Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1439, Sneak Attack

On Sao Tome Island, the Portuguese surrounded the castle of the Wa people. The castle is very small, less than [-] meters long and wide, but it is very strong. This castle is waiting for the arrival of its own fleet.

"Fire~Fire~"

"I don't believe it, this little castle can't be knocked down with cannons."

Duke Anthony, the commander of the Portuguese fleet, waved the sword in his hand, his eyes were red, and he had been attacking for more than a day, but he still had no way to take the small castle in front of him.

Although it has a huge advantage in numbers, this castle is like a hard tortoise shell, which people can never chew on.

"Dong Dong~ Dong Dong~"

The cannons let out bursts of roars, and the shells poured towards the small castle, hitting the castle heavily, but only left shallow bullet marks on it. The city wall built with cement and volcanic rocks is really weak.

Under the city wall, groups of Portuguese soldiers lined up in long lines, aiming at the Japanese above the city with muskets in their hands, and covering the Portuguese sailors who were attacking the city.

Nanjiro was bandaged and his eyes were blood red. He didn't know how long he could last. The Portuguese attacked wave after wave. Although they still held the castle, they suffered heavy casualties.

There used to be more than a thousand people, but now there are only less than [-] people left. If the castle was not built at the beginning, they would have been killed by the Portuguese long ago.

The good thing is that the food and water in the castle are very sufficient, at least enough for more than a year.

"Kill!"

"Hold on, hold on!"

"Our fleet will arrive in a few days, and we will win by then."

Nanjiro kept walking on the top of the wall, roaring while walking.

According to the original agreement with Dongfang Yue, if there is no accident, the supporting fleet should be able to arrive here in a few days, and these Portuguese must be killed by then. .

No, all these white-skinned pigs should be sold to Nanyang as slaves to grow sugarcane in sugarcane plantations.

Then snatch all the colonies of Portugal in West Africa and turn them into their own colonies.

A small country like Portugal doesn't deserve such a beautiful place at all, and now it wants to snatch away this beautiful island, it's simply courting death.

"Kill it~"

The siege battle between the two sides was in full swing. The Portuguese had reached the top of the city several times, but they were quickly killed by the Japanese again.

"hu~hu~"

Nanjiro panted heavily, looked at the ordinary people outside the castle, and then looked at the situation above the city wall.

All kinds of materials for defending the city have been used up, and the gunpowder is also used up. The musket can only be used to fight the bayonet, not as good as the samurai sword in hand.

The casualties of these warriors under him were also very heavy, and almost everyone was injured but still had to guard the top of the city.

"If we attack again, we will definitely not be able to defend."

Nanjiro knew very well in his heart that he almost couldn't defend the attack just now.

"Dong Dong~"

As soon as his words fell, there was a burst of shelling, and the Portuguese launched an attack again. They also knew that the Japanese on the castle could not hold on anymore, and they couldn't wait to have lunch in the castle.

"kill!"

Nanjiro stood up with difficulty, the samurai sword in his hand could no longer be swung, but he was still very tenacious.

Soon, the Portuguese came under the city wall again, and rows of muskets were aimed at the top of the city to cover the sailors who were attacking the city. The dense lead bullets hit the city wall, leaving spots one by one.

"Boat~ship, big ship~"

Nanjiro defended the city with difficulty, and seeing the Portuguese successfully climbed to the top of the city, someone suddenly shouted excitedly.

Hearing the sound, Nanjiro hurriedly looked out to the sea, and saw that between the water and the sky, large ships were slashing through the waves like giant warships, marching in a row towards Sao Tome Island.

"Haha, our reinforcements are here, our reinforcements are here~"

Nanjiro shouted excitedly, and he didn't even look carefully at the flags hoisted on the ship.

Hearing Nanjiro's voice, the samurai under his hand seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and immediately started fighting desperately again, abruptly killing the Portuguese who had climbed to the top of the wall again.

"what happened?"

Duke Anthony has been paying close attention to everything above the city.

Seeing that they have already attacked the top of the city, these exhausted Wa people became excited as if they were beating chicken blood.

"It's not good, it's not good, there's a boat~"

At this time, Duke Anthony's adjutant roared hastily.

When Duke Anthony heard this, he quickly picked up the binoculars and looked out to the sea. On the broad sea, dozens of warships lined up in a row, coming towards Sao Tome Island in a mighty manner.

"Spanish?"

