"boom!"
A loud noise rang in Yun Zheng's ears.
Even amid the roar of artillery fire, this loud bang was particularly clear.
Hearing the loud noise, Yun Zheng's eyelids suddenly jumped.
An explosion this loud could only happen in one way!
Sacrifice explosion!
There must have been an explosion of ammunition on the main battleship!
In such a chain reaction, at least half of the soldiers on a warship would be killed.
Even, the entire army was wiped out!
This sudden fog eventually brought them casualties that he did not want to see.
...
...
At this time, Lin Ji hurried over to report: "Your Highness, the interrogation has revealed the truth! The enemy had previously ambushed near a small island in the southeast, and originally intended to break in from the rear of our right wing and directly capture your Highness's flagship, but a sudden thick fog arose at sea, and they were caught off guard..."
Such heavy fog is not favorable weather for either side.
But in the end, they received an order to continue the raid as originally planned.
The soldiers on this enemy ship didn't know how they got here.
Anyway, they were running around in the fog and somehow ran into Yun Zheng's fleet.
"How many warships did they bring this time?"
Yun Zheng asked.
"About 150 ships."
Lin Ji replied: "They just retreated from the south and just joined up with other tribes yesterday. The fighting in the south seems to have stopped. The Yuan bandits should have reached an agreement with other territories..."
However, these two soldiers were just ordinary sailors.
They don't know what the specific agreement is.
They withdrew their troops anyway.
And the troops were withdrawn in a very short period of time.
"retrial!"
Yun Zheng ordered with a frosty face: "If it has no value, stab it twice and throw it into the sea to feed the fish!"
"yes!"
Lin Ji obeyed the order loudly, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.
The naval battle continues.
However, as time went on, the sound of artillery fire in their ears gradually became sparse.
The fog gradually dissipated under the blowing of the sea breeze.
During this period, Lin Ji also interrogated and found out that the person who led the raid was not Minamoto Nagamasa himself, but Minamoto Nagamasa's eldest son Minamoto Chihide.
Since there was really nothing more to ask, Lin Ji faithfully carried out Yun Zheng's order, stabbed the two men twice each, and then threw them into the sea.
After the sun appeared, the sea fog dissipated quickly.
Yun Zheng quickly used his clairvoyance to observe the situation on the entire battlefield.
There was nothing special happening with the front army and the left wing army.
However, many warships in the rear army and the right wing army were on fire.
Thick smoke was billowing.
They didn't know which were their warships and which were the enemy's warships.
But what is certain is that their losses this time are definitely not small.
Through the thick smoke, you can still see a small number of enemy ships fleeing into the distance.
Yun Zheng left Qianliyan and quickly issued an order: "Inform the front army to land according to the original plan! Order the left wing army to join the front army and cover the front army! The rest of the troops, immediately treat the wounded and salvage our soldiers who fell into the water!"
As Yun Zheng's orders were given, all the warships took action.
Yun Zheng's central army also sent out small and medium-sized warships to treat the wounded and salvage those who fell into the water.
When encountering enemy personnel falling into the water, the warships would simply ram them. They did not care whether they lived or died.
By the afternoon, the results and losses of the battle were roughly calculated.
In this battle, two main gunboats suffered a certain degree of damage, but were still able to continue sailing and fighting. One main gunboat sank due to the explosion of ammunition.
Of the remaining warships, eight sank or were severely damaged and unable to sail, and thirteen warships suffered light to moderate damage.
The total casualties exceeded 1,500, and hundreds are still missing.
The commander of the right army, Fan Xiong, was wounded by a stray arrow in the melee, but was not seriously injured.
In terms of battle results, they sank or destroyed 62 enemy ships and captured 21 enemy ships.
As for the enemy's casualties, they had no way of counting them, nor was there any need to do so.
Unfortunately, Gen Chihide led the remaining troops to escape.
Upon learning of this result, Yun Zheng couldn't help but sigh.
They were about to land, but were bitten by the enemy.
This feeling is not pleasant.
If it weren't for this damn foggy day, their casualties would definitely be much smaller.
However, Yun Zheng also knew that there was nothing that could be done about it.
That's how it is at sea, things change rapidly.
The sky may be clear one second, but the weather may suddenly change the next.
They cannot change the weather at sea, so they can only invest more manpower and financial resources to research and innovate various technologies in order to gain greater advantages in the severe weather at sea.
Just as Yun Zheng was sighing secretly, Lin Ji came to report again: "Your Highness, the Right Army just sent someone to report that they rescued a survivor from the sunken main gunboat..."
According to the survivors, it was not the ammunition on the ship that exploded, but Captain Deng Jiu ordered his men to detonate the ammunition depot when the enemy was about to capture the main battleship, and he and the enemy who rushed onto the battleship died together.
Of the more than 400 people on the ship, only one survived.
Listening to Lin Ji's report, Yun Zheng couldn't help but be slightly moved.
After a long while, he asked, "What position does Deng Jiu hold in the army?"
"A fifth-rank general."
"Record it, posthumously award Deng Jiuzheng the rank of Fourth Rank General of Suppressing the Enemy! The rest of the crew on board will be promoted two levels of pension!"
"yes!"
After explaining things to Lin Ji, Yun Zheng took out an arrow from the quiver of the royal guards and came to the bow of the ship.
Under the curious gazes of everyone, Yun Zheng engraved three words on the iron armor of the bow of the ship.
Deng number nine!
After a moment, Yun Zheng stood up and said, "Inform all departments, from now on, my warship will be named Deng No. 9!"
In fact, Deng Jiu was the first person to be promoted to general among those who died in the Dagan Navy.
He deserves this honor.
From now on, no matter what kind of warship Da Gan builds, it will be named "Deng Jiuhao".
"yes!"
Lin Ji immediately took the order and left.
"Okay!"
Jia Yao stepped forward, held Yun Zheng's face and rubbed it a few times, "We have won the battle, you as the commander can't have a sad face, don't affect the morale!"
"Um."
Yun Zheng nodded slightly.
He was not worried, but rather disgusted.
How could I not feel disgusted if I was bitten by the enemy at this time?
"Fighting at sea is much more difficult than fighting on land."
Looking at the black smoke still rising in the distance, Jia Yao couldn't help but sigh softly.
"yes!"
Yun Zheng, Qin Qihu and the others nodded in agreement.
Who says it’s not?
Many ground wars are controllable.
But there are too many uncontrollable factors in naval wars.
"By the way, is it possible to build a boat that can sail underwater?"
Jia Yao stared at the devastated battlefield in the distance and muttered to himself, "As long as we sail underwater, we should be able to avoid many unfavorable factors, right?"
After listening to Jia Yao's words, everyone couldn't help but look unhappy.
Still running underwater?
Why didn't she say to let the warships run in the sky?
This is probably more realistic!
Yun Zheng didn't say anything, but just sighed secretly in his heart.
She can see far ahead!
She even thought of submarines!
Maybe, they can see it in their lifetime!
Perhaps, this is a matter for future generations...
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