City under the night sky.
The shells drew long arc-shaped light tracks in the air, and the sky above the port emitted light bands like the aurora due to the energy turbulence caused by excessive magic.
The starry sky tonight is so beautiful against the backdrop of light trails and auroras.
The sound of explosions could be heard from far away in Samuel City, and faint flames could be seen rising from the dark city.
The Unit-01-class battleship launched a continuous bombardment on the city of Samuel to cover the Marines' occupation of the city.
At the dock, the surrendered Rio soldiers lined up to hand in their weapons under the guard of the Marines. Even though the number of Rio soldiers far exceeded that of the Fury City soldiers, they had lost their morale and had no courage to fight. They all wanted to end this nightmare-like night as soon as possible.
A group of officers wearing Leo naval officer uniforms were escorted to Agatha and Luke. They looked very miserable, with bruises on their faces and shocking scars all over their bodies .
The leading naval officer Leo was helped to walk. After seeing Agatha and Luke, he broke free from his subordinates' hands and protested angrily.
"Not only did you invade our Rio territory without any reason, you even colluded with Hell. You sent demons to attack our command post and killed General Fimmel. The Golden Shield Empire will be spurned by the human-dominated international community!"
The excessive movement caused the wound on Leo's abdomen to burst open, and the blood quickly dyed the gauze bandage red.
demon!
Faced with such an accusation, Agatha looked at Luke.
Demons have a very bad reputation in human society. If there are demons in the Raging Waves City fleet, it will seriously affect the reputation of the Golden Shield Empire.
Looking at the expressions of the soldiers in the surrounding Raging Waves City fleet after hearing the demon, Luke blamed the tyrant in his heart.
Why is the work so rough?
I want to take you to Dongdu, and you want to embarrass me on purpose.
"tyrant!"
Luke didn't indulge the tyrant's temper and summoned him here directly.
On the ground in front of Luke, a dark shadow gathered first, then fire started to burn. The ground cracked and hot magma surged upwards. A demon rose from the lava, and orange-red lava rolled down his body.
He was extremely tall and strong, and the violent aura he exuded made even the soldiers of Nutao City, who had just won a victory, show fear in their hearts.
This is a true demon, and most people will never see them in their lifetime.
Agatha placed her hands on the hilt of the sword at her waist, staring at the nearby demon with full vigilance.
She didn't expect that there was really a demon beside Meteorite, and...
Even if there is a demon, do we need to summon him out?
You say there are no demons, but what evidence can these Rio Navy officers produce?
Now that you have openly summoned the devil, doesn't that mean you have acknowledged Officer Leo's testimony?
The scene fell into extreme silence, and even the angry Leo Marines turned pale with fear. He recalled the tragic scene in the command post, where the devil had brought the real hell.
Only the main guns on the Unit-01-class battleship continued to roar, and more and more fires spread inside Samuel City.
"Meteor..." Agatha asked Luke in some pain: "Does your power come from this demon? You sold your soul to the demon!"
Luke did not answer Agatha immediately. Instead, he took out a candy and put it in his mouth. Then he said to the tyrant as if nothing had happened: "Tell the people here... why are you here?"
The tyrant's momentum immediately subsided a lot, and he replied in embarrassment: "Can I not say it?"
"You just came to my place and you've already caused me so much trouble. If you don't explain it yourself, it will be difficult for me to handle it!"
"But I am following your instructions..."
Luke said, "Are you blaming my instructions for not being clear enough, or are you blaming your brain for not understanding the extent to which things need to be done?
Now Her Royal Highness the Princess suspects that I sold my soul to you. I guess everyone thinks so now. It was you who allowed these people to come here alive to accuse me of colluding with Hell. Don't say that you are soft-hearted and can't bear to kill them. "
The cold winter wind blew by, carrying with it the smell of gunpowder and blood.
Everyone looked at the devil and the meteorite in disbelief and listened to their conversation.
Were their soul-selling contracts signed upside down? How could the relationship between the upper and lower levels be so reversed?
