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Chapter 1677 Bloody Battle

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    The situation of the eight Spanish galleons targeted by the cruisers was not much better.  Although the cruiser's side had eight fewer guns than the battleship, it had little impact on the battle.  Because against the Spanish galleons, the battleship's firepower was obviously excessive.

    Even the cruiser has more guns than any Spanish galleon.  The volleys came down one after another, causing tons of damage.  Half of the eight galleons' guns were destroyed, and the starboard side suffered the most damage, making it impossible to conduct a threatening bombardment.

    In addition, most of the masts of the eight large sailing ships were broken, and the soldiers preparing to join the ship suffered heavy casualties. It was no longer possible to engage in gang-hopping fighting

    As for the battle situation between destroyers and frigates, the situation is much more anxious.

    The destroyer has only 10 guns on one side of the ship, and the frigate has only 6 guns.  Although against the Spanish warship of about 600 tons, the number of artillery was not at a disadvantage, but the damage caused was limited.

    And the destroyers and frigates do not have side armor. The first round of shooting by the Spanish warship caused certain casualties to the coast guard officers

    Although in the next ten minutes of unilateral shelling, the Coast Guard officers caused ten times the casualties to the enemy.

    But the Spanish warships were much larger and carried many more soldiers.  They braved the artillery fire and used muskets and revolving guns to shoot hard at these smaller Ming warships.

    Especially the Spanish heavy musketeers on the tall forecastle and stern are completely condescending and have an unobstructed view.  Causing continuous casualties to the Coast Guard and soldiers.

    The officers and soldiers on destroyers and frigates will bear most of our own casualties in this battle.  This was predicted repeatedly during pre-war war games.

    However, they are the key to the victory of this battle - because the 36 battleships and destroyers alone cannot keep the huge Spanish fleet behind.

    But the Spaniards would not wait for the Ming to build more battleships and cruisers.

    Therefore, if we want to completely annihilate the Spanish fleet in this battle, the destroyers and frigates must undertake the same tasks as the battleships - at least they must cling to the enemy ships until the battleships are free.

    If they don't attack, the Spaniards will definitely run away as they see that they can't compete with the Coast Guard's battleships.

    In this battle, the naval police officers and soldiers on the destroyers and frigates showed their fearless spirit without fear of sacrifice.  When the gun position on the starboard side was shelled, they immediately carried the injured comrade to the infirmary, while the officers and soldiers on the port side immediately served as backup to maintain maximum firepower output.

    There is no way to cover it with artillery fire at once, so destroy the Spanish warships¡¯ gun emplacements and firepower points one by one!

    The marines on the destroyer and frigate also risked their lives to control the spinning cannon and Gatmu to fight back.  Relying on the continuous firepower, the enemy was suppressed from a high position.

    At the same time, they took advantage of the ship's small size and flexibility to try to keep a distance of about 100 meters from the enemy ships to avoid boarding battles.  In this way, as time goes by, you can rely on your long-term firepower advantage to defeat larger enemy ships.

    The problem is that the Spaniards also know this truth, so they use their boats to desperately try to get close to them and engage in boarding battle.

    The Spanish Navy was born to engage in boarding battles. Not only is it rich in experience, but it also has quite reliable equipment - such as giant arrows fired from ballistae.  They specifically shot this kind of big iron rod with a cable at the lower side of the Ming warship, so that once it hit, it would be difficult for the enemy ship to get away.

    Fortunately, the cast iron rod is inherently heavy, and there is an arm-thick cable attached to the back.  Even if it is fired from a large crossbow bed, it can only shoot sixty or seventy meters

    So after the Spaniards fired a round into the air, the bright ships took cover one after another, and most of them pulled away to a safe distance in time.

    However, there were still a few destroyers and frigates that were too selfless in combat and were too close to enemy ships, and unfortunately they were hit.

    When the giant arrow hit the Ming warship, the Spaniards worked together excitedly to turn the winch and pull the enemy ship into their arms.

    Naturally, the Coast Guard soldiers had to fight hard to break free, but there was not much they could do from the upper hand.

    3102 Frigate Sea Wolf was one of the victims. Captain Cai Yilin decided to go down by himself and see if he could use an ax to cut the cable behind the giant arrow!

    "If you want to go down, I will go down too. You are the captain and you have to command the battle!" His partner, police instructor Shen Jiang, as well as the deputy captain, navigator and others all tried to dissuade him.

    "That's it, Captain! Let us go down!"

    "Stop arguing, I still have the vice-captain without me!" Cai Yilin couldn't help but put the rope around himself and said: "But my command was improper, and I can't let others die for me!"

    As he said that, he looked at the worried eyes of his subordinates.Kill all the people in the country to vent their hatred!

    However, the experienced Marines showed superb tactical coordination.

    They formed a strange formation, using spears to push the Spaniards into the sea; using rifles equipped with bayonets, they stabbed the enemies who rushed forward to death.  Use your shield to block the Spanish spears.

    Although there were many Spanish infantry, they could not rush to the Seahorse.

    On the stern and mast of the Seahorse, there were sailors using swivel guns and gaite wood to blast rows of Spaniards into the sea.

    The Spaniards also retaliated, using matchlocks and bows and arrows from their ships to shoot at the Ming people who blocked the road.

    The Marine who was resisting was shot and fell to the ground, and the Marines behind him immediately took over.

    Another team member was hit by an arrow and died, and in a blink of an eye, someone else took his place.

    The captain of the Napoli watched the bloody battle in front of him intently.  He never expected that a hand-to-hand fight with superior numbers would end up like this.

    At this point, there is no other way. I can only bite the bullet and bite off this bone (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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