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- Li Zhe watched in the telescope that Li Huamei responded calmly. The first batch of cannons focused on the opponent's flagship and wiped out the opponent's deck. He was immediately reassured!
hehe! It seems that this little girl¡¯s ability to create such a huge reputation in Nanyang was not in vain!
In this case, the cannons of the fort do not need to help. At this time, the naval battles are fought at a distance of several hundred meters or even dozens of meters. It is almost a close-hand hand-to-hand combat! With these antique heavy cannons in Li Zhe's hands, they might have been a disservice in the past! It would be unlucky to overturn several of your own ships with one cannon!
Turn the muzzle!
A group of people were in a hurry, aiming towards the Royal City of Manila in the distance!
With a loud bang, the thirty-six-pound fortress gun let out a deep roar, and a huge projectile rushed out of the muzzle and flew towards the Royal City of Manila a few miles away!
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The sound of gunfire at the Manila port woke up the whole of Manila. Countless people living on both sides of the Bashi River involuntarily walked out of their homes and looked at the smoke-filled sea.
Chen Jianzhong raised his toes high from the crowd, trying hard to see the results clearly.
Wow!
Another Spanish warship was hit by artillery fire!
Waves of exclamations rang out from time to time in the crowd. Although the pirates usually bear the curse and hatred of the businessmen, at this time, almost every gunfire can arouse the resonance of the physiological people! They knew that the small boats that the Spanish ships bravely circled were their own people! Whether you admit it or not, you still have a subconscious sense of identity that blood is thicker than water!
Among them, the artillery battle between the Zhenhai and the Courage was the most eye-catching. When the Zhenhai's bursts of gunfire destroyed all the masts of the Courage and the deck was swept away, all the Chinese cheered loudly! The sound went straight up to the sky, deafening!
Chen Jianzhong and his friends secretly clenched their fists in the crowd!
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On the sea, the battle was still going on. The Zhenhai had just destroyed the Courage's maneuverability and left it half crippled. The other two ships on the opposite side surrounded it and concentrated its cannon on the bow of the ship. The long and narrow bow was blown away. The middle third and the rest began to tilt slowly, and the dense cables and ropes tied to the bow were dragged and moved, and the foresail and mainsail were pulled loudly! The hull of the ship was blown to a large angle by the tilting wind. Seeing that the hull began to become unstable, the mast was about to be torn off!
Lower the sail! Lower the sail!
Old Li Tou shouted wildly, picked up an ax and ran quickly on the deck.
Raging artillery fire flew through the air, constantly testing Lao Li's courage and luck. When Lao Li Tou's footsteps were only two or three meters away from his target, a chain bullet flew past with a shrill whistle, cutting off one of Lao Li Tou's arms, and a large pool of blood splashed out several meters away. , Lao Li's body was rotated twice, and his face hit the right side of the boat.
Bald man!
A sailor yelled and crawled over to help Lao Li and helped him up.
There was a huge bloody hole on Lao Li's face, and the white broken bones could be vaguely seen in it. He shook his head slightly, struggled and handed the ax to the sailor, with blood spraying from his mouth:
"Lower the sails! Lower the sails!"
With tears in his eyes, the sailor took the axe, ran to cut the cable, and finally lowered the front mainsail. The balance of Zhenhai is finally restored!
Fire!
Fire¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª!
Another salvo from the Zhenhai, this time, directly punched a big hole in the hull of the Spanish Aragon, and tons of seawater poured in. Within a few minutes, the Aragon's hull tilted nearly At ten degrees, the cannon on the ship's deck rolled backwards, crushing the two gunners into a pulp!
As soon as the surrounding boats saw the bargain, they swarmed up and quickly caught up. On the sides of the Courage and the Aragon, countless pirates were like ants, densely packed and climbing up the rope net, and had begun to cover the decks.
After damaging two warships, the morale of the pirates greatly increased. The heroic performance of the Zhenhai deeply stimulated all the heroes at sea! Damn it, are you really going to have a bitch weighing you down in this life?
Go! Go!
More and more pirate ships with a wait-and-see attitude began to rush up and attack the Spanish ship!
