Chapter 189: Naval Battle Narrative 4
Seeing Du Ge walking in with a bloody body, Zhang Ying stood up, "Admiral Du, your matter is over?" ”
"Well, it's almost over, those pirates are really slippery, I chased all night, almost all the militia along the coast of Taizhou Prefecture, the garrison troops, and the regular army of the Jinhua Righteous Army swept most of them away, or some people ran away, they were originally locals here, maybe they were pirates who had lived here for a long time, and they were very slippery.
Even if we had concentrated our forces as soon as possible to annihilate them on the beach while alerting them, the coastline was so long that many pirates had fled, and it would take some time for the troops to wipe them out completely. ”
"Most of them are just wiped out, and a small number of them can't do any big harm to the coastal areas of Taizhou, after all, our Jinhua Righteous Army has ruled this area for more than a year, and many of these pirates' relatives and friends, some hidden pirates have been swept away, and they can't afford to make big waves." Chen Hanhui said indifferently.
"Yes, by the way, Admiral Zhang, how is your battle at sea?"
"Listening to your shouts of joy just now, the results should be good." Du Ge untied the sword on his body, put it on the table next to him, sat on the chair, and asked tiredly leaning on the back of the chair.
"Not bad, in total, we sank 1,200 pirate ships, captured 800 pirate ships, 200 fishing boats, and sank 32 Portuguese ships, more than 50 armed ships, 12 warships, 33 Dutch ships, more than 50 armed merchant ships, and more than 70 warships, and about seven of them ran away."
Zhang Ying said that there was some guilt here, and her voice was a little lower.
"What actually made them run?" Du Ge jumped up.
"Yes, there is no way, the Dutch and Grape people who escaped are larger, and their sailors are more experienced than us, and they are more skilled in handling ships than us, and they saw the heavy losses of the pirate ships, and they attacked us angrily, and we wanted to annihilate us or find us desperately, but in the end, they actually escaped to cover their governor, and I found out at the right time."
Zhang Ying's head was getting lower and lower, and his voice was getting lower and lower.
"These bastards, why don't you chase them after?" Du Ge asked angrily.
"Yes, you can't let these bastards go for nothing," Xuanyuan Long Fei ran in and said to Zhang Ying.
"They were so cunning that we chased them for a long time, only to find out that they had actually played the golden cicada again and escaped by dividing their troops in the night. All that was left behind were some die-hard ships piloted by pirates with them. ”
This time, without waiting for Xuanyuan Longfei and Du Ge to get angry again, Zhang Ying continued: "Moreover, when we caught up again, we found that there were about a thousand ships on the opposite side, and after a battle, the ships and sailors were damaged, so we didn't dare to chase anymore, so we could only come back." ”
"They still have reinforcements" several people jumped up.
Zhang Ying shook his head helplessly, "I'm not reconciled, let the brigade return first, dodge, after all, we have few ships, I and three clippers chased up to find out who was killed halfway, as a result, I found that it was actually Zheng Hongkui's fleet, they were inseparable from the Dutch and the Grape Man, when we wanted to get up, someone in Zheng Hongkui's fleet came out to intercept us, after all, it was a court of the imperial court, and we were not good at robbing them, and we didn't have enough strength, there was no big team, and we didn't gather three fleets, and we can't go to war with them either. ”
"This is a robbery while the fire is burning, this damn Zheng Hongkui, since they have gathered so many ships to intercept the Dutch and the Grape People on the way, then they must know about the actions of the Dutch and the Portuguese, a person from the imperial court, they actually did not inform us, if we didn't have experience, complete precautions, and a cordon thirty nautical miles away, I'm afraid, let the Dutch and the Grape people take advantage of the opportunity."
Chen Hanhui nodded slightly, "Yes, these damn guys, they are so immoral, they actually entangled so many pirates to attack us, in a vain attempt to destroy our stability and unity, and a peaceful and stable life." ”
"By the way, have you reported it to your lordship?" Xuanyuan Longfei asked.
"When the enemy attacked, we sent an eight-hundred-mile urgent message to Jinhua Mansion, but after this victory, we haven't reported it yet, and we have just returned." Chen Hanhui said to Xuanyuan Longfei.
"I have to report to the adults once and let them know." Xuanyuan Dragon Flying Road.
"Okay, I'll have someone write it down and report it to the adults in detail." Chen Hanhui said.
"By the way, Admiral Zhang, there are no captured ships, you have to add some to me, I am the weakest this time, in order to resist the enemy, the loss is not small, almost half of the ships, large and small ships."
Zhang Yingdao: "There are no battleships, they are either sunk, or they are seriously injured, the battle is too tragic, I mean for the enemy, I don't have any pressure here, if I can catch up again and surround them, I'm afraid I may be able to capture some more, but Zheng Hongkui's people suddenly killed halfway, thousands of ships, even if there are no big warships, we can't touch them without the instructions of adults." ”
Xuanyuan Longfei sighed, "Governor Chen, we have to let the shipyard give us some supplements, otherwise there will be another enemy of this scale, and we will not be able to prevent them." ”
Zhang Ying didn't let it go, "Lord Xuanyuan, the sailor is under my command, although you are also a commander, but you have too much interference." ”
Xuanyuan Longfei hurriedly said, "Master Shui, can you be in charge of three places alone?" Didn't I speak for you, Wenzhou Mansion is also the leader of you, don't you want to add some warships there. ”
"Okay, okay, I'll definitely report this matter to the adults, and build a few more shipyards, so that they can be replenished, and it will be faster."
Zhang Ying thought for a while and said: "What Lord Xuanyuan said is also reasonable, the losses on Longzhu Island are not very large, they have good terrain conditions there, and there are a lot of shore guns, where can we transfer some to supplement Wenzhou Mansion, and then transfer some to supplement the Second Fleet, although this time weakens the First Fleet, but how to say that we are more important here, many places are relatively prosperous, and there are fewer ships that cannot defend such a large sea." ”
"Lord Zhu's humanity-" One after another, everyone looked at each other, everyone knew that Zhu Dayou was the guard officer next to Zhang Qiang, and when he came here at this time, he must have a message or reply from Zhang Qiang.
Everyone hurriedly tidied up their appearance and went out to greet Zhu Dayou.
Before everyone came out of the courtyard, they saw Zhu Dayou leading cavalry and musketeer troops, and some infantry entered the courtyard.