Actually, the Tang Army had already been shocked by its own losses: When Bernard heard that the southern bombardment fleet had lost a battleship, and two cruisers were wounded while two destroyers were severely damaged, his face turned pale.
Since its creation, the Great Tang Empire Navy seemingly had never suffered such enormous losses. Although this time the fleet heavily hit was an old one from Chu Country that had been received, it still carried the name of the Tang Navy.
Over 400 casualties, and a severely listing battleship that could no longer continue combat; due to serious water intake, even towing it back to port for repairs was risky.
The situation of the two cruisers hit by torpedoes was better because these two cruisers were relatively new, custom-built by Chu Country's request at Tang Country's shipyard, so the issues were not significant.
