the game doesnt count it as a win and you are just stuck there
Ah, reading again… I think I get it. Most likely the game just froze (this seems to happen from time to time on low-level opponents). Try just restarting it.
Yeah it has been very consistent... Tried it again another few times and found more things like the ships being unable to be placed which crashes the game and also revealing the last ship when they hit a bomb which causes the game to freak out a bit lol. No matter what I do though it keeps freezing :(