In three hours, the four national naval divisions were completely annihilated, 580 large and small ships were sunk, 230 large and small ships were destroyed, 147 large and small ships were damaged, 270 large and small ships were captured, 3,800 enemy sailors were captured, 2,200 enemy soldiers were captured, and countless were killed.

Because the losses of Xinlu Province are not large, but there are ten warships sunk, half of the warships that can be called are more than 800 tons, those below 800 tons are called warships, and those below 100 tons are called patrol ships and traffic ships, this is the classification of the ships in the Huaxia Army's own naval division, the ten ships that sank were all sunk in the battle, and a few were burned into a pile of fragments by the enemy's arsonist ships and disintegrated, and several were seriously injured and forced to withdraw from the battle.

This was the loss of the thousand-ton warships brought by Feng Quan of Xinlu Prefecture, and they still had fifty-seven or eight thousand-ton warships capable of carrying out their tasks.

Two battleships of 800 tons were sunk, seven were burned, five were seriously damaged, 28 were lightly damaged, 33 ships of 600 tons were lost, and the total loss of less than 600 tons was more than 100.

On the whole, the fleet that came this time lost more than 200 large and small ships, but also captured more than 200 large and small ships of the enemy, although they were also injured, but after repairing, they could still be used as armed merchant ships, and many structures and artillery were dismantled and sold to those merchants, which was a way for Xinlu to make money.

Feng Quan was already thinking about selling those fishing boats with minor injuries and little loss to the people and merchants of Xinlu Province, as were merchant ships, leaving some of the warships to enrich their fleets and make up for the losses, and most of them were handed over to the Huaxia Kingdom to compensate for the money they owed to the Huaxia Kingdom for the aid they owed to the Huaxia Kingdom, and let the Huaxia Kingdom sell it itself.

He set his eyes on the shore of Shikoku Island, looking at the bombarded smoke-emitting dock and the warehouse next to the pier, his heart was dripping blood, it was all money, with this money, he could repay the Huaxia Kingdom as soon as possible, and then restore the loss of the Shinrofu Kyushu Island by the raid of Shikoku.

"Let the fleet find a suitable place to get close to some shores, strike at enemy fortifications, barracks, and soldiers' assembly places on the shore, and stop blowing up those warehouses and civilian villages, and even the county town is not necessary not to attack."

On the other side, the second prince's eyes were on fire, the wharf was destroyed, the ships that could not be evacuated from the wharf were sunk, the channel was blocked, the trestle was blown down, and it was impossible to dock in the future.

"What about our shore artillery, what about the old goods that the Dutch sold us? Even if you can't fight the enemy, you have to give me a ring, give me a blow, sink an enemy fishing boat and reward 10 Huaxia Yuan, sink an enemy merchant ship and reward 10,000 Huaxia Yuan, sink an enemy warship and reward 100,000 Huaxia Yuan, and promote the officer to the third rank. The second prince roared and shouted loudly to the officials and generals around him.

The roar was not fruitless, it had no effect, and soon the twenty-four-pounder guns from the shore opened fire, which were dismantled from the bow of the Dutch, and the second prince spent 100,000 silver taels to buy five, and they did not have this kind of giant cannon, nor could they imitate it, the requirements were too high, and without advanced cannon casting technology, they could not make more than eighteen-pounder guns.

With the opening of the fire of the shore defense artillery, the small warships close to the coast five miles away, those 60-ton transport ships and 180-ton warships as if moving forward in a stormy sea, broke one after another, and many of them were hit by the enemy's coastal defense artillery, like a bird's nest that has been stabbed at night, so many birds flying around like headless flies flew out at once, and nearly 500 small warships were infiltrating the entire coastline to probe the depth of the water, or bombarding the coastal fortifications.

And the entire fleet seven miles away also began to spit out a deadly tongue of fire, this time it was a flowering bomb, Feng Quan was very angry at the enemy's stubborn resistance, and used the originally small reserve ammunition, the flowering bomb of the Huaxia Kingdom, and suddenly on the sea, sparks flew on the shore, the cannon rumbled, and the gunpowder smoke was filled.

The shelling lasted a whole day and night, and the entire coastline of Shikoku Island facing west was shelled, from the woods, to the turf, to the thatched houses, to the inner courtyard of the Imperial Palace, to the exquisite Japanese buildings, all of which were burning.

As a result, there were no more people within five miles of Shikoku Island, the coastal defense artillery was blown up, the artillery suffered countless casualties, the people basically died and escaped, and many coastal defense fortifications were also hit, and no one was spared.

Of course, the Xinlu Naval Division was not without damage, and nearly 100 main warships of more than 600 tons of artillery bombardment were more or less wounded, and some even suffered heavy losses, so they had to assemble and transfer the intact Chinese army's rear guards, prisoners, grain and grass ships, and good warships of troop carriers to escort them, and return to Kagoshima Prefecture for supply and maintenance.

In comparison, Shikoku suffered heavy losses, and all the villages, towns, county seats, coastal fortifications, coastal artillery, population, and troops on the west coast of the coast were destroyed.

The losses caused by such a large country in the vicinity of Kagoshima Prefecture were several times higher than that of the Shinro Prefecture, and the important thing is that more than 30,000 of the 100,000 militiamen near the shore fortifications were killed and wounded, and their morale was scattered, and the troops without morale were still considered troops? That's the Lamb.

The naval division was destroyed, the 100,000 militia under the direct management of the second prince in the capital were demoralized, 30,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and even the regular army directly under them was fired by shore artillery, more than 3,000 artillery were killed, more than 5,000 casualties, and no one dared to fiddle with the artillery in the remaining artillery, and the other soldiers also wavered in confidence, deserters appeared, took off their clothes, and turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

The little prince was very anxious, and shouted to his father: "Father, we can't do this anymore, we have to fight back, isn't the Dutch fleet in the inner bay?" Let them go to battle, I will lead the team, we must give the Xinlu Fu Navy fleet of the Huaxia Army a good look, sneak attack them, they don't have many warships available now, they have no shells, they can't wait for their ships escorting the captives back to bring supplies, otherwise, tomorrow we can only fight them on land. ”

The second prince sat still, and said leisurely: "We are going to fight a decisive battle with the enemy on land, what we have lost is the coastal defense artillery, those cannons are useless for land warfare, but we still have field artillery that can be moved, and there are 70,000 soldiers and regular army, and 90,000 militia belonging to Kochi Prefecture, and more than 60,000 militia belonging to our capital, which is 200,000 troops, and the enemy landing is only a few tens of thousands of troops at most, we must annihilate the enemy on land, face the enemy, the enemy can destroy our coastal cities, docks, Shore fortifications, but they can't kill all of us, we still have four million people, and if you pull it, we have two million soldiers to fight. ”

The little prince anxiously shouted: "Father, why are you so confused, now the war is fought with firepower, it is firearms, as long as there are enough firearms, cannons and muskets can make the enemy army several times their own incapacitated, without combat effectiveness, they are just a bunch of lambs, a bunch of mobile walking dead." ”

A Japanese official left behind by a Japanese daimyo general said cautiously: "Your Highness, why don't we make peace with the enemy?" ”

(End of chapter)