Deng Ming's flagship was located in a relatively high position. When he was sailing in the dark just now, he knew that there were no ships in front of him, so the speed of the ship was reduced by a relatively small amount; while the Chinese ships lined up behind were much slower and their formations were already scattered. Due to the different speeds, some ships originally located in the back row surpassed the friendly ships in front. The dark sailing for several hours made everyone no longer in a straight line.

After the war started, Chinese warships often attacked Spanish warships nearby, so until now, the flagships of both sides are still fighting alone. To be precise, Chinese flagships have been attacking Spanish flagships, and the other party has never made any threatening counterattacks. The Spanish flagship, which has been harassed by searchlights, finally had an officer who thought about pulling the anchor up. Although he could not find soldiers like his colleagues who had this idea before, fortunately, the officer was not hit by the firepower of the Ming army. The Spanish officer touched the winch and slowly pulled the anchor up, hoping to create an opportunity for himself and his companions on the same ship to escape the control of the sea monsters - because there was a bright searchlight next to it, the officer did not see the face in the distance, and did not expect that this would be the devil.

The positions of the bridge and the rudder plate have always been under the focus of the Ming army. The two Ming army officers have been standing on high places, specifically commanding the two guns that bombard the Spaniards. When the anchor was quietly pulled up, no one noticed that there were no officers and helmsmen standing on the bridge, and its sails did not rise, but the Spanish flagship began to slowly drift with the currents.

Also because of the interference of searchlights near, the Spanish gunners on this ship did not see the devil in the distance, so they were afraid of the light column just thinking that they were facing the sea monster. When most officers and soldiers were panicked about the question of "whether this was met with Medusa or the mermaid", a small number of Spanish sailors with extraordinary courage were ready to fight back against the sea monster; the priests on this ship did not see the kite in the air, so they did not face the apocalypse and the gates of hell, and did not create holy water, but stayed calmly behind, ready to go forward to listen to the death confession of the seriously injured - there was no uncontrollable large-scale panic on the flagship of the Spanish fleet.

When the Spanish flagship began to drift slowly, Li Siming looked back and saw several friend ships with lights coming, but they didn't have time to enter the battlefield for a while. The enemy ship in front of him was much taller than the Ming army's flagship, and its second artillery deck was higher than the Ming army's upper deck. When it got closer, the Ming army had dragged the small-caliber shotgun to the deck and covered the bridge position of the enemy ship under the command of the officers. However, if the Ming army approached further, the searchlights erected on the deck of the Ming army might be hindered. That is to say, when the Ming soldiers tried to climb onto the upper deck of the enemy ship, the searchlights were likely to be unable to provide cover.

Li Siming turned around and saw that the Spanish sails had not yet risen, so he couldn't help but hesitate. It seemed that the enemy would not accelerate the escape for the time being. Maybe wait a little longer and wait for other friendly ships to catch up to support and attack before attacking. When Li Siming was hesitating, a shell from the Spanish cannon flew over the surface of the deck of the Ming ship. Then another round, the ballistic of the second shell was lower. It flew over the Ming army's deck and hit the side of the ship outside. The shell of the forty-eight-pound cannon easily smashed the edge of the ship's side and continued to cross the Ming ship with an unstoppable momentum and fell into the sea.

After being attacked, the searchlight deployed in the middle pointed to the fire-opening gun window. While the Ming army counterattacked with cannons, the soldiers who had already swarmed to the side of the ship also shot at the gun windows. At this moment, the side of the Spanish warship suddenly became dark, and the light column of the searchlight suddenly disappeared. Li Siming turned around and looked at the center of the ship. Seeing that the light had gone out, several soldiers who were taking care of it were swaying and knocking again, but the light did not emit any light again. Soon two soldiers stopped tinkering with the searchlight, but untied their rifles from their backs and jumped to the side of the ship near the enemy ship.

This light must not be used anymore. Li Siming was not too surprised by this, because the quality of the searchlight was not very good. It often turned off after a while after being shined. It would not be possible to use it without spending time to overhaul. After using it for so long, it was already good for one. However, as the first light went out, Li Siming knew that the other two might be shut down at any time.

"Let's go!" Li Siming no longer hesitated and issued a loud order to fight the battle. It would take a while for friendly warships to catch up. At such a close distance, if the Spaniards gained the ability to move freely, they would likely cause heavy casualties to the Ming army.

After hearing the captain's order, the Ming army's flagship turned left and crashed into the enemy ship. As the towering hull on the side was getting closer and closer, everyone grabbed the things around him, and Deng Ming also tightly grasped a rope beside the mast. When the two ships collided violently, the violent shock caused many people to fall to the ground. The light on the bow swayed for a while and also overturned and extinguished.

