The storm lasted until midnight, and the whole world seemed to be at the end of the world, and the catastrophe was coming. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The soldiers of the Info Capture Army survived a difficult night in horror.

The next day, the wind and rain stopped, the weather was calm, and the sun was revealed.

Luo Xuan ordered people to count the losses in battles and hurricanes, and soon the results came out:

Among the five Western warships, the wooden sailing ship "Chen Kai" was sunk, and another wooden sailing ship "Four Eyes" and the armed steam ship "Tieniu" suffered heavy damage and had to be overhauled.

The "Humen" also suffered a certain degree of damage, and it could barely fight, and it also had to be repaired. In addition to the "Feisha" fast sailing ship, basically the five Western warships led by Luo Jian were all damaged.

Nearly 20 ordinary warships were sunk by foreign artillery, more than 30 were damaged, and five were destroyed and capsized by the hurricane, causing heavy damage. In this battle, more than 700 soldiers were killed and thousands were wounded.

This naval battle was the largest loss of the 5th Division, which made Luo Xuan feel distressed for a while. What saddened him the most was that many of the bodies of the brothers who died in the war could not be found, and it was impossible to even transport them back to their hometown for burial, which made him feel sad for a while.

However, foreigners are no better.

The U.S. East India Fleet, originally 7 warships, 2 cruisers and 1 frigate, that is, the two steam paddle cruisers "Mississippi" and "Saskehana", as well as a small tonnage frigate, were captured by the captive forces.

Only two cruisers "Saradoga" and "Virginia" and two frigates "Plelymouth" remained. Moreover, the cruiser "Virginia" was also seriously damaged.

The loss of personnel, the American fleet was even more tragic. The 500 people in this hall were all wiped out. The 300 men on the two cruisers, the flagship "Mississippi" and the "Suskehana", were almost all killed in the battle with him, except for a small number of prisoners. In addition, more than 50 foreigners on the small frigate were also captured, and dozens more were killed by shelling and foreign guns.

The entire U.S. East India Fleet led by Perry lost nearly 1,000 men of 1,800 soldiers.

However, these still can't fill the anger of Luo Xuan. If it weren't for this Perry's refusal of the Holy King, he could have cooperated together and come to Samoto to force the Shogunate to surrender, and they would have been satisfied if they wanted to open a treaty port, and the Holy Kingdom wanted to make Samoto its own domain, and it would have been possible to collect wealth and labor.

However, after this battle, Luo Jian also realized that there was still a big gap between his sailors and the Western powers.

With so many troops and careful preparations, but when he was really fighting, he suddenly found that whether it was the formation of the foreigners' fleets or the accuracy of the foreigners' manipulation of artillery fire, the soldiers of the captured army were far from enough.

Although he lost more than 700 soldiers, he also succeeded in driving away Perry's fleet, so that Perry, who was extremely arrogant, did not dare to underestimate the Holy Country. And, crucially, the next step is to collect the profits from this battle.

However, there was no urgency. Judging from the attitude of the shogunate, he did not believe in the Holy Kingdom very much, otherwise, he would not have forcibly occupied the American warship, and he was ready to annex the warship alone.

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan secretly thought that he would have to teach himself a harsh lesson in the future. However, now that most of the warships were damaged and the soldiers were very tired, Luo Jian planned to return to Ryukyu to rest and recuperate, and then return to the book after repairing the warships. At the same time, it is also waiting for the next order of the Holy King.

However, you have to send someone to put some pressure on the Tokugawa shogunate, and at the same time ask for some benefits!

On that day, there were many samurai who watched the warships of the captive army, but they were afraid of being killed that day, so they didn't dare to come. Luo Xuan didn't care about them, but just asked the soldiers to hurry up and make temporary repairs to the damaged warship.

Two days later, Chen Dingao came to report: "Division commander, the damaged ship has been urgently repaired, and it has been towed by several warships, and it should be able to sail for half a month." ”

"Good! As long as you can make it to the Ryukyus. When we arrived in the Ryukyus, we repaired the warship. Pass the order and get ready to set sail! Luo Xuan ordered.

Luo Gang directly took the "Mississippi" as the flagship and renamed it the "Destroyer", reminding the soldiers that many comrades-in-arms had died in Edo Bay, and renamed the "Saskehana" to the "Keyang" and the frigate "Captive Ocean".

Then he led the soldiers of the first and fifth divisions out of Edo Bay and marched towards Ryukyu.

