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On the afternoon of June 23, the commander of the Spanish Expeditionary Force, Admiral Fernands, gave the order to retreat. Seeing his own warships being sunk one after another, Admiral Fernance knew that the Spanish Expeditionary Force was bound to be defeated this time!

"Command the ships! Break through and return to Pontianak! Admiral Fernance gave the order with a bloody face. The outcome of this battle was already doomed, and the Spanish expeditionary force fleet was defeated! Although no one wants to accept such a reality, the facts are in front of them, and they can't help but believe it. The strength of the Xinhua Navy completely surpasses their similarity. The powerful expeditionary fleet of the Spanish Navy was so vulnerable in front of the Xinhua Navy.

Under the orders of Admiral Fernand, the Spanish fleet began to turn and attempt to flee in the direction of Pontianak. For the average Spanish sailor, the battle from yesterday to today was a complete disaster. They had the advantage in the number of warships and the number of guns, but they were easily defeated by the Xinhua navy. And it's almost a one-sided war! This brought their morale to a freezing point. They no longer have the courage to continue fighting. Therefore, as soon as the order to retreat was given, everyone scrambled to start fleeing!

"Ha Lu Ha! Those Spaniards are scared! They fled! Order the ships and pursue the Spaniards! Don't let any of them go! On the cruiser 'Xinhua', the commander of the First Fleet, Wei Yong, said with a smile. At this moment, the Xinhua Navy can be regarded as truly winning this naval battle! Of course. For the Xinhua Navy, this is the victory they have been waiting for for a long time!

The remaining 20 or so 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Xinhua Navy are like sharks cruising in the sea. A bloody pursuit was launched against the fleeing Spanish fleet. Most of the ships of the Spanish fleet were scarred, and they did not have any advantage in terms of speed, but now they were even more at a disadvantage.

A third class battleship was overtaken by two 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Xinhua Navy, and the two 'Shark-class' cruisers opened fire at a distance of three thousand meters from the enemy ships. This third-class battleship, most of the superstructure has been destroyed in the previous battle. Less than half of the artillery remained, and it was no match for the 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Xinhua Navy. In the siege of two 'Shark-class' cruisers, it took less than twenty minutes. This third class battleship with a displacement of more than 1,700 tons was sunk!

The same scene is constantly playing out in the northern part of the Java Sea. The Spanish fleet, which had no intention of fighting, kept running away. However, the final result was to be caught up by the Xinhua Navy. And then sink! The will to fight of the Spanish Navy has been destroyed. The navy of the new country can reap the fruits of their victory with impunity.

"Captain, let's surrender! We have already lost, surrender to the Xinhua Navy, we still have a chance to live! "On a battleship of the third rank, several Spanish Navy sailors pleaded with the captain.

"No! How could we, the noble Spanish Navy, surrender to those damned yellow people? Even if I die in battle, I will never surrender to them! The captain said stubbornly.

Only, the next second. He was knocked unconscious by the angry soldiers. The captain succeeded the captain and became the supreme commander of the battleship of the third rank. At the request of most of the sailors on the battleship, he ordered the white flag to be raised and surrender to the navy of the new country.

Faced with the surrender of the Spanish Navy, the Xinhua Navy accepted. After all, these Spaniards have already been frightened, and if they continue to fight, there is no point in any more, it is just a waste of shells. In addition, although the warships were wrecked, they were slightly repaired and handed over to the local police force to suppress the pirates. Or convert it into an armed merchant ship and sell it to the merchants of Xinhua Kingdom! Now, the caravan of Xinhua has covered the entire Nanyang region, and has reached as far as Japan in the north and the Ottoman Empire in the west.

The role of example is endless, when the first battleship surrendered and was accepted by the Xinhua Navy, those Spanish warships that were chased by the Xinhua Navy chose to surrender. For them, the war is over. The next thing is to save your life!

Of course, there is no shortage of hard bones in the Spanish Navy. The fourth-tier battleship where Rear Admiral Andrés was located chose to fight to the death. They rejected the surrender demands of the Xinhua Navy and chose to resist. The end result is naturally not much better. In less than ten minutes, the fourth-class battleship was sent to the bottom of the sea. And Rear Admiral Andrés also sank to the bottom of the sea with the battleship!

