The new Ming warship will definitely meet it, which is expected by everyone, and there will not be much surprise. Therefore, when the Ming fleet put on a confrontational posture, the Spaniards did not feel anything.

However, the four battleships at the front of the Ming fleet, what the hell are they? Before the fight started, smoke began to come out and it caught fire?

Also, what is that warship, sails? The sails were eaten?

The reason for such doubts is that most of the warships in the Ming fleet are all Western-style sail warships. However, the front one is just the most ordinary sail of the Ming Kingdom, and it seems very rare.

"Haha, could it be that the commander of the Ming fleet wants these four broken ships to attract our attention, right?" The Spanish governor couldn't help laughing, and said to Filot, who was beside him, "Didn't you say that the fleet of the country is very powerful, and that's how they fight?" ”

Philott was also a little puzzled, in his impression, didn't the Ming army fight like this?

Thinking so, he used his telescope to carefully observe the four smoking warships at the front of the Ming fleet.

"Hey, Your Excellency the Governor, look, it sees...... As if ......" Philott suddenly saw a ghost, and made a fuss, "it seems to be a ship made of iron!" This...... This...... How is that possible? ”

The ironclad battleship that has just been launched is, of course, made of iron at a glance. However, one of the four ironclad warships in the Ming fleet today is the first experimental warship, and it is also the one that has been to the Americas, repaired and maintained. The other two are the two that have been finalized, and the two that Emperor Chongzhen has boarded the battleship have been for a long time. The last one was built before the expeditionary force set off.

But no matter which ironclad battleship it is, it sets sail from Tianjin Port and travels across the Pacific Ocean, if it is still brand new and bright, there will be ghosts!

But, no matter what, it's an ironclad battleship after all, and it's not the same as a ship made of wood. If you look closely, you can definitely see it.

Hearing Filote's words, the Spanish governor didn't believe it at all, how could there be a ship made of iron!

However, when he heard that Philot was so surprised, he took up the telescope suspiciously and looked at it carefully.

After looking at it for a long time, he finally said in that unbelievable tone: "This ...... Don't really make iron, do you? But...... But how is this possible? ”

After looking at it for a while, the Spanish governor finally remembered something, and said in that categorical tone: "This must be wrapped in iron sheets, just to increase protection." It is...... What's the deal with that smoke? ”

He was not yet naïve, and the warships of the Ming Kingdom really caught fire before the battle began. If there is such a coincidence, it is impossible for four battleships to catch fire together, right?

If it was an arson ship, it would have started burning at such a distance. If this were the case, the enemy ship would not be burned at all, and it would have already burned itself.

If you don't understand, then there must be weirdness!

"Your Excellency the Governor, be careful!" Filot had a bad premonition and hurriedly reminded the Spanish governor.

Needless to say, the Spanish governor understood this.

……………………

They didn't know, but Sun Chuanting's side knew what it was when he saw the smoke coming out of the boat.

Originally, they were still very worried, but at this time, Sun Chuanting said in surprise: "Those four should be ironclad battleships, right?" ”

Although it sounded like he was asking, his tone was very affirmative.

When his guards heard this, they were all excited. There were four ironclad battleships, and they were relieved a lot.

"Daming is really rich, he built four ships at once. If you wait a few more years, it's not all ironclad battleships! How can this be fought? Anders couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, but between the words, he was very excited.

"Hey, the banner is Zheng, could it be that Zheng Zhilong is leading the army?" Sun Chuanting saw the banner clearly through the telescope, and he was happy in his heart, and said to himself.

Zheng Zhilong's ability at sea, that is definitely the first person in Daming. This point, even as a civil official of the feudal territory, Sun Chuanting also admits it.

Anders naturally knew it, and after taking a closer look, he immediately agreed: "The commander of the Ming Dynasty surnamed Zheng must be Zheng Zhilong's general army. It's great, we've won this battle! ”

There were ironclad battleships, and countless other warships, and the mighty sea was full of ships of the Ming army. Although he is tired from crossing the ocean, his strength is here.

Thinking about this, Sun Chuanting immediately ordered to change his tactics, no longer in a hurry to rescue the army, but to eat a big bite!

………………

Slowly, in the Pacific Ocean, fleets are getting closer and closer to each other. On the Ming side, with four ironclad warships as spearheads, they rushed directly to the middle of the Spanish fleet, preparing to break them off and break them individually.

