Chapter 1547 ?(???;)? You Fight First, and They Will Find a Place to Supply

boom! boom!

boom! boom! boom!

In the distance, the rumbling and muffled sound of shelling from the Li family's fleet from the east reached the flagship of Pedro de Barudis, Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish Armada and Admiral of the Spanish Royal Navy.

Then, watching the roaring shelling sound, they all smashed their heads and faces onto the sea where the forward of the fleet was, splashing a series of water splashes and hitting the decks of the armed clippers. Shells!

"..."

Seeing this, after putting down the binoculars, Barudis' face turned dark again.

Ever since he encountered the Li family fleet of the Ming Dynasty from the east in the Strait of Gibraltar, and was provoked by shelling from afar by those easterners, he decisively led his armada of nearly 300 ships, which were directly divided into three groups: the front, the middle, and the rear. A large fleet surrounded and pursued the five hateful giant warships in a half-moon formation.

But it is a pity that under the same headwind situation, he soon found out sadly that the rumored speed of the Li family fleet's ships was unparalleled in the world, and it was not a bragging. Their Spanish Armada chased for a long time, and even The Clippers Squadron sent out as a forward could not catch up with the opponent, so they could only let the opponent maintain a long distance and 'kite', and had to bear the opponent's attack from a distance of a thousand yards silently. Outside shelling?

boom! boom!

boom! boom! boom!

After a while, after the loading was completed, another round of salvos from the oriental guns came towards them overwhelmingly!

And this salvo, although most of the shells fell to the sea in vain and emptied out and stirred up water jets, but a small number of them hit the medium-sized military oars used as the pursuit vanguard. On the fast ship, while killing and injuring many sailors, a ship was killed on the spot and exploded, causing it to directly ignite a fire and lay across the sea.

Boom! !

"Damn Orientals!"

"I'll catch you..."

"You wait!"

Annoyed, Barudis punched hard on the railing of his huge flagship with Spanish flags on its sails when he saw this.

It's no use being upset though, because they'll have to catch those damned Orientals anyway,

Then get the opponent's ship or naval gun, which is not only an order from His Majesty the King, but also related to the future of their Spanish Armada!

Fortunately, this is the Mediterranean Sea, and there is no exit other than the Strait of Gibraltar.

So, they can just chase after them. If one day fails, it will take three days. If three days fail, it will take five days. If five days fail, it will take half a month. He believes that sooner or later, he and their Armada will always be in the inland sea of ​​the Mediterranean Sea. Somewhere to block the opponent's, and the loss of the current few Clippers is still within Barudis's psychological expectations.

As long as he can win those five ships, even if he pays the price of a hundred ships, he thinks it is worth it!

"Report to the admiral!"

"Our vanguard fleet sent a semaphore. At present, the enemy has destroyed two clippers of the vanguard fleet, injured five ships, and the other ships have also been somewhat damaged!"

"In the case of headwinds, their fastest oars and fast boats can't catch up with the enemy at all. They have been passively beaten all the time, and the sailors are starting to get a little emotional!"

"Therefore, the commanders and captains of the fleet request the admiral to issue new instructions. They hope to retreat temporarily, stay away from the enemy and make necessary repairs!"

At this time, when Barudis was observing the enemy's situation, an adjutant in military uniform came behind Barudis and reported loudly.

"..."

However, Barudis didn't reply immediately, but still stood on the edge of the bow and watched the vanguard fleet and Li's ships in the distance with binoculars.

"Go tell them!"

"Continue to pursue, we must stop the enemy at all costs!"

"As for the loss..."

"snort!"

"Don't worry about it for now, but let them spread out their formation a little bit to minimize the chance of being hit by shelling!"

After rejecting the request of the fleet in front and watching the officer run quickly to give the order, Barudis continued to pick up the telescope in his hand and began to observe the battle situation ahead.

In fact, Barudis himself could see that those Orientals must have dragged them on purpose, because the distance between their main fleet, the vanguard fleet and the ships of those Easterners has basically remained the same. That can explain some problems.

Obviously, the opponent intends to take advantage of the advantages of fast ship and long range of artillery to slowly encroach on their invincible fleet?

