[Today's first shift, the second shift is very late, if you can't wait, wash and sleep first! ] 】

The fire at Balayan Bay burned until the afternoon of the next day before it was extinguished. Many Spanish ships could have been saved, but because of the fire, the gunpowder inside the battleship exploded easily, so they were eventually abandoned.

Giulio and Francisco stood on the ruins, staring at the wreckage in the harbor in a daze.

While they were drinking on the shore to wish the ambush a victory, the Dutch attacked the arsonist boat and rushed into the port of Barayan Bay, and the Spanish sailors, who were resupplying ammunition, fled in a hurry.

The Dutch were undoubtedly the biggest winners, and a small ploy made the entire Philippine fleet fall in the belly of the fish.

The destruction of the Spanish and Philippine fleets directly led to the Ming Dynasty -- the Spanish Combined Fleet existed in name only. Although the Pacific Fleet was still strong, it could not compete with the Dutch East India Fleet in Southeast Asian waters.

Things don't always change exactly according to people's will!

The situation of the complete destruction of the Philippine fleet by ambush was indeed beyond the judgment and expected results of Shi Jianfei and others.

According to the plan, the original result should have been the total destruction of the Philippine fleet, and the Dutch fleet suffered a certain amount of heavy damage.

Now it seems that the results are somewhat disappointing, even maddening.

"What are we going to do now?"

On the deck, Shi Jianfei and Shen Yanghao were in a daze at the ruins in the bay. Although the fire had been extinguished, countless puffs of green smoke still rose from the sea, mixed with the stench of charred corpses, which was a little disgusting.

"The Spaniards will give up the war and join forces with the Dutch!"

"However, until then, Fernando will increase the pay, so let's fight the Dutch first!"

Shi Jianfei didn't think of anything worse, according to Fernando's personality, he was beaten with a stick, and he was sure to retaliate. But the Philippine fleet was destroyed, and his only hope was for the Pacific Fleet to save some face for him and increase his bargaining chips when suing for peace.

"But it's too risky for us to face the Dutch East India Fleet alone!"

Shen Yanghao said the most important problem at the moment, that is, the Dutch fleet still has 100 cruisers, including 10 fourth-class battleships with powerful firepower, while the Pacific Fleet only has 60 cruisers.

"Now we can only unite with other countries, it is too dangerous for us to fight the Dutch alone!"

Unite the four East India Companies of Great Britain, France, Sweden and Norway to form a multinational fleet, and only in this way can the Dutch East India Fleet be defeated.

"But before we do that, we need to protect ourselves!"

Shen Yanghao looked at Shi Jianfei suspiciously, and asked, "You mean that the Dutch fleet is waiting for us somewhere now!" ”

Shi Jianfei smiled bitterly and said, "You said, they just won a big victory, and they didn't strike while the iron was hot and swept away the seas of Southeast Asia in one fell swoop!" ”

Shen Yanghao raised his head and looked at the local natives who were helping the Spaniards clean up the corpses and wreckage, as well as the onlookers on the shore.

"There are no defenses here, we need to return to Manila or Subic immediately! Compared to the two, I'd better build yì back to our own base! ”

Shi Jianfei turned his head and asked, "Are you worried that the Spaniards will be unfavorable to us?" ”

Shen Yanghao nodded and said, "What we deliberately delayed, the Spaniards will soon come back to." Now that the Philippine fleet is gone, Fernando can only hope for a draw now, and the extravagant hope of victory has lost to him. So in order to maintain this draw, he may not sacrifice us to curry favor with the Dutch. ”

This has to be guarded against!

After taking the chart, the two studied the navigation route and decided to pass through the Naga Sea in the Philippines, enter the Pacific Ocean, and then circle back to Subic Naval Base, and even return directly to Penghu Longmen Port Naval Base.

However, both of them misjudged.

The Dutch never thought of a full-scale war with the Ming Empire, because they were merchants after all, and everything was about profit. A full-scale war with the Ming Empire outweighs the losses. This was reflected in the Ming-Dutch July War a few years ago. The Dutch did not want to cut off their financial routes, so when the Netherlands had the advantage at that time, they gave up continuing to fight with the Ming Dynasty, and now that Deng Haonan is in power, the Ming Dynasty has completely lifted the sea ban, and they will not give up this huge source of profits.

On Arnhem's orders, Reyoz was not to return to attack the Pacific Fleet halfway, even if Rejoz only wanted to teach the other side a lesson.

For this reason, after the Dutch fleet led by Reyoz in the successful attack on Balayan Bay, he followed Arnhem back to Batavia to celebrate.

According to the business philosophy of the Dutch East India Company, after defeating the enemy, you should no longer kill the killer, you should throw an olive branch, and then do business with the enemy, as if nothing had happened.

No one is going to have trouble with money! The Dutch East India Company believed that even if they were enemies one minute ago, they could do business together a minute later.

Arnhem is convinced that Fernando will not argue with him again this time, and that the two sides will maintain peace for at least two years. Of course, he knew that Fernando would be revenged, but it would take at least two or three years to form another Philippine fleet to rival the Dutch East India Fleet.

In response to the Pacific Fleet's meddling operation, Arnhem protested and sent peace talks. The Dutch wouldn't have done it if it weren't for business.

