Chapter 068: The Spaniard Fleet
Major Juan stood tall in the bow of the ship, his slightly thin face full of longing for war and killing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This time, they came prepared, with a fleet of six galleons, giving the pirates of Blackwind Island enough face.
One of them was one of the two warships in Vigan City, and the other was sunk in a previous firefight with the pirates of the Black Wind Island.
Three other naval warships based in Manila were also dispatched this time.
The other two are national warships that have just arrived in Manila.
Before, the Spaniards had not acted rashly, because they knew that the artillery on this group of pirate warships was powerful, and they were afraid that if they missed, they would laugh and be generous.
This time, they had gathered a full six large warships, which should be enough to deal with a mere group of pirates.
Behind Juan stood a young officer, none other than Captain Paulino, who had exchanged fire with Zhuo Shijie in Vigan.
Captain Paulino was preoccupied, and said to Juan: "Major, I heard that Fort Geranza is being attacked by a group of pirates, I don't know which force it is?" ”
Juan smiled: "Except for Zheng Zhilong, in the Western Pacific, no one else dares to attack the idea of Relanza Castle!" ”
"But Zheng Zhilong has returned to the Ming Dynasty, and they have not been pirates for many years."
"Dogs can't change ****! Although Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became a part of the Ming Navy, everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty court has no binding force on him, and the business he is doing now is no different from when he was a pirate! ”
Captain Paulino said: "Major, according to our intelligence, it was not Zheng Zhilong who attacked Fort Geranza this time, it seems to be another pirate force, I am afraid that this group of pirates is the same pirate group that we went to encircle and suppress." ”
Juan was a little impatient and said, "If this is true, their main force is attacking Fort Geranza at this time, wouldn't it be right for us to take the opportunity to raid their lair and make him unable to take care of everything?" ”
He snorted coldly: "From the Wa Kingdom in the east to Malacca in the west, I know best how many pirates there are in this sea, you have been frightened by a group of unknown pirates, which is really detrimental to the military prestige of my Spanish Empire!" ”
When Captain Paulino heard this, his face flushed, and he never spoke again.
Having fallen victim to a group of pirates and the destruction of a large ship was probably the greatest disgrace of the Spanish Navy, and Captain Paulino struggled to wash away the stain in his lifetime.
His original intention was to remind Colonel Juan that he should not underestimate the enemy, that the enemy's gunboats were fierce and fast, and that although his fleet far surpassed the opponent in tonnage and the number of guns, this battle was not easy to fight. However, when he saw the obvious disdain in Colonel Juan's eyes, he sighed to himself and hid himself aside.
At this time, someone came to report: "Major, there is Black Wind Island ahead!" ”
Colonel Juan took out his binoculars, looked at Black Wind Island for a moment, and then asked, "Is your information accurate?" Is that group of pirates really entrenched here? ”
"Major, the situation is indeed correct! The pirates who invaded Vigan last time and sank one of my ships, they were them! ”
A hint of fierceness appeared on Juan's face, and he waved his hand: "Full speed ahead!" ”
The Spanish fleet was taken advantage of by a group of pirates, how unreasonable is this! This time, he must get back the face lost by the Spaniards!
The island of Black Wind is getting closer and closer, and gradually, the trees on the island can be seen with a telescope.
"Huh? What is that? ”
From the telescope, Juan suddenly saw that there seemed to be a high wall in the southern part of the Black Wind Island.
"Is there a wall on this island? This kind of project is extremely worky, how can they do it with a gang of pirates! ”
His brow furrowed as his telescope moved.
"What's that on the top of the mountain? Like a battery? A giant turret! ”
He nodded secretly: "This group of pirates is really not simple!" ”
Not far behind him, several officers were talking and laughing, they did not have the slightest pressure on this battle at sea, they just exterminated a group of pirates, and they all went out to the sea to relax.
"I'm vouching, the broadside guns on our fleet only need one salvo, and they're all going to die!"
"Even if you don't die, you won't be left alone!"
"I'm just looking forward to ending the battle as soon as possible, my beautiful little lover, still waiting for me to climb her window, hahaha......"
On deck, the crew and soldiers also staggered, sitting or lying, not taking this expedition seriously at all.
Suddenly, someone shouted: "Look, northeast, a ship is coming towards us!" ”
"A boat, what's there to fuss about!" Some people are very unimpressed.
Others, on the other hand, have discovered the strangeness of the boat.
"Look, this ship doesn't look like a fishing boat, it doesn't look like a cargo ship, it doesn't look like a war ship, what kind of ship is it?"
Captain Paulino was startled, and hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked northeast.
When the strange hull of the Cherry appeared in Paulino's sight, he screamed.
"Major! Be careful! Watch out for that strange ship! ”
Paulino had suffered a loss, and although this ship was not the same as the one in the previous battle, the overall shape was somewhat similar, and the ship was ten times larger than the other one!
That seemingly inconspicuous pirate ship destroyed one of his large warships with just one round of artillery fire, and now this larger warship must be so terrifying!
Juan glanced at Paulino coldly, this kid was really frightened, it was just a boat, and he was so frightened that he almost bent his neck and lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.
What a disgrace to the Spanish Navy!
"Stay in formation, keep moving, and keep an eye on this strange ship! Our goal is Black Wind Island!"
On the destroyer Cherry, Zhuo Shijie was also holding a telescope to observe the Spanish fleet.
"Six armed galleons, Spain is really sunset, and it is really stingy to take out such a little possessions."
Wu Tianming said with a smile: "Commander, your appetite is really big now, if you put it aside, just one Spanish galleon would be enough to make us people die ten times!" ”
Spanish galleons, in the western Pacific, how many people are not afraid? Not to mention Zhuo Shijie and them, even if they saw the black whirlwind, they would only have the right to escape.
Zhuo Shijie pointed his hand forward: "Target, Spanish fleet, full speed ahead!" ”
Like a sharp sword, the Cherry stabbed straight in front of the Spanish fleet, blocking their way to Blackwind Island.
On Black Wind Island, Jiang Cannon was sitting on the top of the fort with one leg crossed, looking at the Spanish fleet in the distance, his face was expressionless, but his mouth was muttering: "Grandma drop!" Robots have no human rights, and they left Lao Tzu alone on this broken island, and there was no one to talk to, if it weren't for this group of Spanish devils, the commander might have forgotten my existence! ”
He looked at the Spanish fleet and began to send a voice message to Anne: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief, the Spanish fleet is about to come within range of my artillery, please instruct!" ”