"No, it's an arsonist ship." The captain's soul was scared away.

He dragged the sailor to the side and said, "Quick, quickly raise the signal flag and notify General Terry of the enemy fire attack."

But before the panicked sailors could raise the signal flag to the mast.

Several ships loaded with explosive oil and flammable materials such as black powder rushed over.

On deck, the Spanish sailors panicked and fired desperately.

These ships themselves were armed merchant ships and were mainly used to carry large quantities of cargo.

It was only after the cargo was temporarily deferred under the call of General Skoll that more than a dozen artillery pieces were temporarily loaded, and he hurried to participate in the battle.

Therefore, in terms of weapon system, it is not as well-equipped as the main fleet led by General Skoll.

For example, the rotary artillery was not stable due to the temporary assembly of the gun mount, and the gun mount fell apart in several artillery battles with the Ming army.

The ten-pounder guns piled up on the deck were also in a dumb fire at the moment due to the cumbersome reloading and improper handling of the gunners.

On the deck, the Spanish sailors were in a mess.

The sailors desperately cleaned the residue in the gun chamber,

The scrambled Spanish gunners filled a pot of black powder into the gun chamber, but due to the uncontrollable shaking of their hands, most of the gunpowder was scattered on the deck.

At this moment, the clipper was very close to the armed merchant ship, so close that both sides could shoot at each other with firearms.

"Red-haired ghost, I'll kill you." One of the pirates had blood-red eyes, and most of his left shoulder had been knocked off by a Spanish sailor's arquebus.

At this moment, the red blood is still dripping.

He gritted his teeth, and his blood-red eyes could already see the frightened face of the Spaniard.

"Lao Tzu doesn't believe that you can't burn your eight shells."

He smiled cruelly, and threw the fire into the pile with his right hand.

Shocking fires burst into flames, illuminating the sea level.

Several of the burning men were swept away by the blast and plunged into the icy waters.

In an instant, the fireship crashed into the side of the merchant ship.

A ferocious wave of fire poured into the cabin in an instant.

The cabin of all kinds of cargo, which should have been piled up, was already filled with black powder kegs at this moment.

"It's over," Volis subconsciously closed his eyes as he saw the blazing fire through the black smoke.

There was a loud bang, and the huge hull shook violently.

The sailors on the deck were shocked into the sky and fell heavily like fallen leaves.

The captain spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to his feet, feeling as if his internal organs were all out of place.

The Spanish officer on the side was not as lucky.

Flying into the air, he fell to the ground and was hit in the head by a spinning cannon weighing hundreds of pounds.

The entire deck was covered in blood-white patches.

The ignited black powder instantly engulfed the entire cabin, heading towards the upper deck.

In desperation, the sailors jumped into the icy sea, trying to climb onto a nearby merchant ship.

But the next moment, when they fell on the water, they saw a scene that made them despair from the bottom of their bones.

Not far away, armed merchant ships were engulfed in flames, and the sailors on those merchant ships jumped off the merchant ships in just as desperate as they did.

"General Terry, the other side has used a fire attack, and the merchant fleet escorting us is burning." On a third-class warship, a sailing officer shouted in horror.

"These pirates actually used arsonists." General Terry looked solemnly at the burning merchant ship not far away, and one of the most seriously burned had capsized.

As a veteran admiral, he naturally knew that in the East Asian seas, these Orientals were very good at using fire.

Due to the backwardness of the ship's technology, as well as in artillery.

These Oriental ships were very weak, compared to the tall Spanish ships.

It's like an adult dealing with an underage child.

But these Orientals are surprisingly cunning, and decades ago, the Dutch suffered a great loss because of this.

In the naval battle of the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch, who were originally in absolute superiority in terms of warships, were attacked by Zheng Zhilong using fireships full of flammable materials such as fire oil due to carelessness, and finally returned with a crushing defeat.

"What do these Orientals have besides dwarf-like cunning."

Admiral Terry was very disdainful of pirate's arson ship.

He believed that naval warfare should be about the artillery bombardment of battleships against battleships.

It was the number of guns piled up on the ships and the bravery of the sailors.

However, these Orientals used such despicable means in a vain attempt to turn the tables.

At this moment, five merchant ships on the periphery of the fleet have been ignited by the arsonist ship, and they are about to capsize in the face of a raging fire.

And the number of arson ships far exceeded the imagination of the Spaniards.

Long before the start of this battle, Xiao Wu had already anticipated the possible unfavorable situation of the naval battle.

As the general of the Ming Zheng Naval Division entrenched on the island of Taiwan, he naturally knew the strong guns of Hongmaozi's boats.

Therefore, long before arriving at Laoag, he had already instructed the pirates he had surrendered to collect the ignition of the fire oil and prepare to use the arson ships to attack the Spanish fleet when the battle was unfavorable.

And his tactics worked,

On the periphery of the Spanish fleet, the armed merchant ships that escorted the third class of warships and served as firing platforms were attacked by arsonists and suffered heavy losses.

"Brothers, work hard." The king gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed on the Spanish ship in front of him.

The characteristic tall hull of the Spanish warship was already clearly visible.

Those who were born and died with him. As a vanguard, they used arson ships to burn down several armed merchant ships on the periphery of the third class battleship.

The clipper rushed past the burning merchant ship, and under the cover of the sea breeze and the billowing black smoke from the burning merchant ship, it rushed towards the Spaniard's third-class battleship.

"Come closer," the king muttered, his teeth almost snapping out of his own teeth.

The flint and steel had already lit the torches, and at this moment, the more than a dozen pirates on the clipper ship were all angry, and they had already put life and death out of the way.

The cannonball flew with a clatter, instantly piercing Wang Shou's body,

Half of his body flew high with torches, and then fell into the icy sea.

He was apparently spotted by Spanish gunners on a nearby warship.

The Spanish gunners on these ships were much more trained than the sailors on the armed merchant ships.

Copying the spinning guns on the gun carriage, he opened fire on the clippers in the nearby sea.

One clipper after another was ignited by cannonballs fired from the cannons.

Some grape shells hit the hull of the ship, instantly exploding into dozens of pieces and plunging into the chests of nearby pirates.

Rumbling cannons and screams came and went.

The Spanish gunners on the ship fired as fast as they could, and the pirates rushed forward desperately.

They are all outlaws on the sea, and they have already killed their eyes at this moment.

Of a dozen clippers, only three managed to break through the firing boundary of the rotary guns.

The Spanish musketeers on deck fired desperately, trying to ignite the oil on the clipper in advance.

It's a pity that it was too late.

With a scream.

A pirate covered in fire jumped off the clipper,

Inevitably, the fireship crashed into the warship.