In Manila, outside the port of Cape Syndicum, on Battery Hill, Spanish sentries spotted the approaching Chinese naval fleet.

"Hurry up and report to the Admiral, the Chinese Navy fleet is coming!"

The Spanish army on Battery Hill panicked, and for hundreds of years, they had ruled the land of the Philippines and had never encountered such a situation as it is today.

The Chinese naval fleet is too powerful, and there are dozens of steam-powered ironclad warships. Especially when I saw the three 10,000-ton ironclad battleships of Weiyuan, Laiyuan, and Pingyuan, like three mountains on the sea, the huge cannon muzzles of the black hole were filled with incomparably powerful coercion and death breath, and the Spanish defenders' legs suddenly became weak, and the muscles on their faces unconsciously epileptic and jumped.

It was an indescribable sense of oppression that quickly spread throughout Battery Hill.

"Let's not fire first, go and inform the Governor, let him decide!" In the end, the defender of Fortress Hill did not dare to open fire to warn the Chinese naval fleet.

The Spanish defender is a smart man, and he can tell the difference between the forces of the enemy and the enemy.

In the royal city of Manila, the governor of the Philippines, Antonio, was shocked when he got the news.

"Damn Chinese, it looks like they're coming to the real thing!"

"Rear Admiral Harvey, please immediately lead the fleet to block it, and not allow the Chinese naval fleet to enter the port of Manila and provoke the dignity of our great Spanish Empire!"

Rear Admiral Harvey complained bitterly in his heart, as the supreme commander of the Philippine colonial fleet, he immediately checked the scale of the Chinese Navy's overseas Chinese protection fleet, and the strength of the Chinese Navy's overseas Chinese protection fleet was undoubtedly very powerful, and it was definitely not something that the Spanish Philippine colonial fleet could beat.

At this time, the Spanish and Philippine colonial fleet had a total of ten warships, of which the capital ships were two iron-hulled wooden steam engine sail hybrid cruisers, both with a displacement of no more than 2,000 tons, and the largest caliber guns were only 64 pounds, and the other eight warships were all wooden sail ships. The maximum displacement is less than 1300 tons, and the smallest is only about 800 tons.

These ten warships, ten years ago, were a relatively powerful fleet, but in the era of rapid changes in naval warships, today's Spanish and Philippine colonial fleet is outdated.

In the face of the Chinese Navy, all ironclad warships formed a new fleet, Rear Admiral Harvey suddenly shook his head and shuddered.

"This. We don't need to go to war with China, do we? ”

"Major General Harvey, please pay attention to your words, the Chinese have arrived at our doorstep, and it is unacceptable that they dare to give an ultimatum to our great Spanish Empire. As a member of the Imperial Navy, you are the commander of the Imperial Navy, and you have to be in charge of the Empire. Antonio frowned and reprimanded mercilessly.

Harvey had no choice but to accept the order. If he didn't listen to Governor Antonio's orders, he wouldn't have survived tomorrow. Because in the colony of the Philippines, Antonio is the emperor of the soil, and he kills and takes it.

Watching Xavi leave, Antonio turned to Pedro to the side. said: "Harvey may not be able to defeat the Chinese navy, you are prepared, if the navy is defeated, you must hold the royal city and Fort Santiago." ”

All right. A discerning person knew at a glance that Antonio deliberately sent Harvey to death, obviously this Harvey was not happy with the Governor in the Philippines, and he was afraid that he would offend the Governor.

Even if you understand this truth. Pedro also smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, with the army in our hands, it is estimated that it will be difficult to hold the royal city and Fort Santiago. ”

Pedro is the commander of the Philippine colonial army, with 1,500 purebred Spanish troops and 6,000 Filipino indigenous servant troops, armed with hundred-year-old Spanish Mushkert front-loading flintlock muskets and front-loading iron cannons.

