Section 1051 The Source of Victory

The battle is finally over, and now the officers and men of the Southeast Fleet have finally put their minds at ease, and they only feel lazy and don't want to move anymore!

However, the matter was not over, the sky was already dark, the lights of the ships were lit up, and everyone was busy counting the number of people, calculating the losses and the results of the battle, treating the wounded, especially searching for those who had fallen into the water, and doing everything possible to save every life.

Some of the enemy escaped the shark robbery and were fortunately recovered, and the Southeastern Army was in a good mood and gave them the treatment of prisoners.

There are also some brave guys, who use the lights to salvage the enemy's trophies, those enemy flags, scimitar equipment, etc., the valuable personal belongings of the Turks, are all good goods, among which the flag can be regarded as a small merit and handed over to the troops, and the saber equipment is equipped by many officers and soldiers for their own homes, in addition to the commemorative effect, it can also be used for exchange.

The sea was dotted with stars, everyone was busy, and the cook brought biscuits and dried meat to everyone, as well as a small bowl of eggs and noodles, which was considered a celebration feast.

Biscuits and dried meat are not easy to store food, eggs and noodles with water, clean water, and water made from a filter and water machine.

Everyone hastily finished eating and continued to work.

The losses of the ships were reported one after another, and the adjutant reported to the commander of the fleet, Cheng Yu, who said with admiration: "None of the 60 warships of our army has been sunk in a battle!" ”

He read the statistics: "Our army has at the moment 873 killed and wounded, more than 2,600, our battleships have no major damage and are intact, and 16 cruisers have been damaged, of which 7 are seriously damaged. It is estimated that 150 enemy ships were sunk and 22 captured, and the enemy should have lost more than 30,000 people, and we have rescued more than 10,000 oarsman slaves! ”

Since the statistics are more difficult, just estimates, even then, are quite remarkable.

He couldn't help but say in admiration: "The fight is amazing!" ”

"It's great, and the enemy is too inferior!" Cheng Yu said: "Tell all ships to summarize, do a good job of credit registration, do a good job in medical treatment of the wounded, and prepare for sea burial!" ”

The seafarers' fate was in the sea, and it was impossible to bring the corpses back to land for burial, leaving only military badges and personal belongings to be taken away by their comrades.

Further statistics reported that the number of people killed in the battle exceeded 900, all of whom were buried at sea, and Cheng Yu personally attended to send his comrades-in-arms on their last journey.

After a faint sadness, the officers and soldiers were so excited that night that they could not sleep and fell into ecstasy!

It's an all-time win!

In the last century, the Combined Fleet of the Red Hair Fan Navy and the Ottoman Empire fought a four-hour fierce battle at Lepanto in Patras Bay, and the battle ended in the afternoon, and Patras Bay was stained red with blood. On this day, they sank nearly 200 Green ships in Lepanto, killed their commander Ali Pasha and 25,000 Ottoman officers and soldiers, captured thousands of them, and freed 40,000 Christian paddling slaves from the Ottoman fleet.

The allied fleet lost nearly 10,000 officers and sailors, and 13 ships.

In this battle in the Persian Gulf, our destruction of the Turks was similar to the battle of Lepanto, and more than 10,000 oars-laying slaves were rescued, because our firepower was too fierce, and many enemy ships sank, and slaves and ships sank together.

Our losses were minimal, and the belligerents were making progress compared to the battle of Lepanto, while the Chinese were superior in firepower, with fewer casualties, and not even a single warship was sunk.

At nine o'clock in the evening, everyone cleaned up and went to bed on time.

The fleet has a strict schedule, going to bed early and getting up early.

But no one could sleep, and they talked merrily in their hammocks, and the commanders rarely did not interfere, and the soldiers were full of pride when they talked about the day's war!

Another big victory, from one victory to another, with little losses and fruitful results.

They thanked Mazu Niangniang for her blessing, and some people said that the Hindu god White Horse Kalkin was good, and they all believed in him to win, but others said that the Indian god of Dog P, in fact, Kalkin is the leader, and of course it is right to believe in the leader!

Speaking of the leader, everyone's reverence for him is deeper than the sea and higher than the mountain, all follow him, the family has a good life, the life in the army is not dangerous, but the harvest is quite high, such a profession, so cool!

Everyone talked a lot, and when it came to Cheng Yu, the commander of the fleet, everyone said that he was lucky, as if he had won all battles, he commanded properly, was calm, and the soldiers were convinced.

There are other generals, captains, officers, and non-commissioned officers, who are stubborn and stubborn, and play the role of the mainstay, and the other soldiers are also not bad, all of them are heroes.

The veteran hit the nail on the head and said: "It's all money!" ”

That's right!

The Southeastern Army is really rich, the officers and men are well paid, the army has money to train and pay bonuses, morale is high, the level of training is high, and the level of skills is also high.

In particular, the flagship shoots 13 shells in 12 minutes, and the speed of one shell per minute is usually deliberately trained, but this time it is less than one shell per minute in battle, which is really amazing!

Speaking of the intensity of the training of the Southeast Army, one month of live-fire training is equal to the amount of several years of the Fujian Navy Division, so to speak, the green smoke that comes out of every shell is the silver that turns into smoke.

Spending money is not only on equipment and ammunition, every time you leave the port, there are many kinds of supplies, and this is the source of power for officers and soldiers at sea!

The difference between the Southeast Fleet and the previous navy and ships is that there are two new facilities on the ship, one is the non-powered fan on the cabin, which is made of metal, at that time, metal was valuable, but in order to improve the ventilation of the warship, the money was not spared. The other is an evaporative water machine, which can provide a small amount of fresh water, especially one of the devices in the water machine: silver rods!

Add silver rods to the water produced by the aqueduct, silver ions have a sterilizing effect, which can prevent the deterioration of drinking water and play a better role in preservation.

The silver rod was decided to be made by the leader, and everyone was sighing: "It's good to be the leader's soldier!" ”

Not only is it a water machine, it is planned to add silver rods to the freshwater cabinet on the warship, how many warships are there in the Southeast Fleet?

It is being installed one after another, and the cost is more than a huge amount.

And then there's everyone's armor!

Due to the convenience of shipping and the more expensive naval personnel, the Southeast Navy is fully armed with armor, requiring helmets and upper body armor in peacetime, but armed to the teeth of home in wartime, and this cost is paid by the army.

Another huge sum of money, but with good results.

The officers pointed out that the enemy threw a large number of gunpowder canisters with iron nails, steel balls and stone bullets on our ship, but they were all blocked by armor, and even if the enemy's shrapnel and solid bullets shrapnel, the armor played an effective role in protection, and the officers were full of praise for the armor......

The soldiers were asleep and talking in the cabin, while the officers were sitting in the conference room and said that they had to evaluate the merits of the officers and men on the ship overnight, and they could not delay it, and they were busy until late at night with various summary reports.

Tomorrow there is tomorrow's business, tomorrow, prepare to attack the home port of the enemy's fleet--- the port of Jubail!