Half an hour later, with more than twenty ships of the Principal of Ventera fled to the northwest in shame, more than ten Xiao family merchant ships on the huge marine battlefield soon cheered all kinds of cheers.

"Wansheng! My Xiao family's wolves!"

"The country of Lu wins thousands of victories!"

"Damn white-skinned pig, we won, hahaha~"

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In the half-hour battle, the Xiao family caravan really won, and the results achieved were extremely brilliant. At first, more than 50 merchant ships of the Principality of Ventera came, and only more than 20 were escaped, annihilated more than half of the enemy's living forces in one fell swoop. This was definitely a brilliant victory.

Of course, in the battles of the feudal era, national-level troops could not be defeated after being injured by 20% or 30% in one battle, and were already considered the top elite of the times.

In such an era, it is common for feudal troops to escape on a large scale when they are killed or injured.

The naval fleet of the Principal of Ventra was damaged by more than half before they all fled? No, you have to understand that this is a naval battle! During the naval battle, some ships were beaten and lost their navigation ability, even if you want to escape, you can't escape. Could it be that the sailors would jump into the sea and swim back?

At this moment, on the sea, there were more than 20 Ventera merchant ships in the battlefield filled with smoke. More than 10 were surrendered with white flags. Nearly ten were completely lost in navigation. They floated in the sea like fools, and there was a strong sinking state. The two most serious ships had half of their hulls plunged into the sea, and many sailors around them jumped into the sea.

The more than ten ships with white flags were all trying to escape, but found that the ships were seriously damaged. Even if they escaped too slowly, they would be easily caught up by the Xiao merchant ship and sunk. Then they hung the white flag and waited for the verdict of fate.

In addition, the entire Duchy of Ventra fleet, five other ships have been completely sunk in the battle and sank into this vast ocean.

With such a brilliant victory, the Xiao family caravan was not without injuries.

The Xiao family caravan has 15 ordinary armed merchant ships, one of which has been sunk into the ocean, three have lost their navigation ability, and seven have suffered varying degrees of injuries. Together, only 4 merchant ships are still intact.

However, in the Xiao family caravan, the two warships were almost 90% new. Not only were the hull not damaged, but there were not many casualties on the ship. As the saying goes, one of the biggest differences between warships and armed merchant ships is the thickness of the armor!

The armor thickness of warships is far beyond that of ordinary merchant ships. Even if it is a wooden warship, if you hit hardwood armor more than one meter thick, you will blast those shells when you are bombarded by small cannons at close range.

On the Xiao family flagship, Xiao Jichen's follower also cheered for a few thousand wins before running to Xiao Jichen and spoke, "Second Young Master, although we won, it was still a gratifying victory, but our fleet suffered a lot of damage in this battle. Not to mention the sinking ship, a ship of cargo and personnel losses, even on other ships, the losses of members are not small."

What I felt most distressed about at this moment was the sunken merchant ship. After all, it was a ship of silk porcelain and other goods, all of which were gone.

In addition, the subsequent subsidies and pensions for sailors who died in battle and were injured will also be a considerable amount.

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Jichen, who was laughing, suddenly became stunned. After a breath, he took the Baili Mirror to watch the battlefield. After a few breaths, he quickly said to the left and right, "Hurry up, call the flag and order two warships to rescue the white-skinned pigs that fell into the water. This time our losses will be compensated by those guys."

At a rough look, there were 13 Ventera merchant ships on the battlefield waiting to be incorporated with white flags, and 8 of them lost their navigation capabilities. The 21 captured ships had a large displacement of 200 tons and a small displacement of dozens of tons. On the small ship, it was estimated that there were only dozens or hundreds of white navys, and three or four hundred large ships?

Even so, I guess that this battle can capture more than 2,000 prisoners of war. This is the trophy of the Xiao family.

These young and middle-aged white men were a considerable fortune, whether they were sold to naval or gentry or nobles in other countries as slaves or slave soldiers.

Don’t forget that these are all used to hang out in the ocean all year round, and after a little training, you can use them as good naval combat players.

There are 21 armed merchant ships. Even though the ships are small in size and there are two that have already sunk and cannot be rescued, the others can be pulled back to the port of Lu for repair and reuse.

A merchant ship worth tens of tons, one or two hundred tons, would of course be a bit ridiculous if it was used for ocean navigation. However, whether it was sold to the small family in Lu for offshore navigation or filled into the Xiao family's offshore business, it was also a good resource. More importantly, there were artillery on it!

Putting aside the two ships that cannot be rescued, 19 ships gather together, there are hundreds of artillery guns.

During this naval battle of the Xiao family, the loss of cargo on a ship and the subsequent pension of the casualties sailors, all of which were recovered by these means.

After sending out his military order, Xiao Jichen shouted again, "Tell all ships to count the casualties. In this battle, all those who died in the Xiao family will be compensated according to the previous five times the pension, and those who were injured will be paid three times the pension! The others will be counted and then rewarded according to the merits."

Even if he didn't know how many people were killed or injured in this battle, the general situation could still be estimated. For example, only 4 of the caravans were intact, one was sunk, three lost their navigation capabilities, and seven were damaged to varying degrees... What kind of casualties do you think is the flagship under his seat?

Xiao Jichen's flagship is seriously damaged.

But until the war, he only killed more than a dozen artillery sailors and injured more than 30 people. The ship was all at this level. Others with mild injuries will be more clear.

Even the sunken ship does not mean that all the sailors are dead. Many people will jump into the sea in front of the shipwreck and wait for friendly troops to contain them.

The biggest reason for such a battle is that the two warships rushed to the sea like dragons going out to sea, attracting more than half of the firepower of the Principality of Ventra. However, the firepower was severely lacking in the threat of heavy artillery, and did not cause much casualties to the two warships.

When the new military order was issued from the flagship, all Xiao family merchant ships heard the sound of shocking cheers again.

Soon, when the two warships were busy with the big bosses, the Ventra Navy was fished up and bound and detained. When the command of many ships with white flags was gradually handed over, Xiao Jichen's final statistics came out.

In this battle, more than 200 gunners and sailors died and more than 400 injured.

The numbers are shocking when you look at them. Compared with the harvest, there are more than 2,000 enemy troops captured, and several of them were sunk. How many people were killed or injured on the more than 20 ships that escaped?

This is definitely a great victory worth remembering by Xiao Jichen.

In ecstasy, Xiao Jichen ordered the fleet to return, and many ships were damaged and so many prisoners were taken away. He returned to the country of Lu, and then collected statistics. It was not too late to set sail again. After all, they had only been a few days after leaving Lu, and it was very fast.
Chapter completed!