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The sky slowly darkened, and when the smoke of nitrate over the mouth of the Min River gradually dissipated, the ** naval battle of the Mawei Navy also came to an end. The Mawei Naval Fleet fought bravely to repel the invading enemy, captured more than a dozen warships, defended its dignity, and proved to the Marine Army and Geng Jingzhong that their training in the past six months was not given in vain!

All the warships, including the surrendered enemy ships, slowly sailed back to the Mawei Military Port, leaving no traces on the sea, only the devastated Monkey Island Commercial Port and the rumbling cannons that told the people that there had been a terrible naval battle here.

In this naval battle at the mouth of the Minjiang River, the Mawei Navy also paid heavy losses. From the artillery bombardment of both sides to the hand-to-hand combat, the Mawei Navy paid more than 1,000 casualties, including two bird boats that were directly sunk, and hundreds of soldiers on it were all wiped out. The entire fleet can be said to be wounded, and more than a dozen warships must be overhauled before they can continue to be used, and even if they are repaired, they can no longer fight in the ocean.

However, the invading enemy fled, and four ships were directly sunk, including two that resisted stubbornly, and one was destroyed by fire, and fourteen were captured. Compared with the losses of the Mawei Navy, Shimazu Hisao's losses were even greater, and the number of dead and wounded and captured had reached more than half of all personnel, including nearly a thousand people who died on the port of Monkey Island!

The naval battle lasted for more than an hour, and the fierce fighting on the sea made the blood boil the blood of the Marine soldiers not far from the sea. Not long after the naval battle began, the Marine soldiers who could still fight, under the leadership of Zhou Feng and Li Biao, came to the woods where they had been hiding again, and when they found that the two sides had no time to take care of the shore, they brought people closer to the sea. For more than an hour, Zhou Feng, Li Biao and everyone watched the battle on the sea, sometimes applauding loudly, sometimes scolding loudly.

When the melee began, the archers and musketeers of the Marine Corps ran to the seashore and fired at the approaching enemy ships without fear of artillery fire. Even if sometimes it is impossible to reach the enemy ship at all. However, a hundred musketeers were of great help, and they stood on the seashore, not swaying from side to side on a ship, and had a higher probability of hitting. These new-style muskets and new-style bullets have considerable lethality within 200 meters, and many "pirates" on the "pirate ship" near the sea have really been hit, which has attracted bursts of applause from the Marine brothers behind!

During the whole process, there were many navy brothers who fell into the sea, but fortunately, the navy brothers were very good in the water, as long as they could swim, they all slowly swam to the shore. When they were about to land, the soldiers of the Marine Corps would take the initiative to meet them, and they also rescued many wounded Navy brothers. Some of the "pirates" were unlucky if they swam this way, and the Marines were greeted by muskets, bows and arrows from afar, and none of them survived. The wounded soldiers were immediately sent to the rear camp for treatment, and this continued until the end of the naval battle. Eventually, when Shimazu Hisao led the boat to escape, the entire beach couldn't help but cheer loudly.

At this moment, the sky has all darkened, but the Mawei Military Port is still brightly lit. The brazier was blazing everywhere, illuminating the entire military port. The warships that were damaged had been taken to the shipyard to begin repairs, and the others were temporarily moored on the riverbank.

Geng Jingzhong and Li Guangdi had also been waiting at the military port for a long time, and they were extremely nervous all afternoon. After all, this was the first naval battle in the true sense of the word of the Mawei Navy, and no one knew what the specific outcome would be. Originally, Geng Jingzhong also wanted to board the ship, but he was persuaded by Li Guangdi and the generals to death, and he was not allowed to board the ship. Now seeing the triumph of the Navy, a big stone in my heart has just fallen to the ground!

As soon as the Mawei Navy returned to the military port, the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time sent the wounded fighters to the ward for treatment. The other warriors who returned victoriously rewarded them with good wine and meat. After a long period of busy work, the military port stopped a little. More than a thousand "pirates" who surrendered were not treated so well, and the warriors hated these guys for coming to invade Fuzhou and taking the lives of many of their brothers, so they were treated roughly. It has been confirmed that the pirates who came to attack Fuzhou this time are the pirates who plundered the sea some time ago!

