Both sides withdrew their troops and went back to lick their wounds.

Wu Daofu and their whale fleet had already been very careful with the Dutch fleet today, but after the troops were collected, the battle damage reports obtained by the various fleets still made Li Tianyang and them feel pain and sadness.

Not counting the wounded, there are more than 200 whale troops killed in the battle alone, and four warships have lost their combat capability, and in two days, the loss of manpower is almost close to the strength of a battalion.

Thinking about the tough battle that had to be fought next, even Li Tianyang couldn't help but worry about how he would survive the time with the opponent's fleet tomorrow.

The good news is that Bengang Wu Juren and their flying pigeons passed the book, and they could rush to the sea area of Jilong Harbor around three watch tonight, and Li Tianyang needed to give further instructions.

Li Tianyang was a little hesitant, he didn't know whether to take advantage of the fact that the whale department had not suffered much losses, and Wu Juren and their shark department and leopard department were advancing to fight to the death with the Dutch tomorrow, or should he continue to let the whale department contain the Dutch fleet, and buy a day for the shark department and the leopard department from afar, repair one or two, and recuperate!

Originally, Li Tianyang also planned to call Wu Jie and Wu Daofu together, and everyone discussed together, but the enemy did not give Li Tianyang time to rest. After dinner, in the evening, when it was already dark, there was a thunderous sound on the sea, and explosions and fires like lightning flashes!

Maybe it's because they were pestered and harassed by Wu Daofu and them today, which made the other party quite frustrated; Or maybe the other party has lost patience and is no longer willing to entangle with Li Tianyang and their Hongtang. No, it was getting dark just now, and I thought that everyone should be as safe as last night, but the six battleships of the Dutch fleet activated the powerful artillery fire on their battleships, and in the dark night, they aimed at the chicken coop harbor by feeling, "Boom! Bang! "Began to launch an artillery bombardment of Joncoop Harbor.

The ground was trembling, debris was flying, and without the whale fleet to harass them, the warships of the Dutch fleet could unscrupulously carry out round after round of artillery strikes on the surface of the sea.

"It doesn't look like people want a chicken coop harbor right now!" Li Tianyang hid in the fortifications, holding an oil lamp and said with a smile to Wu Jie and Decai.

It was dark, but there was no need to go out to observe, Li Tianyang and they also knew that the chicken coop port after tonight would be a well-equipped place where they had built it with great difficulty, and what was waiting for them would inevitably be a dilapidated war ruins.

Wu Daofu and his whale fleet are ready to go, but in this dark night, even if they have the heart, if they want to harass each other like during the day, the effect may not be good, and it will even give the Dutch fleet a chance to take advantage of.

Therefore, although Wu Daofu and the others have been asking for battle, Li Tianyang still resisted the urge to send them out, and even in order to avoid being affected by the opponent's powerful artillery fire at night, Li Tianyang also deliberately let Wu Daofu's whale fleet stay away from the Jilong Harbor wharf.

The Shark and Leopard ships came east this time, excluding the team members who stayed in the two places, in fact, the overall scale is only more than 20 warships, which is actually similar to the Whale warship. And if you want to really drive the Dutch fleet out of Jilong Harbor with absolute strength, then no matter what, it is indispensable to have a chance to succeed with the convergence of all the forces of the three Hongtang Divisions.

However, tonight's bombing also helped Li Tianyang, and his wavering heart finally made a decision. Shortly thereafter, a clipper ship sped off the northwest coast under the cover of darkness under the dense sound of artillery fire on the sea.

The artillery fire rang out all night, and by the time the day dawned, the chicken coop harbor, which had been devastated yesterday but still had more or less retained most of the buildings, was now unrecognizable. The neatly arranged houses and signboard water pavilions in the past have now become a mess of waste bricks and tiles on the ground.

No matter how sturdy the masonry buildings and concrete houses were, they could not withstand the devastation of the guns of the incomparable Dutch fleet. If it weren't for Li Tianyang, who had prepared in advance half a year ago, and built a number of safe houses underground to shelter from the artillery fire of the villagers in Jilong Harbor, maybe they would have had to retreat or surrender to the Dutch at this time because of casualties and fluctuations in people's hearts.

This is also the great reliance of the Dutch who are full of confidence and think that they can dare to invade Jilong Harbor with only seven warships and an army of less than a thousand people, and regard the Hongtang gang as if it were nothing.

With these strong ships and cannons, they Westerners used the same way to do whatever they wanted in Africa, enslaved countless African natives, and plundered countless treasures!

But this time, things disappointed them!

After a night of bombardment, most of the shells and gunpowder prepared by the Dutch fleet were consumed by them, and it was not difficult to see from the telescope that the Dutch fleet commander Lai Jichen could see that the chicken coop harbor opposite was now in ruins. According to his estimates, I am afraid that this small town, which seemed prosperous two days ago, is afraid of heavy losses at this time, and the Ming people living in it are afraid of heavy casualties. Presumably, under the powerful offensive of their Dutch fleet, this group of pirates and the like is afraid of panic at this time, and if they add more force today, it is estimated that this group of pirate gangs will be able to succumb to the power of the sharp iron cannon of the powerful and invincible "sea coachman".

However, the fact was that the Dutch commander had stopped the artillery fire at noon, and the Dutch commander, who had been busy all night in the fleet to recuperate, suddenly received an urgent signal from the lookout from above!

I don't know when, in the east and north of the Dutch fleet, there was a fleet of more than ten ships each, approaching the sea where the Dutch were. On the side of Chicken Coop Harbor, the only 28 warships left in the whale fleet, which had been entangled with the Dutch the day before yesterday, together with Li Tianyang's own flagship "Crazy Shark", poured out of the nest.

On the occasion of this decisive battle, Li Tianyang and they mustered all the strength they could move, in order to achieve a result with the enemy in today's decisive battle.

In fact, this is also the maximum strength that Li Tianyang and their Hongtang can mobilize now, if they are defeated in this battle, then in the short term, Li Tianyang and they will no longer have the strength to compete with the Dutch on the sea; They will also be passive in the fight against the Dutch invaders.

In other words, after this battle, it will determine the fate of Hong Tang in the next few years, and also determine whether the Dutch can achieve their goal and complete this expedition.

At the beginning of a new month, we will start renewing and strive for full diligence.

Explain the problem of breaking the update in the past few days, because I wrote the chapter before but forgot to upload it, so I didn't have points to redeem the leave ticket!! Therefore, I am willing to give myself a few days of vacation, and please Haihan!

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