It's going to win! Really going to win!

The Armada is finally going to win...... Thank Heavenly Father! Amen! Amen!

When the armed merchant ship of the Pacific Star passed through the waterway between the large and small Mo Mountains and entered the anchorage of Dinghai, de Bellasco burst into tears of excitement and vigorously crossed his chest.

Because the twelve Galen galleons of the Ming East China Sea Fleet were loosely lined up on the dock under the Shenjiamen Fort, they didn't look guarded. Although all the big bird ships of the Ming Oriental Fleet are not there, and the most threatening Flying is not there. However, the loss of twelve Galen galleons at a time would still greatly damage the Western-style fleet of the Ming Dynasty Navy, which was already small.

In addition, near the berth of Shenjiamen Fort is the Shenjiamen Commercial Port. The whole commercial port is very busy at this time, and the Chinese and Western sailing ships are crowded together, which makes people greedy to watch...... Among them, several Galen ships belonging to the Dutch East India Company and the English East India Company could not be touched, and the other ships would soon be trophies of the Spanish Empire!

After suppressing his excitement, de Belasco raised his binoculars again and took a closer look.

First of all, observe the twelve Ming warships moored under the Shenjiamen Fort, of which four are 600-ton class, four are 400-ton class, and four are 200-ton class. Although they are all Dutch-style Galen ships, if you look closely, you can still find many Chinese decorations - these twelve Galen warships are all products of the Ming Dynasty shipyard!

It seems that the Chinese have completely mastered the technology of building Galen warships of six hundred tons and below! De Bellasco thought to himself: Although the six-hundred-ton warship is nothing in Europe, as long as the Chinese go one step further and master the construction technology of the eight-hundred-ton European-style warship, it will not be easy to deal with it in the future.

Because on the European side, large ships of more than 1,000 tons are the treasure of the town, and naval powers such as England, the Netherlands, and Spain cannot build a few...... Since we can't build a few, we don't have much experience in building large ships of more than 1,000 tons, so everyone is groping for more than 1,000 tons.

Then de Belasco began to observe the Shenjiamen Fort again.

Shenjiamen Fort is located on a hill in the southeast corner of Zhoushan Island, the base of the fort was repaired with a boulder, and many sandbags were piled up on the base to form an artillery bunker, the cannon was invisible, only the bunker could be seen. Deberasco counted them, and there were twenty-four that could be seen, and how many were not seen.

According to the information that De Belasco has, this Shenjiamen battery is a battalion-level battery, which means that the garrison has a maximum of one battalion, of which there is a real artillery company at most. Because the fortress artillery did not have to maneuver, there were more gunners in the establishment, and the gunners of a company could control about 12 guns.

That is, of the twenty-four artillery fortifications that can be seen, at least half are empty......

Later, de Belasco found a sandbag wall near the Shenjiamen port, and behind the wall should be the Shenjiamen barracks. The barracks were so large that they were heavily guarded all year round, and the spies hired by de Belasco could not infiltrate them.

But one thing is for sure, there are soldiers in the barracks, and there are quite a few of them!

Because of the existence of this barracks, de Bellasco did not dare to think about the occupation of Zhoushan Island...... Although the Spanish Army is very strong, it does not mean that the Spanish Navy can be used as an army when it gets off the ship.

After the observation, de Berasco let out a sigh, put away his binoculars, and then turned to the captain of the Pacific Star who was following him, and said, "Let's go out from the west side of the Dinghai anchorage, and then turn due south in a circle to Yonaguni Island and stand by." ”

Yonaguni Island is now under the jurisdiction of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and there are not many inhabitants on the island, but some paddy fields have been cultivated, and there are some fishing boats, which are relatively wealthy, and from time to time some merchant ships will pass through the vicinity, but no one will stay there.

It was precisely because the crews who often ran the Ryukyu route knew this place that de Belasco suggested that Admiral Garcia should make Yonaguni Island a meeting point for the battle.

The Pacific Star, led by De Berasco, would join Admiral Garcia's main force there, and if the fleet was unable to evacuate in a group after the battle for the surprise attack on Dinghai, the scattered ships would also join Yonaguni Island.

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When the Pacific Star quietly arrived on the national highway of Yona, twenty-eight galleons flying the white iris flags of the Bourbons were lowering their sails and quietly lurking on the sea south of the island.

Needless to say, these twenty-eight Galen ships are the Spanish Oriental Armada led by Admiral Garcia!

The reason why the French flag is hoisted is because there has been a news in the circles of Westerners in the East that the French royal fleet is coming to China.

In recent years, the situation in the Kingdom of France has also begun to improve, and it has gradually come out of the malaise caused by a series of wars such as the Thirty Years' War, the Franco-Spanish War, and the Fronde Movement. The ruling Cardinal Mazarin (formerly known as Mazarin) also has spare time to focus on developing overseas markets.

And the trade between the Ming Dynasty and France seems to be promising.

So Mazarin is assembling a large royal fleet, ready to devote himself to the Mingfa maritime trade, which can bring huge revenues to the Bourbons.

As soon as the news reached Manila, Admiral Garcia had irises prepared in order to disguise his fleet as a French fleet visiting China......

"How? Colonel, what is the situation at the Dinghai anchorage? ”

Seeing De Belasco rushing in, Admiral Garcia knew that it was going to happen, so he also became excited.

"Defenseless!" "Let's go right away, it's a headwind and it's slow...... You have to rush into the Dinghai anchorage the night after tomorrow! ”

"Can it be done at night?" Admiral Garcia asked.

"No problem...... The channel between the large and small millstone islands was wide, and I had walked many times, and when the time came, I piloted the Pacific Star. Deberasko paused and said, "The Shenjiamen commercial port is very lively at night, as long as we move in the direction of the lights, we can find the anchorage of the Chinese fleet!" There are 12 Galen boats there, and we will first indulge the fire boats, and then get closer to the shelling! ”

"What about the Chinese batteries?" Garcia asked again.

"Just one battery, about a dozen or twenty guns," replied de Belsco, "as long as you rush in at night, there is nothing to be afraid of, and you can't fire a few shots." ”

"Then it's a win!" Garcia took a breath, the excitement in his heart, it turned out that the Spanish Armada also had a time to win!

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At the same time, Zheng Jiangong had already inspected the 22 big bird ships provided by the Nanyang Fleet, and also carried out artillery test firing - all the guns and gun crews performed excellently!

Oh, and there are only 88 24-pound navy models in total. All are well maintained, and so are the gunners. Although most of the officers and men of the Nanyang Fleet are not from professional backgrounds, they have all been working at sea for many years, and their skills and experience are good. Among them, the gunners all went to the naval academy to make up for the artillery class, and of course the skills were excellent.

After the inspection was completed, the big bird ships of the eight Oriental Fleets led by the two Galen ships Jiangnan and Fujian also arrived in Xiamen, plus the Feixiang, Jiangnan, Fujian, and other three 800-ton Galen ships, a total of 33 warships, the Ming Expeditionary Fleet sailed out of the Xiamen anchorage on the afternoon of the second day of the eighth month of the ninth year of Hongxing, and disappeared into the vast Taiwan Strait by the northeast wind.

In the evening of this day, the Spanish Oriental Invincible Armada, composed of 29 Galen ships, also sailed to the surface of the East China Sea outside the Dinghai anchorage, despite the howling northeast wind!

The white fleur-de-lis flag was lowered slowly, and the Spanish flag of San Andrew, a symbol of the Spanish Empire, was slowly raised......