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Kerry Thorne has clearly realized that if this battle is really about to end, it will cause a loss-making situation, and I am afraid that the Eastern Conference will change hands.

Whether it is the "indigenous" Zheng family or the English people who are eyeing each other, they will take advantage of the situation.

The enemy can replenish firearms, troops, and even warships nearby, but what should I do? How to defend the Eastern Front?

If this battle is only a narrow victory or a tragic victory, then the great Navy of the Federal Republic of the Netherlands would have to withdraw from East Asia and make the Englishman who had already been eyeing the waters of Malacca for nothing.

Kerry Thorne hesitated. This was obviously not in line with the Netherlands. Of course, it also had its own interests. However, the fierce battle was not diverted by his inner will and continued in the artillery fire.

Once the war begins, it will easily stop. There is a saying that you can start a war, but I have the final say on how to end it.

Kerry Thorne needs a reason, urgently needed a reason to allow him to quit the army, which can not only maintain his presence in East Asia, but also prevent the Dutch Navy from losing the decency it deserves. As for the English, oh, the damn English, if it weren't for the arrogant and arrogant Napur who lost the forward of the United Fleet, this battle would not have been so passive in front of him... Yes, it was all the fault of that bastard Napur.

....

Fortunately, God listened to Kerry Thorne's inner prayer, and it gave Kerry Thorne a reason.

Although it is not so decent, it is the reason after all.

A bad reason.

When the navy fought with the French fleet, Zheng Sen led the fleet to appear in the Dinghai waters.

Zheng Sen's order to send troops was determined, and he could not hear any hesitation, and he moved quickly. In just one night, the forward rushed from Qixing Island to Dinghai waters.

But this is obviously not a success, a perfect reinforcement.

More than a thousand warships advanced in three directions, the left, middle and right, and this was not like reinforcements, but rather like driving a duck.

The sails are like clouds and the masts are like forests. The formation is too big, so I can dodge my waist and shock the ghosts.

The French fleet has experience in naval battles that are better than the navy. How could such a large fleet go north without realizing it?

OK, now Kerry Thorne has an excuse and reason to withdraw his troops, and he is also attacked by the enemy from north to south, and obviously he "has to" retreat.

Withdrawing with dignity and accepting Wu's proposal to compensate, then, no matter how many miles away, there are explanations to merchants from all over the country. Although this is a bit like taking off his pants and putting it on, it is an explanation at least, and it can maintain a decent explanation.

The key is that in this battle, the joint fleet really had the upper hand, and the battle loss ratio between the two sides reached one to two.

Kerry Thorne believes that this can be completely portrayed as a great victory that inspires the navy. It can be said that under the lessons of the great Dutch Navy's strong ships and cannons, the yellow-skinned monkey surrendered with conscience.

Yes, that's it! Kerry Thorne, with the confidence of a victor, immediately issued an order to break the fleet from the enemy.

Look, this is not called retreat, it is called separation, like... turning in?

....

But Kerry Thorne was wrong.

It was outrageously wrong.

His fault was mainly the difference between East and West culture, just as Napur was depressed by Wu Zheng's fear of having a dignified, knight-like duel with him.

Wu Zheng is also struggling. To be honest, Wu Zheng really doesn't want to fight this battle.

Seeing the navy he had built with huge amounts of silver and countless efforts over more than five years, he was exhausted in this naval battle where there was almost no dawn of victory. This inner pain could not be comforted by itself.

But Wu Zheng had no choice. If the enemy was allowed to show off his power in Hangzhou Bay, the subsequent negotiations would undoubtedly become one-sided. Wu Zheng did not want his historical records to record the page where he signed an unequal treaty.

But this is not the most important thing. Wu Zheng actually doesn't care how to record historical books, but he really can't imagine that once he retreats, the good situation in front of him will be quickly rewritten.

First of all, the terms that have been negotiated with the Qing court are likely to be "changed".

Secondly, the trade fairs in ports such as Hangzhou and Wusong have undergone great changes. The most direct impact is that merchants from various countries and local merchants will collapse in their confidence in the General's Mansion, and the decline and loss of tariffs will be devastating to the General's Mansion's finances.

The current Finance Department is doing this. Although it cannot be compared with credit consumption in later generations, it is also a light "leverage".

The chain reaction caused by the decline in the government's credit is probably not even able to save the gods. Only by winning and constantly winning can this "unreasonable" credit be maintained. Wu Zheng knows this very well.

If you can't win this battle, you have to fight, even if you're defeated until the entire army is wiped out!

Wu Zheng had two reliances: one was his home court and was convenient for supplementing. The other was that even if the navy was destroyed, it would not have an essential impact on the Northern Expedition. After all, the war with the Tartars was on land.

But the foreigners are different, and they are difficult to replenish. Even if they win in the end, they will still win miserably and will be unable to pose a greater threat to the General's Mansion, thereby ensuring that the people's confidence in the General's Mansion will not be shaken by the naval battle, and at least the negative impact can be minimized.

After the war started, the navy suffered huge trauma, Wu Zheng slowly calmed down.

This is like a gambler who has already known that he will lose all his life and is already numb at the card table, but he has the confidence to give up.

It became Wu Zheng's only purpose to severely damage the enemy before defeat.

Therefore, after a whole day and night of fierce fighting, the navy launched a fierce counterattack against the enemy.

This is Kry Thorne's "success of death" that was very puzzled, but it is definitely not just "success of death". The damage to the enemy is also huge. Otherwise, Kry Thorne would not be depressed, would not be terrified, and would not have thought of... a quit.

The emergence of the Zheng family fleet was actually just a catalyst, forcing Kerry Thorne to issue a "disengagement order" for all employees faster and more firmly.

Unfortunately, Kerry Thorne didn't understand Wu Zheng at all, let alone this navy.

"If we don't go to war,

Tartars use scimitar

Kill us,

Then he pointed his finger at our bones and said,

look,

This is the slave!”

This sentence was the day when the military academy opened. Wu Zheng used all his strength to roar to more than a thousand military academy teachers and students.

It's like a bell in the evening drum and morning, and I'm shouting.

Nowadays, every military academy is familiar with it.

Most of the generals of the three major navy became monks halfway through, and most of their origins were from the Northern Expedition Army.

The soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army never lacked the courage to fight to the death, although this battle seemed to make the courage seem weak.

Their own guns cannot reach the enemy, so they can only use their flesh and blood to shorten the distance with their bodies.
Chapter completed!