The sea breeze in early November has already warmed a little, especially in the already hot Peruvian region, where the East Coast Navy members who are fashionable and dressed in thick coats from Baleen Whale Harbor have now changed into their summer short-sleeved naval uniforms...... Read the latest and most complete novels

6 Ming sat at his desk in the captain's room, and the orderly spread a large snow-white towel on the table, and then brought up the supper for tonight. At this time, it was already two o'clock in the middle of the night, and 6 Ming felt a little hungry, so he decided to eat something and go to sleep. Naturally, the food and drink could not be compared with that at home, but the kitchen still produced the most sumptuous supper in the present conditions: freshly grilled horse mackerel, which was abundant off the coast of Chile to Peru, and which had been caught by the sailors of the navy who had been watching the Spaniards outside the coast in small boats for the past two days; In addition, there is cold noodles with sea bream and mushroom sauce, and a small bottle of local red wine from Chile - it tastes good.

6 Ming first ate the fresh grilled fish slowly, and after eating, he picked up the porcelain bowl, poured some pepper, sesame oil and sour vinegar into it, mixed it and ate it in a leisurely manner. The orderly added a lampshade to the whale oil candle, which made the room brighter.

After eating supper, 6 Ming rinsed his mouth with water, then poured himself a glass of Chilean red wine, prepared to drink two glasses and fall asleep on the cool sea breeze at night. Unexpectedly, at this time, a fire suddenly lit up on the sea in the distance, and then there was a rumbling sound.

"Where's the sound of the cannon?" 6 Ming jumped out of the captain's room with an arrow, and then stood by the fence and looked at the place where there was movement. It was pitch black, and I couldn't really see it. In addition, there was some fog on the sea at this time. It's even more unclear what to give birth to.

"Sir. That's probably the traffic boat we sent there at the signal. Adjutant Jiang Yaohui put away the binoculars, and then said in an uncertain tone: "We have sent a total of nine transport boats to patrol that sea area, so as to see the movements of the Spaniards as soon as possible. Each dinghy was equipped with a 4-pounder small-caliber gun, which was fired as a warning if the Spaniards showed signs of leaving the port. The sound of the muzzles and the light of the fire can be heard far away at night, which allows us to react immediately. ”

6 Ming nodded and did not speak. Ten minutes later, a signal came out from another area. Although the fire from the muzzle of the cannon was obscured by the thickening sea fog, everyone still saw the faint orange flames, and of course, the sound of the cannons.

There was no doubt that the convoys cruising off the coast of Callao were out to sea with the Spanish navy, and it seemed that there was more than one boat, because the sound of the guns came from two great distances.

"Get into battle now! Someone was sent to inform the other two warships in a small boat that, in accordance with the regulations for night combat navigation, they would gather their formation and follow the flagship. 6 Ming decisively gave the order. Adjutant Jiang Yaohui did not hesitate, only to see him immediately run to the warning bell. The alarm was violently sounded, and then the officers of the various areas of the ship immediately blew the brass whistle hanging around their necks. The resting sailors rushed out of their cabins and rushed to their posts.

Half an hour later, the first transport boat rowed back. An old naval non-commissioned officer who led the team reported to 6 Ming that he had seen "at least" Spanish ships off the coast of Callao, and because of the fog he could not see whether they were transports or warships, and the Spanish ships were neither lit nor moved, but his intuition told him that the Spaniards were leaving the harbor in a big way, so he immediately warned him. Ten minutes after his warning, a traffic boat hundreds of meters to the south also fired a warning gun, which further confirmed his judgment.

Following the direction described by the non-commissioned officer, 6 Ming immediately ordered the ships to adjust their course and go straight north of Callao. After the "10 August" sorted, the "Cadiz Rock" and the "East Coast" also lit up all the lights on the ship, increased the output of the steam engine, and rushed over.

It was difficult to discern direction in the dark, and the fear of running aground in unfamiliar waters took nearly half an hour for the three warships on the east coast to cautiously sail there and capture a Spanish ship on the spot. The Spaniards had apparently seen the tall silhouette of the ship on the east coast, and by this time the two sides were so close that they could even hear the shouts of the crews on each other's decks.

"Fire!" Seeing that the fog on the sea was getting thicker and thicker, the anxious 6 Ming decisively gave an order. In the darkness, I don't know how many Spanish transports are fleeing at a rapid pace. Fuck, these turtle grandsons are so cunning enough to pick such an opportunity to break through at night. At this time, I can't see clearly at sea, no matter what, catch one is one, and fight to the death first.

