Maybe it was the stupid new sailor who made a mess that caused the concubine to be at home all the time, but in short, the wind direction and strength on the sea have always been very stable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info this naturally makes the distance between the Spaniards and Li Dazui's whaling ship closer and closer. By about two o'clock in the afternoon, the distance between the two sides had approached about a kilometer.

"Shoot a warning to them and stop the ship immediately!" Nelson ordered.

In the bow of Nelson's ship, the USS Arrogance, there are two 12-pounder cannons, arranged on either side of the bow mast. At sea, firing at a target a kilometer away with artillery was almost a sound under the technical conditions of the time. If you want to hit accurately, the difficulty is comparable to a hole-in-one golf ball.

But what Nelson needed at this time was not a direct hit, but a warning to the whaling ship ahead.

Two cannons fired one after the other, and the cannonballs crossed the whaling ship with a rumbling whistling sound and landed on the sea in front of the whaling ship, splashing two columns of water. However, the whaling ship remained unmoved, and continued to speed up, and more barrels were thrown into the sea.

But the Spanish ships were still approaching rapidly, and at this time a faint shout came from the Spanish ship: "Listen to the whaling ship ahead, you have no way to escape, immediately lower the sails and surrender, the Spanish Navy guarantees the safety of your lives." ”

Obviously, it was a Chinese who shouted on the Spaniard's warship.

"Dog traitor!" Standing at the stern of the boat, Li Dazui spat viciously into the sea.

"Captain, what shall we do?" The first mate asked, and many sailors also turned their eyes to Li Dazui.

"What to do? Keep running! Li exclaimed, "Do you really believe what those Spanish barbarians say?" You have forgotten what those Spanish barbarians were back then...... They are all bastards who deceive the dead and don't pay for their lives, how many people believe them, and the whole family dies! Ignore them and keep running, maybe the wind will change in a moment. ”

Spaniards don't count when they talk, and they like to deceive people, which is the consensus of everyone on board. Sailors had also learned a little bit about the history of the Tessians when they were training in seafaring. And when Zheng Sen arranged for someone to talk about this history, he talked a lot about the things that the Spaniards did in South America. After declaring war with the Spaniards, they trumpeted the black history of the Spaniards in South America. Therefore, among the residents of Taiwan today, the Spaniards have no credibility, and it is about to become common sense that they are not trustworthy.

"Fuck who believes the bullshit of the Spaniards on dog days!" A sailor shouted, "Whoever the wants to be a traitor, Lao Tzu hacked him to death!" ”

"Yes, it's really not good, when the dog gets on the boat, the old men set the boat on fire and burns them to death!" One of the sailors shouted.

Today's newly trained sailors have also been brainwashed by some nationalism, although the degree of brainwashing is not as good as that of the model army, but they are still very resistant to surrender or something.

So, the whaling ship did not pay attention to the shelling and shouting of the Spaniards and continued to move forward.

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"Change the chain bombs, let's paralyze them first!" Nelson looked at the stubborn whaling ship and gave such an order.

The first to fire were the two guns in the bow, and by this time the two sides were much closer, and they could already shoot more effectively. However, the wind at sea seemed to increase a little, and the ship was jolting a little harder, so the two shells missed again.

At this time, the sky also began to change, and a large cloud mixed with faint lightning rushed from behind. The fleet of the Spaniards was also getting closer and closer to the whaling ships.

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"Mazu bless, Mazu bless! Catch up with this storm! For the first time since he began sailing out to sea, Li Dazui waited for the storm to catch up with his ship. This is because once they are involved in a storm, whether it is the ship of the Spaniards or the whaling ship of Li Dazui, they will be busy saving themselves in the storm, but they are afraid that at that time, no one will care about shelling the other side (in the storm, the ship is so turbulent that it is impossible to hit the opponent at all). And in a storm, everyone's ability to sail will drop to a mess, and at the same time, the vision will drop to a mess. Therefore, it is very likely that Li Dazui's whaling ship escaped the pursuit of the Spaniards under the cover of the storm.

Li Dazui knew this, and the Spaniards knew this, so when the storm appeared, Nelson immediately realized that he was facing a crisis.

If the pursuit continues, trying to capture this whaling ship, then the entire formation will most likely be swept up in the storm. No one can guarantee what kind of losses the fleet will suffer in the storm. In this day and age, even the strongest and greatest ships are just as vulnerable to the forces of nature. Capturing the whaling vessel may have involved several risks of damage or even capsizing. And if the whaling ship is abandoned at this time, the fleet still has a good chance to avoid the storm. But just let go of this piece of fat that has reached the mouth, this is really ......

