Chapter 338: The Verge

The Spaniards' attack decisively angered the sailors of the Tsingtao, and the dense artillery fire began to attack the Spaniards' armed merchant ships.

On the other hand, the Spaniards were armed on merchant ships.

Ever since the little earl had brought his ship closer to the Ming Dynasty's ironclad warship, he had already discovered something that had alarmed him even more.

That's the size, and there's a clear difference in the size of the ship.

The Ming ironclad was not only made of steel in appearance, but more importantly, such a warship was more than twice the size of the Spaniard's armed merchant ships.

"It's okay.. It's okay, the glory of the Kingdom of Spain reigns supreme ... Maybe, maybe we beat the Ming people, and they won't dare to fight back... Yes, yes, yes.."

The adjutant on the Spanish armed merchant ship on the side couldn't help frowning when he heard his captain's words... After a bad sound, he said: "I think we should retreat, the first salvo we didn't achieve anything..."

Unexpectedly, the future little earl burst out with strong tenacity, and hurriedly said, "No! No, we have to find a way to sink the other side, and at the very least to penetrate our shells into the deck of the other side! ”

"Oh! Oh my God, Captain, what are you talking about... We all know it in our hearts, don't we? The warships of the Ming Kingdom are obviously made of steel, although it is difficult for us to accept this matter... But that's true, isn't it? How could our shells penetrate such steel armor! The adjutant said with some speechlessness.

But by this moment the rumbling sound was already raining around the Spaniards' ships.

In an instant, all the Spanish fleet was shrouded in flames, and only the adjutant could be heard screaming in the chaos.

"Captain! Captain, we have two ships shot! ”

"The artillery of the Ming people is too powerful, we already have a merchant ship and transport ship to sink! Let's run! ”

There is no doubt that even after the Armstrong breech-loading rifled gun was transformed from a land gun to the habits of naval warfare, the power it could burst out was also something that no one dared to underestimate.

Despite being the first time to open fire on the enemy.

However, the sailors of the Daming Shandong Naval Division on the Qingdao ship maintained an extraordinary calm, and saw that two Spanish ships were hit.

Liao Siwei secretly said in his heart: "Beautiful! ”

Then he shouted at the sailors around him: "Keep shelling!" Let these red-haired pans stay here to feed the fish! ”

"Yes!"

The intense artillery fire gave the Spanish ships no chance to escape, and the terrifying power of the shells made all the red-haired sailors feel their scalps tingle.

"Quick.... Scattered.. Let's run! ”

In the firelight, the little earl who was affected by the firelight still had the arrogant appearance just now, lying on the ground pitifully and hurriedly said to the adjutant not far away.

"Yes.. It's a pity that we may not be able to go! ”

The Spaniard's reaction speed had to be said to be very fast, as can be seen from the fact that after they had just been bombarded, they began to unconsciously disperse the ships in the fleet.

It's just what kind of person Liao Siwei is.

Seeing that the Spaniards were showing signs of running, he hurriedly said: "You don't have to hide from these red-haired fans, just drive at full speed!" We are in pursuit! ”

"Yes!"

The flag representing the danger level on the Qingdao ship was lowered and replaced with a blue flag that represented that there was no danger or that the danger had been lifted.

The Ming ironclad accelerated.

This is very anxious, and the little earl, who originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that the second wave of artillery bombardment of the Ming State Navy Division had not yet arrived, and he could take the opportunity to run as far as he could, and his heart became more and more frightened.

"Nope! We can't do that, we have to run faster! Full sails, speed up! ”

The adjutant on the side resisted the emotion of wanting to slash the future little earl in front of him with a knife, nodded and went down to arrange it again.

A large number of Spanish silver coins were lifted out and spilled onto the deck.

Only by using gold and silver to motivate me, I am afraid that my current sailboat will be able to explode with a greater speed of progress in a short period of time.

That's it.

Just fired at the Qingdao ship of the Daming Shandong Naval Division from a distance, and the Spaniards began to flee in a hurry.

Is it possible to escape?

At the steam-powered speed of the Daming ironclad ship, the speed of the Spaniard's turtle-like ship was simply not put in Liao Siwei's eyes.

On the sea, there was a funny scene.

In the front were three Spanish merchant ships that tried to escape, and behind them was a Ming ironclad ship chasing, and behind the Ming Qingdao ship there were two ironclad ships of the Ming Shandong Naval Division that were rushing for reinforcements.

However, in order to be able to pursue the Spaniards who were about to flee as soon as possible, the Qingdao ship burned the entire boiler hot, and the speed of the pursuit was almost the fastest.

and the two ironclad ships that came to reinforce behind him always kept a certain distance.

The merchant ships of the Spaniards, who were desperate to escape, almost made the Qingdao ship approach again without much effort.

"Shelling again, if you want to sink this red-haired main ship! The other two can't catch up with the other warships behind them! ”

Liao Siwei's words once again reached the ears of all the sailors on the ship.

When the Spanish ships once again entered the range of the Qingdao's guns, Liao Siwei did not hesitate to order the artillery bombardment.

In an instant, the guns on the side of the ship opened fire.

A large number of shells whined towards the Spanish ships.

Boom Boom!

This time, the red flame once again enveloped the Spanish armed merchant ship where the little count was located, only this time he was not as lucky as before.

A shell from the Qingdao ship hit the deck of the ship, almost instantly cutting off the entire ship, breaking apart and slowly sinking.

After seeing that the main ship of the Spaniards had lost its ability to move, Liao Siwei smiled slightly and shouted around: "Stop pursuing!" This officer wants to see where this main ship has the courage to dare to fire at our Ming warship! ”

The sailors shrugged their shoulders, and they also wanted to know if this man had eaten the bear's heart and leopard's gall.

"Find a way to get a few more red-haired officials who have sunk into the water! If you can catch a red-haired lord! We're done! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers under his hands were suddenly excited, and they all turned their eyes to the water.

I saw a sailor's sharp eyes, and it didn't take long for him to shout: "Is that a big official!" That kid is so well dressed! There's a wooden box in my hand! ”