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Chapter 117: Sneak Attack

The eagle cannons on the city wall kept firing, and even musketeers joined the battlefield.

In the mid-17th century, most soldiers still used a clamp gun. Although flintlock guns had already appeared, they did not really replace the clamp gun during this period.

The melee used by Spanish musketeers, and the forged iron pipes are mostly iron extracted from high-quality iron ore, so the phenomenon of blowing up the chamber is far lower than that of the Ming and Qing armies of the same period.

"Mutami, the Spaniards' artillery is too fierce, we can't attack at all!" A mercenary half-kneeled on the sand and looked at the city wall not far away in a daze.

Mutafi was also a little irritated at the moment. Who would have thought that the Spaniards had such a fast reaction ability? The mercenaries wanted to rush to the city wall while the chaos was in a mess, but they were all beaten to the bloody and bloody one by one.

Mercenaries did not have artillery, but all the escort artillery of the merchant fleet was placed on merchant ships. The Spaniards were very wary of not allowing any artillery to be dismantled to the shore. Nowadays, mercenaries can only use muskets and longbows to fight against the enemy.

"Damn it, why haven't Lord Liu attacked the city?" Mutafei cursed inwardly, his blood-red eyes staring at the dark night sky outside the city.

Outside the city, Liu Yu, who had already received the Mutafi signal, had already ordered the Ming army in Huben to gather, but did not attack the city wall immediately, but instead enjoyed the scenery in the distant city on a mountain with interest.

"Sir, the four red cannons have been pulled to the city, and the artillery cannons are all in place. Should we attack Lavag immediately?" Deputy General Wang Tong said in a low voice.

"No hurry, no hurry..." Liu Yu shook his head with a smile.

"This good dog biting show has just begun, let them bite it."

Just when the Ming army was still in control, bloody battles at Lavag Port were in full swing.

Out of the need to run away, several mercenary forces gathered together to form a group of more than 100 mercenaries and directly rushed to the port.

The merchant ships anchored beside the Spanish fleet also fired fire at the Spanish under the control of mercenaries.

Compared to Mutafi who attacked the city wall, the firepower of this group of mercenaries was obviously much stronger, but the firepower of the Spaniards was even stronger.

The daunting twenty-four-pound gun of the Christians bombarded the merchant fleet not far away.

This second-class battleship was equipped with thirty heavy artillery pieces of six to twelve pounds and above, and its firepower even silenced a nearby armed merchant ship.

The sailors on a third-class battleship used the falcon cannons on the deck to help the Spanish soldiers on the shore. Stone projectiles roared past and smashed straight into the warehouse next to the dock, shocking the mercenaries on the side to avoid them.

“How is the situation?”

At this time, General Terry had already boarded the Christian, and the naval admiral on the warship was calmly commanding the battle.

"The savage of the mercenaries is as expected, and we cannot be threatened by the six-pound cannons on the armed merchant ships." The naval admiral on the Christian spoke.

Terry nodded, fortunately the Spanish fleet still retained a little vigilance, otherwise it would be better to have the Barr one.

At this time, the Jean Bar had already overturned, and the hull was still burning. The flames provided a good view to both parties involved in the war, and of course, it also gave the third party quietly a clear vision.

The sound of cannons in the harbor rumbling, and the tongue of flames engulfed the warships and the sea.

Not far away, outside the dim harbor, a ship appeared faintly under the dim fire.

A cool breeze blew by, and the slightly yellow sails blew.

It was a ship, with thick mesh covering the hull.

At the back of the ship, a person walked out from under the thick mesh. Looking at the fire getting closer and closer, the rumbling sound of cannons became more and more deafening.

"Put the rosin and the powder barrels for me one by one." He shouted loudly into the boat covered by the mesh.

The man leaned over, picked up a long hollow bamboo strip, and looked at the fire in the distance with a lofty expression.

The long bamboo strips opened from the stern of the rudder to the bow of the ship and continued to extend out.

