open sea

Chapter 722
Lin Hu'er opened her eyes, the sun was glaring outside the shade of the shed, the white sandy beach was covered with broken ship planks and messy camps, every inch of her body was filled with pain, it was a splitting headache.

With swollen eyes, he tried his best to look at the beach, and saw the familiar Beiyang military uniform swaying on the beach, and fell asleep again.

Until the cool water soaked the lips like sweet springs, and then opened the eyes, the sunlight was no longer so glaring, and the blue sky and white clouds and the hand of the small banner officer holding the water bowl were reflected in front of his eyes.

"Still, still alive?"

Lin Hu'er struggled to sit up, and only then did she clearly see that the beach was like a large wounded and sick camp. The dilapidated tents and the wreckage of the warships that had been beaten to the shore by the waves looked like a mess. ten people.

While he was speaking, a flag soldier joined hands and feet to lift the man towards the big hole dug beside the palm grove on the bank. The forearm of the man being lifted was covered with dirty bandages, Looking at the canvas, it looks like it's gone.

The camp on the shore was full of mourners, and when it was time to bury the pot for cooking, there was no smoke. The once mighty Beiyang Banner Army now seemed to have no formal establishment. They gathered in twos and threes, some with guns and others On the other hand, they just had long knives around their waists or spears beside them, and each of them said nothing and was listless.

This scene made Lin Huer feel as if she had just cured her amnesia, and the memories from the time when the stone bomb smashed the stern of the ship to the time when she was overturned and suffocated by the waves flooded her mind.

"Here we are, lost?"

The little flag officer shook his head and said: "No loss, although no casualties have been caused to the enemy, but before the battle, Shao Shuai has sent out the purpose of the battle to each of the hundreds of households. What Shao Shuai wants is to sink most of the warships in Vallarta. , Destroy its maritime combat and troop transport capabilities."

"If this is the goal, not only did we not lose, but we also won extremely gloriously. After the Chitu sank, the four Western warships chased the fleet and were run over by Shao Shuai and Fu Guerrilla's Liujia warship. That was Vallarta's last move. four warships."

According to this, it should be a complete victory.

Lin Hu'er nodded slowly, looked at the sea with dull eyes, and asked, "Where's Chitu?"

Qi Jun shook his head, not intending to talk to him about Chitu, and said: "The general has been unconscious for four days, so he is awake, otherwise..."

"What did you call me?"

Lin Huer paused when he heard his subordinates calling him. In the past, his subordinates should be called Baihu, and those who should be called Lin Geer should be called Lin Geer. No one has ever called him a general. He shook his dizzy head and pointed at Around, asked: "Where is this, what's going on here?"

In particular, he noticed that there seemed to be no injuries on his subordinates, only a deep strangle mark on his neck, which looked like an attempted suicide.

"It's a long story, and my subordinates also heard from others that Shao Shuai and General Fu joined the battle last day with large ships and easily destroyed the last four enemy ships. Our ships were swimming in the entire bay."

"Some ships were close to the Liujia ship, and they could hear the retreating drums. Some ships were too far away to hear the enemy, so they bombarded the enemy on the shore for a while. A small shark ship saw Chitu being sunk, and used fishing nets to Fished us up."

The little flag officer said, pointing to his neck, and said: "The humble officer was fine, but when the boat swung his head and hit the mast, he became dizzy, and he woke up in the water, dragged the general upstream with his life, but was caught in a fishing net, Almost got strangled."

"There are more than 70 dead and missing, most of them belonged to the Chitu ship. More than 200 were rescued, comatose and injured. There should be more than 100 people left. The former army fleet sank three ships, burned and sunk two enemy ships. If there are more than ten, it should be a complete victory."

Lin Hu'er was not interested in everything, she slapped herself on the face, took a while to remove her hand from her face, and said, "Only Chitu will sink? Of my hundred brothers, how many people are left? What about the Beiyang Army on board?"

"In addition to Chitu being sunk by stone bombs, three small sharks have disappeared, one was broken by a western ship, one disappeared when retreating, and one touched a reef, and three small flags disappeared. Now There are 27 more people here."

"Many Beiyang soldiers on board drowned."

This is a difficult math problem. It is known that there are 110 people in a hundred households, 33 people are lost, and 27 people are left. Where are the remaining people?

Lin Hu'er always felt that Xiao Qi hadn't finished speaking, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see him continuing, and asked, "Where are the rest?"

"Oh, the rest was taken away by Shao Shuai's reorganization, and the general's condolences have changed."

As Xiaoqi said, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Lin Huer, saying: "This is the coast more than 500 miles south of Vallarta. The people from the north have no ships, so they won't be able to get here for a while. Shao Shuai said that he will sweep all the way to the enemy camp within [-] miles along the coast, and there should be no worries for a while."

"It's a blessing in disguise. You are the highest-ranking officer among the wounded soldiers in the Vallarta naval battle. Shao Shuai ordered the general to wake up and reorganize the sergeants, repair the two ships docked on the shore, and then go south to Acapulco to help in the battle. .”

The little flag officer said with a smile on his face, motioned Lin Hu'er to open the letter, and said, "You are the deputy thousand household."

"Deputy Qianhu?"

Lin Hu'er was still immersed in the regret of the deaths and injuries of her subordinates, and there was also a huge sense of bad luck in her heart.

Nearly [-] warships of the Ming army were bombarded by Xiren'an artillery in the bay, and four of them were lost, three of which were small boats. Only the Chitu ship was a large ship, and it was bombarded and sunk after only one shot.

I'm afraid those artillerymen with Western heavy artillery didn't expect that they could hit accurately.

If it is not unlucky, I should be driving the Chitu Ship to the Western People's Port now-that is the real sea battle!
Then what did he hear?He held the letter in his hand, looked at the little banner officer with dull eyes, and asked, "I, am I the deputy thousand household?"

"Well, Shao Shuai said that wounded soldiers must always be restrained. There were originally two wounded Baihu, and he said that whoever wakes up first will be the deputy Qianhu. But Fan Baihu was hit in the ribs by lead during the artillery battle, so he couldn't do it last night. That's why Lin Baihu is Deputy Qianhu when he wakes up."

Mechanically unfolding the letter, it clearly stated the letter of commission for Baihu to be promoted to deputy Qianhu, ordering him to prepare wounded soldiers to repair the warship, and then send the Banner Army that can continue to fight to Alpurco when it is used in the south. Banner troops who could no longer fight were sent to safer places in the north.

When he raised his head again, everything on the beach in front of him was full of vitality, the sky was blue and the sea was blue, and even those wounded soldiers who were full of sorrow became resolute in his eyes.

On the coast, two small shark boats of two to three hundred materials ran aground. Lin Hu'er, who stood up with pain, took a deep breath, and said to the small flag officer: "Call the flag army, those who should cook, who should cook, should cook." Those who set up the camp are all in a daze for what to do, we still have an organization, and we can also participate in the war against Mexico, count the luggage, and go to pass the order!"

　Sorry, because I have something to do today, I only post it now.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)