"Kill!"

After counting to thirty, the lieutenant immediately gave the order to attack, and then jumped to the window first. Huang Meng and the others followed, shouting and pounced one after another. By this time, the beam of the searchlight had disappeared, and the fire was much brighter. The gun window of the enemy ship in front of Huang Meng was very close and the angle was also very positive, and he jumped into it as soon as he jumped, rolling on the spot and holding the knife and bulleting it.

The swarthy cabin was filled with moans and fights, and the faint light of the fire made people faintly see some figures, and Huang Meng let out a loud curse in Chinese, slashing and slashing at the enemies who did not understand the language. After a random chop, Huang Meng heard another Chinese scolding from behind the opponent. With the flash of fire in the distance, Huang Meng seemed to feel that the enemy was turning, and he swung it fiercely, as if he had slashed something, and some warm liquid sprayed on his face.

Some of their companions accidentally hit the window edge and screamed and fell into the water between the two boats, but more people poured in through the windows. When many Ming soldiers stepped into the cabin with one foot, they would first put a shot into the dark interior, not only for safety, but also to make a light to illuminate the way ahead.

"Blind your dog's eye!" An angry roar came from Huang Meng's body, which was made by the lieutenant who led the team, and the foreign insults could no longer be heard in the second half of the cabin, and the lieutenant rushed to the front row with his double sword; As a result, another Ming soldier jumped up from the side window, and without saying a word, shot into the darkness, knocking the lieutenant's helmet flying.

The lieutenant, who broke out in a cold sweat, raised his arms halfway, and almost cut down the soldier who almost shot him off the boat: "Light the lamp, light the lamp!" ”

One of Huang Meng's companions pulled out a fire fold and shook it vigorously, and suddenly a bright flame appeared in the cabin, and almost at the same time, a gunshot rang out. The companion who lit the fire was beaten to the point that he staggered and fell to the sky.

"Spaniard!"

It was a sailor who was hiding in the shadows, and then the firelight, the Ming army that poured in also saw the last few enemies who were still standing, Huang Meng and his other companions let out a roar together, and pounced on the enemy holding the firearm, the Spaniard threw down the handcuff and swung his sword to protect himself, but in a blink of an eye, he was stabbed to the ground by four or five knives...... The screams of dying became less and less, and finally disappeared completely, leaving only the sound of chopping and chopping.

"Stop, stop, light a few more lights!" The lieutenant screamed out again.

More firelight appeared in the cabin, and Huang Meng looked around, and only the Ming soldiers in blue and white military uniforms and domed steel helmets were standing. The floor was littered with motionless human bodies, and the Ming soldiers were looking for an exit with their lamps, and soon someone shouted: "Hatch, hatch to go up." ”

The lieutenant ran to the ladder, and when he saw that it was covered with a lid, he first put his ear to it and listened—it seemed that the fight was raging; The lieutenant listened for a moment, then gently reached out and lifted the hatch to see if it was crushed. Having noticed that the lid seemed to be able to be moved, the lieutenant put his finger to his lips and made a silent gesture to the soldiers around him, snatching a torch in his own hand and motioning for the rest of the light to be extinguished.

Including Huang Meng, the Ming army looked at the lid on the top of the ladder vigilantly, and everyone pulled open the shelves one by one, ready to fight. After seeing that several soldiers around him had loaded their rifles and pistols, the lieutenant held the torch in one hand and raised the other hand above his head, and gestured three fingers.

The lieutenant shook his hand and reduced it by one finger, then another; While retracting the last finger, several soldiers holding the lid in their hands used force at the same time, violently lifting the lid over. The lieutenant roared and threw the torch on the occasion while retreating at full speed.

"Hmm!"

"Hah!"

"Ahh

The Ming soldiers shouted and struck at the top, and almost at the same moment, there were exclamations above Huang Meng's head.

"There's a Spaniard coming out!" While exclamations and screams came from the entrance of the cave, two or three swords also poked at the entrance of the cave.

"Your own people, your own people!" After hearing the Chinese, Huang Meng and the others shouted together, and a Ming soldier climbed up the ladder while shouting.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out, and the Ming army, who had just climbed the ladder, was shot, fell down heavily, and lay straight on the ground.

"It's your own people, bastard!" The lieutenant cursed, and the second climbed the ladder and followed him, and the Ming soldiers on the lower deck climbed from the ladder to the upper artillery deck.

The fire in front of Huang Meng's eyes flickered, and it seemed that the first half of the cabin was already under the control of the Chinese, and there was still the sound of fighting in the back corridor.