As the flagship of the Spanish fleet, the battleship Isabella was naturally the object of the attention of the Xinhua Navy. This huge battleship is also worthy of being one of the most powerful battleships in the world, with a displacement of up to 3,000 tons, which is much larger than the 'Shark-class' cruisers of the Xinhua Navy. The artillery carried is beyond the reach of the 'Shark-class' cruisers. However, at this moment, the battleship 'Isabella' has also come to an end. The Xinhua Navy had four 'Shark-class' cruisers eyeing the scarred battleship.

"General, the Xinhua Navy makes us surrender! They say that if we don't surrender, they will sink us! A staff officer reported to Admiral Fernand.

"Bastard! Tell those yellow-skinned monkeys, the valiant Spanish Navy, that they will never surrender to us! Admiral Fernance said with red eyes. However, the Spanish warships, which had already raised the white flag, were like slapping him in the face.

"General, we, let's accept the request of the Xinhua Navy!" The staff officer hesitated for a moment, then said. He was still young, and he didn't want to die with Admiral Fernance as an old man. Westerners attach much more importance to life than Easterners. The soldiers of the East regard the Shroud of Horse Leather as the highest glory of a soldier, but the Westerners are different, and when they have done their best, they will choose to surrender in order to save their lives, and only in this way is the most useful!

"Coward! You damned coward, are you still a valiant Spanish soldier? Admiral Fernance pointed at the staff officer and yelled, as if to vent his anger at the defeat of the naval battle.

The staff officer kept his head down and did not speak, but his eyes were full of anger. The reason for the defeat of this naval battle was not in him at all, or rather, not in the Spanish fleet. It's not that they're too weak, it's that the enemy is too strong. Even if it is replaced by the British Royal Navy, under the same conditions, I am afraid it is not the opponent of the Xinhua Navy!

"General, let's surrender!" The staff officer said again.

Admiral Fernance was about to curse, but suddenly he saw the eyes of the other officers on the bridge, and everyone's eyes were full of that desire to survive. For a moment, Admiral Fernance was stunned. He knew that if he didn't give the order to surrender, the officers would do something crazy. Admiral Fernance was very aggrieved, he never imagined that the heroic Spanish Navy would have such a situation at the last moment. Still, he can understand. In the midst of despair, for ordinary people, survival is the most important thing. Anyone who stands in their way is their enemy!

"Alright! Surrender to the Xinhua Navy! Admiral Fernance uttered these words with difficulty, and then left the bridge in solitude and returned to his cabin. The moment he turned around, he heard the cheers of the officers and men on the battleship, which was filled with the joy of the rest of everyone's life. This deeply stimulated Admiral Fernands, and the whole person seemed to have aged all of a sudden.

After returning to his cabin, Admiral Fernance locked the hatch. He sat quietly on the marching bed, as if thinking about something. In this battle, the Spanish fleet was defeated, and next, bad luck will definitely be on the body of the Spanish army. Even if Spain and the Netherlands join forces, it is estimated that they are not the opponents of Xinhua. This operation of the Spanish Expeditionary Force was a complete failure. This will directly lead to the permanent loss of Luzon, the most important colony of the Spanish Kingdom, without which the Spanish Kingdom will be even more financially embarrassed. Moreover, the Kingdom of Spain, having lost its main naval force, will no longer be able to launch a similar expedition. This defeat would hasten the decline of the Kingdom of Spain. And, they will become the laughing stock of the whole of Europe. The Kingdom of Spain will henceforth become a third-rate country in Europe!

And the responsibility for all this will probably be counted on the head of Admiral Fernands. Even if he could return to the Kingdom of Spain safely, Queen Isabella II would certainly not let him go. Waiting for him, the gallows in front of the square of the Royal Palace of Madrid, where he will be hanged in the midst of all the eyes. The thought of this made Admiral Fernance shudder.

Soon, as if he had made up his mind, Admiral Fernance took a musket from the cabinet in the cabin, loaded it with gunpowder and pellets with trembling hands, and aimed it at his head.

"Bang!" Shots rang out. Admiral Fernands's head shattered like a watermelon.

When the white flag was raised from the battleship Isabella, the naval battle was over! The huge Spanish expeditionary fleet lost this naval battle, and the Xinhua Navy won this naval battle at a very small price! Without a doubt, this is definitely a brilliant victory! (To be continued......)