"Admiral, look..."
Captain Barbossa, the captain of the New Spain, has discovered the fireball rising on the sea... not one, but two or even three fireballs rising at the same time!
"That, that is...our ship?" Admiral Garcia's voice was a little hoarse when he asked, because he already had a very ominous and familiar premonition!
Something bad is going to happen!
"Yes, the San Sebastian, it should be the San Sebastian..." Through the bright light emitted when the hull was burning, Colonel Barbosa quickly recognized the burning ship. Follow Admiral Garcia on the San Sebastian, one of several medium-sized armed galenic ships coming from America. That is a "new ship" that was launched less than 10 years ago. It is the fastest ship in the New Spanish fleet. It is very useful when chasing down pirates. Now it is over?
"Boom boom..."
Before Garcia and Barbosa had time to shed tears for Saint Sebastian, two more fireballs rose from the sea! The location is right where the "Ibusuki Turn" occurs, very close to the beaches of the Satsuma Peninsula.
Barbosa squinted his eyes for a while and said, "It's the San Pedro... It's still rushing towards the beach on the Satsuma Peninsula, probably wanting to run aground there?"
This San Pedro is the 200-ton boat that just bombarded the Flying with a 6-pound cannon. The 6-pound shells it fired could not damage the Flying at all, but the 24-pound explosive shells fired by the Flying It was blown to pieces.
However, Garcia's previous move of asking each ship to unload excess gunpowder and retain only the amount needed for a battle obviously worked.
Although two flames appeared on the hull of the San Pedro, which was bombed by two 24-pound explosive bombs (three hits), there was no terrible explosion of the gunpowder magazine, and it still persisted. Stranded on the beach heading towards the Satsuma Peninsula...
But the Spanish fleet's disaster did not end there. After only half a stick of incense, the third Spanish warship was engulfed by two or three balls of fire.
This is an armed merchant ship of three to four hundred tons. It originally belonged to the Pacific Trading Company and was requisitioned by the Spanish Eastern Armada. The tonnage is not small, but there are only 6-pound guns on it, and the hull is not strong. Now it is used by two Dutch ships. The East India Company's warship was besieged and hit by five 24-pound explosive shells, three of which exploded... This armed merchant ship was finished!
"Admiral, what should we do?" Barbossa was already a little at a loss. "Three ships have been lost... How about we rush out of Kagoshima Bay!"
This is about to run away...
But as soon as he finished speaking, the hull of the New Spain shook. It was not that it was hit, but that it was firing chain bombs to bombard the Jiangnan.
It turned out that the artillery battle between the New Spain and the Jiangnan was still going on. Both warships suffered a lot of chain bombs from the other side. Many holes were made in the sails of both sides, and a lot of flesh and blood lay scattered on the deck. Blurred bodies.
The fight is already like this, how can we get out of the battle? How to get out of Kagoshima Bay?
Just when Garcia and Barbosa looked at me and I looked at you, not knowing what to do, there was a sudden roar in front of them. Both of them looked up and saw that there were also fires coming from the Sakurajima Strait in front of them, and there were not just one or two groups, but fires coming out continuously.
"That's..." Garcia was a little confused and couldn't figure out what happened?
Barbosa, the captain of the New Spain, reacted faster. He already understood the situation. He said to Garcia: "Admiral, it must be those bird ships of the Eight-Nation Fleet that are rushing into the Sakurajima Strait."
"What? Going to Sakurajima Strait? What do the Chinese want to do?" Garcia was still a little confused.
"They, they are probably afraid of being attacked by us and want to rush into Kagoshima Bay to take refuge?"
Barbossa really guessed it! Although Garcia and Barbosa had no intention of attacking the dozens of large bird ships - these bird ships also had bombardment cannons, which were difficult to deal with - Zheng Jiangong and Shi Lang did not dare to think so. Because those big bird ships also carry a lot of army and army equipment and supplies, even if one of them is sunk, they will vomit blood in distress.
