Captain Antonio thought to himself that the "bang" he had just heard from below the deck was most likely caused by an armor-piercing projectile hitting the hull, the steam generator was most likely damaged by an armor-piercing projectile, and the explosion at the stern was most likely caused by a cannonball hitting a piled up of shells.

This incident shows that there are warships attacking the Casillas, and I must let the Casillas ship dodge as much as possible, and this mysterious warship cannot only attack the Casillas, but will definitely attack the other warships in the fleet, and I must immediately inform Commander Sandras, so that he can order the fleet to take precautions as soon as possible.

Captain Antonio rushed into the command room in a few steps and said in a loud voice: "Commander, we have been attacked, please immediately order the fleet to speed up and avoid the enemy's attack." ”

Commander Sandras was stunned for a moment and asked, "We were attacked?" Why do you say that? ”

Captain Antonio said in a hurry: "It's too late to explain so much, I swear to God, I will never go wrong!" ”

Commander Sandras nodded suspiciously, picked up the microphone that connected to the observation room, and said in a loud voice: "Send a signal to the fleet immediately, the flagship Casillas ship is under attack, the shells are coming from the starboard side of our ship, and all ships immediately search for the starboard direction of our fleet." ”

The signalman shouted: "All four signal lights have been blown up and cannot be used......"

Commander Sandras only felt that it was dark in front of him, and almost passed out, the Casillas ship relied on signal lights to communicate with other warships in the dark, and if the signal lights were blown up, they would not be able to get in touch with the other four gunboats in the night, that is, the other four gunboats did not know that the Casillas ship was attacked.

Although the fire of the mysterious enemy when he opened fire could be seen by the four gunboats, the mysterious enemy opened fire on the other side of the Moro, and everyone's attention on the gunboat was focused on the direction of the Moro, and no one would pay attention to the other side at all!

Commander Sanderas was thinking hard about countermeasures, the hull suddenly shook again, and another armor-piercing bullet hit the hull, this time hitting the living compartment located in the middle and rear of the hull, and the people in the living compartment went to their respective combat positions, so there were no casualties, but the large hole left in the hull allowed seawater to pour into the hull one by one, coupled with the loopholes in the previous steam engine room, the hull immediately began to tail.

At this moment, an officer who was covered in water and like a chicken rushed into the command room and said loudly to Captain Antonio: "Captain, the hull of the ship is leaking in many places, and it can't be stopped." ”

Commander Sandras turned his head and saw that this officer was the chief of the damage management, and immediately shouted: "How can it not be blocked? ”

The damage management chief said helplessly: "Report to the commander, the Casillas ship has been a battleship that has been in service for twelve years, many rubber seals on the hull have failed, we closed the two watertight cabins, but it is useless, the water still seeps out of the watertight cabins, and there are still many damaged places on the hull, but they are barely blocked with welded metal plates, and they have just been shocked by an explosion, and these metal plates have broken a lot, and the water leaks more." ”

While he was talking, the Casillas ship appeared about five degrees of tail, and Commander Sanderas hurriedly grabbed the microphone and shouted: "The bow auxiliary engine room, immediately start the water pump and fill the bow watertight cabin." ”

The chief of the damage management hurriedly shouted on the side: "You can't fill the water!" The rubber of the watertight compartment in the bow of the ship is aging more strictly, and the water injection sinks faster! ”

Commander Sandras was so angry that he threw the microphone on the command platform and said angrily: "Then what do you say to do? ”

The loss management chief said helplessly: "Abandon the ship, only abandon the ship!" ”

Captain Antonio and Commander Sandras frowned, and said angrily: "Abandon the ship? How is it possible to abandon the ship? ”

At this moment, several people suddenly heard the sound of "click" coming from the stern of the ship, accompanied by the violent vibration of the whole ship, and the face of the chief of the loss tube changed drastically, and said: "It's over, the propeller has hit the rock!" ”

It turned out that the water in this area was very shallow, and the Casillas ship was in the case of a large amount of water in the stern, and the stern propeller hit a raised rock on the bottom of the sea, and the high-speed rotating steel propeller hit the rock, making a "click" sound, but the rock could not prevent the Casillas from sinking, the propeller shattered the rock, and the Casillas continued to sink into the sea.

Commander Sanderas knew that the sinking could not be avoided, gritted his teeth, and said to Captain Antonio: "Order to abandon the ship!" ”

Commander Sandras is the commander of the fleet, not the captain of the Casillas, so he has no authority to order the abandonment of the ship, and this order to abandon the ship can only be given by Captain Antonio, who also knows that the general trend is gone, so he gives the order to abandon the ship.

The crew of Casillas jumped into the water, climbed into the dinghy, and fled to the four gunboats behind, and the mortally wounded Casillas then sank into the sea.

