Daming pirates

Chapter 123 Great Victory

The battle continues. By this time, there is no suspense between the two sides. Among the six main ships in the Spanish fleet, one has been captured, two have been burned, and only three are still struggling.

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The speedboats they brought, including even the small boats on board, were basically all lost at this time. Only two speedboats were left, and they were also damaged at this time. The Spanish sailors on the boat tried their best to drive.

The boat broke out of the encirclement and ran directly to the shore and ran aground on the beach. The people fled to the shore.

When Anthony finally broke out of the encirclement with a disgraced ship after ramming and sinking an enemy ship, and turned around to look, Anthony really wanted to cry. The fleet he brought was almost destroyed in this battle.

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There was only one armed cargo ship left behind him that was riddled with holes, and the other professional gunboat he brought had all its sails destroyed and one of its masts completely broken by the opponent's chain bombs, and it fell over.

In the sea water, half of the mast was still wrapped with countless ropes and pressed against the deck of the ship, causing the ship to completely lose its ability to sail. In the blink of an eye, it was submerged by many sea wolf ships. Watching

It is impossible to escape again.

Anthony was on the verge of tears at the moment. This time he was completely finished. Even if he ran back to Manila, he would definitely be hanged. He brought more than a thousand sailors and infantry with him, and now only the remaining

Him and the dilapidated cargo ship behind him.

The craftsmen and infantrymen who were loaded on the ship were all unloaded on the shore at this time, and a lot of supplies were also unloaded on the shore at this time. Now he has only two boats left and is unable to load them on and escape from here.

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What's more, the war is far from over yet. Although their two ships escaped from the encirclement, they saw several pirates' single-masted clippers that had broken away from the fleet and chased them.

These single-masted clippers are fast, their maneuvers are nimble, and their firepower is not weak. It is clear that they are going to kill them all here. If they don't escape now, they will not even have a chance to escape.

So Antony no longer cared about the infantry and craftsmen who were thrown on the shore, and ordered the sails to be hoisted, speed up, and escape from this hellish place at full speed.

When the time entered the afternoon, the sound of guns and gunfire on the sea finally gradually stopped, and the entire sea gradually became quiet. Only a few wrecks of ships still burning on the sea were left, with billowing steam rising out of them.

of thick smoke.

After half a day of fierce fighting, the entire Spanish fleet was almost wiped out. Only the largest warship of the other side, relying on the strong firepower protection and solid hull of the ship, finally escaped from the battlefield.

Pursued by the boat, the wolf fled Taiwan and disappeared on the sea.

Luo Xianbin led the team to catch up with Anthony's boat and another injured armed cargo ship, and finally intercepted only the armed cargo ship. However, before they could seize the ship, the armed cargo ship rolled over and capsized in the sea.

It slowly sank, but the place where it sank was not in deep water.

The ship was severely damaged. It saw a large amount of water entering the hull and was besieged by several enemy ships. Knowing that it could not escape, it had no choice but to sail to the shore. It eventually capsized in shallow water. After sinking, the ship was still alive.

Half of the mast was exposed out of the water, and most of the people on the ship fell into the water. They were eventually picked up by the Feizihao clipper and became prisoners. A small number of people had no time to escape and sank into the water with the ship.

Originally, Luo Xianbin was not willing to give in, and took three flying boats to try to catch up with the Spanish ship. However, after several battles, they found that they couldn't catch that ship, and one of their own ships was also attacked.

He was seriously injured and flooded, so he had no choice but to give up the pursuit and rush back to Jilong Bay for repairs while protecting the injured boat.

In addition, the Seawolf fleet burned two Spanish warships and successfully captured two warships. Of course, one of these two warships was an armed cargo ship, and both ships were seriously injured. If they were not overhauled,

, is unusable.

In addition, they also captured about 400 Spanish sailors, including two captains, which was a great victory.

However, Sea Wolf's own losses were also quite serious. A total of twelve ships of various types, excluding small ships, were sunk in this fierce battle. More than 300 members of Sea Wolf's tribe were killed or injured.

The naval battle with the heaviest casualties in history. There were dozens of various types of artillery pieces that sank into the sea with the ship, which made Yu Xiaotian's body hurt to death.

But no matter what, Sea Wolf still won the final victory in this battle. This was caused by the gap in ship technology. Yu Xiaotian had no better way. Being able to achieve such a result is considered the best result.

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Seeing that it was too late, Yu Xiaotian ordered to withdraw his troops, leaving a few flying boats to patrol the sea to prevent the escaped Spanish ship from coming back at night. The Spanish infantry who left them on the shore were still there.

