When the soldiers of the second platoon jumped from the side of the "Endeavour" to the Spanish battleship opposite, they were first fired upon by the Spaniards. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info At a very close distance, the two sides shoot at each other, and at this time, the advantage of the shotgun in the hands of the model army is particularly obvious, whether it is the hit rate or the lethal power, it overwhelms the flintlock pistol on the opposite side. What's even worse is that when the Spaniards finally survived the first round of shooting, they thought that the opponent had no bullets in their hands, and saw that the gun in the opponent's hand was shorter than their own, and there was no bayonet, so they rushed up with a bayonet, ready to bully others, but they didn't want to, the guns in their hands actually rang out again, so they fell down in a row again.

Such an unexpected blow not only killed many Spaniards, but also caused the morale of the remaining Spaniards to fall to the bottom. In fact, at this time, if the Spaniards still pounced without hesitation, the soldiers in the second platoon would never be able to fire the third shot, so they could only throw down the double-barreled shotgun in their hands and draw their waist knives to fight against the Spaniards' bayonets. And the waist knife, against the bayonet, is still a bit of a loss.

However, this round of shooting frightened the rest of the Spaniards. While they were hesitating, the warriors in the masts on the mainmast and the aft mainmast gave them another volley with flintlock pistols, which crackled and knocked down several Spaniards. At this time, the soldiers of the first platoon also rushed over with flintlock pistols with bayonets, and the two sides fought together with bayonets.

Bayonet battles are always the most dangerous and the most testing of the organization's organization and morale. The soldiers of the Model Army are divided into groups of three, covering each other, and each time one fighter always makes an attack to attract the attention of the opponent, and then the other fighter launches a lunge. And the Spaniards, because they had suffered losses in front of the shotguns in the second platoon, were already a little flustered and demoralized, and quickly lost the upper hand in the bayonet battle. At this time, the soldiers of the second platoon quickly loaded their bullets, and then rushed straight over, and at close range, under the protection of their own bayonets, they kept shooting and killing the Spaniards, and the Spaniards collapsed at once.

"Hold on! Resist! Jose shouted, he pulled out the handcuff on his waist, fired a random shot at the Chinese rushing in front, and then turned his head to Major General Duke: "General, you step back a little, it's too dangerous here." ”

General Duke was about to say something when he suddenly felt a sudden vibration under his feet, and at the same time there was the sound of cannon in his ears.

While the soldiers on both sides were fighting on the upper deck, the gunners in the gun compartments below were not idle. Everyone was busy reloading the cannons. At such a distance, both the 18-pounder guns on the "Endeavour" and the 24-pounder guns on the bottom deck of the Spaniards had enough power to tear apart the hulls of the opposing side. At this time, the rate of fire of the cannon will be very important. Prior to this, the "Endeavour" had already played a round first, and it stands to reason that the Spaniards had a good chance to fire first. However, the last shot of the "Endeavour" will definitely seriously interfere with the opponent's reloading, coupled with the silk medicine bag technology used by the Model Army, as well as their hard training, their reloading speed is already faster than the Spaniards, so the "Endeavour" still preemptively fired this round of volleys.

While the Endeavour fired this salvo, Roberto, the commander of the Spanish 24-pounder gun, was directing the soldiers to complete the loading of a 24-pounder gun. Just as he was about to insert the red-hot iron drill through the fire door, an 18-pounder shell fired from the "Endeavour" that was close at hand shattered the plank in front of him and struck in.

The shell did not hit Roberto, nor did it hit his cannon. However, when the shell pierced the ship's plank, it threw countless pieces of wood in all directions. Roberto felt something hit his chest violently, and he fell to the ground, and the iron hammer flew to the side.

Roberto woke up after a while, he felt a pain in his chest and no strength in his whole body. He laboriously reached out and touched his chest, where a very thick wooden stake was nailed, a fragment that had just flown out of the shattered rib. Roberto turned his head and looked in all directions, and in his field of vision, there were a number of people scattered around, and among these people, there were various fragments of human bodies. But his cannon was still intact, still standing, its muzzle pointed straight at the terrible Chinese warship opposite.

Roberto tried to look around again, but his vision became blurry, and he could only see very close. Still, he saw the iron drill that had fallen to the ground, and it was not far from him, and the top of it seemed to be a dull red.

