Boom, boom, boom

With Qi Jingtong's order, the fort, which had already been prepared, roared almost immediately.

There was a roar like thunder, and I saw more than a dozen cannons blasting out flowering shells towards the ship.

There was a splash of water on the surface of the sea, but not a single shell fired by the dozen or so cannons landed on the ship.

However, with the splash, it can be seen that the landing point of this shell is around the ship, and as long as the gunner is not a fool, he is afraid that there is a great possibility of hitting the ship once or twice at most.

The merchant ships around were originally watching the excitement, but they never dreamed that someone would dare to provoke the Ming army here.

The most important thing is that they are still in the harbor at this time, and many people are frightened when they look at the scene of the cannonballs flying.

Wouldn't it be unlucky if it wasn't lucky enough to be affected by a stray bullet and cause the ship to be destroyed and people killed.

It is human instinct to seek advantage and avoid disadvantage, and when Qi Jingtong actually ordered the dozen or so cannons in the harbor to start shelling that big ship, one by one the shrewd and ghost-like maritime merchants ordered their subordinates to sail away from the ship of the Portuguese Navy.

On the ship, Wells's death did not affect the order of the ship, and an officer of the Wells rank, who was slightly inferior in rank, stood up decisively, and then led the ship's soldiers to counterattack while withdrawing from the port.

Compared with the treasure ships that Chu Yi ordered to be built, more than a dozen cannons could be installed on them, and the Portuguese sea ships were also equipped with artillery, but the number of guns on these ships was not much, and there were only a few.

The sound of artillery sounded, and I saw a few solid bullets fly out, and with a click, several of them fell into the shallow water, making a splash, but one solid bullet fell on the port, and there was no result at all except for knocking down a few boxes full of goods.

Of course, it is not surprising to everyone that this is a strange thing if it is a one-shot success.

However, with the counterattack of the Portuguese battleships, the conflict between the two sides broke out completely, although the conflict between the two sides had already broken out when Du Cheng and Wells ordered the attack, but when the two sides shelled each other, this time the conflict could only be ended by a complete result.

Qi Jingtong looked at the sea with a solemn expression, just a ship was naturally not on Qi Jingtong's heart, even if that ship was also loaded with artillery, Qi Jingtong was not worried at all, after all, he also had a few warships under him, and it was naturally not difficult to leave such a ship.

However, what Qi Jingtong was really worried about was the group of ships that were heading towards the port.

The Portuguese fleet had dozens of ships, including more than a dozen warships, and the rest were supply ships, relatively speaking, without artillery, as for the soldiers on board, they could attack with the help of firearms and even longbows.

Daliqisi led more than 2,000 people and horses this time, so that a team of men and horses can wantonly invade any indigenous force at sea, and even chase tens of thousands of indigenous soldiers and horses to attack, killing the natives and fleeing in embarrassment.

Apparently Daliche was not surprised that the ship led by Wells had been attacked, after all, they had been attacked by the natives more than once, but not once had they not been slaughtered by the natives who attacked them.

In Dalicis's opinion, this time is the same, any indigenous forces targeted by them have only one end, that is, they are plundered and slaughtered.

The sound of artillery came, above the flagship, Daliqisi's eyes flashed with excitement, it was another feast of looting and killing, just looking at the prosperity of this port, Daliqisi believed that as long as the natives who dared to resist in the port were killed, then so much wealth in this port would be owned by them.

Just looking at the number of merchant ships in the port, Daliqisi couldn't help but feel excited in his heart after casually estimating, at least worth millions of taels of silver.

"Tell me that no one is allowed to attack those merchant ships, because they are all our wealth!"

That wasn't enough, and Dalices had already regarded the merchant ships in the harbor as their trophies.

As for Daliqisi's order, the captains under him took it for granted one by one, and it was obvious that they also believed that there was no suspense in this battle at all, and everything in the harbor would become their spoils.

As Daliqisi's military order was issued, he saw that the dozen or so warships under his command immediately divided into several groups, each team consisted of two or three warships as the core and several supply ships, attacking towards the port.

As these ships rushed into the harbor like tigers, the merchant ships that had been docked in the harbor were terrified.

Many of the merchants were so frightened that they hid on their ships, fearing that they would be affected, and prayed silently in their hearts.

