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Chapter 663 The Despair of the Allied Forces [1 More]

Because of the great victory in the daytime, at least in the eyes of the coalition forces, they could not lose the disadvantage in the confrontation with the Ming fleet, and even stood at the upper hand. That was a great victory. This great victory made the coalition forces feel like the Ming fleet, but these people didn't think about the gap between the fleets of the two sides.

Yu Dayou's warships were only more than 200, but the coalition forces gathered more than a dozen countries, and even pirates were brought up, bringing together thousands of warships.

As the saying goes, if there are too many ants, you will bite the elephant to death.

Although the performance of warships is much worse than that of the Ming warships, the coalition forces have indeed gained the upper hand in the battle in the daytime with their numerical advantage.

The coalition forces all felt careless about the Ming fleet from top to bottom. They thought that the Ming fleet must have been hiding in the port and shivering, so although they sent soldiers to guard, they did not have much vigilance.

These people never dreamed that Yu Dayou and others retreated and returned to the port for a little rest. After completing the supply of the warships, they set sail again without stopping. With their superb navigation skills, they rushed to the port where the coalition forces were docked in the night.

Yu Dayou and others had already investigated the ports where the coalition forces were docked, and even knew some of the arrangements in the ports.

The battle in the daytime made Yu Dayou and other generals realize that although the performance of the warships on the coalition side was not as good as theirs, they could really waste them to death with their number advantage.

After realizing this, Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and the others thought of the first thing they wanted was not to escape, but to think about how to reverse the unfavorable situation.

Sailing out to sea, after one after another, the naval battles of all sizes were as large as dozens of times, even if there were not a hundred.

Yu Dayou never retreated. Even if he was a strong opponent, he would dare to lead the fleet to rush.

The night attack was a decision made by Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and other generals after some discussion, and it was also the weakness of the coalition forces.

The coalition itself is composed of navies from more than a dozen countries. Although it is a joint force, it has its own ownership. This situation will not affect the overall situation when fighting in the daytime. However, once it falls into chaos, the navies of more than a dozen countries will inevitably become a mess.

This is true. Just when Yu Dayou and others led a fleet to blow the port open in the night, and then blocked the port and vented artillery fire to the port, the naval fleets of more than a dozen countries stationed in the port fell into chaos.

Especially not long ago, senior naval executives from various countries gathered together to drink and chat, celebrating the achievements of the destruction of the Ming fleet in advance.

As you can imagine, no more than 10% of the senior executives can remain awake when they disperse.

Before these naval senior officials could sleep, they heard a rumbling sound, and the earth shook, and the explosion like thunder suddenly woke these people up, and even the drunkenness disappeared out of thin air.

The generals ran out of the room in a panic, their clothes were disheveled, their faces were flustered, and they could see the chaos in the port.

The night was deep. If it weren't for the burning fire, it would be impossible to see clearly what was going on in the port.

But at this moment, the port was filled with flames, and warships were crowded in the port. Nearly a thousand warships gathered in a port, almost one ship next to one ship. In this way, as long as the artillery of the Ming Fleet aimed at the direction of the port, it would be 100% dare not say that the coalition warships could hit at least one shot from three guns.

With the port gate blocked, hundreds of warships under Yu Dayou were crazily pouring artillery fire towards the port.

The shells fell like heavy rain, just a blink of an eye. At least dozens of warships ignited fire, illuminating the entire port.

The fired warships illuminated the chaotic warships around the Ming fleet like large torches, and immediately made the warships the targets of artillery bombardment.

In the port, Prince William's residence was awakened by the sound of artillery fire. Prince William put on his clothes under the service of the attendant, walked out of the bedroom quickly, and also saw the fire in the direction of the port.

A thud of heart, Prince William's face turned extremely ugly. As England's next crown prince, the coalition forces of various countries volunteered to deal with the Ming fleet, Prince William came here to plan for himself a profound military merit.

