Chapter 3060
Chapter 3060
Aragones stood on the roof of his mansion, looking gloomy at the advancing Spanish fleet on the distant sea.
As he expected, DeSantis' fleet did not take the rescue of the settlements as the first priority, but decisively gave up the territory of Aragones, and rushed straight to the Haihan base deep in the bay.
Objectively speaking, there is actually no problem with DeSantis' choice. Seizing the fleeting opportunity to defeat the chaotic Haihan fleet is the only way to change the current situation.If he chooses to save the settlements first, the nature is no different from fighting the fire with his salary, and he will only miss a precious opportunity.
But for Aragones, it was a move that DeSantis dug his own grave.
"Since you don't plan to save me, then I can't save you either!" Aragones murmured.
DeSantis didn't know that he had half stepped into the gate of hell.The former convenience is the narrowest section of the channel in the bay. After passing here, you should be able to see the Haihan base.
However, judging from the thick smoke rising in the distance, the fire at the Haihan base should not have been extinguished, and the Haihan fleet must not have recovered its combat capabilities so quickly.
Thinking of a large group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered ahead, DeSantis couldn't help his blood rushing up, and shouted to the sailors on the deck: "Let the Haihan people know today what the real Armada is!"
Everyone on the deck responded in unison, all of them excited, and wanted to accept the military exploits brought to them as soon as possible.
The fleet rushed through this strait channel at the highest speed, and next to the mouth of the Chicano River on the east side of the front is the Haihan Base and the temporary port.
The fire was raging along the coast, and the smoke was lingering. DeSantis picked up the binoculars and planned to see how many Haihan warships were burned in the fire.
But after seeing it, he was so taken aback that he almost lost his grip on the telescope.
Those flames were not the wreckage of the burning warship, but piles of bonfires on the coast.Judging from its condition, it is clearly a man-made fire scene, not caused by a fire.
And the port was empty, and there were no warships at all, let alone the overturned wreckage.
DeSantis' heart sank, and he rushed to the right side of the ship to observe the situation on the west side of the bay.
After sailing out of the narrow strait segment just now, the bay turns sharply south here, and Haihan's base port is located on the east coast, so the west side naturally becomes a blind spot for vision.
It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, after seeing it, De Santis's heart beats faster and he yells that something is wrong.
At least two digits of Haihan warships were rushing straight from the west coast.And the large warship at the head of it is at least twice as large as the other warships next to it, so it should be the legendary Majestic-class warship.
But according to the information provided by Aragones, Haihan only stationed one majestic-class warship in San Diego Bay, and this ship should have capsized and sunk in the previous fire.
The answer is obvious, either the Haihan people know witchcraft and parachuted another Majestic-class warship into the bay, or the information provided by Aragones was wrong, and his so-called night attack and arson had nothing to do with it. side of the ship.
Judging from the bonfire burning in Haihan Harbor, the truth of this matter is obviously not simple.But DeSantis can no longer care about what role Aragones played in this matter. He must first make a judgment on the current situation, and then immediately issue orders to the fleet.
The Haihan fleet was coming aggressively, obviously they had been ambushing here for a long time, waiting for their opponents to show up.
If you turn around and escape at this time, you need to make a big circle in the bay.However, if the Haihan Fleet directly blocks the channel where De Santis came, the entire fleet will be stuck here, and will be passive instead.
For the current plan, they can only bite the bullet and fight. If they can defeat the Haihan Fleet face to face, it will not be in vain to take the risk.
DeSantis immediately ordered to send out a signal, and all ships in the fleet faced it head-on.
The total number of ships in the Spanish fleet is slightly more than that of the opposite Haihan fleet, which makes De Santis seem to see a glimmer of hope for victory.
However, he obviously doesn't know enough about the combat methods of the Haihan fleet, and the tactics he adopted are still the long-term practice of the Spanish fleet, hoping that after the close-range naval artillery bombardment, the combat distance will be shortened to face-to-face by jumping gangs degree.In this way, the Spanish fleet may be able to rely on its superiority in strength to fight Haihan to the death.
But the Haihan fleet didn't do what he wanted. They turned around at a relatively long distance, opened up their formation, aimed their sides at the Spanish fleet, and then opened fire.
This distance has exceeded the range of the Spanish naval guns, but it is still within the strike range of the Haihan naval guns, so the engagement has become a unilateral strike.