Barbossa added: "Admiral, how about we rush into the Sakurajima Strait and go to the inner Kagoshima Bay to attack those Chinese bird ships!"
"No, no..." Garcia looked at the rising fireballs on both sides of the Sakurajima Strait and shook his head repeatedly, "The firepower of those bird ships is very fierce!"
"Then what should we do?" Barbosa looked back again and found that there were more and more fires at the entrance of Kagoshima Bay. At least seven or eight groups were burning!
This means that seven or eight Spanish warships have been set on fire! Although those warships didn't have much gunpowder to explode, they couldn't withstand being bombarded with explosive shells by the warships of the Eight-Nation Fleet!
As for the rest of the warships, they have either already escaped, or they will become floating torches sooner or later!
What to do now with the New Spain and the seven galenic ships that are still following the New Spain? Where to hide? If there is no place to hide...after the Eight-Nation Fleet has finished cleaning up the Spanish ships at the entrance of Kagoshima Bay, it will be time to deal with the eight armed Galen ships in the bay, right?
"Let's, let's go to Sakurajima Strait!" Garcia thought for a long time, and finally he came up with a place where he could survive temporarily!
"Are you rushing into the strait?" Barbossa still didn't react.
"No, no, we can't rush in." Garcia said, "We will block in the middle of the strait, anchor on the sea near the port of Kagoshima City, and face the waterway of the strait with the side."
"Admiral, do you mean to block the strait?"
Garcia nodded: "Yes! It's the safest there. Because the strait is too narrow, it's difficult for ships to turn and turn around there, and it's difficult to maneuver in a shelling formation. And there are Japanese outside Sakurajima and Kagoshima. The entrenched fort... When the visibility is poor at night and the enemy's situation is unknown, the fleets of the eight countries dare not rush into the strait." His voice suddenly dropped very low, "And it is very close to Kagoshima City. It’s also easy to swim through!”
What? He can still swim across... Hearing this, Barbossa was really impressed!
To think of such a good idea, he is indeed one of the seven Spanish captains!
...
"Marquis Xiamen, we have crossed the strait!"
Shi Lang stood on the stern of the Fuqing, watching the string of lanterns hanging on the main mast of the Big Bird behind him swaying in the wind in the dark night, slowly moving away from the burning Kagoshima Port Town - Luer. Shimaminachi is the castle town of Kagoshima Castle. It is the economic center of Satsuma Domain and has many flammable wooden buildings. The fort used to block the Sakurajima Strait was built on the edge of Kagoshima Port Town. During the artillery battle just now, many explosive bombs fell on the wooden buildings of the port town. As a result, the explosion caused a fire.
Zheng Jiangong also stretched his neck to watch, and asked Shi Lang: "Are all the ships that lost us there?"
"Let me count..." Shi Lang was silent for a while and then said, "Thank God, they are all here! And none of them are on fire!"
"So...how did the main fleet's decisive battle go? Who won?"
"Let me see!" As he spoke, Shi Lang took off his boots and climbed up the mast at the stern of the ship with his bare feet, looking like a chimpanzee. After climbing higher, he saw the fire in the distance.
"What a huge fire!" After getting off the mast, Shi Lang said excitedly to Zheng Jiangong before he had time to put on his shoes, "It should be a Spanish warship burning...
Lord Marquis, it seems we have won the battle! The Spanish fleet was defeated, and this time the Western Pacific... belongs to our Ming Dynasty! "
At the same time, on the Jiangnan, which had broken away from the New Spain, Chen Shangchuan stretched his neck to look at the fire at the exit of Kagoshima Bay. His position was closer to the exit of Kagoshima Bay, so he also saw the fire. Be clear.
The fighting there is still going on, but the winner has been decided. The main force of the Spanish fleet has been crushed. There are no less than 10 warships on fire, all of which are Spanish warships, plus the ones blocked in Kagoshima Bay. With 8 warships, their Eastern Armada has probably completely collapsed!