For example, right now, the opponent is firing at an average rate of salvos of one round per minute, unhurriedly bombarding his forward fleet at a distance of 1,000 yards, and bombarding the fleet consisting of more than forty fast ships. In less than half a day, several ships of the Vanguard Fleet were successfully beaten to the point of losing their ability to pursue, and a dozen others were injured. Although there is no record of being sunk yet, the terrifying range and accuracy are just as impressive. It was enough to make him feel terrified.

Fortunately, the opponent only has five ships, and fortunately, the Ming Empire in the east is far enough away from Europe. Otherwise, once the opponent can get enough support, or transfer more fleets, perhaps only a dozen more ships of the same type will be needed. , I'm afraid it is really enough to defeat their Spanish Armada from the front.

He would never allow that kind of thing!

Therefore, for the Kingdom of Spain, for His Majesty the King, and for the great Spanish Armada, as the commander-in-chief, Barudis must win this naval battle no matter what!

Even if they can't get the opponent's ship, they must at least get some of the opponent's artillery!

Otherwise, their command of the seas of Spain and the Spanish Armada, the interests of the New World, Africa, East India and other places will no longer be guaranteed!

"Garosa..."

"What do you find out about the fleets of those Easterners?"

I watched the chasing battle ahead for a while, and watched my vanguard fleet being extremely embarrassed by the enemy's overwhelming artillery shells but helplessly aggrieved, and saw that occasionally shells hit those armed clippers The sawdust and smears of blood were splashed on the deck, and Barudis twitched the corners of his mouth before putting down the binoculars resentfully. He couldn't bear to look any more, and turned to Lin who was observing and recording the data beside him. asked the officer.

"Report to the admiral!"

"After careful observation by my subordinates, the enemy's ships have recorded a lot of important data and discoveries in addition to their fast speed, good stability, anti-wind and wave and super long range of cannons!"

"oh?"

"Then tell me!"

"yes!"

"Admiral, according to my subordinates' observations, the ships of the Orientals should be the standard hulls of the standard. You have also seen that they look almost exactly the same, with almost no individual differences. They must be the same as the large Spanish squares of our Armada. A standard mass-produced ship like a galleon!"

"At the same time, their hulls are still very beautiful, with a slender proportion, and the length is 110 meters, and the width is about 25 meters. As for the height and draft, they are temporarily unknown. They have four main masts, as well as bow and stern. Sails, the total number of sails is about fifty!"

"besides!"

"According to observations and some information obtained, they should have a total of five to six decks, of which the top three decks are equipped with artillery ports, and the number on each side is about 120 to 130 There are four to five doors in the bow and stern, adding up to two hundred and sixty cannons in each ship, the number is very frightening!"

"There is no doubt that they must be military ships of the Ming Empire, and they are not armed merchant ships at all!"

"My subordinates speculate that the reason why they sent only five ships under the pretext of being the fleet of the Li Family Chamber of Commerce is that they don't want to trigger a direct conflict between the Ming Empire and our European countries."

"But in any case, my subordinates are sure that they are warships, and they are super battleships above the first-class battleships. It is impossible for them to be armed merchant ships!"

"Admiral!"

"We must be vigilant against the Ming Empire in the east. Although it is said that they are currently in civil strife and implementing a very strict maritime ban policy, once they calm down, our Spanish hegemony will be really dangerous!"

"You think, once the ancient empire sends out a complete fleet, just like what they did more than two hundred years ago, at that time, only God can bless us in Spain!"

Looking at the shocking data he recorded on the parchment, the Spanish naval officer named Garosa warned their admiral with a solemn face.

"Well?"

"There are about two hundred and sixty pieces of artillery?"

"I thought there were only two hundred doors..."

Looking at the ships of the enemy and us in the distance, and listening to the report of the officer beside him, Barudis couldn't help but fell into deep thought for a while, thinking about the terrible number as if muttering to himself.

"Ah!"

"Garosa, maybe this is why I just rejected the request of the commander of the front fleet to retreat?"

"Those ships are horrible..."

"In any case, even if ships are used to consume the enemy's shells and gunpowder, we must leave them in the waters west of Italy!"

