Acuña hurried out to deliver Sánchez's order.

At this time, the quality of the low-level officers in Spain was indeed very good, and they were worthy of the title of the most powerful army in Europe, whether it was the navy or the army.

After receiving Sanchez's order, even though they knew that there would be a huge number of casualties, and even today many people would die quietly and quietly, these low-level officers still carried out Sanchez's order.

If Zheng Zhilong's fleet was not so sufficient, if Zheng Zhilong had not ordered that every mile of advance should be covered by firepower, Sanchez's order would indeed be useful, at least the surviving coastal defense artillery would have caused huge threats and casualties to the Daming South China Sea Fleet.

Because the caliber and caliber of the shore defense artillery are ferocious enough, and the firepower is also ferocious enough, as long as a shell falls on the battleship, it is a huge hole.

At least Zheng Zhilong's current judgment is that the Franco-aircraft barbarians must have shore defense guns, and they will pose a huge threat to the fleet - even if all his men are new-style Fu ships, he dare not say that they can resist the shore defense guns without injury.

But Zheng Zhilong was wrong in his prediction.

Zheng Zhilong compared the Spanish coastal defense artillery with the Ming coastal defense artillery and came to the conclusion that the coastal defense artillery was terrible, so he kept covering the firepower.

But the actual situation is that the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense artillery in the ten years of Emperor Chongzhen's accession to the throne, almost every two or three years will be renewed, from the beginning is not as good as the Fran cannon, to now can point at the Fran cannon and laugh at the opponent's five scum of the war, the power is naturally not the same.

As for the non-stop firepower covering the shells and supplies that were fired, Zheng Zhilong was not too worried, after all, in the entire fleet, in addition to the twenty-four main battle-type warships, there were also eight Fu ships that were full of ammunition.

As long as all these 24 warships do not run out of ammunition in stock at one time, then they can be replenished in rotation and fired in rotation to achieve the effect of gapless firepower coverage.

So Sánchez, who was supposed to have a good chance of succeeding and giving the South China Sea Fleet the order to inflict heavy losses, only ended up pitting the Spanish troops in charge of shore defense.

Because in order to ensure firepower, the volume and weight of the coastal defense artillery are clearly there, and it is very difficult to move, and some of them are simply fixed and cannot be moved in order to be firm.

Finally, a cannonball fired from the Fukufu ship kissed a shell from a Spanish shore defense gun with a sharp whistling sound.

The shells of the two great powers of the East and the West kiss each other, just as dry wood meets fire, and pheasants meet hooligans.

A loud bang was followed by a skyrocketing fire, followed by the sound of nearby shells and fire.

With a "phew" spitting out the mud and sand in his mouth, shaking and hitting the wall due to the huge vibration caused by the explosion of the cannonball, and still having a somewhat dazed head, Diego Velázquez shouted with some annoyance: "Tell the Governor that we ask to retreat!" This is not perseverance, this is death! ”

But no one around responded to Velasquez's order, and in a fit of rage, Velasquez repeated his order loudly again.

However, he was met only by the shrill whistling and exploding sound of the seemingly never-ending firepower of the Ming fleet.

Shaking his head again, Velázquez realized that something was wrong with his surroundings.

Only he was sitting up, and the others didn't react at all, as if they were all dead.

Velasquez's head was still a little dazed, but the habit he had developed on the battlefield for a long time still made him reach out and pick it up, what if there was a living?

The saying that one more person is one more strength is common many times, whether in the East or the West, there are many people who understand this truth, and Velázquez is one of them.

Keep digging, keep digging, even digging until his fingers were about to bleed, Velasquez couldn't dig out a few people.

Even the five that were dug up were basically shocked into stupidity by the loud explosion.

Sitting on the ground in a dejected manner, Velasquez didn't even care about the image that he paid most attention to on weekdays.

I have never been so aggrieved, and before I saw the shadow of the enemy, the forces on my side have completely collapsed.

Even when the Dutch were fighting for independence, Spain was not as it is today, although it suffered defeat.

This is no longer a failure, but rather the power of Satan that has descended on the earth—a destruction that God can prevent, not the Spanish soldiers.

In this situation, is there any need to ask the Governor why not to evacuate? It is estimated that there are only a few people left who survived the entire coastal defense position, and there are a few idiots besides themselves, who to defend?

With a smile on his face that was even uglier than crying, Velasquez pulled out a handcuff from his body.

This handcuff bought from the Dutch is a good thing, although the firing method is more primitive and requires the lighting of the fire rope, but it is enough to kill a person at close range.

I've always liked this hand, and although I've never used it to kill anyone, it's not bad to use it to end my own life now?

Sitting on the ground, Velázquez didn't think about anything else, and after trembling and lighting the firerope, he aimed the gun at his temple.

The arquebus is left a little longer, so that there will be enough time for himself to pray and ask God to forgive him for this cowardly behavior, and there will be time to say goodbye to his family in silence.

Farewell, my dear wife, De Silva next door has coveted you for a long time, and it seems that you will not suffer with him.

Farewell, my lovely daughter, I hope you don't find another soldier to be your husband.

Farewell, my son who can't speak yet, I hope you don't go to the army in the future, and don't come to the Far East when you become a soldier, it's so scary.

After the violent explosion, Acuña, who was assigned by Sánchez, once again rushed to the position where the shore defense guns were located, and saved the death-seeking Velázquez just before the fire rope burned out: "God, what are you doing? ”

Velázquez didn't appreciate Acuña's act of saving him, even if Acuña fell on his nose and swollen face the moment he pounced.

Velasquez, whose whole spirit seemed to have been drained, glanced around at the shore defense position before saying, "As you can see, I plan to end my life to see God, I can't live with the reputation of a loser." ”

Acuña was amazed and said, "God tells us that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and should be properly maintained, and that you will not be received by God when you end your life." ”

After sneering, Velázquez didn't pay attention to Acuña's words at all, but he didn't have the courage to raise his handcuff again, and just buried his head deep between his knees.

