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Chapter 1676 Blood Sea Purgatory

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    The first person to react was Xiang Xuehai.

    As soon as the Spanish fleet turned collectively, the battleship lookouts of the upper fleet noticed a string of signal flags hoisted by their flagship Wanren.

    The lookouts quickly read out the flag:

    "Each warship chooses an opponent and fights to the death!"

    The captains of the battleships immediately selected the target with the largest tonnage from the approaching enemy ships, and then quickly asked people to hoist the signal flag.

    ¡°For example, if the Yitian hangs the signal as ¡®2¡¯, it means that their target is the second Spanish galleon from the front.  When other warships see this, they will choose other warships as targets.

    After the battleships have been picked, the cruisers have been picked, the cruisers have been picked out, the destroyers have been picked, and the destroyers have been picked out frigates The task of the upper wind fleet is to entangle as many enemy ships as possible, creating conditions for the assault fleet and reserve fleet behind them to fight with more and less!

    After locking their respective opponents, the battle lines of the superior fleet spread out.  Each warship sailed to windward of its chosen target and began to turn around to the northwest.  Keep moving in the same direction as the enemy ship, and it will look like you are trying to escape.

    Most Spaniards thought that the Ming people really did not dare to join them, and their morale was greatly boosted.  He also lowered part of the sails that had been furled to avoid the rain of rockets, and approached the Mingship at full speed.

    There were also a few calm Spanish commanders who discovered that the Ming people were actually reefing their sails and slowing down, and took the initiative to wait for them to rush up.

    ?? Could it be that instead of being afraid of close combat, they are waiting for the moment of close combat?  Then we should rush forward, right?  What does it mean to point your most vulnerable butt towards us?

    But there is no time to think so much. Now that the war drum of the boarding battle has been sounded, we can only resolutely pursue it to the end!  At the same time, the Spaniards also used bow guns to shoot at the stern, the most vulnerable part of the open ship.  Amidst the rumbling sound of artillery, most of the shells roared and landed on the sea near the Mingship, stirring up jets of water.

    At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the fleets of both sides came to a distance of 200 meters.  At this distance, the Spaniard can basically guarantee a hit rate.

    They clearly saw several shells hitting the stern of the Mingship.  But instead of the expected shot penetrating the hull, the Mingship's big butt bounced the shell away amidst the clanging sound of metal

    Damn it, did the people of the Ming Dynasty drive iron ships?  Impossible, how could that thing float?

    ??~~

    Thanks to the Spaniards¡¯ late arrival, in addition to the battleships and cruisers with full facade armor, the destroyers and frigates also received partial armor on vulnerable parts such as the stern and waterline of the ships participating in the battle.

    If they come right after the typhoon season, at least the destroyers and frigates will not get this treatment.  As a result, this delay gave Tangshan Iron and Steel Plant time to produce more steel plates.  Then Chen Huaixiu's fleet braved the risk of typhoons to deliver them, and workers at the Luzon Shipyard worked overtime to complete unplanned modifications to these small and medium-sized warships.

    The thick wooden hull is then wrapped with a layer of steel armor. With the armor-breaking ability of the spherical cannonball, it is surprising that it can break through the defense.

    The superior fleet still persisted in launching Oda City rockets at the enemy ships.  As the distance between the two sides continued to get closer, the hit rate of the rockets also increased significantly. Amidst the roaring sounds, the sails of the Spanish warships were torn to pieces and ignited, and the speed dropped again and again.

    Fortunately, the Spanish galleon's sails were big enough and had many sails, so it wouldn't stop immediately.

    And the Ming warship also dropped its sails

    A quarter of an hour later, the bow of the Spanish 1,000-ton warship San Marco, which was at the forefront, finally passed the stern of the Coast Guard 08 ship Moye.

    The moment the two sides crossed each other, the broadside artillery fired at the same time.

    The Spaniards' heavy artillery is not bad at all, but what they lack is long-range firepower.  Therefore, they are willing to use close-range artillery fire to clear out the opponent's defenses, and then send infantry on board to start hand-to-hand combat.

    The coast guard fleet¡¯s long-range bombardment is world-class, but today¡¯s mission is to annihilate the enemy!  Long-range shelling would not cause substantial damage to the half-meter-thick century-old oak hull.

    The two sides coincidentally started a heavy artillery bombardment with bayonets attached to the cannon at a distance of a hundred meters!

    The infantry and marines on both sides also shot at each other with rifles and revolving guns.  Although the momentum is far less astonishing than the heavy artillery, the damage caused is not inferior at all.

    In an instant, white smoke rose into the sky, sawdust flew into the sky, roars, crashes, screams, and the click of the mast collapsing were intertwined, forming a death movement of blood and fire!

    Soon, the Spanish warships behind them also followed up. Like the San Marco and the Moye, they fought gun-to-gun and gun-to-gun battles with the enemy ships at the closest distance!

    The battle between the two sidesThe 1,000-ton warships 'San Marco', 'Glory of the King', 'Mass' and 'Santa Maria'.

    The San Marco lost a mast, half of its guns, and a third of its crew and soldiers.

    The King's Glory was the worst, losing all its masts, 70% of its guns, and half of its crew and soldiers.

    Because the Santa Maria was the furthest away from the Yitian, more than 300 meters, the Hongxi cannon of the Yitian did not fire, and the damage caused by the Hongwu cannon and Yongle cannon was limited - the three masts of the Santa Maria were all intact.  Only 20% of the artillery and soldiers were lost.  But it still looks scary¡ª¡ª

    The deck was littered with broken gun mounts, collapsed spars, and most of the rigging was broken. Flying cables and flying wood splinters caused a lot of secondary damage.  Brains and blood were smeared all over the deck, and the soldiers were screaming with pieces of wood all over their bodies. It was more like hell than the Mass that had been destroyed by the regiment.

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