The four gunboats behind were not very surprised to hear the explosion of the Casillas, after all, the artillery accident is not new, and the Casillas ship was unlucky to meet him, as for the Casillas ship that was hit by the armor-piercing shells of the Nuwa ship later, the four gunboats behind were completely unaware, because all of them were concentrating on the Muslim warship, who would notice the flash of light thousands of meters away?

It wasn't until the Casillas ship sank that the four gunboats didn't think about being attacked, because the Spanish fleet had dominated this sea area for a long time, and there had never been a ship worthy of warships in front of them, until the four gunboats rescued the Casillas ship, and listened to Captain Antonio and Commander Sandras, that they finally understood that the Casillas ship had been shelled.

Commander Sandras asked the gunboat Trajan to temporarily act as the flagship, and issued an order for the four gunboats to search the direction of the Nuwa, but it was too late, because the Nuwa had already aimed its guns at them.

At this moment, the Santos ship, which was closest to the Casillas ship, suddenly gave a signal: "The port side of our ship was hit, and the galley compartment, food storage compartment and fresh water storage compartment were destroyed. ”

Captain Antonio heard this and hurriedly said to Commander Sandras: "Commander, please send a message to the other two gunboats at once and ask them to pay attention to the flash in the direction of the port side of the Santos ship. ”

Commander Sandras nodded, ordered someone to convey the order, and then ordered: "Immediately let the ships speed up and approach the mysterious enemy ship." ”

Captain Antonio hurriedly said, "Commander, what if we speed up and move away from the Moro ships, what if they take the opportunity to sneak up on our troop carriers?" ”

Commander Sandras asked: "Can we still signal the troop carrier now?" ”

Captain Antonio said: "The light signal is definitely impossible, we can send a signal flare to make the troop transports quickly leave the sea and sail into the sea, where the Moro warships will not be able to beat them." ”

Commander Sandras nodded and said, "Then hurry up and launch a flare and let the troop carrier quickly leave the sea!" ”

Captain Antonio called an officer and asked him to launch a signal flare, and in a short time three bright red signal flares went straight into the sky, and Commander Sanderas saw that the signal flare was fired, and ordered the ships to speed up and sail in the direction where the Nuwa ship was, the Spanish fleet accelerated, and the Muslim warships behind said that they could not catch up, so they could only throw down the Spanish fleet and sail towards the sea where the troop carrier was located.

During this time, Lin Fei set the distance change rate in the watchtower of the mast tower and instructed his subordinates to carry out artillery bombardment, and the distance at this time had been shortened to 1,500 meters, and the shells of the Nuwa ship were more accurate, and the Santos ship was constantly being shot, and the news that our ship had been bombed.

Commander Sandras was so anxious to hear the news that the Santos ship had been hit, he picked up the microphone and asked in a loud voice, "Observation room, did you find the flash of light when the mysterious battleship opened fire?" ”

The observation room did not disappoint Commander Sandras, and the observer shouted: "A few flashes of light have been found in the left front of our ship!" ”

Captain Antonio hurriedly said: "The searchlight controls the zhì room, adjusts the direction of the searchlight, and indicates the mysterious enemy ship target!" ”

The searchlight control room hurriedly adjusted the direction of the searchlight, looking for the Nuwa ship on the sea, during which time the Nuwa ship carried out four rounds of artillery bombardment, firing sixteen armor-piercing shells, five of which hit the Santos gunboat.

The Santos gunboat is just a small warship with a displacement of less than 500 tons, and the plank warship that bullies and bullies the Muslims is okay, and it will be finished when it encounters the cap-piercing shells designed by Lin Fei, and the Santos gunboats are usually very poorly maintained, and there are many rusty places near the waterline on the side side, and they can't stop the armor-piercing shells.

With five bullets in its body, the gunboat Santos could only signal "I have abandoned the ship" and began to abandon the ship, and in the next five minutes, the gunboat Santos sank into the sea in the eyes of everyone.

Trajan's searchlight controller finally lived up to expectations and found the Nuwa in the dark sea, and soon a bright pillar of light hit the Nuwa, and Commander Sandras and Captain Antonio were both excited, thinking that they had finally found the damn warship.

Commander Sandras raised the binoculars in his hand, carefully looked at the Nuwa ship for a while, and said with a frown: "This warship is very similar to the Cuba warship, could it be that it is the Cuba that was stolen?" ”

Captain Antonio also raised his binoculars and looked at it for a long time before saying: "The gun emplacements are exactly the same as those of the Cuba, it should be the Cuba, it seems that the people on this mysterious warship are the ones who ransacked the plantation and robbed our warship!" ”

Commander Sandras nodded and said, "Then it's even more important to sink him!" Signal room, pass my order, sink the opposing battleship at any cost! ”

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