They placed the rosin powder barrels on the boat one by one, and nodded to the leading man after inspection.

Seeing that everything had been arranged, the man nodded and stared ahead.

The breeze blew, and the ship was floating a little hard, and everyone had to hold the powder barrel and bamboo strips with their hands.

Finally, the dark clouds became a little sparse, and the faint moonlight cast down and shone on the sea.

With the faint moonlight, the shadows of other ships began to appear around the hull.

At this time, the two sides of the war had not yet noticed a fleet of ships rushing towards them.

The six-pound falcon cannon on the deck continued to bombard the dock.

Spanish musketeers shot towards the land through the sea, repelling the mercenary's offensive again and again.

A twelve-pound long cannon in the Christian gun cabin bombarded the armed merchant ships anchored in the distance.

For more than a month, they were comrades-in-arms fighting side by side, but now they are living and dead.

"General, we have repelled the mercenaries who besieged the docks." The Admiral of the Christians reported to General Terry.

Before General Terry could breathe a sigh of relief, a scream shocked everyone present.

"Han people, Han people's ship!"

A desperate call exploded on the Christian.

Terry was stunned and then ran towards the opposite deck.

Under the flames, one ship after another appeared and disappeared.

"Quick, sink them, these are fireboats." Terry's hair stood up as the boats slowly sailed towards the Christian.

The Christian gunners immediately debugged the rotary cannon and aimed at the nearby sea.

The Spanish were good at using different artillery to form a firepower system for ships.

For example, heavy cannons are used for naval combat, and they strive to sink the opponent's main battleship.

Therefore, it has a higher diameter and length ratio than ordinary long cannons.

Similarly, in addition to naval warfare, the Spanish fleet also needed to protect merchant ships, so they needed to expel pirates and protect merchant fleets.

In order to deal with the pirates boarding the ship, Spanish warships were also equipped with a large number of spinning cannons.

These light artillery, which is only one or two pounds, are equipped on the rotating gun stand on the ship's guardrail. All rotating guns are loaded back, so they have an extremely high rate of fire.

Soon, with the roar of the Spanish gunner.

Several Amys rotary cannons sprayed the flame tongue, and a 2.5-pound shell hit the fast-moving Ming Clippers.

A fireboat covered in black was hit by two pounds of shells at a distance of more than 100 meters from the Christian.

The huge impact friction ignited the black powder barrel on the ship.

As the rapid flames soared into the sky, the ship was swallowed by the flames in an instant.

On the ship, Spanish musketeers also gathered quickly and pointed muskets at the fast-moving fast ship.

Blasts of black smoke rose up, and large-caliber lead bounces flew out.

"Sir, the Spanish are actually prepared." A sailor looked at the huge ship in front of him in horror.

"Ignite the gunpowder, I can't care about that much."

These Ming army sailors were not vague. Seeing that the sneak attack was not enough, the ship was ignited in a hurry and then jumped down. Only the burning clutch rushed towards the Spanish giant ship.

"Hurry, sink those damn fire ships!" General Terry roared, and the veins on his forehead swelled up.

There were countless fire ships in front of me rushed towards the warship under my feet.

The gunners on the Christians were desperately firing two pounds of projectiles, and even the six-pound falcon cannons and twelve-pound long cannons in the deck, the cannon bay, joined the ranks of the fire tongue.

From General Terry to ordinary sailors, everyone seemed to remember the scene of arson ship attacking the Spanish fleet a month and a half ago.

More than 20 fireboats of all sizes were blown up, but before the Spanish sailors on the ship could breathe a sigh of relief, another fleet of ships slowly appeared in their sight.

The Spanish gunner fired the gun for no time, the deck trembled, and black smoke filled the entire giant ship.

The Spanish gunners were skilled and very competent, but they could not withstand the Ming army's fireboats. Soon the small spinning cannon could not support the large-scale fireboat offensive.
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