The Southeast Fleet lost three cruisers, and only three ships had half a K casualties, plus the other ships lost manpower, more than one K, and the senior officers on three of the warships were almost lost.

In addition to sadness, the officers were not without joy.

Fortunately, the boss was far-sighted and built a musket factory to continuously produce muskets, so that everyone had enough firepower.

If there weren't so many muskets, the queue of the Southeast Fleet, which was dominated by small hairy heads (young officers, and even younger soldiers), would probably have been wiped out, and it was not that we had beaten them all over the sea, but that they had killed us all!

What they didn't expect was that their boss had a phobia of insufficient firepower after listening to the report: there are always people who want to harm me, and sure enough, our firepower is still insufficient!

If everyone used a twenty-four-pound cannon, all cowhide would be paper, and all wet wool would be cotton!

Cast cannons, cast bigger and thicker cannons!

Build ships, build sail battleships, it's a mistake to add cruisers to the battle line, their firepower output is too low!

A battleship with at least two gun decks is decent.

It's not an overnight thing to build a big ship and a cannon, you go to ask a master to build a ship and artillery, which is equivalent to you being the boss of a private enterprise, and you can ask an expert in DF-31 missiles to bow down to your company!

Let's talk about it later, he asked about the other party's casualties again, hehe, although he was disgraced, but Li Kuiqi didn't get a good deal.

His ship suffered little damage because of its protection, but the personnel were staggering more than two K's dead, most of them were shot dead.

The point is that those are all veterans, and it is not a matter of a day and a half to retrain the guys who have good knife skills, good consciousness, and murderous spirit, and the losses of the Southeast Fleet are mainly marines, and the key gunners and deck sailors have almost no losses (except for the three ships that were burned and detonated the powder magazine), and the training of marines is not difficult, and the Southeast Fleet has good reserve forces and military schools to train talents.

"Speaking of which, they were defeated!" Yan Changwu said in a deep voice: "After this battle, even if their ships are still there, who else will control the ships and fight over the boats!" ”

"If you lose your ship, you lose your boat, and if you lose your ship, you lose your boat!" Yan Changwu released a big theory, but unfortunately the buns were full of people who didn't understand Taizu's sixteen-character mantra, but it was Mr. Red-haired Fan David who understood it and looked surprised.

Special M, speaking of labor-management confidants, they are actually foreign devils!

He settled down and immediately gave orders: "Ling Bufan! ”

"In!" A young officer immediately stepped forward and said that this was a captain with excellent business who had come with him.

"You lead the second patrol squadron (four) to Dongshan Island to contain the Li bandits!"

"Yes!"

The so-called containment is patrolling, when encountering enemy ships, they will fight if they can beat them, and if they can't beat them, they will run away, so as not to let the other side enter a no-man's land.

"Li Kuiqi dares to move my southeast mansion, send me a chase and kill order in the rivers and lakes, and hang 30,000 silver dollars to ask for Li Kuiqi's head! Hang 100,000 silver dollars to keep him alive, and if I catch him, I will kill him alive in front of the spiritual seat of the fallen soldier of our army! Whoever killed Li Kuiqi in our people was also rewarded with 30,000 silver dollars, and if he was caught, he was promoted to the third level and given a medal, and his unit was given the title of 'Guard'! Did you hear that? ”

"Hear me! Warlord! "People responded like thunder, the boss is the boss, and the shot is a big deal, and he wants to kill Li Kuiqi alive in front of the spiritual position of the fallen soldiers of our army, he really deserves to be the boss!"

"The other ships, come back to the Southeast Mansion with me, repair the ship and recuperate, and the next time I wait for the day I send out the army, it will be the day when Li Kuiqi will be awarded!"

"Mazu bless, our army will win!" He raised his fist, and below the stern was a forest of fists.

No one said he was worthy of his words, because he was never defeated!

……

Returning to Kaohsiung, everything was in order, compensating the families of the fallen soldiers, rescuing the wounded, repairing the battleship, and at the same time Yan Changwu convened a meeting of military and political dignitaries, in addition to adding as many as eight orders for sixth-class cruisers, the official construction of a "five-class sail cruiser", rated as "Tainan class", or a single-layer gun deck, carrying 38 guns, of which the main gun is 26 18-pounder cannons, and then there are 12 12-pounder cannons in the secondary guns on the open deck, with a displacement of 1,000 tons and a capacity of 235 people.

