Spain's treasure fleet arrived in Manila and brought five warships to the Spanish Governor to the Philippines. Since the failure of the Invincible Fleet and the British, the Spanish's power exhibition at sea has begun to stagnate. Drawing five warships from the Americas to the Philippines is almost Spain's limit.&1t;/p>

The Spanish are really not having a good life these days. On the one hand, Britain began to rise on the ocean. Although it was not very good, it was still in the second-rate level. However, the Dutch began to ride on the Spanish. The naval fighting style of these Dutch farmers is different from that of the British. The Dutch are better at melee combat and are simply hooligans among a group of hooligans.&1t;/p>

As the saying goes, the arrogant one is afraid of being stunned, the stunned one is afraid of being desperate. The Spanish are the arrogant one, and the Dutch are the desperate one.&1t;/p>

In Spain, which has been stagnant, it is already very difficult to draw warships to support the colonial Philippines for the second time.&1t;/p>

The good news is that the Dutch were taught a lesson by the Ming Dynasty because they were drawn to the Far East, which made the pressure on the Spaniards' sea routes much less.&1t;/p>

The treasure fleet came to Manila, but all this was useless. After they arrived in Manila, they realized that the Ming army had already landed in the Philippines, and the trade with Ming Dynasty was deteriorating completely. The Ming Dynasty not only prohibited 15 ding 15:15 15 15 15 15 .√.o◇Merchant ships with official background were not allowed to trade with them, and even private merchant ships could not go to Manila now.&1t;/p>

What's worse is that 20,000 Ming troops have already landed on the Philippines' island.&1t;/p>

If we had known this situation before, it would be obvious that it would be impossible for Spain to allow the treasure fleet of America to cross the Pacific Ocean to support the Philippines.&1t;/p>

The Ming Navy's attack on Luzon has been brewing for more than half a year, and it is finally time to attack in full swing.&1t;/p>

Nearly 20,000 Navy 6 soldiers boarded Luzon Island, while the Spanish had only more than 3,000 troops in Manila.&1t;/p>

The Ming army built a road directly from Lingayan Bay in the northern part. In May of the fifth year of the Tianqi period, in the scorching summer season, the Ming Navy dispatched more than 20 gunboats and hundreds of warships to block the Manila Bay.&1t;/p>

The Navy has taken action, and the Navy 6 team that has already landed 6 has also begun to attack Manila.&1t;/p>

A long-planned offensive finally moved. A large number of Ming troops moved south from the north, and the Spanish looked at the large number of Ming troops. The Spanish Governor was almost scared and hurriedly asked the colonial soldiers to retreat into Manila City and rely on the castle to defend.&1t;/p>

The Spanish's actions were not beyond the expectations of the Ming army. Sun Yiguo had already made preparations and asked the 6th Navy team to bring more than 50 heavy artillery in advance.&1t;/p>

"This war must be done to wipe out these Spanish red barbarians so that they dare not peek at the South China Sea anymore." Sun Yiguo told a group of staff when he led his navy to blockade the Bay of Manila: "In this way, the situation in the South China Sea will be much clearer. After expelling Spain, only the Dutch people occupying Java and the Portuguese who occupied Malacca will be left. Later, the Dutch people and the Portuguese are expelled from the South China Sea, and the mission assigned to us by His Majesty will be completed."&1t;/p>

"Commander. If the Spaniards want to escape, they can only break through at sea. If they break through at night, it will be difficult for us to completely intercept it. Instead of doing this, it is better for us to launch a night attack. The wind direction is also beneficial to fire attack during this period, and they can burn all their ships." A staff officer suggested.&1t;/p>

"This plan is good." Sun Yiguo's eyes lit up.&1t;/p>

Thinking of the fire attack, Sun Yiguo immediately acted with the navy.&1t;/p>

At the same time, in Manila, the Spanish Governor was almost desperate. The Ming army outside the city had surrounded Manila.&1t;/p>

Only one side of the port is left, but it has been blocked by the Ming Navy.&1t;/p>

Those were more than twenty gunboats! The Spaniards, who had suffered losses, knew very well what the outcome would be if the dozen warships in their hands rushed out.&1t;/p>

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The worst thing is that the effective range of the Ming army's heavy artillery is about twice that of the Spanish artillery. Fighting with the Ming army's gunboats is simply flying a kite. Even if it can be brought closer, it will not take any advantage. Instead, it will be hit by several rounds of artillery and sunk.&1t;/p>

What is desperate is that at this time, the Ming Navy had more gunboats than them.&1t;/p>

There is no chance of turning the tables, but the Spanish governor does not want to surrender. Who knows if there will be a turning point in struggling? Maybe the Ming army suddenly lacks supplies, maybe they suddenly have a plague. Maybe they suddenly encounter a storm...&1t;/p>

So the Spaniards are definitely fighting for trapped beasts.&1t;/p>

"Our treasure ship must leave, otherwise once defeated, these treasures will fall into the hands of the Orient." The Spanish Governor was planning, and suddenly a real noise came from the port.&1t;/p>

"No, Governor, our port was attacked at night and the ships were on fire." A guard rushed into the Governor's Mansion.&1t;/p>

"What?" The Spanish Governor was shocked and hurriedly ran out.&1t;/p>

From a distance, I saw that there were many burning boats in the port, rushing into the port like fire dragons with the help of a favorable wind.&1t;/p>

