When the battle in the rear began, Perez, as the supreme commander, was a little hesitant.

Should I continue to go north to chase the retreating enemy fleet, or go south to attack the enemy fleet behind with Garcia?

The outcome of the battlefield is often determined in an instant.

In this asymmetric sea battle, Perez's only chance was to fight to the Hanhai warship with Garcia, and then use luck to severely damage one or two enemy ships during the bombing.

However, he did not have the chance to fight with the Hanhai Army directly. He had only heard of several battles of the Hanhai Army, including several battles with Zheng Zhilong, the battle with the outstanding Dutch general Druit, and the battle in Manila.

If he was a cautious person, he would definitely choose the kind of tactics I just mentioned, but in an instant, the glory of being one of the members of the ten major families and the youngest lieutenant general in Spain made him a little inflated.

In the battle with the Ottomans in Crete, the Ottomans had a large number of white prisoners, including craftsmen and sailors who were proficient in manufacturing new warships. In addition to the large galleons, they naturally also had warships that were somewhat similar to the Garen ships.

However, in that battle, Perez annihilated fifty enemy warships at the cost of losing ten warships and killing nearly two thousand people. Although the Ottomans suffered even heavier losses, the real Ottomans on the enemy ships did not account for the majority. The sailors and gunners were mostly white, and the slaves were also largely white. Of course, there were many black people.

The combat soldiers on the ship who were preparing to jump to the gang to fight were the real Ottomans.

This was the only battle Perez had participated in in Europe. It was precisely because of this battle that he was promoted from a naval colonel to a lieutenant general. Because in the second half of the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century, in the continuous battle with the British and Dutch people, the Spanish naval outstanding generals withered very well. He was born in a major family like him and was the only naval school specially opened for the nobles, and graduated from a naval school and had outstanding achievements, so he was naturally very popular.

So he was transferred to America.

America is the only financial source and reliance for the Spanish Kingdom, which is now in turmoil and on the verge of bankruptcy, and needs an excellent future defense route.

Because once the kingdom's sailing fleet entered the Caribbean, there were so many pirates and a large number of regular troops from all countries except Spain themselves, they would have the idea of ​​this fleet, because a possible successful robbery could satisfy the financial expenses of their own country for one year.

This is the sorrow of Spain, a country of fanatic Catholicism. France, which is also a Catholic believer, also despises them. His few allies, Genoa needs to protect the Mediterranean, and the navy of the Holy Roman Empire is not worth mentioning.

All countries with a little bit of strength, whether Protestant or Catholic, are their enemies. Isn’t this sadness?

Of course, with the strength of the large sailing ship and the still strong strength of the Spanish Navy, it is not easy to successfully intercept an entire large sailing fleet.

After chasing Li Xiaoyan's fleet for a moment, Perez immediately realized that he would never catch up with the other party. At this time, his safest choice should be to use the angle of the east wind to turn west, approach the direction of the California Peninsula, and then go south by the wind, and attack Yanagawa Yixing's fleet with Garcia.

He did the same, but seemed to realize that the enemy fleet ahead could return at any time. When he ordered the turn, he asked the seven armed merchant ships to continue tracking north, while he turned south with all his specialized warships and three armed merchant ships.

Perez had never seen the power of the Hanhai warship. Although he had witnessed it with his own eyes, he had not seen how they turned, not to mention that the enemy fleet in front was at least about one distance from him in Spain.

Even if the enemy fleet has a turning strength that is greater than one's own, he would never have imagined that the ten-fold gap is not expected. This cannot be blamed for this. A monster like a steamship needs to wait more than a hundred years to dominate the ocean according to normal history.

"generational difference" and "dimensionality reduction strike" do not exist in the eyes of traditional Perez.

Moreover, he also arranged the same number of armed merchant ships to block the enemy fleet.

So Perez turned openly. As I said just now, it was very difficult for a sailboat to complete a steering at sea. One ship was still acceptable. If the entire fleet completed the steering at the same time, it would take a lot of time unless there was wind direction at the same time.

Perez didn't know that the telescope in the enemy fleet's watchman's hand was ten times more effective, and their every move fell into Li Xiaoyan's eyes.

Therefore, when Perez's fleet was divided into two, Li Xiaoyan immediately ordered the fleet to return!

At a distance of ten miles, at this time the speed of the Hanhai Army steamship (about 20 kilometers per hour, when the wind is down and when the wind is down), it will take half an hour for Li Xiaoyan's fleet to come.

But Li Xiaoyan still let the fleet catch up at full speed.

His lookout hand saw the Yanagawa Yixing fleet coming from behind, while the Perez fleet, who was busy turning, did not notice it, or noticed that it was because the target was too small in the telescope and could not judge, or even if it was noticed, it had to continue turning.

Li Xiaoyan's fleet faced the seven Galen armed merchant ships that were broken.

After seeing Yixing Yanagawa's fleet, Li Xiaoyan immediately realized that the other side had probably wiped out another Spanish fleet.

At this time, Li Xiaoyan had only comfort in his heart, and had no intention of being resentful by Yanagawa Yixing. He firmly remembered his identity.

