The port side of the "Royal September" confronted a battle line. At least half of the bombardment has lost its combat effectiveness. And the starboard side has also been liberated by getting rid of the Copper Shark, and is ferociously ravaging the swarming // Wanshushe* text version update fastest // boats.

However, years of experience in naval warfare have made Rear Admiral Pedro feel strange, and the firepower on the starboard side seems to be constantly weakening.

As soon as the thought fell, there was a muffled pop, and the unconscious officer standing beside him disappeared, and then the blood spilled, and he subconsciously saddled his head to look, and saw a figure that was about to split in two out of the high parabola and flew out of the helm of the battleship.

Turning back again, the rear admiral's air was cold, and the side of the ship was a fist-sized crack. , round, so neat as if it had been cut out by a circular saw.

He rushed to starboard, looked at the sea below, and exclaimed, "O Jesus Christ..."

A bunch of small boats were a few dozen yards away, and artillery so small that it could barely be ignored in such a naval battle was firing non-stop. But the shells were like termites, instantly penetrating the planks of the ship that were at least 60 centimeters thick. He could imagine a heavy gun, which was being bombarded by the small cannon, and the gun carriage was torn apart, and the gunner was torn apart.

Although the starboard artillery fire continued to smash the small boat of the time side, the time side was also constantly dumbing down its own heavy guns, and the small boat with flames in the rear was drilling into the hole to stick up, and Pedro's confidence finally crossed.

He looked around in anguish, and the other Spanish battleships were surrounding, fighting fiercely with the Chinese warships blocking on all sides, maybe they could break through the blockade, but until then, would these two battleships be able to hold on?

Looking at the "Rose of Verona", which was bitten by the enemy and was no longer able to maneuver, Pedro corrected his judgment, can his "Royal September" still hold on?

As far as I can see, it's hard to last an hour......

Pedro suppressed his distractions and finally issued the order that put him court-martialed, retreat!

Afterwards, the other captains said that in half an hour at most, they would be able to break through the barrier and rescue the two battleships to revitalize the entire battle and win the battle.

But at the most critical moment, Pedro not only retreated with the "Royal September", but also raised the banner of the retreat of the whole army. The defeat of the entire battle, and even the series of bad news that followed, came from this one order. Major General Pedro is not only cowardly, he is simply treasonous!

Officer Pedro said he ordered the retreat in the hope of preserving the Manila Combined Fleet as much as possible. If one battleship and most of the other warships can be saved, the Combined Fleet will still have the strength to fight. If he continued to gamble like that, he didn't think it was worth it at the time.

This is the reason why Pedro makes people feel emotional, and even the Spanish Navy used the name "Pedro" as a synonym for "unlucky man" in the future. His trade-offs and decisions were actually correct. But the problem is that not only is his decision-making always half a beat slow, but also because Spain's defeat requires a scapegoat, and he couldn't be more suitable.

After dumbing five or six Spaniards' heavy artillery, Meng Songhai didn't think that this would scare the Spaniards away.

The two-inch cannon was just a straw, but on this blood-stained material, this straw crushed the confidence of the Spanish commander, who had already withstood countless shocks one after another, and the tenacity of his heart was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The "Royal September" had already hit the horizontal, at this time the rudder turned south, taking advantage of the trend, Xiao Sheng shouted loudly to stop it, but the Golden Shark, whose sail cable had been damaged in many places, was powerless, and the Silver Shark was still a mile away, suppressing the "Rose of Verona".

Relying on its height and strength, the "Royal September" stood out from the encirclement, and a Haiao ship rushed up the side desperately, but was struck off the bow of the ship.

When I went down to the main gun deck, I saw the seven horizontal and eight vertical gun carriages, the mutilated human body, and the small eyes that were densely chiseled off the ship's board, and Pedro's still existing desire to fight again was suddenly extinguished.

Seeing that the "Royal September" broke through on its own, and there was no sign of turning back, Xiao Sheng gave the order not to chase after the poor Kou, and turned fire to other Spanish warships that still had the will to fight, which was his last order in this battle, and then passed out. , The command was transferred to Bai Yanding of the Silver Shark, but within half an hour, Bai Yanding was hit by a shotgun, and the command was transferred to Hu Hanshan, who boarded the Iron Shark.

