Chapter 1315 Under the Decisive Battle at Sea
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At the moment when the warship collided, Gao Yihuan grabbed the guardrail with his hand, and the whole ship should still be inertia, rushed forward a few steps, and almost fell.
The Santa Ana was like a bison bitten on the back by several hungry wolves, dragging the hungry wolf on, the bow of the Triad creaked a few times, falling off the side of the Santa Ana, the bow rubbed against the Santa Ana squeezed to change direction, turned a ninety degree bay, and was thrown away by the huge hull, and the huge inertia of the Santa Ana made him shake off the hungry wolf on his back.
This is the triad in the friction with Santa Ana, the bow has detached, and the hull has been rubbed parallel to Santa Ana.
Gao Yihuan saw that the Santa Ana was about to rush away from them and escape westward, but suddenly there was a loud "bang" in front of him.
Santa Anna's bow hit the waist of a fortune boat, pushing the fortune boat three feet, and finally slowed down.
"Flying Hook!" The four or five surrounding Fu boats, including the black clan on the Sanhe, seized the opportunity and threw hooks at the same time, and nearly a hundred flying hooks grabbed the side of the Santa Anna, and quickly pulled hard, so that the ship approached the Santa Anna from the new, and then quickly tied the ropes to the Fu ship.
Santa Ana was instantly dragged north by a few lucky boats, and slowly descended. The sailors and guards on board the ship cheered and climbed up the rope with their weapons.
At this time, the Spaniards on board the Santa Ana began to respond, and soldiers armed with flintlock muskets rushed to the side of the ship to shoot at the ship, and nearly a hundred muskets stretched out from the lower deck and the gun windows below.
The "bang, bang, bang" gunfire suddenly rang out, and the guards who were climbing along the rope fell down like jujubes.
One of the guards grabbed the rope with both hands and climbed up the ship, and he climbed to a gun window on the second deck, where a spear stabbed out of it, right in the throat of the guard.
He fell off the rope and smashed it on the deck of the fortune ship, his hands covering his gurgling neck, the blood kept coming out of his fingers, staining the deck red, and the guard's body shook a few times, and then he died completely on his back.
The ships of Luzon were at least a foot shorter than the Spanish ships, and the sailors and escorts stood on the ships to attack the ships, no different from the siege of the city, and the broadside battles became more brutal battles.
Throughout the battlefield, most of the other Spanish warships suffered from the impact of the Fu ships, and some of them had already caught fire, but under normal circumstances, everyone still did not want to burn the Spanish warships, especially the largest four thousand-ton warships, which were coveted by the Luzon sailors and various merchants.
On the battleship, the Spaniards condescendingly opened fire, and several people were killed in an instant on the Sanhe, and the sailors on the deck panicked, and in this panic, the Spanish soldiers on the side of the ship raised their guns again and fired another round of guns at the Sanhe and several other lucky ships.
A projectile hit Gao Yihuan's toes right in front of him, making him sober up all of a sudden, the ship was already tied to the Spanish warship, and if he didn't rush up quickly, all the people on the Fu ship would be shot by the condescending Spaniards.
Gao Yihuan took the sword in his hand, turned his head and yelled at the sailors and guards, "Kill the damn, the bird is suppressed, Watanabe Jun Chong!" โ
"Kill !!"
"Bang bang bang!!"
More than a dozen bird-gunners on the ship reacted and hurriedly raised their guns to shoot, and the Spaniards on the top were hit, and there were bursts of screams.
The guards erected a short ladder and began to climb to it, only three meters high, with five Japanese as the backbone, Hijikata Shishiro wearing clogs as the first to climb up, followed by a few people close behind.
He quickly reached the side of the ship, grabbed the barrel of the musket with one hand, pulled it out, and then slashed the Spanish soldier on the side of the ship with his knife, and grabbed the corpse of the soldier lying on the side of the ship with his hand and pulled it down, and the body fell on the ship, and he jumped onto the side of the ship with his strength.
Seeing this, the two Spaniards next to him hurriedly threw their muskets at him, and Hijikata Shishiro slashed with his right hand, cutting one person in the throat, and the left head quickly pulled out a Japanese knife from his waist and stabbed one person to death, killing three people in an instant.
With a knife in his hand, he stood up from the side of the ship, and jumped onto the deck with a loud shout, and at this moment a gunshot rang out on the ship, and the blood on Hijikata Shishiro's chest splashed everywhere, and the whole person flew out as if he had been hit by a hammer, and flew out on all fours, and a clog was thrown high and left on the Spanish warship, but his body fell heavily on the side of the ship, and then fell into the sea water between the Fukubune and the battleship.
However, the Spaniards didn't have time to rejoice, so Shinjiro Watanabe immediately climbed onto the side of the ship, and the black clan and sailors next to him, some along the short ladder, some pulling the rope, all climbed halfway up.
A Spaniard immediately raised his gun and aimed it at Shinjiro Watanabe, who was about to open fire when there was a sudden bang on the mast of the Fukubune, and the black donkey in the bucket knocked the Spaniard down.
Shinjiro Watanabe suddenly jumped off the side of the ship and rushed into the fire of the Spaniards.
The musketeers on the ship were divided into three rows, and they took turns shooting, and Hijikata Shiro killed three people in the first row, and let the people in the second row shoot, and the third row was still reloading, and Shinjiro Watanabe rushed up and immediately entered the flock like a tiger.
