"Among them, ship 305 was hit by two gunpowder bombs and one kerosene bomb, causing the most casualties. The ship's structure also suffered considerable damage and was basically scrapped.
"
"And 403..."
Next, Master Sun Ren reported to Su Chen the minor damage to the other seven ships.
Su Chen covered his head: "In other words, counting the three severely damaged ships, a quarter of the ships participating in the rear battlefield this time were lost, and less than half were intact."
Master Sun Ren lowered his head: "The final general is incompetent!"
Su Chen sighed: "It has nothing to do with you. The responsibility this time is mine. It was my carelessness that led the fleet directly into the enemy's ambush."
Liu Rengui said hurriedly: "Commander, you don't have to blame yourself. Who would have thought that the Great Eater could travel more than 10,000 miles on such a crude ship."
"Besides, our army gained quite a lot this time. Almost all the Dashi ships were wiped out, and more than 30,000 Dashi people were killed."
"I'm afraid Dashi will never be able to organize a decent maritime defense force in the future."
Su Chen shook his head: "Mistakes are mistakes. No matter how good the results are, we can't cover it up. There's nothing we can't admit."
"How are the casualty statistics?"
Master Sun Ren lowered his head and replied: "We are counting!"
"The war situation was tense at that time, and many sergeants who abandoned the ship and escaped had no time to rescue them,"
"Fortunately, the strait here is relatively narrow, and the wind and waves are not strong. Some of the soldiers swam to the islands on both sides of the strait and are currently conducting search and rescue operations."
Su Chen nodded: "His Royal Highness has asked some marines to participate in the search and rescue. Let's wait for news from them."
Master Sun Ren took a deep breath and said, "Commander, the captain of ship 302 is Fang Jun!"
Su Chen's eyes widened: How could you forget this? That bastard Fang Yiai is the captain of the sunken ship 302!
"Um?
How is Fang Jun doing now?"
"Still searching and rescue, someone saw the life raft of ship 302 lowered, currently..."
"Don't worry, that kid is not dead!"
Li Chengqian walked into the cabin with a smile.
Everyone saluted: "Your Highness!"
Li Chengqian said to everyone: "Fang Er's life raft floated to a small island near the north shore. The Marines have found him. This guy is safe."
Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief. If Fang Yiai died in Malacca, he really wouldn't know how to explain to Fang Xuanling when he went back.
"Oh! By the way, we found Xue Li too. He is with Fang Er."
Su Chen was stunned: "Which ship are Xue Li and Liu Jingren on?
It’s not in 302, I remember.”
Although Su Chen treated Xue Rengui specially, Xue Rengui came here fighting on the road, so his basic skills were still a bit poor and he had not caught up yet.
The last time Su Chen saw Xue Rengui, he seemed to be competing with Liu Jingren for the position of deputy captain of the frigate.
The two of them were at loggerheads. In the past, they fought over the captain of the Marine Corps until they were beaten to pieces, and now they continue to fight for the deputy captain of a frigate to a bloody head.
"Ship 305, the most severely damaged ship!"
Li Chengqian continued: "Teacher, Xue Li, whom you are optimistic about, has saved his life this time."
“Although Ship 395 was seriously damaged, didn’t it sink?
Why is Xue Li and Fang Yiai together?"
Su Chen asked.
Li Chengqian then told everyone what he had heard about.
The No. 305 frigate that Xue Rengui was on was badly damaged and did not sink. However, Xue Rengui fell into the sea. To be precise, he jumped into the sea on his own initiative.
Ship No. 305 was particularly unlucky this time. It was hit by two gunpowder bombs and one kerosene bomb.
The first gunpowder bomb killed and injured many sergeants.
After being hit by a kerosene bomb again, Xue Rengui hurriedly directed the fire extinguishing. Seeing that there were not enough people, he ran to crank the water pump himself.
At this time, another gunpowder bomb fell directly at Xue Rengui's feet!
If it were anyone else, they would probably be blown to pieces this time.
Xue Rengui reacted extremely quickly. He was already on the edge of the deck, so he threw himself outwards, stepped on his feet, and plunged into the sea.
Then there was a bang, and there were more casualties on the deck, including Xue Rengui's old enemy Liu Jingren, who was operating a bowl-mouth gun at the time.
Xue Rengui, who jumped into the sea, saw that a fierce battle was going on and no one had time to save him, so he had to swim towards the north shore by himself.
Fortunately, he had not been lazy during training, and his swimming skills were quite good. In addition, he was very lucky to pick up a piece of wood, which was left after the disintegration of a giant man-eating galley.
In this way, Xue Rengui survived the catastrophe and slowly swam to a small island on the north shore, where he found Fang Yiai climbing to the island from the life raft!
"How's that Liu Jingren doing?"
Su Chen asked casually. He seemed to have a good relationship with Li Chengqian.
"My life is fine. I'll probably have to travel for a while. There's shrapnel in my thigh. I don't know where it hit me when I fell. I hit my head with a cut."
Su Chen nodded: "Save your life, just don't become disabled!"
Li Chengqian also nodded: "Master Sun Ren, please continue to search and rescue survivors and count the casualties."
"Teacher, I heard that the cannibal's camp was found again and many cannibals were captured?"
Su Chen replied: "Two have been found in the camp. It seems that not all of the people arrested are cannibals. I'm about to go see what's going on."
"Let's go, I'll go take a look too. This cannibal is so weird!"
Li Chengqian and Su Chen took a transport ship to check out the camp left by the big cannibal.
At the same time, Cheng Chubi, who had been pursuing southward, also came to a camp.
"General, we have found the cannibal's lair!"
Cheng Chubi held up his telescope and carefully observed the situation on the small island in front of him.
This is a military camp that integrates water and land. The water camp and the camp on the shore are connected.
Cheng Chubi chased the escaping cannibal ship all the way here, and then discovered this camp.
"General, aren't they seeking death by running into the water village?"
"How about we just fire and destroy the water stronghold?"
Cheng Chubi shook his head: "No, they seem to have come out."
The subordinate looked at the entrance of the water village. Is there anything there?
"On the shore."
Through the telescope, Cheng Chubi was watching a group of people walk out of the side door of the camp on land and come to the beach to wave and shout at Cheng Chubi's fleet.
"Go and hear what they're shouting?"
The distance was quite far, and Cheng Chubi and others on the boat could not hear clearly what the group of people on the shore were shouting.
"General, no one here knows how to talk about food!"
Cheng Chubi held up the telescope and shook his head: "I think the leader is not a big cannibal. Send someone to check."
A frigate slowly approached the shore and returned soon.
"General, he is a Persian, a Persian who can speak Chinese. He asks to surrender to you!"
The subordinate came back and reported.
"Persian?
Wasn't Persia destroyed by the cannibals? How did this thing end up where the cannibals were?"