At this moment, the movements of the Spanish fleet were chaotic, many wounded warships turned the rudder and fled south according to Pedro's orders, and more than a dozen warships were in good condition and were fighting to the death. They couldn't retreat if they wanted to, and the Anglo-Chinese battleship, which had been beaten to the point of anger in its spine, would never want to let them go. At this time, the focus of the battle was on the besieged "Verona Rose", which was bitten by the tail of a Sea Shark ship, and the two Sea Shark ships were surrounded by left and right. The sea carp ship took advantage of the loophole and stuck up, falling under Meng Songhai's fingers, and constantly weakening its artillery fire with its two-inch cannon. Such a big man is like being dragged by a group of boys, hugging his waist, and strangling his neck, and he can't move at all.

When the sails of the "Royal September" disappeared into the distant sea, and the approaching sea carp began to spew flames and send columns of fire into the gun doors, a large group of Spanish sailors rushed to the side of the ship, raised their hands and shouted.

The helmsman of the Iron Shark, the Portuguese Gomez, excitedly shouted towards Huhan Mountain: "They have surrendered!" The Spaniards surrendered! ”

Hu Hanshan stiffened his face and plucked his ears: "What? Didn't I hear clearly? ”

Then he waved his hand: "Fire!" ”

The gunners who had already taken aim at these men pulled the guns and boomed, and countless shotguns flew away, spraying the sides of the enemy ships into scarlet paintings.

At this time, Hu Hanshan sighed: "They surrendered?" ”

The sound of the cannon gradually subsided, and on a sea carp ship with a somewhat strange style in the distance of the battlefield, Lan Tingzhen, the chief soldier of Penghu of the Qing court, and Lin Liang, the chief soldier of Quanzhou, threw themselves on the side of the ship and vomited desperately.

I'm too scared......

Since the beginning of the war, even if they were miles away, they were constantly being held apart by the sound of cannons that seemed to tear their brains apart, and they could no longer think. Lan Tingzhen is a member of the Lan Li clan, the general of the resumption of Taiwan, and he heard Lan Li talk about the naval battle of the resumption of Taiwan. Compared with the naval battle in front of us, the battle between those ships the size of hundreds of materials, carrying the Fran machine and the tribute, is simply a child's game.

Not to mention anything else, as far as the artillery in the current battle in front of us is concerned, they are all red-coated cannons of more than two or three thousand catties, and the two sides add up to 16,700 guns! What a terrible number......

After being beaten by the sound of more than a thousand cannons for two and a half hours, he suddenly relaxed at this time // Wanshushe* The text version was updated the fastest //, and it is no wonder that the two sailors who ran away from the old ship vomited.

After watching an encounter on Xiaoliuqiu Island before, Lan Tingzhen followed Lan Dingyuan's advice and found Lin Liang, the chief soldier of Quanzhou, and asked him to contact his clansman Lin Lang, the purpose of which was to steal Ji Ge of the Anglo-Chinese Navy. But I don't want to be the next head-on decision, and I don't have the time to drum up the conspiracy at all. Shi Shiqi issued a strict order to let them get first-hand information about this battle. These two commanders of the Qing court's naval division had to drive a "big ship" that imitated the Anglo-Chinese sea carp ship. "Surrounded by the Anglo-Chinese navy.

Then they were caught by the Yinghua Navy patrolling the back road, Xiao Sheng did not embarrass them, with the intention of letting the old boss face the situation, Xiao Sheng even allowed the two to watch.

This decision was extremely wise, and the commanders of the two Qing court naval divisions were shocked by the naval battles of the new era. When they saw the Spanish giant ship sailing south, they already understood that the victory of the British and Chinese navy was in sight, and after the cannon noise gradually subsided, the giant ship also lowered all the sails and closed all the gun doors.

Looking at the smoke that lingered on the battlefield, after the two of them vomited, their hearts were even heavier and sadder.

Lan Tingzhen sighed and said, "Such an opponent has been defeated, Nanban...... There is no ...... to be made again."

Lin Liang said unwillingly: "This is just on the sea, but on land is a different situation." ”

Not long after, a sea carp ship approached, and the captain was a member of the Lin family, his face was full of joy and sadness.

"Brother Lang, I'm dead in battle."

