Chapter 3061

DeSantis never expected that the Haihan troops, who had previously been attacking two colonial settlements, suddenly shifted their positions and set up artillery near the coast, with their muzzles pointed at the sea, forming a terrifying crossfire on both sides of the coast.

Although the caliber of these artillery pieces belonging to the army is much smaller than that of naval guns, their range is far better than that of naval guns with thick and short barrels. In addition, when installed on land, their shooting stability and accuracy are better than those of warships at sea.

Much stronger. After the Spanish fleet entered its fire range, it completely became a living target and suffered a round of shelling.

The Haihan fleet, which entered the waters first, was slowly completing a U-turn in the distance. Together with the shore-based artillery fire on both sides of the bay, it formed a huge firepower network to attack the Spanish fleet that was rushing into the encirclement.

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The strength of the Spanish fleet is actually not bad. At least before it came to San Diego Bay, the configuration of this fleet was enough to sail sideways on the Pacific coast of the Americas. If the battlefield with the Haihan fleet was outside the bay, then at least there would be a battle.

With such power, even if you can't defeat him, you still have a chance to evacuate from the battlefield.

However, through clever layout, Morgan finally introduced the Spanish fleet into a battlefield that was quite unfavorable to it. Not only did it have to face off against the powerful Haihan fleet in narrow waters, but it also had to withstand artillery strikes from both sides of the bay.

If the battle waters were wider, the Spanish fleet might be able to break into pieces and evacuate separately. However, the channel ahead has been tightly blocked by the Haihan fleet. If they retreat to the depths of the bay, they can only sit and wait for death. If they want to escape from San Diego Bay, they can

The only option was to rush forward despite the intensive artillery fire. The consequences of this can be imagined.

Aragones was still standing on the roof, watching the battle on the sea in the distance.

It took less than an hour from the time the Spanish fleet rushed into the depths of the bay without looking back, to the time it turned around and tried to break out of the Haihan army's firepower net. However, the two sides were shifting offensively and defensively, and the Spanish fleet was already in an extremely difficult situation.

Unfavorable position.

Of course, Aragones was not the only one to watch the battle, many brave local people also walked out of their homes and went to watch the battle near the coast.

Before this, everyone, including Aragones, did not have a clear understanding of the true strength of the Haihan Army. They only knew that the Haihan Army was strong, but how strong it was was not known until this moment.

I saw it clearly.

Under Haihan's dense sea and land firepower, his own fleet was almost unable to fight back. The once mighty warships were now like paper, being torn apart by the enemy's artillery fire.

They finally began to understand why this reinforcement fleet from the south had stayed put since it arrived in San Diego Bay, refusing to enter the bay to fight. The strength gap between the two sides was so huge that it would be exposed as soon as they faced each other on a frontal battlefield.

Under such circumstances, taking the initiative to engage in a battle with the Haihan Army is simply asking for death. It is no wonder that this fleet is afraid of fighting.

Of course, there will be a few smart people who will think of the weirdness of the current situation, why today the Haihan Army has been feigning attacks on the settlements, but their own fleet did not come to rescue the settlements, but plunged into the Haihan encirclement. Among them are

There are too many unreasonable places.

But almost no one realizes the truth of this matter. Aragones and Haihan reached a tacit agreement to sacrifice this fleet in exchange for the safety of all local immigrants.

Although they were extremely dissatisfied with the previous performance of this fleet, seeing their own fleet defeated in such a tragic way and countless sailors staining San Diego Bay with blood, everyone was frightened, sad and angry, but most of them were still panicked, because after the battle at sea,

The flames of war are probably about to burn you.

At this time, there will no longer be another support force in San Diego Bay. They must face the life and death determined by fate on their own.

Although Haihan clearly had the upper hand, the naval battle in the bay lasted for a full two hours before it finally came to an end.

The twenty-two ships of the Spanish fleet were distributed throughout the bay, and none of them escaped in the end. Five of them had been shot and caught fire and sank. At least ten other ships were severely damaged and basically lost due to multiple hull penetrations and flooding.

navigation capability.

Although the damage to the remaining ships was slightly better, their masts were broken, their main sails were burned, their rudders were destroyed, or they were stranded on the beach. They all lost the ability to escape, and in the end they could only

You can choose to surrender to save your life.

Some Spanish warships that had not yet sunk put down their small boats, fished out their fallen companions on board, and then rowed to the nearby coast. Although there were Haihan soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition waiting there, it was better to be captured than to die in battle.

DeSantis also managed to survive until the end of the battle. His flagship, the San Carlos, was a very strong sailing ship. Although it suffered heavy shelling, the hull was basically intact, but the sails were almost completely destroyed and three masts were damaged.

Two of them were broken, making it impossible to continue sailing.

Of course, DeSantis also considered fighting to the death, but the sailors on the ship were unwilling to be buried with him in such a battle of disparity in strength. After the ship lost its ability to move, the sailors on the ship refused to accept orders to continue fighting.

DeSantis's soldiers tried to suppress the disobedient sailors, but this led to a small mutiny on the ship. The sailors killed DeSantis's soldiers in one fell swoop and took DeSanti hostage.

Si, asking him to surrender to Haihan to save everyone's lives.

So when the San Carlos still had the strength to continue fighting, it sent a ceasefire and surrender signal to other ships in the fleet.

Although DeSantis is very reluctant to surrender, whether he surrenders or not actually has nothing to do with the outcome of this battle.

As the commander of the Haihan Fleet, Wang Anguo witnessed the entire battle process. This was the first time that he truly independently commanded such a large-scale maritime combat operation, and he annihilated a Spanish fleet in one fell swoop, which was a brilliant result.

Although Wang Anguo was very excited at the moment, he still tried his best to stay calm. He ordered all units in the fleet to count the results and damage, and ordered each ship to put down the small boat to salvage the Spanish sailors who were still struggling in the sea as soon as possible.

Although these people are just prisoners of war, they are also a valuable labor force for Haihan, who has a very short population. Keeping their lives alive will be useful in many places in the future.

The results of several pre-war deductions were not so perfect, and a few fish would more or less slip through the net. But the actual results were far better than expected. This was not only due to the battle plan formulated by Morgan, but also indispensable.

Wang Anguo’s on-the-spot command.
Chapter completed!