The naval battle in Subic Bay ended quickly, with ten Dutch warships, sunken and stranded, and the Dutch fleet sent by Batavia for reinforcements was completely annihilated.If we add the previous losses of the Spaniards, the nine battleships of Donghaizhen, equipped with flowering shells, sank a total of four Spanish battleships, damaged six, sank seven Dutchmen, and captured three stranded battleships, annihilating more than 2,400 enemy troops and capturing more than 600 people at a small cost of 100 men.In the whole battle, only six of the 20 warships of the Jose coalition army fled back to Manila with more than 1,000 people, and the losses were great.At this time, shortly after the end of the battle, the slower Fubune in the rear rushed to Subic Bay.Zhao Ming stood majestically on the deck, looking at the shuttling ships, cleaning up the battlefield, capturing prisoners, and transferring artillery, and a sense of pride ignited in his heart.In order to reverse the disadvantage at sea and strengthen the power of artillery, the French technician Henri Peckhans proposed the use of hollow blasting shells in 1822, and two years later, the previous blasting shells were improved, wooden butts were added, wooden fuses were installed, and the French army was equipped.Now, more than 160 years in advance, Donghai Town has equipped the naval division with flowering bombs, which has made the naval division of Donghai Town ahead of the Western Navy in terms of military equipment and has gained an advantage in weapons.Of course, flowering shells are not a very complicated thing, and after Donghai Town uses them, Western countries will soon develop their own flowering shells to erase Donghaizhen's weapon advantage, but this will take time after all.During this period of time, it was an excellent time for Donghai Town to expand rapidly, establish its own colonization area on the sea, and have a sphere of influence, and when the West began to equip the flowering bomb and catch up with Donghai Town, Zhao Ming already had a solution to solve the threat of flowering bombs, which was to develop ironclad ships.As long as Donghai Town can always be a little ahead in terms of naval equipment, then Donghai Town will definitely be able to achieve maritime supremacy.Zhao Ming looked at the wreckage of the Dutch battleship and couldn't help but be full of confidence."
The three stranded Dutch battleships cannot be lifted out for the time being, and the Dutch battleships and artillery sunk in the water cannot be salvaged for a while."
Guo Zhong walked over and saluted Zhao Mingwei'an's back, his voice was excited, "Prime Minister!"
What a victory in this battle!
Spain and the Netherlands are finished. ”Zhao Ming was quite excited in his heart, but his face was very calm, and he pretended to be forced lightly: "This is just the beginning, let the Fu ship clean up the battlefield, watch the prisoners, and the gunboat will go south first and go straight to Manila!"
”Guo Zhong saw Zhao Ming facing a big victory, so calm, he couldn't help but admire in his heart, the prime minister is the prime minister, such a big victory is invisible, and his bearing is very incomparable.In that year, the 800,000 army of the Qin Dynasty went south, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty 80,000 people met the attack, and the famous Battle of Weishui was launched.When the results of the war came, Xie An was playing chess with others, and after reading the battle report, he threw the war report aside and continued to play chess calmly, as if nothing had happened.However, the guests who played chess were not calm, 80,000 versus 800,000, anyone felt that they had no bottom in their hearts, where did they still have the heart to play chess, and asked weakly: "What is the situation now?"
”Xie Qian said very plainly: "The younger generation has broken the enemy. ”pretended to be the most powerful one in Chinese history, leaving behind the reputation of strategizing to win thousands of miles, and talking and laughing about the strong enemy in ashes.It is said that later Zeng Guofan admired Xie Qian's ability to pretend to be forced, and wanted to follow suit, and wanted to find an opportunity to pretend again, but when the good news of the Hunan army's breakthrough of Nanjing came, he fainted with joy......
