Si Dewen, Levi's generals couldn't help but look at the soldier, no matter how to say that Grand Duke Rose is also the commander of the army, and his status is respected, if something happens, these generals are afraid that it will be difficult for them to explain to the king.

As a veteran in the Spanish army, Si Dewen frowned and said, "What's wrong with the Grand Duke?" Could it be that there was some accident? ”

I heard that the soldier glanced at a few people hesitantly, and then said in a low voice: "The Grand Duke just took people out of the port and went straight to the north!" ”

"Huh?"

Subconsciously stunned for a moment, several generals of Si Dewen were just stunned, and quickly reacted, the people present can come to such a position today, naturally they can't be fools, Grand Duke Rose left the port at this time and went north, it was simply an escape.

Almost as a reflex, Si Dewen subconsciously said: "How can he be like this, isn't he afraid that the army will know that his escape from the battle will make the army disheartened?" ”

General Levy coughed lightly, looked around, and said to Si Dewen: "General Si Dewen, the Grand Duke should go back to China to move the rescue troops, the Grand Duke entrusted the port to us, that is a trust in us, we must hold the port and hold on until the Grand Duke comes with the rescuers." ”

When Si Dewen and several other generals heard General Levy say this, a little wry smile appeared on their faces, everyone knew that General Levy said this just to cover for the Grand Duke of Rose.

In fact, even Si Dewen also regretted it in his heart at this time, why did he say what was in his heart on the spur of the moment.

It's no wonder that General Lévy is so valued by Grand Duke Rose, and his feelings are so much worse than that of General Lévy.

Fortunately, General Levi helped him to round the situation back, otherwise, once his words came out, not only would he offend the Grand Duke of Rose, but it would be more likely to make the army discouraged at that time, and I am afraid that before the Ming Dynasty attacked the port, those soldiers who were discouraged would have been defeated.

Si Dewen hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, what General Levy said makes sense, but General Ben wants to be bad, and I only hope that the Grand Duke can persuade His Majesty the King to send reinforcements." ”

There was a loud bang, and while he was talking, a loud noise came, which immediately attracted the attention of General Levy, Steven, and others.

Looking in the direction from which the loud noise came, a fort was plunged into smoke at the harbor a few miles away.

When the smoke cleared, it was clear that the fort had been blown up and became a ruined place.

There were four cannons in this battery, but the Ming fleet outside the harbor hit the battery and detonated the shells stored in the battery.

The four cannons, including hundreds of soldiers, disappeared in the explosion, and the generals such as Si Dewen, who were only watching, felt distressed.

As the Ming fleet began to attack the port, the batteries built in the port also began to return fire.

The advantage of the turret is that it can place high-power artillery, the more powerful the artillery, the longer the range, and the greater the power, but the disadvantage is also quite obvious, that is, it is not easy to move, to a certain extent, it can only be placed on land.

In order to completely control the Strait of Gibraltar in its own hands, Spain repaired more than a dozen artillery batteries near the Strait of Gibraltar, and there were no less than dozens of high-powered artillery pieces alone.

It can be said that the guns in each turret are far more powerful than the guns that collide with the battleships.

If it is said that it is hit by such a powerful artillery, the idle battleship is afraid that it will be directly penetrated on the spot, and it is not uncommon for it to be directly bombarded and fall apart if it comes a few more times.

When the artillery on the turret began to counterattack, it was obvious that the advance of the Ming fleet was restricted.

After all, even if it is a solid bullet, but if this solid bullet is very amazing in terms of size and range, then the threat posed by these batteries to the fleet is enough to attract Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and other generals to be jealous.

The speed of the battleships dropped all of a sudden, standing on top of a flagship, Yu Dayou didn't care about the water jets splashing around the flagship, and with the help of a clairvoyant mirror, he could see the forts in the harbor clearly.

"Pass on my generals, the army is fighting separately, and I will be flattened with those forts first!"

As the order was delivered, soon the guns of the battleships were aligned with the guns on the shore.

Dozens or hundreds of warships locked on to a dozen batteries, and it can almost be said that a dozen warships locked on to one battery.

With a roar, a faint smoke of gunpowder filled the sea, and the batteries smashed down fiercely.

