The battle was over.
For the vast majority of the Marines, it had been a far more difficult battle than they had imagined. Even with one Fleet Admiral and one Fleet Admiral candidate taking the field, they had failed to completely conquer Sphinx.
For the young Marines, this was undoubtedly a devastating blow.
However.
When the young Marines returned to the warships in disarray and saw the blank-eyed, listless soldiers stationed aboard, they realized that things were far more complicated than they had imagined.
The current Fleet Admiral, Jiang Ma, had died in battle!
"Impossible! How could this be? He was a Fleet Admiral!"
"There must be some mistake, right?"
"Where is Vice Admiral Kong? Why isn't the Vice Admiral coming out to explain?"
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The Marines who had returned to the warships erupted in an uproar. But among the Navy Vice Admirals who had attacked Sphinx, some were dead and some were wounded. Of the ten, only five had returned. Two had been confirmed captured, while the other three were missing. They were likely doomed.
Even the Navy Vice Admirals had fared like this.
Not to mention the ordinary Marine soldiers.
When had the Marines suffered such a crushing defeat in all these years?
Honeydew looked around and realized something.
He was actually the Navy Vice Admiral in the best condition right now?
Even Pike had been seriously injured.
As for Navy Vice Admiral Eliot, he seemed to have been targeted by the pirates because of his earlier order to bombard the island, and had not managed to retreat to the warship at all.
Thus, Honeydew could only force himself to step forward.
"Everyone, calm down. Wait for Vice Admiral Kong to come out and hear what he has to say. Don't speculate wildly. The White Wolf Pirates are