Deng Ming's flagship position was relatively forward, and when he was sailing in the dark just now, because he knew that there was no ship in front of him, the speed of the ship was reduced relatively slightly; The Chinese ships at the back were moving much slower, their formations were scattered, and because of the different speeds, some of the ships that had been in the back row overtook the friendly ships in front of them—and the hours of dark sailing had long since left everyone in a straight line.

After the start of the war, Chinese warships often attacked Spanish warships that could be attacked at the closest, so until now, the flagships of both sides are still fighting alone. To be precise, the Chinese flagship has been attacking the Spanish flagship, and the other side has never made any threatening counterattacks. The Spanish flagship, which had been harassed by searchlights, finally had an officer who thought of pulling the anchor up, and although he couldn't find a soldier like his colleagues who had thought about it before, fortunately the officer was not hit by the Ming fire. The Spanish officer touched the side of the winch and slowly pulled up the anchor, hoping to create an opportunity for himself and his fellow shipmates to escape from the sea monster's control, because there was a bright searchlight next to it, so the officer did not see the grimace in the distance, and did not think for a moment that it would be the devil coming.

The position of the bridge and the rudder plate has always been the focus of the Ming army, and two Ming army officers have been standing on a high place, specially directing the two guns to bombard the position of the Spaniards' naval guns. When the anchor was quietly pulled up, no one noticed that there were no officers and helmsmen standing on the bridge, and its sails were not raised, but the Spanish flagship began to drift slowly with the current.

Also due to the interference of the nearby searchlights, the Spanish gunners on this ship did not see the devil in the distance, so their fear of the pillar of light was only to think that they were facing a sea monster. While most of the officers and men were arguing in panic about whether this was a Medusa or a mermaid, a small number of brave Spanish sailors were ready to fight back against the sea monster; The priest on this ship did not see the kite in the air, so he did not feel like facing the end of the world and the gates of hell, and did not make holy water, but remained calmly behind, ready to come forward to listen to the deathbed confessions of the seriously wounded - there had not yet been an uncontrollable mass panic on the flagship of the Spanish fleet.

When the Spanish flagship began to drift slowly, Li Siming glanced back and saw that several friendly ships with lights on were coming, but they didn't have time to enter the battlefield for a while. The enemy ship in front of it was much taller than the flagship of the Ming army, and its second artillery deck was even higher than the upper deck of the Ming army. When they got closer, the Ming army had already dragged small-caliber shotguns to the deck to cover the bridge position of the bombarded enemy ship under the command of the officer, but if the Ming army approached further, the searchlights erected on the deck by the Ming army might be blocked. In other words, when the Ming soldiers tried to climb onto the upper deck of the enemy ship, it was likely that the searchlights would not be able to provide cover.

Li Siming turned his head and saw that the sails of the Spaniards had not yet been raised, so he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart, it seemed that the enemy would not accelerate his departure for the time being, maybe it would be better to wait a little longer, and wait for other friendly ships to catch up and support before attacking. While Li Siming was hesitating, a shell from the Spanish cannon grazed the surface of the Ming ship's deck. Then another shell was fired, and the second shell had a lower trajectory, and it swept past the Ming deck and hit the outboard of the ship. The shells of the forty-eight-pounder easily smashed the edge of the ship's side, and continued to fall into the sea with an unstoppable momentum over the Ming ship.

After being attacked, the searchlight deployed in the middle pointed at the gun window where the fire was fired, and while the Ming army counterattacked with artillery, the soldiers who had already swarmed to the side of the ship also fired at those gun windows. At this moment, the side of the Spanish battleship suddenly darkened, and the column of searchlight suddenly disappeared. Li Siming looked back at the center of the ship and saw that the lamp had been extinguished, and several soldiers who were taking care of it were swaying and beating, but the lamp no longer gave out any bright light. Soon two soldiers stopped tinkering with the searchlights, unloaded their rifles from their backs, and jumped to the side of the ship that was close to the enemy ship.

This lamp is definitely unusable, Li Siming is not too surprised by this, because the quality of the searchlight is not too good, and it often goes out by itself after a while, and it is impossible to use it again without spending time on overhaul. It took such a long time to extinguish one light, and the luck was already good, but with the first light going out, Li Siming knew that the other two lights might also stop work at any time.

"Pull in!" Li Siming no longer hesitated, and loudly gave the order to take over the battle. It would take a little more for friendly ships to catch up, and at such a close distance, if the Spaniards had gained the ability to move freely, they would have caused heavy casualties to the Ming army.