The battle in the daylight made Prince William very excited because he saw the dawn of victory. As long as nothing unexpected happened, the Ming fleet would be destroyed. As the commander of the coalition, he must have been famous among the countries. At that time, his position as the crown prince would be more stable as Mount Tai.

However, the blazing fire and the endless sound of shelling made Prince William's heart sink.

Prince William almost roared at the guard beside him and said, "What are you doing in a stand-alone manner? Why don't you go and find out for me quickly? Who is attacking the port?"

In fact, there is no need to send someone to investigate who was attacking the port. Crown William could guess how much of this was, but Crown William was a little reluctant to admit it.

In the panic, it was not only Crown Prince William who sent people to check, but also the other commanders of various countries had the same gloomy face.

The Portuguese Governor was furious and roared: "Damn Ming, please send me the orders and fight back, fight back!"

Without giving instructions, some of the coalition soldiers who were staying on the warships reacted and quickly began to fight back.

It was just that most of the naval soldiers went ashore to rest, and only a small number of naval crew members were left on the ship. In this case, even if they were not hit by artillery fire, some of the crew members were even gathered, and it was very difficult to counterattack.

There are at least several or even dozens of cannons on a warship. It is not possible for a few crew members to control so many cannons, especially the gunners responsible for the artillery, which requires experienced artillery soldiers to control.

It is difficult for ordinary naval soldiers to control the range of artillery and the landing point range. As gunners, they are naturally a high-ranking class in the navy. Most of these artillery soldiers got off the ship and rested. This led to many warships trying to counterattack after reacting and found that they had excellent artillery soldiers to control artillery counterattacks.

Sparse sounds of cannons came from the port, and some warships that barely opened fire fought back at the Ming side.

However, these counterattack fleets were immediately noticed by the Ming army warships. These warships fired several shells, but the Ming side immediately replaced dozens or even hundreds of shells. It was just a blink of an eye. The warships that fought back in the coalition ignited a raging fire. At least half of the hulls sank in the port, and the other half of the hulls floated on the water and burned a raging fire.

When the senior coalition leaders led by Crown William arrived at the port, although they dared not say that the overall situation was decided, the situation of the coalition forces in the port was very bad.

Because the Ming army raided late at night, the coalition forces had no time to react. In addition, there was chaos within the coalition forces, and each company was in charge of its own family. In this case, the result was imagined.

"It's over, the army is over!"

A small general looked desperate and looked at the dozens of warships in his fleet that had been sunk, and the remaining part was rushing around like headless flies. Not only did he fail to rush out of the port, but he made the port mess.

One family became in chaos, and the other companies were affected, and warships collided everywhere.

Outside the port, with the help of the fire in the port, Yu Dayou and other generals looked at the chaotic scene with a calm expression. After a while, Yu Dayou nodded with satisfaction and said, "The coalition is just like this."

Not long ago, for example, the pirate Cook once said this, but it only took a few hours to finish, but the situation changed drastically.

The Ming fleet blocked the port, preventing any fleet from rushing out, and on the other hand, it was also approaching the port's terrain to eliminate more coalition warships.

Thousands of warships are really a terrifying number. The size of the two sides is too different. Even if there is such a chaos, if you don’t seize the opportunity, once the coalition forces react, the remaining hundreds of warships alone will most likely threaten the safety of the Ming fleet.

Overnight, the artillery fire almost stopped, and almost 70% of the ammunition replenished when returning to the port was smashed into it.

Hundreds of warships, a total of thousands of cannons, were shot out overnight. If it weren't for such saturated artillery fire, there wouldn't be a miserable scene in the port.

When they realized that the overall situation was settled, even if God appeared, it would not be possible to change the result. For example, the senior coalition leaders of the Crown Prince William and the Portuguese Governor were escorted by the army.

The first ray of sunshine in the sky shone brightly and warmly, shining on the soldiers, which made the Ming soldiers who had been busy all night excited and almost instinctively looked towards the distant port.
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