Chapter 816: Broadside Battle
José, who had put on his cockscomb hat again, was standing on a Carrick sailboat, looking angrily at the Combined Fleet, and angrily at the three-masted gunboat where Qiao Yifeng was.
Although José was once a prisoner, he managed to escape from Manila Bay with the help of Morabi, an assistant minister in Luzon.
Just thinking about the scene of his brother dying in front of him, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, so he returned to Manila Bay with two Carrick sailboats and his companions. Not only to recover the body of his brother, but also to take revenge on these half-civilized natives and make them pay the price of blood.
At this moment, the Manila area, just a few dozen miles away, has lost its former peace. There were many corpses scattered on both sides of the town's roads, and some houses were still smitting, and everywhere looked like a mess.
"Moraby, you must find out that traitor Moraby!"
Suleiman looked at the tragic situation in front of him, his fists clenched tightly, his eyes red, and roared like an angry lion.
It's just a pity that Morabi is gone, and there is no regret in the world.
Yan Yi sighed silently in his heart, and finally understood why Qiao Yifeng wanted to borrow their soldiers to execute the Spaniards that day. Dare to let the Ming people guess that Jose would be put back, so they deliberately smeared blood on them, thus making Jose angry with Manila.
Looking at the king's expression and the destruction of Manila by the Spaniards, the king will inevitably change his original intention and welcome these Ming people with open arms.
After this time, the king probably understood that Spain was the real devil, and that trading with them was simply a game of stealth. And if Luzon wants not to be destroyed, then he must firmly hold the thick thigh of Daming.
Bang!
Under that cloudy sky, a confrontation is taking place in the Bay of Manila. The Spanish ships had already engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Combined Fleet, and the cannonballs were flying around the sea with a terrible scream, and columns of water several feet high were splashing on the surface of the sea.
"Light the fire, put it!"
Qiao Yifeng looked at the menacing semi-ironclad sailboat, and seemed to give orders very calmly.
Although he knew that there would be a war with Spain, he didn't expect it to come so quickly. Just as they were all preparing to return, they were all planning how to explain to Lin Haoran, but it turned out to be a whole thing.
I have to admit that the Spaniards have arrogant capital, and with their strong ships and cannons, they can indeed crisscross the South Seas. If it weren't for the United Shipyard's heavy investment to build this kind of three-masted gunboat, I am afraid that it would have been annihilated by them today.
Bang!
Eight Huwei cannons spewed out tongues of fire, and shells weighing as much as fifteen pounds flew towards the Spanish sailing ship.
Most of them fell into the sea, but one of them struck the bow of the ship, causing the iron sheet to concave into a terrible shape, and the solid wood inside the iron sheet had been broken off.
Bang!
One of the masts of the three-masted gunboat broke, and the upper part slammed down downward, smashing a hole in the hull.
In this battle, it seems that no one can bargain, and it is becoming more and more tense.
Bang!
This time, it wasn't the sound of cannons, but a thunderclap in the sky. This white-hot war seemed to have angered the heavens, and the raindrops as big as soybeans suddenly scattered from the inky sky.
"Rush over!"
José did not want to be ruined by the sudden rain, and immediately braved the painful rain curtain and ordered the hull to move forward at full speed. He was going to eat this strange ship, and he was going to use his life on it to bury his brother.
The three-masted gunboats fled in the direction of the Manila docks, seemingly not wanting to engage the Spaniards in a broadside battle, but rather to take advantage of the heavy guns.
"Rush over!"
Jose saw that the other party was flinching, and a surge of excitement surged in his heart, and he gave instructions loudly.
Bang!
The three-masted gunboat, having lost one mainmast, was at a disadvantage, and the two ships collided heavily with each other, and a broadside battle was about to begin.
"Short cannon ready, put!"
Qiao Yifeng gave the order, and he was already ready for battle.
Bang bang bang!
With a command, shells flew out of the guns and headed for the deck of the Spanish galleon.
Burst!
Most of the Spaniards were wearing white shirts and light armor, but when they were hit by shells, their internal organs were shattered, and large mouthfuls of blood spilled from their mouths and noses.
"Damn it!"
The raindrops became more and more dense, and both sides suffered from the rain, and their barrels were flooded, and they could no longer be used.
"Kill! Kill this yellow monkey! ”
José held a bright Western knife in his hand and shouted loudly to encourage the soldiers.
The Spanish warriors standing on the deck responded in unison, spears in their hands. Before long, the iron hooks were thrown by the Spanish ship and hung on the deck of the three-masted gunboat.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Guanghaiwei's warriors were not vegetarians, and in the face of the Spaniards who were swinging through the ropes to climb the deck, not only did they cut the ropes, someone stuffed the barrel directly into the Spanish mouth, and then buckled the plate machine under the frightened gaze, and a buckshot penetrated the esophagus into the internal organs.
"Damn, take cover!"
Jose watched his subordinates fall into the sea one by one, especially watching the other party's bangs erupt, and immediately gave an order.
It's just that they are holding red rope guns against the Ming soldiers over there, but they can't ignite them at all in this rain. They tried several times, but they still didn't succeed, but the gunfire was still ringing out on the other side, and it seemed that it was not affected by the rain.
"What the hell!"
Jose and the others couldn't figure it out, their most advanced Western guns were no longer able to ignite, but the opponent's guns were not affected in the slightest, and they were still harvesting the lives of their compatriots.
Watching life being harvested, watching lead bullets coming through the rain curtain, knowing that this overboard battle was not wise. If they really want to continue the assault, the people on this ship will probably lose their lives here.
"Oh no, they're besieging our spice ships!"
At this moment, a soldier hurriedly pointed to the north, his face looking panicked.
But they saw that the big black ship and a three-masted gunboat were attacking their spice ship, and they were also engaged in a broadside battle, but the Ming was in the main attack, and there were already many Ming people on land on the spice ship.
What they didn't expect was that gunshots were heard there one after another, and they were no longer affected by the rain. In this rainy day, the Spaniards were in a total downwind.
"Withdraw!"
José saw that the spice ship had fallen into the hands of the other party, and the three-masted gunboat seemed to come to the rescue, knowing that the tide was turning.
No longer obsessed with avenging his brother, he immediately threw away the spice ship that had been robbed by the Ming people, and fled in a hurry with the only remaining sailboat.