The ship coming ahead was the follow-up fleet of the Armada, three supply ships plus several wooden sailing ships of different sizes.
Wang Hong entrusted the command of the subsequent fleet to a Qianhu named Wang Yuan. This Qianhu named Wang Yuan did not have any great skills, but he was meticulous and thoughtful and was very suitable for being responsible for logistics. The soldiers left to him
There are only more than 400 horses.
The three Kunpeng supply ships are basically filled with craftsmen, handymen and maids. They have little combat effectiveness. Catherine is also on the Kunpeng No. 1 ship.
Because Zhang Yanling took the risk to attack Guli City, Catherine could not accompany him, so he could only stay on the Star and go to the port of Goa with the fleet. On the way back, Wang Hong was worried about the danger during the battle, so he asked Catherine to follow the follow-up fleet slowly.
.So Catherine stayed on the wooden sailboat on which Wang Yuanqianhu was riding.
Wang Yuan and several sailboats came all the way to protect the three huge Kunpeng supply ships. In fact, they were only behind for more than half a day. Because they did not want to fall too far behind, they kept on going day and night.
When the Flower of the Sea discovered this fleet of the Ming Dynasty's Invincible Fleet, which had little combat effectiveness, the Ming army's lookout post on the mast of the Kunpeng also discovered them at the same time. They were also shocked.
"There is a ship, a big ship. Report to Wang Qianhu quickly."
After Wang Yuan received the report, he quickly used his telescope to look at it, and sure enough he discovered that it was a huge Folangji warship. Wang Yuan's heart suddenly tightened.
"This big ship appears in this position. Could it be that our army has been defeated? The firepower of this Fo Lang machine warship is fierce. This warship alone is enough to defeat our entire fleet, right? None of our ships have
What kind of combat capability is there? There are only a few dilapidated cannons on the wooden sailboat, what should we do?" Wang Yuan thought quickly in his heart.
"Wang Qianhu, what should we do? Go up and fight, or..." his soldiers asked loudly.
Wang Yuan frowned and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Turn the rudder and go east to avoid the enemy ships. Let the Kunpeng go first and order the other ships to stop them. The supplies and craftsmen on the Kunpeng are the most important. If the enemy comes to attack,
, so they fought tooth and nail to ensure their escape."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. It is true that the Kunpeng stores a large amount of ammunition, supplies, food and water, which is the logistical support that the entire fleet depends on for its survival. It must not happen. It is the most correct decision to protect the three ships of the Kunpeng and leave safely.
Just when everyone was conveying orders to make arrangements, they were surprised to find that the big ship on the opposite side seemed to be turning. They turned to the west, seeming to avoid a head-on encounter with their own fleet.
When Wang Yuanzheng was wondering, someone came to report: "Wang Qianhu, Kunpeng is calling, Miss Catherine has something to say."
Wang Yuan frowned and said, "What is she going to say? It's really troublesome."
Having said that, everyone knows that Catherine is the wife of the Duke of Guo. For the sake of the Duke of Guo, he cannot offend this Buddhist woman. Wang Yuanming's boat approached the Kunpeng No. 1 ship and stood
On the deck, he bowed to Catherine standing on the bow of the big ship.
"Miss Catherine, I don't know what you have to say."
Catherine curtsied and saluted, and said loudly: "Dear Sir Qianhu, the ship in front is a ship from the Franchi Kingdom. Did you know?"
Wang Yuan chuckled and said: "Of course I know, I can tell it at a glance. The shape and style of the ship, if it's not a Fo Lang machine ship, who else can it be?"
Catherine said: "Then do you know that the ship is the flagship of the Eastern Fleet, the Flower of the Sea?"
"Flower of the Sea? You mean, it's the command ship of the Franji fleet?" Wang Yuan said in surprise.
"Exactly, I have been on that ship, and I know that it is the Flower of the Sea. Their commander-in-chief Alfonso was on that ship. The ship lowered its flag and came to the south of the bay alone with full sail.
I guess they must be running away." Catherine said loudly.
"Escape?" Wang Yuan was even more surprised.
"Yes. If they weren't escaping and the battlefield was in the north, why did they sail south? There was no escort ship around the Flower of the Sea. I think they were defeated, so they fled south. The Duke and the others must be chasing after them.
Mr. Qianhu, we should not avoid them, but stop them." Catherine nodded and said.
Wang Yuan was a little confused and hesitant. On the one hand, he felt that what Catherine said was reasonable, but on the other hand, he was a little worried. If they were indeed enemies on the run, wouldn't it be a pity if they were allowed to run away. But what if they weren't?
If we attack rashly, our wooden sailing ships are no match for the enemy.
"Master Qianhu, don't hesitate any more. If you hesitate, you will fail. If the opportunity is missed, it will not come again. If you are worried, can you please give me a ship and some soldiers, and I will stop them." Catherine
said.
This sentence was simply a great humiliation. Wang Yuan was angry in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Is it possible that Miss Catherine is saying that we are great men, but we don't have the courage of a woman like you? The reason why I hesitate is because I am worried about the comfort of the fleet.
Rather than fearing death."
Catherine bowed and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Qianhu, I said the wrong thing. I just reminded Mr. Qianhu not to let Alfonso go. How to deal with it is up to Mr. Qianhu to decide. I won't say more.
.”
Catherine turned around and walked back to the cabin of the Kunpeng. Wang Yuan frowned and stood on the deck of the wooden sailboat, thinking. Several general banners of hundreds of households beside him whispered: "Does this white-skinned woman still want to give orders? Do you really think of yourself?
Is the duchess dead? Wang Qianhu, don’t pay attention to her."
