When night falls, the inspection fleet blocking the two waterways is still as solid as a rock, firmly stuck on the escape route of the pirates.
The huge figures of battleships and heavy destroyers were like Mount Tai weighing on the hearts of the pirates, and they felt that the road ahead was insurmountable.
Night fighting is the strength of the pirates. Taoist Wutong mobilized more than a hundred small boats to the front line, preparing to approach the enemy ships at night and try to join the gang to fight.
Just as they were getting ready and the money was being handed out, they saw long beams of light suddenly light up on several battleships and destroyers, illuminating the waterway between the two armies as bright as day.
This is a light-concentrating magic weapon made by Junshan Technology imitating the simple version of the beam bronze mirror magic weapon of Wudang Jingle Palace. This magic weapon is extremely effective for night sailing and night battles on the sea. Its refining cost is expensive, but Zhao Ran still adds equipment to every battleship and destroyer.
Seeing more than a dozen beams of light sweeping back and forth from the opponent's warship, Taoist Wutong sighed. After a long time, he said: "Cancel the attack."
The cancellation of the night attack means the admission that the plan to escape back to the Sea of ??Demonic Hell has failed, and this retreat is unavailable.
Taoist Qingshan nodded: "Please don't issue orders, leader, I will make arrangements myself."
If the order to withdraw troops is issued openly, it will inevitably cause great chaos on these two narrow waterways.
Wutong said: "I'll just write you a warrant."
Taoist Qingshan rushed to the rear team in person, desperately suppressing the panic of the island owners and shopkeepers, and asked them to withdraw from this place one by one and return to the central atoll.
After a night of dredging like this, almost to the point of death from exhaustion, the pirates slowly retreated.
In the middle of the night, the patrol ship at the outpost of the inspection fleet noticed something was wrong. Some sailors ventured forward and found out that the pirates had withdrawn from the waterway, and immediately reported the situation to Chen Shandao.
Chen Shandao thought for a moment and then ordered: "Every ship is on standby and no pursuit is allowed!"
Pursuing may be able to defeat the pirates in one go, but it may also fall into a trap and fall into a melee. At the same time, because the waterway is full of sunk pirate ships, it is very troublesome to pass through. Battleships and heavy destroyers will definitely not dare to enter easily. At most, frigates can pursue them.
Weighing the two aspects, he chose to deal with it safely. As long as the fleet holds the passage, it will be invincible. There is no need to take risks at this time.
After daybreak, there was no trace of the pirates in front of the array, leaving only broken masts, buckets and canvas floating on the water, and countless corpses of pirates.
There were many wounded lying on the wooden boards and survivors who fell into the water. Chen Shandao ordered them all to be fished out for treatment.
Cloud Lily immediately took off, and soon news came back: the pirates were returning to the central atoll.
He reported back the number counted: "More than six hundred and seventy ships."
Comparing with the figures previously known, the pirates' losses in yesterday's battle were roughly around 150 ships. Excluding the hundreds of arson ships, the actual number of ships sunk by the fleet, including the turtle ships, should be 40. to about fifty ships.
Of course, there must be many injured ships, but this cannot be calculated.
Our side's losses were mainly patrol ships and wind speed boats. Two patrol boats were lost, and four wind speed boats were lost. In addition, four frigates were damaged and withdrawn from the battle. Two of them could not be repaired in a short time, and the other two could. Repair on site and return to action.
Among the battleships and heavy destroyers, the sides of many battleships were covered with French crossbows fired by the pirates, but their skin was rough and their flesh was thick, so this damage was nothing.
In terms of personnel, there were more than twenty monks casualties, eight were confirmed dead, and the casualties of sergeants and sailors were less than a hundred. Because they controlled the battlefield, many injured and fell into the water were rescued, and many climbed up The nearby rocks were also rescued by boats.
Not only in terms of the purpose of the battle, but also in terms of casualty comparison, the inspection fleet achieved a one-sided victory.
Chen Shandao sent several monks into the water to inspect the channel, and found that a channel had been severely blocked by sunken warships and turtle-shell ships. Not to mention that ships above the heavy-duty drive could not enter, and even frigates could not pass.
Because the other channel is not the main attack direction of the pirates, the blockage is not serious.
This also means that the main fleet can save ships. For the next war, it is enough to guard only one channel. If the channel is seriously blocked, it is enough to leave frigates behind.
Chen Shandao judged that the pirates' next breakout direction should be the four outer passages. To this end, he redeployed his forces and took out the battleship Sichuan, the four heavy destroyers Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Guangde, and Dongchang, and eight frigates, preparing to go to support the periphery early tomorrow morning and hand them over to Huang Bingyue for use to increase the number of ships.??The maneuvering power in his hands.
The results of this battle were immediately communicated to the entire army, especially the four peripheral blocking squadrons. The report focused on describing the sea pirates' tactics and how the main fleet responded.
Du Xingyan¡¯s Seventh Construction Monk Group and Yang Xianxian have all applied to join the navy. Fortunately, Yang Xianxian said that the establishment of the Seventh Group is in Daomen Construction Corporation and needs to be coordinated with Zhao Ran.
Zhao Ran knew that there would be such a day. Although the seventh team's construction talents were very outstanding and it would be a pity not to engage in construction, everyone had their own ambitions. When they were assigned to the sea to be responsible for the construction of the naval base, they had already been prepared to let them In preparation for transitioning into the military, the application was immediately approved.
In this way, the seventh group joined the army on the front line and was incorporated into the Fuzhou, the flagship of the Third Squadron. According to their wishes, they joined the Fuzhou dare team, which is a team that specializes in gang fighting.
The Fuzhou is a heavy destroyer with a total crew of 128 people, including 30 members of the brave team.
The seventh group has one Jindan, three Huangguan, and one Taoist priest. In addition to the original Huangguan, there are six monks. The Fuzhou dare battle team can be called the most powerful battle team in the entire fleet.
Because Du Xingyan is a Golden Elixir Master, it was a matter of course for him to be awarded the post of the general flag of the Dare Team in a team that defaults to his personal strength. The original Huang Guan assisted him in leading the team.
Of course, this is wartime, and when the battle is over, they will definitely be dismantled and mixed into other warships.
As for Yang Xianjin, based on Chen Shandao's advice, he was directly promoted to the Fuzhou's apprentice navigator. The navigator is the technical officer responsible for navigation, and he is the same as the chief of the ship, the chief of the radical, the rudder, the chief of chores, the chief flag, etc. Senior officer.
His next step must be to become a captain. There is no doubt that the inspection fleet cannot waste his sailing talents.
After receiving yesterday¡¯s battle report, the entire Fuzhou began intense research and analysis. The next step for the pirates to break out may be from their own side.
This made Wang Jianguo very excited. She kept praying, hoping that she would not miss it.
ps: Congratulations to Taoist Liutu for winning the prize in the Linghu Daozu event. His message is: I wish all people in the world to be safe and prosperous under the protection of Taoism. Fellow Taoist, I have the whole world in my heart and am filled with admiration! This chapter consumes one Linghu Dao Ancestor's talisman.
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