Chapter 678 Afraid of the tough, I have to bully the weak
"Your Excellency General... I seem to be... dying of thirst..."
"Stay on to the lieutenant! Our ship will arrive soon! It should be in these two days!"
"Why not do this, General, I will lead a team of people to secretly get ashore and then replenish some food and fresh water! You will continue to wait here with the remaining ships... I will definitely come back in one day!!"
"But... But just now there was a Liang Kingdom patrol team passing by here..."
"Believe me, General! I will definitely come back! If I am unfortunately captured... I can assure you that even if they pull out all my teeth, I will not reveal a word!"
"Of course I believe in you, my Chief of Staff, and I believe in every soldier of mine...I just don't want you to take risks!"
"But we set out too hastily after all! We will die here sooner or later without enough fresh water and food! Rather than that... I would rather take a risk! Come, guys, soldiers, give me all your empty kettles!"
Burry Kevins took one empty kettle after another from the soldiers, carried it all on his back, and then waved at another sampan, signaling them to approach him...
This Dutch infantry regiment with only more than one thousand people left... has been wandering on the sea for two days...
Since they were defeated by the Liang army guarding the Saga area, they finally returned to Miyazaki Port through mountains and rivers, but were surprised to find that Miyazaki Port had already fallen into the hands of the enemy. In desperation, they had to go north again, hoping to arrive at Shangmao Port before the end of the war, meet with their own maritime troops, and escape from this place of right and wrong...
But when they went through a lot of hardships and finally arrived at Shangmao Port, they saw with their own eyes outside the city that the Liang Kingdom warship pursuing the Japanese army turned the place into a sea of fire!!
at first……
They were still very calm... The wounded soldier just leaned on his crutches and leaned on his comrades silently... The general just clenched the telescope in his hand and remained silent... The afterglow of the setting sun shone on them, looking so helpless and sad...
Later...
Seeing that the Liang Kingdom warship began to drop the boat and let the soldiers land, and went ashore to continue chasing the fleeing Japanese troops... they were in a complete panic again... Under the leadership of the general, they rolled and crawled back to the south again!⑧①ZW.????m
They fled to Oita Prefecture and broke into a local fishing village. After obtaining basic supplies by burning, killing, looting, they pushed the fishermen's sampan and rushed into the sea. At this time, they no longer cared about the so-called gentlemanly face, and only their desire and persistence for life remained in their minds...
Here... is a must-pass strait to the Miyazaki Port, which is also their last chance to meet with the large army and take on their own warships... If they miss this time, they may be discarded on this land forever... they will never be able to return to Europe and the Netherlands...
Four sampans, as far as possible, drifting on the sea...
No matter how sunlight is exposed during the day and the coldness at night, they have never moved in an inch...
Go home and live!
This is their only remaining belief...unshakeable!
But people... after all, they still need to drink water and eat...
So, the scene just now came about...
That's why... the next scene...
"Look at what that is!! That's our warship!! I don't think you have to take risks...My Chief of Staff..."
When Bury Kevins heard this, he thought it was another "joke" from His Excellency General, but when he slowly turned toward the direction of Van Rodsen Gugjen's finger and looked from afar... he left tears of excitement...
“God…has not abandoned us…”
"Yes, Kevins, my good brother! You're right! God... hasn't abandoned us..."
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From the north slowly came dozens of neatly arranged Dutch warships...
Although their number has decreased, even many of them have obvious traces of hasty repairs on the hulls and sails...
But the oppression of this huge fleet and the joy of being able to go home still made the infantry cheer and feel overjoyed... They held up their military caps and jumped and jumped on the sampan...
Half an hour later...
When the sunburned faces, red and purple, Van Rodsen Gugjen met his expeditionary naval commander and Major Darrens... they hugged each other with great excitement...
"Oh God! You are still alive with your Excellency General!!!"
"Yes, I thought I was dead too! Darrens, my good brother... Was my fleet divided into two parts? Where did the other fleet go?"
Another...
Where is there another one...
Darens was speechless and completely fell into silence, and the atmosphere in the room... began to slowly condense...
Van Rodsen Guggen slowly let go of Darrens and asked with disbelief: "What's wrong? My good brother... don't tell me... this is our only remaining fleet!!"
When Darens heard this, he lowered his head in shame, and after hesitating for a moment, he nodded...
"What!?? Why is this happening!!? Is this... half of this loss???"
"No, General...we have lost a total of seventeen frigates, nine fast sail cruisers...seven...second-class strategic ships..."
"Nearly one-third!!?? How could this happen!? Didn't you obey my orders??"
"No! Your Excellency!! Of course I obey the general's orders! It is precisely because of the general's orders... that most of the fleet survived... so many soldiers have the opportunity to go home... I... I already..."
"The Major has tried his best... General... I can assure you... If you don't believe it, you can also ask every member of the fleet. We are grateful to the Major from the bottom of our hearts. It was he who made the most correct choice at the first time... Without any hesitation, he saved us from the edge of hell..."
"Yes, Lord General! I can also testify to the Major on this!"
The first mate and several sergeant chiefs on the flagship stood out one after another and said a few fair words for Darens. After all, facing such enemies and such fleets... No country in Europa can face it head-on, and only escaping is the most correct choice...
"If we want to destroy this fleet, we need to be at least five times their number... no! ten times! Only in this way... can we have the possibility of victory... and we have to make considerable sacrifices..."
"Ten times the number... this is far more than all the budgets of our country! To be honest, our country alone cannot defeat them... General, I think... at least half of Europe is needed to compete with it..."
"Okay... don't have to say anything more... I know everything. Go back and write all your views and thoughts in the past two days into the report. I will... submit it to Congress in person..."
Van Rodsen Gugjen raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down and reached the final conclusion...
The Chief of Staff, who had not spoken a word, also pushed the lenses in his eyes and walked towards everyone...
"Then will we start returning now? General?"
"Return?" After hearing this advice, Van Rodsen Gurang laughed... He walked slowly to the map and slapped the position of Ryukyu Kingdom...
"If we just go back like this, all of us... will be sent to the military court. Even if... what I said is true... but someone will always bear the losses of this defeat... Do you think, these members... will they bear the responsibility themselves?"
"No! They will definitely send us to the military court!"
Without any hesitation, the first mate directly said the conclusion in everyone's mind...
Van Rodsen Gujang also nodded in a grim smile: "Yes, they will send us all to the military court. Even though this battle is left to them to fight, they will only lose even worse! But don't expect them to admit this, so... we... must also find our own way out first... Gentlemen... I suggest... attack Ryukyu!"