Aragones is not blind, nor is he a fool. How could he not know that the reason why Haihan has been putting pressure on local settlements recently but not actually attacking them is to seek greater results.

But what can you do even if you know it? When the San Diego Bay was developed, the Aragones family invested all their property in this place, trying to establish a new colony here as a long-term industry for the family.

So even if he guessed Haihan's purpose, he couldn't give up San Diego Bay, because doing so would be tantamount to giving up the family's future.

The armed forces in the local settlements were unable to protect themselves, so he could only pin all his hopes on the reinforcements coming from the south. But DeSantis's attitude greatly disappointed him. The reinforcements were so afraid to move forward, let alone drive the Haihan people away.

Once we leave San Diego Bay, it may be difficult to even preserve settlements.

However, DeSantis did not say anything too specific. After all, his mission is to maintain Spain's control of San Diego Bay. If he really loses this place, it will be difficult for him to explain it after he returns.

"I can provide you with a hundred muskets and a cannon to strengthen the defense capabilities of the settlement."

The help DeSantis provided made Aragones just want to roll his eyes. Such assistance can only be said to be better than nothing, and the other party did not mention sending people and ships into the bay. It was obvious that he planned to continue in the bay.

Watch the situation outside and avoid close combat with Haihan.

"I hope you will not forget your mission here. You are a soldier, not a passerby who has nothing to do with you!"

In desperation, Aragones could only say a few words to express his attitude. After all, he was not the commander of the fleet and had no right to replace DeSantis and dictate the actions of the fleet.

Of course, before leaving, he did not forget to take away the weapons provided by DeSantis. Although these equipment may not be very useful, they are still military aid from the south, so it would be good to take them back to appease the people.

At this time, on the beach a few miles away, Wang Anguo was standing in the bunker tunnel, observing the Spanish fleet outside the bay with a telescope.

In the southeastern part of San Diego Bay, there is only a few hundred meters of sandy beach separating the inside and outside of the bay. Therefore, although the Haihan Fleet is anchored in the bay and has not been dispatched, it is not difficult to detect the movement outside the bay.

The Haihan Army quietly crossed the strait at night, dug a tunnel nearly one person deep on the beach here, built a bunker roof on it, piled a layer of sand on it, leaving only a few inches wide gap for lookout, and watched from a distance.

You can't see any difference at all.

Of course, the Spanish fleet arriving outside San Diego Bay could not escape such reconnaissance methods, and the relevant intelligence information was quickly sent back to the base on the other side of the bay by Wang Anguo himself.

"The Spaniards who came to reinforce this time were very cautious and did not enter the bay..."

While Morgan was talking, he marked the current location of the Spanish fleet on the map with a pen.

Wang Anguo analyzed: "They may be worried that they will be attacked by us after coming in, and there will not be enough space to open the fighting formation."

Morgan put down his pen and said: "More than that, they want to set up a position in the entrance and exit channel of the bay, wait for us to go out, and then launch a pincer attack from both sides of the channel."

Wang Anguo asked: "Should we bring them in, or should we take the initiative to rush out?"

Morgan said: "Our goal is to wipe out the opponent's armed forces as much as possible. Of course, we must try to bring them in. It is easier to achieve total annihilation by blocking them in the bay. If the other party still has the leisure to wait and see outside the bay, it seems that the fire is not strong enough.

, let’s add another handful of firewood so that they have no choice but to save!”

Aragones heard the alarm bell ringing in his sleep. He suddenly opened his eyes, got up from the bed, opened the door and walked to the balcony. It was not yet dark, but there were fires in the distance, mixed with musket fire.

sound.

"What happened outside!" Aragones shouted.

Someone in the courtyard downstairs responded: "Sir, they are Haihan people, and the Haihan people are coming!"

Aragones' heart sank, and he quickly returned to the house, asking his family to take shelter in the cellar first. He led a few guards out of the yard and hurried towards the direction of the accident.

He knew that Haihan would launch an attack on the settlements sooner or later, but the timing in the early morning was really uncomfortable. Although he had deployed night patrol personnel in advance, it would be difficult for these local militia forces to hold out in the face of the raid organized by the Haihan Army.

how long.

Aragones organized dozens of armed men as quickly as possible, but when they arrived at the scene of the accident, it turned out that the defense line had collapsed. The wounded who retreated told Aragones that there were about six to seven out of ten

’s companions had already died in the first wave of fighting.

A captain whom Aragones had just appointed three days ago was also killed in the attack. When he was taken off on a stretcher, Aragones saw at least four or five gunshot wounds on his body, apparently from opponents.

Concentrating fire and firing a wave of shots, it can be seen that Haihan must have a lot of troops involved in the battle.

But what puzzled Aragones was that although the Haihan Army broke through the defense fortifications deployed outside the settlement, it had no intention of continuing the attack. It just set a fire to burn the stronghold fortifications, and then took the initiative to

Withdrew.

Just when he was confused, news came that another settlement had been attacked. But that settlement was on the opposite side of the bay, and Aragones could only wait for dawn before confirming further news.

The battle damage statistics were sent to Aragones soon after dawn. A total of thirty-eight people were killed and more than fifty people were injured in the two attacked places. However, the Haihan Army did not continue to advance after the victory.

Instead, they all chose to retreat voluntarily.

Aragones also came to his senses at this time. The purpose of Haihan's move was not to conquer the settlement, but to beat himself up and force his own main force to come forward to fight with him.

He had to visit DeSantis again and ask him to take action to prevent Haihan from continuing to target settlements in the bay.

DeSantis still ruthlessly rejected Aragones, saying that before the Haihan fleet took the initiative to attack, his fleet must not easily take risks.

One day later, the Haihan Army once again attacked Spanish settlements. This time not only the army was dispatched, but four warships were also thrown into the battle.

These ships launched shelling on settlements from the sea and destroyed some residential buildings. Although the casualties caused were not large, the panic of the people was ignited.
Chapter completed!