The Endeavour has always been the upper hand in various types of naval battles with its strong protection and outstanding speed. However, this sudden blow made the Endeavour fall into danger for the first time. The foremast fell, not only causing the warship to lose several sides of the sails, but also causing the warship to lose all its spinnades. In other words, this guy made the invincible warship lose nearly a quarter of its downwind power (when sailing downwind, the foremast was blocked by the central mast and rear mast, which was less efficient) and almost all of its upwind power. Now, she has not only become slow, but also becomes clumsy.

The foremast poured into the sea was hung on the Endeavour through many ropes, which caused the Endeavour to slow down suddenly. The bow of the ship could not help but turn sharply to the left, and hit the almost paralyzed "Ferdinand".

"Quick! Cut off the rope! Marines! Cover!" Zheng Sen shouted, and Liu De hurriedly ran to pass the order. Zheng Sen wanted to rush out of the anti-aircraft command room. But a messenger stopped him tightly.

"Major General, you can't go out, it's too dangerous outside!" said the remaining messenger.

"Fuck!" Zheng Sen couldn't help but swear words, and at the same time he insisted on climbing up. The messenger was in a hurry to stop Zheng Sen, but he didn't expect Zheng Sen to suddenly shrink down and also stretched out his hand to take him. As a result, the messenger slipped under his feet and fell into the anti-cannon command room. If Zheng Sen hadn't pulled him and made him fall down his legs, it would have hurt him in a sudden situation.

Taking advantage of the short time when no one was in charge, Zheng Sen crawled out of the artillery room. It was not that he was not afraid of death, nor that he deliberately wanted to show off. He just knew that the Endeavour and her crew had never encountered such a situation. In such a crisis, Zheng Sen felt that if he, as the supreme commander, hid in the artillery room, it might have caused a loss of morale.

Zheng Sen climbed out of the artillery room and saw that the situation was better than expected. Perhaps the enemy had suffered too much casualties before, so the Spanish Marines on the "Ferdinand" did not immediately cross the side of the ship, but just shot at this side. Several sailors were rushing to chop ropes with axes. Two sailors who were cutting sail lines were unfortunately knocked down on the deck, and blood suddenly flowed all over the ground. The model Marines also quickly shot and fought back. Because they had a clear advantage in number, they quickly suppressed the Spaniards' firepower.

"Deck cannons! Deck cannon preparation! One row, control the opponent's deck cannons, don't let them fire!" Zheng Sen rushed to the side of the deck cannon and shouted.

On the open deck of the warships at that time, there were some relatively flexible small cannons used to fire shotguns and suppress enemies during the battle. These cannons were small and could easily turn in multiple directions, which was a weapon for melee combat.

The soldiers of the Model Army turned the deck cannons and pointed to the opposite side. Two Spanish soldiers on the opposite side tried to rush over to use their deck cannons, but the soldiers from a row of Marines defeated the two Spanish with a round of volleys.

At this time, the sailors had cut off the last rope, and the "Entertainment" finally got rid of the drag of the foremast. However, the warship was still leaning against the enemy ship at this time, and the warship lost its spinnade, which was difficult to get rid of.

"Let all the artillery fire on the port side!" Zheng Sen saw Liu De running over in a panic and seemed to want to say something to him, so he first blocked his mouth with such an order. Zheng Sen's appearance and his calmness made Liu De calm down inexplicably.

The cannon on the port side of the Endeavour quickly fired a volley. Because the distance was very close, all of the shooting hit the target. However, this was not the effect Zheng Sen wanted. What Zheng Sen wanted at this time was actually a secondary effect of the firing - recoil. The recoil of the volley of the twenty guns pushed the Endeavour away from the Ferdinand a little, and then under the blowing of the wind, the Endeavour finally separated from the Ferdinand.

However, at this time, the Spanish warship on the starboard side was already very close, and they fired another round of volleys. One of the shells whizzed over Zheng Sen's head with a scary whimper. The storm blew the red tassels on Zheng Sen's helmet. Several other shells hit the starboard side, and one of them even penetrated the thick hull of the Endeavour and entered the cannon cabin. However, perhaps because the power was exhausted during the breakdown of the hull, the shell did not cause any casualties.

"Major General, this place is too dangerous, you must..." Liu De couldn't help but say again.

"It is because of the danger that I need to be here." Zheng Sen stared into Liu De's eyes and said, the cold light in his eyes blocked Liu De's words behind him.

