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On the vast sea, the wind swept the clouds. White waves and black waves, lightning and thunder. The wind is fierce, and the drums are angry.

In the smoke of gunpowder, the South China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet were like wolves on the sea, one left and the other right, rushing towards the Spanish fleet.

"What about Dutch pigs? What about Dutch pigs? Andrei cried out, feeling bad in his heart.

At this time, Pique finally vaguely saw that on the sea in the distance, the upper deck of the ordinary Dutchman's giant ship was all blown up, floating on the sea like a floating platform. "God, Your Excellency the Doge, the Dutch have failed!"

"How is this possible?" Andrei asked incredulously.

Although he hated the Dutch, he did not doubt the fighting power of the Dutch. The defeat of the Dutch so quickly will undoubtedly cause him a lot of psychological pressure.

Daqin and Spain, one is that the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers; One is a hundred-legged insect that dies without stiffness. One is as radiant as the red sun rises, and the other is like the sun is returning to the west. This can be clearly felt from the mentality of both parties.

The Spaniards, seeing that the Dutch were quickly defeated, immediately hesitated.

The two fleets of the Qin army did not hesitate at all, like a hungry tiger pounced.

Rumble!

With a loud bang, the front main gun of Zheng Sihai's flagship roared first, once again breaking the temporary calm on the sea.

The huge projectiles spewed out by the Hongyi cannon flew over the sky for four or five miles, phew! With a bang, it smashed on the surface of the sea, only twenty feet away from Peake's flagship. This took Pique by surprise.

You must know that in these days, usually no one will fire a cannon from a distance of several miles, and the British even have a hard standard that they are not allowed to fire if they do not enter within 300 yards, although other countries in the West do not have a hard standard, but basically follow similar common sense.

Because although the range of the Hongyi cannon is more than four or five miles, such a long distance is in the case of the hull undulating with the waves. Firing artillery is just a waste of ammunition, and it is not even certain where the shells are going.

Of course, the Great Qin Royal Navy can't either, Zheng Sihai just wants to take the lead in taking the lead, whether he can hit or not, bombard him first to boost morale.

"Turn the rudder right!" Pique, as the commander of the Spanish fleet, shouted at the right time.

The two fleets of the Qin army were fighting from two sides in parallel, and if Pique did not give the order to change the rudder in time, his fleet would be caught in the middle, and the enemy would be attacked on both sides.

After the turn. His fleet is expected to be diagonally inserted in front of Zheng Sihai's South China Sea Fleet, forming an irregular "T" shape.

Under normal circumstances, in order to avoid being snatched by the enemy of the "T" cross, Zheng Sihai should also order to turn and keep in the same direction as the enemy, so that he could use the broadside guns to shoot at the enemy.

"Lord Admiral, hurry up and give the order to the rudder!" When the staff officers around him urgently reminded him, Zheng Sihai made an astonishing decision: "Turn the rudder 30 degrees to the left!" ”

"Lord Admiral!" All the staff officers in the command cabin all exclaimed, because if the rudder was not turned. It only forms a thousand-digit head with the enemy ship, but if you turn the rudder 30 degrees to the left according to Zheng Sihai's order, you will just send a perfect "T" crosshead to the enemy.

"This is a military order! Communicate immediately. ”

"Whoa!"

Zheng Haijun's military order was quickly conveyed to all ships in flags, and it was really a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers. The 200 warships of the South China Sea Fleet, large and small, were full of sails and stopped and killed the enemy ships like black clouds;

The war drums on the ship sounded in unison, and the shouts were like thunder. The Qin soldiers sang the tragic "No Clothes", and the sound shook the sea and the sky. The smoke of gunpowder has not yet dissipated. The churning waves, the voices and the singing.

When General Pique of Spain saw this scene, his heart palpitated inexplicably, which made him involuntarily think about a naval battle in the past, a sea battle that made the Spanish Armada lose its supremacy at sea.

It was August 1588, and Spain and England were engaged in a spectacular naval battle in the English Channel.

In this naval battle, Spain was strong, and a total of 130 warships were invested, most of which were galleons of 600-1700 tons. With more than 30,000 troops, it is known as the "luckiest armada".

At that time, the British army was not large, and the entire fleet had only 9,000 combat personnel. Although the number of ships in the fleet reached 197, none of them could reach the tonnage of Spanish galleons, and most of them were small ships of 200-300 tons.