The craftsmen took it away.

The rest of the ships took the captured ships and prisoners and temporarily entered Jilong Bay to rest and recuperate. Although many of their ships were not sunk in the battle, they were also seriously damaged. They had to go to Jilong Bay and proceed as soon as possible.

Repair, otherwise, I'm afraid some ships may not even be able to return to Nanyue Island.

Yu Xiaotian also gained fuller confidence in his men through this large sea battle. These men showed great tenacity and endurance in this battle. At the beginning,

During the battle, Sea Wolf was completely at a disadvantage in the artillery battle. Several ships were destroyed by the enemy one after another, and many ships were seriously damaged. However, none of the ships showed any fear of fighting.

The fleet always maintained a column formation, filed into the bombardment area, and started an artillery battle with the enemy. When the firepower of each ship was weaker than that of the other party, and the strength of the ship was weaker than that of the other party, although I dare not say that everyone regarded death as if they were going home, they went forward one after another, but most of them

Most of the sailors were not frightened and did not know what to do. The artillery on the Sea Wolf ship never stopped, and they kept reloading quickly to fight back against the enemy.

This kind of fighting will was something he had never seen among other colleagues, including the Ming Dynasty Navy. Moreover, this was not shown by one ship, but by the sailors on all ships, who basically met his requirements.

It was precisely with the will of the Sea Wolf tribe that the Sea Wolf finally won the final victory in this naval battle. If there were several captains or sailors on the ship who were afraid of the battle and fled, they would all

It may lead to the failure of the overall battle, because fear is contagious. Once a ship escapes, it will affect the morale of most people, causing more people to abandon military orders and choose to flee the battlefield.

Therefore, although the Sea Wolf suffered heavy losses in this battle, they gained a lot. Their biggest gain was not how many ships they captured, how many ships they destroyed, or how many prisoners they captured. Their biggest gain was,

It makes them show their authority and build up stronger self-confidence.

The most important thing about an army is their confidence, their honor and their fine traditions. After this battle, the Sea Wolf Navy has grown into an honorable division that is good at fighting and dares to fight. As long as this confidence

And traditions can be passed down. Sooner or later, the Sea Wolf Group will grow into a strong army. There is no doubt about this.

It was not until the end of the war that Yu Xiaotian was helped down from the poop and his wounds were treated by the ship's medical officer.

The injury on his leg was not very serious. A piece of broken wood hit his leg armor at a very fast speed. After penetrating the armor, it penetrated into his thigh. It looked like it penetrated deeply into his flesh.

, but in fact the injury was not serious. It was just that he refused to go down to bandage the wound during the fierce battle, which caused him to bleed more.

When the war was over, he felt a little weak, but with his physique, losing this little blood was not a big problem. After a period of recuperation, as long as his nutrition kept up, he could quickly replenish his blood.

, so basically the impact is not big. As long as the wound is not infected and inflamed, there will be no big problem if you get tetanus. Yu Xiaotian believes that his pig's foot halo will still take care of him, so after treating the wound, he

Then he started to work lamely.

The fleet sailed into Jilong Bay, and most of the people in Keelung Fort cheered and rushed to the dock to greet their victorious army.

Yu Xiaotian stood on the side of the ship with a smile on his face, accepting everyone's cheers for him and enjoying the fanatical looks cast by countless people on him. He kept waving to everyone until he was helped by everyone to welcome him in.

Go to Keelung Fort, enter the meeting hall of Keelung Fort and sit down.

There was inevitably another round of congratulations from everyone, and another round of flattery, and Yu Xiaotian accepted it calmly. At this time, he also needed to make everyone happy and relax their nerves first, and the fruits of victory were indeed sweet, including him.

I also enjoy this feeling very much.

After working for a while, Yu Xiaocai stopped everyone's chatter and laughter, cleared his throat and said loudly: "I would also like to congratulate you all today. We can win such a battle not because of any one person, but because of everyone.

It was achieved through the concerted efforts of all of you!

Today we almost wiped out the whole fleet of Ganrasi people, so in the future there will probably not be many people who dare to attack our power of sea wolf and tiger!

But this battle is not over yet. Spain...that is, the Ganrasi people, let’s call them Spaniards from now on! The name Ganrasi is really awkward!

The Spaniards did not expect that they would be defeated so miserably and completely, so they unloaded most of the infantry on the ship to the shore. Just now, they interrogated several interpreters they brought with them on the ship. I learned that they are now in

On the east shore, there are still more than 400 infantrymen left, and there are also more than 200 labor slaves brought with the ship. They have not been dealt with yet, so we have not reached the time to celebrate!"

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