22 Recuperate
Of course, Li Tianyang's team was not without losses, although they were already very careful when retreating, and often suddenly turned irregularly, swaying left or right, but they were still bombarded from time to time by the more than ten general cannons of Yuan Laoba's team who followed them, so there were always a few unlucky warships that would be bombarded by those skilled gunners.
It wasn't until the sky was dark, and under the cover of the night, the Bengang team finally got rid of Yuan Laoba's entanglement and stopped near a calm desert island that they had the opportunity to count the losses of their own team during the nearly three hours of pursuit.
"Back to the camp master, after counting, in this retreat, among our twenty-two warships, a total of five ships were shelled by the other side, and the injured team members were a total of seventeen, but fortunately, all the warships that were hit were slightly damaged, and it did not affect the speed and combat power of the ships, and most of the injured team members were slightly injured, but one team member was unfortunately swept over the shoulder by a cannonball, and four abdominal ribs were broken, and he was in a coma and has not woken up yet!" The fleet docked for only a quarter of an hour, and his own team members reported the results of the inventory to Li Tianyang, so that he could be clear about the losses of the fleet.
Li Tianyou was very satisfied with such a loss, he knew very well that if it really came to the loss, in this afternoon today, Yuan Laoba's loss would inevitably be several times the loss on Bengang's side. And the most important thing is that Li Tianyang and them used themselves as bait, so that Yuan Laoba and their huge fleet completely forgot their own purpose, and only cared about pursuing Li Tianyang's fleet, and now they have been led astray by Li Tianyou and them, and they are getting farther and farther away from Bengang.
"Very good, let the fleet doctor take care of the wounded, now we have Yuan Laoba and their fleet tracking behind us, we don't know when we will find a chance to dock, there may be more injuries in the next few days." Now the conditions on the ship are not as good as those in the camp, so they can only work hard to take care of the injured team members with more snacks. Li Tianyang said calmly.
"Yes!"
"Also, at night, arrange enough team members to sentry, and don't let Yuan Laoba and their team come forward while it's dark!" Li Tianyang's order had actually been said several times, but he still gave it again uneasily.
"Yes!"
"Okay, then go down and get some rest, we will have to be busy tomorrow!" Now that everything has been arranged, Li Tianyou can't let the two of them follow him here in a daze, and waved them to rest, while he himself is thinking about tomorrow's battle policy with an oil lamp.
Li Tianyang knows very well that the reason why Yuan Laoba was able to be seduced by Li Tianyang and them today is not because they thought they could easily solve Li Tianyou, so if they still want to hang Yuan Laoba and them behind them tomorrow, Li Tianyang needs to give Yuan Laoba and them a reason to continue to chase and kill! Otherwise, if Yuan Laoba and the others really had to open their minds, turn their heads and ignore Li Tianyang's fleet, and instead attack Bengang, Li Tianyang would really worry about the heavy losses on the Bengang side!
Along the way, the warships of Yuan Laoba and his party on the opposite side, except for the more than ten powerful and long-range general cannons that had been used, those short-range Francophone cannons, tiger squat cannons and other artillery pieces basically had no movement. However, when Li Tianyang turned the bow of the ship to attack Yuan Laoba and them, he was still consciously collecting and observing the situation on the opposite ship.
Although Yuan Laoba's Franc machine guns and other artillery did not have a chance to fire, Yuan Laoba and they were also ready to attack Li Tianyang and them at all times, so the muzzles of many cannons had been pushed to the deck, and they were clearly seen by the lookouts in the Bengang team. However, if Yuan Laoba and his ship drove outside the Bengang camp, and so many cannons were fired in a salvo, then Li Tianyang shuddered a little when he thought about the damage to the densely built living area in the Bengang camp.
Although it is certain that Yuan Laoba and they will not be able to attack the Bengang camp, if Yuan Laoba breaks the jar and falls, and comes to the camp for more than a dozen rounds of shelling, then it is very likely that those indigenous soldiers in the camp will bomb the camp, and the ensuing consequences are not what Li Tianyang wants to see.
Li Tianyang was already very prescient, popularizing and explaining in detail the working principles and knowledge of artillery and bird guns among the natives, but the long-term ignorance and ignorance still made many natives have a strong sense of awe for the new weapon of firearms, and this is not something that Li Tianyang can completely reverse overnight.
Moreover, if the indigenous warriors who came to support the Bengang guards in the camp suffered too many losses, the blow to the member tribes in the Bengang Alliance would also be great, and maybe even the member tribes would lead the team to flee from Bengang and break away from the alliance because they could not withstand the losses. After all, everyone joins the alliance in order to repay a thigh, but if the loss of joining the alliance is far greater than the benefits they get, and the natives are not stupid, where will they continue to do this loss-making business!
When Li Tianyang was calculating Yuan Laoba and them here, Yuan Laoba was also angry and had no place to make it, and finally found a reason to scold a pirate cronie who had made a little mistake, and he was still standing outside Yuan Laoba's door, bearing the storm of Yuan Laoba as cold.
It's no wonder that Yuan Laoba was angry here, when their team stopped the pursuit because it was dark, and docked on the edge of a coral reef to rest, when they received reports of losses from various warships, his heart was dripping blood.
More than 50 warships, so far even the edamame of the more than 20 warships in Bengang has not been touched, and they have been made by the guerrilla warfare method of the Bengang fleet in the afternoon, in addition to the unlucky warship that sank on the spot, three warships also appeared to seep water, and eight warships suffered various damage; In terms of personnel, it was even more incredible, in just half a day's work, nearly two hundred soldiers were wounded, and more than a dozen pirates were killed on the spot.
You must know that among these losses, he Yuan Laoba because of the relationship between the many members of the ship, the proportion is also the highest, think about the opponent in front of him who does not leave his hands, Yuan Laoba across the sea, looking at the bright sea in the distance, his teeth are gritting!!
(End of chapter)