……

At this time, at Shimoda, 200 miles from Edo Bay, four Western warships attacked Shimoda Port, looting dozens of merchant ships that had docked in the port to avoid typhoons, and tens of thousands of taels of silver and nearly 1,000 quintals of raw silk were snatched away by Western soldiers.

Two days later, the four warships reappeared in Toba, landed and attacked the town, and stole tens of thousands of taels worth of silver.

For several days in a row, four Western warships continued to ransack the coastal towns on the island of Honshu, looting nearly 200,000 taels of property and replenishing vegetables and grain before quietly leaving in the southeast direction.

"That's it! Captains, General Ben has summoned you to explain something. In one of the cabins of the "Saradoga", Perry spoke mysteriously to the four captains under him.

"You must wonder why you ransacked the harbor of Yamaben?" Perry smiled bitterly, "Actually, General Ben doesn't want to. However, this time, on the orders of President Pierce, I came to force him to open the port so that our American merchant and fishing ships could have a reliable supply point in the Pacific region, but I did not expect to suffer such a heavy defeat, losing three warships, and even the "Mississippi" was captured by the enemy, and I had to find a reason to give Mr. President an explanation! ”

"We're all in the same boat, so tell me how to deal with the reproach of Mr. President and Congress?" Perry asked with a sad face.

However, there was a gleam in his eyes, and when he saw that no one answered, he glanced at his confidant, the captain of the ship, Major Charles.

Charles immediately understood, coughed, and said, "General Perry, don't let Mr. President know about our defeat and even the warships being taken by the enemy!" Otherwise, even if we are not tried by a military tribunal, we will be laughed at by the entire Navy and even the entire United States, and we will never be able to hold our heads up again! ”

With Charles's challenge, the other three captains also shuddered when they thought of being poked in the back and scolded everywhere, and hurriedly echoed: "General, I don't know what you can do?" Please help us! ”

Perry nodded and said, "General Ben doesn't want to publicize this matter, it's too embarrassing." But the only thing to worry about is that these soldiers on the warship have to keep their mouths shut! ”

"General Perry! I have an idea! Charles winked and said, "Give them enough benefits to keep their mouths shut!" ”

"You mean? Divide the silver taels you have received in the past few days among all the soldiers? One of the captains exclaimed in surprise: "Not bad! Very good idea! Not only have they benefited, but they have also been tainted by the looting of civilians. Once they speak out, they will not only have to hand over the silver taels, but they will also be blamed by their relatives for looting towns and villages. That's a great idea! ”

"Not bad! In doing so, the soldiers really won't bring up the matter again. Think for themselves and won't say it. The other captain nodded.

Seeing that everyone's opinions were unanimous, Perry stood up and said, "Since this is the case, it is decided!" The silver seized was estimated to be worth $280,000. He took out $200,000 in silver and gave it to the soldiers. The remaining $80,000, the four of you, $10,000 each. The rest of the silk and other belongings will be transported back to the country and sent to the Ministry of Defense for those moths, and they should be able to get away with it! ”

The implication is that Perry took $40,000 for himself.

In this way, everyone was very satisfied. I didn't expect that a losing battle could make a lot of money!

Major Charles frowned and said, "General Perry, there is one more point, what should I say about so many soldiers killed in battle, as well as the three warships such as the 'Mississippi'?" ”

"Isn't there a big hurricane? You, me, and more than 800 soldiers have seen with their own eyes that three warships were blown away by a hurricane and were separated from us! I'm afraid it's more than lucky. Even my adjutant, Buchanan, is missing. Perry glared.

"Yes! That's what the general said! We've all seen it with our own eyes, and what a terrible hurricane it is. It's so scary that I don't want to mention it again, well, that's it, don't mention it! Several captains hurriedly said.

"However, the dozens of captured soldiers are a problem." Payne remembered this only hidden danger, and had a headache.

"General, it's better to collect some more property along the way, bring it back to the United States, and give more to the family of this captured soldier to gag their mouths." One captain suggested that it seemed that he had fallen in love with looting.

"Look at it! However, it is necessary to return to the country as soon as possible. I would like to suggest to Mr. President once again that a more powerful fleet be reorganized to come to the Far East and wipe out this bullshit Admiral's Mansion and this despicable Taiping Holy Kingdom! If you don't breathe this bad breath, I Perry will not be a human being. Perry gritted his teeth and said hatefully.

The four Western warships made a detour to loot in Shikoku and Kyushu, and did not dare to pass through the Ryukyus, so they made a direct detour to the open sea, passing through Luzon, and passing away in the direction of Malacca.