Chapter 117: The Boss is Here
A few black iron bumps were thrown over, and they happened to smash into the reef where the Spanish soldiers were hiding, only to hear a boom and boom explosion, which immediately blew up the hidden Spaniards on their backs, and immediately many people were blown to the ground, and finally these Spaniards finally let go of their so-called pride in order to survive, shouted and threw away the knives and guns in their hands, and stood up to ask for surrender.
And the interpreter among them was lucky not to be killed, but was grazed by shrapnel from a grenade, and the interpreter shouted: "We have surrendered!" Don't shoot! Don't hit! We all surrendered ......"
At daybreak, the battle on the island of peace was completely over, and after counting, the sea wolves killed more than 120 enemy soldiers on the island of peace in one day and one night, and captured more than 80 Spanish soldiers, including infantry and sailors.
Only a very small number of people jumped into the sea at night and swam away from the island of peace, and were not caught or killed red-handed, but the few who escaped by swimming had no chance to return to their anchorage, because they had to land nearby, and once they landed, they would still fall into the hands of the sea wolves' patrolmen on the shore.
On the morning of the third day, the two Spanish galleons reappeared outside Chicken Coop Bay, but this time they did not attack the fort immediately, but wandered far away on the surface of the sea for a while, and finally did not find any signal from their men on the island of peace, so they knew that the soldiers who had been trapped yesterday on the island of Ludao were all over, so they had to turn around and return to their anchorage.
Anthony decided not to try to attack Chicken Coop Bay directly from the sea, these three batteries were as solid as a rock, they could not easily destroy them, and their ammunition was not enough to support them to completely destroy those batteries, so he decided to take Chicken Coop Bay by land instead.
And they have sent people along the shore to start looking for a way to Chicken Coop Bay, but so far, they have not found a passage that can enter Chicken Coop Bay from behind and attack the castle of the sea wolf in Chicken Coop Bay.
Launching a land attack is really a last resort, because land warfare is not easier than naval warfare, even if they find a passage into Jilong Bay, which can be used by people, but relying on lightly armed infantry alone, it is not possible to conquer a fort, and it is only possible to carry artillery and enough ammunition.
And it is not easy to find a passage that leads to the inside of Chicken Coop Bay in this kind of place, even if it is a sheep intestine path, let alone allow them to carry cannons.
Therefore, Anthony's plan was to send people into Chicken Coop Bay from behind, capture a fort from behind, and then open a passage for ships to break into the bay, and then use naval guns to shell the fort from the dead end of the fort until the fort was destroyed, and then talk about attacking the enemy's castle.
No one dares to say how certain this plan will be implemented, because they don't know anything about the current situation on land, and they can only try it out before they say it.
So some of the infantry who came with the ship were unloaded to the shore and began to move along the coastline in the direction of Jilong Bay, while the fleet moved slowly on the shore, where they could provide some help to the infantry on land at any time.
However, as soon as their plan was implemented, it was quickly stopped, for the simple reason that the great fleet of sea wolves was coming!
Yu Xiaotian used his telescope to see the Spanish fleet that appeared on the sea, this was the first time he had seen so many Western-style galleons in this time and space.
As a veteran model ship enthusiast, he would have been very excited if it weren't for such a situation, he had never touched such a Western-style galleon in person until now, and he had dreamed countless times that he could board one of these galleons and see how such a galen was built inside and out.
Don't look at the fact that he has built more than a dozen sloops and a brig schooner, but these ships are not purebred Western-style sailing ships, but the shape of Western-style ships, and the construction technology is all Chinese-style construction technology, so he hopes to get a real Western-style sailing ship as a real thing, observe and figure out their construction methods and processes, and draw some useful experience from them.
But today, it is a pity that such a fleet of Western-style ships is his enemy, and a fierce enemy, and he will face them head-on and have a big showdown with them.
As for the outcome of this naval battle, he is not skeptical, because he is confident that he will win this naval battle, because he has made full preparations for this, but what will be the price to pay for this victory is what he is most concerned about at present.
During this period of time, the weather at sea is still relatively beautiful, and it has not yet entered the gathering of frequent typhoons, so the overall sea situation is relatively good, and it is very suitable for combat.
When they appeared outside Chicken Long Bay, they were spotted by a lookout post set up on the western peak of Chicken Long Bay, and immediately notified the Sea Wolf Men at Keelung Fort.
As soon as the black head heard the news that a large number of sea wolf ships had arrived, he immediately jumped up excitedly, took all the combatable ships in Jilong Bay, sailed out of Jilong Bay, and met Yu Xiaotian's fleet from a distance.
