open sea

Chapter 316 Qing Ye
"Quick! Turn the rudder!"

The captain of the Westerners gave orders loudly, and at the same time, he did not forget to use several cannons on the sidestring to blast at the small shark ship that turned around and made a comeback while turning the rudder. Clark said: "Let the merchant ship return to Manila! Shit! These shameless bitches! Boys, we met Li Maben!"

Li Maben is Lin Afeng. The pronunciation of Fujian merchants who lived in Luzon was changed to Roman letters, and it was called Limaben, so Lin Feng was called Li Maben in Luzon.

This sea area faces north, and in the impression of the Spaniards, it is Lin Feng's territory.

Although the Caravel ship in front is nearly half the size, the smallest of the three ships is the gunship. On the side of the ship is a row of Francophones that serve as swivel guns. Three cannons protrude from the rear portholes and roar. Protest against falling into the encirclement.

Pfft!
Sailors in sleeveless leather jackets jumped into the sea and swam toward the big ship Clark.

Clark is an excellent merchant ship. Even 20 years ago, it was not an exaggeration to call it the best merchant ship in the world. Double or even three decks can deploy more artillery, and the thick hull can hold even a twelve-pound gun It is difficult to penetrate the waterline. The huge ship shape and huge sails are like a sea fortress. They can still maintain a high speed in headwinds, and they generally carry huge numbers of soldiers and cargo.

There is only one disadvantage. The huge hull makes it difficult to control, and when the wind is too strong, the center of gravity is unstable and it will capsize.

The Spaniards' common attack method at sea is not artillery. Most of the time, the first choice is still collision and boarding. Now is the dangerous time for the Clark sailing ship.Originally intending to catch up with the small shark ship and capture the "Ming Dynasty Merchant Ship" by ramming, they suddenly saw several enemy ships chasing them on the sea surface, and each turned around eagerly, causing the upper part of the ship to shake non-stop.

The speed also almost stagnated, which made the shark formation on the opposite side quickly approach them.

"What formation is that?"

The captain of the caravel ship watched the raging formation of shark ships from afar. The six shark ships caught up with the leading small shark ship. Because the second shark ship was so huge that it almost completely covered the ships behind. He laughed easily after being surprised, "Their bow guns were blocked by our own people!"

boom!
As soon as the words fell, the most skilled gunners at the stern of Caravelle fired heavy artillery shells. The shells rubbed against the sail bone of the leading small shark ship and landed on the front face of the big shark ship at a distance of hundreds of meters, causing the ship to shake violently.

On the shark boat, Shao Tingda leaned on the railing and yelled loudly: "Lao Tzu's Kunpeng went out to sea!"

The bow of his boat is a painted map of Kunpeng going out to sea carefully drawn by an artist. After being bombarded by heavy artillery, even the sound of wood cracking can be heard at the stern, which made him furiously order: "The bow gun is ready!"

The Spaniards are right. In a formation like his, the bow guns of a row of ships are useless except for the first small shark ship and Shao Tingda's ship. It is impossible for them to target their own people to fight, but the problem is that Only Mang Chong's ship has bow guns that exceed ten catties, and the bow guns of other small shark ships are only ten catties, which is the same as the broadside guns on his ship.

boom!
The fourteen-pound cannon at the bow roared, and the shells slammed on the side of the Caravel ship with a shriek, splashing water higher than the side of the ship, which made the Spaniards on board terrified. Different—it was stated that there were no heavy guns on board, but the sound of this kind of guns can only be heard frequently in the war in the Mediterranean!
What they met was probably not the pirate Li Maben, but... the Ming army!
Under Xianglong Chasing the Sun, Shao Tingda pulled out his waist knife, turned the stern rudder to the whole fleet to follow the diversion, and turned the butterfly sail for a ride. Take off your hat.

Seven large and small warships with their heads like sharks opening their mouths exposed their flanks, and the double decks exposed two to eight gun ports. The dark gun bores turned diagonally towards him with the rumbling war drums on board, and he saw someone on the big ship waving red flags.

"Hiding -"

The voice has not been fully exported, and it has been dragged to an abrupt end.

More than forty large and small heavy artillery bombarded successively. Under the control of the well-drilled Nanyang Guard Banner Army, almost all seven warships sailed to the same place and fired in the same direction.

The shells shrieked and shrieked like a gust of wind and rain enveloping the Caravel ship, and the enclosed huge force swept across the deck from back to front in an instant, destroying everything, and the fragile poop, which was raised as a stable center of gravity, was riddled with holes , The spinnaker was torn out pieces of holes.

The captain was hit on the shoulder by a cannonball that hit the deck. Although most of the strength had been relieved by the oak hull, his body was still wrapped around the cannonball like a piece of rag, thrown high and then hit the railing heavily.

The mast hanging the huge triangle sail was swept away by a moment of artillery shells, half of which was broken by the plow, and a terrible dent was made. The damaged mast was not strong enough to withstand the strength of the sea wind blowing the triangle sail, and it fell heavily on the ship with the slow and loud sound of the giant tree breaking Fleeing sailors face unmatched opponents bringing great fear.

Howling everywhere, unable to fight back.

It wasn't that they were completely powerless to fight back. The four-pound gun on the port side seemed to have fired a shot into the deserted sea because of the panic of the gunner, and the momentum was still amazing.

The most important thing is that the waterline was hit by several general Zhenshuo's cannons, and the huge iron bullets bombarded the ship's hull again and again, and even a shell directly penetrated the hull and smashed into the cabin, causing Caravel to leak.

In the midst of the artillery fire, the two Clark sailboats that had set sail and escaped for two miles saw that the mast of the gunboat was broken. One completely turned around and the other was also turning around, preparing to return to rescue its own sailors.Their large and thick hulls are not afraid of the firepower of smaller ships at sea.

What's more, even if you lose the artillery battle, as long as you can close the distance and hit it, you may not be unable to win.

However, this impassioned state of mind lasted only half a minute after the captains of the two ships turned their course.

They heard the sailors on the mast lookout shouting in a terrified broken voice: "Two more fleets, more!"

Two nearby fleets, Shi Qi and Fu Yuan, also came to support them. The three fleets gradually encircled the two large Clark ships in a semicircle. They did not have an advantage in speed, and now they missed the best opportunity to escape. Like two lost tortoises, retreating at a slow speed, turning back, and exiting again.

Shao Tingda, who was looking at them with a telescope, took this as a provocation and was furious.

"What are those two idiots running around, including birds and hozens!"

With an order, the fleet quickly bypassed the slowly sinking Caravel, and chased after the two large Clark ships. Behind him, the other two fleets also broke through the waves, one on the left and one on the right.

This is their strong and clear sea. Any ship that leaves Manila will never want to go back!
　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)