Chapter 254 Pirates of the Caribbean vs Spanish Fleet
With Li Huamei's command to divide the pirate fleet into three middle roads, four larger main warships were formed with three 300-ton small warships, forming a column and the Spanish fleet, while other warships were immediately divided into
Each of the two teams left and right had a 400-ton warship with four 200-ton warships, which were composed of two or three hundred-ton warships, spreading to the north and south sides respectively.
The Spanish warships are shipped with a crescent shape and two moon-shaped tips. They are the two largest warships, San Cassi and Flamenco, and the commander of the fleet of San Cristian at the end of the month is Mole.
Colonel I was standing on the St. Cassi's ship building, and he was very angry and watched his enemy fleet disperse in three parts.
However, Moreller is also a person who has been through the battlefield for a long time. Of course, he understands the other party's intentions. Although the other party's warship level is smaller than himself, the number is more than twice that of himself. Therefore, he divided the fleet into three to fully utilize the number.
Advantages: The main warship and itself are facing the frontal confrontation with small warships, divided themselves from the side attack, forming a chance to siege several warships and siege a warship. This is of course a correct tactic and also a very headache because the Spanish fleet is not only warships.
There are fewer numbers and we must also guard the entrance of the Bashi River to prevent the pirate fleet from entering, so it is more difficult.
A pirate pirate team appeared in the waters of South China. Colonel Morell, of course, knew that because the Spanish merchant ships had been robbed by this pirate team in recent years, there were no less than twenty Spanish merchant ships. Although Morell did not take this pirate.
The team took it seriously, but after the actual encounter, I was still very surprised. I didn't expect that the other party would have such a large scale and I didn't expect that this pirate team would come to attack Manila. It seems that this pirate team is supported by physiological people.
But this is not surprising at all, behind the 16th century European pirates, there are state support.
But what annoyed the colonel was not the enemy's tactics. It is natural to choose the right tactics, even if it is the enemy, it is no exception. It is irreproachable. What made Morell angry was that he had ten Spanish warships in Manila.
Four ships, but this time I only brought out seven ships and left half of them to make soy sauce in the harbor. The reason is simple is that no one is there anymore.
The number of Spanish troops stationed in Manila is not large, so the vast majority of soldiers are the army navy and the majority of the soldiers are also sailors of the navy. But now most of the Spanish troops are placed in Binon
The Chinese army in many districts and Nanjing shopping malls are in conflict, so the troops left to the navy are pitifully small.
Now the personnel on each warship are not enough. The two 700-ton warships, such as the San Cassi and Flamengo, are about 600 people. The soldiers will be around 200 people. Now every warship is every
There are less than 400 soldiers on the ship, and there are only 60 people. They can only ensure the operation of the warship. The situation of other warships is similar. They are on the San Cristian.
A Spanish soldier had no resistance if the enemy boarded the ship, and even so, the navy could only launch seven warships.
It's like holding a good card in your hand but someone told half of the ace can't be played. Of course, Colonel Morell was very dissatisfied. If he could drive all the warships out, even ten would be the ones.
The current situation will not be so passive
But even if you are dissatisfied, you still have to fight. Before going to the battle, Moreller was quite confident that he could rely on these seven warships to defeat this group of sea and sea teams. Although the enemy is divided into three groups and encircled him, he is also
Just give me a chance to defeat one by one, even if the enemy's strongest middle fleet is significantly lower than that of me.
Therefore, Morell immediately ordered the fleet to advance at full speed, first rushed towards the middle of the pirate fleet. The squadrons on both sides had not yet completely detoured. First, they would cause a certain blow to the middle fleet with the strongest pirates. If artillery fire could be concentrated, it would sink.
Two small warships can severely hit the morale of the pirates and defeat the pirate team in one fell swoop
The distance between the two sides was constantly getting closer, but when they were about to enter the range of artillery, the warships that were traveling in columns suddenly changed direction and moved southward to form a diagonal line.
This shocked Morell. He didn't realize it when the pirate fleet was driving in a column before, but now the pirate fleet has changed its straight line to a diagonal line, which reminded Morell that this is not the Dutch's usual tactic of single-line columns.
Is it? It is difficult to drive in a straight line and then move to a diagonal line. Will this group of pirates also use this tactic?
