Chapter 569: The Great Fool

The sea was littered with charred sailor corpses, white bubbles mixed with red blood, spreading around in the undulating waves.

"General, the Dignity has been sunk...!"

"Oh my God, the Dream has also been sunk...!"

"Oh my God, the Discovery has sunk too...!"

Colonel Ryan was talking about the battle situation like a funeral, which stimulated Ryone's nerves again and again.

"Order all ships, drop the sails and surrender, the Netherlands will no longer be able to keep the South Seas!" After deciding to surrender, he fell on the chair like a deflated ball, he couldn't bear the torment anymore, and looked forward to ending it soon.

"Okay General, as you wish." Colonel Ryan also knew that this was a war with no hope in sight.

After sinking nine ships and severely damaging four ships, the Dutch fleet lowered its sails and hoisted the white flag.

Since then, the "Battle of Palawan" has come to an end, in which a total of 27 European ships were sunk, including 22 by the Dutch and 5 by the Spanish. Twenty-eight ships were captured, seven of which were badly damaged.

"I protest, on behalf of the Dutch East India Company, I lodge a solemn protest to the Ming government! We are a peaceful fleet, we are civilized people from Europe, and we have no intention of being an enemy of your Ming country, but we have been attacked by your Ming people shamelessly and despicably. I advise you to release all the crew and ships, and I can understand that this is a misunderstanding, and I will explain to the directors of the Dutch East India Company and ask for their forgiveness......! ”

As the captured leader, as soon as he was brought to Wang Yue on the landing ship, he began to give an impromptu speech. He looked excited, but he tried to make himself appear righteous and express his anger.

Colonel Francisco, the commander of the Spanish fleet, was stunned and watched Kuichi's performance, and couldn't help but admire Kuichi, no wonder people can be generals, this acting is really good, and he is still playing the victim at this point.

Grunting in Dutch, Wang Yue was a little confused when he heard it, and only then did he understand what he was talking about through Lisa's simultaneous translation.

To sum it up in one word from later generations, it is flickering. When they are faced with adversity, some people will use their eloquence to turn the tide and blind their opponents.

He talked a lot, his mouth was dry, and Wang Yue didn't have the habit of providing tea to the captives, so he had to suspend his speech.

Personally boarded the warship of the Ming people, and fell to the bottom of the valley, this is a giant ship made of steel, but I didn't expect the Ming people to be advanced to an incredible extent. As long as the Ming people are willing, the Dutch don't say that the South Seas are not guaranteed, the Indian colonies may not be guaranteed, and even the whole of Europe cannot stop the Ming people from advancing, if their voyage can reach that far.

Therefore, he turned against the army and used a lot of diplomatic rhetoric to squeeze out these terrible Ming people, and he could be regarded as resigning himself to the destiny of heaven.

Wang Yue chuckled and said, "General Yi, it's a pity that you don't go to be a politician." You and the Spaniards, the enemies of the Dutch, formed such a huge fleet and ran to the waters of our Ming Kingdom, are they here for tourism? ”

"Oh no! This is the sea off Luzon. He said loudly.

"As soon as you left the coast of Luzon, you have already entered my Daming Sea." Wang Yue said: "What's more, the entire Nanyang is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, and Manila and Batavia, which you and the Spaniards occupied, are all the territories of the Ming Dynasty's vassal states, and it is understandable for our army to fight the invaders." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yue smiled and said: "General Yi, the current world is a world of the jungle, and the law of the jungle is pursued. You Dutch have robbed so many colonies, have you ever asked the natives about their wishes? ”

He opened his mouth, but he couldn't refute it.

Wang Yue put his face on and said: "You are a prisoner now, you must have the consciousness of a prisoner, and the official can tolerate you until now, and he has given enough face." Don't think I don't know, how many Chinese you killed in Nanyang. ”

"And you Spaniards." Wang Yue pointed at Colonel Francisco and said: "During the Wanli period of my dynasty, the account of the massacre of more than 20,000 of my Chinese has not been settled with you. ”

Colonel Francisco's legs weakened in fright, and he trembled: "Oh, dear Your Excellency Wang, that's none of my business, I was just born at that time, and I was far away in Europe." I surrendered on my own initiative, and if you said that you would not kill the prisoners, I could pay a ransom, a large ransom. ”

Wang Yue nodded and said, "We are civilized people, if we are not people who have committed heinous crimes, we will not kill them easily." When our army takes Manila, you will all be investigated to see whose hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese. ”

Because of the six massacres of China in history, Wang Yue hated the Spaniards in Manila, especially the soldiers, even if they were not stained with the blood of the Chinese, waiting for them would be lifelong labor.

"Commander, we also captured Zheng Lian of the Zheng family, what should we do with this person?" Li Zixiong had seen Zheng Lian in Hirado, so he recognized it immediately.

Wang Yue sneered: "It seems that Zheng Zhilong is not honest either, let Li Chuanxin try the first instance first, and temporarily detain him."

At the end of the naval battle, the salvage of the people who fell into the water was supervised by the Tiance Army, and the Europeans put down the lifeboats of each ship to salvage the operation, which continued until dark, and a total of more than 2,300 prisoners were salvaged.

The captured ships and personnel were to be escorted back to Taipei, which was still nearly two days away from Manila, so the Tiance Army docked to rest and wait for the return of the four coast guard warships in charge of escorting before launching an attack on Manila.

By the evening of the next day, motorized cargo ships loaded with Japanese mercenaries arrived and joined the main fleet.

Before dark, suddenly dark clouds covered the top, a sudden storm was forming, and the originally calm sea began to be turbulent, wave after wave, lapping the hull of the warship, making a loud noise to declare their sovereignty over the sea.

"In terms of location, we are now in the sea area 80 kilometers northwest of the island of Luzon, and according to the ship's weather station, there may be a typhoon in the nearby ocean, and we must deal with it as soon as possible." Li Zixiong reported to Wang Yue.

The ship weather station is a meteorological device on modern large ships, which makes meteorological observations and calculations according to the atmospheric pressure, temperature, dew point, wind direction, wind speed, atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, sea surface visibility, sea surface weather conditions, sea surface evaporation, surface water temperature, waves and other specific hydrometeorological elements at all levels above the ocean.

When there is a meteorological satellite to assist, the ship weather station will provide meteorological data for the meteorological department on a regular basis, and can provide basic meteorological services for the ship in the case of loss of contact.