I am not only a general of the navy, but also the prince-consort of the empire, but also the prince-consort of His Majesty the emperor's favorite princess.

From Nikan's harshness to himself, he seemed to have realized something, that was a harshness that truly regarded himself as his family.

Such a background made Li Xiaoyanhun lose the intention of fighting for power and profit with his subordinates, let alone the other party was still a Japanese?

Like Yikyu Yanagawa, his fleet cut straight into the middle of the seven Galen merchant ships!

This time, since the opponent was seven ships heading side by side, the distance between them was very wide, he rarely asked the Swift to join the battle sequence.

There are four cannons on both sides of the Swift. At first glance, there are too few configurations, but since they are all twelve kilograms of Nibchu bronze cannons, they are still quite impressive when they are fired.

Seven to seven!

The Golden Eagle ranks in the middle!

"boom……"

"boom……"

The two roars of artillery were all issued by the Hanhai Army. In front was issued by the seven warships of Li Xiaoyan passing through the seven armed merchant ships, and behind was issued by the Yanagawa Yixing fleet, which was once again engaged in the battle.

It was similar to the Garcia fleet, and the Perez fleet, which was turning, was a little panicked when there were enemy ships in front and behind, and its movements were not as neat as the Garcia fleet, which further aggravated the chaos.

In this case, if it is on the Atlantic Ocean in Europe, because the other party is also a sailing warship, it is impossible to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Therefore, although his side is panicked, it is not in the way. However, Perez met a fleet that could deliver a "dimensionality reduction strike" to him for the first time in his life, a landmark fleet!

Li Xiaoyan's fleet soon came out from the middle of seven armed merchant ships. The earth-shaking sound of artillery just now filled the smoke of gunpowder from the sea. It took a while before the specific results were seen.

Since the armed merchant ship is not tall, you can see clearly when standing on the bow of the Golden Eagle that the seven warships did not seem to be affected much and were still heading towards the north. However, in Li Xiaoyan's telescope, it was found that at least four warships had almost no sailors on the first deck of the first deck of at least four warships, and the ship was just continuing to move forward according to inertia.

“Wear again!”

In order to make the enemy fleet irreversible chaos, there is room for its own fleet to travel through, Li Xiaoyan did not make the ship turn around, but changed the way the propeller rotated, using the stern as the bow, and continued to pass towards the enemy fleet!

In this case, the ship's speed will definitely not be faster, but the distance between the two sides is only a few hundred meters. No matter how slow the ship's speed is, it is faster than the enemy fleet!

About ten minutes later, Li Xiaoyan's fleet passed out from the already chaotic enemy fleet again. At this time, he discovered that a chimney of a Swift was broken. Once the chimney was broken, it was actually enough to close the steam engine at this place. The Swift also had a machine running!

The impact this time was amazing!

This time, in order to attack the enemy with vitality, Li Xiaoyan's Golden Eagle not only used solid bullets, shotguns, and chain bullets, but also used several hot bullets that had been prepared for a long time.

After passing through again, five armed merchant ships completely lost control and the two ships began to sink.

“Woo…”

The warlock on the Golden Eagle sounded, which was summoning the Albatross.

Not long after, two albatrosses came out, poor albatrosses, they were born for captives.

On the other side, Yanagawa Yixing still had the upper hand. Although the results of this battle were not as good as the last time, he still controlled the situation.

Li Xiaoyan's fleet also joined.

The battle was a bit unreasonable at this time. As time went by, most of the ships around Perez lost their combat effectiveness. Seeing this, he had to raise the white flag.

When he learned from the Hanhai Army that Garcia would rather die in battle than surrender, he shouted in his heart: "Poor Garcia, although you are a branch of the Pacheco family, you are not a branch after all, and the real branch of the ten major families is fickle."

Under the attack of two fleets of Li Xiaoyan and Yanagawa Yixing, no warship of Perez's fleet ran away this time. Of course, except for the Sao Paulo where Perez is located, all other ships have lost their value of continuing to exist as warships.

In another battle, the Marine Corps, which used a small boat to board the shore, was discovered by the Hanhai Army infantry arranged nearby, while preparing to attack La Paz through the barren mountains on the southwest side of the Port of La Paz.

Afterwards, when the Spanish Legion buried pots and made rice on the beach, the Hanhai Army had about 500 infantry and 300 cavalry were ambushing on a narrow road that the Spanish Army had to walk on.

The ending was also unreasonable. With the initial attacks of small cannons, flintlock rifles and grenades in the infantry, Nikan's second attack of the three hundred Shenwu cavalrymen, it was soon defeated, about 40% of them were killed in battle, and the rest were all captured.

The only one who ran away was the ten pure merchant ships that were parked on the sea waiting for the results. Of course, it was deliberately letting them go by the Hanhai Army, otherwise they would not be able to escape with their speed and their sailing ability far less than the Spanish fleet.

Many Spanish sailors were rescued by merchant ships after falling into the sea. Their descriptions were better than their messengers.
Chapter completed!