Chapter 849: The Battle of the Overlords
Faced with Regasby's hard attitude, Lin Haoran did not choose to continue to deliver the message, but pointed his finger at Fort San Petro.
The United Merchant Mission, representing the interests of the Ming Dynasty, had established a city in the northern part of the Philippine Islands, while the Spaniards Fort San Petro in the southern part of the Philippine Islands. If the two sides can't cooperate, then there will naturally be a war, and this territory can only have a real king.
Lin Haoran led the fleet this time, although it was under the banner of arresting the pirate leader Jose, but in fact, he also wanted to see if he could take the opportunity to expel the Spaniards from the Philippine Islands.
In the afternoon of the same day, Qiao Yifeng made an offensive posture and led his subordinates towards the port.
Two or three miles away, the fort in the harbor suddenly shook the sky, and I don't know how many shore guns roared at the same time. One after another, the shells fell into the sea, splashing up columns of water several feet.
Bang!
In this swaying storm, the three-masted gunboat where Qiao Yifeng was located also returned fire on the fort in the port, and one shell after another shot at the fort, but it fell on the sea surface of the port.
It has to be said that ship guns have a natural disadvantage to shore guns. Not only was the accuracy of the ship guns low, but the range was inferior to that of the shore guns, which is why many fleets hated the docks of the harbor.
Bang!
The masts of two warships were broken one after another, and the soldiers on them were thrown into the sea, and suddenly there were cries for help.
Seeing this situation, Qiao Yifeng no longer insisted on storming the port, but ordered the boat to be lowered and carried out rescue work.
Then, in the sound of artillery fire in the port, Qiao Yifeng, the vanguard force, chose to turn around and leave. Although he would love to take the port, the facts are in front of him, and this is a hard nut to crack.
"Haha...... Just because they want to storm the port, it's a big joke! ”
"If it weren't for the captain's stop, I would have wanted to rush out and annihilate this human fleet!"
"Those ships are just a façade, nothing to worry about! I really don't understand how that idiot of Jose was planted in the hands of the Ming people, it really disgraced our Spaniards and disgraced our Pope and His Majesty the King! ”
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As night fell, the Spaniards drank excitedly in one of the bars of Fort San Petro, and made all sorts of contempt and mockery at the Ming fleet outside the harbor.
But they didn't know that at dusk, two behemoths anchored ten miles away from the port, and then small boats sent a group of people to the shore one after another.
"Let's go!"
Wearing a battle armor, Rakandura waved his hand and led nearly a thousand warriors towards the jungle, looking murderous.
He wanted to see the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and wanted Batangas to get the Ming Emperor's crown, and all this seemed to be no longer an unattainable dream. As long as he completes this task given to him by the angel, the angel will help him to achieve all this.
Familiar with the climate and environment, they deftly burrowed into the jungle and quietly approached the harbor.
Fort San Petro was populated by Spanish soldiers inside, while mercenaries and slaves were outside. Since the Ming fleet was in the port, it naturally strengthened the power of the port, and many mercenaries stayed in the port area.
The Spaniards slept soundly in Fort San Petro after a cheerful night. After all, this is a stone fortress, and it has plenty of food, even if the Ming Dynasty storms the port, they have enough time to react.
Regasby was woken up in a sweet dream, heard the sound of cannon in the port, and knew that this was the Ming people who wanted to attack the port at night. It's just that when I saw the bright moon outside the window, I found that these Ming people had no patience at all, and God was undoubtedly on his side tonight.
But at this moment, an indigenous servant ran in in a panic. At the same time, several sounds of fighting came from outside the window, and these sounds made him feel like he had been struck by lightning.
"Master, no...... Oh no, a bunch of ...... Visayans...... Storming our castle! The servant looked out of breath and reported with a grimace on his face.
Isn't it a biological person? How can it be a Visayan?
Confused, Regasby immediately removed his coat from the hanger next to the bed and put it on, then picked up the spear under his pillow, and walked barefoot to the balcony.
A crowd of Visayans poured into the castle from the southwest, using no guns or cannons, and with a myriad of weapons in their hands that were killing their fellow Spaniards and setting fire to the cauldron.
But he saw that his compatriot Bill, who had fallen drunken on the grass, was cut off by a Visayan, and the blood immediately stained the meadow.
Bang!
Regasby shot the Visayan, watching him fall to the ground with no pleasure in his heart. With the gun in hand, a short knife in his hand, he walked briskly out of the bedroom and gathered the rest of his men to choose to leave Fort San Petro.
Today, the interior of Fort San Petro has been captured, and the Ming fleet is storming the port. If they choose to fight the Visayans, it will undoubtedly give the Ming people a loophole.
That's why he chose to hold on to this more important port, to beat the Ming fleet to slag, and then come back to clean up the damned Visayans.
Regasby left with the remaining 200 Spaniards and headed for the harbor with guns in hand, ready to assist in the battle with the ship's cannons. A fishy wind blew from the surface of the sea, and Rhaegas felt more uneasy than he felt in his heart.
Not good!
Looking in the direction of the sea breeze, I saw that the warships that were burning the flames were taking advantage of the wind to sail towards the port, and the target was the large and small ships moored in the port.
Bang!
On that sea, all three-masted gunboats suddenly appeared, and all of them used Huwei cannons. As if tearing off the mask of weakness, the Huwei cannon showed a hideous side, and carried out a frenzied bombardment of the port.
Under the cover of these shells, the mercenaries on board appeared to be in a hurry. I saw a battleship in flames crash into a big black ship, and the hull was hit into a notch, and the broken planks were quickly ignited.
"Devil! Devil! ”
Although Regasby guessed that this Ming fleet might attack, and was not even surprised that they chose to raid at night, he never expected that they would use fire and hide such powerful heavy artillery.
The night wind was so strong that the fire was spreading so fast that the mercenaries on the ship could not extinguish it. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, a big black ship became an incomparably huge fireball, and the mercenaries on board chose to jump ship to survive.
The fire lit up Regasby's face, but it looked so hideous and angry, and at the same time there was a hint of helplessness.