"Recard, who do you think is more flexible between our warships and the Ming people's warships?"

Upon hearing the deputy's inquiry, Alonso Perez, who had been observing the opponent's warships, suddenly turned to Recard and asked about the maneuverability of the warships of the two armies.

"Compared with their largest main battleships, our battleships are definitely more flexible. However, their next-level battleships should be much different from our main battleships..."

After watching it again through the telescope, Recard cautiously expressed his opinion.

As a naval general, Recard was certainly not unaware of the basic common sense that small ships are more maneuverable than large ships.

"You are right, the flexibility of their second-tier battleships should be similar to that of our main battleships. But have you noticed that the number of cannons on their second-tier battleships is at least ten less than ours!"

Raising his finger and pointing at the Ming Dynasty's second-level battleship opposite, Alonso Perez couldn't help but his eyes lit up.

"My lord Duke, do you want to...but the opponent's main battleship?"

After hearing what Alonso Perez said, Recard seemed to understand what his coach was thinking.

"This time, we will learn from the British style of play! First use small boats to seize the upper wind, set fire to disrupt their formation, and then we will lead the main battleship to forcefully break in..."

Facing the Ming army's taller and stronger warships than his own, Alonso Perez learned the tactics used by the British to defeat him, and wanted to use fire attacks to deal with the Ming army.

It has to be said that Alonso Perez is indeed a famous Spanish maritime general, and his ability to adapt to situations is very good, and he does not blindly stick to the old method of close combat.

However, he did not know that since ancient times, if it comes to playing fire attacks, whether it is on water or land, China dares to be second, but who dares to be first?

Therefore, in the eyes of Chen Lin and Deng Zilong, the two admirals of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty, Alonso Perez's self-proclaimed fire attack was a show of force in front of Guan Gong's Gate.

No, just when they had just started arranging their troops to seize the upper hand, the Ming army had already noticed their thoughts.

"Brother Chaojue, it seems that these Spaniards want to set Red Cliff on fire for us!"

Looking at the small and medium-sized battleships that were seizing the upper hand in the invincible fleet that was divided into two, Deng Zilong couldn't help but nodded with a hint of joking.

"It's a pity that Brother Wuqiao, Zilong, is here. We can't be Cao Cao even if we want to, hahahaha..."

Compared to the invincible fleet that was busy seizing the upper wind, the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty made no movement at all. More than a thousand large and small battleships were still 'accompanied' by more than twenty first-class battleships, forming a 'long snake formation'.

' way, quietly lying across the estuary of the Guadalquivir River, assuming a posture as motionless as a mountain.

Although the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty came from Seville on its own initiative and took the initiative strategically, it is obvious that in terms of tactics, the two veterans Chen Lin and Deng Zilong temporarily adopted a passive 'city defense' posture.

Prepare to take advantage of the naval gun and teach the opponent a good lesson.

There is no way, who said that it is the Spanish Armada that is rushing into the Guadalquivir River to support the army in siege?

…

"Hu~hu"

Soon, with the strong wind, dozens of single-sailed boats, divided into two parts and emitting thick smoke, were driven by the sails, like arrows off the side, towards the Ming Dynasty that lay across the estuary of the Guadalquivir River.

The military fleet rushed over.

"Set a target of ten miles, two basic medicine packs, and prepare explosive shells!"

Looking at the oncoming arson ship, the Ming army did not send a boat to intercept it as Alonso Perez expected, but directly chose to bombard it with artillery.

"fire!"

Just when dozens of arson ships entered a distance of about ten miles from the Ming Dynasty fleet, the naval guns that had been loaded and prepared for a long time started to sound like thunder with an order.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

In the blink of an eye, nearly half of the hundreds of shells fired fell on the arson boats.

"Hiss! The Ming people's artillery actually, actually..."

Alonso Perez, who was originally disdainful of the Ming army's use of artillery to block the arson ship, was so shocked that he stammered when the artillery shells exploded.

You know, at this distance, let alone accuracy, even if it is just a simple comparison of range, the short and thick cannons equipped on their ships cannot hit such a distance.

In fact, compared to the Spanish home fleet, the armed merchant ships temporarily equipped with shore guns in the Battle of Manila, although the accuracy of the guns was poor, the gap between them and the Ming army was not that big in terms of range.

But compared to those 'temporary workers', these local 'regular workers' naturally do not have the possibility of using shore guns as naval guns. So at this distance, they even want to fire two cannons to embolden themselves.

Neither can be done.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Just when Alonso Perez and others were still shocked by the range and accuracy of the Ming army's artillery, as a burst of fire flashed, the Ming army's second round of artillery bombardment immediately stopped one after another, targeting those who were lucky enough to escape.

The first round of bombardment was carried out by the arsonist ship.

"Recard, am I right? This... this is too fast. How did they do it?"

Like the Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch fleet that had previously fought against the Ming army in Nanyang, Alonso Perez was completely dumbfounded when faced with the Ming army's firing speed, which was countless times faster than theirs.