Suddenly, the forts everywhere fell into a cloud of gunsmoke, even if they were mentally prepared, but when the shells poured down like a torrential rain, the Spanish soldiers stationed in the forts were almost frightened crazy.

Before the tea was served, the soldiers in the fort were either blown up or shocked to death, or they were blown up and buried in the rubble.

More than a dozen batteries frantically counterattacked, the result was that as many as three warships in the Ming fleet were hit, the only thing to be thankful for is that the battle situation is very favorable to the Ming Dynasty, even if there are battleships damaged, they can calmly retreat, even if the battleships are too damaged to evacuate, then the soldiers on the ship can still be transferred to other ships by taking a small boat, so that people and ships will not be lost.

In the harbor, watching the frantic counterattack of their own forts, Steven, General Levi and others watched from a distance, with no joy on their faces.

Fools know that those batteries in the harbor can't move at all, it can be said that they are fixed targets, if there are only a few warships attacking the port, it is naturally impossible to block the blocking of these batteries, but the Ming Dynasty is hundreds of warships at once, even if the batteries are powerful, they can't stop the siege of so many warships.

In two hours, more than a dozen forts were stunned and lasted for almost two hours before they were completely bulldozed, and at this time, Steven, Levy and other generals were also ready to meet the battle in the port.

The fleet was destroyed, and the batteries near the port were completely reduced to pieces, so it can be said that the next step was for the Ming Dynasty to land and fight.

General Levy and Stevens still have some confidence in the combat effectiveness of their own foot soldiers, thinking that when their soldiers are developing colonies overseas, hundreds of people are chasing tens of thousands of natives at every turn.

No matter how strong the Ming is, can it be said that after landing, can it still break the defensive line of tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers?

Hearing this, General Levi's eyes narrowed, and he said with a little nervousness: "It's here!" ”

It was also at this time that I saw small boats lower from the big ships in the rear, followed by boats and dozens of soldiers coming towards the port.

There were more than 1,000 soldiers who landed in the first batch, and the Ming fleet used dozens of auxiliary ships to carry these soldiers to land.

"Artillery cover!"

Just when the Ming soldiers and horses landed, in the harbor, a group of Spanish soldiers suddenly appeared on the shore, and these Spanish soldiers held firearms in their hands and shot at the dense figures on the small boats not far away.

The soldiers on the boat that was about to land could be called elite, but in the face of the counterattack that these Spanish soldiers had prepared for a long time, the offensive was affected to a certain extent for a while.

However, at this moment, a roar was heard, followed by one cannonball after another.

Originally, these Spanish soldiers were ready for defensive battles, but after the unified artillery bombardment, the soldiers defending in front of the port were blown up one by one, and even many soldiers were frightened directly in the artillery fire and fled to the rear screaming.

General Levy, who led a team of soldiers to sit in the rear, saw the figures fleeing one by one, a cold color flashed in his eyes, and he waved his hand at the soldiers beside him and said: "Those who escaped from the battle, kill me, shoot me!" ”

Immediately, I saw that a deserter did not fall into the hands of the Ming soldiers under the order of General Levy, but fell into the hands of his own generals.

With artillery cover, it can be said that the means of defense that General Lévy had prepared earlier did not play a big role at all.

In less than an hour, the first line of defense completely collapsed, and it can be said that these Spanish soldiers are really not the kind of people who are drunk and eaten, they can be called elite, otherwise, even if there is Levy in the rear to supervise the battle, I am afraid it is impossible to hold on to the artillery fire.

At least in the eyes of Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong, under the cover of artillery fire, they were able to take the first line of defense of the port in half an hour, but they didn't expect it to take nearly twice as much time.

As General Lévy gave the order to retreat with difficulty, the Spanish soldiers who had almost lost seventy-seven or eighty-eight in the first line of defense almost burst into tears of excitement when they heard the clarion call to retreat, and one by one they got up as if they had been pardoned and fled to the rear.

Finally, one transport ship after another landed, and a team of soldiers began to land as quickly as possible in an orderly manner.

After drifting on the sea for almost half a year, these soldiers who can be called the elite of the Ming Dynasty finally felt the feeling of being down-to-earth.