You must know that China's Shence Army has defeated the British and French forces twice in a row, and is equipped with the world's most advanced rear-loading rifles, Gatling machine guns, known as the Songhu meat grinder, and high-powered howitzers that can blow people up dozens of meters away, and these weapons have already spread all over the world with the defeat of Britain and France.

China's Shence Army is known as the strongest army in the world, and fighting with them, isn't this Nima looking for death?

Seeing that a cold sweat broke out on Pedro's forehead, Antonio was not a fool, and immediately comforted: "Don't worry, we have the British to help, they will come soon, we only need to hold on for two days." By the time the British fleet arrives and annihilates the Chinese navy, it will all be over. ”

Pedro asked rhetorically: "Are you sure the British can win?" They've lost two wars in a row! ”

For a country that has lost two wars in a row, Pedro clearly can't believe it.

Antonio patted Pedro on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, the British Asian Fleet is strong, although the British Army is ****, their navy is still the strongest in the world, you have to believe them." ”

Pedro asked puzzled: "Why should we offend China when we can not interfere?" ”

Antonio sighed and said, "You don't understand politics, in Southeast Asia, the British could easily occupy our Philippine colony, but they didn't do that. This is a political compromise, and we have to pay the price, and the price is that we have to obey the British in matters of Southeast Asia. The British wanted to seek revenge on the Chinese, and we had to help. ”

"We know, I hope we can hold it!" Pedro didn't ask any more questions and hurried out to prepare.

"I'm about to leave office and return to China, I hope there won't be any big problems!" Antonio returned to his seat, also at a loss, how could he not know the prestige of the Chinese Shence Army, and said that he was not nervous, it was for his subordinates to see.

At the Port Fortress in Manila Bay, several centuries-old Spanish cannons were piled with rust but had to be reloaded with ****** and shells.

"Can this thing still fire?"

"I don't know, as long as it doesn't blow itself up!"

A group of Spanish artillerymen trembled, passing torches around, not wanting to light the fuse themselves, for fear that the old antique would suddenly blow itself up.

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and open fire, the enemy ship is coming!"

The commander yelled, and one of the veterans immediately shoved the torch into the recruit's hand and kicked him out.

The recruit panicked with a torch to light the cannon fuse, but after several attempts it failed to ignite, and whenever he was about to touch the fuse, he immediately retracted.

"Rubbish!" The commander was almost angry. He went up and grabbed the torch, kicked the recruit away, and then lit the fuse himself.

Sneer...... Boom!

There was a loud bang, and the artillery fired, but the shells didn't go out......

The commander was blown out in an instant, and it took a long time to stand up in disgrace and become a beggar in seconds.

"It's good that I didn't lead the lead!" A veteran gloated.

On the sea, the Chinese Navy's overseas Chinese flotilla, which was approaching Manila, sent several frigates to reconnoitre, and suddenly discovered an explosion on the hill of the Spanish army's battery.

On the battleship Weiyuan. Deng Zhilong and Lin Changlong were discussing the battle plan for attacking Manila, although Weng Tonglong did not like the way of war to solve the problem, but he also knew that delaying the overseas Chinese in the Philippines for one more day would be more dangerous, and the British Asian fleet was also a potential threat and had to be guarded against, so he simply ignored it.

"The Spaniard's battery blew itself up?"

"It was they who wanted to open fire on our reconnaissance ship, and as a result, their guns fell into disrepair, causing the battery to explode itself."

Lin Changlong's eyes suddenly lit up. Hurriedly said: "This shows that the Spaniards are terminally ill and are no longer a strong country, otherwise their military strength would not be so weak." ”

Deng Zhilong asked rhetorically, "What do you mean?" ”

"What water streaks are also detected, and they don't have water radium to block the shipping lane. The batteries guarding the channel are in disrepair, and the artillery can explode on their own, which will not pose a threat to our warships at all. What are we waiting for, go straight from the main channel to Manila Bay! Lin Changlong explained excitedly.