Moreover, the Haihan fleet controlled the engagement distance very well, and did not give the Spanish warships a chance to get close at all.
There were two Spanish warships that were trying to get close to exchange fire. As soon as they adjusted their direction, they immediately suffered a round of concentrated fire.The cannonballs rained down like raindrops, and in an instant, a bunch of holes were opened in the sides of the two ships, and then the inflammable materials in the cabin were ignited.
The sailors on the ship could only give up the fight, turn to leave the firefight zone, and focus on dealing with the damage control problem first.
After the two fleets moved toward each other to complete the stagger, the Spanish fleet unilaterally suffered a round of artillery fire.Almost all the ships involved in the battle suffered more or less shells, but their reluctant counterattacks rarely hit the target.
The dominant Haihan fleet did not turn around for the next round of confrontation, but rushed straight to the direction the Spanish fleet came, obviously planning to block the enemy's retreat.
Seeing this, DeSantis scolded Haihan for not talking about martial arts, and even slipped away after a round of fighting. At the same time, he ordered the fleet to turn around quickly and grab the only channel out of San Diego Bay.
He knew that if his fleet was blocked in the bay, even if the Haihan people didn't take the initiative to fight, they probably wouldn't be able to last for too long—maybe he could still count on Aragones to rescue him.
DeSantis secretly vowed that if he can successfully escape today, he must make Aragones' actions public.He has figured it out now, if Aragones hadn't colluded with the enemy, even if the enemy set up an ambush in the bay, they would not be able to lure him to take the initiative to attack.
The so-called night raids and arson, and the so-called once-in-a-lifetime fighters are all Aragones' means to lure him into a trap.
DeSantis really didn't understand why this guy Aragones couldn't cooperate with him honestly and patiently wait for the real fighter to appear.
The two local settlements are located on both sides of the bay. With a little arrangement, the waterway in the bay can be blocked. If Aragones is willing to fight Haihan to the death, plus the fleet brought by DeSantis, it will also There is no chance of winning.
Just as DeSantis was thinking, artillery positions really appeared near the colonial settlements on both sides of the bay, and all the muzzles were aimed at the sea, forming a pincer attack.It's just that their target is not Haihan, but the Spanish fleet that is heading here.
As he expected, DeSantis' fleet did not take the rescue of the settlements as the first priority, but decisively gave up the territory of Aragones, and rushed straight to the Haihan base deep in the bay.
Objectively speaking, there is actually no problem with DeSantis' choice. Seizing the fleeting opportunity to defeat the chaotic Haihan fleet is the only way to change the current situation.If he chooses to save the settlements first, the nature is no different from fighting the fire with his salary, and he will only miss a precious opportunity.
But for Aragones, it was a move that DeSantis dug his own grave.
"Since you don't plan to save me, then I can't save you either!" Aragones murmured.
DeSantis didn't know that he had half stepped into the gate of hell.The former convenience is the narrowest section of the channel in the bay. After passing here, you should be able to see the Haihan base.
However, judging from the thick smoke rising in the distance, the fire at the Haihan base should not have been extinguished, and the Haihan fleet must not have recovered its combat capabilities so quickly.
Thinking of a large group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered ahead, DeSantis couldn't help his blood rushing up, and shouted to the sailors on the deck: "Let the Haihan people know today what the real Armada is!"
Everyone on the deck responded in unison, all of them excited, and wanted to accept the military exploits brought to them as soon as possible.
The fleet rushed through this strait channel at the highest speed, and next to the mouth of the Chicano River on the east side of the front is the Haihan Base and the temporary port.
The fire was raging along the coast, and the smoke was lingering. DeSantis picked up the binoculars and planned to see how many Haihan warships were burned in the fire.
But after seeing it, he was so taken aback that he almost lost his grip on the telescope.
Those flames were not the wreckage of the burning warship, but piles of bonfires on the coast.Judging from its condition, it is clearly a man-made fire scene, not caused by a fire.
And the port was empty, and there were no warships at all, let alone the overturned wreckage.
DeSantis' heart sank, and he rushed to the right side of the ship to observe the situation on the west side of the bay.
After sailing out of the narrow strait segment just now, the bay turns sharply south here, and Haihan's base port is located on the east coast, so the west side naturally becomes a blind spot for vision.