Many small boats rushed up and confused the battlefield. Although countless small boats were directly hit by the big ships and were smashed to pieces, the pirates still followed one after another in an endless stream.
After a while, the arsonist ship began to show off its power. Several slower Spanish warships were surrounded by the arsonist ship, and the fire began to burn on the hull.??The burning spreads!
The Spaniards couldn't resist, and they were clumsy. However, the small boats that nimbly passed through the gaps in the big ships chased the big ships and began to exchange casualties with the Spaniards with five or ten times the casualties!
"What's going on! What's going on? Where are the cannons on the fort? Why haven't they fired yet!" The commanders of the remaining Spanish ships desperately waved their flags in the direction of Santiago Castle.
But the cruel facts hit him, and finally they saw a bright red bloody phoenix flag rising little by little from the sky above the castle!
oh! No!
The most heroic naval officers and soldiers of the Spanish Empire fell into despair!
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While there was fighting on the sea, pirates also began to land at the port. Once they landed, they flocked to several important ports like a plague, taking control of the entire port. They killed everyone they saw along the way, regardless of whether they were white or biological. Still indigenous.
As they ran, the pirates began to burn, kill and loot uncontrollably. Li Huamei had agreed in advance to maintain the order of occupation. For these pirates, the restrictions were infinitely close to zero. The fire started burning rapidly in the port!
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Half an hour after the naval battle started, the royal city was already in chaos. The heavy artillery on the fort fell into the royal city one after another. Almost every cannonball landed like a small whirlwind. The Spaniards They never expected that such a powerful cannon they had set up in advance would not have any effect on the enemy, but would instead become a life-threatening threat to their own royal city!
The bishops, priests and some minor nobles in the royal city gathered in the basement of the Spanish Governor's Palace to inquire about the news. At this time, Governor Acuna was roaring at his army commander.
"Dear Fernando! Where is your army? Have you gathered it? There is no time, we must reinforce it! Before the enemy's junk ships completely wipe out the young men of our navy!"
"No!" Don Fernando, the commander-in-chief of the colonial army, flatly refused! "There is actually nothing we can do about the navy on the port. In the naval battle, there is no doubt that we have failed!"
"How can this be possible, General! The navy is the foundation of Manila's existence." Acuna was furious, "We have to admit defeat before we make any efforts! Are all the soldiers of the empire a coward who lacks courage like you?"
"Whatever you say, my Governor! For me now, the most important thing is not whether the naval battle is won or not. The fact that has become history is not worth the greater price we have to pay. What I have to consider now is how to put our A group of Spanish lives were saved from the oncoming pirates!"
Fernando pointed at Santiago Castle, "The biggest threat to us now comes from there. The thirty-six-pound fortress heavy artillery there has covered our royal city. If we keep bombarding like this, it won't be long before our strong Manila royal city will be destroyed." It will turn into ruins. Once the enemy's army lands, the people in our beautiful Royal City of Manila will tremble under the enemy's butcher knife. Gentlemen! This is not a regular army of any country, this is pirates! Cruel and cruel Scrupulous pirate! My governor!"
When a group of bishops and nobles heard Fernando¡¯s bold prophecy, they were all frightened and agreed with Fernando! Poor Governor Acuna completely lost his previous authority due to his incoherent speech, and no one cared about him anymore.
Soon, the city gates of the Royal City of Manila opened, and thousands of soldiers, both Spaniards and indigenous people, rushed out from the city of Manila, and lined up towards the port!
"Haha! It's finally out! Let's serve them some side dishes this time!"
The pirates around burst into laughter!
Li Zhe was on the fort, quickly directing the temporary gunners to load the shells. Li Zhe was responsible for charging and aiming. Under Li Zhe's command, several cannons roared towards the Spanish army!
Every time a shell fell, it created a large crater several feet deep, and the shock wave of gravel and mud that bounced off directly knocked over people within a radius of dozens of meters!
The thirty-six-pound fortress cannon, even in the era of black powder and solid bullets, was extremely powerful!
The Spanish soldiers quickly approached during Li Zhe's cannon bombardment, shouting and rushing towards Santiago Castle. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (this site) to subscribe and reward. Your support is my biggest motivation.) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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