Chapter 771 Cheating(1/2)
Zhu Chenggong gave an order, and the three fleets of the Ming Dynasty divided into three groups and headed towards the direction of the Portuguese warship.
Zhu Chenggong's fleet was in the middle, and Huang Fei and Shi Lang each led a fleet to attack from both sides, trying to make it impossible for the Portuguese fleet to escape.
The three fleets did not dispatch many warships. Each fleet had eight warships, led by two new-type warships, followed by four medium-sized warships.
This move of the Ming fleet was to tell the colonists that foreign warships were prohibited from entering the Ming waters, and those who dared to enter the Ming waters without permission would be killed without mercy!
In the future, whether it is the Portuguese, the Netherlands, Spain or the British, the Daming Sea will become a nightmare for their navies...
A fleet on the sea is approaching Macau at full speed. It is too high to say that the fleet is too high for them. In fact, it is only three sail warships.
With the strong rise of the Dutch, the Portuguese have actually declined, and their limelight has been completely overshadowed by the red-haired barbarians and the British.
Five warships were sunk by the Ming army before, and now three more have come.
These eight battleships are almost the main battleships of the Portuguese in Asia.
After losing eight large battleships, the Portuguese's strength in Asia was greatly reduced.
If there are no additional warships in the future, the place they occupy now is likely to be occupied by other colonial countries.
"Captain, Macau is five miles ahead. Why can't you hear any cannon fire? Has Akito not started attacking yet?"
Upon hearing his captain's inquiry, Lessons quickly raised his telescope and looked toward the sea in the direction of Macau.
After observing for a while, he found no warships except some merchant ships.
"I don't know. You'll know what's going on when you get to Macau. Let's move forward at full speed."
Another sail rose, and the Portuguese warship immediately became faster.
Soon Macau appeared in the telescope, but they did not see the five Portuguese warships moored in the naval port.
Lessons turned the camera to Macau Island again, and his face suddenly turned pale.
He discovered that the Portuguese flag that usually fluttered in the wind was missing, and was replaced by a Ming Dynasty dragon flag fluttering in the wind.
"No, Macau has been lost. Where has our fleet gone? There is no way that not one of them can escape."
So he looked through the telescope at the surrounding sea surface again, trying to search for his own warship.
At this time, they suddenly discovered that three fast-sailing fleets appeared in front of them and to their left and right.
Moreover, the two warships headed by the three fleets are very large, no smaller than their warships at all.
Just when I wanted to take a closer look at the Ming warships, several cannonballs suddenly hit the waters near them.
Laisons was shocked and hurriedly sent an order:
"Quickly, load the shells quickly, retreat and fight at the same time, there are too many Ming warships, we can't rescue Alfonso and the others, retreat quickly..."
Before Laisons finished speaking, two solid bullets bombarded the deck of the battleship.
The solid bullets bounced all the way forward, killing several soldiers blocking the way before stopping.
Fortunately, the decks of their three warships were covered with iron plates, so the decks were not penetrated by cannonballs.
"Fire, fire quickly..."
Laisons was surprised when Akito's artillery became so sharp and its range was far beyond their expectation.
Shocked, he immediately gave the order to fire.
But the distance was too far, and the Ming warships were not within their range at all. The bombardment was bullshit!
Seeing that the artilleryman was a little confused, Leslie shouted angrily:
"Hurry up and shoot those large warships. They are the flagships of the Ming Army..."
Under Leisons' order, the Portuguese warships immediately fired back.
Due to the range problem of the artillery, the shells they fired fell into the sea water one after another, splashing water columns and unable to hit the Ming warships at all.
Just when the Portuguese were in a hurry, the fleets led by Huang Fei and Shi Lang also surrounded them from both wings. Six large Ming warships acted as the main force, and small and medium-sized warships assisted in the bombardment. For a time, artillery shells flew like raindrops towards the three Portuguese warships...
After both sides entered the firing range, the Portuguese had just fired a few cannons when their own warship was covered by the opponent's shells, and wood chips were suddenly thrown across the air.
Many artillery shells fired by Ming warships instantly penetrated the sides of the warships, killing dozens of gunners who were firing.
They fired fiercely at the Portuguese warships from three directions, making them dizzy. In half a stick of incense, the Portuguese suffered more than 200 casualties.
