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"Prepare for war! Prepare for battle! From the telescope, Captain Tomás of the Spanish Navy saw the huge fleet like dark clouds crushing the waves, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly ordered to prepare for battle.

The Spanish soldiers on board rushed to their combat posts, the gunners nervously charged, and one gun after another was quickly pushed to the portholes.

The muzzles of the guns of Sen Sen were exposed to the side side, and at this time, it could be seen that the number of guns on each of their battleships was as high as 22, which was more than twice as many as the sea and the wind.

Although the Spanish navy is declining, after all, it was once an empire that never sets on the world, and the so-called hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff. Their strength is still not to be underestimated, and they have a wealth of experience in naval warfare.

In their usual training, they usually have a person ask the sail control hand every two minutes where the wind is coming from, and practice until they can immediately and correctly point out where the wind is coming from.

In addition, it is necessary to observe flags, smoke, flying dust, moving clouds, ripples on the water, etc., and quickly judge the change in wind direction.

This is very important, because the speed of the warship can only be achieved if the sails are quickly and correctly adjusted according to the direction of the wind at all times, and the speed in wartime is equal to the survivability of the warship.

The sailors of the two large Spanish warships were very skilled in this regard, and now they were sailing downwind, and the sailors quickly relaxed the main-sail control halyard and the fore-sail control halyard, so that the speed of the battleship was maximum;

And accurately according to Thomas's orders, an arc was drawn on the sea, and Leng Sensen's naval guns turned around little by little along with the hull.

At this time, Hai Rufeng and Wang Guichen's two battalions of men and horses counted twenty warships, and they were sailing against the wind.

When sailing against the wind, you can't walk in a straight line against the incoming wind, so you can only keep taking the zigzag course to let the ship move in the crosswind, so that the speed will be relatively slow, and the route will actually be much longer.

The sea was turbulent, and the two armies were constantly approaching. The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.

There was no war between Great Qin and Spain, but in this case, both sides obviously had no good intentions.

In these years, the navies of various countries did not have a common flag language for communication, and the Royal Navy of Daqin created a complete set of flags, but the Spaniards probably couldn't understand it.

Since it is impossible to communicate, in this case, unless one party avoids it, it is only possible to talk with a cannon.

Rumble!

The flagship of the sea like the wind was the first to fire, and tongues of fire erupted. The projectile whizzed away.

Thomas originally wanted to send a small boat to negotiate first, and asked about the purpose of this huge fleet, but he never thought that the other party would not even give him a chance to negotiate, and immediately opened fire, and Thomas was really startled.

Looking at the distance between the two sides, he couldn't help laughing, there is still more than a mile away, and firing at such a long distance is usually only a rookie to do such a thing. Because this is a pure waste of ammunition.

As expected, the shells landed far away from his two battleships, posing no threat at all, which made Thomas feel reassured. So he decided not to retreat any further, but to try the details of this fleet anyway;

At this time, he had already guessed which country this fleet came from.

Except for Great Qin, it is impossible for any country in the present Far East to be able to assemble such a large fleet. It reminded him of the conquest plan in the drawer.

On the flagship of the ninth battalion, Hai Rufeng habitually took out the black blindfold and put it on, commanding the battleship with murderous vigour. Constantly walking the "zigzag", killing the Spanish battleship.

Sun 13 was finally freed from the drudgery of scraping fish scales, and Zhengda yelled at the gunners of the front main gun: "Damn, Lao Tzu's face has been lost to you, recalibrate, calibrate!" Fast! ”

The gunners didn't really feel much nervous about the battle, after all, they were backed by a huge fleet, which made them feel that it was similar to the usual artillery training;

Gunner Wu Sanpei couldn't help but reply in his busy schedule: "Gun Commander Sun, isn't this first cannon a school shot, the brothers have been holding back for so long, if one cannon sinks the enemy ship, how boring it is, so let the brothers fire two more cannons, it will be regarded as making up for the firecrackers during the New Year."

If he hadn't seen that he had already raised his thumb and started to measure the distance with the jumping eye method, Sun Shisan would definitely give him a hard kick in the ass: "Wu Sanpei, I let you get sè, if this cannon doesn't hit again, Lao Tzu will throw you into the sea to feed the fish!" ”

Different from the calmness of those guys on the gunboats, the soldiers of the Qin army on the eagle boats and bluffing boats have become very nervous, their ships are small and brisk, they are already approaching within a mile, and they will soon have to withstand the fierce bombardment of the enemy's artillery.