How can they fight against this monster? They can't compare with the number of battleships, their size, and the range of their artillery. Now even the frequency of firing is being crushed. The only 'advantage' they can have is that the Ming army just lets them go.

Seize the upper hand.

"Your Majesty the Duke, I have a hunch that if we insist on attacking Seville, Spain will no longer have an invincible fleet!"

Looking at Alonso Perez who looked shocked, Recard couldn't help but look frustrated.

Obviously, Recard, the deputy commander of the fleet, no longer had any hope for this mission to attack Seville.

"Recard, if we don't recapture Seville, the empire will no longer have an invincible fleet!"

Hearing Recard's frustrated sigh, Alonso Perez also shook his head helplessly.

There is no way, as the main hub and base for Spain to control the entire overseas colonies, Seville's status is too important to Spain.

Losing Seville is equivalent to cutting off Spain's overseas blood transfusion! Without blood transfusion from overseas colonies, how long can the entire empire sustain Spain's poor economic situation?

You know, just a year ago, Felipe II announced the bankruptcy of the empire shortly before his death in order to default on his debts. If there is no more gold and silver from the New World, the empire will really...

Bankrupt'!

And once the empire truly goes bankrupt, how can it still have the ability to maintain the operation of the Armada?

Therefore, even if he knew he was defeated, Alonso Perez could only bite the bullet and break through to the dark side!

"Send the order, while the wind direction has not changed now, the whole army should rush into the Guadalquivir River at one go. Even if it sinks, they will sink to Seville!

At this time, Alonso Perez no longer cared about the tactics he had formulated previously. At this time, he only had one idea left: to break through the Ming army's obstruction and reach Seville!

…

"Tsk, tsk, these Xiyi ghosts really don't have any city government. Didn't they sink dozens of their small fire ships? Now I can't calm down? Hahahaha..."

Seeing the invincible fleet charging over without any care, Chen Lin, the veteran assassin, couldn't help laughing with a mocking look on his face.

"Give me the order and let each ship fire freely. I will take aim at them all. If anyone puts the enemy into the river, he will come to see you first!"

Ridicule is ridicule, but Chen Lin did not neglect what she should do.

"Don't worry, Brother Chaojue. How can brothers waste such a good opportunity for live ammunition shooting? Hahahaha!"

Deng Zilong, who personally conveyed the order with the command flag, laughed easily while issuing attack orders to the ships.

"Brother General, the Marquis has ordered that after this battle in Spain, no more ships will be launched into the water. Later, you will lead people to cut off their retreat, lest they escape and we can't catch them."

Everyone has the mentality of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Although the Spaniards are currently going forward with unbridled momentum, after a real fight, once they find that the situation is unfavorable, some people will definitely run away.

Therefore, Chen Lin, who had made a guarantee in front of Wang Bing before setting off, had already made arrangements in advance to cut off the enemy's retreat before actually fighting with the opponent.

"Okay, brother, you will be in charge of the central army, brother, I will take their retreat!"

After handing over the flag in his hand to the messenger, Deng Zilong immediately turned around to make arrangements to cut off the enemy's retreat.

…

"The enemy ship is ten miles away, two basic medicine packs, and ready for explosive shells!"

Looking at the enemy ships coming with full sails and fierce momentum, the gunners on the Royal Navy battleship parked sideways in front of the mouth of the Guadalquivir River showed no signs of panic, but calmly made calculations and adjustments.

Angle of respective artillery.

"put!"

Just when Alonso Perez led the fleet into a distance of ten miles from the Ming army, accompanied by roars, the artillery that had been ready to go was completed in an instant under the pull of the match rope.

Fire strike.

Then, in the blink of an eye, the cannonballs roared towards their respective targets, sending them warm greetings from the Ming Dynasty's Royal Navy.

"Rumble, rumble..."

In just an instant, along with the roar of artillery and the roar of exploding shells, thick smoke filled the Bay of Cadiz.

Although at this 'ultra-long' distance, even with the use of gun gauges, gun rulers and other auxiliary tools, the Ming Royal Navy's artillery hit rate was only a pitiful little more than 20%, and in many cases it was still hit by several warships.

The same target, but the artillery base of the Ming army is huge!

Therefore, even in this first round of shelling, which had an unsatisfactory hit rate, the Spanish warships were still heavily damaged. Many small warships were even directly overturned in this round.

And speaking of it, this is the geographical advantage that the Spanish warships have. After all, the Royal Navy warships are standing across the estuary at this time, forming a 'T' shape with the Spanish warships rushing over, which greatly reduces the target of the Spanish fleet. Otherwise, the Spanish battleships would be hit more frequently.

"Ignore them and continue to rush forward! Rush over as fast as possible and defeat the Ming people's obstruction!!!"

Seeing a warship preparing to rescue his fallen comrades, Alonso Perez, who just wanted to cross this unbearable distance in the shortest time, could only harden his heart and stop his men's rescue actions, and continued to brave the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army. Forward thrust.

"Whoosh~"
To be continued...