1230 It must have been a coincidence
In the vast area of Manila Bay, some of the Ming naval divisions were in the harbor, but more often in the innermost part of Manila Bay. The reason for this is that the port is not large, and so many warships cannot be squeezed.
At this time, the warships of the Ming army were urgently deployed, the large warships were being adjusted, and almost all the sailboats were on the outermost side, lined out with the side of the ship. The original warship of the Daming Naval Division had limited gun positions, which were far inferior to this kind of sailboat. The intention was obvious, to defend with the guns of the sailboats. In addition, it also includes the original warships of the Ming Dynasty and some small ships, which are all seizing the upper hand.
Seeing this through the monoculars, Anthony sneered. The Ming army is only about 20 sail warships, even if the firepower is comparable to its own, but there are 70 on its side. Even if Liu Xiang's fleet didn't play any role, it could still bombard other warships of the Ming Army with fierce artillery fire, and then fight more and less, and the other party couldn't even run away, so it wasn't too easy to win such a battle!
Thinking so, he immediately ordered to command Liu Xiang's side with the flag, and let him cooperate with the Dutch fleet to also seize the upper hand, release the arson ship, and prepare to fight.
And the sea outside Manila Bay has been densely covered with ships. In the middle of the five sail warships, the governor of Batavia, Kun, held a goblet filled with wine, smelled the aroma of wine deeply, and then he said to the group of indigenous leaders crowded behind him: "Now that the main force of the Ming army's naval division has been blocked in Manila Bay, there is absolutely no possibility of escape." After this battle, the whole South Seas will be ours. Come, this is the wine that the Governor has always treasured, let's celebrate it in advance! β
With that, he raised his glass and gestured.
When the indigenous leaders heard this, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they all smiled in response to Kun's words, patted his ass, and at the same time carefully held the glass goblet in their hands, looked at the blood-red wine, and carefully took a sip.
If it weren't for the fact that these indigenous chiefs could accept their rule in peace and pay the protection fee every year, Kun really didn't bother to talk to this group of turtles.
Raising his head, looking at the indigenous fleet, the soldiers carrying a full warehouse were entering Manila Bay through that waterway, he thought for a while, then turned his head with a smile and beckoned: "Come on, come on, enter Manila Bay immediately, everyone come and see, the Ming Naval Division is actually really like that, and when you meet our Dutch Invincible Armada, you can only feed the fish!" β
Kun has the intention of letting these indigenous leaders see the power of the Dutch fleet, and now that he has such an opportunity, he will naturally not let it go.
At his warm invitation, the native chiefs naturally flocked to the bow of the ship. In fact, they also wanted to see how the Ming Army's sailors were destroyed!
However, the five warships of the Dutch had not yet entered the waterway, and they belonged to the broken back, and of course, there was also a sense of surveillance, to prevent these natives from committing adultery.
Although I haven't seen it yet, it doesn't prevent the indigenous chiefs from talking about it. Many people even raised their voices, just for fear that Kun, who was drinking wine elegantly, didn't notice him.
"The Ming State Sailor is really unlucky, he was blocked by us, he deserves their bad luck!"
"Whoever dares them to come to our Nanyang, God will bless us. If you want me to say, just feed the sharks on those ships, and those on the shore, I suggest hanging them all under the sun! β
"Yes, kill them, see if Ming Guo will dare to come to our Nanyang in the future!"
"No, it's not, Nanyang is the Nanyang of the Governor, and with the Governor as our ally, the Ming Kingdom will definitely not dare to come."
"I suggest that the Governor take us directly north and rob the Ming Kingdom!"
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Kun listened on the side, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, his wrist flipped, watching the blood-red wine churning in the quilt, and thinking in his heart, after this battle, when he conquered the entire South Seas and transported a huge amount of wealth back to China, those of them should understand how valuable it is to apply for the mobilization of so many warships!
If he had known that his old nest of Batavia had been easily captured by the Ming army, he probably wouldn't have such an idea.
Soon, though, he didn't have the idea, even if he didn't know the news.
"Lord Governor, there is an enemy, Lord Governor, there is an enemy situation...... "The panicked mother tongue cries awakened the imaginary Kun.
