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Text Chapter 59 The Devil (Part 2)

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    Any Spaniard who saw that grimace in the sky guessed that the other pillars of light must have come from the sight of other devils.  If you are swept by a beam of light, it means that the devil's gaze is sweeping across your body. Therefore, when the approaching Ming warship pointed its searchlight, the Spanish officers on the deck trembled involuntarily because of fear, adding to the dazzling beam of light.  A bunch of ferocious devil faces.

    "Christ, the Chinese have a deal with the devil." The captain of a Spanish warship finally realized that they were being attacked by the Chinese, but now the most important enemy in his mind was not the Chinese, but the terrifying  devil.  The captain tried in vain to direct the warship to avoid the incoming light beams, but this was obviously impossible. There were several Ming army armed merchant ships staring at the same target, and seven or eight light beams illuminated the Spanish warships.

    The captain's eyes were so white that he couldn't see anything behind the light. The light beam hitting his body made the captain's hair stand on end, because he knew that the devil was staring at him unblinkingly.

    ¡°God is my shield,¡± the captain shouted in despair, trying to scare away his invincible enemy with the name of God.  Until now, he had not thought about whether he should order the artillery to shoot between the two light beams - the searchlight was fixed on the deck, and the space between the two searchlight beams in the air was definitely not the hull but the air, but when the captain thought about it,  , which should be the bridge of the devil's nose, and further up is the devil's forehead.  If you want to defeat the devil, the face must not be missed - but even though the captain has a very firm belief and always believes that God will protect him from threats, when he really comes face to face with the devil, the captain's calves  But he kept shaking.  When he thought that there was more than one devil staring at him, the captain couldn't muster the courage to order a shot into the devil's face.

    But not everyone is being stared at by the devil. There are also some people who fall into complete despair and fight desperately.  Realizing what kind of enemy they were facing, a gunner on one of the ships gave the order to fire at the devil's forehead to drive him back.

    "This will anger the devil." A gunner replied in panic. In his opinion, firing at the devil will not have the slightest effect, but will only anger these invincible powerful enemies.

    "Are we just going to watch them take our souls?" the gunner roared.  He believed in God, and his firm faith did not allow him to compromise with the devil.  Under the command of the gunner commander, the gunners completed the loading of gunpowder and projectiles. Before firing, the gunner commander kissed the cross in his hand, stuffed it into the barrel of the gun without looking back, and ignited it himself.  At the same time he shouted, exhaling all the air from his lungs: "God is our Shepherd!"

    The shells whizzed past the Ming army ships. Immediately, the Ming army saw the muzzle flames on the Spanish ship's hull. Immediately, two searchlights swept over the position where the flames had just been spitted out. The Ming army artillerymen who were shooting  He also adjusted the muzzle and aimed at the Spanish counterattack according to the instructions of the searchlight.

    In the Spanish cabin, the sailors clearly saw that the cannonballs they fired, and the cannonballs with crosses on them, were not able to repel the devil. The devil did not even make a shrill howl - many people had just returned  In fantasy, the cannonballs should at least give the devil some pain, and the cross will also give the devil a burning sensation - if there is a real howl, no matter how frightening the sound is, it can greatly encourage the fighting spirit of these gunners and make them  Feeling that the enemy can be harmed motivates them to fire more shells.

    But now it only attracted the devil's attention. When the light of the searchlight passed through the gun window and entered the cabin, the Spanish sailors bathing in it were all dumbfounded, with sweat pouring out of their foreheads.  The gunnery commander who had been urging the counterattack just now was also stunned, as if his extraordinary courage had been fired along with his cross; and next to the pale and trembling gunnery commander, another non-commissioned officer  He actually took two steps towards the gun window despite the strong light, and bowed deeply in the face of the devil's gaze: "I'm sorry, sir."

    This apology was responded to by fierce gunfire. At this time, several Chinese ships had surrounded the Spanish warship, and they kept bombarding it with more than thirty cannons.  But this battleship with forty-two cannons was constantly being beaten, the sails were not raised, and the anchor was not pulled out from the bottom of the sea.  Even the Imperial Navy never expected that the resistance would be so weak during the previous exercises. Although they knew that the searchlights could dazzle the Spaniards, and they hoped that the big grimace would stun the Spaniards for a while, the Imperial Navy never expected it.  The effect was so remarkable - because all the imperial soldiers knew what the searchlights were, and would not believe that they were any monsters or monsters; and Deng Ming felt that there were many flaws in that grimace, and he only had to look at it carefully for ten minutes to realize that it was man-made.  And what the imperial army wants to fight for is these ten minutes.between.  I never thought that the Spaniards would actually think that there is a real devil behind every searchlight because of that grimace.

