The ship in front belonged to the Spanish.
Spain received a letter from Philip, the governor of Manila.
After learning that Luzon was captured by the Ming army, the country was furious.
King Philip IV of Spain made a decision amidst the roars of many nobles: to attack the Ming Dynasty.
Spain's national power had gradually declined at this time, and the failure of the war with England cast a shadow over Spain's national destiny.
But because of this failure, the Spaniards valued their own face even more.
Daming's behavior had seriously offended the dignity of the Spaniards.
Spain dispatched fifty large warships from the mainland and gathered colonial warships in Asia.
A total of one hundred warships and one hundred and twenty logistics ships formed a fleet of 25,000 people and headed for Manila.
This is already the strongest maritime force that Spain can piece together, and it is almost the same as the 30,000 people in the Armada.
In the eyes of the Spaniards, the Ming Dynasty, the oldest empire, may have adequate land combat capabilities, but when it comes to naval battles, it is only worthy of the Spaniards.
The Spanish fleet came eastward, and when it arrived at Mindanao, it encountered Yan Siqi's East China Sea Fleet.
The three-masted gunboats of the East China Sea Fleet are slightly smaller than the large Spanish battleships, but their firepower is slightly stronger.
However, the entire East China Sea Fleet only has a total of twenty three-masted gunboats.
The others are all Haicang ships, centipede ships, and sand ships.
The firepower is relatively poor, and a few small-caliber cannons are generally good.
Faced with this huge firepower gap, Yan Siqi did not retreat immediately.
When he discovered the Spanish fleet, he immediately sent a clipper to deliver a message to Zheng Zhilong and Chen Houfu, and then commanded the fleet to start a confrontation with the Spanish.
The Ming army's explosive bombs taught the proud Spaniards an unforgettable lesson.
Under the command of Yan Siqi, under the constant harassment of fire boats, mother ships, centipede boats, etc., the Ming army relied on its local firepower advantage, which was very frustrating.
The Spanish suffered some hardships.
But the Spaniards' ships were bigger and they had more people.
After a while, they still had the advantage.
Yan Siqi did not fight with them, and gave full play to his true nature as a pirate, fighting and running at the same time, and soon left the bulky Spaniards behind.
While the East China Sea Fleet was escaping and the Spanish were pursuing them, Zheng Zhilong's fleet pounced from behind the Spanish.
After receiving Yan Siqi's letter, he immediately gathered troops from various islands.
When he arrived at Yan Siqi's fleet and prepared to fight against the Spanish together, Yan Siqi said: "It's useless.
Your firepower is worse.
Why don't you let the Spanish first?"
People go over and attack the ships behind them.
As long as they rob their logistics ship, they won't be able to sustain it for long. " Zheng Zhilong acted according to plan and attacked the Spanish logistics ship.
Most of his men were fierce pirates, and they were the best at robbing supplies.
When the Spaniards in front discovered that the logistics ship behind them had been robbed, and hurriedly sent ships to come, they could only see a few burned ships.
A prosperous transport ship.
After Zheng Zhilong transferred the supplies to a nearby hidden island, he followed the Spaniards from a distance, attacking from time to time, quickly eating up the lagging Spanish ships, and taking them away with the people and the ships, so that the Spaniards had to Form a tight formation to avoid backyard fires.
Yan Siqi's East China Sea Fleet also used three-masted gunboats to attack Spanish ships from time to time.
For a moment, the Spanish were so angry that they screamed, but they had no choice but to concentrate and pursue forward.
Yan Siqi met Chen Houfu who came for support again.
After discussion, the two decided to introduce the Spanish ship into the Manila port and use the forts on the shore to deal with the Spanish ship.
At this time, Zhang Qianfang encountered the Spanish fleet pursuing Yan Siqi.
He ordered nine ships except the Zhonghua to attack the enemy ship together.
The Daming and the Dahan were currently charged.
The thirty-six-pound cannon on the bow roared, and a shell hit the front deck of a Spanish battleship. , a big hole was broken in the deck, and then a fire suddenly ignited, which happened to ignite the oil-soaked cables on the deck that had been dried out.
Comparing the Spanish ship with the lucky ship, it was like a dwarf facing a giant.
The Daming was in front, inflated its sails, and rushed forward.
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The Spanish ship that could not dodge made a heart-wrenching sound, and then broke into two pieces.
After the Daming rushed into the enemy's fleet, the artillery on both sides began to fire.
These side guns also reached 24 kilograms.
Moreover, they were superior in number and fast rate of fire.
They quickly knocked many Spanish ships to pieces or Fire.
The rushing ships and double-barreled ships behind were also larger than the Spanish ships, and their firepower was much stronger.
The Ming fleet charged in a line, with enemies on both sides.
There was no need to worry about accidentally injuring friendly forces, and the enemies could not hit themselves.
It's so cool to fight like this.
The students on the last ship, the Zhonghua, hid by the portholes and watched the burning Spanish ships one after another, and couldn't help but marvel.
Song Yingxing said: "I was waiting at home, but I didn't know that there were such wonderful war scenes overseas.
Today is an eye-opener."
The navy soldier next to him secretly laughed in his heart, and it was still strange.
What you see now is that we are suppressing others and fighting.
When the two sides are equal, there is only cruelty.
What a scholar, a happy scholar.
Other students also marveled together, and some actually recited poems about frontier fortresses.
Everyone found it fresh and interesting, of course because it was other ethnic groups who were being hurt now.
Zhou Yanru felt that this was a rare educational opportunity, so he said: "His Majesty the Emperor once said that it is better for the Chinese to cry than for foreigners to cry.
If we Ming people don't work hard and are oppressed by other ethnic groups, it will be uncomfortable.
I think so.
Thinking about the Han people in Liaodong in the past and looking at our happy life today, of course everyone should understand what to do. " Song Yingxing said: "His Majesty the Emperor is far-sighted.
We only need to follow His Majesty's teachings.
Officials should not be corrupt and generals will dare to fight.
We students should respond to His Majesty's call, learn scientific knowledge, build a kind of machinery, and discover a new kind of technology."
Species, improve a new technology, why worry about our Ming Dynasty not prospering, our Han Dynasty not prospering, our China not prospering. " Everyone clapped and cheered, and a naval officer next to him said: "What this gentleman said is really good.
I am not very good at reading and can't speak.
But our Emperor is really the Zhongxing Sage of the Ming Dynasty.
I am originally from Liaodong. , Jiannu came and killed my parents and sisters.
My brothers wanted to take revenge, so they surrendered to Governor Mao.
In just a few years, Jiannu was wiped out, and we also avenged this bloody revenge.
Song Yingxing saw that the officer was tall, with a dark complexion, but his palms were as white as jade, and said: "The general turns out to be a good man from Dongjiang Town.
He is willing to take revenge and grudges.
This is really what a man does.
I admire him."
The officer said: "I don't dare to be called a general.
Lieutenant Commander Geng Zhongming of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty thanked you for your compliment
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