Chapter 871: Battle of Linga Island (3)
.., the hero of the Ming Dynasty dominates overseas
"Nanhai 13" detonated the gunpowder depot on its own. The captain and the ship sank together. The ship has a capacity of 600 people, and only a hundred people were rescued.
Hong Maofan didn't care about it, and gathered the captives and fed them to the doctor. (Hong Maofan is in the enemy zone and dare not do too much)
In the battle that day, Hong Mao killed 134 people and injured 561.
Originally, due to the good armor and medical treatment of the Southeast Army, 96 people were killed and 317 wounded if they were not included in the "Nanhai 13".
However, the sinking of "Nanhai 13" resulted in the loss of one battleship (the enemy had no loss), 592 people were killed, 317 were injured, and 104 were captured.
The unfortunate "Nanhai 13" battleship became the first victim of this war, and there will be more in the future, making the faces of the Chinese officers and soldiers gloomy like rain clouds.
They are very annoyed, when have they fought such a useless battle!
Doesn't it mean that "the enemy must fight"? Didn’t you say "Snatch the wind to fight?"
Look, keep stepping back and fighting at a disadvantage.
Now abandoning comrades-in-arms, is this the style of our Southeast Army?
That's why Chen Dezai suppressed the ambitious officers. If the officers were allowed to come to the house of the little devil, and such a battle continued, the young officer in charge would have coaxed the rest of the officers to step down.
Despite this, the officers and soldiers were full of grumbling behind their backs, wishing to fight a battle happily.
They even yelled at the military industry: "The leader gave them so much money to build ships. They want bigger, thicker and harder guys. Look at how many warships they gave to us, so that we are now beating the red hair. !"
"Where did the military industry get the money?"
"The corruption is gone!"
"Kill the heads of those black-hearted arms company bosses to thank the leaders!" the officers and soldiers shouted.
Someone also said fair words: "The Chief of the Army is Prime Minister Chen, and he caught it very strictly. If you want to be greedy, you can't be greedy!
"One-third of the battleships have returned to Daming. If they are there, we will be able to fight a decisive battle!"
"Don't think so much, let's fight the next battle!" During the discussion, the transportation boat sent a letter from the commander Chen De, and the captain of each ship was responsible for conveying it.
"First, we fought very bravely in the battle that day. Soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, demonstrated good fighting quality and tenacious fighting spirit, and hope to continue!
Second, everything on the battlefield is unpredictable. The officers and soldiers on the "Nanhai 13" would rather die than surrender. They are commendable. We must learn from them!
Third, our tactics remain unchanged, and a large amount of firepower will be output to fight the enemy and strive for victory!
Fourth, existence is victory. As long as our warship stays at sea, the enemy will not dare to attack the city and continue to fight. We are fighting on our homeland, and we will win! "
He said in the letter, "The enemy is strong. In such difficult times, he never complained about his subordinates, colleagues, or responsibilities, so he did not lose confidence. He believed that the leader's fleet would be able to defeat the enemy, and he never bowed to the enemy. !"
After listening to Chen De's words, the officers and soldiers were still obedient, knowing that Commander Chen was not timid and worthy of his honor.
So he repaired the damaged place on the ship, the deceased was thrown into the sea in a ritual, the wounded was given to the doctor, and then sent to the medical boat to take away, rest on time, and prepare for another battle.
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On the Hong Maofan ships, the groans of the wounded made Hong Maofan annoyed, and the sinking of the "Nanhai 13" in the evening also made the Hong Maofan feel heavy pressure!
The Chinese artillery fire was fierce, and would rather die than surrender, let Hong Mao be in awe!
Coach Tromp was even beaten down to avoid being hit by a shotgun.
Such an opponent is rare, but if you continue to fight like this...
"We used a quarter of the gunpowder today, and the supply ships from behind have been replenished, but if we continue to fight like this, if we can't win, it will be a problem after all!" Tromp secretly said.
"Tomorrow we still have to find a way to cut off their battle lines. If it doesn't work, we will come to melee!" Tromp said viciously.
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The next day, the two fleets went to war again!
The direction of the wind changed, and the Southeast Fleet was the upper wind, and the Hong Maofan Fleet was the lower wind.
But what made the Red Hair Fans speechless was that the Southeast Fleet took southwest from the direction, and went down again!
Since the Chinese were willing to go down, it was up to them, and the Hong Maofan fleet was still in the upper hand. The two sides set up a battle line and opened fire fiercely.
After the battle line was opened, Tromp gave an order: "Disband the formation and fight separately!"
The red-haired fans who could not restrain themselves immediately looked at the windshield and swarmed!
Seeing that the situation is not good, the Southeast Fleet also sprinted away.
The Hong Maofan fleet chased after them, and everyone had a sea racing game!
The Hong Maofan ship is relatively lighter, but also limited, and the Southeast ship has strong firepower. When it retreats, it shoots from the left and right, and the shells are blasting wildly. It does not care about wasting ammunition.
At this moment, a large cloud of dark clouds came from the northern sky. In a moment, the rain was like rain, and the sea and sky were dim and dim.
After a while, the heavy rain stopped suddenly and the clouds cleared. Everyone was busy gathering their fleets and continued fighting after a short pause.
Then, the two armies met in the afternoon. This time, the Southeast Fleet was still fighting down the wind, and the fleet was quite densely lined up!
"Hit me fiercely!" the captains of the ships said in anger.
The artillery blasted, and the two armies blasted fiercely.
The Southeast Fleet showed a good level of training, hitting a high speed of almost one shell per minute!
The shells swept horizontally and flew towards Hong Mao Fan.
They are accustomed to volleys, every round of volleys, they beat the opponent into turbulence.
Both the British fleet and the Dutch fleet have been hit hard!
The red-eyed rams waited for the flagship to issue an order to disperse the war, but they did not wait for a long time.
So when the battle line was about to run out, the Southeast Fleet drove off again!
Everyone's results are 0vs0, and the battle during the sailing period is often like this.
There was no contact between the two sides that day. In the evening, Jost Bonkate approached Tromp and asked, "Why don't we go to war? We have a lot of ships!"
"Their formation is very dense. When the battle goes out, the ship in front of us will block the artillery road of the ship behind. Many ships are useless!" Tromp sighed: "Only our battle line outflanks. In the past, maybe there is a chance to win~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Tomorrow we will try to cut off their battle line to try!" Jost Bonkhet said.
"Ok!"
But the next day, the main force of the Southeast Fleet was gone, only a few cruise ships cruising outside the Hongmaofan fleet, and then, more than 30 merchant ships following the Hongmaofan fleet suffered!
More than a dozen cruise ships (28 guns) and frigates (14 guns) from the Southeast Fleet attack those armed merchant ships (less than 20 guns), just like evil wolves against bison herds. The evil wolves are professional killers and cruise. The ship’s firepower is fierce, the frigate is flexible (with oars), and the armed merchant ships are still the bulky Galen ships (the kind of ship with big butts and big nai). Be protected.
Hong Maofan did not dispatch the cruise ship at this time, and could not catch up with the cruise ships and frigates of the Southeast Army. Of course, the small ships of the Southeast Army would not be stupid enough to provoke the large fleet.
For two consecutive days, the Hong Maofan fleet could not find the Southeast Fleet. They proceeded east according to the established policy, preparing to attack the Rising Sun City in the Southeast Mansion.
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