At this time, the tyrant felt that he had shot himself in the foot. He did deliberately let these Leo officers go and showed his devilish side in front of them. This was to avenge Luke for taking him to Winter City and making him bear the suspicion of being involved with the devil.
The tyrant originally thought that Meteorite would deny the existence of the devil by virtue of his strength as a victor, but he never expected that Meteorite would summon him out in public and explain in person why he was here.
How to explain this? This is simply public humiliation.
"Please forgive me this time, can you not tell me?"
The demon actually showed such a humble attitude to Meteorite, which once again shocked the people around him. What did the Governor of Meteorite do to this demon to make him say the words of prayer?
But Luke did not intend to forgive the tyrant. This time he had to teach him a profound lesson so that he knew what it meant to obey orders. Otherwise, if he allowed him to act so recklessly, bigger things would definitely happen in the future.
"It has come to this. Can it be more embarrassing to say it out loud?"
The fear of the devil was dispelled by the gossip about the inside story, and everyone around was waiting for the devil's answer.
The tyrant endured and endured, and the knife that Qingkong slashed from the air appeared in his mind again. He couldn't beat him, and if Qingkong obtained all the power of the World Tree, he couldn't escape.
"Okay..." The tyrant gave up his last insistence: "Because I committed an unforgivable crime, I was sentenced by Miss Qingkong to serve my sentence here as the Governor of Meteorite to atone for my sins.
Can I go now?
"Very good, you may go now."
Hearing Luke's order, the tyrant quickly sank into the magma under his feet as if he had been pardoned. The lava died out, the fire subsided, and the ground turned into a smoking black volcanic rock.
At this moment, everyone seemed to be petrified.
This... is even more incredible than signing a reverse contract with the devil.
Miss Clear Sky sentenced a demon, and the demon actually came to accept detention and serve. Is the one who just came out a real demon?
Luke said to the stunned Leo naval officer, "Did you hear that clearly? No one is colluding with Hell. The demon was just sentenced by Miss Clear Sky and is being detained here and doing some labor.
You should be thankful that the demon had some resistance to the punishment, otherwise you would have no chance of bringing any charges against me.
If you still have any questions, I can put you and the devil in a cell and let him answer your questions in detail."
"No, no, no, don't lock us up with the devil." Naval Officer Leo completely lost the momentum he had just had. Not everyone has the ability of the elf Qingkong.
Being alone with the devil is definitely more terrifying than death.
The naval officer ignored the blood on his waist and took the sword and handed it to Luke with both hands: "I am Admiral Archibald Wade of the Rio Navy, and now I am the supreme commander of the Rio Navy stationed in Samuel Port.
Please ask the Governor of Falling Star, Raging Waves City, Golden Shield Empire, to accept our surrender. "
Luke reminded: "Princess Agatha of the Golden Shield Empire is here."
Admiral Archibald Wade then remembered that the highest position in the Golden Shield Empire was the Princess. He turned to Agatha in a hurry and said, "Princess of the Golden Shield Empire, please accept our surrender!"
Although Agatha was also shocked that Qingkong had sentenced a demon, she knew that now was not the time to delve into the matter.
Accepting the surrender of General Archibald Wade helped speed up the capture of Samuel City.
Agatha took Archibald Wade's sword.
"As the eldest princess of the Golden Shield Empire, I accept your surrender. I promise that all surrendered soldiers will be treated as prisoners of war, and all officers will receive treatment commensurate with their status. When the war is over, you can reunite with your families.
Thank you for your contribution to ending this war, your choices have saved many lives.
Surrender is not humiliation, it just makes the meaningless battle end as soon as possible. "
Archibald Wade, supported by his subordinates, bowed to Agatha and then to Luke: "No matter how you dress it up, surrender is not a decent thing.
I have to admit that the Unit-01-class battleship is indeed very powerful, and Raging Wave City is very powerful. This is a war that is doomed to fail from the beginning...
Leo's dream of sea power was shattered from then on.
goodbye!"
Admiral Archibald Wade staggered away with the officers of the Rio Navy, knowing that the dream they had fought for was no longer possible.
