After the initial panic, Hongmen gradually faced a surprise attack from the Wyvern Gang, and gradually stabilized the situation.

Because of the complicated relationship between the Spaniards and the Dutch, and in order to keep it secret, the tactics of the Yan Zheng Feilong Gang's sneak attack on Hongmen actually kept the Spaniards in the dark, and the Spanish showed in the remnants of the Spanish fleet and the Manila Castle roaming the left and right, in the face of this unknown fleet that suddenly arrived and relieved them, out of caution, they did not cooperate with the attack of the Wyvern Gang at the first time.

Except for the artillery fire on the Manila Castle, which took the opportunity to consume several waves of shells and caused some trouble to the Hongmen fleet, the Spanish fleet has always maintained a safe distance from the forces of the two sides that are fighting in the harbor waters, and has been staring at both sides.

Therefore, the Hongmen fleet can be regarded as a little lucky, if the Spaniards and the Wyvern gang collude, I am afraid that the losses of the Hongmen fleet will be greater with the cooperation of each other.

Obviously, the Wyvern Gang also knew about this problem, and while continuing to hunt down the Hongmen fleet, they sent people to communicate with the Spaniards, hoping to impress the Spaniards and defeat the Hongmen fleet in this sea area.

The Hongmen fleet can still fight with only fifteen or sixteen warships, and judging from the numbers, it is no longer enough to absolutely suppress the Spaniards and the Wyvern Gang.

The most important point is that the timing of the appearance of the Wyvern Gang is too good, when Hongmen has just put more than half of its men on the port and is ready to attack the Manila Castle, which means that the Hongmen fleet that finally left the port at this time is actually not fully manned.

There are many advantages of Western sea ships, but there are also many disadvantages, and if you want to give full play to the maximum performance of Western warships, enough sailors are a key.

At this time, among the warships of the Hongmen fleet, there was a general lack of sailors to control the sails, gun emplacements and other positions of the ships, and invisibly, the strength of the Hongmen fleet was also greatly reduced.

"Brothers, sink a Hongmen warship, I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver! Capture Hongmen Li Tianyang, I will reward 10,000 taels of silver!! ”

Zheng Zhilong has been smooth sailing all these years, and finally fell into the hands of Li Tianyang, if it comes to hatred for Li Tianyang and Hongmen, the Flying Dragon Gang is afraid that no one is more hostile to Hongmen and Li Tianyang than him.

At this time, the sneak attack succeeded, and as soon as it came up, it dealt a heavy blow to Hongmen, which made Zheng Zhilong as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

In order to boost everyone's morale, Zheng Zhilong did not hesitate to spend money at this time, and directly used gold and silver to stimulate everyone's murderous nature.

"Roar!!

"Woo!!"

For a while, the Wyvern Gang members were also excited, and they all mustered up their energy, desperately venting the shells on the gun positions of the fleet, or controlling the ships under them, aiming at a target, and chasing each other with their dead hands.

After the initial confusion, the Spaniards finally came to their senses, and after further communicating with the messengers sent by the Wyverns, the remnants of their fleet were ready to start returning to the battlefield.

Hongmen was also in a dilemma at this time, and there were thousands of sailors on the shore, so that Li Tianyang and them had no way to retreat, and the strength of the Hongmen fleet was weakened by the shortage of manpower and the damage of warships by sneak attacks, so that the strength gap between it and the Flying Dragon Gang and the Spanish fleet on the sea was infinitely close to five or five.

Moreover, Hongmen also has a very important flaw, that is, their ammunition reserves, in this continuous six or seven days of attack, most of them have been consumed, and if they engage in a naval battle with the other side at this time, they really have to be careful and calculated, and it is impossible to fight for a long time.

Of course, in the ocean-going operation, the ammunition and materials carried by Hongmen are actually not small, and in the future, Hongmen will have two supply ships to supply the Hongmen fleet in the near future.

"Let the soldiers who landed on the shore clean up the battlefield first, and put pressure on the Manila Castle with the Ming team in the south, so that it does not dare to agitate with great fanfare to support the sea with the cannon fire of the city wall!"

Li Tianyang is still very calm, except for the surprise and hatred he showed when he learned that the enemy was the Flying Dragon Gang at the beginning, in the following time, Li Tianyang has always shown a calm appearance.

When Li Tianyang, as the leader, did not panic in the slightest, and at the same time calmly gave orders, the soldiers around the underground gradually began to wake up from the panic, and each did his duty and did his job.

"Order, Gan Xingzhi Crazy Shark Gang warships get out of the team, intercept the Big Buddha machine fleet, and prevent it from joining the ranks of attacking our fleet."

"All the warships of the Hongmen fleet, destroy the enemy in front of me for me!!"

There are staff members who are on the side to make suggestions, and Li Tianyang only needs to convey these strategies.

At present, the biggest opponent of Hongmen is this group of Flying Dragon Gang, who have been secretly peeping at the Hongmen Fleet for a long time, as long as the Flying Dragon Gang can be defeated, then the situation will return to the hands of the Hongmen Fleet.

The fleets of the two sides were in the waters of Manila, which had lasted for six or seven days, and carried out the most advanced naval warfare techniques of the Ming people in this era.

One side of the people is looking for revenge, and all kinds of hardships and sorrows brought by Hongmen earlier have been precipitated in the hearts of the soldiers of the Flying Dragon Gang, plus with the money offensive of the master, the Flying Dragon Gang can be said to be as powerful as a tiger!

On the other hand, the Hongmen fleet has outstanding strength, the pride brought about by its invincibility and invincibility in the South China Sea over the years, the invincible military spirit it has established, and the fact that Hongmen has never slackened all kinds of military drills, and the well-trained sailors and soldiers will not allow others to offend their dignity and self-confidence.

The battle with the Spaniards was more fierce than before, and the Hongmen and the Wyvern Gang, which could be said to be the enemies of destiny, finally started the second confrontation between them in the distant South Seas.

The more the two sides fought, the more angry they became, and even several warships were caught in hand-to-hand combat, and from time to time warships were hit, and broken wood and corpses flew sideways, staining large areas of the sea red.

At this time, the sea is a paradise for marine fish, and predatory fish such as killer whales and sharks, as well as seabirds such as skuas, hover in the sky and in the sea, devouring the delicacies on the surface of the sea.

The battle lasted from the beginning of the day until three o'clock in the evening, when the two sides gradually died down, taking advantage of the cover of night to temporarily retreat in preparation for the next major battle after dawn the next day.

And Gan Xingzhi and the Shark Gang are also trying their best to delay the Spanish disabled fleet, more than a dozen ships of all kinds shuttle on the sea, relying on sacrificing sea ships again and again or suicide attacks to block the other party's intention to join the Wyvern Gang and jointly attack Hongmen.

(End of chapter)