That night, the escort fleet led by Colonel Thiago arrived at Cape Maisie, the easternmost end of Cuba.

Cape Maissey has a navigation lighthouse, 77 kilometers away from Haiti. On a clear night, you can even see the lighthouse located in the westernmost corner of Haiti from the lighthouse here.

These two lighthouses are the most important marks of the Wind Strait channel. The escort fleet will sail to the midpoint of the two lighthouses, then turn south and go south to the Jamaica Strait.

If the turn is too early, it will be blown to the east coast of Cuba by the northeast wind, which will take a lot of effort to adjust the track. If the turn is too late, of course it will be a waste of time!

Colonel Thiago has been on duty in the Caribbean for almost twenty years and has rich experience in sailing, so he certainly would not make such a low-level mistake. At 8 o'clock that night, he issued an order to maintain a one-liga night speed to the flagship's running captain, Lieutenant Colonel Aguero, to turn at dawn.

Legua is the length unit of the Iberian Peninsula of the Age of Discovery, also known as Sili, equivalent to 5572.7 meters.

As for the running captain, generally civilians, he often has to spend his entire service on a ship and is actually responsible for the navigation, supply and maintenance of the entire ship.

Obviously, the Spanish top leaders also know that relying solely on impetuous nobles is unreliable. Sailors often say that we can have no captains, but we can't have no captains without running captains.

They were nannies and scapegoats for noble officers, just like poor Colonel Okkend, who was like Major General Bamund. So after giving the order, Colonel Thiago could rest assured that in his luxurious and spacious stern restaurant, he would invite the tax officers, inspectors and notaries to collude with these bureaucrats who represent the interests of the king, how to carry private goods, evade taxes, and flee the royal family.

The Spanish nobles were keen on banquets all night long, and the banquet did not end until after three in the morning. When the drunken colonel fell asleep under the lieutenant's service, it was already past four o'clock.

Amid the Colonel's thunderous snoring, Aguero commanded the huge fleet of forty ships to complete the turn.

Shortly after the fleet entered the Wind Strait, the lookout suddenly blew the whistle, and the lieutenant colonel immediately left the helm room and looked out of the helm.

"At 9 o'clock, I found a shadow of the boat!" The lookout reported loudly.

"Is it a warship?" The lieutenant colonel immediately looked at it, but only saw the thick sea fog.

"It flashed by, but I didn't see clearly." The lookout said in a uncertain situation: "Maybe it's a mountain..."

"Fart, here is 12 rigs away from Haiti!" Lieutenant Colonel Aguero looked solemn, picked up a hollow copper tube, and placed it in front of him to search for the sea surface carefully.

The sea fog was erratic by the growing sea breeze, which made it very difficult for him to search. On the prudence, the lieutenant colonel had not issued a battle order.

If there is a false alarm, the shocked colonel will be scolded by the shocked colonel.

After sailing quietly for half an hour, the fog was blown away, and a huge black shadow suddenly appeared on the left side of the fleet.

"Play the drum quickly!" Aguero's souls roared.

The combat drummer who had been prepared long ago quickly sounded the drum sound with a clear rhythm. The gunners and infantry sleeping in the cabin heard the drum sound, hurriedly rolled out of the hammock, put on their clothes and armor, and prepared for the battle in a hurry.

The colonel was also woken up and walked out of the cabin in white pajamas in lace. He rubbed his blurry eyes and saw in a daze that a super huge sailboat was almost pressed on his face!

Even in the hangover, he could recognize it at a glance, that was the giant ship of Ming that he could not find.

Fortunately, the giant ship did not intend to open fire, but turned south.

"What does it mean?" the colonel asked the lieutenant colonel.

"It will sail parallel to us." Aguero said with a serious expression as he helped the adjutant put his breastplate on him: "They are probably like Portuguese, holding the sidewalk fire determinism."

"Absurd theory, the choice of the weak!" The colonel put on his exquisite silver helmet, took his command sword, and whispered: "Let me up and hit them hard!"

"College, this will cause disastrous consequences!" the lieutenant colonel had to remind him urgently.

Colonel Thiago was just a hangover, not an idiot, and immediately realized that he had almost made a big mistake.

The bay flows too fast and the wind is strong. The flexible Calais ship can be unaffected. However, the stern is tall, with poor manipulation and full of cargo. The four extremely bulky treasure ships will turn rashly and will be at risk of overturning.

What if those four treasure ships did not turn? They would collide with the twelve Calaisian warships that turned around in front of them!

So, to speed up and try to turn? It is even more impossible! They are the escort fleet, and protecting the safety of the treasure ship is the most important thing, not to annihilate the enemy!

Of course, there is a theoretical solution, which is to turn the twelve Calais warships escorted ahead to the south, and the treasure ships continue to sail to the southwest. In this way, the two can be separated safely. The former is entangled with the enemy ships, and the latter quickly leaves the battlefield under the protection of the twelve Calais warships behind the temple.

