Chapter 1479: Falling Short (1)
The main force of the Second Fleet turned the bow of the ship and began to confront the Dutch fleet, and the encirclement naturally dispersed, even if it was still encircling the mouth of the sea, but there was no longer the original tight seam, most of the main force was transferred to deal with the Dutch fleet, plus Corregido Island was carrying out a fierce attack on the fortress of the Bataan Peninsula, and the firepower was not weaker than the Bataan Peninsula on the opposite side, and the encirclement at the mouth of Manila Bay was really torn open.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Montellio was overjoyed, and shouted: "Order, the left and right flank battalions will attack the Bataan Peninsula to cover our fleet to kill out, and all the other warships will advance at full speed, break through the blockade in front, and must rush out, only by rushing out, can there be a way out!" ”
The Spaniards finally began to show their strength, and if they didn't attack with all their might, it was really possible that they would be wiped out.
The fortress of the Bataan Peninsula, Zhao Xinqi's violent jump was like thunder, originally the first town on the Bataan Peninsula was the most relaxed, and only needed to control the strait with artillery, but now it is facing the full attack of the Spanish fleet and the opposite island of Corregido, the number of artillery far exceeds that of the Bataan Peninsula, after all, the first town only has more than 40 artillery, and the rest are captured Spanish artillery, ordinary infantry control artillery is certainly not as skilled and accurate as other professional artillery control artillery, What's more, the Spaniards' artillery is awkward, after all, it is not their own artillery, even if it is imported redcoat artillery, most of them are artillery from the Netherlands and Portugal, and the Spaniards' artillery is rarely used.
The Bataan Peninsula used half of the artillery and half of the infantry to control nearly 100 guns against the more than 300 guns of Corregidor Island and the Spanish fleet, naturally the pressure was extremely high, and the soldiers of the first town were completely suppressed, and they could only watch the Spanish fleet protect the troop carriers and merchant ships fleeing outside and were helpless, there was no way, there were 20,000 empty soldiers, and there was nowhere to make a force, and Titus was uncomfortable.
Cha Xuan's face was also pale, he thought that the Dutch would intervene, but he didn't expect the Dutch to come so quickly, and also avoided the first fleet that was cruising and guarding the sea, fortunately he had previously transferred two large battalions of the first fleet to help in the war, otherwise, under the attack of the Spanish fleet and the Dutch fleet, the second fleet would suffer a big loss!
"Damn, why hasn't Yang Geng's First Fleet rushed over yet!"
Cha Bolt roared.
Zhao Xin smiled bitterly: "My lord, the Dutch have completely avoided the First Fleet, we can only send someone to deliver a letter to Lord Yang, once and again, how can it take half an hour......"
"Half an hour?"
Cha Xuan said hatefully: "If Yang Geng hasn't arrived in half an hour, Lao Tzu will remove him from the position of Admiral of the First Fleet!" Damn it! Immediately send a letter to Zheng Haotian and Zheng Cai, asking them to let go of the blockade of the strait, move around instead, expand the encirclement, and wait for the support of the First Fleet. ”
Zhao Xin hurriedly agreed, and ordered someone to light a cannon on the Bataan Peninsula to convey the order to check the bolt to the fleet at sea.
There is no way, even if it can defeat the Spanish fleet and the Dutch fleet at this time, the Ming fleet will have to pay a huge price, it is better to redeploy, wait until the first fleet joins the battle group, and compete with the opponent!
Zheng Haotian and Zheng Cai, who got the order, had to command the fleet to start slowly retreating to the rear, but it was not so easy to form an encirclement again, and the most important thing was that neither Zheng Haotian nor Zheng Cai wanted to give up!
"Grandma's!"
Zheng Cai shouted: "The left wing battalion is approaching the fort on the Bataan Peninsula, and once the Spanish fleet shows up, it will give Lao Tzu an all-out attack, whether it is rockets or artillery, all of them will be beckoned!" Don't skimp on shells! ”
Finally, the vanguard of the Spanish fleet rushed out against the bombardment of the batteries on the Bataan Peninsula, but just after the outcropping, all the battleships of the left flank battalion that had been prepared opened fire, and more than 20 warships with more than 300 side guns fired at the same time, in addition, there were a large number of rockets, which launched an attack at the same time, and smashed down on the advance of the Spanish fleet!
This is a catastrophe that the Spanish fleet must go through, and if you want to escape, how can you do it without paying a price? The flowering cannon of the Ming fleet is not vegetarian, and the rocket is not vegetarian!
In the first wave of attacks, there were more than 30 shells and 20 rockets, which fell on the forward battleships of the Spanish fleet one after another, and this time, the left wing battalion concentrated its firepower, specifically aiming at the main battleships of the Spaniards, and in an instant, the two main battleships of the Spanish forward battalion were hit by more than ten shells and rockets, and a cluster of fire burned from the battleships, and the explosion of the distance almost broke the two main battleships! The rest of the battleships were also hit by different numbers of shells, but fortunately, the size of the main Spanish battleship could not be sunk by three or two shells.
Montello watched the two main battleships crumbling, and his distressed heart was dripping blood, the two main battleships, once they were sunk here, it meant that the thousands of sailors on the battleships would all be buried in the sea!
"Charge, keep charging, don't stop, rush out first!"
Montello shouted.
Later, there was a steady stream of Spanish warships and merchant ships running out, after a baptism of artillery on the Bataan Peninsula, and continue to accept the baptism of fire from the warships of the Ming fleet, I have to say that these Spaniards are unlucky enough!
Finally, the Spanish fleet rushed out of the bay, but it was only ten miles away, and now the Spanish fleet charged with all its might, naturally it was very fast, but it was only half an hour.
Ou Hai, deputy commander of the left wing battalion, set his sights on the troop transport ship that rushed out at the end.
Troop carriers? Grandma, Lao Tzu hasn't finished his anger yet, so you are angry!
"Continue the shelling, leave these troop transports to Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will let all the Spaniards on this ship stay on the sea for burial!"
The troop carriers were just ordinary merchant ships, where were they as sturdy as battleships, and now the left flank battalion even concentrated their fire on the guns on the batteries and launched an attack on a dozen or so troop carriers!
In the sky, a cannonball with a huge roar, flew towards the troop carrier, and smashed down towards the troop carrier, it was too dense, the cannonballs had been squeezed into a lump, although most of the Spanish battleships escaped a catastrophe, but these troop carriers could not escape the catastrophe, and one shell after another fell on the troop carrier!