open sea

Chapter 319
The [-]-jin cannonball screamed horribly and traveled a distance of [-] steps in an instant. Six shells from the ironclad ship accurately hit the bow of the San Pablo, passing through the cabin window and sweeping the gorgeous furnishings from the Spanish nobles.

One of the cannons on the forecastle was directly hit by shells. The heavy bronze shotgun was heavy enough not to be knocked over, but the bounced shells fluctuated and fell among the artillery, killing and wounding several people, and then slowly rolled to the mast.

"Reload!"

Deng Zilong used the method of envoy gunslinger in the artillery battle of warships. He and Chen Mu were good teachers and helpful friends. The two sides learned from each other's advantages in the long-term cooperation.If Deng Zilong learned the most important thing from Chen Mu, it must be that the closer the bird gun is, the higher the hit rate of a salvo will be.

The same thing happened with the artillery. The ironclad's nine cannons missed only three shots, and even those three shots could not be said to have missed, because they also tore holes through the sail of the bow of the San Pablo.

It seems that the damage is quite large, but it is innocuous. After being shelled, the San Pablo still did not dodge or dodge, and did not even think about using string cannons to attack. The guns were loaded with powder and rocks, and the whole giant ship approached the ironclad ship.

"Go around them and don't get caught up!"

The iron-clad ship was small, and because of its iron hull, it didn't even dare to carry more guns, let alone sailors. There were only less than [-] sailors on board, and it was absolutely weak in the boarding battle. Deng Zilong would not be at the same time at this time The opponent took over.

One at a time, one chased forward and the other chased obliquely, forming a T shape on the sea surface for a short time. At the same time, two small shark ships accidentally entered the shooting range on the port side of the San Pablo. One volley knocked out the little shark boat.

Boom!

After the bow shotgun was loaded, even if there was only one left, it was still extremely fierce. The huge stone bullets accurately hit the iron-clad ship above the waterline at intervals of hundreds of steps.The terrifying impact caused the stone bullet to shatter into several pieces at the moment of impact, and the damaged side of the ship was also uncomfortable. The three-foot-square iron sheet was dented into a terrible shape, and the wood inside the iron sheet was cracked and broken, but——it had no effect .

The fierce battlefield frightened the flying birds that followed the ship. The artillery battle between the San Pablo and the ironclad ship lasted only a moment, and the Spanish fleet on the sea was killed one by one by the swarming South Sea sharks. Prisoners, even the Clarke, still afloat, had lost the boarding battle.

But Chen Mu, who was standing on the Chihai Ship watching the battle, looked unhappy, and they paid a heavy price.

Every time he sinks an enemy caravel, he has to pay the price of a small shark ship being sunk or damaged. This is especially true when he takes Clark in a boarding battle. The fierce sailors carried by a large ship are enough to match Four or five small shark ships competed against each other. This was a different situation from what they encountered when they cleared the sea area of ​​armed merchant ships.

Even with the same warships, these people are much more difficult to deal with.

"Catch up, pinch the big ship with artillery, don't get on board."

The Chihai ship rides the wind and waves, and rides the wind and waves with the butterfly sails fully raised. The battle on the other end has also entered a critical moment.

The San Pablo moved very slowly, but the damaged foremast barricade in the slight headwind could not counteract it, but the continuous power of the mizzen's jib made it slowly pursue; the ironclad ship in front was even slower, and the only advantage was The Butterfly Sail was a little faster in the headwind, so it wasn't worried about being caught up in a short time, but it couldn't open the distance.

The bad thing is that the ironclad ship has no bow and stern artillery. It only has eighteen string guns. It bombarded the San Pablo three times with broadside guns. But he continued to bombard him.

Although not many accurate.

The distance was less than a hundred steps, and Deng Zilong didn't dare to turn the boat sideways. At this time, any pause would be overtaken by the opponent. Maybe his broadside can bombard the opponent for another round, but the stone sculpture on the prow of the opponent would definitely hit him, forcing him to enter the receiving boat. Side battle.

That was the Spaniard's purpose, not his.

At this moment, a salvo of gunfire came from a distance, and the Chihai ship fired at the [-]-step outboard gun salvo. A dozen shells wove a large net to wrap the hull of the San Pablo, and then the Chihai ship followed The two fleets also formed a battle line and quickly followed the large and small shells, throwing them towards the sails and masts above the deck, and immediately splashed waves higher than the sides of the ships around their ships.

The Red Sea Ship joins the battle.

A salvo swept across the deck, mast and sail like a gust of wind.

After only a short pause, the port side of the San Pablo also counterattacked the Red Sea, but due to the distance, it had little effect. Most of the shells hit the hull and only caused a little vibration to the hull. Only one hit the side of the ship. The shells on the gun were directly stuck in the fir tree, and did not roll and continued to kill.

However, Deng Zilong's situation is not good. Seeing the Chihai ship joining the battle, General Deng immediately ordered the ship to turn around. The ship sprayed over, and two or three hundred iron projectiles hit the deck and sails of the enemy ship. Several pieces of canvas and some sail rope ladders were interrupted and damaged, and then the distance between the two ships quickly narrowed.

When they were about to collide, the iron-clad ships broke away from the collision angle of the galleons and passed dangerously side by side. The huge western-style masts collided with the spread butterfly sails. The distance between the two ships was only a few meters. Blast out at the shortest distance.

boom!
In the smoke of gunfire, the soldiers on the large Spanish ship shouted in unison, each holding their spears high, and the hull was hit by the shock caused by the artillery piercing through the hull at close range, and the gunners on the deck were also shouting at each other amidst the bumps. The hook line was thrown high from the Spanish ship, and caught on the side of the iron-clad ship, trying to pull it and stop the ship.

What's more, the most experienced and fierce Spanish sailors climbed up the rope ladder as early as when they were about to collide, drew their knives and cut the ropes, jumped onto the ship shouting, and rolled into the flag army.

Of course, there are also those who are unlucky and are swept into the waves by butterfly sails.

Shirtless sailors or sailors wearing sleeveless jackets on the deck of the San Pablo struggled to turn the noose. Some people were hit by the lead shot from the opposite bird gun, but immediately followed by other sailors to make up for it.They had to pull the noose to get the hook from the deck of the enemy ship to the side of the ship.

This is a common trick of boarding at sea. Those hooks will rotate with the noose to hook the enemy ship, and then the invincible Spanish conquistadors can rush onto the enemy ship, and when they rush onto the enemy ship, it often means a boarding The battle has been won.

But this time, it seems the situation is different.

Squeak - boom.

The sailors who jumped to the opposing ship couldn't resist the large number of soldiers of the Ming Banner, and they were about to be chopped off in a blink of an eye. They barely resisted the range of the ship's side to prevent the Ming army from coming forward to cut off the hook rope, but the hook rope hooked on the big ship. The sound on the ship's side seemed to be different, sharp and piercing, and then slipped out of the ship.

The Spanish sailors, who didn't know where they were, twisted the hook rope, and seeing the distance between the ship and the ship gradually widened, they threw it again with all their strength.

Squeak - boom.

The bosun wrapped in the plate armor jumped angrily on the ship with a long sword in his hand, shouting and cursing, but he could only see that the ship was drifting away.

Deng Zilong looked back at the Spanish ship from the poop and laughed.

His ship's side is made of iron, how can a broken iron hook catch it!

Just laughing, Deng Zilong issued an order: "Get rid of Xiyi on the ship, and shell the enemy ship with the tail!"

(End of this chapter)