To tell the truth, after several encounters, Yu Dayou and others still have a certain understanding of the naval combat capabilities of several Western countries.

It is said that Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands can become maritime powers by no means casually, and if they do not have a certain strength, how can they suppress other countries and become the strongest among them.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable to say that Spain can dominate the world and almost dominate the ocean, and even Yu Dayou admires the combat effectiveness and military quality of the Spanish Navy.

If under the same conditions, Yu Dayou really doesn't dare to guarantee that he will be able to defeat the other party, and after several battles, the reason why the Ming Navy was able to win is that on the one hand, it has the advantage of being outnumbered, and on the other hand, it is also taking advantage of the military opportunity.

Even a fool can tell the difference between the damage that a flowering bullet can do to a battleship and a solid bullet.

The same cannonball falls, and the solid shell is at most to smash some decks and the like, as long as the quality of the ship is not bad, it is unlikely that it will be directly smashed by a cannonball.

However, compared with solid bullets, the lethality of flowering bullets is much greater, not only for the hull of the ship, but more importantly, for the non-commissioned officers on the ship.

Almost all of the weapons of the Ming Dynasty were flowering shells, so when they clashed with Spain, Spain was often defeated in a battle.

There is one thing that cannot be denied, that is, the military quality of the Spanish naval non-commissioned officers is definitely not bad, that is, they have suffered the loss of their own insufficient equipment.

After suffering so many losses, even a fool will make progress, let alone a kingdom that is at its peak.

When the news of the Ming fleet was transmitted back to Spain, some descriptions of the Ming warships and descriptions of the artillery naturally appeared on the desk of the powerful figures in the Kingdom of Spain, and any news that could improve the combat effectiveness of the warships would be eye-catching, not to mention that they Spain also suffered so much loss on the Ming Dynasty.

With the ability of the craftsmen in Spain, now that they know the flowering bomb, it is not a problem to make it, it is nothing more than how powerful the flowering bullet can be.

In a hurry, the flowering shells made in Spain have been sent to the navy to equip them, on the one hand, to improve the combat effectiveness of the navy, and on the other hand, to collect data on flowering shells through some actual combat so that domestic personnel can improve to a certain extent.

In this case, it is not impossible for Spain to catch up with the Ming Dynasty, and now the Ming Dynasty occupies the advantage of armaments, so it can press Spain to beat wildly, once Spain completes the upgrade of naval warships, at that time, it is not so easy for the Ming to enter the Mediterranean.

The rumbling sound of artillery fire came, one after another shells exploded, and from time to time you could see a stream of gunpowder smoke and flames rising into the sky, but one after another battleships lit a fire and floated on the sea.

The Ming soldiers quickly blasted out the shells, and in the midst of the artillery fire, the Spanish fleet on the opposite side suffered great losses.

The Spanish fleet was really a little stunned under the saturation blow of the Ming Dynasty's artillery, and many admirals believed that the generals who returned from defeat were not due to their own lack of ability, but because the gap in equipment was too large.

General Lévy's flagship naturally attracted the attention of several warships of the Ming Dynasty, and the gunfire of several warships directly locked on to the Spanish flagship.

One after another shells fell, it is conceivable that when dozens of shells are covered, even if the non-commissioned officers who operate the ship are extremely skilled in dodging the shells, it is impossible to dodge dozens of shells.

Boom, several shells smashed on the flagship, and the shells that exploded suddenly blew up the entire flagship, almost falling apart.

Under the protection of several soldiers, General Levy crawled out from under the wooden blocks, and the whole person looked very embarrassed.

Looking at the flames burning around him, General Lévy didn't show a look of panic, but instead looked at the Aketo fleet opposite.

On the surface of the sea, a fleet of fleets flying the Ming flag steadily pressed towards them, but the warships on their side were in chaos, and there were faint signs of collapse under the bombardment of the Ming ships.

That is, the Spanish naval non-commissioned officers are tough enough, so they can hold on until now, if they were ordinary non-commissioned officers, I am afraid that they would have fled in all directions in the ship.

On the surrounding sea, the Spanish soldiers were trying to fight back, one by one puffing out, and there was a posture of fighting to the death without retreating.

However, at this time, a roar came, and the flagship they had been paying attention to was unexpectedly drowned in a cloud of gunsmoke, and just looking at the miserable appearance of the flagship, they could guess that the flagship was only afraid that it had suffered heavy losses under the blow of artillery fire.

"Not good, General Levy!"

Seeing that the flagship had suffered heavy damage, several Spanish warships nearby quickly turned around and rushed towards the flagship.

The flagship is different from other warships, and once the flagship suffers a heavy blow, it will inevitably have a great impact on the overall situation.

When the Spanish warships rushed towards the flagship, Yu Dayou's flagship naturally suffered from the key care of Spain, and the shells fell down one after another, which also made the flagship devastated and ravaged.