Apparently these maritime merchants did not know that Daliqisi, who had tried to treat them as trophies, had already given orders not to attack any of his ships.

Qi Jingtong had already gathered his men and horses at this time, hundreds of people and horses were distributed in the port, originally Qi Jingtong was still a little worried about whether these fleets that came from nowhere would attack those merchant ships, but Qi Jingtong noticed that the ships that came from the impact did not attack those merchant ships, otherwise, I am afraid that those ships would have already suffered heavy casualties at this time.

At this time, Qi Jingtong didn't care to guess why these ships of unknown origin didn't attack merchant ships, and all his thoughts were on how to deal with these ships.

Two of the warships that were originally docked in the harbor were new-type ships, which were built by the Ministry of Industry and loaded with artillery.

Originally, there was only one Changping ship, but after the Sun Moon God Cult incident, Chu Yi transferred another Changning ship from the fleet and assigned it to Iwami Port.

Therefore, under Qi Jingtong's command, there are two new ships with fierce firepower, and in addition to that, there are more than a dozen old ships.

These old ships were clearly inferior to the newer ones, and even inferior to the Portuguese ones.

Generally speaking, in the face of the surging Portuguese ships, if they really fought hard, the Ming fleet, which accompanied Chu Yi on his expedition to Kyoto, was not the opponent of the Portuguese fleet at all.

This can be seen from the current situation.

The Changping and Changning rushed to meet the Portuguese fleet that rushed into the port almost immediately, and between the roar of artillery, the battle between the two sides can be described as tragic.

If the artillery bombardment on both sides at the beginning was by luck, then as the distance approached, it was the intensity of the firepower of both sides.

Although the Changning and Changping only have two ships, which is several times worse than the other party, the firepower of the two new ships is not bad at all, almost comparable to one-third of the firepower of the Portuguese fleet.

In the smoke of gunpowder, several shells hit one of the Portuguese ships, and suddenly I saw that the fire on that ship was soaring, and dozens of Portuguese soldiers fled on the ship wailing.

A full three ships were destroyed, but unfortunately two of them belonged to supply ships, and there was one warship, even so, the combat power displayed by the Changning and Changping shocked Daliqisi.

Daliqisi and the officers on board were actually suppressed when they saw the firepower of the two new warships.

You must know that the number of guns on the two ships Changping and Changning is not more than that on the Portuguese ships, but there is a huge gap between the two, and the real difference lies in the power of the artillery.

The cannons on the Changning and Changping were made by those skilled craftsmen under Chu Yi's guidance, including the gunpowder part of the cannonballs, which was Chu Yi's hard work, if it couldn't compare to the Portuguese fleet, then Chu Yi simply wouldn't build any invincible armada.

With a bang, I saw a cannonball in the middle of the Changning, and suddenly the wood debris on the Changning was flying sideways, and several soldiers were injured by the flying sawdust, wailing.

There was a solemn look on Daliqisi's face, obviously realizing that they were most likely kicked to the iron plate this time.

However, as an invincible and smooth sailing Portuguese Navy for decades, as an admiral, that self-confidence is still there.

Therefore, although Daliqisi said that he was shocked by the powerful firepower displayed by the Changning and Changping, after the initial shock, Daliqisi's first thought was to grab the two ships anyway, and in the worst case, to grab the guns on the ships.

As a qualified admiral, not to mention anything else, judgment is still required, and Daliqisi can see at a glance that the ships of the Ming Dynasty have no special advantages over the warships of their country, and the only difference is the power of the artillery.

Dozens of ships on both sides shelled each other in the narrow harbor, even if both sides consciously avoided the surrounding merchant ships, but the shells had no eyes, and some shells would always fall on some merchant ships, and the whole port was in chaos for a while.

Several unlucky merchant ships directly turned into a sea of fire, although it is said that the people on the merchant ships fled early, but watching their own merchant ships turn into a sea of fire, it is also painful to die.

Looking at the chaotic scene in the port, Qi Jingtong's expression was a little ugly, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Ming fleet with only two warships to support the scene would not be able to support it for long.

Even though he knew that it would not be the opponent of the Portuguese fleet if he continued to fight, Qi Jingtong still ordered the Changning and Changping to fight to the death and not retreat.

Quack, two more, no degradation!