Chapter 151: Encounter
"Captain Pock, it's almost dead on the other side. Our shells have already hit them beyond their means! The adjutant on one side danced with joy. Standing at the bow of the ship, Captain Blackbeard put one hand on the long sword at his waist and shouted, "Fight! I want the Spanish fleet to disappear into the seas of the South Seas! β
Rumble!
Rumble!
The rapid-fire cannon fired at full power, firing frantically at the few ships left of the galleon. The white sails on the opposite side were pierced by cannonballs, and some broken masts slowly fell into the sea. The three-masted fast sail moves quickly, slowly approaching when firing the cannon, and when reloading, the sail changes and retreats backwards from the opponent's range.
These Spanish fleets often had large ships, and in the face of such small fast sails, it was difficult for cannonballs to hit, so except for two fast sails that were hit by cannonballs and half-sunk on the sea, the rest of the ships still had combat effectiveness, and one shell after another fired at the large ships that fled in rout.
These big ships are like kites, they can't outrun these fast sails, they can't hit them, and they are easy to sink. The captain of the boat jumped to his feet in anger and punched the plank of the boat, stirring up a huge wave three meters high. Of course, the wave was not provoked by the Spanish captain's work, and a cannonball on the opposite side hit the surface of their ship.
"Captain Ilva, our cabin has been blown up by shells! The ship is sinking! β
"What? It can't be, oh! God, bless your devotees......" Before he could finish speaking, another cannonball hit, this time it really landed solidly on the deck, and immediately blew the ship out of a big hole. The red and yellow flags of Spain, the red and golden castles of Castile, and the purple lions on white ground, representing the Kingdom of LeΓ³n, were never able to fly from the sea of the South Seas. The two Hercules Pillars could no longer support this kingdom that had fallen into the Age of Discovery.
The entire Spanish fleet was submerged in the South China Sea. On the contrary, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, once under Spanish rule, is emerging from the sea. And the victorious side is the fleet of the windmill country. It's the same three-bar chess, but the difference is red, white and blue.
Captain Pock's eyes were sharp, and he sneered: "This is the golden age that belongs to the Kingdom of the Netherlands!" β
"Long live Holland!"
Before he could finish speaking, the soldier on one side shouted, "Captain Pock, there is a large fleet to the east, approaching us. Captain Pock turned to look over, and saw fifteen behemoths twice as large as the Spanish ships sailing on the sea, and behind the rows of great ships there were about thirty galleons.
"What kind of fleet is this?" The sea has a wide field of vision, and the flags of each country can be seen clearly, and the sun and moon flags on the blue background on that ship make this captain who has just gone to the sea for the first time scratch his head. The adjutant on one side looked at it for a long time, and suddenly remembered that he had seen the Ming flag in Malacca, and said: "This is the fleet of the Ming Empire!" That's right, the sun and moon flag on a blue background. β
"The Ming Empire? Is it the mysterious and powerful land of tea and porcelain? β
"Yes, Captain. I think it's better to avoid it. Look at the Zheng family order flag hanging on their ship, it is the order flag of Zheng Zhilong, the overlord of the South Seas, and it can't be moved. β
The blackbearded lieutenant had just transferred to Nanyang, and when he was in high spirits, he said: "How can we be afraid that we will monopolize this rich east with the mission of this king?" β
"Captain." The adjutant was puzzled, "This Zheng Zhilong's strength is very strong, and it is not something we can resist." Even the Portuguese can only rent in Macao by paying taxes and tribute every year. If we provoke Zheng Zhilong, I am afraid that our company on the island of Taiwan will be expelled. β
"What are you afraid of, are we just going on with fear? So when will we be able to fly our Dutch flag to any corner of the ocean? Look at this fleet, they don't have any combat power at all, and how can they make our opponents when they look at the stupid bears in Spain? Ordered, slowly approached, and when it was closer, fire the cannon. β
"Yes, Captain!" The adjutant saluted, hurriedly dispatched the fleet, and drove towards Yang Fan's fleet. Yang Fan, who originally thought that he could pass through GuΓ² safely, suddenly shrank his pupils, because he saw the fleet flying the Dutch flag suddenly sail over. "Sir, they're coming!"
In terms of speed, the speed of the ship on Yang Fan's side is definitely not as fast as that of the three-masted sailboat. Yang Fan looked at the approaching Dutch fleet, and his face was a little ugly. He wasn't sure if the fleet had come to attack. If not, then if you can't open fire rashly, you can certainly hit the other party, but if you can't eliminate them, the consequences will be troublesome.
If there were no 30,000 people on the ship, Yang Fan would not have been cowardly, and if his mother dared to open fire, Lao Tzu would have followed him. The guns on these fifteen treasure ships have all been modified. Combining the advantages of the Furlong machine and the Hongyi cannon, the length of the gun body and the diameter of the shell occupy a certain advantage.
The only thing that has no advantage may be the big ship itself. The capacity and displacement of Zheng He's treasure ship are absolutely speechless, in the Age of Discovery, such a large ship could crush the fleet of almost any country. But it is also vulnerable to shells, this ship, there are thousands of people, and one shell hits, so what?
The fat man was even more frightened and put his head directly in the lid, there was really no difference between him and the shrunken head Wang Ba, "Sir, he and he are here." You've got to figure it out. Or we will surrender, lest we ...... It's better than blowing up, you say? β
"Say you're big. I'll go back to the cabin first, and the fleet will move as fast as possible. The helmsmen on both sides take the helm and paddle! After Yang Fan gave the order, he walked to the cabin. The fat man dragged a "king eight shells" and complained: "Sir, can you be a hands-off shopkeeper." We can't do without your wise leadership......"
No matter how the fat man shouted, Yang Fan still entered the cabin without looking back. This time, while there is still a distance of 300 meters, I can't catch up in a short time, so I have to give these Westerners some color! Li Yuhuan and Sun Yi's faces also seemed to be ugly, after all, this was a major matter related to their lives.
"Yu Huan, do you think the lord will fight or will the overall situation be important?"
Li Yuhuan glanced at Sun Yi and said, "You want to say whether Mr. will surrender, right?" Sun Yi nodded and said, "You can ask this if you say that it is explicit." After all, we still haven't had much to do with foreigners. What if you can't beat it, you see, just now, the big ship was almost chased away by them, and it was sunk. β
Li Yuhuan raised his eyelids and replied to Sun Yi in the simplest three words-"I don't know." β