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Chapter 1397 Battle Damage (Sixth update for the Silver League in Spirit Fox II)

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    After receiving the flying talisman from Zhou Keli, Zhao Ran felt a chill in his heart and immediately asked: "What's going on? Tell me clearly!"

    Zhou Keli said: "We were separated. My uncle can't be contacted. Uncle Zhao has suffered heavy losses."

    Zhao Ran said: "Let's start from the beginning! How did the fight start?"

    Zhou Keli Feifu said: "Originally, the fleet was ready to give up the pursuit, but we found that the pirates had no wind talisman and were using their oars to escape. Everyone agreed that we should catch up. Later, we caught up with them and started fighting. Just before they were about to  When we sank them, all the pirates came, so many ships that we couldn't even count them"

    Zhao Ran closed his eyes: "This is a trap. Go on!"

    Zhou Keli said: "It's a trap. We fell into it, and it's all my fault. I shouldn't have told my uncle about it at the time, so my uncle wouldn't have fallen into the trap."

    Zhao Ran asked: "Don't worry about these issues, what happened next?"

    Zhou Keli said: "There were too many enemy ships. We fought bloody hard, but we still couldn't defeat them. We had been hiding to the north, trying to break out of the siege of the pirates, but it rained heavily, the wind and waves were too strong, and the ship couldn't move fast. Later,  The uncle asked us to rush ahead. After he took half of the boat off, we fought and rushed. Finally, we rushed out, but we still haven¡¯t found him. The boat behind said that he didn¡¯t rush out. Uncle Zhao, we sent  After a night of flying talismans, why didn¡¯t you reply to any of them?¡±

    Zhao Ran asked: "How is it now? Where are you?"

    Zhou Keli said: "I don't know where it is. We have been breaking out to the north, just north of the battlefield. My junior brother and I took the infinite rosette and went back twice to find it. There was a heavy rain there and we couldn't fly in."

    Zhao Ran said: "Stay where you are and contact Gu Kexue. They set out to find you last night. After we meet, try to save as many people as possible."

    After giving the order, Zhao Ran sat down on the chair and was speechless for a long time.  My preferred method has no option. Can it only affect myself, or is it because Li Dayin changed the military order without authorization?  Zhao Ran had no way of investigating.  After being in a daze for a while, he informed the joint meeting of the news from Zhou Keli.

    This is shocking news. The Ming Dynasty¡¯s only fleet capable of going to sea was surrounded and annihilated by the pirate alliance. This tragic defeat is unacceptable.

    But if you lose, you lose. So what if you don¡¯t accept it?

    Gu Kexue got in touch with Zhou Keli that night, but there was no reference at sea, so he couldn't immediately determine their positions. It wasn't until another night passed that the Feng Clipper headed northeast for more than 200 miles, and Yun Miao Lily finally made contact with him.  Infinite rosettes meet in the sky.

    During this period, the escaped inspection fleet ships ventured back to the edge of the stormy sea area, allowing them to rescue many scattered small boats that had lost the ability to drive.

    The rain had stopped and the wind had subsided on the battlefield the night before, but the fog was so thick that it was hard to see even ten feet away.

    This time Gu Kexue finally sent a flying talisman to Zhao Ran to confirm: in this area of ??water, the flying talisman cannot communicate.

    In order to rescue Li Dayin, the fleet pulled up ropes. Each ship was about a hundred feet apart from the front and back. All the ships stretched for ten miles and swept horizontally into the heavy fog.

    Sweeping in this circle was indeed very fruitful, and many captains, monks and sailors who were floating in the sea with the help of broken wooden planks were rescued.  The rescue operation continued into the night, and a total of 28 captains and monks were rescued, as well as more than 300 sailors and soldiers.

    The fleet stayed around the foggy waters for another two days, using flying magic weapons to alert pirates while continuing to rescue people.  But the pirates seemed to have suddenly disappeared, and no trace of them was seen again.

    After rescuing more than 20 scattered people again, the search and rescue fleet left here with hundreds of bodies found.