"On deck, on deck." A person in the distance shouted to Huang Meng and the others, through the sporadic firelight in the cabin, Huang Meng could see this person guarding a ladder, the Ming soldiers in front were climbing out of the cabin from the ladder according to his greeting, and the person guarding the ladder was anxiously pushing the person up, and shouted hurriedly: "Keep up with the captain!" ”

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At this time, the three searchlights had been extinguished, and Deng Ming looked up at the side of the Spanish battleship, where many Spanish soldiers had already appeared, and they were condescendingly shooting at the Ming army's ship. Not to be outdone, the Ming soldiers who remained on the deck returned fire with rifles, and a few Ming soldiers operated the small cannons on the deck, pointing the muzzles towards a high point a few meters away, and spraying shells directly into the enemy's face.

Several of the guards rushed in front of Deng Ming and kept the commander behind him, but they did not participate in the shootout, so no Spaniards fired at Deng Ming. The soldiers on the decks of both ships acted on instinct, and when they saw the fire from the muzzle of a gun, they would shout and fire there, and then reload their weapons with all their might—if they were not hit by the counter-fire, they would fire a shot where there was sound or light.

Clusters of flames erupted from the muzzles of their guns, like lightning bolts, scurrying between the two ships, and the soldiers on both sides were already in a state of madness, screaming with all their might every time they fired...... Gradually, the voice seemed to be a little softer, and then a little softer.

A friendly ship came from a distance and began to sweep the Spanish battleship with a pillar of light—there was only one pillar of light, and Deng Ming glanced at the ship, and saw that there was only one light left on the ship. Behind this friendly ship, there were several Ming ships that were also rushing over at full speed, but most of them were also unlit.

The Spaniards on the high ground had not returned fire for a long time, and after the Ming soldiers on the deck fired two more rounds of gunfire, they also stopped, looked up at the enemy ship that was once again illuminated by the pillar of light, and gasped to observe the movement above. At this time, Deng Ming also looked at his side and found that Feng Xifan and other Taiwanese soldiers who should have been by his side did not know when they all disappeared.

An officer climbed up from the lower deck, and he hurriedly called: "Are there still carpenters?" Come and plug the leak! All the people came down to help scoop up the water. ”

After the two ships were tied up just now, the firing shells on the lower gun deck of the Spanish battleship did not miss a shot, and several large openings were opened in the lower hull of the Ming army, one of which was very close to the waterline, and every time the ship shook, a large amount of seawater poured in. The officer had just been desperately scooping water with a few sailors below, and when he heard the gunfire from above seem to stop, he hurried up and asked for support.

The Ming soldiers who remained on the deck were less than a quarter of the crew on this ship, and no one answered the officer's call, and they still looked up at the side of the enemy ship that had suddenly fallen silent. The light of the fire above grew brighter and brighter, and it looked as if countless torches had been lit.

Suddenly, a rope was thrown from above, and at the next moment, several torches poked out from the side of the ship, and the people holding them were wearing helmets, and they looked like soldiers of the Ming army. Shortly after the torch poked out, Deng Ming saw a man jump onto the side of the ship. With a bag of things in his arms and a rope in one hand, the man jumped out of the side of the ship and jumped down to the deck of the Ming flagship.

The person who fell was Li Siming, his military uniform was already covered with blood, Li Siming walked up to Deng Ming, let go of his hand and threw the large ball of things he was holding in front of the commander's feet - this was the military flag of the Spanish flagship, and it was also painted with the eagle emblem of the Spanish royal family.

"Prime Minister, the battleship is yours." Li Siming reported loudly, and then he threw a European-style sword on the banner: "The commander of the Spaniards has surrendered to you, Prime Minister, this is his sword." ”

At this time, a person jumped down from the boat, and Feng Xifan, whose face was covered with blood, strode behind Li Siming and praised Deng Ming loudly: "Lieutenant Colonel Li is really good. ”

"Of course," Deng Ming looked down at the military flag in front of his feet, then raised his head and smiled at Feng Xifan: "Now Feng Weishi no longer doubts it, Lieutenant Colonel Li became the captain of the ship by his own ability." ”

"Humble duty has never been suspected." Feng Xifan replied with a stern expression.

Twenty-two of the thirty Spanish warships were captured by the Ming in naval battles, and the resistance of the flagship was the fiercest, and the blood shed by the Ming officers and men on this ship was equivalent to half of the entire naval battle. None of the Ming ships were sunk by enemy artillery, and none of the captured Spanish warships suffered irreparable damage. Eight Spanish warships were able to break away from the battlefield because of their distance from the battlefield at the beginning of the battle, and seven of them, after firing their grimaces into the sky, did not choose to flee to the open sea, but ran aground at full speed - most of them refused to stay in the dangerous sea for a moment longer when they saw the devil. After rushing to the beach, the sailors above abandoned the ship and fled ashore together, and ran inland without hesitation. After dawn, the Ming army occupied these abandoned stranded ships.

Only one of the Spanish ships that had escaped from the battlefield did not choose to rush to the beach, but its captain was equally terrified, and the officers and men of the ship, singing hymns in unison, fled as fast as they could—the Spanish sailors would suffer for some time to come, and none of them would be able to sleep peacefully at night until they reached Manila.

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