At the beginning of February, the nights were always longer than the day, and after more than three hours of fighting, both the Hongtang warriors and the Dutch sailors were exhausted.

When the Dutch were hurrying to rescue the sailors in the sea, Li Tianyang and their retreat also made the Dutch a little less restrained.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, the Dutch, who were about to lose their vision, also died down and temporarily stopped the attack on Chicken Coop Harbor.

After some probing, both sides suffered damage, Li Tianyang and the others lost half of the battalion of nearly 300 members, and at the same time attached to the price of sinking more than 80 sloops; On the Dutch side, on the other hand, the exact number of casualties is unknown, except for the destruction of an armed merchant ship.

It seems that Li Tianyang's losses are not proportional to their gains, but in Li Tianyang's opinion, they are extremely cost-effective. It was a good deal to sink a Dutch warship with the lives of 300 soldiers and dozens of sloops.

If he could sink the opponent's warship at the cost of human lives and ordinary sea ships, Li Tianyang would definitely not hesitate and hesitate at this time: there are now more than 6,000 Hongtang soldiers, even if they lose half, as long as Li Tianyang and them have the heart, they can restore the complete establishment within a year; Not to mention ordinary sea ships, Daming inland shipyards, it is not easy to manufacture large sea ships, but like the small sailing ships used by Li Tianyang today, as long as you have money, you can buy as many as you want.

And the Dutch warships, if they lose one, they will lose one less, and the more dead men, the weaker their strength will be. Under the rise of the other, Li Tianyang and them want to win, and it is a very safe way to exchange injuries for injuries, but Li Tianyang and them want to redeem their sons, but the Dutch may not let them get their wish.

As soon as they engage in battle today, they will be able to get results, and Li Tianyang and them will fight at an unexpected opportunity. The Dutch warships plundered in the Ming Dynasty for more than half a year, and the sea area they passed through was invincible, coupled with the bureaucratic system of the Ming government, which had not been able to give the other party a heavy counterattack, which had already raised a false impression that the Ming people were vulnerable.

Li Tianyang took advantage of the arrogance of this group of Dutch and didn't care about the opportunity of their Hongtang, and as soon as he came up, he used the methods that they Hongtang had prepared to deal with the Dutch warships, and caught the other party off guard.

But that's all, not to mention that Li Tianyang and the fast sailing ship that they collected and transformed for half a year have been lost in this battle, and after the Dutch face up to Hong Tang again, with the power of the guns of other warships and the speed of the battleship, I am afraid that Hong Tang will not be given such a chance again.

"Everyone did a good job today, and as soon as they came up, they made these Yangyi lose a warship, making our next battle easier." In the chicken coop harbor, Li Tianyang was sorting out today's battle with Wu Jie and Wu Daofu: "But then, without the interference of the self-explosion fleet, the burden of your whale warship will no longer be light!" ”

"Young master, don't worry, none of our whale troop members have a bad seed, and they will never embarrass our Hongtang!" Although Wu Daofu's face was heavy, he was still full of confidence in the team members he had trained single-handedly: "What foreigners rely on is only their strong ships and guns, but if they really want to fight with real swords, they may not be the opponents of our Hongtang warriors!" ”

"Then we also need people to give us a chance, let our warship approach, the opponent's warship has too many sails, although the hull is large, but the speed is a few points faster than our warship, it is not easy to get close to the other party. Coupled with the barrage-like guns on the hedgehog's body, I'm not optimistic about the chances of our fleet! In the past, Wu Jieke would not think about these problems again, and he had long been the first to clamore to go up and give this group of foreigners a little color, but now that he has been in the position of the commander of the special operations battalion for a long time, he has also learned a lot of things, and he is not very optimistic.

Wu Jie said, the Hongtang soldiers here have already experienced a lot in today's battle, in fact, they also know very well in their hearts, but the chicken coop port and the sea area west of the Ryukyu Sea have been operating in Hongtang for a long time, and it is impossible for the roots to give up, no matter how difficult the war is, they can only fight with their lives!

"But you have to remember one thing, don't go head-to-head with the foreigner fleet, just give them enough pressure so that they can't focus more on our chicken coop harbor and delay their momentum of attacking chicken coop harbor!" Fortunately, Li Tianyang was not prepared to fight to the death with the Dutch tomorrow, after Bengang received Li Tianyang's flying pigeon transmission today, Wu Juren and their fleet came east at full speed, and it would take almost a day or two, so as long as Wu Daofu and them delayed the time, Li Tianyang and their chances of victory would be greater: "After going back, let everyone hurry up and have a good rest, and then we will have to let all of you bear it!" ”

"By the way, there is also the compensity for today's fallen soldiers, the exploits of the surviving soldiers, you all hurry up and report it, although the battle is fierce, but we can't let our brothers die in vain!" During the battle, Li Tianyang and the others were able to watch the team members die in cold blood, but after the war, Li Tianyang could no longer maintain this expression, and ordered with regret and wounded eyes.

"Yes!" Wu Daofu replied respectfully.

Even if there is no order from Li Tianyang, Wu Daofu will host this matter after the meeting, although the three hundred soldiers killed in the battle today are not many, but they are the most useful group of elites under his command of the whale department. Not everyone will regard death as home, as long as people will cherish their lives, there are more than 2,000 people in the whale department, and there are really not many team members who dare to take the initiative to stand up and manipulate the self-detonating warship, and the six or seven hundred team members on more than 100 sailing ships can be said to be the most loyal and brave people in the Hongtang whale department.

"Okay, there are still a lot of things to do next, I won't delay everyone's time here, everyone has a plan for what to do, let's disperse!" Li Tianyang, who was tired and disappeared in a flash, finished talking about today's topic, and no longer delayed the time for everyone to go back to prepare, and let everyone go.

Except for Gan Dabiao, the others dispersed.

"Your mission will be much more important tomorrow, and the rescue and protection work in the town will be handed over to you!" Li Tianyang left Gan Dabiao behind and told him again and again.

Li Tianyang knew very well that since it was not the time for a decisive battle, Wu Daofu's fleet wanted to really contain the Dutch battleship, how easy it was to say it, plus he took out a warship of the other side by surprise today, and under the annoyance and anger, Jilong Harbor would definitely become the most important target of the opponent tomorrow, venting the grievances they suffered today.

(End of chapter)