Maybe it's the innate conceit of the Spaniards, or maybe Admiral Skoll doesn't know that there is an idiom in the East called poor Komo chasing,

Admiral Skoll's directives paid the Spaniards after all.

The pirates who had been completely cut off by the Spaniards were finally enraged.

Instead of fleeing south, they fired frantically at the Spanish ships.

The pirates, who had already been beaten by the Spanish artillery, once again ignited their fighting spirit, and one by one they had hideous faces and vowed to fight the Spaniards to the death.

Seeing this scene, on the main ship of the Black Flag Gang, Li Tianyou secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What he is most afraid of is that the pirates of other forces take advantage of the chaos to escape, you must know that this huge fleet itself is composed of more than 20 forces, large and small, if they really break and flee, then only the fate of their own destruction.

"Boss, the Ming army raises the signal flag," a pirate at the lookout post saw the flag raised from the Ming army's mast in the distance, and conveyed to Li Tianyou on the ship's floor.

Just as the naval battle was raging, Xiao Wuzheng was leading the sailors and several pirate forces on the periphery to maneuver at sea.

Since they were on the periphery of the pirate fleet, when Admiral Skoll led three four-masted warships into the pirate ship group, they did not suffer much damage and were able to maneuver calmly.

Before the war, Xiao Wu knew that this naval battle was not easy to fight, after all, as a member of the Zheng family's sailors, he also knew the power of some Nanyang red hairs.

But he still underestimated the strength of the Spanish navy.

Who would have thought that just three large warships could kill hundreds of pirate ships, just like three hoplites killed into a group of militia, killing seven in and seven out.

The one-sided naval battle made Xiao Wu and all the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army's naval division sink in their hearts,

Looking at these Spanish warships that descended like gods, Xiao Wu was a little lonely,

I insisted on going south to Luzon, was it right or wrong,

But at this time, Xiao Wu is not allowed to think too much,

As the commander of the Naval Town, when General Skoll personally led three majestic second-class warships into the pirate ship group, he was keenly aware of the Spaniards' intentions.

For this group of pirates who have different hearts and only know how to plunder,

Once the battle situation is unfavorable, it is bound to flee,

If this is the case, then they will completely lose this naval battle.

As a result, he immediately led more than a dozen pirate ships from Sailor Town and the periphery directly across the Spanish follow-up fleet.

The Spanish naval commander was bound to be on the three ships that rushed into the pirate group, so if the connection between the two was severed, then his side still had a chance of victory.

As long as the pirates don't run, the group will surround the three warships and divide the naval battle into two battlefields, with the advantage of the number of pirate warships.

Xiao Wu is gambling,

Gambling that the pirates would not be thrown into chaos by the Spanish Navy and flee in a hurry,

It is also betting that these thirty or so large warships will be able to block the follow-up fleet of the Spaniards.

"Boss, this can't be done," a leader shook his head.

"Our artillery is too small to penetrate the red-haired ships."

Although the pirates began to fight fiercely because they were cut off, they were still not enough to see the Spanish ships.

Seeing that their own warships were damaged and sunk one after another, the faces of everyone on the main ship of the Black Flag Gang sank.

"Immediately raise the signal flag, let all the clippers of the major powers assemble and rush to the warship of the Franc man." Li Tianyou, the leader of the Black Flag Gang, is also standing on a gun position at this moment,

The pirates were also angry, and when they saw their boss standing by the strings of the ship and were not afraid of the bombardment of the Francophiles, they all became fierce.

Since battleship against battleship, artillery against cannon could not beat the Spaniards.

Then let's change tactics.

The last thing the pirate fleet lacks is small clippers.

Soon, the pirates switched offenses.

The larger three-masted warships continued to maneuver with the Spaniards, during which the clippers rushed towards the Spanish ships with their small speed, intending to board the Spaniards directly.

I have to say that this is indeed a pirate's specialty.

Pirates who have been raiding the seas all year round are best at boarding enemy ships.

"General, those pirate warships are still firing, and some clippers are rushing towards our ship under the cover of artillery fire with pirates, do you want to retreat some distance and wait for the arrival of the follow-up fleet."

"There's no need," Skoll replied without looking back,

"It's good to be cautious, but what's the threat to my ship from the pirates on the clippers?"

"Don't forget, what is the most important responsibility of the Spanish Navy?"

The Spanish Navy is a little different from other European navies.

Their main role was to escort merchant ships transporting gold and silver from the Americas, which was the mission of the Kingdom of Spain to the Spanish Navy.

The Armada itself was formed as a demonstration against Britain because of the British despicable sea raids and support for pirates, which posed a great threat to the Spanish merchant fleet carrying gold and other goods.

Similarly, the Spanish navy spent most of its time escorting armed merchant ships, so Spanish warships focused more on defending against pirates.

For example, the Spanish galleons were extremely tall in order to carry more infantry to cover the fleet against pirates.

Therefore, it is unrealistic for pirates to delusionally board ships to fight in order to eliminate the gap in the quality of the warships of the two sides.

Because in the face of pirates, they are professional.

As time ticks by,

The assembled clippers also quickly approached the Spanish ships, but before the pirates on the clippers could approach the Spanish ships, they were immediately bombarded by the Spanish ships when they were only a few dozen meters away from the ships.

The Spaniards were adept at using different artillery pieces to compose the ship's firepower system,

For example, the heavy cannon is used against enemy warships of the same level, so it has a higher diameter-to-length ratio than ordinary long guns, and similarly, in order to deal with pirates on board,

The Spanish ships were also armed with a large number of rotary guns, which were only one or two pounds of light guns mounted on rotating gun carriages on the ship's side railings, all of which were reloaded, so they had an extremely high rate of fire.

Soon, with a roar from the Spanish gunners,

Several Amis cannons sprayed tongues of fire, and a 2.5-pound cannonball slammed directly into the fast-approaching clipper.

Several clippers, still a few tens of meters from the Spanish flagship, were hit by shells and blown in half on the spot.

On board, the Spanish musketeers also quickly assembled, and aimed their guns at the fast-approaching clipper.

Bursts of black smoke rose up, and large-caliber lead bullets flew out,

Hit the steel shield, shoot out pieces of sparks,

The pirates were not unguarded, and they used several iron shields to protect the pirates on board.