The cabin of one of the battleships has been filled with water, and the hull is slowly tilting. It is expected to sink soon...
Zhu Chenggong has been holding a telescope to observe the naval battle between Ming Dynasty and Portugal, or more precisely, the siege...
Seeing that a battleship was damaged and sinking slowly, he showed a sneer on his face, and then ordered:
"Solid bullets, hold on tightly and continue bombarding. We must sink them all."
"Rumble..."
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If it is said that the Ming army was deliberately playing tricks on the Portuguese just now, they wanted to achieve the purpose of training troops.
Now the Ming warships were firing on all cylinders, hundreds of solid cannonballs hitting the Portuguese sailing warships overwhelmingly.
"Bang bang..."
"Click..."
The cannonballs hit the battleship, immediately making the sound of splintering wood.
How could a wooden warship compete with huge solid shells? Countless large holes were blasted out of the sides of the Portuguese warships by Ming army shells.
It didn't take long for Portugal's second warship to be sunk by the Ming army.
"Quick...run..."
Leissons was completely desperate. More than thirty warships attacked three of their warships, and they couldn't escape. How could this be a naval battle? Is it obviously bullying?
He was originally to support the Portuguese in Macau, but he didn't even come across Macau. Three warships had been sunk by the Ming army and two warships had been sunk. He hurriedly sent an order to run away...
But as soon as they turned the rudder, more than a dozen warships rushed at high speed from the sea on the left and right, and the retreat of the last Portuguese warship was blocked.
Seeing that the retreat was blocked by numerous battleships, the black guns on the giant ship were already aimed at their sailing battleship.
Lysons knew that there was no other way out except surrender, so he hurriedly asked several of his subordinates to raise the white flag.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Quick, raise the white flag and surrender."
But they never imagined that they would lose the battle. The white flag was not around at all.
Just now, I was beaten hard by a Ming warship. The warship caught fire in many places, and the white flag could not be found at all.
"Captain, we don't have a white flag! What should we do?"
"Rumble..."
Before the soldiers finished speaking, the Hongwu's bow cannon had opened fire...
"Bang..."
A cannonball directly penetrated the bow of the Portuguese wooden battleship.
Although an iron plate was installed there, the wood could no longer withstand the attack. A large hole was blown out of the bow of the ship, and sea water rushed into the cabin.
"God……"
In panic, Lessons suddenly had an idea and quickly took off his underwear in order to survive.
"Quick, hang up those who have white underwear. This one is white, there should be no problem."
The commander on board the Hongwu was Shi Lang. The opposing warship was obviously unable to fight back and had no reinforcements. He did not want to sink the opposing warship just yet, so he just allowed the gunners to practice their accuracy.
Therefore, just use a dozen heavy guns to continuously bombard the Portuguese sailing battleship to see how long it takes to sink it.
"Deputy Governor, you see they have raised the white flag, do you want to continue fighting?"
The observation post suddenly noticed that the opposing warship was raising small white flags, and hurriedly asked Shi Lang for instructions.
Shi Lang saw that the shape of the white flag was wrong, so he immediately picked up the telescope and looked at it. Where was the white flag? It was clearly a pair of white shorts.
Under normal circumstances, if you see this situation, you will of course know that the opponent's warship wants to surrender.
But they are invaders. They openly invade our Ming Dynasty. They want to surrender if they cannot defeat the Ming Dynasty.
What would be the consequences if the Ming Dynasty were defeated? Not only would they have to cede territory, but they would also have to pay compensation and publicly apologize.
Shi Lang snorted coldly:
"Hmph, it's too simple. Before they invaded my country, why didn't they think about the consequences? I didn't see any white flags, so I replaced them with incendiary bombs and burned them to death!"
"yes"
After the Portuguese sailors saw the "white flag" raised, the Ming Dynasty's giant ship really stopped shelling. They couldn't help but be overjoyed and hurriedly reported to Lessons:
"Captain, your artifact is indeed working. Akito has stopped the bombardment."
Laisons felt that he could survive, and couldn't help laughing proudly, completely forgetting the embarrassment just now.
"Hahaha, these Ming people are still easy to deceive. As long as we escape and ascend to heaven, we will definitely ask His Majesty the King to send a large fleet to retaliate against them. At that time, not only will we want Macau, but the entire Guangdong will be in the possession of our kingdom."
"Rumble..."
To be continued...