Thousands of soldiers landedAfter dealing with some of the Spanish soldiers who did not retreat, the army did not take the opportunity to charge in one go, but instead built a defensive line in front of the port and then welcomed the landing of the army.

After all, the army dispatched by Daming this time is enough to have as many as 20,000 foot soldiers alone, and 20,000 elite soldiers are naturally nothing if they are placed in Daming.

The key is in the West, even if countries such as Spain and Portugal are stronger, if they really want to mobilize, they may not be able to casually take out tens of thousands of soldiers to go to countries thousands of miles away.

After all, tens of thousands of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty can't even account for a dozen of all the country's armies, but in the West it is different, 20,000 soldiers in any country, that is not a small number, and even some small countries may not be able to arm an army of 20,000 people with all their might.

As the sky darkened, from the invasion of the port by the army to the destruction of the Spanish fleet, to the clearing of the batteries in the port and the current occupation of the front of the port, it was now dark and the sun was setting, and it would not be long before night.

When the lights were on, all the soldiers on board moved to the harbor.

A few miles away, the Spanish generals such as Stevens and General Lévy were naturally in a bad mood at this time, and most of the ports they guarded were now almost lost, which was a great stain on them for the soldiers to lose the land they guarded in their own hands.

"Damn, aren't these Ming people human? The combat effectiveness is so strong, looking around the countries around the Mediterranean, I am afraid that no country can compare with it. ”

This is the emotion of a group of Spanish soldiers after witnessing the military formation of the Ming infantry and the strict military discipline.

Si Dewen glanced at General Levy and said, "General Levy, how long do you say we can hold out, and how long can we hold out until reinforcements are sent from home?" ”

The other generals also looked at General Levi, and they were very convinced of General Levi's judgment, so in this panicked situation, the generals wanted to hear what General Levi thought.

General Levi glanced at Si Dewen, narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said with a little encouragement on his face: "You don't have to be discouraged, although Da Ming is very strong, my Spanish kingdom is not weak." The naval battleship is not the crime of the Ming navy's opponents, but the Ming warship is too powerful, if it is the same ship, the Ming fleet is afraid that it will be destroyed long ago. ”

To cheer up the generals, General Lévy could not tell everyone, in his opinion, they alone could not stop them for too long.

If you say this, I'm afraid that these generals won't have any confidence at all, and even the army may collapse in an instant.

When night falls, there are very few examples of field battles in this era, and even elite armies generally do not engage in night battles, because a careless word can cause great repercussions. It can even turn an otherwise victorious war into a defeat.

In the early morning of the second day, with a round of red sunrise to the sea, the light shone on the earth, and the beautiful meal was full of food, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had completed the preparations for recuperation after a night's rest, and the soldiers were full of energy, looking at Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others with anticipation.

Hearing Yu Dayou's order, he saw a famous general leading his soldiers straight to the depths of the port.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The desolate and hurried sound of the horn sounded in the harbor, and the Spanish soldiers, who had been preparing early, were shocked when they heard the movement.

At the suggestion of General Lévy, the Spanish soldiers who had been summoned from all over the world were now almost all gathered in the harbor.

Tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers occupied the right time and place, but they failed due to the lack of their own artillery equipment.

"Hold on, no matter what, we must hold on, the port must not be lost, the Strait of Gibraltar must not be lost, otherwise we will never be able to escape the trial of a military court."

General Levy just glanced at Si Dewen, who was muttering in his mouth, and said, "Even if you want to go to the military court, you must first defend the port and save your own life." ”

As he spoke, General Levy looked at the generals and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I won't say much else, if the port is lost, the Strait of Gibraltar will inevitably fall into the hands of the Ming people, and then the country will be in an uproar, and His Majesty the King will definitely not spare us and others, or even if we flee back to the capital, we will not escape the trial of the military court." ”

General Levy's words made many generals pale, and they originally wanted to surrender, but the Strait of Gibraltar was too important, and if they really lost it, even if they surrendered, they would probably be redeemed in the future, and then become a scapegoat to calm the domestic grievances.

The earth shook slightly, accompanied by a commotion, and I saw a group of Great Ming soldiers pouring into the depths of the port like a torrent, and suddenly the two teams met.