Chapter eight hundred and eighty fourth report
The sun, which had poured out the heat of day in the sky, has slowly set to the top of the mountain, and it will completely set in a while.
The port of Lavague is still crowded with merchants. Merchant ships are taking advantage of the sun's downward movement to enter the port, while a famous porter is taking advantage of the time to unload the goods. After all, no one likes to work in the dark.
At this moment, two black shadows appeared in the distance. At the beginning, the people in Matou Mountain didn't care. There were too many ships coming and going every day, and the two ships were nothing at all.
But soon, a young sedan chairwoman carrying a big bag on the dock pointed at the two ships and shouted, "Look, that's the Ming Dynasty's warship!"
"Idiot, what's the good looking warships in the Ming Dynasty? Have you not seen enough these days?" an elderly porter next to him scolded.
"No, these two warships seem to be a little different."
"you……"
The older porter frowned and was about to curse a few more words, but when he subconsciously turned his head to look at the two warships slowly approaching the dock, his eyes were stunned.
The Ming Dynasty fleet has been in Lavague for a while. These porters who have been making a living on the docks have seen a lot of Ming warships. Although these porters do not understand the classification of these Ming warships, they also know that the Ming Dynasty warships are generally large, and the largest one can be as high as two or three floors. The two warships that are back now can only be considered small at best.
But this is not the point. The point is that the original gray-white ships of these two returned warships were covered with black and gray marks everywhere, and there were signs of damage on many ground. It seems that these two warships have obviously fought with people.
The old porter guessed well. When the two warships approached, they could even see blood on the deck of the warship that had not been wiped clean. When the warships stopped, the sailors immediately put down their springboards and hurried towards the military camp not far away with them, carrying more than a dozen stretchers.
"Second uncle, look!"
The young porter next to him suddenly pointed at the battleship and shouted.
When everyone saw that a big hole like a table was broken at the tail of the warship near them, but fortunately, the entrance of the cave was above the waterline, otherwise the warship would not have been able to come back.
Someone murmured on the side: "Who are they fighting a war with? They are fighting so badly?"
The older porter glared at the eyes and scolded: "Shut up, it's not our business to fight the Ming Dynasty warships. We just need to do our own work well and get the wages!"
Less than half an hour after the warship returned to the port, Yang Feng met the two captains who had just returned from Cebu Island in his residence.
Looking at the two young soldiers standing straight in front of him, with smoke on their faces, nodded with satisfaction: "Are you the captains of the Haima and Haining?"
"If you come back to the Marquis, the captain of the Haining (Haima) Ning Shuisheng (Lu Pei)!"
"Let's talk about the process of this mission?"
"yes!"
Ning Haisheng first saluted, and then he told the battle situation today in detail.
The battle situation a few days ago was indeed quite thrilling. Ning Shuisheng and Lu Pei commanded the two warships, Haining and Haima, to rush to Cebu Island when the Spanish were caught off guard and launched a bombardment on the Spanish warships in the port.
Originally, the two left with the idea of getting the greatest results, so they also focused on the largest "Saint Dharma". They never thought that it was because their hearts were too big. After nearly ten minutes of shelling, they did not sink the Saint Dharma. Instead, because the delay was too long, other warships had time to leave the port to launch a counterattack on them.
As the Spanish warships left the port, the original advantages of the Haining and the Haima were immediately gone. Ning Shuisheng and Lu Pei immediately realized that if they were dragged here, the only way to perish was to wait for them.
They didn't have time to think too much and ran away quickly. The two Spanish warships were indeed fierce enough and they got involved at all costs. If they hadn't been fast enough, they might have to stay in Cebu Island that day.
After listening to the report from the two, Yang Feng did not blame them, but asked lightly: "Do you know where your mistake was this time?"
"Know!"
Ning Shuisheng lowered his head in shame.
"The two of us only thought about sinking the enemy's warships, but overestimated their strength and the urgency of time. They wasted ten minutes of precious time, so that they allowed the enemy ships to sail calmly, and almost even turned themselves to Cebu Island."
"It's good that you know!" Yang Feng sighed lightly: "If you were sensible enough at that time, you should use shotguns and muskets to knock down the Spanish armor decks, sailors and sailors on the port.
As long as the enemy ships have no sailing players, they can't use any great skills. But you are eager to seek credit and want to sink the enemy's main warship in one breath. In the end, they are not eaten, but they are flirting with it. You must remember this lesson. We need not only rely on equipment when fighting, but also on your brain. Otherwise, no matter how good the warship is, you will only have the opportunity to give away the head in the end. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
Faced with Yang Feng's accusations, Ning Shuisheng and Lu Pei had no objection at all.
This is because of lack of combat experience. If the raid battle two days ago was replaced by Liu Xiang, Lu Guangbiao or any navy general with rich combat experience came to command, he would not make such a low-level mistake.
As long as they could calm down and patiently use shotguns or muskets to clear the sailors on the decks of Spanish warships and sails, the Spanish warships would have to lie honestly on the docks as targets. At that time, they could calmly "shoot targets". Even if they could not completely wipe out the Spanish fleet in the port, it would be absolutely no problem to sink a few ships.
However, Yang Feng believes that after this battle, Ning Shuisheng and Lu Pei will definitely mature quickly. After all, any outstanding officer and general grew up step by step through actual combat.
Yang Feng did not blame the two too much, but instead asked: "How do you evaluate the combat effectiveness of the Spanish warships?"
Ning Shuisheng thought for a while and said, "Marty, I think that the Spaniards are very good at operating the fleet and using artillery, and they are not willing to give in to the Dutch.
Take the battle a few days ago for example. Although the Haining and Haima, commanded by Beiyi, were evacuated from the port first when they saw that the situation was not good, the two Spanish warships that had just left the port dared to pester Beiyi regardless of casualties. If our ship had not been fast enough, they would have stayed there that day!"
Speaking of the raid that day, Ning Shuisheng was still in fear.
“Um…”
Yang Feng nodded, then waved his hand: "Okay, you guys go down and rest first. Our general attack will begin in a few days. I hope you can make new contributions by then!"
Chapter completed!