Beside St. Anqi, a young officer-looking man whispered to St. Anqi. Such a suggestion was simply unbelievable to a junior officer, but that’s what he said, and St. Anqi
There was no look of displeasure on his face.
"The damage to the fleet is currently close to 30%, and to sink the opponent's battleship, at least two battleships must be paid. The fleet cannot afford this price!" The officer had been accompanying Saint Anqi to observe the battle situation. Regarding
The battle losses of both sides are clear at a glance: "We have achieved enough results and dealt a heavy blow to the Ming Navy. This is already a huge victory!"
"I know, there is no need to say it so tactfully!" Saint Anqi put down the telescope in his hand and issued the order to leave the battlefield. Then he turned back to the officer and said: "Conquering this huge empire is not something that happens overnight.
I won’t be so eager for success, and I’m glad you can see that!”
He pointed to the carrier ship following them, "The navy of the Ming Dynasty is very well prepared. They have long been looking forward to a decisive battle with us here. I will not follow their lead!"
"My father is wise..."
"Call me Your Excellency!" St. Anqi's face sank slightly: "In this battle, those in the fleet who clamored to wipe out the Ming Kingdom should wake up. In this empire, I am sure that a battleship like this will
There will definitely not be just a few ships like this. Perhaps, during our battle, their fleets are coming from all directions. I will not waste the fleet's combat power here so needlessly!"
He paused: "Nearly half of the strength of the Imperial Navy is in the Far East at the moment. We will not receive support from the Empire for a long time. Every battle is extremely precious. In such a situation
In battle, caution is far more valuable than rashness disguised as bravery!"
The young officer's face turned slightly red. Among the clamoring people that Saint Anqi mentioned, he was one of them. He was even the leader among them, especially a few days ago when he completely annihilated a Ming Dynasty navy.
After the fleet, under the instigation of a group of young officers headed by him, the entire fleet was filled with thoughts of completely eradicating the Ming Navy in the First World War. At this moment, Saint Anqi's words undoubtedly struck their faces hard.
He gave me a slap in the face.
In the Spanish fleet, the injured warships began to slowly leave the battlefield, while the intact warships served as cover and carried out the retreat in an orderly manner. This intention was quickly confirmed by the Ming Navy.
It was discovered that the armored ship was moving slowly, but the faster mother ship and wheel ship rushed forward regardless of damage, clinging to the opponent, trying to slow down the opponent's departure from the battlefield.
In the exchange of bombardments between the two fleets, it was obvious that the Ming Dynasty's armored ships had the upper hand. As the commander, how could General Xu give up this advantage? Even if he could not expand this advantage, he still had to maintain the current atmosphere. So, let's
The best way is for the enemy ships to stay within the range of the ironclads. As for the damage, so many brothers have been killed and injured and so many warships have been damaged. Does he still care about this final damage in front of him?
The Spanish warship that was first attacked by the mother ship had begun to fall behind at this moment. There were already more than ten mother ships nailed to his ship. From a distance, half of the entire ship was covered in flames.
As the boats continued to move, figures running around trying to put out the fire were knocked down from time to time by firecrackers, iron sand, and even kerosene shot out from under the ship's side. They turned into small fireballs and fell into the sea with loud howls.
There were Spanish warships responsible for covering them, trying to cover them with firepower. However, once the firepower was turned, the small boats staring at their own immediately made them busy. No matter what kind of artillery, there is an elevation angle, and it is necessary to maintain the
When the enemy is at a sufficient distance, artillery is a huge threat to any target. However, once the enemy approaches the blind spot where the artillery cannot play its role, it will be a huge disaster for the entire warship.
With the battle going like this, both sides are already killing each other. What's more, these small boats are not the targets they want to guard against. The steady rain of bullets fired from the Ming army's battleships every three minutes is their biggest threat.
The threat, yes, these small boats are not meant to eliminate them, they just need to distract them and prevent them from keeping up with the fleet leaving the battlefield. Then, their fate will become very miserable.
An ineffective rescue was abandoned. All the captains of the Spanish warships almost saw their comrades turning into a burning fireball behind them, even though those small boats were also sunk by them.
Countless, even though some of their companions were sunk in the battle with the enemy's capital ship just now, the shock was far inferior to the scene before them.
They were like a group of giant beasts, trapped by a group of insignificant ants. When they retreated, they saw their companions covered by this group of insignificant ants. Then, they saw their companions, from struggling wildly to
He was dying, and finally, he died silently and turned into a ball of bones. This feeling of powerlessness permeated everyone's heart.
"Retreat!" General Xu Shen saw that the enemy fleet was finally out of the range of the armored ships, and he ordered dejectedly: "Each ship will search and rescue brothers who have fallen into the water. As long as they are still breathing, bring them back to me!"
The ironclad ship under him moved slowly forward. This was not to chase the Spanish fleet, but to cover the ships that were ordered to withdraw to prevent the Spaniards from making a comeback. General Xu Shen stared at the sea blankly.
, there are flames everywhere, broken boards everywhere, and surging heads or corpses. The sea area at this moment is like a Shura field. Compared with the bloody battles on land, it is even more suffocating.
Pathetic.
He sat down blankly, and behind him, the navy flag that had been fluttering in the wind during the battle also stopped.
The wind stopped!
Qian Wubing put away his telescope, turned around and walked down the mountain. I believe that many people in Quanzhou city had witnessed this battle. To Quanzhou, the retreat of these Spanish warships was a symbol of the navy.
The victory was the victory of Quanzhou, not to mention the fact that several Spanish warships were destroyed in this battle. He could even imagine that the city of Quanzhou at this moment should be cheering and everyone was there.
Cheering for this hard-won victory!
However, he knew that this was definitely not a victory, and General Xu, who was commanding the battle, would not think so.