It was the first time that Zheng Yiguan had commanded an artillery battle of this magnitude, and he used a clairvoyant mirror to carefully observe the city of San Salvatore on the island of Xiasheliao.

The Dry Wax people were very good at choosing a site to build a castle, and the castle built on the hill could avoid most of the bombardment of naval guns at sea.

If you want to destroy the castle with all the guns, you need to have the battleship rush to the entrance of Chicken Coop Bay under cannon fire and shoot. Such a counter-fire would be a disaster for the battleship.

If you want to shoot at sea, you can only have the narrow, pointed bastions on the side as the point of attack, and even if you destroy this, you can't destroy the entire fortress.

Coupled with the cooperation of the warships in the harbor, the small chicken coop bay has become an excellent port that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Changxing Army had already prepared for this, and the navy only needed to destroy the sharp corners of the fortress, and the rest would be left to the army to solve.

As long as they can block the entrance to the harbor and block the ships in Chicken Coop Bay, when the army occupies the city of San Salvador, they will only surrender and be sunk.

Therefore, Sheliao Island has become the key to seizing Jilong Bay, and the Changxing Army has also focused on it. However, the cautious Zheng Yiguan did not fully believe the results of the investigation, and he set up a position outside Sheliao Island.

If the dry silk people in Chicken Coop Bay want to rush out and sneak attack, he will also be prepared. Caution is the guarantee of Zheng Yiguan's rampant sea, and this time his caution still made him reap the report.

As soon as his formation was opened, one after another sailed out of the Glen galleons from the inside of Chicken Coop Bay. Although most of them were armed merchant ships, they also scared Zheng Yiguan out of a cold sweat.

If you come up and ignore the storming of Sheliao Island, you will definitely be caught off guard by the enemy ships rushing out of the harbor.

Temporary change of formation is a big taboo, even if you can take Jilong Bay, you will suffer heavy losses, and you will not be able to cope with the counterattack of the dry wax people.

In the city of San Salvador, Valdes used a clairvoyant mirror to observe the provocative enemy, and his first impression was that the Dutch had arrived.

But the flag hung was very different from that of the Netherlands, and he had never seen the blue flag of the sun and moon. Moreover, there were only two Dutch battleships with big bellies among the enemy ships, and the rest of the Galen ships were flat on the deck, and there was no first and no bow and stern floors at all, and it was the first time he had seen a ship built entirely for speed.

Why would such a strange fleet attack Chicken Coop Bay? Could it be that the Dutch have found allies from somewhere? This is very detrimental to the interests of the dried silk people in Asia.

When he saw his ships out of Chicken Coop Bay one by one, Waldes nodded in satisfaction.

Although most of his troops were armed merchant ships, Valdes was confident that the experience of the Dry Wax would lead to victory in the war.

The two sides did not first explain their intentions before starting the fight, as the gentlemen did, and when they saw clearly that all the enemy ships were yellow-skinned Asians, they lost interest in negotiating.

And Zheng Yiguan is here to snatch Taiyuan Island, what else is there to talk about with the prey, if you want to talk about it, you will talk about it after the fight.

So as soon as the two sides met, they set up a position, and Gan Lasi put the three battleships in front. The Toledo, Alcalá, and Ceuta were all 400-ton warships, with 18-pound main guns, and 24 guns per ship second only to the Dutch in firepower.

Even in Europe, it was a powerful warship, second only to the Amsterdam that was engulfed by the storm and the Netherlands.

Now faced with the challenge of the Asians, the fleet commander decided to use three warships to penetrate the enemy's fleet. Disrupt the enemy's formation, and then the following armed merchant ships will take out the opponent.

Zheng Yiguan's Changxing Army was a consistent battle line against the enemy, and with battleships, it was even more necessary to adhere to this tactic.

The strength of the firepower doubled Zheng Yiguan's heart, and he couldn't help but let out a chuckle when he looked at the formation of the dry silk people.

"Brainless dry silk man!" Zheng Yiguan made an evaluation of the commander of the dried wax, and when he saw that he was a yellow-skinned Asian, he thought that he was a vulnerable guy, and the dry wax man was his stepping stone. I want to use the blood of the dried silk people to achieve the prestige of the god of war!

"Let's attack!" The commander of the Dry Wax on the Toledo gave the order, and it seemed to him that the Asians would not have fiddled with the Galen ship at all.

Even if the Asians build the Galen ship in imitation of the cat, as long as they get close to the enemy and flexibly intersperse with the enemy, they will definitely make the enemy's formation chaotic.

With the order given, the battleship of the Ganlasi people spread its sails and rushed towards the Changxing fleet.

When the enemy had just entered Sili, Zheng Yiguan ordered the artillery to be fired. "Rumble!" The sound of cannons resounded across the sea, and the battleships of the Changxing Army emitted large clouds of smoke, and hundreds of shells hit the fleet of the Gan Wax people.

Rodriguez, the commander of the Gan Wax People, couldn't help but laugh when he saw the Changxing army firing so far away. In his opinion, it is a complete waste of ammunition to not hit at all so far away, and it is a sign of cowardice.

Real naval battles need to be a mile away, and such a close-range confrontation is what a man should do.

He stood on the aft tower and shouted at his crew, "Boys! The yellow-skinned monkey is timid, show your courage and let this group of Orientals see what real naval warfare is! ”

Rodriguez's shout made the sailors on the whole ship roar loudly with excitement, and their excitement drove the entire fleet, and they turned on the top speed and rushed towards the Changxing army.

Zheng Yiguan saw the enemy rushing over and did not let the fleet move, but still let the naval guns continue to bombard the enemy ships. Such a long distance is indeed a bit far for the Changxing Army, but it is not impossible to hit.

Hundreds of shells covered the past, and there were always a few that hit the target. The 18-pounder and 24-pounder guns, even if they lose a lot of kinetic energy in flight, can still penetrate the enemy's shipboard.

If you can fight a few more rounds, why rush to hand-to-hand combat? Isn't that stupid? It was with this in mind that Zheng Yiguan let the fleet start shelling from such a distance.

As the Dry Wax men rushed into Sanli, a cannonball landed a kilometer away from the Toledo. The high splash of water drenched Rodriguez's shirt, and he was stunned as he watched the disappearing jet.

To be able to shoot such a high column of water at such a distance is definitely the effect of a heavy artillery of more than 18 pounds, can it be said that the enemy's ship not only looks bigger, but also does not lose to its own artillery?

In this case, the outcome of this battle is difficult to predict. There is a great element of chance in naval battles, and the devil knows which side God is on today!

In the unlikely event that the enemy is unlucky and hits at close range, the Toledo will not escape the fate of being destroyed.

Just as he was stunned, the first mate ran over. He handed the clairvoyant mirror to Rodriguez and said, "Captain! Look at it, it's the Dutch Amsterdam! ”