Chapter 461
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The Ming Army's morale was boosted, and they attacked the powerful Spanish navy even more valiantly.
On the opposite side of the Ming Army, the Spanish Philippine Navy's commander-in-chief, Giovanni, who was in a daze after being attacked by the Ming Army's gunships, also received a report from his subordinates — China's main warships are heading towards us at high speed. They seem to be planning to fight us!
Giovanni hadn't finished the harassment from China's gunships when the China navy's main warships arrived. He was shocked and immediately ordered a few warships to meet the China's main warships and delay them for a while so that he could concentrate his superior firepower to destroy the China's fast gunship fleet.
Damn it! Where did these China learn the British's tactics?!
He was furious!
"Sir! Be careful!! "
Just as he was getting angry, one of his subordinates suddenly pounced on him and threw him to the ground. Then, he heard a loud noise, and a strong airflow suddenly rolled up around his body, shaking his ears and causing him to temporarily lose his hearing.
He raised his head blankly and something fell from his body. Giovanni looked down and saw that it was his subordinate. His face was covered in blood. He reached out to check his breath and found that the subordinate was dead.
He looked around and saw that there was a big hole in the place where he had been standing. Several soldiers were blown to pieces and fell to the ground, unable to get up. There was also a soldier who had his leg blown off. He was holding his broken leg and screaming in pain, but he couldn't hear his screams.
He stood up in a daze, but before he could steady himself, another strong gust of air swept over him, pushing him back, and he fell heavily on the deck. He felt a sharp pain in his back, and this pain stimulated his brain to be strongly stimulated.
He recovered his hearing.
"Sir! Sir! We were shot by the China! Our hull is damaged! It's flooding! "
A flustered subordinate ran over and helped Giovanni, who had fallen to the ground. He endured the pain and panted as he looked at his subordinate.
"Return fire immediately! Find the target and return fire! Repair the hull immediately! We can't let the China defeat us!! "
"Yes!!"
The subordinate ran out in a panic, but in just an instant, another bomb exploded where he was standing. Hence, in Giovanni's eyes, the subordinate's entire body was shattered. Blood splattered all over the ground, and his broken limbs flew to some unknown place.
He was probably one of the most unlucky governors of the Philippines. He was thrown to the ground by the airflow of the artillery shells three times in a row. Although he wasn't seriously injured, he was devastated to the point that he couldn't give accurate commands. The Chinese gunboat that kept firing at the big ship had done a great job.
Of course, they didn't know that they were shooting at the flagship of the Spanish Navy and that the commander-in-chief of the navy was on it. They just saw a particularly large warship and were very unhappy, so all the cannons on the ship were aimed at it.
After a few consecutive shots, the large ship was blasted into silence. They became even more aggressive and accelerated their firing. Seeing that they could take advantage of the situation, another gunship joined in and fired together. The two gunships bombarded the large ship indiscriminately, riddling it with holes. It looked like they were going to sink it in one fell swoop.
However, it had to be said that the Spanish's shipbuilding skills were not bad. They didn't sink even after being bombed to such an extent. They were still stubbornly sailing and moving clumsily. They could still fire back and force the Ming Army's gunship to change its position. If it were a pirate ship, it would have collapsed long ago.
The Spanish were really tenacious!
However, not only did it not affect the Ming Army's soldiers, but it also made the Daming sailors excited.
They were already tired of their teacher fighting those cowardly pirates! Other than the pirates being a little fierce at the beginning, after three major battles, the pirates were already terrified. When they saw the Daming Army's ships, they turned and ran. Some of the ships ran so fast that the sailors couldn't even catch up. What was the point of fighting against such an enemy?
Fighting against such a powerful navy was a battle! Fighting against such a tenacious enemy was fun! Only then could one feel the true joy!
The fighting spirit of the sailors that hadn't been ignited for a long time was ignited again. The Daming Navy's fighting spirit rose to another level!
At this time, the Sixth Fleet's Deputy Commander, Wang Wei, had already led the main battleships to the battlefield. The cannons of the main battleships began to rumble.
The Spanish immediately felt a different kind of pressure from the cannons.
The firepower of these big ships was fiercer and there seemed to be more cannons. When the cannons were fired, the power was completely different.
The captains of the five Spanish battleships facing them all felt the huge pressure. The cannons of the Ming Army came crashing down. Before they could fire, the Ming Army fired first and took the initiative.
Boom boom boom boom boom — —
Solid shells mixed with a few exploding shells hit the Spanish battleships. The two sides had just met face to face. A Spanish battleship was hit by countless shells and smashed into a sieve. The crew couldn't be saved in time and the battleship was beyond saving.
Seeing this, the captain could only order to abandon the ship and escape. However, the Ming Army Navy, who had the advantage, wouldn't let go of this opportunity. Wang Wei saw that a battleship was about to sink and immediately ordered three battleships to surround it. Want to escape? Do you think that's possible?
Shot after shot, the ship sank even faster. A large number of sailors couldn't escape in time and drowned in the sea. The people who tried to escape on the small boats were even more unlucky. They were targeted by the Ming Army's gunmen on the ships. Even more concentrated bullets targeted them. They also tried to use their guns to fight back. However, their guns couldn't reach the Ming Army gunmen who were shooting from above.
The first ship to sink appeared. It was the Spanish Navy's Braveheart. The ship sank and most of the two hundred crew members drowned in the sea. A small number of them tried to escape but were caught by the Ming Army's ships and shot to death. No one survived.
Seeing that they had sunk an enemy ship, the morale of the Ming Army Navy was greatly boosted. Wang Wei ordered the ships to beat the war drums and blow the bugles. He gave the order for the second general attack to boost morale. After the ships of the Ming Army heard the drums and the bugles, they all beat the war drums and blew the bugles.
The Spaniards were puzzled, but they suddenly realized that the Ming army's attacks had become sharper. Not to mention the fierce attacks of the big ships, the smaller ships were actually attacking the ships that were twice or twice their size with an indomitable attitude. The Spanish fleet was thrown into confusion for a moment, and it became even more chaotic.
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