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Baekje, the generals of the main ship of the Silla coalition looked around, looking at the vast sea, which was full of enemy warships.
And on their side, many ships have been sunk, and more than half of their main battleships have been lost.
Everyone knew in their hearts that there was no possibility of victory at all, and if they continued to fight, they would basically all die on this sea.
"Fu Yulong, you surrender, are you worthy of your Baekje King's weight on you?" Jin An stood there and asked about his husband Yu Long, who had taken him hostage.
"Your Majesty, he understands me!" Fu Yulong said lightly.
"There are no coastal defenses on the coast of Baekje and Silla, and once the fleet of Dongyi Island Kingdom attacks, we will not be able to cope with the battle at all, and we will only be fallen!" Fu Yulong said to Jin An.
Jin An was silent, as the grand duke of Silla, what Fu Yulong said was not a lie, Baekje and Silla had no coastal defense at all, once they lost this naval battle, the opponent's warships reached the coast of Silla and Baekje, and it was easy to land in the territory of Silla and Baekje.
As for this naval battle, Jin An can't see any hope of victory, unless there is a hurricane, after all, the gap between the military strength of the two sides is too big, and the other side still has a terrifying weapon.
In order to defend against this strong enemy from the sea, they must win this naval battle, but in this naval battle, they do not see the possibility of victory at all.
What's more, the top brass of his fleet actually surrendered.
What an army fears most is that it is afraid of the instability of the army, and once the army's spirit is unstable, let alone defeating a strong enemy, it will automatically disintegrate and collapse internally.
And the words of Fu Yulong just now made his military spirit have problems, and the beginning of the unstable military spirit is from the top.
A senior general looked at Jin An: "Grand Duke, I think he is right, we have no chance of winning at all, if we continue to fight, we may all die in the sea, I think for the sake of the lives of the soldiers, it is necessary to surrender!" ”
"As for the king, I think he understands us!" The general looked at Jin An and said.
At the time of the controversy between the Baekje and Silla coalition forces, Zhou Baotong's army was ready to fight by boat, after all, the firebombs were limited, although there were still them, but Zhou Baotong was reluctant to use them.
A fire bomb is worth a hundred taels of gold, and of course this is mainly expensive in fuel, because it takes a lot of fuel to burn a huge stone.
And it can make the sea burn, the quality of this fuel must also be the highest, and this kind of firearm used by the Qi Army will not be so expensive.
The main army will not have very high requirements for the quality of this fuel, it will not be required, and it will be burned at sea.
As long as the quality is reduced, the cost will also be reduced.
Although Baekje had the support of the wealthy Qi maritime merchants in this advance into Silla, it could not be wasted.
What's more, it is now an absolute advantage, there is no need to waste resources, although continuing to use it can reduce the casualty rate of soldiers.
In this war-torn world, the lives of soldiers are not worth anything at all, not to mention, these are the people of Dongyi Island, these people are defeated in the eyes of Zhou Baotong, they are cannon fodder, and it doesn't matter if they are sacrificed.
Of course, Zhou Baotong thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare and couldn't show it, because he still had to rely on these soldiers to make meritorious contributions for him and get more property for him, so he needed to show love for soldiers like a son.
"Let the soldiers, get ready, we will fight by boat, let them play their greatest strength!" Zhou Baotong said to Hetian Dongyi.
"General, don't worry, our soldiers are ready for battle, as long as we rely on the boat, we will definitely be able to crush them!" Hetian Dongyi said to Zhou Baotong.
"Tell them that as long as they can fight bravely to kill the enemy, they will be rewarded with human leaders, and the more they kill, the more rewards they will receive!" Zhou Baotong said to Hetian Dongyi.
Because Qi needs naval construction, and the military expenditure of the navy is supported by maritime merchants, Qi Xiaobai also issued a military merit system in the navy.
The more you kill, the more rewards you get, and as long as the reward is received, it is not a problem to become a general.
Of course, to help Qi Xiaobai build a huge navy, the maritime merchants are also selfish, the stronger the sea power of the Qi army, then their business will be more smoothly, and expanding their territory on the sea can bring huge and incomparable benefits to their maritime merchants.
And because the powerful countries on the sea, because they are mired in the quagmire of war, they are simply unable to maintain stability and expand their forces outside their own territory, which makes the maritime merchants of the Qi country see a profitable opportunity.
Of course, the maritime merchants wanted to set up their own private armies, but how could Qi Xiaobai agree to this group of maritime merchants to set up their own private armies? established, then will his Qi Xiaobai's status still be preserved?
Merchants are powerful, and Song Guo is a very obvious example, Qi Xiaobai can't let Song Guo's affairs happen to him.
Therefore, Qi Xiaobai exploited the merchants, helped him build a navy, and let him become a shareholder of the maritime merchants, and when the maritime merchants got benefits, Qi Xiaobai could also get benefits, and the maritime merchants should take Qi Xiaobai as the core.
Of course, Qi Xiaobai wants to take the lion's share of the benefits obtained overseas, although Qi Xiaobai invests the least.
Under the pressure of Qi Xiaobai, they had to accept Qi Xiaobai's opinion, not to mention that the navy was strong, which did bring them practical benefits, and in the face of interests, they chose to accept it.
In the past, Qi did not have a strong navy, and they were worried about doing trade at sea and meeting pirates or something, but with Qi Xiaobai's navy, unless it was ocean-going, global trade, and overseas trade near the sea, Qi Xiaobai could keep them safe.
Although Qi Xiaobai has only recently begun to increase investment in the navy, in this short period of time, the Qi navy has a huge sea control power in the coastal waters of Qi and as far as the South Seas.
Of course, it is only to reach the vicinity of the South Seas, after all, the South Seas are the territory of the maritime power 'Netherlands'.
Of course, in recent years, because of the Europa War, the Netherlands has also been involved, and its control over the South Seas has become unstable, but this is not something that Qi State, which has just strengthened its navy, can provoke.
However, it is only a matter of time before Qi enters the South Seas, after all, the Netherlands is very far away from the South Seas, and the Qi Kingdom is very close to the South Seas.
Wada Dongichi walked out, raised his horn, blew it, and then the small transport began to approach the ships of the Baekje and Silla coalition forces.
A few sailors brought a table and put it in front of Zhou Baotong, and then began to put food on the table.
Hetian Dongyi returned to Zhou Baotong's side and said, "General, when you finish your meal, the battle is basically over!" ”
Looking at the battle situation, both Wada Dongyi and Zhou Baotong felt that the war had basically become settled, and the Silla and Baekje coalition forces could not resist them at all, of course, the reason for not having a hurricane.
However, Zhou Baotong, who has a lot of sailing experience, looked at the sky and concluded that there would be no hurricanes or anything today.