Section 871 Battle of Linga Island (III)

The "Nanhai 13" detonated the powder magazine by itself, and the captain sank with the ship, with a crew of 600 on board, but more than 100 people were rescued.

The red-haired fan didn't do anything about it, gathered the captives, and gave them food to the doctors. (Red haired fan is in the enemy area, don't dare to do too much)

In the battle that day, 134 people were killed and 561 wounded.

Originally, due to good armor and medical reasons, the Southeast Army would have killed 96 people and 317 wounded if it was not counted in the "Nanhai 13th".

However, the sinking of the "Nanhai 13" resulted in the loss of one battleship (no losses for the enemy), 592 people were killed, 317 were wounded, and 104 were captured.

The unfortunate battleship "Nanhai 13" 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 were very annoyed, when had they fought such a battle!

Doesn't it say that "when you meet the enemy, you must fight"? Didn't it say "seize the wind and fight?" ”

Lo and behold, keep retreating, gaining the upper hand and fighting.

Now discarding comrades-in-arms, this is the style of our Southeast Army?

Therefore, Chen De is here, and this is how to suppress those ambitious officers, if the officers are allowed to come to the ghost house, such a battle continues, and the young officers in charge will already coax the rest of the officers to step down.

Despite this, the officers and men were complaining behind their backs, eager to fight a battle happily.

They even scolded 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 us, so that we are now beating the red haired fan!" ”

"Where did the military industry get the money?"

"Corruption is gone!"

"Kill the heads of the bosses of those black-hearted arms companies to thank the leader!" The officers and soldiers shouted.

Someone else said fairly: "The commander of the army is Premier Chen, he is very strict, and he can't be greedy if he wants to!" ”

"A third of the battleships have sailed back to Daming, and if they are there, we will be able to fight a decisive battle!"

"Don't think about it so much, let's fight the next battle well!" While they were discussing, the traffic boat delivered a letter from Commander Chen De, and the captains of each ship were responsible for conveying it.

"First, we fought very bravely in the battle that day, and the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, showing good fighting quality and tenacious fighting spirit, and we hope to continue!

Second, everything is unpredictable on the battlefield, and the officers and men on the "Nanhai No. 13" would rather die than surrender, and their spirit is commendable, and we must learn from them!

Third, our tactics remain the same, and a large amount of firepower will be output, striking at the enemy, and striving for victory!

Fourth, existence is victory, as long as our warships remain at sea, the enemy will not dare to attack the city, fight down, we are fighting at home, we will win! ”

In his letter, he said: "The enemy is strong, and in such difficult times, he never complains about his subordinates, does not complain about his colleagues, does not shirk responsibility, and therefore does not lose confidence that the leader's fleet will be able to defeat the enemy, and he never bows 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 they repaired the damaged parts of the ship, threw the dead into the sea with a ceremony, gave the wounded to the doctor, and then sent them to the hospital ship to take them away, rested on time, and prepared to fight again.

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And on the Hongmaofan ships, the moaning of the wounded made the Hongmaofan feel annoyed, and the self-sinking of the "Nanhai 13" in the evening also made the Hongmaofan feel heavy pressure!

The Chinese artillery fire was fierce, and they would rather die than surrender, which made the red-haired fan in awe!

Coach Tromp was even beaten with his head down to avoid being hit by a shotgun.

Such an opponent is rare, but if you continue to fight like this......

"We used up a quarter of the gunpowder today, and the supply ships coming from behind were replenished, but if we continue to fight like this, if we can't win a big victory, it will be a trouble after all!" Tromp mused.

"Tomorrow we still have to find a way to cut off their battle line, if it really doesn't work, let's come to the melee!" Tromp said viciously.

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The next day, the two fleets went to war again!

The wind direction has changed, and it has become the southeast fleet as the upwind outlet, and the red hairy fleet as the downwind.

But what made the red-haired fans speechless was that the southeast fleet took the southwest direction and went down!

Since the Chinese were willing to have the upper hand, it was up to them, and the Hongmao Fan fleet still had the upper hand, and the two sides set up battle lines 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 couldn't hold back immediately watched the wind and made the rudder and swarmed in!

And the Southeast Fleet saw that the situation was not good, and also spread its sails and rushed away.

The red-haired fleet chased behind, and everyone had a race at sea!

The Hongmaofan ships were relatively lighter, but they were also limited, and the southeast ships had strong firepower, firing their bows left and right when retreating, and the shells were bombarded indiscriminately, and they didn't care about wasting ammunition at all.

At this moment, a large dark cloud came from the northern sky, and in an instant, the rain was like rain, and the sea and sky were dark and misty.

After a while, the rain stopped and the clouds dispersed, and everyone was busy gathering their fleet, and after a short pause, they continued to fight.

Then, the two armies engaged in battle in the afternoon, and this time, the Southeast Fleet was still fighting downwind, and the fleet was quite densely arranged!

"Hit me hard!" The captains of the ships were furious.

The artillery roared, and the two armies fiercely exchanged fires.

The South-Eastern Fleet showed a good level of training, firing at a high speed of almost one shell a minute!

The cannonballs swept vertically and horizontally, and flew towards Hongmaofan.

They used to fire volleys, and with each volley, they knocked the other side into turmoil.

Both the British and Dutch fleets were dealt a heavy blow!

The red-haired fans had red eyes, waiting for the flagship to give the order to disperse, but they didn't wait.

So when the battle line was about to end, the Southeastern Fleet slipped away again!

Everyone's results are 0 VS 0, and the battles in the sail period are often like this.

There was no more contact between the two sides that day, and in the evening, Jost Bonkett approached Tromp and asked: "Why not break up the fight?" We ship more! ”

"Their formation is very dense, and when the battle is scattered, the ships in front of us will block the artillery path of the ships behind, and the number of ships is equal to useless!" Tromp sighed: "Only if our battle lines outflank the past, maybe there will be a chance of victory." ”

"Tomorrow we'll try to cut off their battle line!" Jost Bonkett said.

"Okay!"

But the next day, there was no trace of the main force of the Southeast Fleet, only a few cruisers cruising on the periphery of the Hongmao Fan Fleet, and then, more than 30 merchant ships following behind the Hongmao Fan Fleet were killed!

More than a dozen cruisers (with 28 guns) and corvettes (with 14 guns) of the Southeast Fleet attacked the armed merchant ships (less than 20 guns), just like the wolves against the bison herd, the wolves were professional killers, the cruisers were fierce, the cruisers were agile (with oars), and the armed merchant ships were still the bulky Galen ships (the kind of ships with big butts in the NAI), and their actions were clumsy, forcing them to get close to the red-haired fleet for protection.

Hongmaofan did not dispatch a cruiser at this time, and could not catch up with the cruisers and cruisers 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 days in a row, the Hongmao Fan fleet could not find any trace of the Southeast Fleet, and they sailed east according to the established policy, preparing to attack the Rising Sun City in the Southeast Province.

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