The battle with the Wyvern Gang lasted for three days and three nights in Manila, and when the ammunition and supplies of the Hongmen fleet were about to run out, Hongmen finally reluctantly took the initiative in the war.

The price of gaining the initiative in the war was heavy, and the 134 warships left in the Hongmen fleet were now able to move freely, and there were only eight warships with half of the combat effectiveness, and even one "Jiaolong-type" battleship had to dock in the port of Manila because of serious damage, becoming a live target in the eyes of Manila Castle and the Wyvern Gang warships, and whether it sank or not was only a matter of the enemy's choice.

Of course, the Flying Dragon Gang fleet had to suffer equally heavy losses, and in the case of seizing the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Hongmen fleet, plus the weakness of the opponent's lack of ammunition, they were able to fight with the all-Western-style warships of the Hongmen fleet in a five-to-five battle.

But in the end, they still had a significant gap in hardware strength, and while Hongmen lost five or six warships, their own fleet also lost more than half of its number.

In the battle, the most fierce battle was not the battlefield between the Wyvern Gang and the Hongmen Fleet, but the battle between the Shark Gang Gan Xingzhi and the Spanish fleet.

In order to fulfill Li Tianyang's entrustment to himself, Gan Xingzhi used all his strength to eat milk this time, and all the backbone henchmen in his hands were filled in by him, just hoping to let the Spanish fleet be firmly contained and not disturb the results of the battle between the main battlefields of the Hongmen Flying Dragon Gang.

Gan Xingzhi's unsparing efforts are his dissatisfaction with his performance over the past few days, and his desire to make up for the problems he thinks he has caused.

From the beginning, he confidently assured Li Tianyang that he could let him sit safely in the position of the leader of the Crazy Shark Gang, but he didn't want to be arranged by Zhang Chong secretly, and they would lose to Li Tiansheng and Yuan Chengwu at the beginning.

Later, Li Tiansheng and Yuan Chengwu suddenly used force to force themselves and others under their noses, and finally had to abandon their family business and flee in the wilderness.

And now the Flying Dragon Gang has been peeping in the dark for a long time, seizing the best opportunity to sneak attack themselves, and because of their own mistakes again and again, they let their brothers' henchmen and Li Tianyang fall into passivity, so that Gan Xingzhi, who has always believed in himself, has to play with twelve points of spirit to make up for his mistakes.

In order to drag the remnants of the Spanish fleet to a few warships, the Shark Gang warships, which had lost less than half of them in a year, were only four or five ships that could still float on the sea at this time, and the elite backbone of the Shark Gang, who were originally in their early 2,000s, died less than 600 people in these three days.

Of course, the Spaniard fleet was stunned by the momentum of the Shark Gang, and there was no way to turn the fleet target to the Hongmen fleet, and at the same time, they also lost two more warships in the suicide attack of the Shark Gang's warships, so that the Spanish fleet, which had too many scruples, could only cruise far away on the edge of the far sea, not daring to get closer to the main battlefield.

The Spaniards had a large population, and they had lost a large number of main forces in this battle with the Hongmen fleet, and even after repelling the Hongmen, if the Hongmen returned to launch the next attack, they could only pat their butts and leave, and voluntarily abandon the Manila Castle that they had occupied for half a century.

Therefore, out of the reservation of his own strength, Lieutenant Commander Vonbri, who commanded the battle of the Spanish fleet, was able to reluctantly give the order to retreat at this time, so that the Hongmen people and the Wyvern Gang could fight the result.

Anyway, in the eyes of the Spaniards, other races are pawns that can be sacrificed at will, even if at this moment Vonbri knows how important the chess piece of the Wyvern Gang is, but if his last few Spanish warships are damaged, then the Spanish soldiers in Manila's success or failure will not even have the last way to escape in the end!

"If we continue to fight like this, even if we defeat the Wyvern Gang, we won't have the strength to attack Manila City again!"

The members of Li Tianyang's root participation department have been studying the battle situation in the past few days, and they have begun to retreat in their hearts.

But when his words came out, his tone was full of unwillingness and resentment, if he was in his own territory, with his own strength, even if the complete Wyvern Gang and the Spaniards were united, they would not be their opponents.

However, this is the distant South Seas, and as an official of the Ming Dynasty, Li Tianyang privately sent troops to attack other kingdoms, which was actually considered a transgression in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, on the bright side, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Hongmen Headquarters and the Penghu Naval Division could not be mobilized, lest they become Li Tianyang's handle and be used against him by other dynasty officials.

At the same time, the long navigation line, so that Li Tianyang and them even if they want to increase the number of troops in this battle at this time, it will take at least more than a month to transfer the messengers and sailors back and forth.

Of course, the Hongmen fleet is considered to be the end of the crossbow, whether it is the other Wyvern Gang or the Spaniards, in fact, it is not much better, the Spanish Manila Castle, which is under the enemy's back, is too busy to take care of itself at this time, and the remnants of the fleet dare not approach the battle situation in the Inland Sea; The Wyvern Gang is better, but in the continuous offensive in the past few days, they have lost more than they can do, and they are already at a disadvantage in the battle situation.

Yan and Zheng wanted to take revenge, and wanted to get a new life from the desire to defeat Hongmen and re-strengthen themselves, but in the past few days to the battle, the sailors under their command have already resisted the battle.

In the face of the desperately powerful Hongmen, after sacrificing more than half of their colleagues, they can no longer attack the Hongmen with fighting spirit and passion as they did at the beginning.

The offensive of money, in the past few days, has been unleashed by Yan and Zheng, and the promises they have made have become more and more abundant, and even the Flying Dragon Gang has become numb.

No matter how much money you have rewarded, if you don't have the life to enjoy it, those things will only be a flash in the pan, and they will have no meaning at all.

"No!!" Gan Xingzhi rarely came back to discuss the war with Li Tianyang, and when he heard Li Tianyang's proposal, he immediately stared at Li Tianyang with a murderous gaze, and flatly refused: "If I retreat at this time, how can I explain to my sons and daughters, and how can I face the families of my fallen brothers!" ”

(End of chapter)