Looking at these natives who were bound and sent over by Spain, Huang Wu sneered and said: "These ghosts, at this time, even want to use these ghosts for the dead to fool us, it seems that they don't hurt them, they don't know that we are not the decaying Ming now." ”

Xu Long shouted: "Since those ghosts still dare to play this game at this time, let's fight!" ”

Huang Wu drew his sword, pointed in the direction of Manila, and shouted, "Let's go!" ”

The sails of the Zheng family battleship were raised, and the 73 battleships slowly sailed towards Manila.

The displacement of the 100 sand ships that followed was too small, and it was okay to fight in the near sea, but not in the deep sea, and there was a danger of being swallowed up by the huge waves set off by the concentrated artillery at any time.

In this operation, Huang Wu left them in East Timor.

In fact, the lucky ships were only barely able to meet the requirements of deep-sea warfare, and in order to deter those ghosts, Huang Wu decided to let these lucky ships also go on the expedition.

But in the battle, Huang Wu still relied more on the former general Guan Yu and 16 lock ships.

Hearing the report of the exploration ship that the Zheng family's fleet was heading for Manila, the governor of Luzon, Coquela, knew that the Zheng family was determined to fight the Spanish this time.

Since he couldn't make peace, Coquilla also became angry and determined to fight the Zheng family to the end, letting it know that the Spanish Empire was not something that a small country like Portugal could manipulate at will.

On October 20, 1950, the Governor of Luzon ordered Manila to enter a state of war.

Since most of the Spanish Navy's well-trained officers and men were on home soil or on the American routes, Rear Admiral Dario had to recruit sailors and fishermen on merchant ships as sailors.

On the afternoon of October 20, 1950, a total of 32 warships from Manila went to sea to meet the Zheng fleet.

Of the 32 ships, only 7 were new Galen warships, 19 were old Latin galleons, and the rest were all armed merchant ships.

On October 18, 1950, the Zheng family fleet departed from East Timor and arrived near Manila on October 27.

On the morning of the 27th, the Spanish cruise fleet discovered the Zheng family fleet and desperately fled to the main fleet in Manila.

At 5:25, Huang Wu ordered the whole fleet to attack, and the Zheng family fleet followed the Spanish fleet in one hour.

At 11:15 p.m., the main Spanish fleet, which had received the news, arrived.

The two sides had a tentative firefight, and for the sake of safety, Huang Wu did not fight with all his might at the first time, but tentatively exchanged fire with the Spanish fleet, wanting to find out the strength of the Spanish fleet.

Throughout the morning, the Zheng family fleet was like a ghost and kept a distance from the Spanish fleet, which brought great mental pressure to the Spanish officers and men, and the morale of the already low morale was even lower.

At 13:11 p.m., the commander of the Spanish fleet, Dario, who could not bear the harassment, ordered a change of formation and attacked the Zheng fleet to change the situation.

He ordered the fleet of 38 battleships to be divided into two, and the first group rushed to the enemy ships at a speed of 7 knots.

His plan was to use the first detachment as a decoy to attract the attention of the enemy ships, and then let the second detachment as the main force to close the distance with the Zheng family's fleet, and then take advantage of the ferocious artillery fire of the Spanish sailing ships to win.

Dario's plan was good, but he forgot that in order to increase his strength as much as possible, he had many improvised fishermen and merchants in his fleet.

As soon as he gave his military order, the First Fleet did not increase its speed at the first time, and the Second Fleet slowed down again, and the entire Spanish Fleet's formation fell into chaos.

Seeing this scene, Huang Wu knew that the fighter plane had arrived, and immediately shouted: "The whole fleet attack, kill!" ”

At 14:20 p.m., the Zheng fleet was nearly 7 nautical miles away from the Spanish fleet, which had not yet recovered from the chaotic formation.

In order to seize the upper hand position of the advantageous offensive position, Huang Wu ordered 16 lock ships, and the flagship Guan Yu broke away from the fleet and rushed towards the enemy ships at full speed.

"Full speed ahead,"

With Huang Wu's order, the flags on the whole battleship were desperately waving colorful flags.

"Full speed ahead!"

At 14:45 in the afternoon, the Zheng family's fleet flagship former general-class "Guan Yu", which had seized the upper hand, opened fire on the Spanish fleet.

The Battle of Manila officially began.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the Spanish fleet, the Zheng fleet successfully completed the tactic of seizing the T-shaped horizontal head and attacked the Spanish vanguard battleship.

At the first time, the Duke Carlos, the flagship of the Spanish fleet, was subjected to concentrated and fierce fire from the guns of the Zheng family's fleet.

Seeing that the Manila fleet could not seize the advantageous position, Dario quickly ordered the flank artillery to open fire, doing everything possible to block the approach of the clippers.

The main fleets of the two sides began an artillery battle at a distance of 600 meters, the two sides fired at each other, the shells continued to roar on both sides of the battleship, and the water columns rose into the sky, scattered in the sky, and were blown by the sea breeze on the deck of the battleship.

At 15:15 in the afternoon, the Duke of Carlos, which was under the heavy care of the Zheng family's fleet, was shrouded in fire.

In the fierce battle, the rudder of the Duke Carlos was broken and the warship lost control.

The commander of the fleet, Dario, was also seriously wounded, and everyone had to move him to the control tower, and Duke Carlos, whose entire superstructure was destroyed, was forced to withdraw from the battle column and float on the sea, and the Spanish fleet fell into a chaotic situation without command.

At the same time, the Lucas, the flagship of the first detachment of the Spanish fleet, was also hit by a concentrated attack by six lockboat warships and suffered heavy damage.

It sank at about 15:40 p.m., and the ship had more than 400 officers and men, and 77 people remained.

After that, the sail battleships Columbus, Ferdinand, and Sisorp, which lost their unified command, were also heavily damaged.

While the battleships were engaged, the sailors of both sides were engaged in a fierce exchange.

At the beginning of the broadside battle, Zhang Feng clenched his axe and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!" ”

Countless sailors jumped onto the opposing ship and fought fiercely.

Huang Wu always stood at the bow of the flagship, shouting, shouting, and directing loudly.

Taking advantage of the high speed and firing distance, as well as the power of artillery and ammunition, the Zheng fleet gradually seized the initiative on the battlefield.

With a "bang", a cannonball hit the ship's armor, and the battleship was suddenly smashed into a hole, and the sea water rushed in. The battered battleship Isabella sank, and all crew members were killed.

Ten minutes later, the ammunition depot of the Ikar was hit by Guan Yu, the ammunition depot was packed, and the Ikar was sunk, and only one officer and men of the ship were rescued.

The flagship, Duke Carlos, was shelled by numerous Zheng fleets, and the Cook ventured close to the flagship to pick up the ship's wounded men, including the mortally wounded Commander Dario.

The Duke of Carlos, which had lost power, scuttled on the flagship by itself in order to avoid the humiliation of the glory of Spain.

By 17:10 p.m., the defeat of the Spanish fleet was decided.

Several battleships, including the Pearl and the Afrey, as well as merchant ships, failed to break through and fled back to Manila to catch up with the port.

At 19:20 p.m., the remnants of the Spanish fleet slowly headed towards Manila, but at 20:04 they were again surrounded by the faster Zheng fleet and were fiercely attacked.

Commander Dario, who served as the Manila fleet, decided to surrender.

This was the end of the Battle of Manila. (To be continued.) )