Geng Jingzhong walked on the largest "pirate ship", and Li Guangdi, Huang Dazhong, and other generals came over to visit this "pirate ship" that looked a little miserable. The overall design and construction of this ship was very different from the Fu ship of the Ming Dynasty, Geng Jingzhong had never seen a warship of this style, and the guns were actually on the lowest deck.

"Commander Wang, you are familiar with all kinds of warships, do you know what kind of ship this is?" Geng Jingzhong looked at it for a while, understood the general configuration of the ship, and then asked.

Wang Zhenbang was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Ah, Hui Shizi, I haven't seen this one either, but in terms of style, it doesn't look like a ship from the Japanese Kingdom, but like a turtle ship from North Korea." However, according to the map, the turtle boat in North Korea really looks like a turtle, and there is a dragon head in the bow, and the upper layer is covered with a layer of turtle back, but there is no warship under the foot, which is a little weird. ”

"It doesn't matter what kind of warship he is, maybe this Japanese learned it from Korea, but he didn't learn it all, and he made a four-way thing. However, there are a lot of guns on this ship, I have counted them, and there are a total of 40 guns of various calibers on both sides of the 40-meter-long hull, which is a very strong warship. "Huang Dazhong is most concerned about the firepower on the ship, so he is very concerned about the number of artillery.

"Shizi, if this warship is really built based on the turtle ship of North Korea, then it can only be used as a training ship for our recruits." Wang Zhenbang carefully recalled the records in the book, and after speaking, he lowered his head, looking not very interested.

"Oh, why is that?" Not only Geng Jingzhong, but others were also very confused.

"That's right, the turtle boat has a low hull and is not suitable for long-sea navigation, so in the future, it will be used for training and patrol along the coast of Fujian at most!"

Originally, Geng Jingzhong thought that such a large ship could be incorporated into the naval sequence and increase the strength of the main warship, but he never thought that the result would be a big disappointment.

"Be a recruit training ship! Well, there must always be a big ship for the soldiers to train. In this way, the fate of a newly captured warship was thus decided, and it was destined to serve as a training ship for the Mawei Navy for a long time to come.

Li Guangdi was not thinking about these things: "Shizi, this time the Japanese are pretending to be pirates, do you want to report it to the imperial court?" ”

Geng Jingzhong came back to his senses and put away the smile on the corner of his mouth: "Yes, why don't you report it!" If we don't report it, we must not only report it, but also explain to the court that our losses are extremely heavy and we demand a lot of compensation. At the same time, a group of captured Japanese invaders were sent to the capital, so that the imperial court could find trouble with the Japanese state. Now we don't have the strength to take revenge, and when we become completely strong, we will definitely make the country look good! ”

Speaking of this, the faces of the surrounding generals are not very good-looking, and they have been in a situation of being passively beaten since they began to develop the navy in September last year. There are many pirates around Fujian, although the scale is not large, but they can never go out of the mouth of the Min River, beyond the reach of the dust. Now, the navy has just finished training, and the Japanese invaders have come to harass again, and they have once again suffered huge losses.

"Shizi, it seems that it won't be long before the last general, and our twenty big ships will be launched! As long as these twenty big ships get out of the water, the last general will ask to lead the army for revenge! Wang Zhenbang was very dissatisfied with this naval battle, although he won, but his own losses were also very large.

"Commander Wang, don't be bitter, you have already fought very well this time. An encounter, still at sea, can sink several ships and capture a dozen, a big victory! Although we have also suffered more than 1,000 casualties, as long as we fight, there will be no immortals! Geng Jingzhong looked at Wang Zhenbang's frowning brows, and said with relief.

"Yes, Lao Wang, this battle was fought beautifully, the Japanese fleet fled, and the damage was definitely several times that of our army, not to mention, you also captured more than a dozen warships! We soldiers have a sense of sacrifice, and if we are afraid of death, we will not come to be soldiers! The prince will be kind to the families of the dead and wounded brothers! "Huang Dazhong is an anxious son, and he has been partnered with Wang Zhenbang for half a year and is like a brother, so he patted him on the shoulder when he got closer." Our navy will become stronger and stronger, and I will accompany you to take revenge when the time comes! ”

Wang Zhenbang nodded, feeling a lot better.

"Okay, we've seen it all over here, let's go back to the barracks. I've been worried all afternoon, and I've been busy until now, I haven't eaten yet, but there is good wine and meat in the barracks, and everyone will go to be lively together? ”

"Okay, let's go, brothers, I'm afraid I'm in a hurry!"