The earth-shaking sound of artillery fire completely shattered the quiet night.

At such a close distance, the shells penetrated the enemy ship as easily as breaking through window paper.

Inside the treasure ship, the Spaniards who were sleeping on the hanging bed were knocked to the ground by the huge shaking of the ship before they could react.

At the same time as the huge earthquake, the thick ship walls shattered one after another, solid iron bullets flew into the cabin, oak fragments sprayed inward, and instantly tore all non-metallic objects in the cabin into pieces. The heavy gun carriage was smashed to pieces by the shells, heads flew around the cabin, brains and blood covered the floor, and incomplete corpses were everywhere. It was a bloody hell on earth!

Of course, the ship was so large that it was impossible for all parts to be attacked at the same time, so the Spaniards at the stern had time to react.

Amid the roar of cannons, screams and the shaking of the ship, the well-trained Spanish infantry equipped themselves as quickly as possible, rushed out of the cabin carrying muskets and long and short weapons, ready to take advantage of the weather deck and poop deck to meet the enemy.

However, what awaited them was the pouring shotgun shells from the big Portuguese machine. This breech-loading gun, called a whirling cannon by the Spanish, has been played to the extreme by the Coast Guard. A mother gun is so crazy that it is equipped with 20 sub-cannons. Moreover, with the improvement of processing accuracy and the use of Eucommia rubber rings, the sealing performance has also been greatly improved. Now a gun can shoot from beginning to end. Are you afraid?

The Spaniards who rushed out of the cabin would be sprayed by several large Portuguese machine guns at the first moment.

The Spaniards were like waves of wheat under a strong wind, falling to the ground in wave after wave, and were unable to organize an effective counterattack.

The bombardment lasted for a full ten minutes. The Wenzhou took care of all the shooting windows of the double-decker Spanish treasure ship before shooting out the anchor claws and hooking the enemy ship tightly.

When the two ships were within ten feet of each other, wooden boards with iron claws on both ends were placed between the two ships. The commandos, wearing iron helmets and chain mail on their upper bodies, bravely stepped onto the wooden boards with the support of the dense rain of bullets from the Portuguese machine guns, rushed to the treasure ship, and beat up the Spaniards who were suppressed and could not raise their heads.

When the gunfire stopped, the weather deck was in a mess, with corpses lying all over the place, and not a single living person was seen.

But there were still many Spanish sailors and soldiers in the cabin. They were experienced and knew they would be shot at if they went out of the cabin, so they simply hid in the cabin, waiting for the enemy to rush in. Without the support of artillery fire, they could win with their superb martial arts and familiarity with the terrain!

However, the robbery skills of these pirates were beyond their imagination.

Seeing that the Spaniards were huddled in the cabin and dared not come out, the commandos did not force an attack, but instead lit up some rattan ball-like objects and threw them in through the door.

Soon, thick smoke billowed out of the cabin and the Spaniards' desperate coughs were heard.

This is the 'poison smoke bomb' developed by the 00 Institute based on the 'poison smoke ball' in "Wujing Zongyao" and the 'poison smoke tube' in Marshal Qi's "Jixiao Xinshu".

The principle is to use the burning of chemical substances such as gunpowder and sulfur to produce poisonous smoke to make people "cry and sneeze, hold their breath and keep silent".

But this weapon is not very useful in open areas. The enemy only needs to cover their mouths and noses, lie on the ground and endure it, and the poisonous smoke will soon dissipate. Moreover, if the wind direction is against you, the poisonous smoke may blow back to you, and then you will be doomed.

However, it is still very useful in naval battles. Throwing it into a cabin where ventilation conditions are generally poor will definitely be a nightmare for the crew inside.

Considering that there might be encounters with pirates during this round-the-world voyage, Zhao Hao distributed a batch of them to Lin Feng, which would be useful in the event of a boarding battle. Today, they finally came in handy.

The effect is pretty good.

Soon, just like smoking field mice in the countryside, the Spanish soldiers ran out one after another, throwing off their armor and helmets, lying on the ground with snot and tears, gasping for breath. The "pirates" killed them one by one like playing whack-a-mole.

The "pirates" who boarded the ship relied on their protective masks and used poisonous smoke balls to clean up layer by layer. It only took half an hour to control the entire ship.

In the warehouse at the bottom of the ship, the commandos found wooden boxes that were neatly stacked and locked, as if to prevent others from knowing that they contained valuable goods.

The captain chopped off the lock with an axe, and the lid of the box was blown open by the violent force, and the things inside immediately blinded their eyes.

A box full of pesos!

And it’s gold pesos, not silver pesos!

The team members opened the boxes one by one, and the first ten boxes were all filled with identical gold coins!

They kept prying into the eleventh box before they found the familiar silver pesos...

But no one dared to take a penny. The police officers were watching, but what was more terrifying was how Lin Feng would treat them after returning.

Stripping them naked and taking a bath is child's play, and she will even let Ma Yishan check their anus. Although not everyone will find it painful, in short, when your commander is both a woman and a pirate leader, you'd better not try to hide anything.

She'll find it, stuff it up your ass, and throw you into the ocean to feed the sharks.

~~

While the Wenzhou was taking down one treasure ship, the Taizhou was taking down another using similar methods.

After confirming that Lin Feng's guess was correct and the two ships were indeed full of gold, silver and treasures, the team members quickly returned to the deck and began to skillfully raise the anchor, hoist the sails and steer the ship.

When the Coast Guard started out, they learned from the foreigners, and the new warships they built were actually not much different from Western ships, so they naturally had no difficulty operating them.

