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Chapter 357 The Enemy Does Not Surrender

The fleet that was having fun with the remaining fleet was just another group of people who did not want to be with Ciro.

The group gathered more than 40 ships, led by an officer named Olis, and ran out one after the other.

Orlis was not far from Ciro's fleet when they were bombarded.Seeing that there was an interception in front, he immediately turned around, made a big bend, and advanced close to the coast on the north side of Manila Bay.Fortunately, Xie Xuelong and others who came to intercept Xi Luo were bypassed, but Mingren also arranged a fleet to stay behind at the entrance of the bay.

Seeing that there was no way out, Olis gritted his teeth and directly ordered the fleet to advance at full speed, preparing to forcibly break out of the blockade.

Zheng Zhilong's warship guessed their plan, and after firing warning shots to no avail, they directly launched an attack. The fleets of the two sides fought in the waters near Corregidor Island.

When Xie Xuelong arrived, the battle had been going on for nearly two quarters of an hour, and both sides suffered casualties.

The Spanish side has advanced artillery, but fewer soldiers.

Although the artillery of the warship under Zheng Zhilong's command is not as good as that of the opponent, the victory lies in the fact that the ship has more people and is brave in combat.

The two sides suffered casualties and fought together inextricably.

Seeing this situation, Xie Xuelong directly asked the sailors on the ship to semaphore, signaling Zheng Zhilong's warships to withdraw from the battlefield.

The arrival of the First Fleet quickly attracted the attention of both sides. After seeing the semaphore, the warships under Zheng Zhilong left the battlefield one after another and avoided the side.Olis found that there were fewer and fewer warships blocking him, and knowing that it was not the time to fight, he led the fleet to quickly escape from the battlefield and fled all the way south.

Naturally, Xie Xuelong would not let them escape, and led the fleet to chase in the direction where Olis was escaping.

"Do you think we can catch up with them?" Xie Xuelong asked Franco with a smile, looking at the fleet of Orlis frantically fleeing in the distance.

"I don't know." Franco said in a muffled voice.

He already knew the news of the fall of Manila, and he was so sad that he couldn't help himself.

Gone.

Luzon, which had been in business for decades, was gone, and was easily taken down by the Ming people in less than a month.

I'm strong if I don't cry, and you asked me if I could catch up with my fleeing compatriots.

Are you still human?

"Franco, let me feel the strength of the First Fleet up close this time! Pursue at full speed!"

Following Xie Xuelong's order, the Shuntian roared and chased after Olis' fleet.

Franco watched with an ugly face as the fleet of Olis, who was struggling to escape, was getting closer and closer, and finally reached the distance that Xuelong thought was appropriate.

"Order to fire."

Xie Xuelong held the guardrail in his hands, and gave instructions to Lu Shixuan who was beside him.

In fact, Olis's fleet never escaped from the firing range of the First Fleet, but Xie Xuelong still decided to chase them closer before firing out of the idea of ​​not wasting shells.At this time, the Shuntian was less than two miles away from the nearest warships of the Aulis fleet, and the four main guns fired shells at the same time.

boom!
Two of the four shells missed and two hit.

But this was only the beginning, and the remaining six warships also launched an attack.

Cannons and cannons fired together, and warships in Olis' fleet were constantly hit, sinking and exploding.

The warship that Olis was on was at the forefront, but he also knew that Da Ming's fleet was chasing after him.

The soldiers on board watched the warships behind them being continuously concentrated, and they all panicked.

"What to do!? What to do? The Ming people are chasing after us."

asked a Spanish officer anxiously.

"Shut up!" Olis yelled at him, frightened the officer shut up.

But then he realized that they were all fucking deserters!Who are you yelling at?

"Why are you yelling at me? Do you have the guts to fight Mingren? Let you take the big guy to escape, and you think you are the governor?"

"What did you say?" Olis looked at the officer who was talking back to him in surprise.

You must know that his position is not low, and it turns out that this is impossible.

"I said you have no ability, you just know how to talk nonsense."

The officer didn't say a word, and Olis punched him in the face.The officer was not to be outdone, and the two scuffled on the deck.

The soldiers stepped forward to fight one after another, but they couldn't pull it apart for a while.

Until a "boom".

A warship closest to them was hit by a shell, and the stern of the ship was directly blown to pieces, and an arm of unknown owner fell to the side of the two of Olis who were hugging each other.

Olis was stunned, and so was the officer.

The people around were also stunned.

Olis stood up silently, and the officer did not stop him, and also stood up.

He tidied up his military uniform silently, looked at the half-damaged fleet, looked at everyone and said:

"I will not surrender! As for you, decide for yourself."

After all, he came to the artillery at the stern, took the torches from the soldiers, ordered the soldiers to load the ammunition, and started shooting at the chasing First Fleet.

"what should we do?"

"Fight them!"

"Fight? Your artillery can't even scratch the shell of other people's warships. Why do you fight? Surrender, maybe you can survive."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Everyone knew that stubborn resistance would lead to death, and the only way out was to surrender.

"I agree." The officer who had just talked with Olis was the first to speak.

"I agree."

If someone takes an opinion, the next thing will be easy to handle.

A soldier climbed to the mast to hang a white flag on it, but at some point, seven or eight warships behind him had already hung white flags.

"My lord, stop firing! They all feel like they have surrendered!" The soldier beside Olis grabbed him who was about to light the fire.

Olis froze for a moment, then looked back at the highest point of the mast, and saw that the flag of Spanish honor had been taken down, replaced by a crumpled, dirty, but extremely glaring white flag.

Olis smiled wryly, looked at the soldier who was pulling his arm and asked.

"Are you afraid of death?"

"what?"

The soldier froze for a moment, then hesitated and didn't answer.

"Hahaha, you guys are afraid of death! You have already forgotten what we are fighting for! You cowards! Your majesty the great king! Olis swears allegiance to you to the death!"

Olis laughed wildly, then held the side of the boat, jumped into the vast sea.

Before the people around him could react, Olis had already jumped out.Everyone came to the side of the boat and looked around, but there was no sign of Olis.

Perhaps it was the death of Olis that aroused the blood in everyone's hearts.A soldier climbed onto the mast again and tore down the white flag.

"Fight with Mingren!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

A group of people were impassioned and entered the fighting position one after another. At the same time, they began to turn around, and saw that the cannons on the side of the ship were all exposed.

This is a typical Spanish sailing ship with a total of 26 cannons, twelve on one side and one at the head and tail.Just now he was only focused on fleeing and couldn't fire the cannon at all. Now he jumped to the bow of the ship and the twelve cannons fired at once, which was quite impressive.

Xie Xuelong saw it and was unwilling.

"The enemy not only refused to surrender, but dared to fight back! Fire!"

(End of this chapter)