It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, after seeing it, De Santis's heart beats faster and he yells that something is wrong.
At least two digits of Haihan warships were rushing straight from the west coast.And the large warship at the head of it is at least twice as large as the other warships next to it, so it should be the legendary Majestic-class warship.
But according to the information provided by Aragones, Haihan only stationed one majestic-class warship in San Diego Bay, and this ship should have capsized and sunk in the previous fire.
The answer is obvious, either the Haihan people know witchcraft and parachuted another Majestic-class warship into the bay, or the information provided by Aragones was wrong, and his so-called night attack and arson had nothing to do with it. side of the ship.
Judging from the bonfire burning in Haihan Harbor, the truth of this matter is obviously not simple.But DeSantis can no longer care about what role Aragones played in this matter. He must first make a judgment on the current situation, and then immediately issue orders to the fleet.
The Haihan fleet was coming aggressively, obviously they had been ambushing here for a long time, waiting for their opponents to show up.
If you turn around and escape at this time, you need to make a big circle in the bay.However, if the Haihan Fleet directly blocks the channel where De Santis came, the entire fleet will be stuck here, and will be passive instead.
For the current plan, they can only bite the bullet and fight. If they can defeat the Haihan Fleet face to face, it will not be in vain to take the risk.
DeSantis immediately ordered to send out a signal, and all ships in the fleet faced it head-on.
The total number of ships in the Spanish fleet is slightly more than that of the opposite Haihan fleet, which makes De Santis seem to see a glimmer of hope for victory.
However, he obviously doesn't know enough about the combat methods of the Haihan fleet, and the tactics he adopted are still the long-term practice of the Spanish fleet, hoping that after the close-range naval artillery bombardment, the combat distance will be shortened to face-to-face by jumping gangs degree.In this way, the Spanish fleet may be able to rely on its superiority in strength to fight Haihan to the death.
But the Haihan fleet didn't do what he wanted. They turned around at a relatively long distance, opened up their formation, aimed their sides at the Spanish fleet, and then opened fire.
This distance has exceeded the range of the Spanish naval guns, but it is still within the strike range of the Haihan naval guns, so the engagement has become a unilateral strike.
Moreover, the Haihan fleet controlled the engagement distance very well, and did not give the Spanish warships a chance to get close at all.
There were two Spanish warships that were trying to get close to exchange fire. As soon as they adjusted their direction, they immediately suffered a round of concentrated fire.The cannonballs rained down like raindrops, and in an instant, a bunch of holes were opened in the sides of the two ships, and then the inflammable materials in the cabin were ignited.
The sailors on the ship could only give up the fight, turn to leave the firefight zone, and focus on dealing with the damage control problem first.
After the two fleets moved toward each other to complete the stagger, the Spanish fleet unilaterally suffered a round of artillery fire.Almost all the ships involved in the battle suffered more or less shells, but their reluctant counterattacks rarely hit the target.
The dominant Haihan fleet did not turn around for the next round of confrontation, but rushed straight to the direction the Spanish fleet came, obviously planning to block the enemy's retreat.
Seeing this, DeSantis scolded Haihan for not talking about martial arts, and even slipped away after a round of fighting. At the same time, he ordered the fleet to turn around quickly and grab the only channel out of San Diego Bay.
He knew that if his fleet was blocked in the bay, even if the Haihan people didn't take the initiative to fight, they probably wouldn't be able to last for too long—maybe he could still count on Aragones to rescue him.
DeSantis secretly vowed that if he can successfully escape today, he must make Aragones' actions public.He has figured it out now, if Aragones hadn't colluded with the enemy, even if the enemy set up an ambush in the bay, they would not be able to lure him to take the initiative to attack.
The so-called night raids and arson, and the so-called once-in-a-lifetime fighters are all Aragones' means to lure him into a trap.
DeSantis really didn't understand why this guy Aragones couldn't cooperate with him honestly and patiently wait for the real fighter to appear.
The two local settlements are located on both sides of the bay. With a little arrangement, the waterway in the bay can be blocked. If Aragones is willing to fight Haihan to the death, plus the fleet brought by DeSantis, it will also There is no chance of winning.
Just as DeSantis was thinking, artillery positions really appeared near the colonial settlements on both sides of the bay, and all the muzzles were aimed at the sea, forming a pincer attack.It's just that their target is not Haihan, but the Spanish fleet that is heading here.