When receiving the information from Jiang's cannon, Zhuo Shijie's cherry was approaching the Spanish fleet at high speed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhuo Shijie immediately gave Jiang Dacang an order: "Put them closer and beat me hard!" ”

Then he gave the battle order to everyone on the destroyer, and all the personnel went into combat positions, ready to open fire at any moment.

On the flagship of the Spanish fleet, Major Juan stared at the strange ship that was approaching at high speed, and began to mumble in his heart.

"How can this boat be so fast!"

Juan, who was experienced, found that the speed of the strange ship far exceeded the speed of their fleet.

The Spaniards' research on sailing ships is close to the realm, they have studied the sails very thoroughly, and the speed has been almost increased to the limit, but the fastest is only about ten knots, but the strange ship on the other side is almost three times the speed of their galleons!

It's amazing! It's incredible!

Moreover, the strange ship was almost not equipped with masts and sails at all, so how did they do it?

"Is it all about human paddling? It's even more impossible! How can a human oarsm be faster than a sail! ”

Juan felt that this was beyond his comprehension.

At this time, Juan decided that it was necessary to ask Captain Paulino about the details of this strange ship.

"Captain Paulino, I remember you said before that the range of the guns on enemy ships is about a mile?" Juan squeezed a rare smile out of his face.

Captain Paulino sneered in his heart, this arrogant Major Juan, finally realized that something was wrong.

"Yes, major, the last time we exchanged fire with the enemy, the artillery on the enemy ships had a range of more than a mile."

Juan was silent for a moment, and began to mentally plan how to engage the enemy ship.

Captain Paulino added: "Major, the last time we exchanged fire with the enemy, the enemy's warship was very small, and now the enemy ship we see is ten times larger than the enemy ship, that is to say, the artillery on the enemy ship in front of us may have a longer range and greater power. ”

Of course, Juan didn't believe this, just like the guns on their Spanish warships, no matter how large the tonnage, the range of the guns on them was roughly the same, and it was not that the larger the ship, the longer the range of the guns, this is the most basic common sense.

This Captain Paulino, after the last battle of Vigan, was not only frightened like a mouse, but also lost his head.

"Continue towards Blackwind Island!" Major Juan was still proceeding according to the original battle plan.

If this strange ship rushes forward like this, then when the two sides approach, the flank of the existing fleet happens to be aimed at the enemy ship, then it can be sunk or even disintegrated on the spot by simply letting the side guns fire a salvo.

Well, there is no suspense in this battle.

No matter how powerful the enemy ship is, it only has one ship, can it still turn out of the sky?

Juan was confident.

However, a burst of artillery broke Major Juan's successful plan.

A cannonball from somewhere landed on the bow of a Spanish galleon directly to the left of the fleet.

"Boom!"

This earth-shattering explosion made everyone stunned.

What a powerful cannonball!

These Spaniards had never seen such a powerful projectile, and with just one shot, they blew out a huge hole in the bow of this Spanish galleon, as if the bow was cut in half, and several Spanish crew members who were busy living at the bow were blown up on the spot!

"Oh! O Forehead God! ”

"Oh my God! What I saw! ”

The Spanish ships were very strong, but under the bombardment of the enemy's shells, they were as vulnerable as pieces of paper!

At this time, the cannonballs fired were all solid shells, and when they fell on the ship, they relied on the impact force of the projectiles to cause damage to the hull.

But the shells fired by Zhuo Shijie's cannons will explode after falling on the enemy ship! The power of these two is ten times different!

Juan's mouth opened wide and he couldn't close it for a long time.

"This, this, what's going on? What kind of cannon is this? ”

Not only him, but even Captain Paulino, who had been mentally prepared, was also stupid.

The last time he was attacked by a corsair, the cannonballs were far less powerful than this, when the enemy's artillery fired a barrage of cannonballs to sink one of his ships, but this time, a single cannonball hit an armed galleon!

Even he seriously underestimated the strength of enemy ships.

Juan suddenly shouted, "Impossible! That's impossible! The enemy ships are still ten miles away from our fleet, how can they hit us! ”

Only then did everyone realize that the enemy's artillery was not only extremely powerful, but also had an even more powerful range!

Ten mile range! In today's navy, who would have imagined that there would be artillery with such a long range!

Before all the Spaniards could recover from their shock, three more shells followed.

Two of the shells came from enemy ships on the sea, while the other shell came from a battery on the top of the hill on Blackwind Island.

These three shells hit the Spanish warship that had just been hit again.

A cannonball hit the stern of the warship, killing more than a dozen Spanish soldiers in the aft tower, and the wooden stern was instantly ablaze, and more soldiers were burned by the smoke and fire, and ran around on the deck.

The other two shells hit the ship's waterline, shattering the hull and pouring into the hold of the ship.

In just a few moments, the Spanish ship had suffered heavy damage and was almost completely incapacitated.

In fact, combat effectiveness has become a joke at this time.

These Spanish warships, even if they were undamaged, were not at all able to fight back under the enemy's long-range attack.

Seeing the wrecked galleon, the Spaniards were all dizzy.

What kind of battle is this? What kind of naval battle is this? When had they ever seen such an unequal naval battle?

Juan's eyes were glazed, as if he hadn't figured out what was going on.

"This, how to fight this battle? Even if I, the Spanish god of war, come, I can't do anything!"

What to do?

Suddenly, Juan shuddered, and finally came to his senses, and he shouted loudly, "Withdraw!" Fall back! Hurry up and retreat! ”

At such a distance, the enemy's attack was so precise that even if they tried to rush over and fight the enemy, they had no chance of winning, and it was no surprise that they would all fall in the way of the charge.

There is no other way but to retreat, possibly saving a small life.

However, Juan is also soberly aware that it is not easy to escape.

The speed of their own fleet is less than ten knots in the sky, and the speed of the enemy ships is at least more than twenty knots, how can they escape?

"May the gods of heaven bless, and may the enemy have mercy and spare us!"

At this time, Major Juan could only leave his fate in the hands of the gods of heaven and the pirate leader on earth.