Chapter 295: The Battle of the Century (Subscription Requested)
Of the thirty or so battleships, three or five were laid down, and one or two were few.
Suddenly, more than 100 small sail boards suddenly appeared on the sea, this thing is more than 2 meters long and the sail is close to five meters, which is not half the height of a large warship, and after falling on the sea, it is like a small flea, and it cannot be aimed at all!
At least, the current muskets, both in terms of accuracy and range, have nothing to do with such small windsurfers!
The people of the Spanish fleet did not know what this small ship was for, but it was impossible for the other side to do such useless work in such a crucial naval battle!
Therefore, everyone who saw this scene began to give orders for the people on the ship to be vigilant and not to let the other party get close!
But the reality is ...... The speed of this little thing is too fast, and the speed of these windsurfing boards is almost double when this sail battleship has a speed of only 6-8 knots!
And the target is so small, you can't hit it!
The whole battlefield is chaotic, and the distance is no more than 300 meters, which is almost a blink of an eye for these windsurfers!
"Bang!"
A windsurf board crashed straight into a Spanish battleship, and the iron cone pierced deep into the board, and the man in control immediately turned and jumped into the sea as soon as he pulled the lead.
Just swam out less than 20 meters, and the people on the opposing battleship did not react in a hurry, but only listened......
"Boom!"
There was a violent explosion, and the draft on the side of the ship was blown up in one fell swoop!
Fortunately, it is only black powder, and the hole is only more than 20 centimeters in diameter, and the speed of water ingress is not very fast!
With this explosion, the entire battlefield began to think of a loud bang one after another!
Almost all the ships of the Spanish Navy were subjected to suicide bombardment by windsurfing, two or three times at most, and once at the least!
In an instant, all the boats began to leak, even if the speed was not very fast, but it also affected the speed of the boats, and this trend increased with more and more water entering the boat!
Soon, Wang Xuan's warships began to lay down a wave of windsurfing boards again!
It's just that this time there are not as many as the last one!
Boom Boom!
The targets of the next two waves are those who are seriously injured, and it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers, and the reason why Wang Xuan deliberately divided two batches to put down the windsurfing board is what it means!
If he wants to completely disrupt the other side, he will inevitably be slower to be hit harder, and when the time comes, the Spanish fleet will be completely disjointed.
Once the opponent's forces are dispersed, Wang Xuan can eat the opponent little by little!
For Wang Xuan's new tactics, the Spanish naval fleet did not expect it at all, and in an instant, half of the warships were seriously damaged, and they were all injured at the waterline!
The fleet commander was suddenly in a dilemma!
If you want to protect those ships with damaged speed, these slightly intact ones must sacrifice their speed advantage and form a formation with these injured ships to resist the attack of Wang Xuan's fleet, but in this way, they will lose their initiative, and in the long run, the situation will not be good.
If these seriously damaged warships were abandoned, they would be able to continue to fight with Wang Xuan if they were relatively intact, but at that time, the damaged ones would fall into a situation of passive beating, and it wouldn't take long for them to be sunk!
When the time comes, you will still fall into passivity!
Almost, no matter how you look at it, this sea battle is a defeat for your side!
Thinking of the consequences of defeat, the commander already shuddered!
There is only one fleet of the same number in the Spanish mainland, and if all the sides are lost here......
Several maritime powers around will pounce on them like jackals and bite wildly!
When the time comes, it will not be just the benefits of the Caribbean Sea that will be lost!
Thinking of the future ending, the commander suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, trembling and said to the adjutant: "All retreat, how much can you run!" We must return to Spain with enough warships! ”
Before coming to the Caribbean, the military plan was very perfect, last time Wang Xuan's victory was based on despicable conspiracy, this time, the kingdom with a dignified and upright army, the Caribbean, forcing the other party to face the battle head-on, will be able to defeat the other party with an absolute advantage!
Although there will be a small loss, it can also be replenished by reducing some of the remnants, and the military strength may be able to increase at that time!
But the reality is!
Defeated again!
A serious consequence that no one thought about!
Faced with this result, the adjutant also understood the seriousness of the situation and immediately began to flag all the battleships!
Order: The badly damaged battleship is desperately in place, resolutely refusing to surrender, and the time has come to serve the royal family!
Order: After the damaged battleship is broken, it is time to attract enemy fire and serve the royal family!
Order: The lightly damaged battleships should immediately disperse and return home!
As soon as the flag was played, not only did the people in his own fleet know, but Wang Xuan also got the news, just kidding, there were a lot of Spaniards on his ship!
As for why these people followed Wang Xuan and did it with their own country?
Weren't those whites immigrants from other European countries at the time of America's independence!
Without him, it's just profit!
These people don't have any upward channels in Spain at all, and it is not easy for them to survive, but unlike Wang Xuan, once they completely gain international recognition and rule the entire Caribbean, then they will become human beings!
Faced with this choice, how many people would choose to go back and starve to death rather than be loyal to the Spanish royal family?
It goes without saying that there are almost none!
People, all need hope!
When a country fails to give its people hope, it is not far from falling apart.
"You can say the flag!?" Wang Xuan laughed disdainfully, "Flag words, heralds, surrenders can be given preferential treatment, and there are also 14 people in our army from Spain!" ”
"The land is rich, wealth is everywhere, and all soldiers are paid £10 a month, and those who surrender are treated equally!"
"Even if you don't want to join the army, there is a lot of land here, and you can get half of the wasteland!"
Wang Xuan's banner has too many dry goods!
The gods are loyal to the Spanish royal family...... Give money?
Even if you give money, do you have a life to spend it?
Patriotic education in Spain does not act!
Under Wang Xuan's naked temptation, these abandoned naval ships broke out in infighting at once!
Half of the ordinary sailors want to surrender, and half follow the crowd, but the captain and a few other high-level officials are not happy!
Their families are all in the country, even if they die, they can't discredit the family!
Obviously, at this moment, they were thinking about the survival of the family rather than the Spanish royal family.
The captain gave the order to continue firing, and the crew was gone......
So, the ship opened fire......
"Bang ......"
In the end, all the battleships ended in the victory of the crew, and the reason why the nobles are called nobles is because there are few!
On the other hand, Wang Xuan didn't let go of those that were relatively intact!
Since the other party scattered and fled, he could only take a part of it in a targeted manner.
The ratio of one to two is to chase down, and how many prisoners can be captured!
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