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Mawei Port, Navy Battalion.

On the beach of the great battle a few days ago, the bodies of the soldiers had already been cremated by other brothers, and the ashes were taken away and handed over to their families. Every part of the damaged Franc machine artillery on the river beach has also been cleaned up, only the patches of black-brown ground seem to tell the tragic artillery bombardment that day!

It's early October, and there's no autumn chill here in Fuzhou. The sun hung high in the sky, still glowing fiery; It is also like the mood of the Mawei Navy soldiers at this moment, which is fiery and fiery.

It has been five days since the defense of Mawei Port; In the battle that day, although he eliminated the invading enemy, he also suffered heavy losses.

Five days ago, due to the rush of time, no detailed statistics were made, but I only knew a rough idea, and it was not until now that the exact results were available. On the navy's side, 1,221 soldiers were killed directly in the first battle, 653 were seriously wounded, and countless were lightly wounded. In the second battle, the losses were small, but one hundred and fifteen were killed, one hundred and forty were seriously wounded, and minor wounds were not counted. The Mawei Navy of 8,000 people also included nearly 3,000 sailors, and only 3,000 were left who could directly fight. The worst was the Fran gunners, the pirates' cannons could not hit the battery, and all the shells were dumped into the Frann artillery positions on the riverbank, and a large number of Fran gunners were killed and injured by the shells. It was okay to die directly, but some of the seriously injured were in pain for several days before dying. Even if he didn't die, he would be crippled for the rest of his life.

It was easier for the retired soldiers who were hired back from the West, and they were all arranged by Geng Jingzhong in the fort. After all, that's what they did on the ship, and the technology of manipulating the cannon was far from being comparable to the rookies of the newly established Mawei Navy. It was with them manipulating these powerful Hongyi cannons that the battle ended so quickly. Otherwise, if the pirates run away and attack with the Zheng family, Geng Jingzhong will have a lot of fun. Therefore, these Western soldiers also contributed a lot.

After the war, statistics showed that not a single Hongyi cannon was damaged, but more than 160 guns of various calibers were directly damaged, and 130 or 40 were damaged and needed to be repaired, and more than half of the ammunition was consumed! That's all money!

Although the losses in this battle are huge, the gains are even greater! According to detailed statistics, 2,661 pirates were directly eliminated in the first battle, including pirates who were seriously wounded and executed after surrendering, and 1,300 pirates were captured without injury or slightly injured. In the second battle, 350 people of the Zheng family water division were eliminated, and the rest were all captured in a coma, a total of more than 7,100 people.

The loot side is bigger. The pirate fleet contributed twenty-two ships, the others were sunk, and most of them were armed merchant ships. These pirate ships went through a big battle, and basically every one of them needed to be repaired, and almost half of the masts were broken and needed to be overhauled. And the Zheng family is generous, and directly contributed sixty warships intact; A complete small ocean fleet, fully equipped, Geng Jingzhong only needs to send naval soldiers on board to be proficient in a few days to operate!

After the battle, the soldiers who had been sent out by Geng Jingzhong to recruit fishermen also returned to Mawei, and at the same time brought back nearly 8,000 sailors who were proficient in water. As a result, the vacant naval space was quickly replenished. But these newly recruited sailors had not yet been trained, and they had to be taught to obey the command before they were sent aboard. Wait until they are familiar with the system of the Mawei Navy, and then slowly transform into a formal navy.

"Shizi, that's all the statistical results of this battle! Overall, we defeated the Zheng invasion and captured their ships. From now on, we no longer have to be afraid of his Zheng family, we have the capital to protect ourselves! After Wang Zhenbang reported to Geng Jingzhong in detail, he sat back in his chair and hung his head silently; Many of his men died under the artillery, which he had brought from the Tigers. Even after transforming into the navy, I also get along with them day and night and train together.

"Don't be sad, Wang. In a big battle, death is inevitable. I am also saddened by the sacrifice of so many brothers. But we must cheer up and develop the navy stronger and stronger, so that we can be worthy of the sacrifice of our brothers and their heroic spirits in heaven! Geng Jingzhong sat behind the big case, looking at the book in his hand that recorded the battle, and his heart was also a drop of blood, as if a piece of flesh had been cut off from his body. All of these fighters were transferred from the LTTE, and the training of the LTTE soldiers was led by him, so to speak, he single-handedly trained them. This is a drop of more than 2,000 heads, a tenth!

