The sudden outbreak of the flagship shocked Simmons. His strongest wave did not hit the critical position. Although the target ship was severely damaged, it was still sailing. The flagship of the large fleet was first severely damaged by powerful firepower, and then the main mast broke. Simmons suddenly felt something was wrong. At this time, it was not a matter of victory or defeat, but it was necessary to protect Li Mingxun's safety. If he died, what's the point of even destroying the Spanish fleet?

Simmons was stunned for a moment and immediately ordered: "The flagship is severely damaged, and I will take over the command and raise the commander's flag! Order the entire fleet to follow me again!"

The commander's flag was raised, and Simmons personally steered the maneuver. He directly left the rudder and approached the second ship of the Manila Fleet. The Manila Fleet was already in chaos. The reason was very simple. The Santa Maria blocked their route, and the deputy flagship of the Manila Fleet obviously did not react (it was later proved that the deputy flagship was a large sailing ship. In the fourth position of the sequence, there were two ships in front, and the flagship was not damaged).

The forced ship No. 2 was already injured. Now facing the fiercely stormed Far Whale, he had no choice but to continue turning left. At this time, the No. 2 not only wanted to avoid the Far Whale, but also to avoid hitting the flagship that had stopped moving forward!

However, the Bruce Whale directly continued to squeeze the Spanish battle line downwards, until it was confirmed that the Bruce Whale could travel between the Second Ship and Santa Maria, and then handed the ruce wheel to the helmsman.

"Send the order, go to the starboard gun position, prepare to open fire, we will smash the enemy's flagship to pieces!" Simmons screamed excitedly!

The people on the Bruce Whale made excited roars one after another. Simmons made a tactical turn, which directly brought the entire battle line to the downward direction of the St. Mary. This means that the battle line of the large fleet can pass by the St. Mary, and it also means that no ship can all volleys at the St. Mary!

"Haha, the St. Maria is finished! There are at least one hundred and fifty shells, no ship can bear it!" When the starboard volley of the Bruce Whale hit, Simmons concluded so.

In fact, the Santa Maria was ten times more tragic than Simmons imagined. The gunner's shooting window on the Belle Whale was very small, so it could only shoot out the pre-assembled shells in the gun bore. The six eight-pound cannons on the starboard side of the open air deck were originally loaded with chain bullets against the sail cables. At this time, there was no time to replace them, and they directly shot them out, interrupting the sailors on the Santa Maria who wanted to jump to the gang in the waist, and flew across the flesh and blood, and the artillery deck was also hit by heavy artillery.

Starting from the Orcas, there was enough time to prepare. The gunners didn't have time to change the ammunition. All the open-air decks were still chain bullets, but the eighteen-pound and twenty-four-pound guns on the artillery deck were different. The sailors pulled the gun body back, stuffed a shell into it, and pushed it out again. So when the battle line passed by the St. Maria, there were definitely more than two hundred shells hitting St. Maria. This was the case when the Tiger Shark was not involved.

When Captain Tiger Shark learned that the Falcon Whale raised the commander's flag, he felt extremely nervous, thinking that the flagship battle had sunk, and the subsequent large-scale maneuver suddenly widened his vision. When Humpback Whale opened fire on Santa Maria, Tiger Shark saw two tangled flagships. However, as the oldest captain of the large fleet, the captain of the Tiger Shark saw everything clearly, and did not follow Simmons' orders to maneuver the battle line and spray shells on Santa Maria. Instead, he chose to leave the battle line and maneuver to the right, reaching the right rear of the White Shark.

The reason for this is very simple. The two flagships that were entangled together have become the eyes of the storm of the battlefield storm. All ships will come over, including the two heavy gunboats that were attacked. Simmons can take the battle line to volley at the Santa Maria. The two attack ships can also do the same thing in the upper wind direction.

After the Tiger Shark maneuvered to the starboard side of the White Shark, sailed at a low speed, paying attention to the movement of the clamping ship. As long as they dared to approach the White Shark, the Tiger Shark would accelerate its maneuver and protect the bow or stern of the two enemy ships that might attack. With the Tiger Shark, the loyal guard, was there, the two clamping ships did not occupy the dominant position, and they were entangled with Simmons. They chose to cut the stern of the White Shark, but the Tiger Shark directly protected the place with the side, and fired several rounds of volleys from afar, and then headed south.

