The three battles in Lisbon attracted the attention of European countries.

The combat effectiveness expressed by the Ming Ocean Fleet surprised them.

That distant Eastern power, the powerful maritime power has risen again?

Perhaps due to the influence of the Battle of Lisbon, the fierce battle between the British and Dutch naval battle on the English Channel also accelerated the war. The two sides fought continuously and bloody battles for three days, hoping to decide the outcome as soon as possible.

Because the logistics provided by Portugal was too shut down, Zhu Chenggong discussed with Wu Zhong and made adjustments to the combat plan and strived to make a quick decision within a period of time.

After all, the Invincible Fleet has a steady stream of logistics supplies from Spain, while the Joint Fleet does not. The Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty has already exhausted all the flowering bullets. The next step is to use solid bullets to fight. The advantages are greatly reduced and if it continues to consume for a long time, the Joint Fleet will sooner or later be defeated due to ammunition exhaustion!

However, according to Zhu Chenggong's understanding, the Spanish Invincible Armada had three big sticks in a row, so he should be unable to hold on. Now he is just a swollen face and is carrying the fat man.

It takes another heavy punch to knock him to the ground and then ravage him. This war will definitely end perfectly with shocking the entire Europa!

On May 27, Shi Lang led the vanguard team to the back hundreds of miles, and took advantage of the night to cut off the logistics fleet transported to the front line of Spain. The Invincible Fleet was in panic. Commander Okundo urgently ordered the vanguard team of the Combined Fleet to swallow them up in one go.

The fourteen vanguard detachments, which were alone, were besieged by fifty invincible fleets. In just half a day, the vanguard detachments lost five warships, and each of the other nine warships was damaged to varying degrees.

Among them, the "Dousu" fought the most bravely, resisting the attacks of several Spanish fireboats and main warships. The sailors on the ship tried every means to put out the fire, and fired the last shell with their damaged cannons, killing the commander of the Invincible Fleet, which had been severely damaged, safely escaped from danger and retreated into the formation.

Shi Lang's ship "Baihu" was taken care of by the Invincible Fleet. A large number of Spanish warships approached the Jue Gang. The captain of the White Tiger, who was besieged, was unfortunately killed. More than 35 crew members of the ship were killed in battle.

Shi Lang himself was also injured and was rubbed on his thigh by a flying iron rod, almost being crippled.

However, no matter how Zanhua around him dissuaded him, Shi Lang refused to get out of the cabin and continued to command the battle, waiting for the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty to stab the chrysanthemums of the Invincible Armada.

The besieged Invincible Fleet did not get any benefits, and was sunk and burned eight warships by the Ming fleet. The captain of the "Sheer" Sir William led his troops to jump into the gang and fought bravely, but he was captured not long after he boarded the Ming army's warship.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sound of cannons still rumbled on the fierce battle sea.

In the chaotic battlefield, the silhouette of the Santiago hull gradually grew longer, showing a complete side, and all muzzles aimed at Shi Lang's ship White Tiger.

"Horseman!" The observer of the White Tiger suddenly shouted: "We are targeted by the other party!"

“Aren’t we always staring at?”

Shi Lang replied subconsciously, then quickly walked to the porthole in that direction and took a look, and suddenly ordered: "Quick! The right rudder is full! Adjust the direction!"

I don’t know if I don’t look at it. I was shocked when I saw it. The opposite was not an ordinary warship, but a real giant ship!

Judging from the size and number of artillery, it is at least a second-level sail battleship, while the White Tiger is only a third-level battleship and has been severely damaged and cannot withstand the several rounds of Santiago's firefighting.

"Quick! The right rudder is full! Quick!" Shi Lang shouted loudly and nervously.

Before the 18th century, there was no rudder system in the world, and it was difficult to turn ships, but there were so many talents in the Ming Dynasty. Yang Wanli, the Minister of Works, who was born in a shipbuilding family, had long defined this problem as a technical difficulty that must be overcome and made certain progress.

He tried to use the rudder wheel to drive the sliding rudder at the front of the rear deck of the warship, and found that the effect was very good. The helmsman could not only observe the sails on the ship without ignoring the line of obstruction, which was convenient for the boat to control the ship, but also saved much effort when steering than the previous vertical tiller.

Once you master the steering wheel, you will master the direction of your progress. Therefore, all warships launched after the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy adopted steering wheel technology.

The speed of the White Tiger's huge body slowed down sharply, and the bow quickly tilted to the right, trying to point your head to San Diego to reduce the area under attack.

However, at this time, a black muzzle on the San Diego opened fire at the same time, and dense water columns were raised around the White Tiger. Several shells were hit on the front deck, and wood chips flew everywhere.

The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and the deck of the White Tiger was blackened. Several cannons were detonated by gunpowder and overturned. There were seven or eight bullet holes on the ship.

Shi Lang was sweating, and the observer shouted: "They are shooting again!"

Shi Lang cursed angrily, ordered the White Tiger to adjust the angle again, and turned the ship to the left, and continued to face the side of the San Diego, greatly reducing its area.

However, on the opposite San Diego, the commander of the Invincible Armada, Okundo, showed a cunning smile and waved his hand to issue an order.

Suddenly, around the White Tiger, three Spanish warships that had already adjusted their angles during the melee, fired overwhelming volleys at the White Tiger.

After a series of bombardment, the White Tiger's hull seemed to be sieve, and then a shocking explosion suddenly occurred.

In the thick smoke, the White Tiger hull cracked into two sections and sank quickly. The sea water boiled, and the white smoke was spraying "sizzling", forming a large vortex.

Fortunately, Shi Lang reacted quickly. When he encountered a fire, he decisively issued an order to abandon the ship. The remaining sailors on the deck had already jumped into the sea when the ship was sunk, and some of them were also unlucky and were killed by the bomb.

In just a few minutes, the white tiger completely disappeared from the sea, leaving only a broken wooden board and corpse, and a large amount of black smoke, which continued to rise from the water.

"Unfortunately, their ammunition depot exploded!"

The commander of the Invincible Armada, Okundo, showed coldness on his face, and his heart felt pride again. In his hands, the Invincible Armada was finally invincible.

He ordered: "Take the flag words and let the remaining Ming fleet surrender with white flags, otherwise they will all be killed!"

"Yes! Sir."

The signal has been sent out, but the remaining Ming warships did not reply, nor did they hang white flags. Instead, they continued to fight like before, as if they were not affected by the sinking of the squad leader's ship.

Okundo raised his telescope and saw that the decks of several Ming fleets surrounded by them were filled with smoke. More sailors jumped into the sea, and they were raucous, like dumplings.

Soon, some ships had rope nets hanging from their bodies, and more sailors climbed the rope nets and went down into the sea, as if the captain opposite had issued an order to abandon the ship.

Okundo smiled and ordered: "Send five warships to shoot them!"

At this time, a Spanish observer rolled and crawled, shouting: "No, sir, the back team sent a warning, and a large number of unknown warships were found in the Northeast waters!"

Okundo subconsciously felt something was wrong, so he quickly climbed up the ship stairs and looked up with a telescope.

I saw a large number of white sails appearing on the sea to the north, with at least forty ships in size!

Needless to say, it must be the Ming and Portuguese Combined Fleet!

"Fuck, we're fooled!"
Chapter completed!