    Zhao Ran led the joint meeting to Shengsi Island to meet the remaining inspection fleet. After Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun came down from the infinite rosette, when they saw Zhao Ran, they both cried like tears. Gu Kexue was there  The person next to him lamented: "The envoy of Li Yuan led the ship to cut off the ship himself, which bought time for the fleet. According to the survivors, the envoy of Li Yuan finally led several pirate ships into the Demonic Hell Sea"

    Zhao Ran was silent and sighed. He stepped forward to help Zhou and Ling who were kneeling on the ground. Then he walked behind them and met or shook hands with the defeated monk captains, sailors and soldiers one by one.  Or pat them on the shoulder and encourage them to get back on their feet and go back for revenge.

    One day later, Wang Shouyu returned to Shengsi Island with fifteen warships from the advance fleet. This was the most complete fleet of the inspection fleet.

    When they were ordered to outflank Zhang Zheng's fleet, they accidentally entered the Sea of ??Demonic Hell and wandered in a heavy fog for seven days. By the time they were lucky enough to break out of the fog, the naval battle was over.

    In this regard, Wang Shouyu was very ashamed and told the joint meeting??Please forgive me.  His plea for guilt was rejected by the joint meeting. Not only was he not punished, but he was also comforted with kind words.

    Being able to lead the fleet out of the fog is already a great achievement in itself. Unfortunately, in the context of the defeat of the main force of the fleet, there is no way to reward them with great fanfare.

    In this battle, the inspection fleet lost eight ships worth 500 tons, two ships with 300 tons, and thirty-one ships with less than 200 tons. Almost half of the fleet was destroyed, especially the main warships suffered heavy losses.  Invincible.

    The only good thing is that many monk captains and sailors were rescued.

    The fleet was constantly replenished before departure. It once had 180 monks and 2,600 sailors and sergeants. After this battle, there are still more than 120 monks and 1,500 sailors and sergeants.  .  These are the seeds who have experienced naval battles and have experience, and are the backbone of rebuilding the inspection fleet.

    To this end, Zhenshitang held a meeting at the end of the month and summoned all members of the joint meeting to Lushan to conduct detailed inquiries about the defeat of the inspection fleet.

    Zhao Ran, Lu Xixing, Wei Chaozong, Tang Yaozu, Jiuniang, Lu Yuanyuan and others all went to Lushan to be questioned. Not only them, Du Yangchen, Wang Shouyu, Zhou Keli, Ling Congyun and others were also recruited by the True Master Hall.  Cooperate with the investigation.

    The investigation lasted for three days. Zhao Ran brought all the documents and files of the joint meeting, including meeting minutes, correspondence, request reports, etc., and allowed them to be consulted.

    After reviewing relevant documents and records, Zhenshitang determined that the joint meeting was not responsible for the war and that no one made any major mistakes during the war.  Therefore, the Joint Meeting will continue to be given full powers to deal with this matter.

    But according to Zhao Ran¡¯s own proposal, he was stripped of the title of Taoist Master of Yuanfu Palace as a warning punishment.

    Regarding the defeat, the editorial departments of major periodicals such as "Junshan Notes", "Inside and Outside the Imperial City", "Longhu Mountain", "Lingbao New Theory", etc. all asked the joint meeting whether it would be reported in the newspapers, or if the results of the battle would be given some credit.  Grooming?  For example, instead of mentioning defeat, we only mention "fierce fighting", try to conceal the number of our own losses, and try to exaggerate the number of the enemy's losses.

    What?  You said the number of losses suffered by the pirates is unknown?  How could it be unclear?  According to the strength comparison between the Ming fleet and the pirate ships, our side lost one ship and the pirates lost at least three!  Just do some simple calculations, can't we still calculate the other party's losses?

    But after careful consideration, Zhao Ran persuaded everyone at the joint meeting: "Concealing the battle damage will not help to eradicate the pirates. Only being open and honest can show the style of the Ming Dynasty!"

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