As the saying goes, the gun shoots the first bird, and the indomitable Zhang Zhijie's flagship was hit, and there was more than one cannon, but fortunately, the artillery of this era was not strong enough, and Zhang Zhijie's warship was strong enough, so the damage was not serious.

But even this frightened Feng Haisheng and Bai Yulan, the cannon has no eyes, and the Admiral is on the ship! Magnolia stood tightly beside the Admiral, listening to all directions, always on guard.

Zhang Zhijie's face was also a little pale, but he was quite calm, and now he had basically rushed over, and the next thing was to take over the battle!

At such a close distance, the artillery has lost its effectiveness, and Zhang Zhijie said sharply: "Arquebus preparation!" Free fire when you're in range! ”

The distance is getting closer and closer, and it will soon be within the range of the arquebus, compared to the evacuation of the artillery, the arquebus can be much denser, Magnolia didn't care whether the admiral agreed or not, and directly pulled Zhang Zhijie to cover.

Zhang Zhijie was not reluctant, it was a rain of bullets immediately, he was not stupid, how could he stand there and be the target of the Portuguese? It didn't take long for a crackling sound to start, followed by shouts and screams.

Although the melee combat had begun, the ship continued to move forward until it slammed into the side of a Portuguese ship. Zhang Zhijie's flagship ramming angle was specially reinforced, which directly tore the warship into a big hole, and the warship immediately began to sink slowly with a whirlpool.

At the beginning of the melee battle, Zhang Zhijie's warship suffered a loss, but soon the warships behind rushed up, and the arquebus was loud. The Portuguese were quickly suppressed.

This place is so close to the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Zhijie carries more soldiers on each warship than the Portuguese warships, although the advantage of artillery is not much stronger than that of the Portuguese, but the advantage of arquebuses is definitely a lot stronger.

At this time, the pressure on the flagship was greatly reduced, and the soldiers flicked the huge hook locks, and soon hooked up with a Spanish warship, the side of which was rapidly approaching, and by this time the arquebuses had lost their meaning, and only the most primitive white-knuckle combat remained.

This scene happened everywhere on the huge sea, because Zhang Zhijie's flagship took the lead in rushing to the Portuguese fleet, so the officers and men of the Daming Naval Division were greatly encouraged, so after the melee on the board, they all fought bravely.

The broadside battle is undoubtedly the most tragic way to play, once the two warships are on the side, they will inevitably have to divide your life and death, once the broadside is difficult for the weaker side to escape, either capture the opponent's ship, or be captured by the opponent's ship.

The Portuguese fleet roamed the seas, most of the time by virtue of superior artillery, and such hand-to-side battles rarely occurred. However, in today's situation, both sides are also forced to be helpless, because the artillery of both sides is very powerful, and the gains of continuing to bombard each other outweigh the losses.

So in the end a tragic battle broke out, and the Portuguese marshal did not feel afraid at first, because the Portuguese soldiers were all good at ocean voyages, experienced many storms and waves, and were very strong-willed.

So he wouldn't be timid when he encountered this kind of broadside battle, but what he didn't expect was that the morale of the other party was also very high, and what made him frown even more was that the other party not only had more warships than his warships, but also had more soldiers on the other side's warships than his soldiers.

The entire sea was in chaos, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and even the nearby sea was dyed red, in fact, the most relaxed on the entire battlefield was Zhang Zhijie's flagship. Although Zhang Zhijie's flagship was hit by a few shots, it was fine.

Once on the side, Zhang Zhijie's flagship immediately burst into great power, because Zhang Zhijie's flagship was full of good players, and it was very easy to capture the opponent's warship.

After killing the Portuguese on the shipboard and capturing the ship, Zhang Zhijie looked at the chaotic battlefield and couldn't help but be happy, because many Portuguese ships on the sea no longer had flags, which showed that they had been successfully captured!

The flagship of the Portuguese marshal did not rush into the station circle with Zhang Zhijie's flagship, let alone take the lead like Zhang Zhijie's flagship, the flagship of the Portuguese marshal was behind, and the Portuguese marshal at this time was already sinking like water, because although the situation on the battlefield could not be seen at a glance, but the general clues could also be seen!

In the broadside battle, they fell behind, and they had already lost a lot of ships, but the Ming Dynasty lost very few ships! They had a slight upper hand compared to the time of the shelling, and now they have reversed, and they have fallen behind.

At this time, the Portuguese marshal already regretted taking the broadside battle, but he didn't expect these Ming people to fight so bravely. He didn't know that these sailors of the Ming Dynasty had been trained by Zhang Zhijie for three years, and he didn't know that Zhang Zhijie, the commander of the Ming Dynasty, had taken the lead, and the flagship rushed forward in spite of the danger, which greatly inspired the officers and soldiers of the whole army.

Seeing that the ships were constantly being lowered under the flag of the Kingdom of Portugal, the Portuguese marshal's heart was cramping, which meant that he had lost another warship, and what made him even more frightened was that he had already lost a lot of warships.

Now he has understood that he has lost this naval battle, and it is a fiasco! Although he was very unwilling, very reluctant, and very unwilling to admit it, he was indeed defeated! Now his fleet has fallen into full disadvantage in the broadside battle.

He must make up his mind to gather the ships and withdraw from the battlefield! Although he did not want to face the defeat, he had to decide to retreat, because if he continued, he would not be able to leave, and his fleet would be completely wiped out!

The Portuguese marshal clasped his hands tightly and said in a deep voice: "Gather the warship and evacuate the battlefield!" The order was quickly conveyed, and the heralds immediately began waving their flags, and the words of the retreating flags were spreading. But how many warships were really able to get out of the war?

The Portuguese marshal gave the order to retreat, and the outcome of the battlefield was already completely clear. Because the Portuguese have lost their morale, their only thought at this time is to be able to evacuate the warship smoothly, instead of killing the other party and robbing the other party's warship.

The situation of the battle has been completely stabilized, and many warships have shown the courage of a strong man to break his wrist to quickly leave the battlefield. And the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty also noticed the changes in the Portuguese, and their morale became higher and more difficult.

Because they already know that they are going to win this sea battle! The warships that broke out of the battle continued to retreat to the flagship of the Portuguese marshal, and finally gradually detached from the battlefield, at this time Zhang Zhijie also ordered to block, and many warships saw that their side had gained momentum, and began to withdraw and gather to prepare to block.

(End of chapter)