Chapter 125: Stars and Clouds Disperse

Retreat is never an easy task.

Retreat in front of the formation is not an easy task.

It is even more difficult to withdraw from the melee between the two armies.

When our side collapses, it is not easy to escape under the pursuit of the enemy and hinder our defeated troops.

Fortunately, Mao Haifeng is very familiar with this matter. It is not the first time for Mao Haifeng to sell his teammates. It is not the first time for Yu Dayou to escape. But Mao Haifeng still finds it very difficult now.

Wang Zhi changed to a small boat and left the battlefield. All the remaining large boats were withdrawn.

It is not easy to escape in a chaotic situation.

However, one thing is beneficial to them. Xie He started running first, and Wang Zhi had such a thing again. The other pirates were not fools. Naturally, they kept trying to run. So all the ships on the entire battlefield scattered.

For a moment, the Ming army faced such a situation and didn't know what to do?

In short, after this battle, I never heard of Wang Zhi again. Many people said that he died in a melee and sank into the sea. Some people also said that he had seen a person who looked very much like Wang Zhi in some places in Nanyang. But it was also unfounded.

However, the court did not announce that Wang Zhi died here.

Because there was a very bad precedent before. When a general suppressed the bandits, he wiped out all the bandits, but he ran away the bandit leader. So he casually got a head and said he was killed. As a result, a few years later, the escaped bandit leader started a rebellion.

The outcome of the general who suppressed the bandits back then can be imagined.

The court's face was gone. Therefore, this has become a convention. Those unimportant criminals will not be too detailed in the review, but the bandit leader must have a clear check. He really wants to see people living and die. The court has never seen Wang Zhi's body.

In any case, Wang Zhi became a historical term after this battle. Perhaps Wang Zhi was not dead yet, but his influence in the East China Sea had ended. The battle to combat the Japanese entered the post-Wang Zhi era.

Of course, this is a later story.

The Ming army had relatively few ships. And after a melee, many ships were damaged. The damage to the ships could be recovered, but what could not be recovered was casualties.

The two sides bombarded artillery, fired at close range, and even fought fiercely on the platoon. The number of Ming army was less than half of the pirates. Although the advantages of ship artillery made up for a lot, many people still died in the sea of ​​bullets.

Not to mention, the Ming Dynasty fleet was temporarily built, and many personnel did not have backups. For example, after a key helmman died, the level of substitutes coming over was too poor.

Many ships also do not have the ability to pursue.

Yu Dayou looked at the sky, could only sigh and said, "Don't chase after you anymore. Clean the battlefield."

When we set off from Zhenjiang early in the morning and went down to the estuary of the Yangtze River, it was already twelve o'clock noon, and the two sides fought for several hours. Today, it was a bit late. Although the sun has not set yet, it is almost the same. Once nightfall, the wind direction on the sea will change. At that time, the wind direction from the coast to the sea will become from the sea to the coast, and once nightfall, the visibility will become lower. If you go back, you will be prone to hit the reef if you are not careful.

It is amazing to run into the reef. You should know that modern warships have precedents of hitting the reef and sinking, let alone these wooden ships.

Yu Dayou is so dear to these ships. Now he really wants to permanently row these ships under his command and become part of the East China Sea Navy. Every ship is extremely caring for. After the war, many ships were damaged. He even cherishes the remaining ships, just like cherishing his eyes.

However, even though these pirates fled, Yu Dayou did not have any gains.

Because many ships cannot escape or cannot escape quickly.

The Ming Dynasty had many heavy artillery. Heavy artillery seemed not as good as shotguns when injuring people, but it had its own advantages on the injured ship. When it was opened on the opponent's ship, it could still be headed, but the speed would slow down. If there were too many holes, even if the gap was nailed to death with wooden boards, the accumulated water in the cabin would not be eliminated for a while. After all, these days, people could only use containers such as buckets or basins to pour out one after another. The speed can be imagined.

Yu Dayou didn't chase those who escaped quickly.

But no one of these ships left on the battlefield wanted to escape.

It took more than half an hour to clean the battlefield. More than 100 ships of all sizes were captured. Although these ships had some minor problems, there were no major problems. After all, ships with major problems sank on the sea. It is still a matter of whether these ships with too many problems could return to the shore safely.

The soldiers were unwilling to pay for this god.

In addition, thousands of prisoners were captured, including a large number of wounded people. After all, the pirates are generally good in water. In addition, the place where the two sides fought is not far from the sandbank at the estuary of the Yangtze River, many pirates were unable to do anything. When the ship was unavailable, they jumped into the sea and swam desperately to the sandbanks dozens of miles away. After all, this may still be alive. But it is difficult to survive if they stay on the ship.

When it was already dark, the officers and soldiers at Wusongkou saw the huge fleet and came over with some steps.

For a moment, it caused a sensation in the whole of Shanghai.

The construction of Shanghai Port has been ongoing. Lu Yi is responsible for this. Now many berths have been opened, but hundreds of ships have come from the front and back, and it has immediately occupied more than half of the berths of Shanghai Port. The whole place is still busy.

The shipyard under Yin Zongyi's charge has received a large order and there are too many ships that need repair. The entire Shanghai Port is brightly lit and rushing to work.

Even Yin Zongyi brought some doctors in Datong, and was very busy.

Although Zhou Mengchen also arranged some doctors here, it was really a drop in the bucket for the injured soldiers and prisoners.

After Yu Dayou got ashore, he immediately counted the losses.

The ships suffered not much loss, about five were silent, and most of the rest were seriously injured, and many of them were in great numbers. They were towed back by other ships. The sand boats were not as good as the Fu Ship. The watertight cabin structure of the Fu Ship is very resistant to sinking. Although the sand boats also have a sub-cabin design, because the sand boats are shallow in draft, this is a ship used for transportation. The cabin spaces cannot be too few, and in terms of sinking resistance, they are far inferior to the Fu Ship.

This is why a large number of ships were seriously injured.

Yu Dayou estimated that if today's battle lasted for one or two days, there would be a large number of ships silent.

Yu Dayou said in his heart: "It is not impossible to use sand boats in some special waters. But as a warship, sand boats are not enough." Many times, any weapon is suitable or inappropriate on the battlefield. Only after using it can you know it. On the battlefield, the Folang machine cannon is more suitable than the Ming Qianjin Cannon and the Five Hundred-pound cannon. The reason is that the Folang machine cannon fires faster. The Folang machine cannon is not a borehole cannon, but a breech cannon, or a mother cannon. When the Folang machine cannon is fired, the sub cannon must be placed in the mother cannon and the ammunition is placed in the sub cannon. After one cannon, it will change to a sub cannon. As long as the sub cannon is loaded in advance, the firing speed is very fast, and it is even several times that of other cannons. However, the airtightness is not good, which makes the Folang cannon a little short of the range and lacks power than the same-large cannon.

If used to attack ships, it is naturally not possible. However, if used to attack personnel, there is no problem at all.

This is the battle between rapid-fire guns and heavy artillery in the sailing era.

In addition to the end of these aspects, there is naturally a summary of the number of casualties. Most of the dead in the navy were in a melee, with about two or three thousand people, and many of them were seriously injured today, but in fact, most people know that they probably won’t survive.

After all, most of the time, water war uses firearms. Firearms cause damage, which is completely different from cold weapons. The mortality rate is very high.
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