With a slap in the face, a piece of deck debris was fired towards it, and several black holes above the flagship were smashed alive by the Spanish shells.

Even the sound of shouting came from under the mouth of a cave, but it was a team of Ming soldiers who were busy plugging the leakage.

Compared with the embarrassed General Levy, although Yu Dayou is a little embarrassed, but compared to the next, General Levi is more embarrassed.

Seeing that the flagship of the Spanish fleet was directly knocked out, Yu Dayou couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, good, as the so-called snake has no head, if the Spanish flagship sinks, then the Spanish fleet may fall into chaos......

However, the next moment, Yu Dayou couldn't help frowning, because not far away, a soldier walked quickly towards Yu Dayou and said to Yu Dayou: "My lord, discover the new flagship of Spain!" ”

"Huh? The new flagship? ”

With a look of surprise, but Yu Dayou also reacted immediately, and his eyes narrowed: "It seems that there are capable people on the Spanish side, and they are so prepared." ”

In fact, it's normal to think about it, on the battlefield, as a flagship, it naturally has to withstand several times more firepower than other ships, and relatively speaking, the danger of the flagship is much greater.

Even if the flagship rarely charges into battle, and is surrounded by its own warships, if it is really approached, the flagship still has a considerable chance of being sunk.

Therefore, as long as the commander is not a fool, he must be prepared in the face of this situation, and in the case of the flagship losing the ability to command the army or sinking, there must be another battleship taking the initiative to take over the right to command the army, which is the reserve flagship.

It's like at the moment before the war, Lin Pingzhi and Jiao Yuan had already left Yu Dayou's flagship, and even Yue Buqun had gone to another battleship.

This is Yu Dayou's preparation for accidents, once the flagship he is riding loses the ability to command, then Lin Pingzhi and Jiao Yuan will hang up the handsome flag, and then take over the command of the entire battleship.

His mind flashed, and Yu Dayou's eyes flashed with essence and said: "Pass my order, give me an eye to fight, no matter which battleship dares to hang the handsome flag, then give me a group beating, and be sure to hit it hard or even sink it in the shortest possible time." ”

As Yu Dayou gave an order, he saw that the battleship that had just succeeded General Lévy's flagship and became the flagship of the new Spanish fleet fell into the siege of several Ming warships.

Such a new flagship had just hung out the handsome flag and did not have a cup of tea, and under the siege of several Ming warships, it was sunk like that.

General Levy, who had just climbed from a small boat onto one of his own warships, had not yet breathed a sigh of relief, but received the news that the new flagship had sunk.

Admiral Levy immediately said to the captain: "General Kundong, please immediately hoist the handsome flag and replace the Anthony as the new flagship!" ”

As the captain of a warship, General Kundong couldn't help but squint his eyes when he heard General Levy's words, General Kundong is not like other generals, he knows very well that once the handsome flag is hung out, he will inevitably become the target of the Ming Dynasty's key attack.

Once caught in the siege of the Ming fleet, what will happen will be known by looking at the two flagships before and after.

Both battleships were sunk in the ocean, and once their battleships became the new flagships, nine times out of ten they would be besieged and sunk by the Aketo fleet.

Taking a deep breath, General Kun Dong shook his head at General Levi and said, "Levi is sorry, the Black Rose is just a small battleship, and it is not suitable to be the flagship of the fleet at all, so I'm sorry, please forgive me for not being able to listen to your orders!" ”

Stunned, General Levi looked at General Kundong in disbelief and said, "Kundong, do you know what you're talking about?" Aren't you afraid of court-martials? ”

Kun Dong looked at General Levy with a solemn expression and said, "I am responsible for the safety of all the crew members on the ship, including the non-commissioned officers, and I can't follow your orders and bury the lives of everyone on the ship!" ”

General Levy couldn't help but be angry, and pointed at General Kundong and said, "You...... You are murdering, and you know that if no ship comes forward to take command as the flagship, the army will be thrown into chaos, and I don't know how many people will die as a result......

A trace of hesitation flashed in General Kundong's eyes, but when he thought that everyone on the ship, including himself, might be blown to pieces because of his own impulse, all the hesitation disappeared, and he only heard General Kundong say to several subordinates around him without hesitation: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you ask General Levy to go into the cabin to recuperate!" ”

The conversation between General Levy and General Kundong was clearly heard by several soldiers, although these soldiers were not all General Kundong's cronies, but they did not hesitate to choose to support General Kundong.

After all, no one wanted to die, and they knew that once the Black Rose became the flagship, they would not be able to fish in troubled waters on the battlefield like they did now. At that time, the probability of returning to Hong Kong safely is almost zero, but it is the most likely that the Black Rose will sink into the deep sea.

General Levy stared at General Kundong, if his eyes could kill, he was afraid that General Kundong had already been killed by him at this time.

