Mendoza loosened the Ruff collar on his neck.

He counted himself as if four boats were missing.

The formation was too wide to prevent him from accurately observing the results of the two wings. He only saw that he had two armed merchant ships sunk for some reason, and two large sailboats seemed to be hit by enemy ships and put away their sails.

If you don't collect it, you won't be able to fill the bottom warehouse along the gap. If you don't collect the sails, you will sink in front of the enemy ship for a while, and the sailors will run away without any ground.

The most frightening thing on the battlefield was the captain who drove the Garen ship to pursue Deng Zilong and their sailors. They were really watching a Garen ship that could not beat the enemy ship in a row. In less than a minute, forty or fifty shells hit the ship. The continuous orderly firepower made the two captains on the Garen ship frightened.

There have always been two commanders in regular Spanish warships. One is the nominal sea and land commander, but in fact it was selected by the army and led the soldiers on the ship and did not know how to fight in the sea; the other is the naval captain, who listened to him when the ship was at sea.

Looking at the distrustful look of the Army Captain, the ship nodded helplessly and said, "They are indeed better than us."

The Garen ship dared not pursue it anymore. The big ship of the same specification was already hit by a volley while the pursuit was lost. They followed it up and just repeated the same mistakes. They wanted to rescue the sailors on the ship first.

Not to mention, just under their noses, an armed merchant ship was bombarded with a big hole, and then it was knocked into two pieces by the black enemy ship carrying nine-gate port cannons.

It was not enough to hit it. Several flames exploded on the broken wreckage of the merchant ship until it sank into the sea deck.

The small general flag under Deng Zilong weighed five or six kilograms of explosives on his hand, looked back at the merchant ship that was gradually sinking into the sea, and grinned: "It's easy to use! It's easy to use - General, will they not chase after you?"

The port side artillery of the ironclad ship loaded the bullets in an orderly manner, and a basin of sea water sprinkled on the pile of gunpowder that was shaken off on the deck. A gunner accidentally pulled the pill bag during the impact just now. Most of the ten kilograms of gunpowder were sprinkled out, and the ground was covered with it.

Deng Zilong waved his hand to the helmsman and signaled that the ship drew an arc at the sea, turning around to face the Garen ship on the starboard side to raise a pursuit.

Fengshui took turns, and Garen, who was putting down the sailors, was rescued by another sailor on a sank sailboat, saw the Ming army's large ships lined up and turned around, and he suddenly lost the courage to pursue them before, and even his comrades fell into the sea.

There were a few short drums on Garen's ship, and the small boats around him received a signal of retreat. Many sailors who saved lives and helped the wounded raised their heads and found that the terrible black ship turned around and rushed over, and quickly rode the oars and climbed the boat.

The warships and small oars and boats fled to the commander like a group of turtles that had broken away from their reins.

Deng Zilong saw them fleeing in a hurry and laughed, not chasing them. He commanded the ship to maintain a safe distance from the enemy, carried the enemy ships with inaccurate long-distance artillery bombardment to find the formation loopholes, and carefully selected the next prey.

Even Mendoza dared not send a fleet to touch Deng Zilong's fleet, led by the ironclad ship, led by three giant ships of thousands of materials. The brief battle made the Spanish commander realize that although their enemies had few ships, they had the advantage of artillery and tactics.

The Ming army's tactics are very similar to the tactics used in the battle of Le Pando three years ago. Philip II's half-brother John was the admiral of the Christian Joint Fleet and commanded the Pope's coalition to defeat the Ottoman fleet.

In fact, that was also the beginning of the naval battles on the battlefields in the world.

Mendoza is not a legendary commander. He only saw reports on the Battle of Lepando on paper. That's enough to make him feel alert. He immediately ordered the fleet to dodge the fleet where the armored black ships were located and to annihilate the five smaller Clipper gunboats on the right wing.

That is, Shiqi led five 500-food shark boats.

The huge Guam fleet was maneuvering for a short time at sea, which doubled the pressure in Shiqi's heart. In the tea, all the enemy ships turned around and attacked him in no particular size, forcing him to complete the fan encirclement to disperse. He quickly circumvented the enemy ship at a small speed and quickly went around the surging rushing onto the enemy ship to find a more suitable breakthrough point.

This also made him even further away from Deng Zilong's fleet.

In just a short moment, the situation in the western waters of Guam changed drastically, and the huge and slow New Spanish navy was lengthened. Except for three ships and a small number of small boats as delays, the remaining ships rushed towards the Shiqi fleet, leaving almost no room for surround, so that he could not seize the advantageous position.

Deng Zilong on the other side took advantage of the victory and sank an armed merchant ship with a ship and shelled it again, but he could not take care of Shiqi because the distance was too far.

The Spaniards seemed to have drunk too much rum, and they all threw shells with heavy artillery. They ignored the accuracy and made waves around Deng Zilong's fleet on the sea. Four giant ships of thousands of materials seemed to rush around, completely ignoring the shells hitting the hull. They bit an enemy ship and did not let go. No ship could resist their short, dense and accurate volley of gunfires.

Mendoza gradually discovered that the reason why the Ming army's ships and guns were far more accurate than theirs - the Ming ships never fired at half-way.

The two Ming army fleets had different fates. Deng Zilong showed his courage everywhere, while Shi Qi fled everywhere. Fortunately, the Spanish ships were much heavier than them. Moreover, the fastest-equipped armed merchant ships could only be hung from behind. However, the small oars carrying seven or eight soldiers were occasionally sunk by enemy ships during their sailing.

Although he did not have the ability to turn around and fight, seeing this scene carefully with a telescope also made Shiqi feel a little relieved.

During the long stalemate pursuit, Ishiki finally threw the last enemy ship a thousand steps away and suddenly ordered the rudder to turn.

Five shark boats quickly turned around and leveled at the sea, covering the two armed merchant ships that were chasing the fastest into their own artillery range. The telescope-mounted lookout on the low stern stairs shouted: "Four hundred steps!"

The flag was shaking, and the three ships adjusted their positions. The last two were not seen. The five fast ships blasted out in the side strings, and the shells were falling close and far away. Although only 30% of the hits were hit, it was enough to scare the enemy ships.

When the captain and helmsman were about to respond, God stood on Shiqi's side. The captain of the enemy ship made the most wrong choice and he turned around.

Shiqi continued to sail forward, always wrapping the enemy ships with fan rings. The port gunner who had fired the guns loaded ammunition under the shouting of the Xiaoqi General Banner. The armed merchant ship turned slowly in a hurry. He had just moved the stern to Shiqi to retreat. The port side of the five shark ships had roared again.

This time, all muzzles are adjusted to the appropriate position.

More than twenty large and small artillery shells bombarded the stern hull, which did not cause a devastating blow to the merchant ship. However, through the telescope, Ishiki clearly saw a large plate that looked like the stern rudder floating on the sea.

He grinned and assigned the helmsman to turn left... What is the consequence of an armed merchant ship that could not turn against their own ships on the long pursuit line of New Spain?
Chapter completed!