Chapter 567: Ocean Loss
On the shore of the sea to the east of Bozhou, several huge, but somewhat dilapidated ships quietly sailed from the endless sea further east......
Jiang Wan, the governor of Bozhou East Road, after getting the news of the Maritime Patrol, hurriedly led people to the seashore quickly!
Because the Wei navy and smuggler ships are now often close to Bozhou, sea patrols have been arranged around Bozhou, but there are fewer patrols in the east.
However, this time no enemy ships of the Wei State were found, but traces of the naval fleet of the Chu State were found!
Although it looked a little miserable, what appeared in front of me was indeed the fleet with the flag of the Chu Navy......
Even if he is far overseas, Jiang Wan can know how important this navy is to Chu State now under the current situation!
Even because he was far overseas, Jiang Wan paid more attention to this than to the situation in Hanzhong and Xichuan.
While hurrying to greet him, Jiang Wan also immediately ordered the maritime patrol force of the Governor's Mansion to block the surrounding sea with all his might, and also blocked the news......
Both the size of the fleet and the timing of its return are far from the previous "best estimates".
This made Jiang Wan feel uncertain, lest the navy would lose its troops in the exploration!
If this is the case, then Jiang Wan needs to suppress the news as much as possible, first take care of the returning navy to recuperate in Bozhou, and send the letter back to Jinling by speedboat.
lest other princes who were interested in the sea learn the news, but instead expose the truth.
Even if the naval damage is not large, it is "fragrant" to ambush and surprise attack later, and it is always a good mistake to be careful......
When Jiang Wan came to the shore, he saw a figure of "flowers and branches" from a distance, and in an instant, the heart that was originally carried first sank back half - who can dress up like this, which one is not Gandudu?
"Xiaguan Jiang Wan, welcome Gandu Governor back to Chu!" Jiang Wan hurriedly stepped forward and said.
Now here at your feet, it is one of the overseas territories of Chu State, and although there is no port that can be directly docked for Gan Ning, it is still a small boat down, but there are already a lot of fertile fields and city construction...... When you come back here, you have "returned to Chu"!
"Hahaha, Xiao Jiang, you have built this Bozhou well, I was worried that there was no place to rest and rectify, so I went back directly to let people see the joke, not bad, wait for the governor of Pontus to rest for two days first, and then go back to find the king to regain his life." Gan Ning patted Jiang Wan on the shoulder and said.
Gan Ning has always been like this, the bold and awkward sides are just right, and for a while Jiang Wan didn't know that Gan Ning was hinting that the navy had suffered a lot of losses, and let himself cooperate with him to act, so as not to show timidity, or was he really relaxed......
I don't know or guess, Jiang Wan directly sent people to "blockade" the scene, and at the same time, he guided Gan Ning and some of the main generals of the navy who had already landed, and went to a small coastal town not far away to rest.
At the same time, on the way, Jiang Wan whispered to Gan Ning about the current situation.
After Gan Ning heard this, he still talked and laughed freely, which made Jiang Wan realize that something was wrong-with Gan Ning's temperament, if there was nothing abnormal, shouldn't he threaten to destroy the Wei Navy at this time?
When Jiang Wan prepared a reception banquet and invited Gan Ning to the table, Jiang Wan found that Gan Ning had not only told him to prepare for the brothers on the ship and under the ship, but also to prepare the wind, so he went directly to the table, without the slightest intention of arranging the navy.
And this is obviously not an oversight, Jiang Wan also learned from various reports that the navy under Gan Ning's command, even without Gan Ning's direct orders, still has "calm" supplies, rest, and limited celebrations......
Obviously, after a few years, he finally returned to the land near the Chu State, and there was no indulgence, which was very different from Jiang Wan's impression of the "pioneering navy" that was not afraid of the sky and the earth, and had maritime characteristics!
Gan Ning's personality is undoubtedly very ostentatious, and the navy, especially the pioneering navy, also needs to dare to fight.
After all, with the conditions and military system of the Chu State, it is not like other princes, they can form an army by deadlifting, and they will not join the navy without a bit of blood.
And now...... It's not so much "calm", it's better to hide the sharp side!
Jiang Wan was already convinced at this time that in the past three or four years, something had definitely happened to the navy......
From beginning to end, Gan Ning ate and drank as usual, even ...... Even the hurtful mouth is as usual, and after hearing that Zhang Chunhua also became a princess, he also joked, "It's a pity that Xiao Jiang, you are not a woman."
Later, when the banquet was about to disperse and only Jiang Wan was left on the left, the two of them said something serious!
Gan Ning didn't explain the reason, only said the current situation - the navy that is coming back now has a total of more than 8,000 people, and the wine and meat that Jiang Wan prepared before was not falsely reported.
It is said that when Gan Ning left, he took away 25,000 people from the navy, which can be said to be the most elite 50,000 people in the navy at that time, and directly took away half of them, in addition to 30,000 desert development troops, and the fleet was mighty.
And now, even if the Wasteland Army is stationed overseas, the navy will leave a part, and there should be 20,000 people normally, which is also the reason why the Chu State had high hopes for the "missing" navy before.
Gan Ning didn't talk to Jiang Wan in detail, but in the secret letter to Bai Tu, he reported the key in the encrypted part......
Gan Ning's journey to the Golden State was relatively quiet and smooth, and he also found some small islands that could supply fresh water, all of which were recorded, and then he came into contact with the Mayan civilization on the Golden State as he wished, and the two sides constituted a certain exchange, bringing back a lot of crops and wild rubber trees that Baitu needed.
Then the Pioneer Army and a small part of the navy stayed in the Golden State, and Gan Ning led 20,000 men back.
However, on the way back, it was very unfortunate to encounter a strong wind at sea......
If it is a super warship like the ironclad ship, which is 20,000 tons at every turn, and it seems that it is completely a sea city at present, the fury of the ocean will be difficult to shake!
However, when Ganning went to sea, in order to develop "more efficiently", a large part of the money was spent on the railway, and Ganning's fleet did not have ironclad ships, only second-class ironclad cruisers.
Even if it is Ganning's flagship, the two 5,000-ton cruisers, as long as they do not encounter a natural disaster-class storm, they will be fine.
And it was so unfortunate that Gan Ning encountered a natural disaster-level sea wind.
Although most of the iron warships were fine, the other auxiliary wooden ships were completely destroyed.
After some wind and rain, Gan Ning also deviated from a lot of direction, and then ...... Coincidentally, he found a "Hawaii" that he had not encountered before, and was named "Wangchu" by Gan Ning.
After a violent storm, 20,000 elite navies collapsed in the sea, nearly 5,000 people, but they were basically Ji Zao soldiers - even if the human generals fell into the water, most of them had time to return to the flagship and main ship.
However, in this way, the wooden ship was almost completely destroyed, and even one of the flagships was temporarily stranded due to a malfunction after docking, and it was necessary to bring in materials to repair it.
Because of the loss of ships and supplies, Gan Ning had to leave behind a small number of half-human generals and most of the Jizao soldiers in "Wangchu" - fortunately, "Wangchu" was big enough, and after preliminary exploration, it was expected to be able to feed these people.
The unsunken wooden boats, as well as some iron boats, were also left in Wangchu for them to fish and go out to sea for inspection, while Gan Ning only brought back 8,000 people, and only one flagship returned......