He hurriedly looked at the sound, and saw the lookout post on the mast, pointing behind him and shouting frantically, with a piercing tone of panic.
Kun turned his head to look, only to see a black line on the horizon in the distance. Based on his instincts for years, it was a fleet!
Before he could think of anything, he saw the lookout post on the mast, and shouted in panic: "Over there, over there, over there, over there, ...... over there."
Kun immediately looked in the direction indicated, and sure enough, there was one over there.
The fleets on this side of the South Seas, including the indigenous fleets, are all here, and most of them have already entered Manila Bay. Needless to say, the boats behind him at this time are definitely not on their side.
Kun remembered the situation at this time, if those ships were all Ming troops, wouldn't they be surrounded in Manila Bay? If this were the case, would there be a danger of total annihilation?
Thinking of this, the governor of Batavia could no longer hold the tall glass, and fell to the deck, and with a "clang", it shattered into countless pieces, and blood-red wine spilled all over the deck as if blood had been sprinkled there.
Kun didn't care about this at all, he rushed off the bow of the ship in a few steps, and climbed to the top of the place himself, wanting to see where the fleets in the distance were. In his heart, he has been asking God for help, don't be a sailor of the Ming Kingdom! Yes, it will definitely not be the Ming State Water Master, it is impossible to have such a coincidence!
Although the indigenous chiefs could not understand Dutch, the panic knew no borders, and it was understandable at a glance. After a while, they all spotted the fleet in the distance, and they all panicked. They are not stupid, they know that all the ships of friendly forces, are already here.
At this time, the lookout post on the mast shouted again: "Ming army, Ming army, is the sailor of the Ming country, oh my God, why does the Ming country have so many warships?" Oh my God......"
Kun had also seen clearly at this time, in the distance, almost surrounded by semi-encirclement, all of them were Ming warships. There were probably more than two hundred, half of which were sail ships, that is, more than a hundred.
Thinking about the best I had, I managed to gather eighty-two warships. But even so, there are actually many armed merchant ships in them. However, how long has it been since the Ming Kingdom seized the shipyards of the Portuguese, and there are so many sail warships? And this is going out to fight, and they don't lack manpower?
Kun couldn't believe what he saw, you know, in Manila Bay, there are more than a hundred Ming warships, and the number of warships in the South Seas of this Ming Kingdom is more than the number of ships gathered by all the forces on his side.
A major event in the history of navigation, Kunke remembers very clearly. At that time, Spain's invincible armada, which wanted to conquer England, only had about 120 warships. And now, just what Ming Guo saw in front of him, there were more than three hundred warships, and even the sail warships had more than a hundred. Such strength, such national strength......
Thinking about this, Kun suddenly realized how naΓ―ve his previous thoughts were. I feel like a three-year-old toddler, but I want to fight with an adult strong man, and I want to beat the adult strong man down, and then rob him of his belongings.
At this time, he looked at the Ming State Sailor who was getting closer and closer, as if he felt that there was a monstrous wave that was coming fiercely. This power is so great that he can't afford to resist at all.
Kun is truly aware that the Ming Kingdom, the Eastern Empire, is a real behemoth!
"Your Excellency the Governor, run, it'll be too late if you don't run!"
"Your Excellency the Governor, our fleet is still in Manila Bay, what should we do?"
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Continued panic shouting, finally bringing Kun back to his senses.
But he was still a little dazed, seventy warships were in Manila Bay, and they didn't know that the sailors of the Ming Kingdom suddenly came, and if the whole army was wiped out here, not only would they lose Nanyang, but they would not be able to go back and explain. The naval strength of the Netherlands will be surpassed by other countries again, and it will no longer be a sea coachman!
But what's the use of worrying? The Ming warships in front of him are overwhelmingly surrounding, and if they don't run again, they won't be able to run away!
He was struggling when he suddenly felt his foot being caught, and when he looked down, it was a native leader crying out something with a sad face. Turning his head again, the rest of the indigenous leaders were like headless flies, scurrying around the deck, in a mess.
