Chapter 763, Sweeping the East Coast of the Golden Continent
In El Salvador, a fleet of several Ming ships and Spanish ships on the sea was heading towards the harbor of El Salvador, and a thick smell of gunpowder smoke filled the sea.
"Boom~Boom~"
With a rumbling roar, shells whistled towards El Salvador, and puffs of white smoke rose from the ships at sea.
The Portuguese ships in the harbor were hit with thousands of holes in the first time, and they were about to sink into the sea, Joao roared angrily, "Open the cannon, open the cannon~"
When did Spain get mixed with the Ming people and openly attack Portuguese territory, is this a declaration of war on Portugal?
"Knock knock~"
In El Salvador, artillery began to counterattack, billowing white smoke rose, and shells attacked the ships on the sea.
"Poof~"
Above the sea, high columns of water rose from the surface of the sea, and the turbulent waters wet the decks of the ships.
"Kill~"
The Spanish commander waved his sword and roared incessantly, and the ships opened fire while rushing towards El Salvador, there was no way to destroy these Portuguese by artillery alone, and if they wanted to completely eliminate them, they still had to land and fight.
The artillery of this era, although loud and scary, is a solid iron ball, and as long as it is not unlucky enough to be hit on the spot, there is basically nothing too big.
Find a place to hide, and then fight after the artillery, everyone is very skilled in this set.
If it is a battle at sea, everyone is on a boat and has to worry about the ship being sunk, the Portuguese are on land, they are at sea, the other side can afford to spend it, and slowly play artillery bombardment with you.
However, he could not afford to play it, and if his ship was sunk, it would be doomed, so he had to rush over as soon as possible and land to engage the Portuguese in a close-range fight.
"Knock knock~"
Behind the Spanish ships, the two Ming ships did not rush towards El Salvador, but drove behind, but the dense shelling and roaring sound continued to sound, white smoke shrouded, and the sea breeze could not disperse.
"The artillery of the Ming people is really powerful~"
"The guns of both ships can be compared to the guns of dozens of our ships."
On the Unicorn ship, the Spanish commander Banderas looked back at the two Ming ships behind him, and couldn't help but admire.
The artillery of the Ming people not only has a long attack distance and great power, but also the rate of fire is also very fast, and the Spanish artillery can only make one shot in a few minutes.
However, the artillery of the Ming people can fire a few rounds a minute, coupled with a reasonable layout, and the ships are very large, the vitality of a ship of the Ming people can be equivalent to more than a dozen Spanish ships.
"If we could have such powerful artillery, it would not be a problem to sweep across Europe."
Banderas' eyes flushed slightly.
Having walked the seas all year round, he knew all too well how powerful and terrifying this artillery was.
Long range, great power, fast rate of fire, in naval battles, these can bring overwhelming advantages, don't look at the Ming side only dispatched two ships, but under this artillery attack, it is equivalent to dozens of ships.
What's even more incredible is that the artillery of the Ming people seems to have eyes, and the hit rate is very high, and the artillery on the Portuguese side has just begun to counterattack, and it was immediately cleaned up by the artillery of the Ming people, and in a blink of an eye, the artillery position of the Portuguese people was covered here, and it was completely dumb.
"Kill~"
Turning around, raising the sword in his hand, the Spaniard's ship rushed towards El Salvador.
"Bang~Bang~"
As soon as the ship docked, it was attacked by a large number of muskets, and the sound of fried beans continued to sound, and the Spanish sailors armed with spears, swords, bows and arrows rushed into El Salvador like wolves.
There is money and women in it that they have been longing for for a long time.
The battle did not last long, and only an hour or so before the Portuguese raised the white flag and announced their surrender.
Joao was overwhelmed by Banderas in front of him, and as soon as the two sides met, they immediately recognized each other.
They all walk on the sea, and they are all old enemies, and they are all acquaintances on the American side, and they are very familiar with each other, and they all know each other well-known captains and commanders.
"Banderas, are you Spain going to declare war on us Portugal?"
Looking at Banderas, Joao said angrily.
El Salvador itself was a very small port, with no more than a thousand people here, and João felt that he had been defeated by the wolves of the Spaniards and the Ming people, who were constantly supported by heavy artillery fire on the distant sea.
If it was just the Spaniards, they would not have been defeated so quickly, their artillery did not play any role at all, and as soon as they fired, they were clearly destroyed by the artillery of the Ming people.
