Of course, this is only the data of the damage of the Imperial Naval Division's ships, and the casualties are also not small, after the first battle, the casualties of the soldiers exceeded 1,000, and even many people sank directly into the sea and disappeared without a trace, especially Meng Zhong, who has never found a trace.

Zheng Haotian burst into tears, what a good brother, Meng Zhong, that is now the rising star of the Imperial Sailor, and the future is limitless, wouldn't it be sad to die in a battle?

"Order, tie all the battered warships to the back and tow them back, and return to Songjiang Mansion!"

Now it is only more than 100 miles away from Songjiang Mansion, marching with all its might, and at ten o'clock in the morning, the fleet came to Songjiang Mansion, and Zhang Jun led other naval warships to arrive in advance, anxiously waiting for the return of the main force.

When the warships sailed into the military port, Zhang Jun's heart had sunk to the bottom, it was too tragic, when he set out on the expedition, there were hundreds of large and small warships, and now he has returned, but there are only more than seventy, among which there are still twenty small warships, which were completely pulled back by the battleships in front, and the warships are dilapidated, even if they don't ask the Admiral, they already know how tragic this war is, and how many good brothers have died in the sea!

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!"

Zhang Jun watched the sailor's handsome boat slowly leaning against the dock of the military port, and hurriedly jumped on the handsome boat with a few brothers, shouting loudly.

Zheng Haotian walked over slowly, his voice was hoarse, and he said in a low voice: "Zhang Jun, pass the order, the sailor will repair at the dock for a day and a half, and then he will return to Yanziji, you lead the warship to return first, and hand over the emperor's decree ......"

"Yes, my lord, why are we, why are we suffering so many casualties......"

Zhang Jun asked astringently.

Zheng Haotian shouted: "Zhang Jun, we have suffered heavy casualties, and he Zheng Zhilong is also not having a good time, give us two years, it only takes two years, this governor must avenge the martyred brothers, for Meng Zhong, for Dong Hao, and for all the other brothers, go down and pass the order!" ”

Zhang Jun didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran down.

Zheng Haotian's distressed heart was dripping blood, and finally the Imperial Sailor had a trace of improvement, after the first battle, he once again hurt his vitality, which was really annoying.

However, as Zheng Haotian said, the imperial sailors suffered heavy losses, and the Fujian sailors suffered even more heavy losses, Zheng Zhibao and Tagawa Nanazaemon retreated in a hurry, those damaged ships, the ships that suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers who fell into the water and were captured are countless, there are eight or nine hundred Fujian sailors who were taken prisoner by Zheng Haotian alone, and even more were killed by drowning, and the Fujian sailors lost more than 40 large and small warships, compared with the imperial sailors, it was even more serious, and Zheng Zhibao couldn't accept it the most, The combat power of his own sailors is far beyond that of the sailors of the imperial court, this battle is really too embarrassing to lose, he was held down by others to hold his handsome ship, and he was beaten violently, and he was directly blown up, and the fleet lost its command, and it was defeated!

Like a defeated quail fighting a defeated chicken, the two returned to Fuzhou listlessly to see Zheng Zhilong.

"What? You caught up with the sailors of the imperial court, and instead of encircling and annihilating them, you made the people disgraced? ”

Zheng Zhilong looked at Zheng Zhibao and Tagawa Qizaemon with a shocked face, Sony stood aside, also shocked, these days, he has not left the Admiral Yamen of the Navy Division, just to get the news that the arms were snatched back, I didn't expect ah, I didn't wait for the news of the arms snatched back, but it was a fierce battle between the two sailors on the sea, both defeated, Zheng Zhibao and Tagawa Shichizaemon even let the handsome ship sink the house, needless to say, it is definitely the Fujian Navy Division that suffered a big loss, otherwise, With the strong strength of the Fujian Naval Division, he would definitely not easily give up the pursuit of the Imperial Naval Division.

"Big brother, brother, I'm incompetent......"

Zheng Zhibao was about to be aggrieved and hurt internally, and said depressedly: "Originally, our strength was superior, and we caught up with the imperial court sailors from behind, and the combat power was better than the other party's, but I didn't expect that the imperial court's sailors were equipped with a large number of flowering cannons and rockets, where this thing hit, where was an explosion, the flames were blazing, their four warships suddenly launched a rapid offensive towards our handsome ships, without regard for their own safety, in just a few moments, our handsome ships were bombarded by dozens of shells and rockets, The whole handsome ship was plunged into smoke and fire, the outside world could not see our command flag at all, the whole sailor fell into a melee, lost command, the brothers fought separately, and the firepower of the other side was fierce, which caught us off guard, this time this loss was too explosive, and I had the intention of committing suicide ......"

Zheng Zhilong has been in battle for a long time, and he heard the key point when he arrived, firing artillery and rockets, this is something that Zheng Zhibao could not predict at all, even his most elite sailor force is not equipped with a few flowering cannons, this flowering cannon is regarded as a treasure even in the West, and it is difficult to buy it, but I didn't expect the imperial court to be equipped with a large number of flowering cannons and rockets!

"Especially their rockets, the length alone is close to a zhang, the front end is a huge powder keg, after landing, it explodes instantly, and the rocket is still with blazing flames, burning one piece at a time, causing us huge trouble......"

"Jiro!"

Zheng Zhibao suddenly looked at Tagawa Nanazaemon and shouted, "Damn bastard, you once fought with the sailors of the imperial court, didn't you find that their artillery is all flowering cannons?" Didn't find out how powerful their rockets were? Your uncle doesn't know the depth of the imperial court sailors, don't you know? Where did you die, why didn't you remind your uncle? ”

"Father, I, I ......"

Tagawa Nanazaemon was in a cold sweat, stammering and unable to speak.

"Big brother, don't blame Jiro, it's all the younger brother who is too careless, after all, I am the boss, and this defeat is my responsibility, and I am willing to take on the military law!"

Zheng Zhibao gritted his teeth and said.

"Alright, don't cover it up for him!"

Zheng Zhilong roared at Zheng Zhibao, then turned around and slapped Tagawa Nanaemon fiercely, and roared: "Bastard, get out of the wall for me immediately, get out!" ”

Tagawa Nanazaemon didn't dare to speak, and stumbled out.

"Big brother, this battle, let us know that the strength of the imperial court's sailors is really not weak, in this battle, we have lost a lot of losses, just the warships have lost forty or fifty ships, and the casualties of the soldiers are nearly two thousand, however, I think their losses are not small, their warships are all old warships, brought from the Dongting Lake, and they have never replenished new warships in ten years, only last year, we purchased some from our sailors and Nanyang, at least thirty or forty warships were sunk or severely damaged by us!"

Zheng Zhibao said fiercely.

"You still have the face to say!"

Zheng Zhilong said hatefully: "You are leading the main force of the Fujian Naval Division, and the warships alone are dozens of better than them, and if you don't win, that is your failure, failure, understand?" This is a shame for our Fujian sailors! ”

(End of chapter)