However, Nelson did not hesitate, he immediately gave the order: "Port side gun incendiary shells ready." ”

Nelson was going to take the fleet past the whaling ship and at the same time deliver a round of strikes to the ship with incendiary bombs. The whaling vessel was filled with flammable whale oil, which, once ignited, would not have been extinguished even by torrential rain. Then the ship will definitely be finished, so naturally there is no need to worry that the ship will go back to report the news of the Spanish fleet in this area.

The approaching storm makes the wind stronger, and in tailwind conditions, the schooner gains more speed and acceleration. So, Nelson's fleet quickly caught up with Li Dazui's whaling ship and was in a parallel position to him.

"Ready to shoot!" Nelson ordered.

The Spanish gunners poured the gunpowder into the bore, pressed it firmly with a ram, and then stuffed a wooden plug slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the muzzle into the muzzle, and pushed it to the end with the ram, and then someone poured the primer into the powder pool, and it was the turn to load the incendiary bomb.

In later generations, incendiary bombs were available in various types, simple and inexpensive coagulable gas. Oil. Bombs, vicious white phosphorus bombs, thermite incendiary bombs that can burn through steel and concrete, are dazzling. But in this day and age, the incendiary bomb is much simpler, it is just a big iron ball that has burned red. The ball was shot through a cannon into the enemy's cabin, and could then ignite the timber that made up the ship, or the flammable cargo.

The ship was very turbulent, but in the first salvo, an incendiary bomb hit the whaling ship of Li Dazui. The shell hit the bow of the ship, it pierced the plank, then it turned around, it hit the bow mast diagonally, it jumped again, it landed on the deck, then it jumped, it hit the low aft, it bounced back and it landed on the deck, and then there was smoke on the deck.

"It's an incendiary bomb! Extinguish it! The sailor shouted, and one of the sailors poured a large vat of seawater on it, and a white mist rose at once.

"These damn guys!" Lee scolded with a big mouth, and he immediately understood the plans of the Spaniards, who did not have time to capture them, so they intended to set fire to his ship with incendiary bombs, which were filled with flammable whale oil and were very vulnerable in front of incendiary bombs.

"Quick, get ready for lifeboats! Bring the fresh water to the deck! Li Dazui gave such an order as he rushed over to take the helm himself. He knew that it was impossible to completely escape the Spaniard's incendiary attacks, and that if an incendiary bomb hit the hold and hit the barrels filled with whale oil, the entire whaling ship would be hopelessly burned into a large flare. The flame of whale oil cannot be extinguished even with more water. So he had to be ready to abandon ship at once. And once on the lifeboat, the most important thing is fresh water, there are no islands in this generation, even if they escape in the fire and storm, it is not the same as getting out of danger. Maybe they will have to float at sea for a long time, and at this time, fresh water is extremely important.

The boatswain rushed into the cabin with a few sailors, and by this time the "Arrogant" had rushed to the front of the whaling ship, and the Spanish battleship that followed it was gradually moving into the firing position - it took time to prepare the incendiary bombs, and it would take a lot of time to burn a twelve- or eighteen-pound shell red. And now time is very precious, and the Spaniards have no time to waste.

The boatswain came out of the cabin carrying a large wooden barrel, which was needless to say full of fresh water. He was followed by several sailors, all carrying the same barrels, who ran towards the small boat on deck, intending to put the fresh water on the boat.

At this time, Li Dazui noticed that the gun window of the Spanish ship now parallel to his ship had been opened, and the muzzles of the cannons had been pushed out, and it was obvious that a new round of shelling was about to begin. Li Dazui immediately pulled the steering wheel and tried to make a sharp turn in order to avoid the shelling of the enemy ships, or at least to increase the difficulty of the enemy ships' shelling.

However, despite Li Dazui's best efforts, luck was not on his side in this round of shooting, and several shells hit his whaling ship, one of which directly penetrated the side plank and entered the cargo hold, and then smoke came out of the gap in the deck, apparently, the whale oil in the cargo hold had been ignited.

"Ring the bell! Abandon ship! Li shouted with a big mouth. Not to mention that under the current conditions of constant enemy shelling, even under normal conditions, the possibility of keeping the ship can be saved even if the whale oil in the cargo hold burns up.

At this time several more sailors came up from the cabin, and one of the sailors was still on fire in one of his trousers. As soon as the sailor ran onto the deck, he jumped into the sea with a "plop".

The sailors hurriedly lowered the boat, and by this time the Spaniards had stopped shelling and began to turn, trying to avoid the approaching storm with all their might. At this time, red flames had already emerged from the cabin through various cracks.