242 Hui
The gunners in the harbor fort were almost all composed of local armed mercenaries, and they suffered casualties after only one round of shelling.
Moments later, another volley was fired, and the Announcer Harbor was reduced to the wreckage of the fortress built by the Portuguese themselves under only two rounds of shelling, and it was no match for their own firepower.
The East India Combined Fleet is in high spirits!
Only this fleet is worthy of the word invincible!
Without waiting for the flagship's order, the battleship had turned its rudder towards the port of Anwen and prepared to land, because there was nothing left in the port worthy of bombardment, and even the defenders had fled.
"They really ran away, Commander." The lieutenant of the Manuel was also emotional, "Give the order to land." ”
"It's inevitable that something is going too well...... Debraganza still maintained his last composure, "Sagaru, Yang Changfan shouldn't be such a vulnerable enemy, right?" ”
"I'm just a businessman......"
The adjutant persuaded on the side: "Commander, maybe Yang Changfan is strong, but there is no doubt that our fleet is even stronger. Maybe we only need five ships to retake Ambon, but the commander took his opponent too seriously and assembled all the ships of the East Indies! Such a result is a matter of course! Just like we do against all enemies! Maybe it's just that Sha Jialu's description of Yang Changfan is too exaggerated! ”
"Hmm......" Debraganza looked around, still did not find the shadow of half a battleship, he could not think of any possible strategy, at this time, the only thing worth worrying about was probably the fleet of Huiwangfu sailing towards Malacca. Of course, perhaps the fleet simply didn't have the guts to sail to Malacca and just fled back to Manila.
"Land, take back what belongs to us."
The flagship of the general attack was revealed, and dozens of warships turned their rudders at the same time, sailing towards their familiar port of Ambon, reclaiming their territory and washing away the shame of the past.
The port of Ambon was located on the inner side of a semicircular bay, and the Portuguese fleet had also spread out in a semicircle in the bay during the previous bombardment, and they had gathered together again in the harbor for landing.
When it was close enough, in Anwen City, a landmark fireworks cannon of the Huiwang Mansion rose to the sky, without wind and fog, and the red fireworks were enough to be seen clearly dozens of miles away.
"What's that......" Debraganza squinted at the red smoke in the sky.
"Give the city a signal to flee." The adjutant said disdainfully.
Before he could finish speaking, the Manuel suddenly shook violently like never before, the kind of violent shaking that not even the storms of Africa bringed.
Debraganza grabbed the railing with one hand and crouched down to avoid being thrown out, while Sagaru was completely planted on the deck.
Debraganza quickly got up and looked around in surprise, seven or eight battleships were already emitting smoke, and there were still shells falling on the battleships or in the sea one after another, shaking and throwing them aggravated.
"What's going on!!!" Debraganza roared angrily.
Sagaru lay on the deck, struggling to crawl towards his own side where he had cover.
The adjutant grabbed the railing and shook and ran in front of Debraganza: "Commander! There's no way around it! Forced landing! ”
Surprised, it was another round of cannonballs falling from the sky.
Cries of pain and howls of horror echoed in Ambon Bay, and on the seriously damaged warships, some people had already abandoned their ships and jumped into the sea, and dozens of warships no longer had the slightest regularity and order, and many of them began to turn around with all their might, dodging shells that did not know where they came from, and at the same time, they had to dodge each other, and the fleet in the bay was like an ant's nest that had been smashed.
This time, Debraganza saw clearly that the shells were coming from all the places along the coast of Ambon Bay, except for all parts of the port!
From the woods, from the woods, from the sand!
The firepower is so powerful, so dense!
Even denser than the shelling of the port!
"Five hundred...... No...... There are at least seven hundred ......" Debraganza shouted as he looked at Shagaru with a trembling look, "Why? ”
Sagaru had already ducked to the corner of the deck and knelt down with his head in his arms, for fear of being accidentally injured by something.
"Commander! Commander! The adjutant shouted anxiously, "Give the order quickly." ”
There was a heavy muffled sound in front of them, and the two Portuguese warships turned their rudders in panic and fled, and they collided together in a panic.
"Is there anything else that must be ordered?" Debraganza said in a trembling voice.
When the adjutant heard this, he immediately shouted: "Retreat!! Fall back!!!! ”
On the top floor of the Governor's Palace, Yang Changfan and Xu Wenchang also saw this scene clearly.
"You see, they don't have experience in everything." Xu Wenchang smiled, "At least, they won't lose the battle." ”
"Do you need experience to defeat a battle?"
"Of course, for example, our Zhejiang soldiers are very good at defeating battles." Xu Wenchang said with a smile, "Seeing that the situation is not right, when you run away, you are staggered, the young and the old are different, the villagers support each other, everyone can run away, and no one will be injured, and they run very quickly, it is the Qi family army, the Yu family army, and the most elite cavalry army guarding the border pass in the north. ”
"Hahaha, so there is merit in saying that Zhejiang soldiers also have merit?"
"Naturally, defeating a battle must also be level, and Francois has never suffered a defeat, and he doesn't know how to deal with it or how to escape. Oh, for them, how it should be to retreat"
There was another salvo in the bay, more than ten Portuguese battleships had sunk, the rest were damaged, and the sail of the flagship was also blasted out of a black hole, Yang Changfan clearly saw that the flagship also began to turn the rudder and escape, completely giving up the landing.
It's a pity that he doesn't have a ship to pursue.
"As the military advisor said, those who defeat the Franc machine will also have the Franc machine." Yang Changfan sighed, "Weakness is not the enemy of survival, arrogance is, they believe in themselves too much, if they also send a small group of warships to test when they land, or simply choose to land somewhere else, it will be difficult for us to deal with it." ”
After a few volleys, the surrounding artillery needed to be cooled to prevent explosions, and the Portuguese fleet escaped the range of most of the artillery, and all that was left in the bay was seven or eight sunken warships and a navy desperately swimming out.
In Ambon City, there were wild cheers, not only the soldiers of the Huiwang Mansion who were ambushed here and ready to ambush, but also countless local residents, who had been enslaved and slaughtered by Franji for many years, finally saw Franji for the first time and suffered defeat, it was a real defeat, and the cheers were thunderous.
The locals didn't know what to shout, they only knew the pronunciation of the man on the flag H.
“Hui!!!”
“Hui!!!”
So the sergeants also followed this shout, and the prestige of the "Emblem" army resounded throughout the South Seas from then on. (To be continued.) )