Boom Boom!

Outside the port of Geranza, eight battleships and more than 50 small and medium-sized warships of the Nanyang Naval Division of the Ming Army lined up in formation, and Liu Xiang, who came from the east, fought fiercely with the Dutch combined fleet.

In terms of the combined fleet, because there are about 100 warships, normally speaking, the firepower should be much stronger than Zheng Zhilong's Nanyang Naval Division.

However, the Nanyang Naval Division took advantage of the first formation - when the opponent entered the firing range, all the warships of the Nanyang Naval Division had already formed a "1" shape, and the combined fleet had just rushed over, so the line was in a "one" shape, so that the two sides actually formed an out-and-out "T" shaped confrontation, and those who are familiar with naval warfare know that the Nanyang Naval Division at this time at the head of the "T" shape must have taken a big advantage.

Why?

Because the main gun emplacements of the battleship are on the side side, such as the battleship of the Nanyang Naval Division, the two sides of the hull are equipped with eight Furlong machines and eight Hongyi cannons, and there is only one Hongyi cannon at the head of the ship.

The same was true of the combined fleet of the Dutch and Liu Xiang, whose bow was now facing the Nanyang Naval Division, and most of the ships could fire only one gun, even the largest Schmmiburg-class battleships.

In this way, although the Combined Fleet had as many as 100 warships, during the period when the exchange of fire had just begun, the firepower density was completely inferior to that of the Nanyang Naval Division.

In order to reverse the disadvantage, the Combined Fleet, after entering the firing range, immediately turned the bow of the ship and set up a formation, striving to make the flank of the hull face the Nanyang Naval Division as quickly as possible.

Taking advantage of this effort, the Nanyang sailors were bombarded.

Boom Boom!

The dense cannonballs were smashed by the super-combined fleet, and the range of the cannons at that time was not far, so the two sides were relatively close, and the formation was relatively close, so the probability of being hit by the cannon was very high.

Most of the gunners of the Nanyang Navy Division are old pirates who follow Zheng Zhilong to go to sea all the year round, and their accuracy is quite amazing. There is also a small part of the student soldiers who have just enlisted in the army, relying on the money of the imperial court, and they usually don't feel sorry for the shells that let them shoot targets, so their accuracy is not low.

For a time, many warships of the Combined Fleet were hit one after another, exploded and caught fire with a bang, and the crew members of the ship jumped ship crying and shouting.

Smoke rises from the sea, just like farmers burning straw in the field after the autumn harvest, which can be described as fireworks everywhere, which is extremely spectacular.

After five or six rounds of artillery bombardment by the Nanyang Naval Division, the Combined Fleet set up its formation - in the era of relying on wind kinetic energy, it was very slow to turn the hull to a specified angle.

By this time, the Combined Fleet had lost more than two dozen small ships, five Galen ships, five junk ships, and even one of the Schmmiburg-class battleships was on fire, but it was quickly extinguished.

Next, it was the counterattack of the combined fleet.

Although they suffered heavy losses, the total number of warships was still more than that of the Nanyang Naval Division on the scene, so after the counterattack started, the Nanyang Naval Division suddenly had the upper hand.

Moreover, at this time, the remaining thirteen Galen ships and fifteen Junk ships of the Combined Fleet played a huge role, although they were smaller than the battleships, but they were more flexible, and the small clippers used to deal with the Nanyang Naval Division were very advantageous, but after a few rounds of shelling, they seriously damaged more than 20 Ming warships.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had fifteen junk boats in his hands, and they had to move their positions and go to block the attack when they saw that they were wrong. However, because the number is smaller than that of the other party, the effect is not great.

On a Galen ship, Liu Xiang was very excited.

If this continues, he is likely to win this naval battle.

Especially when the lookout told him that the Spanish fleet had entered the range of the Ming army from the north, he felt that this battle would be won!

Let's say that the Spanish fleet, which consisted of seven Galen ships and more than 20 clippers, under the leadership of Velasco, rushed to the battlefield.

However, the strange thing is that when they came into range of the fleet of the Nanyang Naval Division of the Ming Army, their cannons were still inside the hull and did not stick out of the gun holes.

The same was true of the Ming fleet, and the cannons pointed at the other side were also retracted into the gun holes.

In this way, the Spanish fleet came from the north and passed by the Ming army.

The two sides did not fire a single shot.

Standing in the command room, Liu Xiang saw this strange scene through a telescope.

He was shocked.

Why didn't the Spaniards open fire?

Didn't the damn Dutch say that the Spaniards had promised to fight with them in the South Seas?

He roared loudly and cursed!

"Dutch red hair, my day your grandma!

And while he was roaring, the Spanish fleet had already quietly come to his flank!

No matter how stupid Liu Xiang is, he knows that the Spaniards are ready to help Zheng Zhilong!

They ran here at this time, and they didn't beat Zheng Zhilong, did they come here to watch the excitement?

Sure enough, after the Spanish fleet sailed to a position a mile south of Liu Xiang's fleet, all the guns on the side of the battleship stretched out and pointed at Liu Xiang's battleship faintly.

On a Galen ship, Velasco was proud of his wise decision.

Stupid Dutch, would they really think that the Great Spanish fleet, which was a sworn enemy, would help him?

They can't see the situation in the Far East clearly, that's because they have a fool!

And I'm not going to do anything stupid.

In the future, the Far East will inevitably be controlled by this ancient empire called "Ming", not to mention the Dutch, even the whole of Europe will not be able to shake this empire!

Why?

Just because they can build fifty of these behemoths in a year, and thousands of heavy cannons in a year, and this empire is only just rising!

If they were given another five years, their warships would be all over the Far East, and the Far East was their doorstep, and who in all of Europe could compete with them here?

Spain's presence in the Far East is not strong in the first place, and if it offends such an empire, it will have no place in the future!

That's why idiots will compete with Mingguo!

Spain, whose national power is declining, has long lost the strength to compete with the Ming in the Far East - not to mention the country, even the Netherlands cannot compete.

Since you can't compete, it's better to be friendly with Ming.

From now on, Spain would not seek any colonization in the Far East, but would go all out to obtain greater trade rights and concession routes.

And to achieve this goal, you need to first give a big gift to the future overlord Mingguo!

Assisting Ming Guo to defeat Liu Xiang and the Dutch is a great gift he wants to give!

Because it was wrapped from the flanks, the Spanish fleet did not need to adjust the hull at all, and could directly use the side to aim at Liu Xiangbu.

"Boom, boom!"

Without any warning, Spain directly declared war, and all the artillery of the fleet opened fire on Liu Xiang's fleet!

Liu Xiang screamed!

The Dutch also shouted!

Because just last night, Velasco also wrote a letter to Oran, saying that he was willing to cooperate with the Netherlands to fight against the Ming fleet!

But in Europe in this era, it is clear that honesty is not worth anything at all.

Interests, only interests are eternal!

In this Age of Discovery, which European country was not a pirate in nature? Which pirate have you ever heard of being honest?

The sudden backlash of the Spaniards left the Combined Fleet unprepared and unprepared!

However, fortunately, the strength of the Spanish fleet was not strong, Liu Xiang gritted his teeth and planned to resist a wave, he overtook the Dutch to ask for reinforcements, and at the same time commanded the fleet to carry out a counteroffensive against the Spanish fleet.

But at this moment, the lookout came to report that a large Ming fleet had appeared in the south, and it seemed that there were at least fifteen junk ships, plus more than thirty clippers.

Liu Xiang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he knew that he was surrounded!