After receiving the order, the three battalions of the Sixth Regiment immediately dispersed into companies and rushed towards the Spanish warships parked on the shore. As a result, a strange situation formed on the seashore, with the merchant army and the Spanish army almost side by side.
Holding their shoulders, they rushed towards the seaside desperately, but no one paid attention to the other. If they were unaware, they would think that they were the same army wearing different uniforms.
Spanish sailing ships of 500 to 600 tons generally have a draft of about three meters, so they cannot dock directly on the shore. They are at least 50 to 60 meters away from the land. However, they have a springboard connected and can go directly to the ship.
Li Dingguo is now a company commander of the Sixth Regiment. This is also his first battle after joining the Merchant Army. However, the company he leads is not equipped with muskets. It is a company of pikemen and has not participated in many battles just now.
At this time, he was leading his company to a large ship parked on the beach. Accompanying them was a group of Spanish soldiers. The distance between the two sides was less than ten meters. However, they had a tacit understanding and only focused on their own way.
, without attacking each other.
But this equilibrium state is temporary after all. When both sides arrived at the springboard almost at the same time, it was immediately broken. Li Dingguo first raised his spear and shouted: "Kill." The spear thrust out like lightning, and one person
The Spanish soldier was just about to step onto the gangplank and was unprepared. He was stabbed in the throat by Li Dingguo and died tragically on the spot.
Then Li Dingguo's company also took action, waving their spears and stabbing at the Spanish soldiers. But at this time, the Spanish soldiers still dared to fight, but they were rushed by Li Dingguo's company and immediately dispersed. Li Dingguo raised his spear and said loudly: "Brother
Let’s grab the boat.” He took the lead on the gangplank and rushed towards the boat.
Several Spanish soldiers came aboard the ship. When they saw the enemy coming to the ship, they all raised their muskets and prepared to shoot. At this moment, they heard "thump" and "thump".
Two blasts, two grenades with white smoke fell on the deck of the ship.
, before the Spanish soldiers could react, they only heard two loud explosions of "Boom - Boom -". Some fell on the deck of the ship, and some fell into the sea water, injuring more than ten people. At the same time,
Several grenades fell into the water, and the explosions caused a few splashes.
It turned out that when Li Dingguo led his troops to board the ship, the soldiers on the shore also used grenades to attack the ship to cover their boarding operations. This was also the ship-robbing tactic developed by Shang Yi for the soldiers who robbed the ship. And because of the black
The destructive power of the gunpowder explosion is not great, so it will only injure and kill people, but will not cause much damage to the hull.
In fact, early hand grenades appeared in Europe at the end of the 15th century. After the 17th century, the performance of hand grenades gradually matured and became popular among the armies of European countries. Therefore, soldiers and sailors on ships all know this.
Weapons, they were all frightened and immediately hid aside, for fear that another grenade would be thrown at them.
Taking advantage of this gap, Li Dingguo led a group of soldiers and stepped onto the deck. Before going into battle, they all learned a few simple Spanish sentences, such as: Surrender without killing, raise your hands, put down your weapons, etc. Now they also spoke loudly.
Shout out.
There were only a few sailors left on the ship to garrison. There were not many Spanish soldiers in the first place. After being blown up by the two grenades just now, there were not many left. Although some people still wanted to resist, they were stabbed by Li Dingguo and died miserably on the deck.
. Others saw that the situation was not good and heard the enemy shouting in Spanish, so they put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender. Li Dingguo and others also quickly controlled the situation on the ship.
Li Dingguo's company also brought dozens of soldiers under Shen Shouchong. After they boarded the ship, they immediately cut off the cables, raised the anchor and pulled the sails, and prepared to sail the ship. Although the difference between the Spanish galleon and the Fu ship was not small, The most basic operations were almost the same, so he was forced to slowly drive away from the shore and drive to other places. Li Dingguo only left a platoon of soldiers on the ship to guard the prisoners, and then took other soldiers from the ship. Come down and rush to another warship.
At this time, on the shore, other squads of the Merchant Army also rushed towards other Spanish warships docked on the shore, starting a fierce battle to seize the ships. However, at this time, there were more than 40 warships parked on the shore. The Spanish soldiers also have many choices. Now is the time to escape, so they don't have too much entanglement with the merchant army. If this boat doesn't work, they will immediately change to another one.
However, some sailors on the ship discovered that the merchant army was currently robbing their warships, so before the Spanish soldiers could get on the ship, they hurriedly raised the sails and left the shore. One by one, the warships gradually broke away. On the shore, some sailed to the middle of the sea, and some sailed to other places along the coast. There were also a few warships engaged in fierce fighting. There were also Spanish soldiers who had not yet boarded the warships, and the indigenous soldiers stood on the seaside, watching. They were shouting at the sailboats offshore. Of course, some people jumped into the sea and swam towards their warships.