But as a result, the Armadama, which was claimed to be the luckiest, was defeated.

This qiē is very similar to the situation in front of him, the warships of the Qin army are not as big as those of Spain, but they are numerous, and they are killed with the wind, and the speed is very fast.

Moreover, the spirit of the Qin army daring to fight to the death was better than that of the British at that time, which made people worry about the recurrence of the old things, which is why Peake felt palpitations.

But in any case, the Spanish fleet grabbed the "T" crosshead, or Zheng Sihai gave the "T" crosshead to Pique.

"Fire!" As the distance between the two sides narrowed to 300 yards, Peake gave an order, and 20 battleships, all the starboard guns combined, nearly two hundred, roared one after another, and the tongues of fire erupted endlessly, and a huge roar shook the sky.

Rained shells streaked across the sky like meteorites, roaring and smashing towards the South China Sea Fleet, boom! Boom! Two loud bangs came, and under the intensive artillery fire of the Spaniards, the first salvo caused two warships of the South China Sea Fleet to be shot, and the planks on the ships flew sideways, which was thrilling.

And the gunboats of the Qin army could only return fire from the previous main guns, and the shells were much more sparse.

At this time, Zheng Sihai's order changed suddenly, and those small and medium-sized eagle ships and bluffing ships immediately turned thirty degrees again and killed the front of the Spanish fleet;

They lined up in a single long line to minimize the striking surface of enemy artillery fire.

At the same time, each ship swayed a large amount of lime on the battle, and the white lime powder drifted downwind towards the Spanish fleet, which soon blocked their view.

In addition, the smoke generated by the fierce artillery fire of the Spaniards themselves was also blown back to the ship, so that they could hardly see the ships of the Qin army, and could only fire blindly.

As a general who is old in naval battles, Peake quickly reacted, Zheng Sihai gave him the "T" cross-head, but he robbed the upper hand;

This "T" crosshead is like a decoy, once the Spanish fleet continues to follow its current course, Zheng Sihai can cut off the Spanish fleet as long as he pays a certain price, which is one of them.

The second is the small and medium-sized warships of the Qin army, which are fast, flexible and maneuverable, and sprinkle lime with the wind, once the lime floats to the Spanish battleship, it will be a disaster.

Pique immediately made a decision, immediately spit out the bait, and ordered the Spanish fleet to abandon the "T" crosshead, and before the lime of the Qin army floated to it, it turned one hundred and twenty degrees to the left again, drew a big arc, and sailed towards Manila Bay.

Their soft sails were huge, and when they were sailing downwind, they were so fast that the Qin army could only sigh in anticipation.

Zheng Sihai was very annoyed, this time he sent out the "T" crosshead, but he couldn't get the Spaniards to enter the decisive battle, and he also injured two gunboats in vain.

The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and the sea returned to calm, but the hearts of Zheng Sihai and others were surging. Spanish slippery than loaches, it seems difficult to deal with!

Well, I originally wanted to fight a quick battle, but now that the Spaniards have taken refuge in Manila Harbor, the Royal Navy of Daqin is once again in an embarrassment.

The Qin army came from afar, with more than 20,000 troops, under heavy logistical pressure, and if they could not quickly break through the port of Manila, they would not be able to hold out for long due to logistical pressure.

There were also five Dutch warships that had escaped, whose whereabouts were unknown, and ships had to be sent to track them.

Hai Rufeng was injured in the head, and after Ying Cai'er carefully medicated and bandaged him, he immediately called the four captains of the ninth battalion and scolded him like thunder.

If it weren't for the military to stop him, Hai Rufeng couldn't help but draw his knife and cut people.

This time, the 9th Battalion lost 61 killed and 123 wounded. It can be said that there were heavy casualties and basically lost its combat effectiveness.

The Dutch were Austen's flagship alone, with 96 dead and nearly 100 captured, and two of the other five escaped battleships were wounded, and the exact number of casualties is unknown.

In the case of a strong enemy and a weak one, achieving such a record would have been regarded as a proud victory, but because of the retreat of the four captains, Hai Rufeng felt disgraced.

He was scolding, Zheng Sihai sent a flag, asking him to hurry over to discuss countermeasures, and he hurried away.

Zheng Sihai asked everyone to discuss, nothing more than how to attack Manila Port, Manila Port is heavily defended, if it is attacked, it will definitely pay a heavy price, but if you want to sneak attack, you don't have that chance

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(To be continued......)