The double-deck battleship "August 10th", with a total of 3o guns on one side, opened fire at the order of the gunner, and the scene was magnificently like a splendid oil painting. Orange-red flowers bloomed one after another at the muzzle of the gun, and the whistling projectiles hit the helpless transport ship, creating terrifying wounds one after another. The Spanish sailors on the transport, cursing desperately at the East coasters, fought back weakly with muskets or a few small-caliber copper cannons, but their heroic deeds were doomed to be futile, for most of the projectiles they shot fell into the sea.

The "10 August" did not stop after passing from the side of the transport, but continued to move diagonally to the right front, for she had a new target, which appeared to be a four-masted battleship. This is a little exciting, the Spaniards have one four-masted ship among the many ships in Peru, and that is the flagship of the Peruvian fleet, the "San Lorenzo"! Catch up and kill her!

The "San Lorenzo" also appeared on the "10 August," and I saw that the large battleship, which had been passively avoiding the battle, did not dodge at this moment, but tried to meet the battleship "10 August" with sidepower after turning in the southeast wind. 6 Ming could not let her get her wish, only to see the "10 August" turn to the left rudder, lightly turn to the west-north, sail for a while, and then rush to a place about four or five hundred meters away from the "San Lorenzo", only to see the starboard guns under the order of the officer6 continue to fire, and the bow of the "San Lorenzo" was in disarray.

At this time, the "San Lorenzo" could only meet the enemy with two guns in the bow, and it was completely unable to wield its own firepower, and it was so depressed that it could not do it. However, with pure sail power, it was difficult for her to turn quickly when the southeast wind was blowing, and she could only watch as the battleship "August 10", which had almost already lowered most of its sails, slowly and methodically cleaned its bow with all its side guns.

Twenty minutes later, the "Rock of Cádiz" rushed up and prepared to take care of the "San Lorenzo" with the "August 10th", but 6 Ming immediately sent people to take a transport boat to give the order: search for the Spanish transport ships everywhere, attack as soon as they are present, and if the enemy is willing to surrender, he can send the 6th Army on board to take over, and if he is unwilling to surrender, all of them will be sunk.

Fifteen minutes after the Rock of Cádiz had departed, the Doctrine of the East Coast had slowly approached, having just sunk the Spanish transport, and then hurried to this side, ready to join the flagship. Unexpectedly, when it was only a few hundred meters away from the flagship, two Spanish ships suddenly appeared in the dense fog on both sides, one of which was a three-masted battleship, and it was almost certainly the "Countess Alfonso" with a full load displacement of more than 8oo tons and 4o guns (mostly small and medium-caliber); The other one is a bit more difficult to think about, this is a brig, and it seems that it may be one of the two ships that had been wounded by the East Coasters a while ago and returned to Callao.

In a rare show of courage at this point, the two ships did not retreat half a step, but wrapped their way to the left and the right, and then fired with their broadside guns. Seeing this, Captain Huang Yang, the captain of the battleship "East Coast Doctrine", immediately ordered the right rudder to sail with full rudder in order to give priority to the envelope that the enemy might form, and at the same time to attack the weak-looking brig with his port guns, so as to defeat one enemy and avoid falling into a two-front battle. However, in this way, their purpose of reuniting with the flagship and then attacking the Spanish transport ship was defeated, which would inevitably increase the success rate of the Spanish transport ship in escaping.

In this way, the sea seven or eight nautical miles northwest of Callao fell into a scuffle under the cover of darkness and sea fog. Except for the battleship "Cadiz Rock", which was armed with 44 guns, and was still searching for and attacking the Spanish transport, the other two battleships were trembling. Although they had a great advantage in the engagement, they were unable to completely destroy the enemy for a while, which undoubtedly created good conditions for the escape of the Spanish transports.

At five o'clock in the morning, the battleship "Doctrine of the East Coast" finally sank the long-entangled Spanish brig, and at the same time got rid of the battleship "Countess Alfonso" that followed closely behind, and about a nautical mile east of the flagship bit another Spanish transport ship full of cargo and extremely deep draft. This small and medium-sized cargo ship with a cargo tonnage of no more than 200 tons was moving slowly at a voyage of less than 3 knots at this time, and after being bitten by the main battleship on the east coast and hit more than 10 shells, they decisively raised the white flag, and then greeted the 6th Army on the east coast to board the ship and take over the ship.

After thinking about it for a while, and learning that the cargo on board was full of valuable copper nuggets, Captain Huang Yang, the captain of the battleship "East Coast Doctrine," decided to escort the transport ship closer to the flagship "10 August" before making the next move. (To be continued......)

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