Chapter 205: Strange Prisoners of War

The gunpowder bullets were followed by lime bullets, and then the crossbows fired at close range, and the pirates on the dozen ships were immediately beaten to the point that they could not fight back.

Seeing that the First Fleet was about to take over the ship, the pirates who were chasing the flagship of the First Fleet could not sit still.

The pirates only left a huge fortune ship and three warships to continue the pursuit of the flagship, and the rest of the pirate ships turned the rudder together to rescue the more than ten warships that were being besieged.

The No. 1 plan of the staff headquarters finally succeeded, and the pirate ship entered the reef area by itself, hitting the reef and running aground one after another, and there were only seven active pirate ships left in the blink of an eye.

It turned out that the content of Plan 1 was to let the main force of the fleet and the dozen or so pirate ships maneuver around, waiting for the opportunity to wait for the pirates besieging the flagship to arrive at the required position.

At this time, it was the time of high tide, and the reef was hidden under the surface of the sea, and this large reef was in the middle of the main force of the First Fleet and the main force of the pirate ships. As long as the main ships of the First Fleet have the upper hand, the main ships of the pirates besieging the flagship will inevitably come to the rescue, and then the pirates will sail into the reef on their own

The pirate ships besieged by the dogs had changed hands at this time, and the pirates jumped into the sea to flee for their lives, and the rest of the pirate ships were trapped in the reef area.

The pirate ship that was chasing the flagship was obviously the command ship, and he saw that there were only seven warships on his side that still had the strength to fight, but the side of Shuangyu Island had almost no losses, and if he waited any longer, he would only be completely surrounded and strangled by the First Fleet.

The huge fortune ship relied on its strong sail-grabbing ability and immediately turned its head and sailed towards the water outlet, and the three pirate ships behind it hurriedly followed. Just as they were about to besiege the Khitan Rao, the three pirate ships also raised their sails and changed their rudders, and fled for their lives first.

The First Fleet did not chase after them, the pirate ships that killed people were all high-quality products, and they couldn't catch up with the broken ships of the First Fleet, so what we had to do at this time was to completely wipe out the pirates on those stranded ships.

If you can grab one more ship, you will have more strength, and now the Cimeng is the time to expand, so naturally you can't let those warships with tentacles run aground sink.

As for Yelu Xi Nilie and his group, no one paid attention to them for a while, and the pirate ship that was seized by the Khitans slowly turned around like an old lady and set sail slowly.

This naval battle was a brilliant victory, but it was a well-deserved victory. The biggest mistake of killing hemp was that it should not be fought on the home turf of the First Fleet. If it is in the open sea, even if the First Fleet can win this naval battle with a huge difference in strength, I am afraid it will be a disastrous victory.

After the First Fleet used a large amount of gunpowder and Xiangyang artillery to completely sink a pirate ship that ran aground, the pirates trapped in the reef area completely abandoned Lin Kang.

The First Fleet quickly collected the captured weapons and towed the damaged ships back to port for repairs.

As a result of this battle, seven pirate ships fled, and eleven lightly damaged large ships were captured on Shuangyu Island, one of which was a large fortune ship that could be called a giant of the sea. Two other ships were so badly damaged that they would have been difficult to completely repair without a shipyard. A large fortune ship sank because it ran aground, the First Fleet sank a warship, and a pirate ship fell into the hands of Khitan Rao.

At this time, the Fu ship adopts the structure of multiple watertight compartments, which is large and strong, with many capacities, good loading, good stability and strong wind resistance when going to sea, and the draft is suitable for the ocean. The disadvantage is that the hull is too high, and it is easier to roll over and sink into the sea when encountering a storm.

During the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's treasure ships also adopted the structure of fortune ships, but they were much more advanced than those of the Song Dynasty fortune ships in front of them.

Brother Eleven watched on the cliff for a long time, and saw that the wounded soldiers were being transported to the inner island for treatment one after another, so he decided to go down the mountain to condole.

Since he is a superior person, he must not bow down to himself. Whether you can do it or not for the time being, if you do everything yourself, your subordinates will become lazy and stupid. Now this is very good, Tian Gou'er just issued one order after another, and the officers at all levels of the First Fleet will take care of all the things arranged by the commander. If there is something difficult to decide, Tian Gou'er will come to ask Brother Eleven to give him an idea.

Tian Shiyi was very satisfied with this battle, and his last words when he left the cliff were: "Tell the dog to send two boats to escort the Khitans back." An hour has passed, and their ships can still be seen, and if you don't get those Khitans back, they won't be able to reach the land until they die of thirst. ”

Tian Shiyi's words are right, even if those Khitan people have superb ship-building skills, they can't survive, because the direction is wrong, and the direction of the Khitan people is the depths of the sea. Fortunately, their ship was slow, and if it was fast, it would almost be a dead end.

Emma is treating a wounded soldier with Xu Shuwei. Brother Eleventh first visited the non-commissioned officers of the First Fleet who had been supported in this battle, and personally stitched up the wound of a wounded soldier. Later, the leader of the alliance went to comfort all the officers and soldiers, and affirmed and verbally praised their bravery. Non-commissioned officers who have made meritorious contributions will be recorded in the merit book, and they will be commended by the whole army, and the material rewards will naturally not be less.

Although everything seemed to be going well, the First Fleet still lost more than 200 casualties, more than 100 serious wounded, and more than 100 disabled, and the minor injuries were almost impossible to detect.

After a great victory, the First Fleet still lost more than 400 men.

Before coming to Shuangyu Island, Li Bao had a heart-to-heart with Brother Eleven, and he said everything he thought in his heart. In Li Bao's words, Brother Eleven's heart is too soft, so it should be harder.

There is no such thing as fighting, and Tian Shiyi was mentally prepared before. If you want to die less, if you want to win, then you must die. Only by paying the price that should be paid can it be possible to win the battle and die less.

In his previous life, Tian Shiyi had read the story of the three great wars between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, and it was recorded in the book that when the two sides were evenly matched, killing 300 enemies was considered a great victory. But if one side loses, it is common to kill tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

Even today, in this battle, the number of pirates killed at the hands of the First Fleet is probably less than 1,000, and this is still with the use of gunpowder shells. The real death toll of the pirates reached nearly five thousand, the vast majority of whom were drowned. If it is placed on land warfare, the defeated side will be trampled to death and exhausted, I am afraid that more people will be killed than when the two armies are facing each other.

This is warfare in the age of cold weapons.

Tian Shiyi then went to see the captured warships and booty, and finally the captured pirates.

Many of the pirates who jumped into the sea drowned, and the rest were fished up and thrown into prisoner-of-war camps, and the total number of prisoners of war exceeded 3,000. After a rough calculation, the pirates used by the murderous hemp this time turned out to be more than 10,000. The title of the first giant thief at sea is indeed well deserved.

After interrogating the prisoners of war, two strange things were discovered. The first is that no one has ever seen a murderer, and the pirates don't even know how old they are if they are men or women. The second case was even more strange, as more than 1,000 of the captured pirates were officers and soldiers of the Fuzhou Naval Division.

The Duda Song Naval Division has strong combat power, and it should not be so unbeaten. But in fact, the sailors of the Song Dynasty only slowly developed after moving the capital to Lin'anfu, and the sailors of the Song Dynasty at this time were not much stronger than the Ningwu army in Hangzhou.

It's not the first time that these sailors and soldiers have made cameo appearances as pirates, they just know that their own capital eunuch seems to have some agreements with the killer hemp, so they will work with the murderer to do some business, but they don't know more specific things.