The two battalions consisted of sixteen small and medium-sized warships, one on the left and one on the right, like two groups of sea wolves riding the wind and waves, all the sails were bulging and tight, and the bow of the ship ploughed up pieces of white waves.

Rumble!

There was another loud bang, and the main gun of the ninth battalion again roared, and the whistling shells flew over the vast sea, flew over Thomas's battleship, and narrowly hit the mast, so frightened that the lookout on the mast hugged the mast and screamed loudly

Thomas was also secretly frightened, this is not like a rookie can do it, although rookies also have shit luck, but shit luck usually does not come so early, and it can only appear after holding back a blushing neck.

"Turn the rudder right! Turn right rudder! Thomas tried to keep his composure.

Soon, the Spanish battleship, which had completed the turn again, and the guns on the starboard side also began to roar one after another, boom! Boom Boom! Dozens of projectiles streaked across the sky and fell on the surface of the sea like meteor showers, causing huge splashes.

The eagle boats and bluffing boats of the Qin army were flying like eagles against the sea, from the front and rear of the Spaniards, the artillery fire was constantly approaching, and the surrounding water columns were constantly rushing, and they were shuttling briskly in the water columns, and people were sweating when they saw it.

The black hull and black sails give people a mysterious and weird feeling. It is not difficult to imagine that if they were blocked, it would be a picture of wolves grabbing food.

In addition, what is even more frightening is that the huge fleet composed of hundreds of warships in the distance has also begun to divide into two, outflanking from afar, the sea is magnificent, the black sails are like clouds, covering the sky and the sun, and the incomparably magnificent picture is too beautiful for people to dare to see.

At least Thomas didn't dare to look at it more, "Quick! Continue to turn the rudder right! To the west! To the West"

Seeing the Spanish battleship turning, Hai Rufeng, who was observing with a telescope, immediately shouted: "The enemy ship wants to escape, chase after it!" ”

Rumble! Boom Boom!

The four gunboats of the 9th and 10th battalions were zigzag, and at this time the side finally turned in the direction of the enemy ship, and the forty thousand pound Franc cannons immediately roared;

This kind of artillery can be replaced immediately after firing, and it can reach a rate of fire of about three rounds per minute, and forty guns roar and roar together, and the shells are like pouring rain, and on the sea in the distance, the water columns rush up several feet high, so that the two warships of the Spaniards seem to be running in the jungle of water columns.

The two sides are already within four hundred paces, Thomas does not dare to fight, the Qin army is too strong, six hundred to two, the difference in strength between the two sides is not a little bit and a half, the enemy can also spray them down if they fart, this battle is really impossible to fight!

The cannonballs of the Qin army kept chasing the enemy's two warships, the sea was filled with gunsmoke, the fire was spraying, and the water column was soaring into the sky.

Under Thomas's command, the two ships turned in succession, and with each turn of the side the guns roared and fiercely returned fire;

The sound of artillery was like thunder, the projectiles were like rain, and the water was splashing. An eagle ship of the Qin army was hit with the mainsail, and with a bang, the mainsail immediately broke a big hole, but fortunately, the mast was not broken, and the sailors on the ship scolded while hurriedly lowering the broken sail and replacing it with a new sail.

Hai Rufeng saw that his own shells were always a little bit worse, and failed to hit the enemy ship, but the enemy's shells were getting closer and closer, and the splashes of water splashed on his face, and he couldn't help but scold: "Sun Shisan, are you fucking diarrhea?" Damn, you're going to spray the enemy in the face even if you're strained."

Gunner Sun 13 failed to hit the enemy ship with several rounds of salvos, and he was already extremely annoyed, and when he was yelled at by the commander again, he couldn't help but step forward and kick the gunner Wu Sanpei away and calibrate the angle himself.

Rumble!

The front main cannon roared again, and the huge projectile roared away with Sun Thirteen's anger, boom! There was a loud bang, and the projectile smashed the side of the cabin of Thomas's flagship, and for a moment sawdust flew and the cabin screamed.

After the projectile pierced the starboard bulkhead, the aftermath continued to wane, and it slammed into a gun on the port side, causing the gun to fly out of the porthole and fall into the sea.

And after the projectile hit the artillery, it bounced back, knocking the two Spanish artillerymen into a bloody blur and not humanoid

A burst of ecstatic cheers immediately came from the Qin warship, and Sun Shisan's hair stood on end with excitement, and he shouted arrogantly: "Come again, quickly reload!" I'm going to spray him all in the face."

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