The Manila main fleet, which was turning left, did not return to the battle line. At this time, the first Manila sailboat raised the commander's flag again because they had seen the Santa Maria surrounded and sinking.

Even though both sides lost a ship and were both flagships, the Manila fleet had lost the courage to fight again. After all, they had lost Admiral Lopez, and the battle lines were completely scattered. Many warships in the fleet were severely damaged, and the Manila fleet chose to retreat.

After being bombed by two hundred heavy shells, not to mention a thousand-ton warship like the Saint Maria, even the peak of the sail battleship, the first-class battleship with a full load displacement of more than 5,000 tons could not stand it. When the Pilot Whale began to spray shells, the port side of the Saint Maria was already in ruins and water quickly entered.

The Marines sent by Captain Tiger Shark boarded the flagship, but they saw that Li Mingxun was running on the deck, commanding people to cut off the main mast and ropes with sailor axes. The St. Maria was sinking. If they didn't cut it off quickly, they might pull the White Shark to hell together.

"Your Excellency, please raise the commander's flag quickly. The fleet needs to know your exact information!" said the captain of the Tiger Shark Marine Corps to Li Mingxun.

Li Mingxun nodded. After the main mast was cut off, Li Mingxun immediately asked someone to raise the commander's flag on the foremast and used the flag words to inform the commander of safety. Li Mingxun also stood on the ship's gorgeous military uniform and greeted all the battleships passing by.

Umu took a Moro to the stern of the White Shark, holding a gorgeous sword in his hand and the commander's flag of Lopez. The Moro knelt on the ground and said, "Great Lord, my master, Lord Lopez, before he died, I hope I will hand you this knife."

As he said that, Umu moved away from his body, and a corpse, or half of it, was dragged on the deck. Lopez's legs and one arm had disappeared. Looking at the broken bone stubble, it should have been broken by a chain bounce. His face was full of unwillingness, and he thought he was unwilling to accept it.

Indeed, if the main mast of the White Shark continues to crack and pull the two ships together, then Santa Maria will cut back to the bow of the White Shark to start a platoon battle, which will not affect the continued battle line, and then Lopez's winning chance will definitely be greater.

Lee Myung-hoon took the knife and said, "Does your master want to surrender?"

The Moro said, "No, he just felt that this knife should not sink into the deep sea. He wanted to give it to you and wanted to tell you something."

"What's the matter?" Li Mingxun asked in confusion.

The Moro said: "The master wants to tell you that his son Lopez, a young man, was not involved in the massacre five years ago, although he was in Manila."

"Little Lopez? Is he also a naval officer?" Lee Mingxun became alert.

Moro said: "No, it's not, the little master is just a gentleman who pursues art and mathematics."

Lee Mingxun nodded: "Okay, I understand. If there is a day when Lopez is worried about, I will give his son a way out."

"Come on, find a Spanish flag, wrap Lopez's body, give this Moro a small boat, and send it back. I should give some respect to the man who almost killed me." Li Mingxun ordered.

Wu Mu led the people as they did. Li Mingxun left enough men to pack up some personal belongings. He followed the boat to the Belle Whale, raised the commander's flag there again, and took over the command of the large fleet.

"Simmons, my friend, what you did is so great!" Li Mingxun saw Simmons and gave him a big hug. If this guy hadn't fought to the Manila battle line and forced himself into the port side of the Santa Maria, he might have died in the battle on the shore.

"Oh my Excellency, this is my glory. We sank the enemy's flagship, and the great fleet lost only one mast. This is a great victory!" said Simmons.

"No, we lost a fly swatter. You are really unlucky. You didn't see the scene of slapping hundreds of bacon into rotten meat when the main mast fell. It was so gorgeous." Li Mingxun, who had won the battle after the disaster, was in a good mood and joked with Simmons.

Simmons poured Lee Mingxun a cup of warm water mixed with rum and said, "Your Excellency, we have lost more than 400 young men. Your flagship has only survived 120 people. It is really terrible. The good news is that the enemy must have lost more than we have. As far as I know, the number of people on Lopez's flagship is always more than 550 people, and we have only recovered seventeen."

If this is the case, the Spanish would suffer at least more than 700 people, because there would definitely be losses on the fleeing warships, but these are not important. The most important thing is that this time, the Admiral Lopez of the Philippines Governor's District was killed, and the enemy's courage was directly shattered. I believe that in the future, the Philippine Governor's District will not dare to fight the community navy again.
Chapter completed!