After being harassed by Lin Feng's sleepless Sea Wolf tactics for a day and a night, two masts of the Galiles were broken and most of the sails were damaged. Although the crew tried their best to repair it, they could not keep up with the speed of destruction.

The speed of the Gareles inevitably dropped again and again, which made the Pena, which was escorting it, suffer a lot.

In order to drive away the wolves that were constantly biting their injured companions, the sailors of the Pena were always on high alert. They also had to steer the heavy caravel to turn constantly, and they were all exhausted.

Domingo realized that this was not going to work, so he discussed with the captain of the Pena, Silva, and decided that they had to teach these hateful boot-hanging devils a lesson in order to get rid of them.

The target they chose was Chen Huaixiu's fleet, which was following far behind. These armed merchant ships were thin-skinned and large, with poor firepower, and were perfect for creating a victory and killing chickens to scare monkeys.

This would also allow Lin Feng's fleet to move away from the Gareles, giving the poor Gareles a chance to escape the wolf pack's pursuit.

So when Domingo was entangled with Lin Feng's fleet, he suddenly turned and rushed south towards Chen Huaixiu's fleet.

They underestimated Chen Huaixiu. She was able to become the leader of the Sand Boat Gang because of her status as a widow, and it was true that she was helped by Master Zhao. But she was able to hold this position firmly, and no one was dissatisfied with it until today, because of her own strength.

Although she is not as aggressive as Lin Feng, she is calm and decisive, and has the demeanor of a general.

Last time, because the Portuguese had four large sailing ships, Chen Huaixiu did not dare to fight head-on and only brought twenty boats to rescue Lin Feng. After achieving the goal, he quickly retreated.

This time, Chen Huaixiu brought all the big ships with him, and he was determined to get back the lost ground.

Whenever the Sand Boat Gang fights with others, they always win by numbers.

Seeing the large sailing ship heading towards his fleet, Chen Huaixiu smiled coldly and immediately ordered the No. 4 command flag and the No. 8 battle flag to be hoisted - sail side by side in a column and fire from the stern!

More than 40 armed merchant ships immediately turned around and sailed south in a side-by-side column, keeping a distance from the Pena while firing their stern guns.

Although each armed merchant ship only had two stern guns, there were too many ships. A hundred guns firing at the same time would be enough to deal a heavy blow to the Pena.

Chen Huaixiu knew that when the Pena was chasing, the powerful broadside firepower would be completely useless, and it could only rely on a few pitiful bow guns to fight back. This would give his side a huge firepower advantage.

And the most important point is that all five masts of the armed merchant ship are hoisted with sails, which is the type of ship with the best headwind performance among all the sailing ships in the world. Chen Huaixiu deliberately ran against the wind to bully the Pena, which had extremely poor headwind maneuverability.

After these days of fighting, she had thoroughly understood the weaknesses of these arrogant sailing ships. Now that the Pena was alone, why not try to bully it at its weaknesses?

"How can they all be so shameless!" Domingo was about to burst out of frustration after encountering the situation where he could neither fight nor catch up. He had experienced in advance the helplessness of the commander of the Spanish Invincible Armada when facing the British in 1588.

Speaking of which, Lin Feng and Chen Huaixiu are colleagues of Drake, so it is normal for them to adopt the same tactics.

As a result, the two sides chased each other for a long time, but it was the Pena that had a section of its mast broken and several sails shot through.

This made Domingo completely understand that those who dared to chase him were not weak ones.

Moreover, the Lin Feng fleet did not turn back to help the armed merchant ships as he expected, and it was obvious that they were not worried about this side at all. This made Domingo worry about the Gareles again.

He was about to give up the pursuit and order to turn back to protect Galiles, but he heard the lookout cry out that two galleons were coming.

Domingo turned around and was stunned. The two galleons that had lost their ability to move had grown masts and sails again and were approaching Pena at full speed, less than a kilometer away!

The lookout on the Pena never thought that the two ships would catch up, so he didn't pay attention to the rear at all. He was only watching Chen Huaixiu's fleet and the north to see if there would be any ships coming back. Unexpectedly, two truly deadly warships suddenly appeared in the west!

What's even more terrible is that at this time, the Pena's stern was facing the bows of the two approaching ships, and it was in great danger of being attacked from behind!

Domingo stared at the two ships in a daze, muttering, "Impossible! How could they be repaired so quickly? What kind of monsters are the Jiangnan Group?"

Lin Hongzhong's face turned green. "This is too strong..."

In Lin Hongzhong's opinion, the entire Ming Dynasty was lagging behind. This further highlighted the strength of the Jiangnan Group, which could be called the "Qi Family Army on the Sea"!

"Prepare to meet the enemy!" Seeing that the commander was slow to speak, Colonel Silva shouted an order, asking the gunners to prepare for shooting.

"No, turn!" Domingo came to his senses and shouted hurriedly, "The Pena cannot make any more mistakes!"

