893 Robbery while the fire is on?
When Anders heard this, he was a little strange, and looked in the direction that Sun Chuanting was seeing. And he saw something floating in the ocean in the distance.
Suddenly, he didn't know what to remember, and hurriedly went to get the telescope hanging on his chest. My hand was a little shaky, and I didn't hold it the first time, but after I finally picked it up, I immediately fixed my eyes on it.
With the help of a telescope, I was finally able to see more clearly. That's the ship, no doubt it, definitely the ship. Coming from this direction, it shouldn't be the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty, right? This...... Is this really looking forward to the Ming reinforcements?
Thinking of this possibility, Anders was excited: is it really an endless road, and he really has to look forward to reinforcements?
In fact, this time is too far away to see clearly. However, Anders immediately believed that he was looking forward to it day and night, and he was definitely looking forward to the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty!
At this time, in his consciousness, he already regarded himself as a Ming man, not a so-called ally. Or to put it further, it's a loved one!
"Have you seen clearly, is it a reinforcement sent by His Majesty?" Sun Chuanting asked Anders in an excited tone, but he still refused to put down the binoculars, so he stared at the movement in the distance, not wanting to blink for a moment.
"Yes, absolutely, coming from the west, apart from the Ming army, what else could it be?" Anders listened and said without hesitation, "It's impossible, those are whales floating on the surface of the sea to reinforce us, right?" ”
After saying that, he laughed at his own analogy. Obviously, he was in a much better mood.
Sun Chuanting listened, finally put down the binoculars and glanced at him, then turned his head to look at one of his personal guards, handed him the telescope and said, "Your eyes are good, let's see if the reinforcements from the imperial court have arrived?" ”
The guard on the side had been waiting for a long time, and when he heard this, the guard immediately took the binoculars and looked at it.
"My lord, my subordinates' eyes are also very good, let me come and see!" The other guards said one after another, and they wanted to see if it was the reinforcements from the imperial court that were coming.
At this time, regardless of the size of the official position, their expectations for the imperial court reinforcements were the same.
"My lord, it's the imperial court reinforcements, it's the imperial court reinforcements......" Suddenly, the personal guard who was holding the telescope to inspect jumped three feet high, and shouted loudly with great excitement, "I see it clearly, really, I see it clearly, it is the banner of our Ming Dynasty, it is definitely the banner of our Ming Dynasty, and the reinforcements have arrived ......."
Hearing this, the other guards couldn't hold back any longer, anyway, they didn't snatch it from Sun Chuanting's hands, they all surrounded them one by one, and snatched the binoculars from the guard's hand to see the situation.
However, there is only one telescope, and all the guards may be able to grab it. So, some of the guards saw Anders' one. At this time, they don't care. rushed to Anders again, and hurriedly said, "I have good eyesight, I'll help you take a look!" ”
"My eyesight is better, I'd better come and see!"
“……”
And just like that, they snatched the binoculars and scrambled to see them.
Anders was a little helpless, but his face did not look angry, but looked at Sun Chuanting, and after the two looked at each other for a while, they both laughed, obviously in a good mood.
By this time, both of them could basically be sure that the imperial court reinforcements were coming, and it was really timely!
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They saw it here, and the people on the Spanish side naturally found it too.
"What?" When the Spanish governor heard the watchpost's announcement, he immediately picked up the binoculars and looked at them, and at the same time confirmed, "It is indeed the fleet, do you see the flag clearly?" ”
Filot, who was beside him, had a very bad premonition in his heart when he saw that direction. Hearing the question, he also picked up the binoculars and looked at them.
At this time, when it was just a vague appearance, and he could roughly distinguish what color of the flag, Philot exclaimed: "It's not good, it's the warship of the Ming Kingdom!" ”
To tell the truth, when the Ming fleet captured Manila and chased him all the way, he was always afraid that he would be caught up by the Ming warships, which became a big psychological shadow in his heart.
In the past, I don't know how many times, I dreamed that the Ming warship suddenly caught up with him and woke up from the dream.
Therefore, as soon as he saw it at this time, he concluded at a glance that it was definitely the warship of the Ming Kingdom.
When the Spanish governor heard this, he couldn't help but put down his binoculars, turned his head to look at him, and said with some suspicion: "You mean, those are the fleets sent to the Americas by the Ming country, new ones?" ”
"Absolutely!" Philott's face was ugly, and he replied to the Spanish governor, "Your Excellency the governor can look at the scale, but you can't see the end, there is a steady stream, it can't be a fleet already in the Americas, let alone a fleet of other countries." No other country has this strength, such a huge fleet! ”
Hearing such an affirmative answer, the Spanish governor's face became very ugly.
