"Bell...... Dangdangdang......"

A hurried bell rang in the harbor, and the Spanish soldiers and sailors, who were still in the harbor or boasting about the mountains or flirting with the hostess in the tavern, were stunned at first, and then they all jumped up as if they had been kicked in the ass, and rushed towards the harbor in a honeycomb.

When the disheveled sailors and soldiers rushed to the dock, they saw two warships speeding towards the harbor in the distance, and the two lookouts in charge of the harbor were desperately striking the bronze bell next to them.

Spanish soldiers and sailors have lost count of how long it has been since they heard the siren, and years of comfortable life have made everyone let their guard down to the point that even routine patrols are perfunctory.

According to the Spanish Navy's regulations, Cebu Island sends no less than two warships to patrol the port 100 nautical miles before dawn every day, but this regulation has almost become a decoration in recent years.

After all, there are no enemies in Nanyang today that can threaten the rule of the Spaniards, and the only strong enemy, the Dutch, is also busy running Taiwan in the east, and there is no energy to deal with them for the time being, so the life of the Spaniards is very comfortable.

Since there is no strong external enemy, why do you have to go out on patrol so hard? Instead of blowing a cold breeze on the sea, it is better to go to the tavern in the harbor for a drink or flirt with some beautiful lady or lady.

There is an old saying in China that born in adversity and died in peace, and today the Spaniards have paid the price for their laxity.

Two enemy warships, which had been intercepted by the patrol fleet in the open sea, rushed to a place less than three nautical miles away from the harbor in such a diameter that they were discovered by the lookout on the watchtower and sounded the bell to warn them.

Countless sailors rushed to the dock and rushed into their respective warships, scrambling to raise the sails and set sail, but it was too late.

You must know that it is not so simple to make a sail battleship move, it takes dozens or hundreds of sailors to work together, whether it is to untie the Range Rover, collect the anchor, raise the sails, it takes a lot of time and energy.

In particular, the task of raising the sail is the most difficult, in order to lift the sails that are lighter than hundreds of kilograms and weigh thousands of pounds, and are more than ten or even twenty meters high, countless sailors need to shout the trumpet and work together to lift this heavy big guy.

Therefore, it will take at least half an hour or even an hour to get a sail warship moving.

A soldier on the dock shouted desperately to an officer next to him: "Sir, the enemy is about to rush in!" Our battleships have already run out of port, now what are we going to do? ”

The captain kicked him angrily: "Stupid, do you still need me to say this, hurry up and let the battery open fire and drive those two damn battleships out of me!" ”

"Shoot ......"

"Battery ...... Fire now! Buy time for our battleships to leave the port! ”

With the orders of the officers, more than a dozen guns deployed on the harbor batteries began to spew tongues of fire at the two battleships that were speeding towards them.

"Boom ......"

A column of water rose into the sky on the right side, less than twenty meters away from the Haining, and a lot of splashes splashed on Ning Shuisheng's face.

"Sir...... The red-haired devil has opened fire, should we fire back! The voice of the first mate sounded next to him.

Ning Shuisheng stretched out his hand to wipe away the splash on his face, looking at the faintly flickering fire in front of him, his heart was also tight.

After being a gun commander for so long, he could see at a glance that the fire that was fired at him just now was at least an eighteen-pound caliber gun, which was already a heavy artillery, and the small body of his sixth-level battleship could not withstand the opponent's blow.

According to normal logic, it would be very unwise to use naval artillery and artillery deployed on the coast. You must know that most of the current artillery is solid shells, and people's artillery is placed on the shore, and the thick bunkers protect them very tightly, and it is not easy to hit the other side.

And with the primitive aiming methods of today's artillery, hitting a target a few nautical miles away in a fast movement is almost no different from hitting a big luck.

For 10,000 steps, even if you hit someone, they can quickly switch to another artillery and follow you. On the other hand, he was different, if the sixth-level battleship under his feet was hit by an eighteen-pound projectile, it would be at least a hole the size of a table. If you happen to hit the waterline, then the fun will be great, and you will have to peel off the skin if you don't die.

"Boom...... Boom Boom Boom ......"

Several shells fell again in succession, but this time it was far away from the Haining, and the farthest one was even more than 300 meters away from the Haining.

Seeing this, Ning Shuisheng's original heart suddenly relaxed, it seems that the first shell just now should be accidental, if the artillery on the other side of the shore is really so high, he can only order a retreat.

Ning Shuisheng raised his binoculars and saw that a Spanish sailor next to the port was flocking to the battleship running onto the dock, and many people were untying the rope and raising the sails to prepare for anchoring, and his heart was immediately happy. The opponent's battleship hasn't set sail yet, and this is definitely a good time for a surprise attack.

"Tell the Seahorse, speed up and get around the side! Let's go dig up their lair together! Ning Shuisheng gave the order loudly.

In fact, the mission of the Henin and Seahorse this time was mainly to arrive at Cebu Island to reconnoiter and test the combat effectiveness of the Spanish Navy.

Originally, Ning Shuisheng thought that they should encounter the Spanish patrol ship dozens of nautical miles away from Cebu Island, but he didn't expect that the other party would relax to such an extent, and they didn't even send a routine patrol warship, and they deserved to be blocked in the harbor and beaten.

"Rush up...... Give them a few shots! The captain of the Seahorse on the side was also excited, the neat rows of battleships on the dock were simply the best targets, and if I didn't give them a few shots today, I would be sorry for the painstaking efforts of the Spaniards!

On the coast, looking at the two battleships rushing like arrows from the string, the Spanish sailors and soldiers on the dock all panicked, and it would take at least twenty minutes to half an hour for their battleships to move, and it was too late to dodge.

In this case, let alone dodging, even if you want to shoot back, you must know that the current naval guns are all fixed in the side of the ship, at best they can only be fine-tuned, and they cannot turn to shoot at all, in this case, they can only watch the other party rush towards themselves.

"Battery ...... Hurry up and fire...... Fire...... They must not be allowed to rush over! An officer desperately urged the gunners of the shore defense guns to open fire.

The gunners on the battery almost went berserk, and at the urging of the officers, the guns poured out tongues of fire incessantly, and the projectiles continued to splash high columns of water on the sea.