At this time, the bottom row of guns of the Santa Ana completed loading, and suddenly fired several cannons, and a lucky ship blocking the muzzle of the guns in the middle, the entire hull was scattered!
The Santa Ana has multiple decks, and the lowest guns are placed in the cabin, and the people on the Fu ship can't stop their loading, and the side side of the middle Fu is broken, and the sea water is poured into it, and it is about to fall apart, but at this moment, a man on the Fu ship uses an axe to split the big hole caused by the red cannon on the side of the Santa Anna, and then takes the lead in drilling into it.
The Triad was also hit by two shells, the hull was pierced, leaving two large holes in each side, fortunately everyone went to the deck and did not stay in the cabin, otherwise they would have been hit and would have been torn to pieces.
However, this also caused the instability of the Sanhe, Gao Yihuan saw this, knew that there was no way back, and said hello, so he took the black clan and the sailor to climb up in person.
When he came up, Shinjiro Watanabe was leading more than a dozen people on the deck, and he had already fought with the Spaniards.
On the mainmast of the Sanhe, the black donkey struck a hammer, shot three arrows in a row, and put down four people, who were targeted by the Spaniards, and were shot in the body, and fell into the bucket without knowing whether they were alive or dead.
When Gao Yihuan boarded, the sailors and guards of the other ships also climbed onto the deck of the Santa Anna.
At this time, the flotilla on the left flank also rushed over, except for a few large ships such as the St. Philip, which had not been completely stopped, the other ships were all under siege.
Of the more than 40 Luzon warships, more than 30 also joined the battle group, but the five three-masted gunboats that were originally the closest avoided the station, apparently to prevent the main Spanish warships from breaking through the blockade of the Fuku.
By this time, the sailors who had been boarding the ship had driven the Spaniards into the middle, and they had their muskets stuck in bayonets, or drew their matching swords, and fought with the sailors, slashing each other with a clear warp and weft, and the flesh and blood flew on the deck, and from time to time a cloud of blood mist rose.
Although the Santa Ana is large, but there are many people, it is still very crowded, and the sail line is vertical and horizontal, so that people can not dodge, several Japanese have become the main force on the Luzon side, and the sharp Japanese knives are very suitable for melee combat, Gao Yihuan saw the opportunity, let several black clans take the lead in rushing in, among the Spaniards who were beaten back, he led the other sailors to swarm up, and together they scattered the Spaniards on the deck, and suddenly formed a melee.
There were more than 350 people on the Santa Ana, but there were at least ten ships besieging him, and there were more than 1,000 sailors and escorts combined, and the two sides fought to the death on the deck, causing a large number of casualties in an instant, and the blood on the deck made the soles of people's feet slip and drip from the gaps into the deck below.
Gao Yihuan led several black clansmen to cut the sail ropes tied to the ship, and several large white sails fell one after another, and he rushed all the way to the stern of the Santa Anna, where the Spanish commander was usually located.
He wanted to take the lead in capturing the Santa Anna, but as soon as he reached the enclosure of the tower, a gunshot rang out from inside, and a black clan walking in front was knocked down by a shot.
Inside, a Spanish general wearing a gorgeous military uniform and a scarf obliquely, his short gun still emitting green smoke, and four Spanish officers holding thin swords nervously guarded him.
Gao Yihuan was overjoyed to see this, so he let the two black clans guard outside, and led more than a dozen people to rush in.
At this time, most of the Spanish warships on the battlefield had lost power, and they were besieged by the Fuchuan or dragged to a halt by the Fuship, so it can be said that the defeat was decided, but the 1,200-ton flagship St. Philip and another 1,000-ton battleship San Carlos rushed out of the block.
There were still two lucky ships hanging on the left and right of the St. Philip, but he was too large and too inertial, and the two lucky ships couldn't drag him at all, so they could only slow him down.
Zheng Chenggong had already prevented this, so the five three-masted gunboats did not participate in the battle, but bypassed the battlefield from the south, and as soon as he arrived in the west, he saw the St. Philip and the San Carlos cutting off the flying hook that the Fu ship was holding on to the side of the ship, getting rid of the entanglement of the Fu ship, and rushing out of the two Spanish warships that were blocking and fleeing westward in a hurry.
Zheng Chenggong put down the clairvoyant mirror and immediately ordered: "Full sail pursuit!" They can't be allowed to escape back. โ
"Guogong! There is a boat ahead! As soon as he gave the order, the soldiers in Wangdou pointed to the west and shouted.
Zheng Chenggong frowned slightly, and hurriedly picked up the clairvoyant mirror to watch, only to see about fifteen huge ships sailing on the sea in the distance, he was shocked, he didn't expect the Ming army to come so quickly.
According to the agreement, Zheng Chenggong was responsible for luring the Spanish sailors in Sulu out to ambush, and the Ming sailors took advantage of the emptiness of the harbor to raid Sulu Island, take the Spanish lair, and then rush to support.
Zheng Chenggong saw the sun, moon and bright flag on the battleship from the clairvoyant mirror, and knew that the ten Spanish warships in Sulu were estimated to have been wiped out by the Ming army. Keep on the pursuit! Grab at least one boat! โ