But the communication methods of the Spanish Navy cannot convey such complex messages. Their flagships can only use various single flags to issue single commands such as "forward", "retreat", "attack", "fight each for their own lives", and "goodbye in the next life".

If it weren't for Zhao Hao, Robert Hook would have created a complex flag for the British Navy that could express rich content. For example, the famous 'Ehat every man will do his DUTY' used a full thirty-one signal flag.

Therefore, when large fleets are marching in this era, they cannot perform micro-operation at all. When the technology is not achieved, no matter how good your ideas are, they cannot achieve them.

In desperation, the colonel had to hang a blue flag and the order to move forward at full speed.

The main purpose is to let the four treasure ships rise up their sails quickly and discard the weight-carrying objects when necessary in order to quickly get rid of the enemy ship.

Just as the signal flag was raised, the colonel saw the flames flashing like lightning in the left rear.

A second later, he heard the rumbling sound of cannons, followed by the sound of the hulls of cannons in the warships and the screams of crew members.

Obviously, the giant ship was following the enemy ship. The flexible warships had completed the steering and entered the shooting position.

Soon, the orange lightning lit up further away, and this time the sound came one second later. Then the sound of cannons was connected and no longer distinguished from far or near.

At this time, the giant ship finally completed the steering and aimed the sideways at the colonel's flagship...

Lin Feng used her genius intuition to judge the Spanish fleet's route correctly, and even guessed their steering points very well.

But human calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. A sudden fog made her turn to the point where she was waiting for the rabbit to fail. The fog was too thick and she could not see the enemy ship at all.

The entire fleet was in great disappointment, because normally, this was due to the weather, and the mission failed and should be withdrawn from the battlefield.

But when I got to Lin Feng, how could I tell you about "The Book of the Concubine"? It's over.

Of course, if the rage succeeds, countless people will defend her, saying that she is not pure rage, but firmly believes in her own judgment. Since she has judged the route of the enemy ship, then follow her and wait until the fog dissipates before looking for the enemy! This is the genius, Balabala...

Lin Feng ordered that all lights be strictly prohibited without hesitation and travel south at a speed of five and a half knots... This was the speed of the treasure ship sailing at night that she observed.

As a result, no enemy was found until dawn. Just as Lin Feng was anxious and was about to order to speed up. When he was blocking the door at the exit of Qiantou Strait, he heard a whistle sound on the sea surface!

Zhang Xiaojing, Ma Yishan and others thought it might be the sound of the wind or the birds, but she decided that it was the Spanish fleet she was looking for. She immediately ordered to turn the rudder and lean on it. For half an hour, the Spanish fleet that could not see at first sight was indeed in front of her.

She didn't have to worry about the rest anymore. Ma Yishan immediately sent a signal to inform the four warships following behind.

Zhao Hao has developed a total of three communication methods: hand flag, flag and light signal, which is enough to allow the fleet within the sight to communicate smoothly.

Soon, the warships that received the signal were quickly prepared for combat. The warships turned at the same time and advanced in parallel with the Spanish fleet, two parallel lines 200 meters apart.

The Coast Guard learned from Portugal and emphasized the firepower of the warships on the side. The Spaniards also adhered to the outdated side battle, mainly with the firepower of the bow. Moreover, the side of the sailboat was unable to deploy artillery.

The treasure ship can be equipped with side guns, but in order to transport more cargo, the Spaniards removed most gun positions. Each gun weighs one ton, which is a pity not to transport goods!

Anyway, with the fleet escort, there is no need to fire the treasure ship. It is better to dismantle the cannon and install it with His Highness the Deputy King, the Governors and the private goods of the princes and ministers in China?

Most of the time it is correct to think so, because after discovering an enemy ship, the escort warship will surround the treasure ship immediately, and it is not necessary to install a cannon on the treasure ship. With the current artillery accurate head, firing randomly may cause accidental damage to the escort ship.

But in special circumstances, such as this, their hulls were exposed unprotectedly under the muzzle of the Ming privateer fleet.

Almost passively beaten.

It is said that it is almost because on the circular turret at the bow of the Calais ship, there is also a semi-cannon located on the port side available.

This firepower is worse than nothing, and it is even far less powerful than the Lacaville sailboats responsible for reconnaissance.

The result was a one-sided, close-range beating.

The Spaniards were unable to perform any effective counterattack. In order to get out of contact as soon as possible, they had no idea of ​​turning around and fighting back. They could only sail east at full speed, hoping to distance themselves from the hateful Ming pirates as soon as possible.

However, his opponent was the thirsty older female pirate Lin Feng. He led a fleet that had been running around the world for two years and had already developed a patina. No matter how the Spaniards accelerated the change of direction, they could always stick to the enemy ships and never leave them.

Three hours after the war started, the Linfeng fleet suffered almost no losses, and Spain had been sunk four Calais battleships and two brave Calavier sailing ships.

Those treasured sailboats were unscathed, showing the robbers' love for the wife of the village.
Chapter completed!