"Commander, didn't you say that we must teach these damn boot-hanging ghosts a lesson before we can get rid of them?!" Silva openly contradicted him. He had had enough of Domingo's dilemma and couldn't let his own ship be destroyed.

"Destroying their two galleons is more effective than sinking twenty armed merchant ships!"

"But if we let those two boats get close, they can kill us!" Domingo still remembered that horrible "snatching" posture, and he didn't want to see it happen again. He was so anxious that he kept jumping up and down and said, "We must keep a distance from them, so we have to turn to the wind!"

"If we turn now, we'll be bombarded with shells for nothing." Silva looked at the half-remaining foremast with distress and flatly refused to change the order, saying, "Commander, I have the right to decide the course of my ship!"

There is no essential difference between turning a ship and turning a fleet. Both turn around a fixed point, so the enemy ship will change from hitting a moving target to hitting a fixed target, and the hit rate will naturally be greatly improved. For a carrack like the Pena, which is heavy in turning, the sails and cables will definitely suffer.

The Pena was not a warship belonging to the Macau Fleet, but the flagship of the Malacca Fleet. It was only temporarily under the command of Domingo in the name of the Governor of Malacca to support the battle against the Jiangnan Group.

"You will regret it soon!" Domingo was left with only impotent rage. His Macau fleet had been completely destroyed, not a single ship left. He could only rely on Silva's ship. How could he suppress this senior colonel?

Silva turned a deaf ear to his warning and insisted that the Pena maintain its course to fight!

So, angry.

The Xuande cannon roared again, and pairs of double shells whizzed out from the orange fire snakes, smashing open the thick oak guard plate of the Pena. The shrapnel shells shot into the cabin, sweeping everything on the gun deck!

The upper guns of the Pena also opened fire at the same time, destroying the masts of ships 102 and 103 that had just been repaired.

Silva was dumbfounded when he saw the gun positions on the gun deck being destroyed one after another and big holes being made in the hull of the ship.

Only then did he realize that Domingo was right this time. Facing such a desperate madman, even if he killed him, his warship would be seriously damaged.

Thinking of the tragic fate of the Galiles, he broke out in a sweat and shouted, "Turn, turn!"

102 and 103 finally got close, so they couldn't let go of the opportunity to damage the other ship. The two ships also turned together and continued to attack closely.

And this time they learned their lesson. After sweeping the gun deck of the Pena, they stopped wasting shells and instead lowered their gun muzzles and used solid bullets to bombard the waterline of the Pena.

By the time the Pena finally turned around and hoisted its sails to leave the battle, there were already more than a dozen large holes on the waterline. Fortunately, there were sailors from the Oriental Beauty and the Duke of Goa on board, so there was plenty of manpower, otherwise there would be no way to stop so many leaks.

Chen Huaixiu, who had been roaming nearby, immediately commanded his fleet to chase after them, continuously attacking the enemy's masts with the bow guns.

The reason why ships 102 and 103 were thrown away was that their masts were destroyed again.

Moreover, it was daytime this time, and the enemy gunners' accuracy was greatly improved, destroying all eight masts of the two ships, leaving them as bare plank boats, completely losing power.

Fortunately, the casualties were not great. Only about ten people were killed in the two ships and dozens were seriously injured.

Now the Ryukyu fleet had no masts to use, so the two warships withdrew from the battle and were towed back to the Qing'ao Bay base by four galleys.

Zheng Dao led the remaining galleys to continue moving forward, looking for his own warships that had lost power and towing them back home.

This move was very necessary. In the following night and day, the Ryukyu Fleet encountered nine ships from the Lin Feng Fleet and the Chen Huaixiu Fleet along the way, and the masts and sails were destroyed by two large sailing ships. They had to change to towing one ship and returning home, and the paddle boats were barely enough.

This shows how fierce the subsequent battle was!

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Because both female generals were strongly aware that the opportunity to destroy the two large sailing ships was right in front of them! When the opportunity arose, both of them decided without hesitation to seize it at all costs!

When a woman goes crazy, men have nothing to do.

Under the relentless pursuit of the two wolf packs led by two female wolves, the Gareles dared not wait for the Pena. The Pena, which was also seriously injured, could not care about the Gareles, and the two ships had to fight on their own, using all their strength to drive away the wolf pack.

At night, the two sailing ships were still restless. The wolves continued to approach them in the darkness, firing cannons and rockets continuously, causing holes in the hulls of the two ships, adding to the wounds and causing them to continue to bleed.

At dawn the next day, the Gareles finally couldn't hold on any longer and raised the white flag!

Because it had used up all its ammunition, and the hull was leaking badly, but there were not enough sailors to rescue it...

Lin Feng's fleet, which was also exhausted, stopped the chase with satisfaction. Still with his thief nature, he led his men onto the Gareles and started looting.

Ship 104 naturally would not get involved in such matters. It released a reconnaissance balloon, determined the direction of the Pena, and then went to support Chen Huaixiu's fleet.

ps. I didn't sleep well for a few days, and I had a severe headache today. I slept all day and only finished one chapter. I will continue writing.