open sea

Chapter 720
It is not surprising that Hei Yunlong's plan is neither risky nor surprising. It can only be said to be well-behaved pre-war preparations.

The fleet of the former army was small, and it was impossible to divide the troops. Anyone would only concentrate their forces to gain local advantages.

In the middle of the night, Puerto Vallarta is brightly lit. Huge warships are docked near the port. Rows of small paddle boats for landing on the shore turn over on the beach. White canvas tents are on the east side of the beach to avoid the high tide in the woodland. Very conspicuous.

The Spaniards arrived here more than [-] years ago and named the land here Banderas Valley. They then went north and did not seriously manage the land until the Ming army arrived at the demarcation peninsula. Yu Junbing led the fleet to stay here permanently, and built the small aboriginal village by the sea into a port.

Herrera is one of the two mixed-race regiment commanders. This is his father's surname. Spaniards usually have two surnames, father's surname, mother's surname, Christian name, and personal name, so their names are very long.

Herrera does not have his mother's surname, so calling him this surname shows that his paternal line comes from northern Spain, and his ancestors were a family that ran an iron business.

The soldiers of the mixed-blood legion may sound worse than the regular Spanish legion. In fact, stricter training, the coexistence of blood honor and blood inferiority make each of them have strong self-esteem, and they can endure hardships more than ordinary Spaniards, making their combat power He is only taller than ordinary soldiers.

It's just that the armament is a little bit worse. For example, most of the cotton armor they wear can smother their bodies in the summer of Mexico.

The mixed-race soldier standing on the archery tower with an arquebus gun has the sharp edges and corners of the Spaniards, and also has the skin color of his mother. The thick padded padded shoulders of the ribs are covered with a chain armor that was rewarded for killing the aborigines, looking at the sea in the distance. singing the song my mother used to sing before she died of smallpox.

His captain who is of full Iberian Peninsula blood has fallen asleep, even though the captain told him before going to bed that they have an absolute superiority in strength, they will not declare war on the Ming army entrenched on the opposite bank before the assembly, and the Ming army will not dare Come attack them, he can sleep well.

But the young mixed-race soldier thought it was a disgrace to his honor. As a sentinel, he had to stand guard every night, even if there were no enemies.

He still needs to do better to get promoted, he has to be promoted, to captain or even sergeant major or gendarmerie major in the permanent establishment of the regiment.

Only in this way can he marry a well-matched Spanish woman besides the Indian women everywhere. Although others told him that this is impossible, he stubbornly believes that he is very good, as long as he becomes the 29 permanent officers in the regiment , he has a chance.

He no longer knows how to sing this song in the language of the aborigines, but the tune from his childhood can still be deeply imprinted in his mind.

If he knew that he was humming a song belonging to the aborigines softly at this time, he would definitely shut up immediately, even if his skin color would make everything he did obvious, he insisted on demanding himself as a pure-blooded Spaniard—— He had to, they had to.

However, his humming stopped passively, because there seemed to be something moving in the dark sea in the distance, but he couldn't see it clearly because it was too far away. Darkness narrowed his eyes and looked out to sea.

"The Spaniards' defense is very tight. We were discovered. Let them raise their sails and approach the port quickly, signal to the fleets, and extinguish the stern lanterns!"

On the huge shadow floating on the sea, the three red lanterns at the stern were extinguished, and the following fleets raised their sails according to the attack plan set earlier.

Shao Tingda put down the binoculars. Just now, he saw at least three torches go out one after another on the bank. Although he didn't know what it meant, no matter what the enemy did at this time, he would regard it as the beginning of danger .

He turned his head and shook his head at the sick seedling: "The situation is not favorable, let Zonglong come down from the mast."

Zong Long is Shao Tingda's son who was called Dad by everyone when he was a child, and now he can climb up and down the mast.

Mang Chong turned his head to look at the Suzaku flag on the top of the mast, with a little worry in his eyes.

The wind direction determines that the speed of their ships entering the port will not be too fast, and they will be in the upper hand when they leave. The wind will make the ship lean forward, and there will be more hulls hidden under the front waterline, while more hulls will be exposed under the stern waterline, which will increase Possibility of being hit in artillery battles.

And...he regretted that he hadn't had the habit of putting the spirit armor of the fallen robe on the ship's buttocks.

Shao Tingda's sails did not rise, and his two flagships and Fu Yuan's two flagships were still floating slowly on the sea. Behind the hull, two mixed fleets of five large and small shark ships turned their bows from left to right to attack the port. , followed by another three fleets, with sails unfurled and lights all set up, sailing mightily to all directions of the port several miles away.

Among the shark boats, the three original Liangfu boats looked like huskies mixed with wolves. Although none of the boats had a single gun installed, they had the confidence to be at the end of the fleet and never lag behind.

The fleet fighting with open flames was discovered by the Western Army on the shore without any suspense, and then the beach was in chaos. All the officers and soldiers were awakened by the voices from the small bell towers everywhere. Nearly half of the soldiers found themselves when the warship sailed for only one mile. combat position.

No one of them would have thought that the Ming army would really attack, and panic was inevitable, but training to fully develop their subjective initiative could allow them to perform at their best.

And everyone is very sure that it is not the Spanish fleet, because our own fleet will send small boats to explore the reefs far away from the shore and come over to notify the ships to enter the port in advance.

Come here at this time, it can only be the Ming army!
The first fleet marched less than two miles, and when it was three miles away from the bay where the Western ships were docked, the Spanish ships moored in the port raised their sails a little, and only a few ships near the coast did not move.

At night, there must be people on duty on the ship, but no one will leave too many troops on board. The ship that has sailed is planning to park the ship on the beach, and the warship that has not been sailed is the captain waiting for his subordinates. Start a naval battle against enemy raiding ships after boarding the ship from the shore.

More than [-] soldiers of the Western Army rushed to the small boat and rowed hard towards the big ship.

The other soldiers of the Western Army deployed their defenses along the shore, and the artillery and stone-shooting guns along the way were adjusting their range, ready to fire at any time two miles away to deter the enemy.

More musketeers, spearmen, and long swordsmen are preparing to defend the hand-to-hand combat after the Ming army landed. They can form a square formation to defend at any time. In addition, there are two cavalry companies that have stayed in the north and the south. News of the attack came from the direction of Mexico.

Immediately afterwards, the shore artillery rang almost at the same time as the artillery of the Ming army ships.

The swaying Fuchuan undulated along the waves, plunged headlong into the Spanish parking formation under the attention of the gunboats behind it, regardless of the surrounding large ships, small ships, merchant ships and warships. Turn on the oil and kick it into the sea.

Shao Tingda, who had been watching the enemy with a telescope at sea, took off his helmet, rubbed his hair, and spoke highly of the Spaniard's deployment.

"Our people may not be able to do defense so fast and well, but unfortunately it is useless-what we want to destroy is the ship, what formation are they forming on the shore?"

(End of this chapter)