Yu Xiaotian led his troops to come faster than he thought, originally he thought that Yu Xiaotian was receiving the news, gathering troops and ships, and preparing for battle, at least ten days or so, and maybe longer, as long as he could come within half a month, it would be quite good.
But in fact, Yu Xiaotian only took seven days to complete the assembly of the fleet, the replenishment of materials and the preparation for the deployment of the operation, and personally led the fleet to Jilong Bay.
This time, the black head was even more confident, took the entire Keelung Fort patrol ship, caught Yu Xiaotian's fleet, boarded Yu Xiaotian's ship, and told Xiaotian about the war between them and Spain in the past two days.
Yu Xiaotian was very satisfied with the performance of the blackheads, these guys did a lot better here than he thought, he thought that under the attack of the Spaniards, they could hold Chicken Coop Bay would be good, but he didn't expect that these guys not only held Chicken Coop Bay, but also captured dozens of Spaniard prisoners, killing and wounding many Spaniards.
This time it is estimated that it is enough for the Spaniards to drink a pot, and the standard is that stealing chickens and rice will not make a loss, and they will make a money-losing deal, and then it will be up to them to continue to do the rest of the Spanish fleet.
Yu Xiaotian did not let the fleet enter Jilong Bay to rest, and directly ordered the fleet to turn into a state of imminent battle and make all preparations for battle.
As the horn on his flagship sounded, all ships hoisted their red battle flags and blew sharp whistles, and the sea wolves in all the fleets immediately began to rush to their respective positions.
The guns of each ship were opened with a clatter, revealing a cannon behind the gun door, and the pumps, buckets, and sandbags used for extinguishing the fire were in place, and the soldiers and gunners were armoured, and the shells were taken out of the lower compartments, placed on the shell racks on the side of the ship, and lined up for the gunners to take at any time, and the ammunition men took the first batch of medicine bags out of the cabin and began to load the cannons.
The sailors boarded the long boats and dhows that accompanied them, untied the ropes that dragged them, and began to paddle and weave into the fleet, where the wooden boxes containing Molotov cocktails were opened, and the corks of Molotov cocktails were removed and the strips of cloth used to start the fire were inserted.
The few flying clippers, formed a separate team, left the main fleet, and were also ready for a surprise attack.
Dozens of warships rushed towards the Spaniards' fleet, and the expressions on everyone's faces became solemn, because they knew that this battle was probably more dangerous than any other battle at sea, because the enemy's firepower would be very strong, at least not weaker than theirs.
But the sea wolf's subordinates did not flinch, because for a long time, they have developed a good fighting temperament, when they encounter a strong enemy, although the risk is high, but the chance of meritorious service is correspondingly much higher, if they can defeat this Spanish fleet today, then in the future they will really become a hegemon on the sea, in the future, the huge China Sea, will become their rampant bathtub, anyone who sees their sea wolf ships again, I am afraid that only go around.
The appearance of the sea wolf fleet was soon discovered by the lookout of the Spanish ship with a towering mast, and immediately sounded the alarm on the lookout, and the Spaniards immediately became nervous, and quickly began to adjust the fleet under the command of Anthony, sailed away from the shore, and entered the wide water to prepare for the battle.
At the same time that Xiaotian used a telescope to observe the Spanish fleet, Anthony and these Spanish captains also took out their binoculars and began to observe the fleet of sea wolves sailing.
Telescopes, in this era, although they were invented long ago and immediately used for military purposes, but because it is very difficult to polish lenses, the cost is very high, and the production is very low with the craftsmanship of coppersmiths, even in Europe, it is a rare commodity, and only a small number of telescopes are imported into China.
And the fleet of the Spaniards has not been able to achieve large-scale popularization, and the magnification of the telescope they hold is very low, not as high as the magnification of the telescope that Yu Xiaotian has drummed out, and the quality of the lens is good, so the observation effect is not as good as the effect of the sea wolf's telescope.
However, Anthony still saw through the eyepiece the black and oppressive fleet of Chinese pirates on the sea, all of which had a golden wolf flag on board, as well as other small flags that represented different meanings.
This sea wolf's fleet is composed of various ships, mainly some of their common Chinese-style Kron ships, specific to whether the ship type is a fortune ship or a Canton ship type, Westerners can't tell the difference, so as long as it is a Chinese-style sailing ship, they are all named the name of the Kron ship, which contains a derogatory connotation.
After the Europeans entered the Age of Discovery, shipbuilding technology advanced by leaps and bounds, and successively created many types of ships with excellent performance, including the Naya ship to the Clark ship, and then developed into the Galen ship that is now common.