Wang Yuan frowned and said in a deep voice: "What she said is right. Do you think, why did that ship go around to the west? Instead of coming straight away? Why is there only this one ship? If they win, there should be more than one ship.
Come. Moreover, they should have gone to Guli Port to rest, that is to the north, not to the south. Therefore, it was Duke Guo and Mr. Wang who defeated the Folangji people, and this ship escaped
Enemy chieftain."
After everyone listened, they calmed down and thought about it carefully. The more they thought about it, the more it made sense.
"Then what should we do?" someone asked.
Wang Yuan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Fuck him!"
The others nodded slowly. If it was an escaping ship, how could he be allowed to escape so easily.
"Yes, fuck him. Several of our ships are blocking him. Although our firepower is not as good as theirs, we can approach from all sides, climb onto their ships and fight with them hand to hand."
"Yes, fuck him. Let the Kunpeng evacuate to the east first, and a few of our sailboats will besiege him. We must not let him escape. If we let them escape, how will we explain it later? I absolutely don't believe they can defeat us.
It’s not like we don’t know the Duke’s methods. How can we still lose to these guys?”
After a few words, everyone quickly reached a consensus. Wang Yuan made up his mind and immediately ordered the Kunpeng to go east away from the battlefield, and the remaining four sailboats were encircled.
After the order was issued, the four sailboats quickly dispersed, formed an encirclement in the western waters, and surrounded the Flower of the Sea.
The Flower of the Sea slanted westward, trying to bypass the Ming Dynasty fleet. In fact, Alfonso and others had clearly seen that the opponent was just a few wooden sailing ships and supply ships. If it had been before, how could the Flower of the Sea be afraid of these incompetent ships?
ship. But now, the Ocean Flower has lost its fangs and is running away. It is unable to tangle with them, so it chooses to go around.
However, the opponents surrounded them, and the Flower of the Sea could not change its course because there would be pursuers behind it. If it changed its course and lost the downwind course, its speed would slow down. If the armored ship behind it caught up, it would be doomed.
.
The only thing we can do now is to force our way through. Maybe there are no firearms on the other side's wooden boat.
The wooden sailboat driven by Wang Yuan and others approached cautiously at first. But then, when it approached the sea surface a few miles away from the opponent, the opponent did not fire. This surprised and surprised Wang Yuan and others. The opponent did not fire.
, the dilapidated artillery on the wooden sailing ship needs to be fired. Although there are only a few of them.
Boom, boom, boom, the wooden sailboat fired cannonballs at the huge Flower of the Sea. The shells hit the sea around the Flower of the Sea, and the water column also churned, which was very impressive.
But this scene is actually really funny. The originally powerful flagship of the Eastern Fleet of the Franco Kingdom could sink these dilapidated wooden sailing ships with just a few shots. But now it was bombarded by the opponent without any counterattack.
means.
It was like a ferocious beast being attacked by a group of little goats. The beast's claws and fangs were all cut off and knocked out, turning it into a useless creature with no fighting power. What's even more ridiculous is that the claws and fangs are their own.
Even if they were destroyed, even if a few artillery pieces were left behind, it wouldn't be like this.
The Flower of the Sea could only endure this humiliation, endure the bombardment of the weak but extremely humiliating cannonballs that landed on the ship sporadically, and quickly fled southward. And Wang Yuan and others finally fully understood,
The ship was running away and seemed to have lost its means of attack.
In this case, how can we let him escape?
Two sailboats lay across the front, blocking the path of the Flower of the Sea. When the Flower of the Sea was approaching, it turned its rudder and tried to break through from the side. Wang Yuan gave an order and dozens of hooks were thrown at the enemy ship. Two ships
The sailboat instantly became the tail of the Ocean Flower.
Then there was a greeting with grenades and arrows, and the Flower of the Sea exploded into fireworks.
Unfortunately, the soldiers on the Flower of the Sea had no power to fight back. In order to reduce the weight of the ship, the muskets were also thrown into the sea, because those things were also very heavy. The remaining twenty or so muskets could not suppress the opponent at all.
A fire rose up from the ship, quickly igniting all the sails, and the entire ship became a fire ship. The fire took advantage of the wind, and the burned sails were like walls of fire, and fireballs were dropped on the ship. No one could stand on the deck at all.
, because if you stay there, you will become a roast pig.
The sails were burned, and the speed naturally slowed down. Two other wooden sailing ships on both sides arrived. After the rope hook hooked the Flower of the Sea, the four wooden sailing ships completely controlled the Flower of the Sea. Dozens of grenades were placed on the ship.
Every corner was bombed, and the Flower of the Sea was beyond recognition. The damaged hull was completely devastated, and it was no longer in shape.
The originally beautiful white hull and golden shipbuilding were now pitch black. The deck was full of holes, and smoke was rising in the cabin. The bare mast was black and emitting black smoke. The flower of the ocean turned into a turtle of the ocean.
Ugliness moves slowly.
Alfonso and others knew that the situation was over, and after Wang Yuan led his people to rush onto the deck, they all raised their hands in surrender and climbed out of the cabin in despair.
The battle lasted less than half an hour from the beginning to the end. When all the prisoners were held on the deck and tied up like rice dumplings, Wang Yuan and others still couldn't believe that these broken ships were really destroying the huge monster in front of them, Fo Lang.
The flagship of the Robot Eastern Fleet was defeated. It really felt like a dream.
The Kunpeng No. 1 ship was slowly approaching. Catherine stood on the bow, looking at the group of French prisoners on the deck, searching with her eyes. When Alfonso, who was covered in black and gray, looked up and saw Catherine's figure with flowing blond hair.
, his face turned ashen, he let out a long sigh, and sat down on the ground.