But Colonel Morell thought that the enemy had changed to a diagonal line and the guns on the side could bombard the Spanish fleet. At this time, the warships of the Spanish fleet were facing the enemy with their bows, so they could not use the side.
The cannon can only be beaten but cannot fight back
After realizing this danger, Morell immediately ordered all warships to turn south immediately and aim their sideways at the enemy and prepare for shelling. But at this time, it was one step too late, just as the Spanish fleet was turning.
After completing a ninety-degree steering, seven warships formed a standard ninety-degree arc. The artillery on the side of each ship fired in turn and launched the attack first. The direction of the attack was mainly concentrated on the Spanish ships.
The south side of the team
In the first round of attack, the Pirates Fleet fired all the chain bombs. Nearly 100 shells connected to two hemispheres were connected by iron chains and rotated in the air, bringing out a "woo-woo" sound of breaking through the air and drawing irregular lines.
Battleships to Spain
After the flying chain bombs disappeared, the masts of three Spanish warships were broken by the chain bombs. The second on the right, the second Liberation Victory was broken in this round of attacks. There were also several masts.
A chain bomb fell on the ship's deck and knocked down several sailor soldiers
Although the casualties suffered were not large, Morell was very unhappy because he was a genuine imperial navy, so he did not take this group of pirates seriously. However, he did not expect that he was tricked by the pirates and took action first.
It's too shameful to have a headache
However, at this time, the Spanish warships also turned their direction and turned to the head, south and north, head, and head, and head, and head, and the pirate fleet was sailing in the same direction as the pirate fleet. Therefore, Morell also ordered the warships that entered the range to fire and fight back immediately.
The Flamengo and the Lightning Victory were the first to fire and return the pirate fleet, but the Spanish warships prepared solid bombs and gunfires, and the sound of gunfires roared on the sea. Several shells hit the pirates.
The ship did not cause much damage to the pirate warship, and Morell ordered other warships to catch up quickly and join the battle.
But at this moment, Morell suddenly discovered that the pirate fleet was moving away from him. It turned out that what the pirate fleet had completed was not a ninety-degree turn, but a one hundred and eighty-degree turn. Morell's flagship was in the moon The rightmost side of the formation is far away until then it is clear that the true intention of the pirate fleet is seen clearly.
After the Spanish warships caught up, the pirate fleet also completed all the turn and sailed back and retreated. It also left the range of the Spanish warship's artillery.
This made Moreller unexpectedly and suddenly became a little overwhelmed. Is it hard to say that it was just to launch a round of chain bombs first? And from the series of pirate fleets just now, I turned to firing. Judging from the movements, it was obviously a rigorous training, both the single warship and the overall queue performed quite well, and would never be done just by doing that move.
But at this time, the pirate fleet had turned far away and was about to turn around and chase again. It was obviously too late. The two teams separated from the pirate fleet just now also completed the opening of the pirate fleet. They were all located in the north and south positions, and the bows of the Spanish fleet were facing each other. So Moriel considered the decision to attack the pirate team in the south first to see what other pirate warships would do.
As soon as the Spanish fleet moved, the pirate team on the south side immediately turned and ran the Spanish fleet after chasing for more than a kilometer. After being afraid of being trapped in the pirate fleet, the plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Other warships took advantage of the situation to seize the entrance of the Bashi River, so they did not dare to chase them again. After going down, he had to turn his head and guard the entrance of the Bashi River again. At this time, the three pirate fleets rushed over from three directions.
This also made Morell in a dilemma. It was obvious that the pirate fleet was taking advantage of its many ships, making it difficult for it to either mobilize its fleet to leave and take advantage of the opportunity to seize the entrance of the Bashi River or force it to disperse and attack to make the opponent have The chance to defeat one by one, and no matter which one is, it will hit the pirate's mind. So Morell had to guard the entrance of the Bashi River and hold his troops still, but he couldn't help but think that if he could drive all fourteen warships out, It is completely possible to divide troops to fight the pirate fleet and will not be robbed like this now, but now Morell does not dare to act rashly and hold on to each other.
Seeing that the Spanish fleet did not dare to attack, Li Huamei saw it very clearly on the ship's tower. Originally, her purpose was to lure the Spanish fleet out and defeat them one by one in the pursuit of her. However, no matter how she lured the Spanish fleet, she was unmoved, so she immediately sent a message. Give orders to launch a new round of action