Ronglin gave the order to counterattack. Hawkins naturally shifted the formation, swiftly directing the dense ranks to spread out and pull apart the enemy's formation. Various flanking tactics were then rapidly relayed.
The Second Fleet had trained for naval warfare for a long time and knew every tactic by heart. At Hawkins's command, eager to display the Second Fleet's combat strength before the Alliance Leader, the captains of every ship coordinated closely, issuing orders in step with the changing battlefield.
The Yonko Alliance suddenly felt a tremendous shift on the battlefield. Their opponent's formation had abruptly become aggressive and ferocious. Even as they endured the cannon fire and pressed forward, the Star Alliance's warships became more agile, maneuvering with greater flair and firing with greater precision. The Yonko Alliance was instantly hit by the Second Fleet's counterattack, losing three warships. One was struck in its ammunition magazine and blew apart into fragments.
The Second Fleet immediately gained results from its first wave of counterattacks. No one cheered in excitement. Instead, they responded calmly, calculating the enemy's attack directions and rate of approach. They worked out every evasion order, every warship movement, and every attack-angle datum, carefully dealing with the enemy's attacks while minimizing losses and delivering fierce counterattacks.
The situation completely reversed. Though the Yonko Alliance had launched the attack, the Star Alliance's response caused the Yonko Alliance's formation to collapse across the board. Hawkins directed his men to throw the Yonko Alliance's formation into disarray, then dispatched a Suicide Squad to charge in and crush the enemy's support points.
A Suicide Squad of over two hundred men aboard twenty escort boats charged in and directly detonated the Yonko Alliance's central strategic flagship. All two hundred were surrounded by the Yonko Alliance's cannon fire and blasted to pieces, but the