Watching the fleet of Chinese pirates sail to the upper hand and adjust to a vertical formation, Anthony's heart was full of surprise, this Chinese pirate gave him too much surprise, it was obvious that they were not at all different from their peers, and they were not the kind of rabble that would only swarm up.

And he clearly saw that these pirates were actually taking the initiative to gain the upper hand, which was very similar to the British approach, in this era of sail warships, seizing the upper hand was equivalent to putting themselves in the place of death, once the war was unfavorable, they had no chance to run, although they could increase the speed of the ship, but they could only rush under the enemy's guns.

It takes a lot of courage to do this, and it is not something that ordinary people can do, and the most adequateness at doing so should be the British, could these pirates not be able to learn from the British, or did they invite British naval officers? Anthony's mind was full of doubts.

But in this case, he can only fight, fortunately their ships are equipped with more cannons, and when the enemy staggers past them, they have enough opportunity to destroy some of the opponent's ships, and it is better to be able to beat the other party at once, so that the next thing is much easier.

So he also ordered the fleet to turn, and the wind swept away, and met the fleet of sea wolves.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, everyone's nerves began to tense suddenly, a cannon has been loaded with ammunition, pushed to the side of the ship, for such a battle, the cannon does not need to adjust the angle of fire left and right, only need to put the muzzle flat, when the ship sails to the side of the enemy ship, it can be ignited directly, the key is to see how fast the gunners on both sides are loaded.

In addition, within the unit time, it depends on who fires more shells and firepower more fiercely, and there is also to see whose ship has a stronger ability to resist strikes, which is obviously a slight advantage for the Spaniards, after all, their large plywood ships are built with a fairly thick wood, even if they are ordinary armed merchant ships, because they want to carry out ocean voyages, they must be built quite strong.

The Chinese ships, in the use of partition technology, have a certain advantage, the ability to sink stronger, but in terms of ship materials, not as good as Western ships, these ships are mostly merchant ships converted into warships, in the initial construction, businessmen in order to save construction costs and purchase costs, the wood used in the board is thinner, and the wood will not be all made of hardwood, but more fir and pine wood are used to build, so that the ship will not be too strong, even if it is in the hands of the sea wolf, A certain degree of reinforcement and refit was carried out, and the foundations of the ships themselves were placed, but the carrying capacity was increased, but the hull plates were not thickened, and it was estimated that it would be much more troublesome than building a new ship.

Everyone silently watched the distance of the enemy ships, their palms sweating, but no one retreated at this time.

The Spanish sailors, who are so aggrieved to death these days, have suffered a lot from the pirate battery, and they have even sent more than 200 infantry to the battery island, which is swallowed by the family.

Now that they have finally got their chance to avenge this arrow, the Spanish sailors are all gearing up, ready to beat these damn Chinese pirates hard, so that they can truly appreciate the power of their Spaniards.

The two fleets finally got closer to each other, and the first ship began to stagger past, while the Spanish fleet also used a column formation similar to that of the Sea Wolves, and the first ship at the head was one of the two standard ships among them.

This ship belongs to the Spanish Navy, it is a standard Galen ship, the displacement of the ship is about 400 to 500 tons, which is not too big a warship, but in the Asian sea, this kind of ship is quite powerful.

The ship was equipped with a total of 32 large and small guns, divided into two gun decks, with fifteen guns on each side, seven on the upper deck and eight on the lower deck, and one and a half snake guns in the bow and stern.

The ship headed by the sea wolf is a No. 2 Fu ship, which has also undergone deep modifications, Yu Xiaotian ordered the ship's liao to add a gun deck to the lower deck, and also made it have two layers of gun decks, but the interior is not like a Western-style ship, but still has a compartment, such a structure still restricts the ship's gun loading, but compared with the past, it allows the gun to have a relatively confined space, reducing the impact of the weather on the artillery.

And this No. 2 Fu ship is more than one size smaller than the pilot ship of others, and the displacement of the ship does not exceed 200 tons, that is, about three or four hundred materials, so of course the firepower cannot be compared with them.

In total, only twelve guns were loaded on the upper and lower gun decks, only six guns were arranged on both sides of the lower deck, and they were twelve-pounder guns, and on the upper deck, light six-pounder guns were arranged, and a twelve-pounder gun was arranged in the bow that could rotate from side to side.

