Lawrence and Colonel Anthony brought back desperate news for Cuarón, and although it was hard to believe the steel ships they described, Cuarón knew that his troubles were coming, and that the enemies of Tamsui were not easy.

"Caron, as a friend, what I want to say is to give up, that Lord Wang of the Ming Kingdom seems to be bound to win." Lawrence sighed.

"No!" Caron raised his voice and said, "What does that mean for us once we lose our big man?" This means that we will lose forever this large island the size of our empire. ”

Looking at Caron, who was a little excited, Lawrence said earnestly: "Caron, our Spanish Empire already has the largest and largest number of colonies in the world, and there is no need to go to war for an island and this ancient and huge empire in the East. Isn't it nice to do business happily, why do you have to conquer this land? ”

"Why not conquer it?" Caron snorted coldly: "No one doesn't want to own more land, let alone this big island, even our great king His Majesty the Ming Kingdom on the opposite side has the idea of conquering, if it weren't for the defeat of our Invincible Armada in Britain more than fifty years ago, I'm afraid that plan would have been implemented long ago." ”

Hearing this, Lawrence fell silent. More than 50 years ago, Spain was in its strongest period, the then Spanish king Philip II had ordered to start the formation of an expeditionary force of 1 to 120,000 to conquer the Ming at that time, and the Spanish governor in the Philippines Sandy had submitted a shocking report to the Spanish king Philip II, he believed that only 4,000 to 6,000 people were enough to conquer the Ming at that time.

Another colonist, Recker, wrote to the king: "If Your Majesty is willing to dispatch, with less than sixty good Spanish soldiers, you will be able to conquer and suppress the Chinese." ”

Well, even from the point of view of Lawrence, a businessman, this Don Quixote fellow is too brainless, does he think he is leading an archangel army?

If it weren't for the fact that their armada was beaten to pieces by the British, I'm afraid that the plan to conquer the Ming would have been implemented long ago. From here, it can be seen that the Spaniards never gave up the opportunity to conquer the Ming Kingdom, and now Caron led only more than 1,200 men and horses to support it, the purpose of which is to be able to occupy the Ming Dynasty for a long time, so as to prepare for the future occupation of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that the atmosphere had fallen into a dull state, Lawrence said softly, "Okay Cuarón, as a businessman, I'm not interested in any war. However, I think that if you persist, you will definitely fail, and you can consult your Colonel Anthony for the reason. ”

After saying that, Lawrence shook his head and left with a heavy heart.

After Lawrence left, Cuarón closed his eyes in pain, and from their descriptions, he knew that there was something unusual about the enemy. Instead of being dressed in leaves and dancing around stones or campfires, he was now dealing with an ancient and vast nation with thousands of years of civilization.

But he would not give up on the Grand Governor in any case, and he was never willing to be the last Governor of the Grand Minister.

As the days passed, he kept writing to Manila asking for help, and urging the natives to fortify the castle he lived in. Keelung City could not compare with the fortification of the Dutchman's Geranza City, but out of the psychology of despair, he still hoped to make his life-saving things a little stronger.

During this time, Karon finally had the privilege of witnessing the activity of the strange warship that had no sails and automated in the vicinity of Keelung.

Without hesitation, Cuarón ordered the fleet to leave the harbor to destroy the enemy, but unfortunately he did not even touch the tail of the battleship. He was impressed by the speed of the battleship, but thankfully, he was reassured by the fact that the monoculars did not reveal how many guns the enemy ship was equipped with.

Two ships of maritime surveillance warships were dispatched to carry out blatant reconnaissance activities against Keelung in northern Taiwan and the Chichichi Fortress and Gelanza City in southern Taiwan.

The Navy, like the Army, plays violent reconnaissance and does not mind the enemy discovering them. The efficiency of this reconnaissance was considerable, and Wang Yue quickly obtained a large number of videos and photos.

Judging from the reconnaissance images, only the city of Geranza was the most heavily defended, followed by the Red Lodge Fortress of the Dutch.

After reading the reconnaissance image data, Wang Yue knew that he didn't need to worry about attacking Keelung City, and that he could hand over the sea to the Nanyang Fleet and the land to the Fifth Regiment, because the military strength of the Tiance Army was overwhelming.

The first and second regiments of the security army will be stationed on the island of Taiwan for a long time, and in order to adapt them to the environment on the island, Wang Yue specially dispatched the second regiment of the security army to attack Keelung by land, which can be regarded as revenge for their comrades-in-arms.

Therefore, in addition to the Nanyang Fleet, the army reached more than 3,000 people in Keelung, while Keelung only had 15 sail warships and more than 1,200 Spanish soldiers, which is a bit of a big stick to fight mosquitoes.

"Dangdangdang......"

The big bell in Keelung Port began to ring, and the ringing of the bell meant that there was hostility.

According to Cuarón's plan, all fifteen warships in the harbor were dispatched with the aim of inflicting heavy damage on the enemy ships, depleting the enemy's strength, and forcing them to retreat.

In less than two quarters of an hour, the fifteen warships that were originally moored in the harbor sailed out of the harbor and rushed towards the naval fleet of the Tiance Army attacking in the distance, and a naval battle began.

This time, in order to attack Keelung, the Nanyang Fleet dispatched a total of two coast guard warships, four maritime surveillance warships, a passenger and cargo ro-ro ship, and a dock landing ship.

Less than five miles from Keelung, Karon stood high and witnessed a one-sided massacre with his monoculars.

The rumbling sound of artillery continued, the tail flame of recoilless guns flew everywhere on the sea, nearly a hundred mortars also joined the attack, and columns of water from shells continued to rise around the Spanish sail battleship.

The Spanish sail ships were hit by shells, then caught fire or sunk. Cuarón saw clearly that the enemy ships were attacking from a distance of eight hundred meters, which was a desperate distance.

Some of the Spanish warships did not care about the distance difference, and after several shots, they bravely returned fire before the ships collapsed. Amid the deafening sound of cannons and the passionate and angry shouts of the sailors, the ship finally sank, and the white smoke and water mist in the sky constituted a tragic battle scene.

An hour later, fifteen Spanish sail ships were burned or sunk, none of them surrendered, and the Spaniards were a tragic performer in this battle, but unfortunately their heroism did not cause any damage to the enemy ships.

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