At this time, the soldiers of the Ming army also threw out the rope and put it towards the enemy ship. Once they felt the ropes had enough food and accommodation, they tightened them with all their might, then fixed the ropes on their decks and tied the two warships together.

"Kill!"

As his subordinates tightened the ropes, Li Siming shouted, jumped onto the boat gang, holding a knife in each hand, and jumped forward suddenly... Since the deck of the Spanish warship was much higher, Li Siming's target was not the other party's upper deck, but a cannon window in front of him. Li Siming jumped onto the window, paused for a moment, and then he plunged in and disappeared.

When a large number of Ming soldiers rushed towards the cannon windows with rifles and swords, Deng Ming did not go forward but took a step back. There was a guard on each side to step forward, trying to protect Deng Ming and retreat into the cabin.

"There is no need for this." Deng Ming shook his head. He had retreated to the other side of the safer deck. In the night battle, as long as he was not exposed by himself, most of the time, no one would find Deng Ming in the distance, and it was unnecessary to hide in the cabin.

When the Ming army on the deck attacked the opponent's gun window, fierce fighting sounds came from below. If the Ming army's gunners had completed the loading and could see the opponent's gun window on the lower artillery deck, they would shoot up the opponent's gun window; then, like those companions who had no time to load, they pulled out their close-fitting weapons and rushed out from the gun window on their side, trying to get into the gun window on the opposite side.

Huang Meng was a gunner on the Ming army warship. Before the two ships collided, he was busy loading the cannons with his brothers. But they failed to stuff the shells in time. The shock during the impact made Huang Meng pounce on the ground. When he got up, he saw that the cannon leader and several other companions had already rushed to the window. The lights on his head and some firelights allowed him to vaguely see the scene in front of him.

The cannon leader Zhang Gong took the lead, jumped onto the cannon window, and then leaped on the window ridge with both hands and acted to jump forward. However, a flash of fire flashed in the window opposite, and Zhang Pao Chang rushed back and rolled back for several meters before stopping, holding the thigh that was hit by the other party with a pistol, moaning in pain.

"Fight, fight!"

Seeing this, several Ming army gunners behind Zhang Gong did not jump into the window, but took out their rifles and shot them into the dark window opposite; and the enemy on the opposite side was not to be outdone, and the muskets were fired. Huang Meng leaned on his back to the hull and nervously loaded the rifle. After the loading was completed, he quickly turned around and shot into the window opposite.

A short distance away, the soldiers of the two armies who fired guns at each other cursed loudly. Whether it was loading or shooting, Huang Meng and his brothers' swear words never stopped. Although the roars coming from the opposite side were not understood, the tone and rapid tone were no different from Huang Meng.

After another shot, Huang Meng was ready to load the hull again, but at this moment he felt a sudden swaying under his feet, and at the same time he heard a huge roar, and he couldn't help but jump forward, and the rifle and the bullet bag that had just been torn apart also came out.

When he fell on the deck, Huang Meng understood what was going on. The Spaniards in another cannon window not far away were bombarding the Chinese cannon window with cannons at zero distance. The attacked window was smashed halfway, and several Chinese soldiers hiding behind were lying on the ground and shouting.

This attack made the two ships slightly separate, and then they suddenly collided. Huang Meng, who had just flew forward for a while, rolled towards the window a few more times before stopping.

Huang Meng cursed angrily, and he didn't know where his rifle had gone. He cursed and groped on the ground for a while, but still couldn't find his rifle, but he touched a shell.

Just as he was about to throw the shell away, Huang Meng suddenly had an idea, twisted the delay fuse on it vigorously, then held it and ran to the window, threw it hard and threw it into the window opposite.

"Use shells!" Huang Meng shouted, pulling his throat, his voice rippled, and he could hardly hear it: "Unlock the fuse and throw it over! Blast them to death!"

During the fierce battle, only a few people heard Huang Meng's shouting, and they also went to pick up shells. While unscrewing the fuse and throwing it into the window opposite, they also shouted and reminded other companions with Huang Meng.

Soon, Huang Meng and the others saw red lights flashing in the opposite window, and at the same time, explosions and hysterical curses came. The Ming army threw all the shells they could touch, and then drew their swords, held guns, and waited behind the window. The lieutenant who commanded the artillery deck had already drew his sword in his hand. He was also hiding on the side of a cannon window, shouting with all his strength: "Brothers, wait until I count to thirty, and rush over together!"
Chapter completed!