Chapter 915: After the Battle of Ceylon

?Persevere for three hours? !

In just two hours, Hong Maofan was beaten out of temper.

The stern building of the Dutch ship "Awesome" was almost completely torn off by gunfire;

Another Dutch ship "Oak Tree God" was shot in the gunpowder magazine, detonated the battleship, and sank on the spot!

The flagship "Saint-Michel" was hit hard by Chinese artillery fire. The head of the bulwark in the middle of the hull was completely destroyed, and a large part of the central open deck collapsed. The rest of the board was tilted, and it was impossible to walk from the bow to the stern. The mast broke, and the commander-in-chief Jost Bonquet had to be transferred to another ship.

This battleship with 68 guns was abandoned and captured by the Chinese.

The Spanish battleship "Holy Grail" was decorated with fancy decorations, especially eye-catching. The Chinese wanted to fire a few shots whenever they saw it. It was hit to the bombarded side and the decoration was completely destroyed, and the crew was killed and wounded.

Generally, the battle line is blasted, and sometimes one day, or even a few days, may not be able to tell the victory or defeat, but the battle in the waters southwest of Ceylon ended in less than three hours. ,

The Red Hair Fan fleet retreats in embarrassment, and the Southeast Fleet chases after it.

In the chase, there are several red-haired warships besieged, unable to escape!

Chinese warships surrounded them and bombarded them. Soon they dropped their flags and surrendered and were treated as prisoners of war.

In the end, in this battle, Hongmao sank three ships and captured seven ships. Later statistics showed that the number of dead in the war reached an astonishing 6,169 people!

Almost a quarter of the troops were killed in the battle. When the Chinese soldiers set foot on the Saint-Michel, they found dead bodies full of ships.

When many Hong Maofan crews arrived, there was a sparse crowd. Most of the personnel were injured. The "injured" here refers to those injuries that were cured by the Mongolian doctor without having to go through good luck. In fact, the dead were killed on the spot. More than 3,000 people, the rest of the seriously wounded died one after another, so more than 10,000 people died and wounded!

Such a fatality rate is extremely rare, and one can imagine the fierce fire from the Chinese!

In contrast, the Chinese’s battle damage and casualty rates were “normal”. Eight warships were severely damaged, and the remaining warships were damaged, but they could be repaired. There were 532 dead and severely disabled. More than a thousand others were injured.

Among them, there are not a few scalds. Due to the large number of cannons fired, the artillery heats up, and the whole artillery is like a soldering iron. When the skin hits it, black smoke rises into a dark barbecue!

Fortunately, there is no bombing, which shows that the military products have withstood the test.

The army moved quickly, and the war dead were buried at sea that night, and the wounded were transferred to medical ships to take care of them.

Each ship conveyed the leader’s commendation order: "We have won! We have played our national prestige and our military prestige. You are indeed my soldiers!"

It's the leader's soldier!

All the people who have been recognized are in high spirits and rejoice.

The supply ship gave them a pot of old hot soup "Buddha Jumping over the Wall" as a reward. Each person could only drink a small bowl, but everyone was very happy.

The military newspaper reporter accompanying the army exclaimed in his report: "As long as the leader is standing on the warship, this victory will not run away!"

The officers who participated in Chen De’s resistance against the Hong Maofan fleet before privately said that with this kind of firepower, even if we had a one-to-two power comparison with the enemy at that time, we could carry it hard, fight, and even fight. And win it!

They felt very sorry, because the leader was not there, the Southeast Fleet could not withstand the Hong Maofan fleet, and sent Hong Maofan to the Rising Sun Port, leaving a shame on the resumes of the officers who participated in the war.

Although the leader believed that Chen De played well and that all the soldiers who participated in the war were good, the officers were unwilling to do so. Unlike the soldiers who passed by, the Southeast Army's officer corps pursued perfection and strived for a glamorous resume.

Unfortunately, the leader can only be one person.

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The defeated fleet, the frustrated Hong Maofan ran all night.

The night was deep, and the Dutch general Jost Bunkert, the British general Michael Parker and Mr. Carl were sitting in the dim cabin of the Dutch ship "Alps". At this time, they had no intention of tasting tea and were having the most difficult conversation. .

After hearing the preliminary statistics of the war damage report, Mr. Carl asked anxiously: "Are you not going back to Colombo?!"

"Yes!" Jost Bonkate said, "We will go directly to India."

Michael Parker bluntly said: "We are defeated. If we return to Colombo, we will probably be blocked by the Chinese from leaving the port."

Mr. Carl said in a daze: "But is it right, we have to resist like their "Mr. Three Hours"?"

"Besides, when we retreated, we gave up Colombo. Without the fleet, how could the Portuguese hold it?" He objected.

Jost Bonkate said impatiently: "It was so planned before, but look at the situation of the fleet now, they are all scared, they can still fight?!"

Mr. Carl fell on his seat, his eyes blank!

He was also on the warship during the daytime battle, and the deafening artillery fire, the sky full of gunpowder smoke, and the dying sailors made him shudder.

He has also participated in ship battles with the British and Spaniards, and no battle has been so fierce as today.

The dense platoon of artillery in the Southeast Fleet left a deep impression on him. At that time, he was in the ship and felt that there was danger everywhere, and it was not safe to hide anywhere.

The Chinese are fighting too hard!

He settled for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "Even if you return to India, can you still fight?"

Mr. Carl sneered: "I saw that the Chinese did not sink a single ship. They were fully loaded. We lost a quarter of the warships and killed a quarter of the people. You don’t even return to Colombo now. Don't tell me, you will continue to fight when you return to India!"

Jost Bunkert and Michael Parker looked at each other, Jost Bunker nodded characteristically, and Michael Parker said: "We have just discussed, and the battleship battle cannot be won!"

He said nonchalantly: "They have many people, many guns and many ships, and their king is in the fleet. We have no hope of victory!"

"If you can't beat it, won't you?" Mr. Carl slammed the wooden table angrily, and the candle holder on the table jumped up and almost fell over.

"We sailed from Europe, along the coast of Africa, arrived in Arabia, reached India, Ceylon, Batavia, and finally reached China and Japan. How many people died in the middle!" Mr. Carl complained to the family history: "Quit so easily. , What else do we face back to Europe!"

Jost Bonquet whispered: "I didn't say that we are going back to Europe!"

"Then fight them!" Mr. Carl said unquestionably: "I will go to battle myself, and I will be the pilot ship!"

"My opinion is." Yost Bonkate said his strategy: "We abandon the fleet decisive battle, we abandon Ceylon, Myanmar, India, and use Africa as a base~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to dispatch privateers. , Fight if you can't fight, and run away if you can't fight, destroying their maritime shipping!"

Mr. Carl's eyes lit up and said: "Okay!"

This is a good idea. After all, Hong Maofan’s business in Asia is not as good as on the mainland. The local economy can support battleship fleet confrontations, but Asia can’t. Then take the method of privateers and fight and run. The Southeast is of course powerful, but the sea. The vastness, how could they be on guard everywhere, there are always opportunities to take advantage of.

"No!" said Jost Bonquet: "Our ultimate goal is to make peace with the Chinese, sign a peace treaty, and save Africa!"

Mr. Carl could not help blushing after hearing the words!

He wanted to argue with Jost Bonquet, but he stopped talking.

The three Hong Maofan looked at each other, only feeling that life is full of helplessness.

If you can't beat it, you won't be reconciled if you give up, helpless!

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