When firing just now, the gunners also tried to avoid the masts and sails as much as possible. Although a lot of them were still broken, the quality of the treasure ship was good, and most of the sails could still be used. In just a quarter of an hour, the two scarred sailing ships slowly sailed towards the bay.

At this time, the Spanish on the shore rushed to the dock, jumped on the brig and came to reinforce.

But how could a small sailboat weighing only about 100 to 80 tons and equipped with only a few small cannons be a match for the Taizhou and Wenzhou?

The sister ships of these two frigates served as battleships in the Battle of Nan'ao Bay four years ago!

Moreover, the tonnage of these two sisters is even larger, the design is more reasonable, and the ship is made of oak. Their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the three sisters.

Tongues of orange-yellow flames kept appearing and whistling chain bombs were whirling around, smashing the masts and sails of the schooners to pieces.

Those schooners only run transportation near the coast. How can their fragile planks withstand the fierce short heavy artillery?

If you're lucky, you can get it right away...

As a result, the two frigates left behind prevented dozens of small sailboats from getting close.

This is normal. Otherwise, why would we spend dozens or hundreds of times the price to build expensive warships?

There had already been continuous gunfire sounds at the mouth of the bay, and the 'eternal sinner Liu Daxia', like a giant beast in the sea, attracted all the firepower.

So when the two treasure ships came out, the fortress batteries on both sides had no time to turn their guns and aim, and could only watch as the Emperor's treasure ships were arrogantly sailed out of Onda Bay by the pirates!

Then the Wenzhou and Taizhou followed.

Finally, the Liu Daxia, which had suffered another beating, swayed out of the bay in the morning light and disappeared from the sight of the defenders along the ocean current.

When the commander of the garrison in Onda learned that the two treasure ships had been robbed, he almost fainted on the spot and quickly ordered his men to ride on horseback to Havana to report the news.

Although pirates in the Caribbean are rampant, this is the first time in all these years that a treasure ship has actually been stolen!

And it was in a heavily guarded harbor!

Originally, they had to wait until four years later when Captain Drake came to destroy the Spanish.

But who made Spain so stubborn that it had to mess with the wrong woman? Now, the "Eastern Drake" took the lead.

Lin Feng also became famous in the Caribbean and became an idol of pirates. As a result, when Captain Dirk became famous again in the future, he could only be called "Lin Feng of the West"...

Of course, this is a later story.

~~

On the other side, Colonel Tiago is still in Havana.

That day he captured all the Ming people on the small boat, nearly two hundred people.

In addition, there were three Ming Dynasty ships in the dock, which was an unexpected surprise.

These gains are enough to report to His Royal Highness the Viceroy.

But what made him unhappy was that the locals actually hid the Ming people and helped them avoid his pursuit.

This made the colonel very angry, as if his own country had been cheated on.

In fact, this is also normal. Given the things that the Spanish have done that have wiped out their own descendants, it would be strange if the Cubans didn't hate them. So as long as they are enemies of Spain, they will lend a helping hand. Not to mention that in the past month, the Ming people have left them with a very good impression.

Colonel Tiago, enraged and humiliated, ordered a city-wide search, searching for the Ming people door to door!

What's even more perverted is that he ordered that if Ming people were captured, they should be kept alive as much as possible, but any local people who hid them should be executed.

The Spaniards didn't regard the natives as human beings because their lives were worthless. They killed them so much that there was no labor force left on the plantations, so they had to import black slaves from Africa to replace them...

However, this method was still very effective. In order not to implicate the local people, the Ming people came out to surrender one after another. As a result, another 150 to 160 people were captured in one day, which made Colonel Tiago overjoyed. Not only could he complete the task, but he could also take credit for it!

He was cautious by nature and worried that the captives would be hijacked by the Ming people during transportation, so he ordered the Governor of Cuba to temporarily detain the captives in the castle. After he completed the task of escorting the treasure ship, he would personally escort the Ming people back to Mexico after returning.

Over there, the Havana shipyard had sufficient spare parts, and the four warships with damaged oars were quickly repaired. We could return to Onda early tomorrow morning to pick up the two treasure ships.

Before leaving, the Governor of Cuba held a farewell banquet for him in his official residence and presented him with generous gifts. Then he asked him nervously what the Ming people had done wrong.

"Your Excellency is mainly wondering if it will implicate you, right?" For the sake of the five thousand pesos, the colonel did not hide it. "Don't worry, as long as you are polite, it shouldn't happen."

"That's great." The Governor-General understood that it was good to be able to use money to avoid disaster. He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again, "But I am really curious why His Royal Highness the Vice Prince wants to deal with the Ming people. Given the close trade relations between the two sides, it should be a bilateral friendship, right?"

"The Governor of Luzon and his army, fleet, and all the Spaniards there were wiped out by a group called Prince Zhao from the Ming Dynasty." The colonel lowered his voice and sighed, "Don't let this matter spread. The viceroy still doesn't know how to explain it to His Majesty."

In fact, his boss had told him the same thing. But if everyone kept their mouths shut, news wouldn't spread so quickly.

"That's for sure." The Governor nodded hurriedly, and suddenly said, "So we want to take revenge on them?"

"We need to exchange prisoners, otherwise I won't kill any of them?" the colonel said with a capable look on his face.

In fact, he had to do this because he let the majority of the people go and there were not enough Ming people left to report to the emperor, so he had no choice but to do so.

As the two were talking, the door of the banquet hall was suddenly pushed open.

The Governor was about to explode when Colonel Tiago suddenly stood up.

Because the person who came was his deputy, Lieutenant Colonel Aguero, who stayed in Onda Bay to guard the treasure ship!

"What happened?!" Thiago asked in surprise.

"It's over, it's all over..." The lieutenant colonel fell to his knees and burst into tears.

ps. It’s gone tonight.