At that moment, nine Ming gunboats continued to sail south towards Manila.A day later, the Ming fleet arrived in Manila Bay, and the Spaniards, who had fled back, took the initiative to rush the battleship to the shoal near the fortress in order to avoid the battleship being sunk by Donghai Town, ran the battleship aground, and then transported gunpowder and some cannons into Manila City, and robbed the money and food supplies in Manila City, hiding in the city and holding on.In Fort Manila, the Spanish governor Manrique stood at the top of the fortress, looking at the battleship of Donghai Town from afar, with a solemn expression.More than 70 years ago, a Chinese pirate named Lin Feng once came to the city of Manila and almost captured Manila, and the Spanish colonial authorities, united with the Ming Dynasty, survived the crisis, defeated Lin Feng, and saved Manila.Today, Manila is once again under the hands of Chinese soldiers, but the Spaniards have no reinforcements."
Your Excellency, the fleet was defeated by the Chinese, what should we do now?"
The Spanish officers were worried.Manlik grimaced, "The castle in Manila is strong, and there is enough food in the city.Decades ago, Chinese pirates besieged Manila for more than four months without breaching the castle.We held the citadel and waited for the Governor of Mexico to send a fleet to reinforce us.God will bless us!
”After the nine Ming gunboats arrived at Manila Bay, Zhao Ming saw that the Spaniards had retreated into the castle and did not attack immediately.A few days later, the follow-up troops of Donghai Town arrived in Manila Bay one after another, and Zhao Ming immediately ordered Tang Tong to lead 3,000 men and horses to land and set up camp five miles away from the castle.On the third day of August, Zhao Ming landed at a temporary wharf built by residents of Donghai Town and Manila, and rode a horse to Luzon Island.At this time, near the wharf and the camp in Donghai Town, there were straw huts and tents, stretching for several miles.On the edge of the dock, it was crowded with anxious people, and when Zhao Ming rode ashore, there was a burst of excited cheers.These people are all residents of the vicinity of Manila, including Han Chinese who live here as well as local indigenous people.The Spanish carried out brutal colonial rule in Manila, and these people were oppressed and slaughtered again and again.Now the town of Donghai has arrived, saving them from the cruel rule of Spain, and the oppressed Han Chinese and natives regard the town as a savior.When everyone saw Zhao Ming landing, how could they not be excited?
How can you not cheer?
At this time, more than a dozen old men in ragged clothes came out of the crowd, knelt in front of Zhao Ming, and wept bitterly: "Please avenge us!"
”Zhao Ming hurriedly turned over and dismounted, helped these old people who spoke Chaoshan dialect up, and Tang Tong, who landed first on the side, explained: "Prime Minister, they are all Han people living here, a few months ago, the Spaniards purged the Han people on Luzon Island, killing thousands of young people, leaving some old and weak and women. ”When Zhao Ming launched the southward expansion strategy, the Spaniards and the Dutch, in order to maintain the stability of the colony, invariably slaughtered the Han people in the colony to ensure that they would not join forces with Donghai Town.Zhao Ming's expression was angry when he heard this, and after helping up a few old people, "Don't worry, this domain will definitely break through Manila and avenge you!"
”When several old men heard this, they all wept bitterly.Zhao Ming comforted a few words, and then asked: "A few old people, how many Han people are there near Mani?"
”Some of the old men stopped crying and replied, "Hui Guogong, there are more than 10,000 people, and they all gathered here when they saw the king killed.Although we are old bones, we are all willing to contribute to the king. ”Zhao Ming said: "Are they all old and weak women and children?"
”The old man replied: "When Xiyi began to kill people, some people fled into the mountains, and some young people did not come out of the mountains. ”Zhao Ming's eyes glanced at the many people, and then he said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, rest assured for the time being, this domain is here, and your hard days will come to an end!"
This time, the clan will definitely break through Manila and avenge you, and as long as the clan is there in the future, I will never let you wait to be oppressed again!
”When many people heard this, they immediately let out a cheer, and countless people were so excited that they burst into tears and kowtowed to Zhao Ming with excitement.()