The four clipper-style super-battleships that had set out to pursue the Espinosa Trading Company's ships returned at full speed on the afternoon of the third day. During the pursuit, they sank or damaged nearly ten ships, then let the thirty-odd remaining enemy vessels flee in panic into the port of Mozambique.
Since they hadn't received authorization from the Grand Admiral to bombard the port, and they were exhausted after a day and a night of pursuit, the fleet's commander had them circle outside the harbor for a while. After getting a rough idea of Mozambique's waterways and defenses, he ordered the fleet back to the Comoros Islands to rendezvous with the flagship, the Scarlet Tiger, which had remained behind.
That brought the great naval battle in the Comoros Islands to a complete end.
At the start of the battle, the Espinosa Trading Company and Aziza's pirates had sent out at least sixty warships of various sizes and successfully lured the Li family fleet into a patch of shallow water from which it could neither advance nor retreat. Unfortunately for them, they had still ended up losing.
The Espinosa Trading Company fled in disarray after losing more than twenty warships. The Aziza pirate group fared even worse, suffering countless casualties and being nearly wiped out. Even its pirate queen, Aziza, had been captured by the Li family fleet.
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After the fleet returned and regrouped, they planned to rest briefly before setting sail and leaving the waters around the Comoros Islands. Then they would head south to strike Mozambique and Sofala, the region's most prosperous port, and completely crush the fleet of the unscrupulous merchant Jerónimo de Espinosa, whose business chiefly involved selling slaves and drugs and engaging in illegal hunting. Aboard the flagship, the Scarlet Tiger, the first mate had