"I think you also know that our intelligence officer said that now the Ottomans are flirting with those Easterners, and even allowed them to go to various ports in North Africa and Greece to supply supplies. Their vicious intentions are already obvious. "

"If we can't keep them this time and let them be consumed like this, even our Spanish Armada, which claims to have thousands of ships, may not be enough for them to fight!"

boom! boom!

At this time, another ship in the vanguard fleet in front was set on fire and smoked from the bombardment of the Orientals, but Barudis ignored it at all, as if he couldn't see it, and still stared at it silently. forward.

"Your Excellency, don't worry!"

"Now the garrison fleets in Algiers, Valencia, Marseille, Tunisia, Genoa, Naples, and the port of Syracuse must have also got the news and set off. We just need to continue to pursue and hold back Enemy, if it’s fast, it’s a day or two, if it’s slow, it’s seven or eight days, we will definitely be able to stop them near the Tyrrhenian Sea!”

"Those Orientals and their ships will definitely not escape!"

"This time, our Spanish Armada has been carefully arranged and dispatched. It is impossible to let their ships run into the waters of the Ottoman Empire!"

"God is with us!"

Of course Garosa knew the concerns of their commander-in-chief, but he still firmly believed that God would continue to take care of their holy Kingdom of Spain.

"..."

"You are right, God is with us!"

"Those Easterners and pagans' conspiracy will definitely not succeed!"

After communicating with his subordinates, Barudis became more determined to defeat the Easterners and capture their ships and cannons.

then...

Three days later, after some chasing battles, the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada, Admiral Pedro de Barudis of the Kingdom of Spain, and his fleet, as well as the squadrons departing from various ports, and Chen Teli who had surrendered to Spain Nearly 500 ships including the European Fleet, led by the Li Family Fleet, were surprised to find that in the sea area south of Rome and north of Tunisia, which is not on the main route, the commander-in-chief of the Ottoman Empire's navy was lying in ambush. A huge fleet of nearly 300 warships led by Dem Aphmedo Pashar and North African Sea King Barbarossa Fasl Hayreddin?

Thus, the two sides, who were extremely jealous when their enemies met, began to fight recklessly in this sea area.

boom! boom!

The cannons are roaring!

The two sides who had been confronting each other did not hesitate for too long, and the ships quickly approached within 300 yards, and then began to entangle each other and launched shelling.

boom!

boom! boom! boom!

In an instant, the smoke from the artillery and the fire from the muzzle easily enveloped the sea area in black mist.

Although both parties were a little caught off guard and confused by the appearance of the other party, they couldn't care so much at this time. After all, under such circumstances, no one dared to order to retreat easily! Therefore, apart from rushing towards each other and fighting together, they really have no other better choice.

Perhaps the fleets of the two sides are too large, so fighting each other, the two sides basically gradually lost any rules and systematic command.

Without specific orders, the warships of the two fleets that were crowded together began to use their own methods and tried their best to attack the enemy.

At this time, command and tactics have completely become decorations!

boom! boom!

boom! boom! boom!

The sound of cannons came and went and continued...

Amidst the gunpowder smoke, flames, and the sound of fighting and killing, those ships that haunted the thick smoke were either rampaging and firing single-handedly, or gathered in groups of three or four to fight the enemy in line of battle. Or simply rush towards the enemy's warship and use the ram to slam into each other fiercely, and then start a bloodier and crazy close-range gang battle.

As the hot war fermented, soon, this sea area was boiling like boiling.

The two sides added up to nearly a thousand warships, and at least two or three million sailors, naval soldiers, and pirates began to fight each other frantically here, and the sea was soon stained red by the blood of both sides.

But at this time, a certain instigator, the five largest and most conspicuous warships drew a beautiful arc, and after being shocked by the 'friendly forces' and enemy ships, they directly accelerated to an incredible level, Quickly throwing off the pursuers and rushing out of the core area of ​​the battlefield, he began to fire violently at the Spanish Armada on the periphery.

"Hahaha!"

Ha ha(*)

"That's right! That's how it should be!"

(')

"Let Bashar and the pirate chiefs go to the front to stand up. Let's hide on the periphery and shell the enemy fiercely. Remember, don't let the enemy ships on the periphery approach!"

()

"When they chased us, we ran. If they didn't chase us, we turned around and continued to beat them hard!"

