Chapter 2739: godsend

In this way, in addition to the labels of old farmers and infrastructure madmen, the Chinese added a label of "invincible at sea", which made the Spanish navy, which was stronger than them, flee after hearing the news, while the Nanhua navy followed.

On the deck of the first-class battleship "Taiyi", Admiral Cheng Yu, a legendary hero of the South China Navy, "half man" walked around with a cane.

I wanted to have a fight with the Spaniards, but I didn't expect the Spaniards to be so courageous. They were obviously more numerous than the Chinese, so they didn't want to fight.

You are invincible if you are the cheapest person. You have to know that in the battleships of the sailing era, it is very difficult for you to kill the enemy quickly. If the enemy wants to escape, it is like swimming in the water. How can you catch them?

In this way, the two sides chased for a long time, and the officers of the Nanhua Navy kept urging the sailors to adjust the sails and rudder positions, and gradually narrowed the distance between the two sides, finally biting the tail of the Spanish fleet.

As the flag of the "Taiyi" turned, several faster battleships rushed forward, trying to cut off the rear of the Spanish fleet and split them in two.

The Spaniards failed to receive the flagship's combat instructions, but kept running away. The officers and soldiers used their milking strength to just run and run.

An astonishing scene appeared. In order to kill the enemy, the Nanhua navy tried its best, but in order to escape, the Spaniards tried their best. The distance between the battleships of the two sides remained motionless for an hour or two. Even closer, the Spaniard couldn't escape.

Then the Spaniard was depressed, and was brought closer by the Chinese, but it was also a meter by meter, which was very difficult.

At the slightest slack, the Spaniards fled.

Although Cheng Yu's fleet nearly captured the Spaniards, night fell and separated the two fleets.

It was inconvenient to move in the night, and the distance between the two sides widened again.

The Chinese gritted their teeth with hatred, while the Spaniard breathed a sigh of relief and made a sign of the cross, thanking God for his blessing!

The night was getting darker, and the two fleets were still sailing in the ocean one after the other.

In order to escape the pursuit of the Chinese, Admiral Don Aznar Antonio ordered the fleet to sail westward, and left a battleship and cruiser to sail along the original route in an attempt to confuse the Chinese.

But the Chinese were unmoved, relying on large-magnification binoculars, they could find the enemy even in the dark night. Cheng Yu's large fleet was still biting behind the Spanish large fleet, and finally chased the Spanish at dawn. on.

At this time, the two separate teams of the Spaniards reunited. When the Chinese wanted to cut off the head and tail of the Spaniards again, they found that their vanguard ship "Southeast Asia 189" did not see the signal from the flagship behind, and failed to execute the order.

The "Southeast Asia 189" patronized to fire at the Spaniards, and got entangled in the battle, causing the battleships behind to rush forward one after another, and had an unorganized artillery battle with the Spanish battleships, and the scene was very chaotic.

The cannons are booming, and the fight is lively, but there are gestures but no reality!

It’s not that the “Southeast Asia 189” intentionally did not carry out orders. At that time, entertainment at sea basically relied on hands, and communication basically relied on roaring (oh, wrong, relying on semaphore). There was no commander giving orders by radio, and there were also mistakes in semaphore. Missing out, for example, if the flagship shoots a flag, the sea shakes, the observers are in a trance, and the number of flags doubles, the meaning is different.

After a chaotic battle, the Spaniards got their wish. They were temporarily separated from the South China Fleet. At most, some of them were injured.

In the next few days, they encountered unfavorable winds and heavy fog. Due to the heavy fog at sea, the two sides were acting separately, the South China Fleet was chasing, and the Spaniards were fleeing. This was the case for three consecutive days.

Although the Nanhua Fleet is in a favorable wind direction, the Spaniards have been trying to distance the fleets of the two sides. On the last night before the battle, they almost successfully sailed the fleet out of the sight of the Nanhua Fleet. The point suddenly receded (according to the speed of the Spanish fleet, as long as the fog continued for a few more hours, they would have enough distance from the Nanhua fleet).

As if miraculously, the fog cleared, and the Spanish fleet swayed in front of the Nanhua Fleet. For the Chinese, it was really "Mazu's blessing!"

"This is a god-sent opportunity, thank you Mazu, our army will surely win!" Cheng Yu roared, and all his subordinates were overjoyed.

Without the cover of dense fog, Cheng Yu could command the fleet to shorten the distance with the Spanish fleet precisely, and caught them!

It is obvious that the Spanish sailors' navigation skills are not good, and they watched the Nanhua battleship approaching helplessly.

At this point, the decisive battle with the Nanhua Fleet was inevitable. The Spanish Admiral Don Aznar Antonio also swung his army forward and launched a naval battle with the Nanhua Fleet.

This is a heavy duel. Although the Nanhua Fleet has one less first-class battleship than the Spaniards, there are four more second-class battleships than the opponent. With the high rate of fire of the Chinese gunners, the second-class battleship can be regarded as a first-class battleship In other words, as long as the Nanhua Navy uses the power of the second-tier battleships, it will have a slight advantage in firepower.

This was exactly what Don Aznar Antonio worried about, but now he couldn't get rid of it, so he had to bite the bullet.

At 8:07 that morning, the Nanhua Fleet needed only five kilometers left for the Spaniards, and the Chinese manned the battleships in an orderly line of battle to prepare to attack the Spaniards.

At this time, the Spanish Admiral Don Aznar Antonio was still making the last attempt to escape. As long as he could not sink the ship or take prisoners, he was a hero.

Because he knew in his heart that it was almost impossible to defeat the Chinese with his gang of undertrained sailor recruits.

No wonder he was discouraged. The Spanish fleet has long ceased to be the "Invincible Fleet" that roamed the world in the last century~www.wuxiaspot.com~ During the long campaign, it has experienced repeated sea battles with the British, Dutch and South China fleets. The experienced officers and soldiers either sank to the bottom of the sea or retired. Otherwise, they would not be unable to get rid of the Nanhua Fleet. Navigation is a basic skill, so don't 6.

However, when the time passed to around 9 o'clock, seeing that escape was impossible, Don Aznar Antonio finally made up his mind to fight, and he ordered the sailors to raise the ferocious pirate skull flag, which was a signal for a decisive battle.

Similarly, the flagship of the South China Fleet on the opposite side also raised the pirate skull flag.

Everyone is indeed walking together. As an official soldier, they are actually licensed pirates!

At about 9:30, the fleets of both sides carried out the first round of bombardment outside the effective range. This is a "conventional" means to try to disturb each other.

The Chinese are wearing steel helmets and bulletproof vests, and when shells fall from the sky, they are better than strolling in the garden, turning a blind eye.

And the Spaniards' first-time buddies who came into battle for the first time showed panic on their faces, and they were already timid before the battle!

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