Ten pounds of cannonballs dragged and screamed horribly, and in an instant, after a distance of two hundred paces, six shells of the ironclad ship accurately hit the bow of the San Pablo, piercing through the cabin window and sweeping the magnificent furnishings from the Spanish nobles inside.

One of the bow guns was directly hit by a cannonball, and the heavy bronze stone shooter was heavy enough not to be smashed, but the bounced cannonball fell undulating in the artillery, killing and wounding several people and then slowly rolling to the mast.

"Reload!"

Deng Zilong used the method of the imperial envoy in the artillery battle of the warship, and he and Chen Mu were mentors and friends, and the two sides learned from each other's advantages in the long-term cooperation. If Deng Zilong learned the most important point from Chen Mu, it must be that the closer the bird gun is, the higher the hit rate of a salvo.

The same was true of the artillery, where only three shots of the nine guns of the ironclad ship missed, and even those three shots could not be said to have missed, because they also pulled holes through the sail of the bow of the San Pablo.

The San Pablo was still not dodging after the bombardment, and without even thinking of using the string cannon to attack, the surviving artillery on the bow continued to charge and stone another undamaged heavy stone shooting cannon, and the whole giant ship approached the ironclad.

"Get around them and don't get overtaken!"

The ironclad ship is small, and because of the iron hull, it doesn't even dare to carry more naval guns, let alone sailors, there are less than 200 sailors on board, and there is an absolute weakness in the broadside battle, so Deng Zilong will not engage the other party at this time.

At the same time, two small shark boats accidentally entered the port firing range of the San Pablo, and eight heavy guns on the port side bombarded with a salvo of roundabout guns, and only one salvo knocked the small shark boat to pieces.

Bang!

The bow stone cannon was loaded, and even if there was only one left, it was still extremely fierce, and the huge stone projectiles accurately hit the ironclad above the waterline at intervals of hundreds of paces. The terrifying force of the impact caused the stone bullet to shatter into several pieces at the moment of impact, and the damaged side of the ship was not pleasant, and the three-foot-square iron sheet was dented into a terrible shape, and the wood inside the iron sheet was broken and broken, but - there was no effect.

The fierce battle of the battle between the Santa Pablo and the ironclad lasted only a moment, and the Spanish fleet on the sea was slaughtered and captured one by one by the swarming South Sea shark ships, and even the Clark ship, which was still floating at sea, was defeated in the broadside battle.

But Chen Mu, who was standing on the Chihai ship and watching the battle, did not look good, and they paid a painful price.

For every Caravel he sank, he had to pay the price of sinking or wounding a small shark ship, especially in the broadside battle to take Clarke, one of his large ships carrying more fierce sailors than four or five small shark ships, which was a different situation than when they cleared the seas of armed merchant ships.

Even with the same ships, these people are much more difficult to deal with.

"Catch up, flank that big ship with artillery, don't take the broadside."

The Red Sea ship rode the wind and waves, and the butterfly sail rose to ride the wind and waves, and the war at the other end also entered a critical moment.

The San Pablo was very sluggish, but the foremast sail that was broken in the slight headwind did not counteract, but the sustained momentum of the jib on the backmast made it slow to pursue; The ironclad ship in front was even slower, and the only advantage was that the butterfly sail was slightly faster in the headwind, so it didn't worry about being caught up for a short time, but it couldn't get away.

Unfortunately, the ironclad ship did not have bow and stern guns, it only had eighteen string guns, and after the two ships entered the front and rear pursuit after the two ships bombarded the San Pablo three times with their broadside guns, Deng Zilong was helpless against the other side, on the contrary, the opponent only had one bow heavy gun left but continued to bombard him.

Although there are not many accurate ones.

The distance is only a hundred steps, Deng Zilong does not dare to hit the ship horizontally, at this time any pause will be caught up by the other party, maybe his gunwales can bombard the opponent again, but the opponent's bow stone carving will also definitely hit him, forced into the broadside battle.

That was the purpose of the Spaniards, not his.

At this moment, there was a roaring salvo of artillery fire in the distance, and the Chihai ship fired a salvo of guns five hundred paces away, and more than a dozen shells weaved a large net to wrap the hull of the San Pablo, and then the two fleets of the Chihai ship also followed in battle in a battle line, and the large and small shells were thrown towards the sail mast above deck, and suddenly splashed waves higher than the ship's side around its ship.

The Red Sea ships entered the battle.

A volley swept across the deck, mast and sail like a gale.

After only a moment's pause, the port side of the St. Pablo also counterattacked towards the Red Sea, but it was too far away to achieve much success, most of the shells hit the hull and only caused a slight shock to the hull, except for one shell that hit the side of the ship directly into the cedar wood, and did not roll to continue to kill.

However, Deng Zilong's situation was not good, seeing the Chihai ship join the battle, General Deng immediately ordered the ship to turn around, and in the process of fighting, he also used nine guns to load scattered bombs at dozens of paces when he was about to turn around and sprayed towards the enemy giant ship, two or three hundred iron projectiles hit the deck and sails of the enemy ship, several large canvases, some sail rope ladders were broken and damaged, and then the distance between the two ships was quickly shortened.

When they were about to collide, the ironclad ship broke away from the angle of impact of the galleon, and narrowly brushed the edge, the huge Western-style sail and the open butterfly sail collided together, and the two ships were only a few meters apart, and the guns of both sides seized the opportunity to bombard each other at the shortest distance.

Rumble!

In the smoke of gunfire, the soldiers of the Spanish ship shouted in unison, each holding their spears high, and the hull of the ship was shocked by the guns piercing the hull at close range, and the gunners on the deck also shouted in the turbulence, and one by one the iron hooks were thrown out of the Spanish ship, hanging on the side of the ironclad ship, trying to pull it and stop the ship.

What's more, the most experienced and fierce Spanish sailors climbed up the rope ladder when they were about to collide, drew their knives and cut the ropes, jumped on the ship with shouts, and rolled into the flag army.

Of course, there are also those who are unlucky and swept into the waves by butterfly sails.

Sailors on the deck of the St. Pablo, shirtless or in sleeveless jackets, struggled to turn the noose, and one was hit by a shot of lead from the opposite bird, but another sailor was followed by another sailor. They had to pull the noose to get the hook to hook the side of the ship from the deck of the enemy ship.

This was the usual tactic of the seaboard, and the hooks would follow the noose to hook the enemy ship, and then the invincible Spanish conquistadors would rush onto the enemy ship, and when they poured onto the enemy ship, it often meant that a broadside battle had been won.

But this time, it seems that things are different.

Squeak - boom.

The sailors who jumped to the opponent's ship couldn't resist the overwhelming number of soldiers of the Ming Banner, and they were about to be cut down in a blink of an eye, barely resisting the range of the ship's side to prevent the Ming army from stepping forward to cut the hook, but the sound of the hook hooking on the side of the big ship seemed to be different, sharp and harsh, and then slid out of the ship.

The unknown Spanish sailor put on the hook, and saw that the distance between the ship was gradually increasing, and threw it again.

Squeak - boom.

The boatswain, wrapped in plate armor, leaped angrily on the ship with his sword in hand, shouting and scolding, but he could only see the ship drifting away, and before leaving, he did not forget to bombard the stern of the ship with a few cannons.

Deng Zilong looked back at the Spanish ship from the stern and laughed.

The side of his ship is iron, how can a broken iron hook hook

After laughing, Deng Zilong commanded: "Get rid of Xiyi on the ship, and shell the enemy ship with Ouroboros!" ”