Acuña continued: "The Governor ordered the coastal defense artillery to fire back, but looking at the current situation, there is probably no hope?" ”

Velasquez suddenly fell into a rage: "Let the damned Governor himself shoot back!" More than 1,000 people are all dead, let him shoot himself! Let's say there are still cannons that have not been destroyed! ”

Acuña was not blind, he naturally saw the situation of the shore defense position, and he just took a deep breath at the moment, ignored the collapsed Velasquez, and went back to Sanchez to get his life back.

Velasquez has been abolished, the whole person's courage has been defeated, and the coastal defense position has been declared to be no longer existing, and there is no help.

It is imperative that the Governor know the situation of the coastal defense positions so that he can make a correct response.

The location of Sanchez's headquarters was really good, on a small hill, not too far from the shore defense position, about twenty miles away, Acuña could come back on horseback to deliver orders, but he didn't have to worry about being shot at the headquarters by the artillery of the Ming army.

However, the long distance brought a great inconvenience, that is, the telescope did not see the forward position clearly enough, and Acuña always had to run back and forth.

After Acuña ran back to Sanchez's headquarters again, before he had time to drink a saliva and slow down, he saluted directly: "Your Excellency the Governor, the coastal defense artillery position has been declared lost, almost all of them have been killed, and there is no value in defending it anymore!" ”

Sanchez nodded and said, "Got it." ”、

Sanchez didn't know everything on the shore defense position just now, although it looked a little blurry through the telescope, but the vibration from a distance of more than twenty miles could not be faked, not to mention the huge explosion.

It's a pity that the coastal defense positions that he carefully arranged have been scrapped before they have time to play a role.

These Ming troops were really rich, and although this method of smashing a road with shells was a waste of silver, the effect was real.

If the Spanish government also had so much silver and so many shells to squander, could the Dutch still make waves?

But without ifs, the Spanish government really didn't have so much money and shells for the army to squander.

In fact, eight years before Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty did not have so much silver for the army to squander, and even the equipment of the Ming army was not as good as the equipment of the Spanish army.

But just like the words that Emperor Chongzhen heard in later generations, all problems that can be solved with silver are not called problems.

With a large number of corrupt officials being raised pigs, and then raiding their homes and beheading, and then adding a large amount of commercial taxes to flow into the treasury under the deterrence of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and because the business of Fushou Paste has taken off, silver is not a problem.

When you don't have money, you have to pretend to be a grandson when you should pretend to be a grandson, and you have to be hearty when you should be careful, but when you have money, you can naturally be willful.

Now Emperor Chongzhen and the Ming treasury are very rich, and if you have money, you can naturally be willful.

Seeing that Sánchez had not said anything for a long time, Acuña asked tentatively, "Your Excellency the Governor?" ”

Sanchez, who had just come back to his senses, smiled indifferently and said: "I'm fine, pass the order, the first line of defense will retreat five miles, give way to them, and let those barbarian troops of the Ming Kingdom land."

The second line of defense at the back is stretched forward, as close to the first line of defense as possible. The third line of defense stretched forward five miles behind the second line of defense. ”

Seeing Acuña's curious look, Sanchez explained: "Through the shelling of those Ming barbarians just now, I found that their cannon has a maximum range of about ten miles.

After the first line of defense had retreated five miles, the guns on their ships could no longer support the artillery of their landed infantry, and at best allowed their infantry to establish positions on the seashore.

As for the second line of defense, it is to prevent these barbarians from relying on the advantage of being outnumbered and breaking the first line of defense. ”

Acuña said, "Then the third line of defense is five miles from the second line of defense, which is the worst plan?" ”

Nodding, Sanchez said: "Yes, if the first and second lines of defense collapse, then relying on the third line of defense, we can support for a while and build a new line of defense, once the third line of defense is too close to the second line of defense, it is possible to be continuously broken through by those barbarians, then our rear will become a beautiful woman who has been stripped naked." ”

On the flagship where Zheng Zhilong was, Zhao Qing felt that his heart was dripping with blood - so many cannonballs were shot out, but they were all white flowers! This should have been the emperor's, but in just a while, it's all gone!

But I have to admit that Zheng Zhilong's approach is right.

Just now, when the Francophone manned shore defense cannon exploded, Zhao Qing had already understood that Zheng Zhilong's approach was correct.

If these shore defense guns are not cleared first, once the battleship approaches the sea and ascends the throne, it will not only be dangerous for the landed soldiers, but also for the battleship.

In this way, a lot of silver has been saved, but how to explain to the emperor after returning has really become a big problem.

What's more, having been in the army for a long time, Zhao Qing also understands that the training of a qualified naval non-commissioned officer is far from being as easy as that of a guard soldier, and there are simply too many things to say!

The simplest one, the guards don't care if they can swim, and the navy soldiers can't swim is!

This alone has to wipe out a large number of people, and then you have to complete the training of various subjects before you can become a qualified naval sergeant.

There is too much time and silver to spend in the middle, so you can understand why the emperor would attach so much importance to the lives of these Qiu Ba and not care about the silver.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong didn't know that Zhao Qing had thought of such a mess in such a short period of effort, but instead instructed his own soldiers: "Order, Fuyuan, Weiyuan, Weiyang, Wuwei, Zhenwei will call in front of the port, and three rounds of artillery will cover!" Send an order to the guys at the guard station and tell them to get ready to land! ”

After receiving the order conveyed by Zheng Zhilong's personal soldiers, Shen Zhenjiang rubbed his hands with a smile and said, "Brothers, get ready, come to a big deal!" ”