    Because the Spaniards could not understand searchlights at all, and the grimace in the sky was the best explanation for them to understand the sudden appearance of the mysterious light pillar.  From the well-educated captain to the illiterate sailors on the lower deck, there is no difference between them in front of the searchlight. They are all completely ignorant, so they quickly accept this is the devil's suggestion without any distinction.

    The cannonballs that fall into the cabin or the deck are different from the previous iron projectiles. They will explode. This is of course also the devil's spell.  Spanish officers knew what shells looked like.  Nowadays, there is usually a fuse on the shell. When it is shot out of the muzzle of the cannon, the flame may ignite the fuse. When the fuse burns out, the shell will detonate. This kind of shell is  The misfire rate is very high, and it is unsafe to use or store, so countries are reluctant to use them on a large scale.  But as a petty officer, the Spanish Navy would make their officers aware of this weapon so as not to make a fuss during a sudden encounter.

    But the artillery shells fired by the Chinese were obviously not this kind of explosive shells. They did not have hissing fuses. They looked no different from ordinary artillery shells in appearance, and they did not make any abnormal noise, but they would explode suddenly.  , killing a large number of surrounding sailors.

    "Devil, go back to hell!" The military priests who were originally non-combatants are now on the front line. As people with the strongest faith, they will never bow and apologize to the devil, but now the first thing they have to do is  Deal with these enchanted cannonballs.  The priests held the Bible in their arms and stretched out their arms to point the cross towards the suspicious shells: "Go back to hell!"

    Similar things happened on other Spanish warships that were attacked by searchlights and cannonballs. There were also priests who soaked the cross in water and urgently produced holy water that could subdue the devil to help the soldiers fight.  However, holy water is not omnipotent. Some shells were indeed exorcised by the holy water and did not explode. However, some shells overcame the suppression of the holy water and still exploded.  Moreover, holy water cannot block the devil's sight. Even if a bucket of holy water is poured onto the light beam, it cannot be extinguished.  Similarly, even if holy water is applied to the eyelids, you still cannot open your eyes, let alone observe the enemy's actions through the devil's beam of light - even washing your eyes with holy water will not work.

    Some Spanish warships further away from the battlefield began to fire at this time. The sailors on these ships were less panicked because they were not directly illuminated by searchlights.  The captains of several ships even reacted and issued orders to raise anchors and sails. Amidst the officers' curses, the sailors on the deck were awakened from their daze. They couldn't wait to escape from the devil's grasp.

    The target of these ships' cannon fire is the looming ghostly face in the distant mid-air.  This target was so eye-catching that although it was far out of the range of the Spanish warships to the west, the gunners still fired at it like crazy.

    The firing of cannons may have been the behavior of individual individuals at first, but after discovering that there was no counterattack from the devil, these Spanish gunners began to fire wildly, as if every time they fired a cannon at the distant ghost face, they were far away from hell.  One inch.  While many warships began to anchor and move, the priests on these warships also produced barrels of holy water.  Even if it greatly increases the chance of misfire, the gunners must first soak the cannonball in holy water, kiss it, then stuff the sacred cannonball that entrusts their faith and hope into the barrel, and then shoot it out at the evil devil.

    These Spanish warships were firing on all cylinders, paying no attention to concealment or changing course. They just kept retreating and shooting. Many gunners fell into a state of madness, carrying and loading artillery at full speed. Only complete exhaustion could stop these fanatical gunners.  The soldiers stopped.

    At this time, the Chinese fleet continued to approach and attack the Spanish warships near them. The Spanish's counterattack and resistance were weak, which made the Chinese ships more confident and bold to attack with all their strength; the Spanish sailors on the deck and in the gun room  Appearing to be slow to react, many people did not take any evasive action at all, and a large number of people were killed and injured.

    At this time, some warships were already very close to each other. The sailors on many Chinese ships had already picked up rifles and shot at the personnel on the enemy ships under the guidance of searchlights. Over the years, Chengdu's flintlock guns have been continuously improved, and the rifles have become lighter and lighter.  , the performance is getting better and better, and it can also meet different requirements.  For example, this kind of flintlock gun used by the navy is specially made. Its barrel is only two-thirds as long as the land combat model, but it is more convenient for sailors to use on sea ships.  If one day rubber becomes so rich that it flows into the gun manufacturing industry, then arms dealers will consider designing a better waterproof structure for this kind of naval rifle.

    On the deck of the Spanish battleship, which was brightly illuminated, the enemy?Did not pick up their rifles to resist, nor did they operate the short-range cannons deployed on the deck - the Spaniards bathed in the light could not see the enemies on the approaching enemy ships, nor could they see the approaching enemy ships.  When the rifles were aimed at them, most of them held crosses in their hands and knelt upright on the deck, with their eyes closed and muttering words; while the braver ones gathered around the priest, raising their heads from time to time to look at the bright light that was getting closer and closer.  Light source, they are still working hard on making holy water and trying to use it to ward off evil spirits.
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