"These newly recruited fishermen are not considered to be the navy, and they were not said to be navy when they were recruited, so their training will be left to you and Dazhong. If these people are added, the shelves of our navy will be able to be erected, first lead them to meet our warships, and then let them see the military appearance of our navy, I guess they should have no resistance to entering the navy. ”

"Shizi, are we coming from the Tiger Army with two battalions! This is also convenient for training. If these newly recruited people want them to fight like our soldiers, it will take at least half a year, after all, they have never been trained and have never been on the battlefield, in case the Zheng family sends troops to attack again----" Speaking of soldiers, Wang Zhenbang cheered up again and said to Geng Jingzhong.

"Well, what you said is right, in this way, go back and transfer all the more than 10,000 people of the Tiger Army to you, and you will be responsible for the training, tell Ma Jiuyu and Zeng Yangxing, just say that I said, from now on, they are not required to operate the boat, but all the soldiers must learn to swim, anyway, they have nothing to do now, just treat this as a new training! Also, let the naval soldiers seriously learn from those Western soldiers, we are now short of artillery, but Yan zhòng lacks gunners! Geng Jingzhong also thought of this just now, but he didn't think about it for a while, but after Wang Zhenbang mentioned it, he reacted.

Although many of his soldiers came from Liaodong with the Geng family, they have now taken root in Fujian, and they will be Fujian people since then. Fujian is the south, and if the southern soldiers don't know how to water, won't they make people laugh off their big teeth.

Geng Jingzhong was just about to let Wang Zhenbang go out to give an order, when Huang Dazhong's voice came from outside the tent: "Shizi, the last general asks to see!" ”。

"Come in! Lao Wang, then you go and prepare first! Geng Jingzhong shouted and then said to Wang Zhenbang!

"The last general commands!" After speaking, Wang Zhenbang walked out.

Huang Dazhong just opened the curtain and came in: "Lao Wang, is the report finished?" Wait a minute, something may need your help! ”。 Hearing this, Wang Zhenbang also stopped.

"What's the matter, let's talk about it!"

"That's right, Shizi, in this battle, we have captured more than 7,000 Zheng family sailors and more than 1,000 pirates, a total of nearly 9,000 people, and we have almost eaten all the food stored here in the past few days." Huang Dazhong looked at Geng Jingzhong with a depressed face, and continued: "We can't just raise these captives for nothing, what should we do with so many people?" ”

Geng Jingzhong has been too busy in the past few days to think about the prisoner at all, and now he just slapped his head. "Oh, I've been ignoring these captives! Tell me, what do you think? ”

"Shizi, the last general thinks, can we find some people from these captives to enrich our navy, these captives are veterans with rich experience in naval warfare, with a little training, familiar with our military discipline can be used, but it is much faster than training recruits!"

"No, General Huang, these captives are not available, the families of the Zheng family's sailors are all in Taiwan, and they will never really serve us, and those pirates are unruly, and bringing them into the army will only affect our soldiers." Wang Zhenbang stood next to him and immediately objected when he heard Huang Dazhong's construction.

Geng Jingzhong thought about it carefully and felt that it was very right, what his army needed was loyalty. Skills can be learned, will can be cultivated, and this loyalty is the most rare. "Forget it, don't stay in the navy with these captives. Send them to Longyan to mine, there is a shortage of people over there than here. This matter is settled, and you two can discuss it. ”

"Yes!"

Mawei Harbor, on the shore of Luoxing Pagoda, a solemn monument stands here. This is the second monument erected by Geng Jingzhong. The former one stands outside the east gate of Fuzhou City, which is to commemorate the soldiers who died in suppressing bandits. Now this one is a commemoration of the new Mawei Navy that died just a few days ago.

At the bottom of the stele is an inscription that describes in detail the course of the Mawei defense battle and records the glorious deeds of the naval soldiers. The upper part of the monument is densely engraved with the names of the martyrs. The reverse side of the stele is made into a relief. From top to bottom, there are two battle scenes engraved with the battle. Although there are no green mountains and no pine waves here, these heroic souls who died in battle still remain in the hearts of no one and will be remembered by future generations.

All the officers and men of the Mawei Navy stared at the huge stone monument silently, they were not sad, they were just proud of their dead brother. The establishment of the Tiger Army was born to protect the local people in Fujian, and the Mawei Navy of the Tiger Army was the same, adhering to the same will.

"Salute!"

The whole army thought about this stone tablet and saluted. Although their bones are not buried here, their spirits remain here. They will be here to watch the growth of the Mawei Navy, watch the soldiers train, and watch the soldiers fight!

In the distance, the shipyard workers stood outside the fence, watching this solemn scene, no one spoke, although they didn't understand what it meant, but just such an atmosphere made many young men's blood boil, and they were eager to join in from the heart!