The main gun is placed in the gun deck, and the secondary gun is generally about 6 pounds, but Yan Changwu's lack of firepower phobia attacked, and the 12-pounder gun was used, but fortunately, it was designed by himself, and the structure could be properly reinforced on the open deck, so as not to let the 12-pounder gun destroy the bulwark of the open deck when firing the back seat.

The cruiser of this class has technical precipitation, and has built a "Yaksha-class" fast supply ship similar to the size of the hull, and through the construction of this class of warships, the team has been trained, and its designers are a group, including Yan Changwu, Barents (Dutch), Thomas (British) The three giants, Yan Changwu has the ability to design warships, and his idea is to remove the cumbersome bow and stern (without the head and tail structure of the Galen ship), and the hull is streamlined, which is very conducive to speed.

Due to the increased tonnage, they were mainly used to raid merchant ships at sea, to cruise in the oceans, and to act as a vanguard for capital ships.

There are four warships of this class, and with them, the confidence of the Southeast Province is even more sufficient.

……

Yan Changwu lamented: "I don't have any money again!" ”

"Yes, we had to take out a loan!" Chen Xinji said helplessly.

This eldest young master earns more, but he spends more, but fortunately, he has no other bad habits, and the silver is invested in his army, so Chen Xinji has no choice but to admit it.

……

Intentionally or unintentionally, the Southeast Prefecture announced the process and results of the battle with Li Kuiqi, and the red reward spread all over the rivers and lakes.

At the same time, it is pointed out that up to twelve cruisers will be built in the southeastern province!

Beat me down, stronger and stronger!

When the news reached the yamen of the governor of Fuzhou, Xiong Wencan could only sigh: "There is no choice but to let the flowers fall!" ”

He had to send someone to the southeast to deliver the holy decree... It was sent, not to summon Yan Changwu to receive the decree, and when he went to Tainan, Yan Changwu didn't even prepare an incense burner, let alone kneel, and directly picked up the holy decree.

"Ah, this is the Holy Decree? See, what is written on it? He took the golden decree upside down.

The above callus four Li six said a pass, but it turned out to agree to Xiong Wencan's request, in Taiwan to build a guard, the edict ordered Yan Changwu to be the hussar general of the second grade, the commander of the Taipei guard of the third grade, and the coastal defense guerrilla from the third grade, Chen Zhenji is the commander of the Taiwan Guard, from the third grade, and the rest of the official positions such as the same knowledge, affairs, experience, and officials are all appointed by Xiong Wencan and Yan Changwu themselves, and they are registered and reported to the Ministry of Officials.

After that, Yan Changwu had an official position in the imperial court and officially became a high-ranking military attache of the Ming Empire.

It's just that he is in Taiwan, and no one can govern him.

Chongzhen is willing to give an official position, but also because of the many events in the world, drought, flood and famine, peasant uprisings, old wild boar skins outside the Guan, etc., in contrast, although Yan Changwu occupied Taiwan, Taiwan has not been managed by the Ming Dynasty before, and he is willing to be recruited, so it is not so hateful.

When the news came out, he was overflowing, and everyone went to the Overseer's Mansion to take a look, hehe, Yan Dashao was still wearing his military uniform, those Ming Dynasty official clothes? Wait until you go to the mainland and wear it again!

And Chen Xinji even convened a meeting of military and political officials, and made it clear: "We are the southeast government, not the Taiwan Guard!" ”

"We're not Song Jiang, do you understand?"

"Listen only to the Overseers, and if you don't, get out of here! If you dare to come and be funny, stay alive! ”

……

All of a sudden, their thinking was unified, and no one in the military and political officials had any objections, expressing their resolute support for Yan Dashao's rule!

What Ming Dynasty? We don't know and don't listen to any orders from the Ming Dynasty!

……

The reaction of the Southeast Mansion reached Fuzhou, and Xiong Wencan said to Mr. Zhong: "Mr. is right! ”

His only hope was, as Mr. Zhong said: "Yan Changwu does not say that he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but at least he will not rebel against the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Don't worry, as long as I don't move, I am a model official of the Ming Dynasty, and I can do a lot of things with the skin of the Ming Dynasty!" Yan Changwu said.

(After the first volume, please see the second volume of "The Rising Sun")