The ship ahead was Spanish, and the Spanish received a letter from Philip, the governor of Manila, who was furious when they learned that Luzon had been captured by the Ming army. King Philip IV of Spain made a decision in the midst of the roar of many nobles: to crusade against the Ming Dynasty.

Spain's national power had gradually declined at this time, and the defeat in the war with England cast a shadow over Spain's national fortunes. But because of this defeat, the Spaniards valued their face more, and the behavior of the Ming Dynasty had seriously angered the dignity of the Spaniards. Spain dispatched fifty large warships from its homeland, and assembled the warships of its colonies now in Asia, a total of one hundred warships, and one hundred and twenty logistics ships, forming a fleet of 25,000 men, and marched towards Manila.

This was already the strongest sea force that Spain could put together, and it was no different from the 30,000 men of the Invincible Armada. In the eyes of the Spaniards, the Ming Dynasty, the old empire, may have a good combat power on land, but when it comes to naval warfare, it is only worthy of washing the feet of the Spaniards.

The Spanish fleet came east, and when they came to Mindanao, they encountered Yan Siqi's East China Sea Fleet. The three-masted gunboats of the East China Sea Fleet are slightly smaller than the large Spanish battleships, but the firepower is slightly stronger, but there are only twenty three-masted gunboats in the entire East China Sea Fleet, and the others are all sea ships, centipede ships, sand ships, etc., and the firepower is poor, and it is generally good to have a few small-caliber guns.

Under this huge firepower gap, Yan Siqi did not retreat immediately, he immediately sent a clipper ship to deliver a letter to Zheng Zhilong and Chen Houfu when he discovered the Spanish fleet, and then commanded the fleet to start an attack with the Spaniards.

The flowering bombs of the Ming army gave the proud Spaniards an unforgettable lesson, and under the command of Yan Siqi, under the constant harassment of the arson boats, the mother ship, the centipede boat, etc., the Ming army relied on the local firepower advantage, which made the Spaniards suffer a little.

But the Spaniards had a large ship, and the large number of people still prevailed after some time. Yan Siqi did not fight with them, giving full play to his old pirate nature, fighting and running, and soon left the bulky Spaniards behind.

While the East China Sea Fleet fled and the Spaniards pursued, Zheng Zhilong's fleet pounced from behind the Spaniards. After he received Yan Siqi's letter, he immediately gathered the troops on various islands, and when he rushed to Yan Siqi's fleet to prepare to fight the Spaniards together, Yan Siqi said: "It's useless, your firepower is even worse, it's better for you to let the Spaniards pass first, and then attack the ships in their rear, as long as they rob their logistics ships, they won't be able to support them for long." ”

Zheng Zhilong acted according to the plan and attacked the Spanish logistics ship. Most of his subordinates were fierce pirates, and they were the best at this kind of looting of supplies, and by the time the Spaniards in front of them found out that the logistics ships behind them had been robbed, they hurriedly sent ships to arrive, and they could only see a few steaming transport ships.

After Zheng Zhilong transferred the supplies to a nearby hidden island, he followed the Spaniards from a distance, attacking from time to time, quickly eating the lagging Spanish ships, and taking them away with the people and boats, so that the Spaniards had to line up in a tight formation to avoid a fire in the backyard.

And Yan Siqi's East China Sea Fleet also used three-masted gunboats to turn back and raid the Spanish ships from time to time, and the Spanish were so angry that they screamed, but they had no choice but to concentrate and keep chasing forward.

Yan Siqi met Chen Houfu again, who came to support, and after discussion, the two decided to introduce the Spanish ship into the port of Manila and use the forts on the shore to deal with the Spanish ship.

At this time, Zhang Qianfang encountered the Spanish fleet that was pursuing Yan Siqi. He ordered nine ships except the Zhonghua to attack the enemy ships together, and the Daming and Dahan were now charged, and the thirty-six-pound guns in the bow of the ships roared, and a cannonball hit the foredeck of a Spanish battleship, and a large hole was broken in the deck, and then a fire burst into flames, which turned out to ignite the oil-soaked cables on the deck, which had been very dry.

The Spanish ship is like a dwarf facing a giant compared to a lucky ship. The Da Ming was in front, puffed up its sails, and rushed straight forward, and the Spanish ship that could not dodge made a tooth-sour sound, and then broke into two.

After the Daming rushed into the enemy fleet, the guns on both sides began to fire, and these side guns also reached twenty-four catties, and they were superior in number and fast in rate, and soon many Spanish ships were scattered or caught on fire.

The rushing ships and double-canopy boats in the back were also larger than the Spanish ships, and the firepower was much stronger, and the Ming fleet charged in a line, with enemies on both sides, so there was no need to worry about accidentally injuring friendly troops, and the enemy could not hit themselves, so it was really cool to fight like this.

The students on the last China were hiding by the portholes and watching the burning Spanish ships, and they couldn't help but marvel again and again. Song Yingxing said: "I am waiting in China, but I don't know that there is such a beautiful war scene in this overseas place, and today can be regarded as an eye-opener." ”

The naval soldier next to him smiled secretly in his heart, and Qili, what you see now is that we are pressing others to fight, and when the two sides are equal, then there is only cruelty, what a scholar, a happy scholar.

The other students also praised it, and some of them even chanted the poems, which everyone thought was fresh and interesting, of course, because it was another ethnic group that was being hurt now. Zhou Yanru felt that this was a rare educational opportunity, so he said: "His Majesty the Emperor once said that it is better for China to cry than for foreigners, if we don't work hard and are oppressed by other peoples, it will not be pleasant." If you think about the Hermes-Epitek in Liaodong in the past, and then look at our happy life today, of course, you should know how to do it. “

Song Yingxing said: "His Majesty the Emperor is far-sighted, we only need to listen to the teachings of His Majesty the Emperor, the officials are not greedy, and will dare to fight, we students should respond to the call of His Majesty the Emperor, study scientific knowledge well, build a kind of machinery, discover a new species, improve a new technology, and why worry about my Ming Dynasty, my Han Dynasty, and my China." “

Everyone clapped their hands and cheered, and a naval officer next to him said, "This gentleman is really good." I don't read much, I can't speak. But our Emperor His Majesty is really the Zhongxing Saint Monarch of the Ming Dynasty. I turned out to be from Liaodong, Jiannu called, killed my parents and sisters, my brothers wanted revenge, so they voted for Governor Mao, only a few years, they have been annihilated Jiannu, we also avenged this sea of blood revenge. “

Song Yingxing saw that the officer was tall, his face was dark, but his palms were as white as jade, and said: "The general turned out to be a good man in Dongjiang Town, and he was happy to take revenge, but it was really the work of the big husband, and he admired and admired." “

The officer said: "I don't dare to be called a general, Lieutenant Geng Zhongming of the Ming Royal Navy thanked Mr. Xie for his praise." “