Looking up slightly, I saw that the indigenous boats were in disarray. Some want to escape inside, and want to stay away from the Ming State Water Division; Others wanted to flee and didn't want to be driven into Manila Bay, so there was a collision of ships. The native soldiers on the ship no longer sat obediently, and they were all scurrying in panic. Anyway, it's a mess.
Before the Ming Navy Division arrived close to the front and bombarded, it was already in chaos.
"Your Excellency the Governor, give the order to retreat!"
"Your Excellency the Governor, if you don't withdraw, you won't be able to leave!"
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Kun was summoned back to his senses again, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that his men were all shouting at him. He also saw that there was a Dutch warship, which could not stand the overwhelming pressure of the Ming warships, and was already turning around and trying to escape.
Seeing this, Kun knew that he couldn't hesitate any longer. The fleet in Manila Bay is definitely hopeless. If you don't run again, then your life will be explained here. Anyway, I don't want to die here.
So, Kun regained his spirit, and ordered repeatedly: "Hurry, retreat immediately, be quick, rush through the gap in the Ming warship." β
"All prepare for war, the artillery of the Ming Kingdom is not as powerful as ours, and the range is not as far as ours, everyone works together, and we will definitely be able to break out of the encirclement!"
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At the mouth of Manila Bay, there has never been such a buzz. There were boats everywhere, and there was a noise of people everywhere. And not far from the outer edge of this opening, the Ming army's sailors have approached. Seeing that five Dutch warships wanted to rush out, they immediately adjusted their formation and prepared for battle.
Kun's flagship was in the penultimate appearance, and as he gave the order, he saw the indigenous leader swaying around and shouting, and he immediately became angry.
He knew that after this battle, it would be impossible for the Netherlands to come to Nanyang to plunder supplies, at least within the visible expectations, they would not be able to come to Nanyang to compete with the Ming Kingdom again. Therefore, these indigenous chiefs are of no use to him. Now that he was annoyed by it, he drew his saber and gave it to a native leader who happened to jump in front of him.
The indigenous leader didn't expect that the Dutch governor would kill him, and with a frightened and unwilling look, he pointed at Kun and wanted to speak, but he didn't expect that Kun flew up and kicked him in the head, kicking him away while drawing his sword, and shouting loudly to clean up the natives. Within a few moments, the hostages of the indigenous chieftains were killed by the Dutch and thrown into the sea to feed the fish.
After Kun did this, he raised his head and found that the Dutch battleship at the front was almost within the range of the engagement, and he immediately ordered loudly: "Adjust the formation and prepare to fire." The artillery of the Ming Kingdom is garbage, they all calm down, teach the Ming Navy Division a hard lesson, and make an exit......"
He was talking here, but he saw the two Ming warships approaching, and suddenly there were puffs of gunpowder smoke, and immediately, he heard the sound of "boom, boom, boom" again. Obviously, it was the Ming Navy Division's warships that fired first!
As soon as he saw this, Kun finally felt a little comforted in his heart. The warships of the Ming Kingdom actually fired at this distance, it seems that those sailors are here to make up the numbers, I don't know this distance, the probability of hitting the target is very low?
Thinking so, he looked at his battleship again, and looked, his own battleship knew this, and when he saw it, he calmed down, and waited until he got close before firing the gun!
He was thinking about it, and suddenly, he blinked his eyes vigorously, which was not enough, and rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, and then opened them wide and looked closely.
It still hasn't changed, but I saw that on the battleship of my house, a mast was hit by artillery and was breaking and falling. Also, there seem to be several big holes in the hull. That is to say, the round of artillery attacks of the Ming army just now was actually hit by them!
This...... How is this possible? That's impossible! This must be a coincidence, it's shit luck!
Kun couldn't believe it, and shouted in his heart.
At this moment, the sound of "boom boom" ground cannon rang out again. This time, without blinking his eyes, he saw again that the Dutch battleship had been bombarded all over its body before it fired a single shot, and even the hull of the ship began to tilt, and it had basically lost its combat capability!
No, it's not true, it's certainly a coincidence! Kun muttered to himself, but he seemed weak and had no confidence!