After hearing the captain's order, the flagship of the Ming army crashed into the enemy ship with a left rudder, watching the majestic hull on the side getting closer and closer, all the people clung to the things around them, and Deng Ming also tightly grasped a rope next to the mast. When the two boats violently collided against each other, the violent concussion caused many people to fall to the ground, and the light in the bow of the ship flickered for a moment, and it also overturned and went out.

At this time, the soldiers of the Ming army also threw the rope and put it on the enemy ship, and once they felt that the rope was strong, they tightened it with all their might, and then fixed the rope to their own deck and tied the two battleships together.

"Kill!"

As the surrounding subordinates tightened the ropes, Li Siming shouted, jumped onto the boat, held a knife in each hand, and leaped forward...... Since the deck of the Spanish battleship was much higher, Li Siming's target was not the opponent's upper deck, but a gun window in front of him. I saw Li Siming jump on the window, and after a slight pause, the whole person plunged into it and disappeared.

When a large number of Ming soldiers rushed towards the gun windows with rifles and swords, Deng Ming did not step forward but took a step back, and a guard on each side stepped forward, trying to escort Deng Ming into the cabin.

"There's no need for that." Deng Ming shook his head, he had already retreated to the other side of the deck, which was relatively safe, as long as he was not exposed during the night battle, most of the people would not find Deng Ming in the distance, and it was not necessary to hide in the cabin.

When the Ming army on the deck attacked the opponent's gun window, there was also a fierce battle below, and if the Ming gunner had completed loading and could see the gun window on the opponent's lower gun deck, he would fire at the opponent's gun window; Then, like his companions who didn't have time to reload, he pulled out his close-fitting weapon and rushed out of the gun window on his side, trying to get into the gun window on the opposite side.

Huang Meng was a gunner on a Ming warship, and before the two ships collided just now, he and his brothers were busy loading the cannons. But they failed to get the shells in time. The concussion of the impact caused Huang to fall to the ground, and when he got up, he saw that the gun commander and several other companions had already rushed to the window. The lights above and some of the fires made it possible to see the scene in front of them.

Artillery Commander Zhang Gong took the lead, jumped on the cannon window and grabbed the window edge with both hands and made a gesture to jump forward, but the fire flashed in the opposite window, and Cannon Commander Zhang's body was rushed backwards and flew back, rolling backwards for several meters before stopping, holding the thigh that was hit by the opponent with a handcuff and moaning in pain.

"Hit, hit!"

Seeing this, several Ming gunners behind Zhang Gong did not jump into the window, but took out their rifles and shot them into the dark window opposite; And the enemy on the opposite side was not to be outdone, and the fire rang out. Huang Meng leaned his back against the hull of the ship, nervously reloading his rifle, and when it was loaded, he quickly turned around and fired a shot into the opposite window.

A few minutes away, the soldiers of the two armies who fired their guns at each other cursed loudly, whether it was loading or shooting, Huang Meng and his brothers never stopped swearing, and although the roars from the opposite side were incomprehensible, the tone and rapid tone were no different from Huang Meng's side.

After firing another shot, Huang Meng was about to load with his back against the hull again, but at this moment he felt a sharp shake under his feet, and at the same time heard a loud roar, and the whole person involuntarily flew forward, and the rifle and the bullet pack that had just been torn apart also came out of his hand.

When he fell on the deck, Huang Meng realized what had happened, and the Spaniards in another gun window not far away were shelling the Chinese's gun window with a cannon at zero distance. Half of the window that had been attacked was smashed, and several Chinese soldiers hiding behind it were lying on the ground and shouting.

The blow caused the two boats to separate slightly, and then slammed into each other again, and Huang Meng, who had just flown forward for a while, rolled towards the window a few more times before stopping.

Huang Meng scolded angrily, his rifle didn't know where it went, he cursed and groped on the ground for a while, still didn't find his rifle, but touched a cannonball.

Just as he was about to throw away the cannonball, Huang Meng suddenly had an idea, twisted the time-delay fuse on it vigorously, and then ran to the window with it in his hand, and threw it into the opposite window with a fierce throw.

"With cannonballs!" Huang screamed at the throat, his voice was so hoarse that he couldn't even hear himself: "Unscrew the fuse and throw it over!" Blow them up! ”

In the fierce battle, only a few people heard Huang Meng's shout, and they also went to pick up cannonballs, and while unscrewing the fuse and throwing it into the opposite window, they also shouted with Huang Meng to remind the other companions.

Soon, Huang Meng and the others saw red light shining in the window opposite, and at the same time, there were explosions and hysterical curses. The Ming army threw away all the shells they could touch, and then drew their swords and guns one after another, and waited behind the window. The lieutenant who commanded the artillery deck had also drawn his sword, and he also hid in the side of a gun window, shouting with all his might: "Brothers, when I count to thirty, we will rush together!" ”