Deng Zhilong suddenly realized. slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Changlong's words are reasonable, we should enter the army immediately!" ”

The Spaniards did not think of it. Originally, as the former world hegemon, they still had a certain deterrent effect on the Chinese Navy, but unfortunately, as their batteries exploded when they opened fire, the fact that the Spanish Empire was already in decline was suddenly exposed.

Since ancient times, the weak were bullied, and the horses were ridden, and since the Spanish defenders were so unbearable, the Chinese army naturally would not miss the opportunity.

"The whole fleet is ready to fight, raise the battle flag!"

At the sound of an order, the overseas Chinese fleet quickly entered a combat state.

The battleship accelerated and went straight along the main channel to Manila Bay. The muzzle of the gun was raised high, aiming at the Spanish defenders' batteries on the hill of Syndication.

With a loud bang, the battleship Weiyuan took the lead in firing its guns, and the two twin main guns could rotate 360 degrees, easily aiming at the target, and instantly smashing the shells weighing 200 kilograms onto the Spanish battery's battery position.

Boom!

The shells exploded, the mountains shook in an instant, the boulders shattered, and the blast wave of the explosion swept in all directions, and countless Spanish soldiers were swept away, killing and wounding heavily.

It is not that the Spanish army has never seen the huge power after the bombardment of naval guns, but it has never seen such a great destructive power as the main gun of the battleship Weiyuan.

A single shot could blast the ground into a huge crater with a diameter of more than ten meters and a depth of more than one meter, which immediately frightened the Spanish defenders.

Boom!

The main guns of the Chinese Navy ships opened fire one after another, and the positions of the Spanish batteries were heavily bombarded.

In just a few minutes, bullets rained down and flames flew, instantly shattering the will of the Spanish defenders to resist.

Just as a master will get worse and worse when he plays chess with a stinky chess basket every day, the perennial use of cold weapons against the indigenous Filipino rebels has made these Spanish troops in the Philippines weaker and weaker.

Under the fierce blows of the Chinese naval guns, the Spanish defenders were simply powerless to resist and fled for their lives.

In this way, the Chinese Navy successfully passed through the main channel and sailed directly into Manila Bay.

At this time, the Spanish Philippine colonial fleet had just completed its assembly, and its perennial combat readiness was relaxed, and it was suddenly told that it was going to start a war with the Chinese Navy.

However, Harvey still ordered the whole fleet to enter combat mode, and even if the egg touched the stone, he could not back down.

"Cheer me up, the great Spanish Empire is inviolable!"

"Don't look at the size of the warships of the Chinese Navy, that's not the point. The key also depends on the combat quality of the naval soldiers, compared with our Spanish Navy, the Chinese Navy is only a child who has just learned to walk, and they can't beat us! ”

Harvey kept boosting the morale of the sailors, perhaps because the sailors were too young to fool, but it finally had an effect, and soon ten battleships were in motion. Get ready for battle.

The formation of the Spanish fleet was a defensive formation, and it did not dare to enter deep water, but only lined up in shallow water.

Apparently, Harvey was smart enough to know that going into deep water would lead to a miserable death.

It's just that Harvey still underestimated the fierceness of naval battles in the era of giant ships and cannons, in the previous era of sail warships, most of the solid bullets used were solid bullets, even if the opponent was only a wooden battleship, the solid bullet only pierced a hole. Not very destructive. But in the era of ironclad ships, they could carry larger caliber cannons and use armor-piercing blasting shells, which were incomparably powerful and by no means able to withstand wooden warships.

No, I saw a cannon sound from the main gun in front of the Pingyuan ship of the Chinese Navy, and two 305-mm shells accurately hit the Spanish battleship Meroka three thousand meters away.

Boom! Boom!

After two loud bangs, the amidship of the Meroka was instantly shattered, and a large explosion immediately occurred. The battleship, which was more than 1,000 tons, disintegrated in an instant, was engulfed in flames and smoke, and none of the more than 300 people on the ship survived.