Roberto struggled to prop up his upper body and stretched out his hand towards the iron drill, his middle finger barely reaching the handle of the iron drill. He took a deep breath and flicked the hammer with his middle finger, so that his ring finger reached it, and then ...... He finally got the iron chisel back in his hand.

With a lot of effort, Roberto's left hand touched the wheel of the cannon, he stretched his hand up, grabbed one of the earrings on the cannon, and then leaned on the cannon, he struggled to get up. He leaned his body half-on the hot cannon body, carefully looked for the fire door on the cannon body, and then moved the iron drill with great difficulty and aimed it at the fire door. Then he glanced out of the gun door, but he didn't see anything—his eyes couldn't see that far. Then he smiled and inserted the iron chisel in.

The cannon let out a deafening roar as it jerked backwards, knocking Roberto to the ground. If it weren't for the chain, the cannon would have been crushed directly from Roberto. But even a just impact is enough to kill. Roberto was knocked out of the way for several meters, fell to the ground, and immediately lost his breath.

By this time, on the upper deck, the Spaniards had retreated to the stern, and most of the rest was already under the control of the Model Army. The remaining Spaniards hid behind some crates and fired at the Model Army.

Just now, a Spanish frigate tried to come close to support, but the warship was stopped by another Chinese cruiser and an armed whaling ship. Rear Admiral Duke looked around, and he saw in despair that on the other side, a Spanish 2nd class battleship had already caught fire, while another Spanish 2nd class battleship was missing. Now, the Chinese warship, which was as big as the one on the other side, was slowly approaching......

"The big picture has been decided, and we are defeated." Although he was unwilling to admit this, Duke had to admit that there was no point in continuing to resist.

"Don't fight, let's surrender." Major General Duque said.

"Take stock of our losses." Having accepted the surrender of Rear Admiral Duke, Zheng Sen gave such an order to the entire fleet. Of course, the result of this battle was quite brilliant, and in the entire Spanish fleet, only one battleship of the second rank and two cruisers managed to escape, and the other battleships were either burned or captured. And among the captured battleships even included two battleships of the first rank.

However, the losses paid by the Zheng family's fleet were not small. Taking Zheng Sen's flagship "Endeavour" as an example, relying on a strong defense, the battleship suffered relatively small losses in the artillery battle, although she lost the foremast, but was only pierced by enemy artillery fire a few times, out of more than 40 cannons, only one was destroyed, and only four gunners were sacrificed. Compared to the miserable situation in the gun bays of the two battleships she was fighting, such losses were hardly worth mentioning. It was the sailors and soldiers on the upper deck who lost twenty people in the artillery battle

However, in the broadside battle, although the Model Army gained a clear advantage in the exchange ratio, they killed nearly 200 Spaniards, while they only paid the price of 22 killed and 45 wounded to varying degrees. But such losses were far greater than in previous naval battles.

Other ships, especially those with weaker defenses, suffered greater losses from enemy artillery hits during the battle. Even the "Brave", when viewed from afar, is scarred.

About an hour later, the statistics of the fleet came out. The "Brave" lost its rear mast, and the steering gear was damaged by enemy shells, and although it was barely usable for the time being after emergency repairs, it was best to go back and overhaul it. In addition, she was shot through four places in the artillery battle, killing twelve gunners and fifteen sailors, as well as marines. The losses of several other cruisers were not light, as for the armed whaling ship, the armed whaling ship "Blue Whale" caught fire during the battle, and although the fire was extinguished in the end, the ship was seriously damaged, and it is estimated that even if it could return to port, most of it would be scrapped, and the "Gray Whale" was hit by five shells, killing more than 30 people, and the remaining personnel were not even enough to control the ship. In the end, the overall statistics showed that in this battle, the Zheng family lost one hundred and twenty sailors, one hundred and eighty marines, and all the ships suffered considerable damage and urgently needed to go back for overhaul.

"Although we won this battle, although the losses of the Spaniards must be several times that of ours, but ......," Zheng Sen sighed, and couldn't help but think, "At least for half a year, it will be difficult for these warships of ours to appear on the battlefield again." And the battleship from which the Spaniards fled is not known to be damaged, and if this ship is barely able to go to sea to fight after simple repairs, then it seems that we really can't find a battleship that can deal with her on the ocean for the time being. Could it be that the outcome of this battle would be a brilliant victory, but the Spaniards would have won sea dominance for many months to come? ”