"No, no, His Royal Highness João, it's not us Spain who have declared war on you Portugal, it's the Ming people who have declared war on you, the whole gold->>
The continent is the territory of the Ming people, and you have established a colonial base here without their permission, which has violated the territory of the Ming people. ”
"We were only invited to come here to maintain trade order on the east coast of the Golden Continent and eliminate pirates."
Banderas was smiling, and this battle was fought very clearly.
With the support of the artillery of the Ming people, the artillery of the Portuguese stopped firing completely, and they rushed up smoothly and easily took El Salvador.
"Da Ming?"
Joao's eyes were full of doubt, but soon, he saw not far away, a group of Ming troops were fully armed, and they were walking towards here with neat steps.
"You Spaniards will regret it, you will regret it, you are making a deal with the devil!"
He roared with blood-red eyes.
The Ming people are more powerful than imagined, and today is regarded as seeing the terrible artillery of the Ming people, and at the same time seeing the strength of the Ming army.
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In the northern part of the Golden Bay (later known as the Gulf of Mexico), the French established a colony called Louisiana here, and at this time, as the morning sun rose, the French of Louisiana began a busy day.
Louisiana is not far from Penglai City, which was established by the Ming people, which greatly facilitated French merchants to come to Penglai City to trade and do business with the Ming people.
France is also a very powerful country in the whole of Europe, with a large land area and a large population.
So although the French came to the Americas later than the Spaniards and Portuguese, Louisiana developed into a small port in a very short time.
Compared to the colonial strongholds in other places, there are no gold or silver mines near Louisiana, nor any special wood, spices, etc.
To the north is an endless, wide and flat plain, which is bisected in two by a rushing river, and the land is extremely fertile.
But it is clear that the French did not come here to farm, they only wanted gold and silver, or the goods of the Ming people.
"The abominable Ming people~"
"Their goods are so expensive, they are as disgusting as the Venetians, I can't wait to rob them all away~"
"What's even more odious is that these Ming people still don't allow us to enter Penglai City, and we didn't even drink a glass of rum when we went to Penglai City."
"Sooner or later, we must loot the Ming people and let them know how powerful we are French."
In every corner of Louisiana, French merchants and sailors were constantly complaining.
The goods of the Ming people were too expensive, and they simply did not have much money in their hands to buy enough goods, and for the maritime merchants of this era, the strategy they always pursued was robbery.
It doesn't matter if you don't have money, you can grab it first, whether you grab the goods, money, or even people, you can sell them as slaves, in short, you are ready to do a no-cost transaction at sea.
Many merchants came to the Americas without much money with them, only to find that the goods of the Ming people were very expensive, and they simply had no way to buy many goods to fill their holds.
"Bell~Bell~"
At this time, the person in charge of the lookout in the harbor sounded the alarm, and the whole Luisiana panicked.
They hadn't gone to ransack the others, but they didn't expect to be looted by the others first, and more than a dozen large ships were rushing towards Louisiana's side.
"Da Ming people ~ Da Ming people ~"
Soon, they could clearly see the flags hanging on more than a dozen huge ships on the sea, and the Daming Dragon Flag fluttering in the wind was very eye-catching and very recognizable.
Then before they could react, they figured out the intention of the Ming people.
"Boom~Boom~"
Bursts of rumbling shelling came from the sea, billowing white smoke rose, the thick smell of gunpowder smoke wafted in, and the shells whistled overhead.
The Ming people did not declare war, and directly attacked this Louisiana with a burst of artillery shelling.
More than a dozen Ming ships, each ship has dozens of Miyun cannons, hundreds of cannons at the same time, under the terrible rate of fire, for a while, cannonballs are flying all over the sky, and in the blink of an eye, Louisiana will be destroyed in a mess.
How could this small fishing port, like a fishing port, withstand such a terrifying and intensive attack?
The French in the entire Louisiana were panicked, looking at the cannonballs whistling overhead, and at the same time watching more than a dozen Ming ships rushing towards them, quickly landing, and a group of Ming troops were fully armed, rushing to kill.
The battle went very well, the French symbolically resisted, and soon raised the white flag, everyone surrendered, and the Ming tied up these Frenchmen, branded them as slaves, and at the same time began to set fire to Louisiana, destroying everything here.
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