This ship is already quite powerful among the Chinese ships in the Chinese Sea, but in front of the Spanish warships, it has become a small point and has no deterrent power at all.

However, this does not affect the fighting spirit of the sea wolf tribe on the ship, when the sea wolf under the leadership of Xiaotian, after winning one victory after another, the sea wolf sailors have also developed a sense of pride, they do not think that they are afraid of each other when they are small, because they have many ships, and they also have a lot of good guns, they can't beat each other with one boat, but they have more ships.

Yu Xiaotian looked at the ships on both sides, and sighed slightly in his heart, the captured Chu Cailao's ship, because the refit had not yet been completed, could not catch up with the Spaniards this time, otherwise, his fleet at least had a relatively strong firepower of the warship.

And now he can get his hands on only a few deeply modified fortune ships and the brig he sat on, the rest of the ships are a little too weak compared to these Spanish warships, this battle is destined to be a vicious battle, he can predict that his side will definitely suffer a very fierce blow, and will also pay quite heavy losses.

But he didn't feel afraid, if he wanted to grow into a lion on the sea, he and his subordinates had to be tempered in the flames of war, no one or no country could become a maritime power just by building ships, almost all maritime powers were constantly fighting with the enemy, slowly growing up, so these losses were the price he had to pay, so he took a deep breath and watched the two sides get closer and closer, so he nodded and said: "You can fire!" ”

At this time, the Spaniards finally began to fire, only to see that on the right side of the ship they had started, from front to back, the two decks suddenly began to spit out flames and gunsmoke in turn, and in an instant the head of the ship raised a piece of debris, and the Spanish cannonballs smashed heavily on their hull, and instantly opened a hole in their ship.

In an instant, the sailors on the ship were torn apart, and the flesh and blood were blown away by the enemy's fire, and the sails were torn.

The screams and angry scolding suddenly resounded on the sea wolf's boat, and a few timid people hurriedly lay on the deck, just crying for their father and mother.

"Shoot Lao Tzu! Fire! "The one-eyed dragon stood on the stern, today's first lucky ship is the ship of the one-eyed dragon, hearing that there is going to be a war with the Spaniards, the one-eyed dragon Lima jumped with a high demand to follow Yu Xiaotian, and also asked to act as a pioneer ship.

When he saw the Spanish warship just now, he was really startled, but he could only bite the bullet and command the ship to rush towards the Spanish fleet.

Seeing that his ship was beaten so badly, in the blink of an eye, the men on the ship were killed and wounded, and his heart trembled, and he was a little shocked, but he was not a cowardly person in the end, so he recovered from this shock in an instant, and roared and commanded the troops on the ship to fight back.

Both sides are trying to give the enemy a color to see today, so when approaching, both sides are very close, and when the ships and fleets are staggered, the distance between the ships of the two sides is only more than 100 meters, which is basically the same as a bayonet on a cannon, which is basically against the other side's head.

At the same time as suffering the first blow, the one-eyed dragon's ship also began to fight back at this time. The guns on the starboard and upper and lower decks of the ship also immediately began to fire their guns, and in an instant, they also spit out flames one after another, whistling shells at the enemy ship.

At such a distance, it is almost impossible to lose in the use of cannons like this, not to mention the large size of the Spanish warship, at a distance of more than 100 meters, it is like a wall in front of the sea wolf troops, if this can't be hit, then the gunners on these ships should really pull out and die.

The fleets of both sides sailed into the range of fire in turn, so all of them began to fire cannons and bombard each other.

At this point, the sea wolves are obviously at a disadvantage, and the most unlucky ones are probably the first few ships, especially the one-eyed dragon ship that is the vanguard.

His modified ship could not even hold out to the tail of the enemy's line, and only had time to fire a few volleys, and his ship was smashed into a sieve by a volley of artillery from the Spanish ships that intersected with them in turn, and almost all the right side of the ship was destroyed, and even the artillery was destroyed by the enemy, and the hull was riddled with holes, and a large amount of seawater gushed into the hull through cracks and bullet holes.

(Special thanks to the autumn maple and nails in the chrysanthemum two friends for the tip!) Your support is the driving force for me to persevere! As long as you don't die, you will never change! Hehe, in addition, the condition is much better now, at least there is no fever! It's just that the cough is still relatively severe, and the trachea still hasn't recovered, according to the doctor, it will take about 20 days for the trachea to gradually recover! Bad luck! ）