Chapter 39: Blessing and Misfortune

When Lin Hu'er opened her eyes, the sun was dazzling outside the shade, the white sand was covered with broken boats and camps, and every inch of pain on her body welled up in her head, making her headache split.

The puffy eyes looked at the beach with all their might, and saw the familiar Beiyang military uniform swaying on the beach, and then fell asleep again.

Until the cool water soaked his lips like a sweet spring, and then opened his eyes, the sunlight was no longer so dazzling, and the blue sky and white clouds and the hands of his subordinate flag officers holding water bowls were reflected in front of them.

"Still, still alive?"

Lin Hu'er struggled to sit up, and then she clearly saw that there was a large wounded and sick camp on the beach, and the dilapidated camp tents looked like a mess from the wreckage of the warship that had been hit to the shore by the waves, and it looked like there were dozens of people at a cursory glance.

As he spoke, the banner army carried the man's hands and feet to the big pit dug by the palm grove on the shore, and the exposed arm of the man who was carried was wrapped in dirty bandages and wrapped in canvas, and it seemed that he was no longer there.

The shore camp is full of mourning, it is clear that it is time to bury the pot and make food, but there is no smoke, the once invincible Beiyang Banner Army now seems to have no regular formation, gathered together in twos and threes, some people hold bird guns, some people just carry long knives around their waists or spears on their sides, each wordless and listless.

This scene made Lin Hu'er feel as if she had just been cured of her mental amnesia, from the time the stone bullet shattered the stern of the boat to the time when she was suffocated by the waves.

"We're losing, lost?"

The little flag officer shook his head and said: "I didn't lose, although I didn't bring casualties to the enemy, but before the war, Shao Shuai had sent the purpose of the operation to all hundred households, and what Shao Shuai wanted was to sink most of the ships in Vallarta and destroy its ability to fight at sea and transport troops." ”

"If this is the goal, not only did we not lose, but also won extremely glorious, after the Chitu sank, the four Westerner warships pursued the fleet, and were run over by Shao Shuai and Fu Guerrilla's Liujia ships, which were the last four warships that Vallarta could move."

In this way, it should be a complete victory.

Lin Hu'er nodded slowly, looked at the sea with a somewhat dull gaze, and asked, "Where is the red rabbit?" ”

Qijun shook his head, and didn't plan to talk to him about Chitu, and said: "The general has been in a faint for four days, but he can be considered awake, otherwise he ......"

"What do you call me?"

Lin Hu'er paused when he heard his subordinates call him, in the past, his subordinates should be called Baihu and Lin Ge'er, and Lin Ge'er should be called Lin Ge'er, no one has ever called himself a general, he shook his head a little dizzy and pointed around, and asked, "Where is this, what's going on?" ”

In particular, he noticed that his subordinates did not seem to have any injuries on their bodies, except for a deep strangulation mark on their necks, which looked like a suicide attempt.

"It's a long story, my subordinates also listened to others, that day Shao Shuai and General Fu were the last to join the battlefield with large ships, and easily destroyed the last four enemy ships, and the entire bay was filled with our ships."

"Some of the ships were so close to the Rokko that they could hear the retreating snare drums, and some of the ships were so far away that they didn't hear it, so they bombarded the enemy troops on the shore with their naval guns, and a small shark boat saw that the red rabbit was sunk and fished us up with a fishing net."

The little flag officer pointed to his neck as he spoke, and said: "The humble post was fine, but he was stunned by the head hit the mast when the boat swung up, and he woke up in the water, and dragged the general upstream, but he was caught in a fishing net and almost strangled to death." ”

"More than 70 dead and missing, most of them are from the Chitu ship, more than 200 who have been rescued from the coma and wounded, and there should be more than 100 people left at the moment, the former military fleet has sunk three ships, and more than 20 enemy ships have been burned and sunk, so it should be a complete victory."

Lin Hu'er was not interested in everything, slapped herself in the face, and only removed her hand from her face after a while, and said, "Only Chitu is sinking?" How many of my 100 brothers are left? And what about the Beiyang Army on board? ”

"In addition to the red rabbit being sunk by a stone bullet, there are three small sharks missing, one was hit by the western ship, one is missing when it retreats, and one touched the reef, three small flags are gone, and now there are still twenty-seven people here."

"The Beiyang Army drowned a lot on board."

This is a difficult math problem, it is known that the number of 100 households is 113 people, 33 people have been lost, and there are 27 people left, so ask where the rest have gone?

Lin Hu'er always felt that Xiaoqi hadn't finished speaking, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see him continue to speak, and asked, "What about the rest of the people?" ”

"Oh, the rest was taken away by Shao Shuai's reorganization, and the general's day mourned and changed."

Xiao Qi said and took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Lin Hu'er, saying: "This is the coast of more than 500 miles south of Vallarta, the northerners and westerners have no ships, and they will not be able to come for a while, Shao Shuai said that he will sweep all the way to the enemy camp within 500 miles of the coast over there, and he should not worry about it for a while." ”

"It's a blessing in disguise, you are the highest-ranking officer among the wounded soldiers in the Battle of Vallarta, Shao Shuai ordered the general to reorganize the sergeants after waking up, repair the two ships docked on the shore, and then go south to Acapulco to help in the battle."

The little flag officer said with a smile on his face, motioned for Lin Hu'er to open the letter, and said, "You are a deputy thousand households." ”

"Deputy Qianhu?"

Lin Hu'er was still immersed in the regret of the death and injury of her subordinates, and there was a huge sense of bad luck in her heart.

Nearly 30 warships of the Ming army were bombarded by the Xiren shore artillery in the bay, and four boats were lost, three of which were small boats, and only the Chitu ship was a big ship, and it was sunk after a single shot.

I'm afraid that the artillerymen who wield the heavy artillery of the Westerners did not expect that they could hit accurately.

If it weren't for his bad luck, he should now control the Red Rabbit ship to kill the West Dagang - that would be the real sea battle!

And then what did he hear? He held the letter in his hand, looked at the little flag officer with dull eyes, and asked, "I, I'm a deputy Qianhu?" ”

"Well, Shao Shuai said that the wounded soldiers must always be restrained, and there were originally two injured hundred-hundred-households, saying that it would be seen who woke up first and who would be the deputy thousand-household. But Fan Baihu was hit in the ribs by lead in the artillery battle, and he couldn't do it last night, so Lin Baihu woke up and was a deputy Qianhu. ”

Mechanically unfolded the letter, on which was clearly written a letter of appointment granting the promotion of Hyakuho to the deputy of Chino, ordering him to prepare wounded soldiers to repair the warship, and then send the banner army that could continue to fight to Alpulco in the south when the army was in use, and the flag army that could not continue to fight was sent to a safer place in the north.

When he raised his head again, everything on the beach in front of him was full of life, the sky was blue and the sea was blue, and even the wounded soldiers with sad faces became resolute in his eyes.

On the coast, two small shark boats of two or three hundred materials were stranded, and Lin Hu'er, who stood up in pain, took a deep breath and said to the little flag officer: "Gather the flag army, cook the food that should cook, and camp the camp, what are you doing in a daze, we still have a formation, and we can also participate in the war against Mexico, count the baggage, and go to the order!" ”

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