Although the captured Persians did not reveal anything of value,
But it also confirmed everyone’s previous guesses.
The captured Persians also told Su Chen that not all of those cannibal galleys were cannibals. There were also many Tianzhu people and other ethnic groups responsible for rowing.
There were only three to five thousand Persians like him who worked hard for the cannibals and directly boarded ships to join the battle.
The ships that went to chase the cannibals also caught many cannibals back.
It's a pity that they are all little guys and can't ask anything.
Most of those big cannibals with status would rather die than surrender.
When they were chased and cornered, they all began to carry out suicidal counterattacks.
The warship chasing them almost got hit again, but fortunately, there was no danger in the end.
Everyone placed their hope on Yuchi Baolin to see if he could catch the group of cannibals who abandoned the ship and landed ashore.
As a result, Yuchi Baolin came back the next day:
"Commander, we were fooled!"
"Well, what's going on?
Lost the chase?"
Yuchi Baolin replied gloomily: "The Great Eater has hidden a group of ships in a port ahead."
"They landed on purpose to lure us ashore to chase them,"
"I chased them to the shore, watched and then they ran onto the boat and escaped in the boat!"
Everyone's eyes widened: "That's okay, this big cannibal is quite cunning!"
Su Chen covered his head: "We were all looking for the cannibal camp nearby. We didn't run much further ahead, and they made another mistake."
Li Chengqian said: "Teacher, this was arranged by the big cannibals a long time ago. They left an empty camp to confuse us. We were attracted by the things in the camp. How could we have imagined that they also hid a ship in front!"
"I don't know how long I have been thinking about this, but I have decided on a way to escape. We were pressed for time at the time, so how could we pay so much attention to it."
Liu Rengui also said: "Our battle in the rear was not over yet, and we could not continue to explore forward."
Su Chen waved his hand: "Forget it, just run away! It doesn't hurt, we are going to Dashi Peninsula anyway."
"Now let's make another assessment of the Great Cannibal's combat power!"
Sun Renshi first said: "Commander, in fact, the combat power of the Great Eaters did not exceed our expectations. The main reason for the loss this time is that we did not expect that they could come here to ambush us."
Liu Rengui continued: "Commander Sun is right. If they hadn't been ambushed in a narrow waterway this time, there would have been no losses at all."
"If it were placed in a vast sea area, even if the Big Eater has two to three hundred ships, it would not be able to cause serious damage to our fleet."
Cheng Wuting said: "Commander, haven't we done experiments on the things that captured the cannibals? As long as they are not hit continuously, it is unlikely to cause serious damage to our warships."
Everyone was full of confidence.
Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Although we were ambushed this time, the final result was that the Great Eater's entire army was annihilated. This is actually a great victory!"
"We annihilated nearly 300 enemy ships, killed more than 20,000 enemies, and lost more than 500 ourselves. No matter how you look at it, this is a great victory. Teacher, why are you so depressed all the time?"
Su Chen smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, we can't settle the score like this. First of all, we obviously have strong strength and we can avoid any losses. However, we incurred such losses because of our carelessness."
"If you are wrong, you are wrong. You must learn the lesson to avoid changing it next time."
"Also, we can't compare with the cannibals. We are far away from home. If every ship is damaged, there will be one less ship. If every sergeant is sacrificed, there will be one less ship. But we can't get any replacement."
Cheng Wuting suddenly said: "Commander, the Great Eaters should have gotten a lot of information about our army. They did a perfect job in the ambush, but other preparations don't seem to be sufficient."
Li Chengqian's eyes widened: "I feel like they are well prepared!"
"They don't have naval guns. It's probably because they haven't been able to build them yet."
Cheng Wuting shook his head: "Your Highness, although the power of the cannibal's gunpowder is somewhat lacking, it can be fully compensated for by increasing the dosage."
"And according to my observation, the cannibals don't seem to use gunpowder bombs as their main weapon. They seem to prefer using kerosene.
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Liu Rengui also nodded: "That's true. If their gunpowder bombs are loaded with an extra pound of powder, the consequences will be terrible!"
"They suffered a loss this time, but they will learn to be smarter next time. We all need to be careful."
Li Chengqian asked: "Is it possible that the cannibals were careless and didn't notice that their bombs were not powerful enough? I think their trebuchets and giant crossbows have little impact if they add one and a half kilograms more weight!"
Su Chen smiled and said: "Your Highness, everyone, this is not a case of negligence on the part of the cannibals. It's just that they underestimated the strength of our ships."
"You will know after you try their gunpowder bombs against their own ships."
"And that kerosene, that's their bad luck. Except for our Datang Navy fleet, their kerosene is very scary. If you don't believe you don't use our fire-extinguishing methods, try it. Once that kind of kerosene burns, it will be extremely dangerous.
It’s hard to extinguish.”
Everyone was stunned and tried it.
Anyway, we are currently waiting for the crew to repair the warship. It is always good to know more about the enemy.
The crowd put several large man-eating galleys they had captured in the shallow water on the shore.
First, light a gunpowder bomb and throw one into the galley.
?Bang sound,
When everyone came closer and took a look, they were dumbfounded.
"Brewed! So crispy, one of them exploded into such a good shape that it started to leak!"
Su Chen said: "It's not that their ship is brittle, it's that our ship is too strong. If you compare the wood used by the two, our ship is twice as thick as a human."
"They are all carefully selected and the strongest wood. You have to know that the cost of building a gunboat, not counting other things, the wood alone is five times more expensive than a merchant ship of the same displacement."
Everyone clicked their tongues, fortunately, Datang's life has been better in the past two years, otherwise it would really not be able to afford the money.
Then they lit the kerosene can and threw it on a large galley. Seeing the flames rising, everyone hurriedly followed the fire-extinguishing method and poured a bucket of water on it.
Then everyone was shocked. The flames showed no tendency to extinguish when they hit the water. Instead, they floated on the water and started to burn. The flames flew everywhere with the water, instantly igniting the entire ship.
Is this fucking fire put out or set on fire?
However, the few people present are not inexperienced masters.
Cheng Wuting quickly shoveled the wet sand from the shore to cover the flames.
Others also helped, and after suffocating the fire with sand, the galley was already completely burned.
"This thing is like Yanzhou fierce fire oil!"
"Much more powerful than fierce fire oil!"
Several people looked at the wisps of black smoke and discussed.
Su Chen smiled and said: "The big eater calls it Greek fire. It should be refined from the oil of fierce fire."