The Spanish soldiers on the other nine Spanish warships were instantly stunned and frightened.

Harvey collapsed directly. It was not easy to coax the friends to muster up the fighting spirit to fight, but this time it was good, the other party destroyed the Meroka battleship with one shot, and instantly extinguished the only remaining fighting spirit of the Spanish Navy.

A thousand-ton warship can be sunk with a single shot. How else is this Nima fighting.

Ignoring Harvey's orders, the other eight Spanish warships, except for the flagship, immediately turned around. Head to the shore.

That's the rhythm of running!

On the Weiyuan battleship, Deng Zhilong and Lin Changlong glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing.

I thought that the Spanish Navy was so awesome, after all, it was the former world naval hegemon, and there was some residual power. As a result, it collapsed at the first touch and was vulnerable.

The escape of the Spanish Navy immediately aroused the officers and men of the Chinese Navy and quickly opened fire to chase and kill the enemy ships.

Knock knock! Knock knock!

Artillery roared and shells whistled at the fleeing enemy ships.

In the blink of an eye, huge columns of water rose into the sky, and the sea water boiled instantly.

The sailors on the Spanish battleship became more and more frightened, what kind of shell is this Nima, the power of the Chinese Navy's 305 mm shells is too strong, it looks like the destructive power of a 400 mm cannon.

"Abandon ship! Abandon ship! ”

A Spanish warship loaded onto the reef in a panic and ran aground, and the commander immediately ordered to abandon the ship.

Soon, the other Spanish warships were also fleeing, and in the panic, the two Spanish warships collided and sank one after another.

Fortunately, it was a shallow area, and the Spanish sailors climbed the mast and were not drowned, but unfortunately the next moment a shell smashed over, instantly stirring up a huge wave more than 100 meters high, and all the sailors on the mast flew into the sea with one move, killing and injuring countless people.

"Fire!"

Harvey is still insisting, he doesn't want to be a runaway general, directing the flagship Galicia to fire back.

It's a pity that the largest caliber main gun of the battleship Galicia is only 64 pounds, and the shells hit the ironclad ship Weiyuan, but it only left a smashing crater on it, and it could not penetrate the ironclad protection of the Weiyuan at all.

Seeing this result, the Spanish sailors on the Galicia were shocked, and immediately became more and more afraid.

The most powerful artillery can't penetrate the opponent's iron armor protection, is it necessary to fight it any longer? No matter how you fight, it's a loss!

Poof!

A Spanish sailor jumped into the sea and swam to shore with all his might.

Poof! Poof!

A group of Spanish sailors then jumped into the sea and fled the Galicia.

Xavi didn't stop it, he just smiled bitterly, in the face of the absolute strength gap, he himself seemed powerless.

Knock knock! Knock knock!

A number of warships of the Chinese Navy fired a salvo at the guns of the Galicia, and in less than half a minute, the entire Galicia was shot and burst into flames, and then fell apart.

Harvey did not jump into the sea until the last moment, but chose to be engulfed in flames and sank with the Galicia.

"This is the former world maritime hegemon? It's just too vegetable! Deng Zhilong said in surprise.

"It's enough! I was once worried that the Spanish Navy's emaciated camels were bigger than horses and had the strength to fight, but I didn't expect that the other party had directly skinned down from camels to chicks, which made me worry in vain, which was really hateful! Lin Changlong suddenly smiled bitterly.

In less than ten minutes, the naval battle ended.

During the whole process, the Spanish Navy fired only 17 shells from 10 warships, and the Chinese Navy ships fired 120 shells, sinking four ships and capturing three, and the Spanish Navy sank three ships and finally annihilated.

"Order the Marines to land quickly and occupy Manila!"

"All communication ships immediately go to the surrounding waters to be on alert, and if they find something, report it quickly!"

After the war, Deng Zhilong quickly made arrangements, and his greatest concern was the vanishing British Asian fleet. (To be continued.) )