This is the Ming army's mother and child ship, and the mother ship has been separated. The child ship, filled with fire-driven objects, burned with flames, and rushed into the port with a whistle and whistle.&1t;/p>

The Spanish warships, armed merchant ships, round boats, speedboats and other ships in the port were quickly ignited and began to burn in the port. The scene was very spectacular.&1t;/p>

For the Ming naval officers and soldiers, this is the best beauty. However, for the Spanish, it is simply a nightmare scene. The Spanish Governor collapsed on the ground.&1t;/p>

The next morning, the unburned boards in the Manila port were still filled with a faint black smoke. The Spaniard's idea of ​​sending the treasure ship away was shattered, let alone breaking out of the sea.&1t;/p>

However, the more this happens, the more intense the Spanish fight between trapped beasts.&1t;/p>

More than 3,000 Spanish soldiers were huddled in the city, showing a determined look. The Spanish were still confident in defending Manila. They had a strong castle and also had shore defense cannons.&1t;/p>

These shore defense guns have much larger range than naval guns. If the Ming Navy dares to attack the port directly, it will definitely take the shells.&1t;/p>

And if the Ming army on the ground dares to approach Manila, they will also be beaten up.&1t;/p>

"Look, what is that?" The Spaniards on the city wall suddenly appeared outside the city to build a fort. Looking in the telescope, they found a group of Ming soldiers who used horses to pull up several giants.&1t;/p>

When they saw the huge monsters clearly, they were shocked.&1t;/p>

"Heavy artillery is heavy artillery."&1t;/p>

I saw that there were twelve horses pulling each heavy artillery. Seeing that many Spanish soldiers looked pale, this was simply terrifying.&1t;/p>

It is not easy for the Navy 6 team to get these heavy artillery, each of which weighs 3,000 kilograms. After being moved to the 6th place, it was a huge struggle along the way to get these artillery from the Lingyan Bay coast on its back to Manila. The main reason is that there has been too much rain recently and the road is often muddy. This makes the Ming soldiers who transported the artillery complain. After some efforts, they finally got these artillery outside the city of Manila.&1t;/p>

"Governor General, these Orientals are setting up heavy artillery outside the city." A Spanish officer hurriedly ran to report to the Spanish Governor General.&1t;/p>

"What are you afraid of? Blast their heavy artillery." The Spanish Governor also took his time, and the dead pigs were not afraid of boiling water. Now that they can bite the Ming army and count on one bite, it is best to bite the enemy and let them retreat after they get hurt.&1t;/p>

"No, no, no. Those, those heavy artillery are very terrifying..." The officer stammered, the Spanish Governor looked stern, "What's so terrifying?"&1t;/p>

After saying that, the Spanish Governor came to the city wall in person, then picked up a monocular lens and looked out of the city. In his subconscious, even if the 6th Army had heavy artillery, it would not be comparable to the level of the shore defense artillery!&1t;/p>

However, it doesn't matter if you don't look at it. When you look at it, you're scared and almost lost your soul. The heavy artillery outside the city is too big, and they have built several protective turrets and are installing them into the turret.&1t;/p>

With these turrets, these heavy artillery can be fired against the heavy artillery on the city wall. The Ming army is still building more turrets, and it has become a lively construction site outside.&1t;/p>

"Architecture, shelling, knock them out quickly." The Spanish Governor was so panicked that he gave the shelling order in panic.&1t;/p>

The artillery strictly implemented the order, and soon there was a loud bang on the top of the city wall, and huge shells roared out and smashed towards the Ming army's artillery.&1t;/p>

I was very lucky. More than 20 heavy artillery shot out, and three or four shells were concentrated on the turret. I instantly knocked the turrets out of stones.&1t;/p>

However... it is useless! Because the distance is too far, most of the potential energy of these shells has been exhausted, and they only smashed a few stones from the fortifications of the turret, and there are piles of earth bags behind the stones! The heavy artillery inside the turret is not damaged at all.&1t;/p>

After the Spanish fired heavy artillery, the Ming army who built the forts quickly hid in the trench, and under the cover of the trench, they were also unharmed.&1t;/p>

The Spanish did not believe in evil and launched several rounds of artillery bombardment, but the result was no exception and they could not destroy the turret built by the Ming army.&1t;/p>

The gun barrels were beaten red, but to no avail, so I had to stop the shelling.&1t;/p>

"Maybe these Orientals are just scaring us. Their artillery is so far away that it can't pose any threat to our city walls." The Spanish governor said to himself as if he was comforting himself. However, as soon as he finished speaking, a sudden roar in the Ming army's fortress opposite him.&1t;/p>

Bang!&1t;/p>

A shell hit Manila's city wall directly, and a large pit with a diameter of 34 cm was punched out on the spot. The city wall was trembling. The Spanish Governor was almost shocked and fell head-on from the city wall. Fortunately, he was pulled by the guards next to him.&1t;/p>

Spain only felt the face was hot and there was another lingering fear. The shell was a slap in the face on the spot. At the same time, it also realized the seriousness of the problem and announced on the spot: "We must take the initiative to attack and destroy these heavy artillery of the Orientals, otherwise Manila will be finished." (To be continued.)&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!