At night, when they saw the battle report that had just been summarized below, Wu Daofu and Zhao Xingdou had painful expressions on their faces.

Nearly 900 people were killed, and more than 400 people were seriously wounded, which also indicates that this Hongtang Expedition helped the Ryukyuan people fight this big battle, Wu Daofu and they have lost more than 1,000 people, plus those who are seriously wounded who cannot fight, at this time Wu Daofu and their team members can still fight less than half of the number.

If this is placed in the general army of the Ming Dynasty, the loss of so many manpower means that this team has been disabled and has no combat ability.

Fortunately, Hongtang has always paid attention to the training of middle and low-level non-commissioned officers, and military regulations and conduct and peacetime military exercises are also indispensable for the training of low-level soldiers, so it took a day of effort, and soon Wu Daofu and they integrated a team that can almost complete the battle.

In addition to the less than 300 pirates who surrendered in the end, and more than 100 Japanese people, the only thing that can survive in the continuous artillery fire is the tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver that Kajiyama Hisaka has been stripped from the Ryukyuan people over the years.

The only thing that made Wu Daofu and even Shang Zhong feel sorry was the dozens of sea ships that were burned by the Japanese people, most of which were the main warships of the Japanese people such as Huashan Jiugao, and their performance could basically meet the standards of Hongtang warships.

Not to mention that there are two iron-armored turtle ships that should imitate the Korean Kingdom, and their defense is very good, even if Wu Daofu and a few of their Western warships fight against them, it is difficult to cause much damage to them, but the speed is a little slower, and they are all burned to nothing in the end.

"Is the reorganization complete?" A day later, Wu Daofu found Zhao Xingdou and asked about the reorganization.

"It's done, it's just ......" Zhao Xingdou's face was calm, with a little sadness.

"It's just something, just say what the difficulties are, won't I help you solve them?" Wu Daofu glared at Zhao Xingdou, very dissatisfied with Zhao Xingdou's hesitation.

"Our middle and low-level non-commissioned officers have suffered too many losses, and many captains and platoon commanders have been temporarily promoted from among the team members, and I am afraid that their command ability will be insufficient when they are about to fight!" After Zhao Xingdou was glared at by Wu Daofu, he expressed his worries.

said that it was worried, but in fact, it was more about remembering the many non-commissioned officers who died in battle, and there were indispensable Zhao Xingdou and Wu Daofu, their henchmen and valued good hands.

However, in Hongtang's military discipline and military discipline, non-commissioned officers have always been the representatives of the leading soldiers, and they will not leave the front line of battle until they reach the company commander and above. Therefore, whenever there is a battle like hand-to-hand combat, the casualties of the non-commissioned officers are always very large, which is also an important reason why Hong Tang has always had extremely high combat effectiveness.

"Hey, that's no way to do it, who let our military discipline be like this, we can't know the law and break the law, let's treat the brothers under us differently!" Hearing Zhao Xingdou's words, Wu Daofu's own expression also dimmed.

In the list of killed reported this time, Wu Daofu saw several children of the Wu family in Tanmen, and Wu Daofu was naturally sad about the sacrifice of these sons and nephews of the Wu family, but it was always like this on the battlefield, and no one could guarantee that he would always survive.

"Newly promoted non-commissioned officers, you still have to be selected according to the old rules, and I will approve them when they are reported!" The gloomy sadness was only a matter of a moment, and then, Wu Daofu cheered up again and told Zhao Xingdou.

"Yes!"

In this way, after two days of intensive preparation on Amami Island, the rest of Hongtang finally reunited the company and integrated the remnants of the unit, among them, at least half of the company numbers were gone, but Wu Daofu and they finally kept these numbers, and then rebuilt them after the end of the battle.

After the rectification was almost over, Shang Zhong asked Wu Daofu when they would set off, and King Shang Ning, in the name of the royal gift, gave Wu Daofu another 10,000 taels of gold as a pension for the war on Amami Island.

At the same time, a batch of supplies that were comparable to those that were delivered to Wu Daofu two days ago were also delivered to Amami Island in time, without Wu Daofu urging them to ask.

"Let's go!"

Three days later, everything was ready, and 1,800 Hongtang warriors, under the leadership of Wu Daofu and them, drove twenty-five warships to the northeast.

Due to personnel tensions, most of the ships that went out to attack Hongtang this time were not full, except for a team of less than 100 people left to take care of hundreds of wounded in Amami Island, and the rest of the people were all dispatched.

According to the information given by the Ryukyuans, the Satsuma reinforcements were already just over fifty miles northeast of Amami Island. It is estimated that Wu Daofu and his fleet will be able to meet the reinforcements of Samoto in about half a day.

"Let the eyes of the people on the lookout be sharp, and don't miss every move on the sea." Wu Daofu's only concern is that the sea is vast, although there are already the Ryukyuan people to provide the approximate location of Satsuma, but if you are unlucky, you may still miss the other party.

Fortunately, the mast of the Western-style warship is almost a zhang higher than that of the Eastern warship, don't underestimate the height of this zhang, put it on the body of the lookout of the ocean, they can detect the opponent on the ocean earlier, and the line of sight extends outward for two or three miles.

However, Wu Daofu's worries were not confirmed in the end, God opened his eyes, and more than two hours later, the lookout on the "Intrepid" first spotted the figures of more than 30 sea ships gradually appearing on the left horizon.

"Xingdou, you take nineteen warships to attract the attention of the target in front, and I will take all six warships to go around behind them and block their retreat!" At this time, Wu Daofu and the others still had the confidence to divide their troops, and they wanted to give the enemy as much as possible the biggest blow to the enemy.

"Understood!" Zhao Xingdou agreed with a solemn expression.

Immediately, Wu Daofu and the others seized the opportunity that the other party had not yet discovered the Hongtang fleet, and the six Western-style warships went around the other party's line of sight and drove forward, while Zhao Xingdou and their remaining nineteen warships turned their bows and killed the Japanese fleet on the left.

By the time the Japanese fleet discovered the Hongtang warship, the Hongtang fleet had already approached the sea less than ten miles from the other side. The sudden collision on the sea surface was something that the Japanese did not expect, and Hisakama Hidaka, who had fled earlier, had already been discovered and rescued by the Japanese on the way to it.

From the mouth of Kayama Hidaka, the Japanese people also knew what happened to their team on Amami Oshima, as well as the approximate losses of Hongtang, so it stands to reason that the Hongtang people who had suffered heavy losses should not first reorganize their team and use the island's fortifications to defend against the enemy? Why do they have the audacity to go to sea?

The fourth watch, let's talk, there should be four watches tomorrow!

(End of chapter)