Duke Antony recognized the flag flying on the ship at once.

Portugal and Spain are old enemies with each other, and have deep grievances in history.

The once powerful Portuguese tried to prevent the merger of the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon, but ended in failure, so there is the current Spanish double king.

Likewise, the powerful Kingdom of Spain has been trying to annex Portugal to prevent the Portuguese from becoming more powerful.

The grievances between the two parties have a long history, and they are very familiar with each other.

"Warn these Spaniards immediately and let them leave Sao Tome Island, which is a colony belonging to our Kingdom of Portugal!"

Anthony thought for a moment and immediately began to order.

"Stop the attack, everyone immediately go back to the ship and prepare to fight."

"At this time, the appearance of these Spaniards is definitely not a good thing. We must prepare for the worst."

Following the order of Duke Anthony, the violent attack stopped suddenly, and many Portuguese sailors began to quickly withdraw to their warships.

At the same time, semaphore soldiers quickly issued a warning to the Spaniards on the sea.

"Your Excellency, the Portuguese have warned us to leave Sao Tome Island immediately, saying that this is their Portuguese colony."

The Duke of Colster stood on the deck and looked at the Portuguese who were quickly retreating to the warship with a telescope. He was smiling all over his face. He came just right. At this time, he could catch the Portuguese by surprise.

Adjutant Real came over and reported to Duke Colster.

"Their Portuguese colony?"

"Joke~"

"Tell them that we are the great Spanish Imperial Fleet, chasing pirates at sea. We seriously suspect that you are the pirates who robbed us in Spain. Now we ask you to surrender immediately and unconditionally!"

When the Duke of Colster heard it, he laughed immediately, and after thinking about it, he wanted Real to send a message to the other party.

Soon, through the semaphore, the Portuguese received a message from the Spanish fleet.

"Shit~"

"These nasty Spanish hooligans~"

"Tell them that we are the fleet of the Kingdom of Portugal, and we are currently undergoing a normal rest on our own colony in Portugal. We are not pirates!"

Duke Anthony was furious. Looking at these Spanish warships, there was no sign of stopping. Cannons had protruded from the gun holes on both sides of the ship.

Look at your warship again. At this moment, more than [-] ships are all moored at the port. The speed has not increased, and the formation has not been set up. The key is that the port is too narrow. Undoubtedly lost.

However, no matter how Duke Anthony explained and issued various warnings, Duke Colster did not listen at all, and always believed that the Portuguese were pirates. Numerous warships surrounded the exit of the port, and artillery Aim at the Portuguese warship in the port.

"Fire~"

When entering the range of the attack, the Duke of Colster decisively issued an order to attack.

Suddenly, deafening shelling sounded through the sky, billowing white smoke rose from the warships, and was quickly blown away by the sea wind.

Cannonballs flew rapidly in the sky, and then fell heavily on the side of the Portuguese warship. Suddenly, huge water columns rose continuously from the sea surface of the port.

On the Portuguese warships, shells fell one after another, smashing holes one after another, accompanied by countless screams.

The Portuguese are really miserable.

The ship was still in the port, and it was too late to sail out. The crew was evacuated from the land again, and even a lot of artillery was moved to the land to attack the castle of the Japanese. They did not expect to be attacked by the Spaniards at all. , was beaten at a loss for a while, and suffered heavy losses.

"Damn Spanish hooligan~"

"Are you going to start another war?"

"To attack our Portuguese fleet so blatantly, and even sneak attack us, what kind of matadors are you, do you have any chivalry?"

Duke Anthony's eyes were red, watching the warships being smashed to pieces by the Spanish artillery fire, looking at the miserable scene on the ships, the whole person was like an angry lion, but he had nowhere to vent his anger.

The Spaniard was so ruthless, he sneaked behind him while he was not being caught.

If it is a head-to-head battle at sea, I have more than [-] warships, and even if I can't win, I can severely damage the Spanish fleet in front of me.

It's just that now, being locked up and beaten, with heavy casualties, there is nothing to do with the other party.

Look at the Japanese people above the castle. At this moment, these Japanese people are gloating and watching the excitement with great interest. You can even see where these Japanese people are applauding.

"Haha, cool~"

The Duke of Colster laughed happily as he watched the battered Portuguese warships in the port.

　Rivalries between European nations, Portugal and Spaniards, Poland and Ukraine, France and England, Germany and Austria, Haschi and Greece.
　　
　
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