Hearing the news of the death of his brother Lin Lang, and thinking back to the swaying battle just now, another throbbing rushed in Lin Liang's heart, as a man chasing the sea, what could be more glorious than dying in such a naval battle?

Lan Tingzhen was also muttering blankly: "I can't ...... I want to fight."

The Battle of Subic came to an end, and the Anglo-Chinese Navy invested 64 warships, more than 800 guns of more than 12 catties, and 900 troops. Person. The Spanish Combined Fleet in Manila dispatched forty-four warships // Wanshushe* The text version was updated the fastest // 700 guns of more than 2 pounds, with a strength of 7,000 British and Chinese were regular troops, and at least half of the latter were armed merchant ships and civilian sailors. The gap between the two sides of the sea // Wanshushe* text version is updated the fastest // on the top, which shows that the reason why the Anglo-Chinese Navy won has to say that there is a certain element of luck. ,

The battle lasted more than five hours, and the fighting was heavy on each other before stopping, and the will to fight on both sides was admirable, and of course, a certain commander had to be excluded.

The Anglo-Chinese navy suffered extremely heavy losses, sinking 13 ships, including 10 sea carp ships, all of which were wounded, and 15 warships were no longer able to sail autonomously. What's even more tragic is that of the four Sea Shark ships, three were seriously damaged, and I am afraid that they will not be repaired well in a few months, and the Copper Shark was very seriously damaged by the Spaniards, and there is no value in repair. Outside the ship, the damage to the people is even more shocking. Since Xiao Sheng, almost all the generals have been injured. One lieutenant general, three captains were killed in battle, and the captain even killed seventeen people. In total, officers and men were killed in the battle, and nearly 1,000 were seriously wounded.

When Hu Hanshan got the preliminary list of battle losses, it was dark in front of him, the ship didn't matter, talent was the most precious, and the elite of the navy, half of the battle was gone!

Meng Songhai didn't think about it so much, what he cared about was the result. The biggest takeaway is, of course, the battleship "Rose of Verona", a double-decked battleship! The brothers fought hard to leave this giant ship, which was almost a sea fortress, behind, even if it was just a reference to this giant ship to design their own battleship, it was a huge gain.

In addition, the Anglo-Chinese Navy also sank six warships and four armed merchant ships, captured nine, and the rest ran away. There is no way to count Shi Fang's casualties, but there are close to 2,000 prisoners on hand, and Meng Songhai estimates that Shi Fang also estimated that about 2,000 people died.

The Portuguese Gomes muttered, "What a bloody victory..."

Xiao Sheng and Bai Yanding were still unconscious, not knowing if they could survive, Hu Hanshan was touched by the price of this battle.

"Victory!? So that's a victory!? Far from enough! ”

His eyes were red, and he glared at the generals gathered on his ship to discuss their next move. At this moment, the wounded battleship is being towed into Subic Bay for initial repairs and then back for complete repairs. The sea carp ship that delivered the news was heading for Kunlun Island to inform His Majesty the Emperor of the battle situation.

From the helm platform, the captured Spanish warship was quietly moored in the sea full of debris.

Hu Hanshan's eyes flashed: "I have a plan."

Not long after, the Spanish Navy Captain Quanzales, who had been captured on Xiaoliuqiuyu, appeared in front of Huhanshan, and the captain of the "Rose of Verona" shot himself after giving the surrender order, and Quanzales became the highest-ranking officer among the captives.

Circle Sales didn't get to see the battle firsthand, but he heard it all in the cabin, and he was already mourning more than he died. Hearing that the interpreter conveyed Hu Hanshan's request, he glared angrily and said resolutely: "The officer of the Royal Navy in Xiban // Wanshushe* has the fastest text version update, and will never help you do such a despicable and shameless ...... Ahh

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by severe pain, and the bayonet in Hu Hanshan's hand pierced through his palm, and he was still turning in circles mercilessly.

Hu Hanshan said coldly: "If you don't do it, you will cut off your limbs and cause a hundred wounds on your body." , soak you in the seawater and let the fish eat your flesh piece by piece! ”

Circle Sales lowered his head and said with difficulty: "I'll do ......"

Looking at Hu Hanshan's back from the corner of his eye, Huan Sales cursed in a low voice: "Forced Yaboro...... This guy is a forced Yaboro! (To be continued.)