In this way, the requirements for arrows are very high. If it is not hard enough, it will not break through the enemy fleet, but it will be flanked by the enemy fleet and the arrow will be broken.

Although the soldiers of the Ming army have great confidence in the ironclad battleship, after all, this is the first time that the ironclad battleship has been put into battle, and they are still a little worried about whether the ironclad battleship will be as powerful as they imagined.

Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to be careless, and immediately commanded the follow-up fleet to keep up, so as not to drop the arrow too far to cover the back of the ironclad battleship.

On the Spanish fleet's side, facing four "iron-clad battleships" rushing over, even though their governor ordered to deal with them carefully, their warships did not pay much attention.

Even if it's wrapped in tin sheets, so what? Shelling at close range can not still smash it silently!

Under this thought, after getting closer, the Spaniards were even more surprised to find that these four Ming warships did not have guns in the flanking cabins, but only a few guns in the bow and stern, is this crazy?

At this time, regardless of whether the Ming army was crazy or not, anyway, their pressure was greatly reduced, and they made fun of these battleships one by one.

"The battleship with this artillery is embarrassed to rush over?"

"Is Ming Jun's brain all-eating? They don't know about naval battles, it's just who has more firepower! ”

"Brothers, clean up the Ming army ruthlessly and let them know what the invincible armada on the sea is like!"

“……”

Just as they were laughing vigorously, they suddenly heard a cannon boom, and then an iron bullet whistled and landed on the side of their warship, smashing a column of water into the sky.

This situation made them all shut up, and they all looked at the Ming warships in the distance with incredible feelings.

At such a distance, they actually opened fire?

Damn, I hit shit luck, and I almost hit a battleship!

When they came to their senses, they all burst into laughter again.

The Ming army has few artillery, and there is no common sense of warfare, so how panicked is it to fire so far away? The Ming troops on those battleships shouldn't all be recruits, right?

Thinking of this, they laughed even more!

Even the Spanish governor and Filot, after seeing this, felt that the Ming army was nothing more than that. The previous worries were all superfluous.

But who knew that at this time, the four ironclad battleships that lined up and rushed past again let out an angry roar.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The whistling iron bullets struck again from afar.

"Bang bang" twice, and a salvo was seen, and two of the eight iron bullets hit two Spanish warships. One of the iron bullets smashed on the main flagpole of the battleship, broke and fell, with a huge sail, causing the Spanish sailors to take refuge in all directions.

Seeing this scene, almost all Spaniards were a little dumbfounded. Even the pirate fleet, which was preparing to make a detour in the back and wanted to intercept those ships that were bypassing and docking the Ming fleet, was a little dumbfounded to watch all this.

That's a bit of, isn't it? So far away, it was really shot by the Ming army's shit!

Naturally, they don't know that the guns equipped on ironclad battleships are rifled guns, whether it is range or accuracy, how can they be compared to smoothbore guns!

After the Spanish fleet was quiet for a while, they shouted and scolded, anyway, they were scolding them for being unlucky, why was the Ming army so lucky!

While scolding, they adjusted the battleship to make up for the lack of wounded battleships.

However, while they were still busy, they heard the roar of the Ming warship again.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

This time, it was a little worse than the last one, and only one Spanish battleship was hit.

But even so, the Spaniards, and the pirates, were once again dumbfounded.

If one is shit luck, the second time is still shit luck, will the third time be shit luck?

At this moment, the Spaniards all looked at each other, could it be that the artillery of the Ming army was really so powerful, right?

"Quick, accelerate, rush up, rush up!" The Spanish governor was a little angry, and he absolutely couldn't just be beaten and not fight back, because that would have too much impact on morale.

Only by rushing forward, the Ming warships did not have the advantage of range, and they could use the advantage in the number of artillery to sink the Ming warships.

This idea of his, the other Spaniards naturally have it. So, one by one, they manipulated the sails, used their twelve points of ability, and began to accelerate the battleship.

At this time, the Spaniards were worried that these four Ming warships with a long range would continue to take advantage of the range advantage and fire their guns while running, so they would be quite passive.

However, they are clearly overthinking. I saw that the four Ming warships not only did not retreat to keep their distance, but continued to rush towards them.

The Spaniards couldn't help but be overjoyed by this, and it would be the best.