Because Joaquín and others escaped quickly, they took a 300-ton boat and arrived at the "Galaxy Battleship" anchored far away from the coast. However, Commander de la Pena still did not react at all and was at the mercy of others. It was like a living dead. But after boarding this huge ship, Joaquin breathed a sigh of relief. He was finally safe. Looking at the shore, the merchant army was fighting hard for the Spanish army. Fortunately, the Spanish army's two thousand-ton warships "Galaxy Battleship" and "Sea Rose" and five seven-hundred-ton warships are parked in the open sea, and the merchant army cannot snatch them. Other warships They also sailed away from the coast and approached these large ships.
Although Alessandra was not in the army, the sailors of the "Sea Rose" were still there. They did not know the details, so they still obeyed the orders of the Spanish army. Now that de la Pena was unable to command the entire army, several people boarded the The officers of the "Galaxy Battleship" discussed it and unanimously decided to elect Joaquin as acting commander to issue orders.
Joaquin also knew that someone must be able to stand up and take command now, and he was the only one qualified, so he did not refuse and immediately took over the command. First, he ordered the "Galaxy Battleship" to immediately raise the sails and sail into the deep sea, and then ordered Transfer some sailors and soldiers from other warships to several large ships and drive away these large ships. Although these large ships are anchored at least a hundred meters away from the coast, they cannot be regarded as absolutely safe. The enemy is completely You can swim or carry it in a small boat and board a large ship. Forget about the few small and medium-sized warships on the shore. These large ships must not fall into the hands of the enemy. It is better to sail farther away. At the same time, order them to The warships immediately moved away from the coast and reorganized into the distant sea.
In this way, the Spanish warships gradually left the shore and sailed away. Only six or seven small boats were left on the coast. Because they were unmanned, they could only wait for the merchant army to take them over.
At this time, the escaping Spanish warships were basically seven or eight hundred meters away from the shore, which could be considered absolutely safe. There were enough sailors and soldiers on several large ships to sail normally. There were still hundreds of Spanish soldiers in the sea.
The sailors and logistics personnel were swimming hard to their warships, shouting "wait for us", "don't go", etc. while swimming.
Seeing that Yi Jing was absolutely safe at this time, Joaquin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that there were still his soldiers struggling in the sea, he ordered several large ships to stay to pick up his companions in the sea, and also lowered several lifeboats.
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At this time, an officer said: "Count, the physiological people do not have a fleet and will not attack us from the sea. Now let's hit them with naval guns."
After hearing this, Joaquin was a little moved. After all, the Spanish army did lose miserably in this battle. Although the victory or defeat fundamentally had nothing to do with Joaquin, he was also very unwilling. If he could use
Hitting the physiological man with naval guns for a while not only vents his anger, but also helps to improve one's own morale. Anyway, the physiological man's sea power is weak, and he is basically absolutely safe now.
So Joaquin thought for a while, nodded, and said: "Okay, let's fire a few shots to teach the physiological men a lesson, and let them know how powerful we are."
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a huge roar of "Boom - Boom - Boom - Boom -" came from the shore.
It turned out that the merchant army had concentrated all its large and medium-sized artillery on the seaside position, and before the Spanish warships could open fire, they launched the attack first.
On the sea to the left and right of the "Galaxy Battleship", more than ten water jets were immediately aroused, splashing onto the deck and drenching Joaquin with sea water. Two cannonballs also hit the hull, and one hit the stern of the ship.
It hit the building, sending sawdust flying everywhere, and another one punched a big hole in the sail.
Joaquin was also startled, and immediately ordered the gunners on the ship to fire back at the shore. The more than forty cannons on the port side of the "Galaxy Battleship" also opened fire, and fired furiously towards the shore. While several other large ships were on board.
When the sailors and soldiers saw it, they all adjusted the position of the warship, pointed the broadside towards the shore, and joined in the artillery battle.
At this moment, the Merchant Army deployed five 36-unit Thunderbolt rocket launch boxes on the beach, adjusted the launch angle to the maximum elevation angle, and then lit the signal line.
"Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—"
The sound of rocket jets was endless, and rockets spitting out tongues of fire were ejected from the box, bringing out long strings of smoke and flying towards the Spanish warships in the sea.
Although the thunderbolt rockets were not very accurate after being fired, the sailboat was too big and its huge sail made it an obvious target. Therefore, each warship would be hit several times. A series of sounds suddenly sounded on the sea.
There were explosions, iron pieces were fired randomly, grease was splashed everywhere, soldiers were killed on several warships, flames were also ignited, and the sails of two warships were even burned.