Chapter 1475: Post-War Work
During the chat, the salvage work was quickly completed.
In addition to the enemy soldiers who fell into the water, some objects also floated to the surface of the sea as the four speedboats they sunk sank.
Bai Tu tried to catch as much of these things as he could, then took the big ship that was the spoils and returned to the tropical island.
After getting off ship No. 7 and stepping onto the dock, Charlie subconsciously looked at the island in front of him and the Da Zhou camp not far away.
Bai Tu didn't mind seeing this, and even casually said...
"We just arrived at this island recently. There are some tribal natives living on this island..."
As he spoke, Bai Tu gave a brief explanation of the whole situation.
Charlie, who was listening nearby, had a changing expression on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"According to what you said, Colonel Bai Tu, the ships that our Patton Empire sent over were attacked by a school of piranhas living in this sea area and sank outside the island?"
"I heard this from the natives of the tribe. They said a ship was attacked and sunk by a school of piranhas. Combining the information from both sides, that ship should be yours."
Bai Tu didn't want to explain anything, nor was he afraid of the Patton Empire, but he obviously didn't want to be blamed for something they didn't do.
"What about those schools of piranhas? We haven't seen any along the way."
Charlie who said this looked at Bai Tu with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to see something from Bai Tu's face.
In response, Bai Tu just smiled.
"We must have dealt with those piranhas, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to land on the island smoothly, don't you think?"
“…”
The other party's smiling look made Charlie always feel that they were despised.
As if to say, 'You are such a loser that you can't even handle this small school of fish.'
But when he thought about the big defeat he had just suffered, Charlie obviously didn't dare to say anything at this moment.
At the same time, I didn't ask the other party how they handled it.
Because he certainly wouldn't get an answer.
Walking into the camp, Bai Tu casually gave an order to the soldiers around him.
"Arrange a tent for Lord Blaze to rest."
"yes!"
After saying this, the soldier raised his hand.
"Mr. Blaze, please follow me."
He was spoken politely throughout, using "Sir" and "Please", and the ropes on his body had been untied, but Charlie knew in his heart that he would be imprisoned next.
At most, the detention environment will be much better than that of the soldiers under his command.
Of course, even if you know it clearly in your heart, you should not expose things that should not be exposed.
Once it's broken...
I'm afraid I don't have the conditions for this.
The fact was indeed just as Charlie had imagined. Compared to the 'son of the Imperial Navy Marshal', the other captured soldiers were not treated so well. They were all put in shackles and detained together.
The noise here was quite loud, so it naturally attracted the attention of the tribesmen who were working.
Among them, Kara's pupils shrank noticeably when he saw the captured soldiers.
“White skin.”
Then, a hint of murderous intent unconsciously began to appear in his eyes.
Lin Youshu, who was acting as a supervisor nearby, couldn't help but let out two loud dry coughs.
"They are not here to invade us. We have captured them. Please do not act rashly."
“…”
Hearing this, Kara came back to her senses a little, and after glancing at Lin Youshu, she snorted and turned around to go back to work.
Before, the fleet of the Great Zhou Dynasty was dispatched quickly, which caused quite a stir. Naturally, the tribesmen working nearby, including Kara, noticed it.
Combined with the limited information later, it was not difficult for her to guess that a battle broke out between the Great Zhou and a group of white people who came from nowhere on the sea, and then those white people were captured.
Kara felt pretty good about this result.
Different from the previous time when he was guarding the tribesmen, Bai Tu allocated a separate area for these prisoners of war, deployed more troops, and gave them special supervision.
"Report to the colonel, according to the statistics, four of our speedboats were damaged in this naval battle..."
Although the battle was an absolute suppression of military forces, the four enemy ships that had nowhere to escape during their attack did not do nothing. They also launched a counterattack, causing a certain degree of damage to their hulls.
"Three of the ships were slightly damaged and only need a little repair. However, the fifth ship was seriously damaged..."
Ship number five was the one that was attacked by the opposing assault ship.
At that time, the assault ship from the opposite side almost collided directly with them, making several holes in the hull of their No. 5 ship, allowing seawater to pour in.
Fortunately, emergency measures were taken at the time and the gap was temporarily blocked, otherwise Ship No. 5 would have been in danger of sinking.
"In terms of casualties, five people were killed and thirty-one were injured. The injured were mostly minor injuries, so it's not a big deal. The five people who died were all on the No. 5 ship."
Bai Tu nodded when he heard the casualty figures.
In the early years of the New South, didn't any war between the countries kill hundreds or thousands of people? Compared with the previous attack on the volcanic island, in Bai Tu's opinion, the one in front of him was more like a serious naval battle.
From this point of view, given that their Great Zhou navy clearly lacked experience in naval warfare, they were able to pay this number of casualties and completely destroy the enemy fleet, which was already a great victory!
During this time, the guards continued to report...
"As for prisoners, a total of 371 enemy soldiers have been captured, and there are currently no seriously injured."
Compared with their Great Zhou fleet, the enemy suffered heavy casualties as they sank four speedboats and bombed a large ship.
Once those soldiers who were seriously injured fell into the water, they would lose blood quickly. Coupled with the physical exhaustion, it wouldn't be long before they would die of exhaustion. A large number of them were killed directly.
To some extent, this saves them trouble.
"As for the captured ship, the boat crew has already checked its condition. The upper deck is badly damaged, but the keel and bottom are still intact. After a major repair, it should be able to continue to be used."
"As for the repair time, considering the efficiency of obtaining materials here, and we also have our own ship to repair, it will take at least one or two months."
Bai Tu nodded after understanding the situation, but he didn't have too many thoughts.
"I see. Have the bodies of the five brothers who died in the battle been recovered?"
"One fell into the sea and sank. We haven't found it yet. We plan to look for it again after some time."
When a corpse falls into the sea, it will generally sink first and then float to the surface after a period of time. As long as it is not washed away by the ocean current, there is still a chance to find it.
"Well, the climate here is hot and muggy. If the bodies are left for too long, they might rot. Let's cremate them before dark, pack up the ashes, and take them back with us next time we return."
"yes!"
(End of this chapter)
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