Chapter 2740: New recruits

The hundred-refined army is hard-won and has experienced the baptism of many wars. The Nanhua Navy has deserved it.

At this time, the wind was from the northeast, and the Nanhua Fleet was on the upwind side, forming a long snake formation with the Spanish Fleet and heading northwest in parallel.

Admirals on both sides had concerns. The Spaniards were worried that the Nanhua Fleet used the second-tier battleships as first-tier battleships, while Cheng Yu was worried that the Spaniards had seven more battleships than him. The advantages.

Sometimes, the slightest advantage an enemy has can be fatal!

After a little thought, he made a risky move and ordered the entire battle line to turn about 45 degrees in the direction of the Spanish fleet. In this way, the battle line of the entire South China Fleet will disintegrate and will enter the enemy's battle line. Here, start a melee with the enemy.

"I like this order!" Captain Chen Pugang said on the second-tier battleship "Nanzhili", ordering his sailors to follow the flagship's order.

Not only did Captain Chen like it, but the other ships also carried out this order to the letter. Twenty-eight battleships were like twenty-eight sharp daggers piercing into the Spanish formation, making the Spaniards terrified!

Cheng Yu's tactics were risky but innovative. Seeing that the Chinese did not attack according to the routine, the Spaniards were in a mess, and they were cut apart by the Nanhua battleship, followed by heavy shelling.

Due to the lack of cooperation and training, the Spaniards fell into chaos and could not take advantage of the large number of ships. On the contrary, some battleships were attacked by two Nanhua battleships in some areas, and the rest of the battleships wandered outside the battlefield doing soy sauce idly.

The battleships who stepped forward to help were a disservice. In the chaos, the Spanish second-tier battleship "Santa Isabel" rushed forward to fight the Nanhua battleship, and got into the smoke. When it came out, it found the third-tier battleship already in the army The "Bird" is coming!

Although everyone was moving at a slow speed, the distance was very close when they found it. Everyone was terrified when they saw the giant ship colliding.

The helmsmen on both sides were well-trained, and they directly turned the right rudder without waiting for the command of the commander, but there was still a terrible collision!

There was a piercing sound of friction. Due to the large tonnage of the "Santa Isabel", the "Bird" was ejected tens of meters away, and a crack more than ten meters long was dragged out at the place where the friction occurred. Dozens of people Fell into the sea!

The operation of battleships in the sail period was troublesome enough, unlike power ships, which could respond quickly, and it was God's blessing that the two ships did not sink when they collided.

Brawl at sea!

The mast sail on Cheng Yu's flagship "Taiyi" was hit, but the situation was not serious, while the third-tier battleship "Southeast Asia 182" with which it "assaulted the enemy" did not have such good luck. A battleship was inserted between the Spanish battleships "Santa Rosa" and "San Juan Bauti". These two "Santa" battleships are both second-class battleships. Almost lost combat effectiveness.

Later, in a scene depicting "Southeast Asia 182" being surrounded and attacked by Spanish battleships, in the oil painting, the unlucky battleship has been dismantled with all its masts and reduced to a hulk.

Miraculously, none of the crew members of the ship were killed in battle, but 39 people were seriously injured, and hundreds of people were slightly injured. The captain Xiong Weidong said proudly that he was wearing red underpants before leaving, and begged Mazu to take care of him Her people did not manage the ship!

In addition, the battleship "Southeast Asia 259" that came forward passed between the two Spanish battleships. Fortunately, the ship was not attacked by artillery fire and there were no casualties.

The gunners of the battleships of the Nanhua battleship fired powerful artillery fire at the Spanish battleship, easily increasing the rate of fire of the artillery to one round per minute, which overwhelmed the rate of fire of the Spanish gunners' shells every two minutes or even three minutes. When encountering shelling, due to casualties and out-of-shape movements, the rate of fire was slower. Some artillery crews even fired one shell in five or six minutes, while the Nanhua gunners fired three shells in two minutes from time to time. High rate of fire!

The quality gap between the Chinese and the Spaniards was quickly revealed. The Spanish battleship suffered heavy losses under the precise bombardment of the Nanhua battleship. When the Nanhua flagship "Tai Yi" passed the stern of the Spanish flagship "Our Lady of Guadalupe", The latter suffered a fierce blow from the former, the glass of the **** was smashed to pieces, the cockpits of the fleet commander and captain were destroyed, and all their personal belongings were missing. It was a messy scene. Aznar Antonio looked dumbfounded, opened his mouth for a long time but didn't close it.

Xinming's history books recorded such a scene well in classical Chinese: "...the enemy chieftains are bewildered and can't get together for a long time!"

Fortunately, he was not in the tail cabin at the time, otherwise he would have become another senior naval officer who died for his country.

The flagship was beaten up like this, and the rest of the Spanish battleships were not much better. The "Our Lady of Gracia" was hit with a crack on the starboard side, and sea water seeped in. If it weren't for the damage control force on the ship, it would have almost sunk. The sailors on the ship kept pumping water, and finally, even the captain went into battle to pump water!

The "Hercules" battleship with 76 guns fought with the "Southeast Asia 178" with the same 76 guns. Unfortunately, the speed of the guns was not as fast as human beings. After the two ships fought for an hour, the "Hercules" battleship lay flat. Return the cannon, do not fire the gun, do not fire a single bullet, and let the "beating" of the "Southeast Asia 178".

In the end, the officers and soldiers of "Southeast Asia 178" felt that the fight was boring. When I beat you with a thick and hard cannon, you screamed a few times anyway. If you don't scream, it's not good!

The ship let go of the enemy ship and broke away from the battle by itself, which became an anecdote in naval battles!

After anticipating the end of the entanglement with the Nanhua Fleet, and seeing the wind turn again, Don Aznar Antonio ordered the entire army to sail eastward, and the huge first-class battleship "Notre Dame Concepcion" turned first It has a bulky body, but because it was attacked by another enemy second-class ship "Tianshan" during the turn, the middle and rear of the hull of the "Notre Dame Concepcion" was devastated and blood flowed like a river~www.wuxiaspot. com~ However, the ship managed to escape the pursuit.

At this time, the rest of the Spanish battleships followed the order and began to turn eastward. Fortunately, Don Aznar Antonio managed to restore the order of the disrupted fleet and led most of the battleships to withdraw from the battlefield. The heavily injured Spanish battleships were cut off from the rear, and they would face life and death choices.

Among these Spanish ships surrounded by the South China Army, the unlucky "Conqueror" was finally sunk by the fierce artillery fire of the South China Ship. The Kingdom of Spain announced that when the ship sank, the crew shouted "Long Live Spain" even in the face of disaster. !” The voices of the crew were flat, but the Madrid authorities needed some good news to ease the pain of defeat.

The truth of history is often overwhelmed by public opinion, so what the world sees is the frenzy of shouting "Long live Spain" on the battleship that is about to sink.

Except for the "Conqueror" which sank because of the heart of the ship's captain (he refused the surrender of the South China Army), the other five Spanish battleships surrendered to the South China Army, including a second-class battleship "Saint E. Menegildo, the ship is the latest second-class battleship in service, and it is its first battle this time. However, it has become a trophy of the Nanhua Fleet before it has completed an inch. What a pity!

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