In the waters of Lisbon, the sails are like clouds, and hundreds of ships compete for the current.

On the flagship of the Spanish Armadada, Commander Okundo wears a bearskin double-horned military hat, a tight-fitting double-row copper twisted high-rise military suit with red as the main material, blue trims, sexy white breeches wrapped around his legs, and black high leather boots.

His military uniform was adorned with feather-trimmed epaulettes and a gorgeous dark blue ribbon with a wide ribbon, suggesting that he was a Spanish admiral.

Slightly different from what he imagined, the commander was not a handsome young general with blond hair, but a bad old man in his fifties named Okundo.

Born into a family of Habsburg soldiers, Okundo led the Arma to the Netherlands in the famous Battle of the Downs fourteen years ago.

Although he was defeated, it did not affect his reputation as a veteran at all, just like the Armada was defeated so many times, and it was called the lucky Armadada.

At this time, Okundo was standing on the towering stern of the flagship, his right hand touching the saber at his waist, looking at the huge fleet under his command in a condescending posture, and he felt a sense of invincibility across the sea.

It seems that in his eyes, no matter how powerful the opponent is, he can also fight!

In this attack on Lisbon, the Armada had a total of 70 ships participating in the battle, the largest was the flagship Santiago, with a displacement of 1,200 tons and 60 guns, and more than 1,000 sailors and the army on board, and its combat effectiveness was not weaker than that of the British "Sea Monarch".

The tonnage of other warships was not small, with nine warships of more than 700 tons, 40 warships of 500 to 600 tons, and the rest of them were ships with a displacement of less than 500 tons.

The Armada was manned by 12,000 men, including more than 7,500 soldiers, most of whom were armed with flintlock muskets.

Due to the decline of Spain's national power after the Thirty Years' War and the emptiness of the treasury, few large ships of more than 1,000 tons were built, and more of them were medium-sized warships of 500 to 700 tons.

Even so, the Armada is still a powerful fleet in the world, at least in front of Portugal, it is an insurmountable giant!

Oquindo turned his gaze to the west, looking out at the Lisbon sea in the distance, and a feeling of infinite nostalgia welled up in his heart.

Ten years ago, Lisbon was the military port of the Spanish Empire, and several expeditions of the Armada departed from Lisbon, and the Battle of Downs was the battle of Downs in which he personally led the Armada to extinguish the "rebellion" in the Netherlands.

This time, he's here again!

The Spanish royal family gave Oquinto the task of finding and defeating the Ming fleet, blockading the waters of Lisbon, destroying the lair of the Portuguese "rebels", and reintegrating the "rebel" provinces into the Spanish Empire!

At present, the Anglo-Dutch war is at its most intense, and the two old enemies of the Armada are fighting to the death, and there is no time to take care of Portugal, which is the best period for the "unification" of Spain!

For the Ming fleet, due to the loss of the Nanyang colonies, Spain's economy suffered a blow, so that the Habsburg Dynasty, which was defeated in the Thirty Years' War, was once again reduced by one in its international status.

This is something that Philip IV, the king of the earth, cannot tolerate, and the Spanish Empire must take revenge on the Ming Dynasty, restore international prestige and demand reparations!

The thought that this great task would be completed by himself filled Oquindo with pride for a moment.

In order to boost the morale of the Armada, these days he ordered the plundering of young women along the Portuguese coast to the ships to reward the people.

Of course, Okundo, as the commander of the fleet, naturally could not be willing to live behind, and the most beautiful women would often become his personal property.

However, Oquindo is a person with picky tastes, and no matter how beautiful a woman is, he will not stop playing for more than three days, and he will feel bored after two days.

However, he is also a protectionist, he likes to engage in monopoly, even if he is tired of playing, his subordinates are not allowed to touch these women, but orders people to push these women into the vast sea.

What is puzzling is that Oquindo has a sense of ritual, and every time these women sink into the sea, he will hold his hands in front of his chest, praying reverently, not knowing what he is talking to God.

Oquindo put a lot of effort into this naval battle, and specially transferred a lot of galleons from all over Spain, in order to be well prepared and ensure victory in the first battle!

Just as he was immersed in his beautiful vision of the future, a burst of cannon fire came from the sea ahead, pulling him back to reality.

"What's the situation?"

Through the telescope, Oquindo stared at the black smoke rising from the sea in the distance.

The surrounding sea became silent again, and everyone knew that the war had begun!

After a while, the observers on the deck of the USS San Diego shouted, "Enemy warships spotted!" ”

Okundo saw in the telescope that in the distance, in the clear blue sky, more than a dozen pale gray figures appeared.

The dozen or so warships dragged a long wave and formed a horizontal and square position in an arc attitude, heading 180 directions due south, and it was obvious that they were rapidly changing positions.

In a short time, the sixteen battleships of the avant-garde detachment of the Ming army were re-arranged, and the original circular central formation was opened to form a one-line formation, and all the naval guns on the side of each warship could be aimed at this side.

The well-informed Okundo knew that this was the classic straight-line navigation tactics of the Ming Royal Navy, and he hurriedly ordered the ships to rush forward and take advantage of their unstable foothold to attack first.

In the Battle of Gravoline in 1588, the British defeated the Armada by straight-line navigation tactics, but for 70 years, the British rarely used this tactic, far less frequent than the Ming Royal Navy.

Even if he knew that the one-line formation tactics were powerful, Okundo did not dare to let the Armada try it easily, and in his heart, the most familiar tactics were the strongest.

In fact, the Ming fleet's one-line formation was too manipulative, and Okundo was worried that the Armada would mess up the formation and cause chaos when the opponent served it.

The weather at sea can change, or in order to set off this naval battle, it is necessary to have a cloudy wind and dark clouds, at least in the oil paintings of various countries.

The sky suddenly became gloomy, and then thunder rolled, and dark clouds surged, and thunder rolled, and then bean-sized raindrops fell on the water, and torrential rain poured down.

Between the sea and the sky, heavy rain filled the air, visibility suddenly deteriorated, and the Ming fleet in the distance seemed to disappear into the rain curtain.

Okundo looked at the increasingly turbulent sea, the gray waves one after another, sighed, and said: "When you encounter this kind of ghost weather, it seems that you can't fight today, so be ready to retreat and avoid the wind!" ”

At this moment, a bright spot flashed on the vague outline of the Ming fleet.

"The enemy ship has opened fire!"