Q(`⌒Q)

boom! boom!

At the same time as the cannons were rumbling, on the podium of the super battleship 'Xiangfeihu', a certain lawless and bad-hearted little girl, the admiral, saw that the 'friendly army' was successfully tricked by herself, and had to start following her. After the Spanish Armada launched the decisive battle, she laughed triumphantly and at the same time urged the artillerymen to quickly launch shelling on the battleships on the periphery of the enemy who wanted to approach, so that the dense shells aimed at the slow-moving Spaniards. The large galenic ship blasted away.

"It's like this, piss them off!!"

Hahaha(*)!

A certain cunning old man wanted to steal and play tricks, and wanted her, Admiral Anne, to take the lead in consuming the enemy's strength, while they secretly hid here and did not move... Well now, she and her fleet are indeed taking the initiative They went to find the enemy, but they definitely never imagined that while she was consuming the enemy, she returned here with the enemy's large fleet in a leisurely manner.

She believed that some bad old man must have been so shocked that his jaw dropped, right?

However, without waiting for a heartless little girl to be proud, the first officer on their flagship came to the front and reported loudly:

"Report!"

"Admiral, we are running out of shells and gunpowder!"

The first officer said blankly.

Although he didn't say what to do next, his expression undoubtedly expressed his attitude, that is: it's time for them to retreat and find a way to resupply first.

After all, they had fought and dragged the enemy for three days and three nights, and now that the barrels were hot, the ammunition was out, and the artillery and sailors were tired and weary, it must be time to leave.

Otherwise, after a while, after the shells are completely fired, they probably have to rely on them to play gang battles and fight those enemies desperately, which is obviously not what their Li family's fleet is good at, and they don't have to do it that level.

"ah?"

!!!∑(Дノ)ノ

"The shells are finished so quickly?!"

=()!!

Annie was a little surprised, and at the same time a little upset, because now the two sides have just started the sea battle, and the good show has just begun, but they have no shells, which is indeed quite annoying.

"..."

The first officer did not speak, and continued to look at his admiral, waiting for the other party's order.

"All right!"

(___*)

"Then let's retreat first..."

ε=(ο｀*)))

No way, Annie also knew that without shells, once their big ships dared to rush to the front battlefield to play close combat, they would definitely be targeted by the enemy and blasted to pieces. That was not what she wanted.

Therefore, apart from temporarily retreating, she herself has no other good options.

"That……"

"Admiral, where are we going to resupply?"

"Athens, or Tripoli to the south, or Tunisia?"

Nodding his head, seeing that his chief admiral didn't intend to continue messing around, the first mate finally breathed a sigh of relief, and tried to ask.

The current battle is estimated to be indistinguishable within a day or two, and Tunisia in the south is relatively close, and it can be reached in half a day with a downwind, but because it is too close to the battlefield, it is also within the sphere of influence of the Spaniards. , the supply may be hindered, and at the same time it is likely to be involved in the war again.

As for Tripoli, it is a little farther away. It is the territory of the North African pirate king Haireddin, so there will definitely not be a big problem with supplies!

Of course, it is also okay to go to Athens, Greece, but it will take more than three to five days to waste time. In that case, they will definitely not be able to participate in this sea battle. .

"Why do you want to go to those places?"

(.)

"Aren't all the Spaniards' ships coming out to catch us now? That's just right. Now let's go north to Genoa, go directly along the coast to the west end of the Spaniard's lair, and grab supplies by the way!"

ヾ(^▽^*)))

Although it is necessary to retreat from this battlefield, Anne does not want to stop fighting. In addition to pitting the two sides and letting the two sides fight in advance, she is also going to give those Spaniards a hard time, so that those who dare to attack them The guys who declared war know how powerful she is, Admiral Anne!

"!!"

"The admiral is wise!!"

First he was startled, then he took a deep breath, and then the first officer quickly realized that it would be a good notice.

"Let's go then!"

*. (⌒⌒*)*.

Soon, the Li family's Devil Fleet began to accelerate again under the stunned eyes of the two warring parties. With the help of the crosswind, it bulged its sails and galloped straight to the north. Soon out of the battlefield of the war.

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