"Let the starboard counterattack with one shot, then the upper cannon will be replaced with grape bullets and shoot the enemy's upper deck. The Marines are ready to fight the enemy's sideways." Zheng Sen glanced at the approaching Spanish warship. At the speed of approaching from the opponent, Zheng Sen estimated that the opponent was planning to fight him in a vigorous sideways battle. If possible, when the enemy's troops did not suffer serious losses, Zheng Sen was not willing to fight the enemy directly. However, at this time, his warship had lost too much power, and it was difficult to stop the opponent's attempt.

"Before the battle of the boarding, use grape bombs to shoot for one round, then the deck cannon and the first row to shoot for a round. The second row jumped to help the enemy ships with the support of the volley firepower, the third row followed by the bayonet, the first row followed by the bayonet, and the fourth row..." Zheng Sen paused for a moment. The fourth row was composed of the best shooters in the entire Marine Corps. They were all placed in the mast tower on the mast and shot the enemy condescendingly. Then, the break of the frontmast just made the twelve shooters fall into the sea. In the fierce battle, no one had time to take care of them. In short, the fourth row had lost a squad before the battle of the boarding.

"…The fourth row is responsible for fire support." Zheng Sen said.

At the Spanish warship that was approaching, the Endeavour regained its color with a volley on the starboard side. Compared with the Spanish shooting, the Endeavour was much more accurate. Half of the twenty shells hit the target, and all penetrated the opponent's hull. The Spanish warships were actually much smaller in displacement than the Endeavour, but they were equipped with three-layer gun decks, more artillery and more gun crew members. This naturally had to pay a price, and the price was that the thickness of their hull was far less than that of the Endeavour. In this way, it was naturally impossible to block the Endeavour's volley at such a distance.

Ten shells were shot into the cannon cabin of Spanish battleships, and they kept rebounding. Every time they rebounded, they might encounter the Spaniard's gunners or cannons. As long as those gunners were rubbed by such shells, they would inevitably be seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. Once they were directly hit, they would be smashed to pieces. Even those heavy cannons, as long as they were hit, would probably fall to the ground and lose the ability to continue fighting. Therefore, this round of shooting alone caused dozens of Spanish casualties and caused the Spaniards to lose three cannons.

"What a terrible shelling. They have much better cannons than us, and their gunners are more well-trained!" Although they did not go down to the cannon cabin to check, only seeing the shells easily penetrate the hull and feeling the constant vibrations from the hull, Major General Duke could imagine the tragic situation in the cannon cabin.

"Let's get up quickly and don't give them a chance to shell!" Duke shouted loudly, "Marines, be prepared for combat! After taking the board, start an attack immediately!"

The two warships quickly approached. When they were about forty meters apart, the Endeavour once again fired a volley. Due to the close distance, the hit rate of the shelling was naturally very high. All the solid shells fired by the ten cannons on the bottom hit, and the grape shells fired by the ten cannons on the upper level also swept across the upper deck of the Spanish warship.

Major General Duke squatted down and hid behind a pile of wooden barrels, avoiding this round of shelling. His ears were filled with crackling sounds like rain, mixed with the tragic shouts of soldiers. Major General Duke knew that this was the sound of the enemy's grape bombs hitting various things on the upper deck.

The shelling ended, and then a vibration came from the hull. Major General Duke knew that the side of the warships on both sides had already met. He stood up, pulled out his command knife, and shouted: "For God and Spain!"

The sailors threw rope hooks to the Endeavour and dragged the two boats together, and the soldiers followed Major General Duke and shouted "For God and Spain!" and picked up the guns in their hands and rushed towards the deck of the Endeavour. At the same time, the deck cannons on the Spanish warship also pointed to the opposite side.

A group of soldiers suddenly stood up on the warship opposite. The soldiers on both sides raised their guns to shoot at a distance of about ten steps. At the same time, two deck cannons on both sides also fired at the same time. Amid the roar of guns and the smoke of gunfire, soldiers on both sides fell down.

"Blow the trumpet! Charge!" Zheng Sen said.

The horn sounded, and the soldiers of the Model Army rushed towards the opposite side. The ones rushing in front were more than 30 soldiers from the second platoon. The soldiers in the second platoon had special guns. The guns in their hands were shorter than the guns in other people's hands, and the barrels were thicker, and the guns had two barrels on them!

This is a double-barrel shotgun designed specifically for close combat on the side. It can be fired twice in one load. Each shot can shoot 12 iron beads in front of each shot. At close range, the shooting hit rate is very high and has strong lethality. Sometimes it may even knock down more than two enemies with one shot. The design of two consecutive shots can make opponents who are used to being able to shoot one shot at close range and have to enter the hand-to-hand combat.
Chapter completed!