However, General Levy took a deep breath, and before being pressed down by several soldiers, General Levy said to General Kun Dong with a little pleading: "Kun Dong, since you don't want the Black Rose to take over as the flagship, then please also order the fleet to retreat for the sake of the glory of the Kingdom of Spain, otherwise, once it is defeated, the port will be lost, which is absolutely unacceptable to the kingdom, I don't think you want to go to the guillotine at that time!" ”

After saying this, General Levy turned around and walked into the cabin with the soldiers, he said everything he had to say, he did what he had to do, he didn't expect General Kundong to do such a thing.

Kun Dong stood there, General Levy's words echoing in his mind, and he slowly exhaled a breath, and heard Kun Dong say to a soldier beside him: "Pass the order, hang out the banner of retreat!" ”

Although it is not a handsome flag, once this retreat flag is hung out, it will inevitably attract the warships of the Quartet to follow suit.

After all, with the sinking of the two flagships one after another, the morale of the Spanish warships was very low, especially at this time, there was no intention of even a battleship to stand up and hang out the handsome flag and become the flagship, it is conceivable that the Spanish soldiers did not have much hope for the next big war.

In fact, at this time, the firepower of the Ming fleet has been reduced a lot, at least more than half of the previous artillery coverage.

Holding a spear in his hand and standing straight above the overtime and looking at the entire battlefield, Yu Dayou couldn't help frowning when he heard the news from the herald.

"What, you said that there are not enough shells, and they can still last for an hour at most!"

I was shocked, although I had long known that the remaining shells would be difficult to maintain a high-intensity battle, but when the war arose, Yu Dayou forgot about it, and now he learned that there were not many shells left, and Yu Dayou had to quietly order all the warships to reduce their firepower.

Daming's firepower was reduced at this time, and the Spanish fleet, which was almost collapsing, only felt that it had escaped from the hands of death.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Several captains who had not supported the pursuit of the Ming fleet before saw that the situation was not good, and the Black Rose took the lead in raising the flag of retreat, as if they had found an organization, even if they had hung up the flag of retreat.

Even if some captains with a bit of blood wanted to continue the bloody battle with the Ming fleet, they soon found that their companions around them turned the bow of the ship one by one and headed towards the port.

One of the captains slapped the railing on the railing, looking at the ships passing around him, eager to kill the captains who took the lead in escaping, but at this time retreat has become the mainstream, and almost sixty or seventy percent of the ships have turned around and retreated.

Even if these captains wanted to continue the battle, they knew that without the nearby companions to help them attract firepower and share the firepower, once the surrounding companions left, then they would bear all the firepower of the surrounding Ming fleet.

With the help of his companions, it is all stormy, and he may be shot and hit hard at any time, not to mention that there are less than half of the battleships left at this time.

Here, when Yu Dayou learned that there were not many shells, he hesitated in his heart whether to choose to retreat.

After all, if there are not enough shells on the ship, then it will really have to be captured.

Yu Dayou hesitated in his heart, whether to retreat or hold on, after all, the Spanish navy still had a numerical advantage, even if many ships were sunk, but as long as the remaining battleships persisted, they would always be able to exhaust the shells on their ships.

Exhaling a breath of turbidity, Yu Dayou made a choice in his heart, and just as he was about to order a retreat, suddenly the herald shouted: "Look, my lord, withdraw, the Spaniards have withdraw!" ”

Suddenly startled, Yu Dayou couldn't help but look up and stare ahead, and soon Yu Dayou saw the Spanish fleet that was busy turning around, and even when he realized that the Spaniards couldn't hold on.

"Hahaha, God really help me Ming, order all the ships to press on me!"

There is no need for Yu Dayou's orders, if the captains can't even grasp this bit of fighters, I'm afraid they won't be able to live to this day.

When the last Spanish ships entered the harbor, everyone knew that the Spanish fleet had been defeated.

In this battle, the Spanish fleet sank a full thirty-three warships, while the Ming side sank seven, although many crew members were rescued, but also killed hundreds of soldiers and crews.

Although the Ming Dynasty won this battle, it was also a crushing victory, after all, after this battle, the most important artillery fire for the fleet was insufficient.

The remaining shells are not even enough to support an ordinary big battle, and if you don't get an encounter, the shells that the Ming fleet has will be exhausted.

Looking at the port, Yu Dayou and the others were a little unwilling, even if they knew that they could try to attack the port if they took advantage of the new defeat of Spain and the discouragement of the army, but Yu Dayou still gritted his teeth and ordered a retreat.

In the harbor, the rather embarrassed General Levy was standing in the hall with a dejected face, surrounded by a group of captains who looked dejected, and Duke Rose with a blue face.

I only heard Duke Rose slap the table and stare at General Levi and said, "Levi, is this what you said about the Ming Fleet?" They almost went straight into the port......"

PS: Recommend a book, "Million Possibilities", you might as well take a look at the book shortage.