He turned his head to look at the Ming fleet that was already in battle, and then looked at the fleet in the depths of the ocean. To be honest, he really didn't want to admit that what Filote said was true. What if it was something else, the kind of situation that I didn't expect?
In short, if it is the new fleet of the Ming Kingdom, then combined with the fleet in the Americas, such a huge force, who can compete with it?
While he was thinking like this, suddenly, he heard a deafening cheer from the side of the Ming fleet. The sound was so loud that although the two fleets were still far away, they could hear the joy of the Ming army.
Hearing these cheers, needless to say, it must be the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming Kingdom!
Knowing this, the face of the Spanish governor was as ugly as it was.
However, he was certainly not incompetent to become the governor of Spain.
It was only a moment before he suddenly ordered: "The whole army will turn around and meet the new fleet of the Ming Kingdom." They have just crossed the ocean, and they must be exhausted, and they just happened to send military merit. Against! ”
On the side of the Spanish fleet, they were originally preparing for the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming Kingdom, and their morale fell to the bottom. At this time, as soon as they heard the military order of the Governor, they suddenly came back to their senses one by one.
That's right, the Governor is right, he has come from a great distance, and he is definitely exhausted, so how much energy can he have to fight a big war. At this time, it is the time when he is sick and wants his life!
Each defeated the enemy, and the final victory still belonged to Spain.
Thinking of this, the morale of the Spanish fleet suddenly rose again. The desire for victory led them to operate the warship with agility.
Of course, the actions of the Spaniards did not forget about the pirates. Tell those pirates in the flag language that the Ming Kingdom is new, and it is to send the gold and silver treasures that I don't know, and when they are tired, if they don't rob it at this time, when will they stay?
After William and Robert received the news, they had different opinions.
Some people feel that it is still necessary to follow what they thought before, let the Spaniards go first, and they will pick up the cheap.
There are also people who feel that the Spaniards are right, and there must be a lot of good things in the Ming fleet that just arrived. They had just arrived and were absolutely very tired and it was a good time to grab something.
After the initial communication was fruitless, those impatient pirates did not want to quarrel anymore, and directly set sail, following behind the Spanish fleet, and went to grab a handful first. For them, this is simply a door-to-door deal, how can they not do it!
One pirate after another left, which made the other pirates excited, not to be able to rob all the good things they had, and they ended up with nothing.
Based on this idea, in the end, these pirates all flocked to the depths of the ocean to rob the exhausted Ming fleet.
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Naturally, it is impossible for them to hide this movement from Sun Chuanting's side. Seeing their actions, how could they stand idly by.
For the Ming army, the most ideal is, of course, for the imperial court reinforcements to go to the base camp first, rest well, and then go to those Europeans to settle accounts.
But it backfired, there could be no such ideal state, and of course they couldn't let the reinforcements fight alone. Otherwise, they had experienced the exhaustion of crossing the ocean at the beginning, and they knew that their combat effectiveness would definitely be reduced by more than half.
So, after Sun Chuanting's order, all the warships of the Ming army set sail one after another, and pursued behind the enemy's back, to strongly support the reinforcements.
Even the Portuguese also understood the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and each warship was fighting bravely to be the first, never allowing the enemy to succeed, and not allowing the Ming reinforcements to be defeated by the enemy.
The battle situation on the sea, because of the sudden arrival of the Ming reinforcements, the situation suddenly changed, which no one expected.
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Whether it was Sun Chuanting's side or the Spanish army's side, they didn't guess wrong. It was the Ming fleet, commanded by Zheng Zhilong, escorting King Lu and others to the domain.
Because he already had the experience of crossing the Pacific Ocean for the first time, under the navigation of the first ironclad battleship of the Ming Dynasty, he crossed the Pacific Ocean smoothly.
However, what Zheng Zhilong never expected was that they were greeted by a dense enemy fleet. With just a glance, he roughly estimated that there should be about two hundred and fifty sail warships.
Although there were more than 350 ships in the fleet of this voyage, the Ming fleet alone, many of the soldiers had never experienced such a long voyage. It was also stormy, not only were the soldiers tired, but many warships had to be repaired.
But he also understands that this battle is inevitable. In this case, let you taste the power of Daming Technology! When he thought about this, he added in his heart: This is what His Majesty said!
With a decision in his heart, he began to transfer his troops and prepare for battle.
The Ming fleet, which still had combat strength, began to assemble at the front, while the fleets of King Lu and others were all hiding in the distance, circling the arc and leaning towards the coast.
At the front of the Ming fleet, there were four warships, which were particularly eye-catching.