His subordinates are Bai Fengxi, the second leader, and Taro Noma, the Japanese consultant.

At the bottom of the steps, kneeling were a group of navy leaders who had just escaped from Kanglang Mountain, including Bai Fengchun and his party.

For decades, the Sailongwang Gang was actually controlled by the three Bai brothers from western Hunan, with Xiang, Xi, and Vernal Equinox occupying the first, second, and third positions.

"Brother, our water battle failed this time. Nine of the five large gunboats and twelve medium-sized gunboats in the mixed fleet were destroyed, two were seriously damaged, and three were injured; nearly fifty speedboats were sunk!"

"There are more than 1,200 casualties among the navy officers and soldiers, but they are all old brothers who have been with us for many years. Our vitality is greatly damaged this time, brother!" Bai Fengchun began to choke as he spoke, and shed sad tears.

This Bai Fengchun is the third of the three Bai brothers, and he is also the most capable general in the Dragon King Gang. However, this time he was able to escape the pursuit of the Wild Wolf and avoid being annihilated. It was purely unfortunate.

Fortunately, his cleverness is also involved.

If the delay lasts for another half hour, Chen Tianhua's German-made iron-clad shallow-water gunboat will be able to rush to the battlefield and intercept it halfway. Bai Fengchun's mixed fleet will really have no chance of escaping.

Unfortunately, when the armored gunboat received Chen Tianhua's secret order in the north to rush to the port waters of Kanglangshan, it was already too late. He rushed to Kanglangshan at full speed, and the battle had ended half an hour ago.

Of course, if you have later generations of radio communication equipment in your hands, this will undoubtedly be a beautiful and complete battle of annihilation.

When Bai Fengxiang, Bai Fengxi and other bandit leaders received the news, their faces were ashen on the spot, their whole bodies were trembling, and they were stunned.

This mixed fleet was the starting point for the three Bai brothers. Now it is an important weapon for guarding their homes and gardens, and is the basis for their dominance in Poyang Lake.

The whole game was finished in one day?!

The capital accumulated over decades.

The boss, Bai Fengxiang, was so heartbroken that he almost fainted. After being stunned for a moment, he became furious and smashed the objects on the table in front of him with a bang.

"Brother...victory and defeat are common matters in military affairs. Let's discuss it from a long-term perspective!" Bai Fenxi, the second oldest brother, exclaimed and hurriedly leaned forward to persuade him.

After all, the Bai brothers have experienced great storms, and have truly fought their way out of the bloody storms over the years.

Soon, Bai Fengxiang calmed down and said sharply:

"Lao San, why did you lose? Does Fengzhong Mining also have a fleet at Kanglangshan Port?"

Listen, with the skill of this frog in the well, he thinks that the enemy will definitely lose if he doesn’t have ships?!

Beach defense has nothing to do with surface ships. The key lies in its deep coastal defense artillery positions.

Japanese consultant Taro Noma frowned inadvertently, secretly disdainful.

He was sent to the Poyang Lake Dragon King Gang a month ago on the orders of the president of Shogen Co., Ltd. and Japanese representative Hideo Fujita.

After he arrived, he found that the three Bai brothers in power were self-willed and conservative in their ideas. Zhengyuan Co., Ltd. only asked for funds and equipment from them, and they rarely listened to some military suggestions.

No, this is a big loss, isn’t it?

"Report to the big boss, they don't have a fleet, they only have one self-built gunboat called Wild Wolf, the tonnage looks bigger than our No. 3 flagship, but big boss, they have a secret weapon - torpedoes, they fired six of them in ten minutes.

Torpedoes sank three large gunboats in our fleet, which is terrible."

This time it was the naval strategist, the naval chief of staff, who made the statement. He knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

"What? Is it a torpedo? This..." Bai Fengxiang and Bai Fenxi were stunned after hearing this, and they couldn't help asking in unison.

"Bai Sang, you are saying that Fenggong launched a ship-based torpedo. Is that true?"

Although the consultant Taro Noma is proficient in Chinese, he has to go through a translator when dealing with local dialects, so his reaction is slow.

But the news was enough to surprise him, so he couldn't help but have doubts.

Because so far, the Japanese intelligence agency has provided them with all the information about the Wolf gunboat, including its tonnage, gun configuration, sailors and other information, but there is no mention of any ship-borne torpedo device.

Noma is all too familiar with ship-borne torpedoes.

Over the years, the Japanese island countries first introduced devices and objects from the British, and then they secretly dismantled and studied them. It was better to learn from the past than the past, and the navy developed various more powerful torpedoes.

In the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese Naval War, the Japanese homemade torpedoes exerted incredible power and made an unparalleled contribution to the victory of the war.

"Yes, Mr. Noma, the Wild Wolf has a torpedo launcher. This is absolutely accurate. I have witnessed it with my own eyes." Bai Fengchun answered in the affirmative.

He and several captains and gunners in the fleet had all stayed at Liugong Island of the Beiyang Navy, and of course they had seen what a torpedo looked like.

"Bagaya Road, cunning Feng Zhong, cunning Chen Tianhua!" Taro Noma's face turned pale after hearing this, and he cursed angrily.

Regarding these two converted merchant ship gunboats, they were secretly equipped with torpedoes, and even the Japanese spies were able to hide this from them. This level of counterintelligence is not low!

In fact, Taro Noma didn't know something: for Chen Tianhua, this kind of confidentiality and anti-espionage method was just a small trick.

This time he personally led the gunboat Blood Wolf to Dongting Lake. In the second water battle, he did not use torpedoes easily because he did not want to be exposed in advance.

In this battle of Poyang Lake, he used mine defense technology to lure the enemy deeper, but Bai Fengchun accidentally avoided it. He had no choice but to win with less, so Ding Changdong could only use torpedoes to defeat the enemy.

"Damn Fengzhong Mining! You crippled my naval fleet, and I and you will die together!"

Bai Fengxiang was so angry that he punched the tiger table with his fist. There was a loud bang, and a hole was punched out in the thick tiger table panel.

"Brother, please don't be angry and think about it in the long run." Bai Fengxi, the second oldest brother, appeared to be calmer. While advising, he cooed at Bai Fengchun, the third oldest brother.

When Bai Fengchun saw this, he naturally understood. He kowtowed and cried: "This is all because of my incompetence, which has made my elder brother angry and hurt me. Please punish me!"

When the boss Bai Fengxiang saw this, he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. How could he be punished if his own brother was leading the team?

If it had been anyone else, he would have been executed without mercy!

"I can't blame you entirely. The main reason is that the opponent is too powerful. Get up!" He snorted feebly like a punctured rubber ball, his eyes dull and lifeless.

"Thank you, brother, please take care of yourself!"

"Thank you, Chief, for not killing me!"

"..."

Bai Fengchun and others quickly kowtowed and thanked them. After finishing, they stood up and stood to the side.
Chapter completed!