280 Tough Battle
The shelling battle began, and the deafening sounds of the entire sea area were heard one after another. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The first to be injured was the battleship of the Huiwangfu, a battleship due to improper control, gradually detached from the one-line array, the lone army went deep, and was soon bombarded all over the body, the seamen abandoned the ship and fled, the surrounding warships saw this, and more desperately controlled the sails, and some warships even lowered their oars.
"It's not good...... Yang Changfan frowned, "Although they are sent to death together, everyone is afraid of dying faster than others, and they are all slowing down, so if they continue to do so, the battleship with normal speed will suffer instead." ”
"Do you want to go out early?" Xu Wenchang frowned and said, "It's still too far away......"
In the distance, Maddie smiled: "Ignorance is true." You see, their formation has begun to be chaotic, they were originally going to fight to the death, but now they have become afraid of fighting to the death, and this kind of discipline and control cannot be compared with the British at all. ”
Adria also gradually relaxed: "Sure enough, occupying the lower hand is a steady way to fight." ”
"Keep going like this, eat each other little by little."
Panic began to spread within the fleet of the Huiwang Mansion, and the previous battles were all blitzkriegs, and they were won almost without bloodshed. In the face of such a large-scale frontal battle, seeing that their own battleships were hit significantly faster than the other side, both the captain and the soldiers inevitably panicked, and more battleships began to slow down, hoping that at least they were not the one that sank first.
At this moment, the twenty seahorse ships in the rear of the fleet opened their oars at full speed, and Zhao Guangtou led the flagship of the seahorse ship to the last battleship that deliberately slowed down, and without hesitation, hit the side of the ship with an iron ramming angle, threw the oil tank fire, and set the ship on fire.
The rest of the ships were even more panicked, and Admiral Zhao was in a hurry and could really do anything.
After a little thought, the chance of dying under the enemy's shells was less than being hit and sunk by one's own fast horse boat, and the slowed down battleships had to speed up one after another to find the line of life and death.
Rushing in front of the line of life and death, it will be sunk by concentrated enemy artillery fire.
After falling on the line of life and death, he will be burned by Zhao Guangtou's clipper boat.
This invisible array line determines the life and death of every ship.
"Good!" Xu Wenchang said happily, "Admiral Zhao is not in danger!" Grab the bull by the horns! ”
Yang Changfan also turned from surprise to joy: "There was no such deployment before, and the bald head is also a battle!" ”
"Not bad! In the land battle, there is a supervising team that stabs in the back, and in the naval battle, we also have a seahorse ship! ”
In the distance, Adria saw a fire in the backyard of the enemy fleet, and was still snickering: "Hahaha! Is there already a traitor? It must have been arranged by Francisco! God bless Spain! ”
After a few minutes, his smile gradually subsided, the enemy fire gradually stopped, and the fleet array returned to a neat line, and the line of life and death showed a unique weirdness and order in such a chaotic battle.
"Very determined." Medina's expression was heavy and heavy, "Sacrifice a few warships to maintain the array, what a group of inhumane barbarians." ”
"Isn't war barbaric......
"It doesn't matter, our army has an absolute advantage in terms of battle damage. The enemy's battleships have already sunk 12, while only 2 of our troops have sunk, the rest are slightly damaged. If this is consumed, they will have to flee in a few hours, and then we will attack them with all our troops and eat them all. ”
Everything is as Medina expected, the Armada does have an advantage in battle damage, but this advantage is shrinking, with the stability of the life and death line of the Huiwangfu fleet, almost no more warships appeared, and no battleships fell, the two sides entered an almost fair and stable stage of attrition, the battle loss ratio gradually narrowed, and for every three sunk ships of the Huiwangfu fleet, the Spanish fleet will also pay the price of two warships.
At this time, no one dares to change the formation easily, every command may disrupt the formation and battle line, causing unimaginable consequences, only continue to consume so cruelly, you stab me, I stab you, see who can't hold it first.
Blood was dripping from the hearts of both managers.
The fleets of both sides are undoubtedly the elite of their own countries, and they continue to die in such a tragic way, and they cannot be stopped, and whether they win or lose, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
This continuous bombardment lasted from noon to afternoon, and the entire sea area had become a purgatory on earth, and everyone had gradually become numb from the initial nervousness, panic, and fear of death.
Reload, reload, fire, cool.
The soldiers repeated the process, not thinking about whether they could hit each other or whether they would be hit.
Whoever stops, loses.
At dusk, the Huiwangfu fleet lost nearly half, and the invincible fleet was also heavily damaged.
But almost at the same time, both sides used up all their ammunition.
Even if the maximum ammunition supply was achieved before the expedition, no one expected that the battle would last so long, and the non-stop shelling for half a day even caused dozens of artillery pieces to explode.
Finally, the bullet ran out.
The flagships of both sides are so close that they can almost see each other's managers.
The two managers are also faced with a common choice.
Whether it's a white-knuckle battle or a final battle, or just give up.
No one would be the first to retreat, for now they all believed that when the sails were adjusted, the other side would spare no effort to crash into the ship.
The Huiwang Mansion took the lead in turning the bow of the ship, and the line of life and death was finally broken, and the entire fleet drew an arc, as if preparing to withdraw from the battlefield. This would have been an impossible move, because in the process the formation was completely disrupted, and there was no doubt that it would be destroyed by the opponent's artillery.
But the other side is already out of shells.
The tired Governor Adria soon noticed this move, his pupils were already bloodshot, and the huge pressure and black smoke in his eyes made him almost collapse: "Duke, we ...... too"
"Governor, are you ready to face such a fleet again?" Every wrinkle on Medina's face was filled with coldness, "Kill them all!" Kill them all! It's a triumph of willpower! ”
Saint? The charge flag was hoisted on top of the USS Martin.
Far away bombardment is never the style of the Spanish Armada!
Go charge! Go Bang! Go hand-to-hand combat! Go conquer!
Let the enemies who try to escape be buried at the bottom of the sea forever!
The Spanish fleet finally moved, and the half-moon formation turned into several long snakes, launching a final charge against the enemy ships trying to escape.
This is the disadvantage of the upwind, when you want to run away, the direction of the wind is your worst enemy.
In the face of the pursuit of the Invincible Armada, the Huiwangfu fleet became more and more panicked, and the sunset and blood reflected the ocean into a purgatory-like color.
The Spaniards gave chase in full swing, and the black slaves in the bilge paddled hard under the threat of whips. (To be continued.) )