The goods from the Ming Empire made the Dutch red-eyed, so even if the Dutch East India Company lost twelve warships, it did not affect their mood.

However, by mistake, the Pacific Fleet continued south, preparing to return to base around Naya. The fleet led by Reyoz continued to plunder and plunder in the waters between the Dutch East Indies and the Philippine Islands, and attacked Philippine port towns.

The Spaniards learned of this and reported it to Julio, but Julio did not tell him to fly his sword, causing the Pacific Fleet to believe that the Dutch fleet was to the north and the waters to the south were calm.

As the Pacific Fleet approached the Strait of New Toro, it ran into two Dutch warships that were looting a port near Nabas.

Due to the total destruction of the Philippine fleet, and the Dutch East India Fleet, it was determined that the Pacific Fleet would not dare to go south into the Dutch sphere of influence. Therefore unscrupulous, the fleet dispersed and looted to compensate for the losses caused by this war.

The 4th Squadron of the Pacific Fleet was in charge of the vigilance, and when the 4th Squadron came across the two Dutch ships, it was a little surprised. While reporting to the fleet command, they will drive towards the other side, preparing to sink or capture the other side.

When the two Dutch warships were grabbing merrily, they were shocked by the sudden appearance of an uninvited guest. But the two battleships would definitely not be able to defeat the ten warships of the Pacific Fleet, so they immediately ran away.

The Fourth Squadron followed behind for a while, and when they pursued to Cape Roxas, they suddenly found that more and more Dutch warships were looting nearby.

The Fourth Squadron felt bad, fearing that the main Dutch fleet was nearby, so they immediately turned around and left.

At the same time, many Dutch warships also spotted the Pacific Fleet, an uninvited guest, and quickly warned them. The commander of the Dutch East India Fleet, Rejords, was shocked when he received the report, and he immediately judged that the Pacific Fleet had not returned to his own country, but continued to be an enemy of the Dutch.

With this excuse, Rejoz can prevaricate Arnhem. As a result, Reyoz quickly gathered the surrounding warships, marked the possible location of the Pacific Fleet on the chart, and then discharged the sentinel ships to reconnoitre.

"I'm going to have to teach them a lesson!"

Rejoz cursed fiercely, if Arnhem hadn't been putting pressure on him, he would have done it to the Pacific Fleet a long time ago. For a long time, after snatching the Dutch royal warship (Black Pearl) from Deng Haonan, Rayoz has experienced a humiliating retreat from Taiwan, the Battle of Huayu and the Battle of Balayam Bay, and he has always suffered losses in the battle against the Pacific Fleet, so the hatred in his heart is very great.

"Only ten enemy ships! But we don't yet know where the main fleet of the opposing side is! ”

Turner questioned that he also supported Reyoz's action against the Pacific Fleet, but only if he didn't repeat the mistakes of the past, and it would be a big deal to let people beat them with a slap and then not catch them.

"I've already sent a sentinel ship, and I believe that news will come back in the next two days!"

Holding a triangular ruler and compass, Rejoz sketched left and right on the chart, constantly calculating the sea areas where the Pacific Fleet might be stored.

Turner said: "Judging from the warships that have come back and assembled nearby, neither the west nor the south have encountered the Pacific Fleet. And there is only one possibility for the Pacific Fleet to go south, and that is to come and resist our attack on Philippine port towns at the request of the Philippine governor. Therefore, if I analyze that they came from the north, then they should go east, and they should not go back to the north. ”

Rejoz nodded, pinpointed a few areas to the east from the chart, and finally knocked heavily near Maswaite to the east.

"The Ming people entered the Philippine Islands for the first time, and they could only sail here according to the charts given to them by the Philippine Navy. So I conclude that they are on the shipping lane, and that they are in the waters near Calles, southwest of the Masvet Islands, where the Cashier's Tooth goes east into the Pacific Ocean, the south into the waters of the East Indies, and the South China Sea to the west, which is the crossroads of the seas of Southeast Asia! ”

"I think the same as you!"

Turner nodded in agreement: "However, I don't think the Pacific Fleet dares to go head-to-head with us, their fleet is not strong enough." Therefore, if they want to relieve us of harassment of the Philippines, they should go south to the East Indies and attack our rear. The Oriental people have an allusion to encircling Wei to save Zhao, I think so! ”

Rejoz thought for a moment and said, "But I don't think so! Now our main fleet is assembled in the south, and if they want to go south, they must face the artillery of our fleet. And the only way to go south is the Perth Strait, a strait more than a hundred kilometers long, and no fleet dares to take that road. ”

"And what do you mean—"

"I think they have ulterior motives!"

"For what purpose?"

"I haven't thought of it yet!"

“……”

Turner rolled his eyes, speechless.

At this time, the guards reported that traces of the Pacific Fleet had been found.

"They're going east!"

Rejoz didn't understand it even more! The Pacific Fleet just wanted to return to base safely, but Rejouz's thinking was complicated, which led him to confusion.

"They want to go into the Pacific Ocean and then go south to attack our rear!"

Turner was persuaded by Rayoz and simply said, "We must destroy them before they attack our rear!" ”

Rejoz nodded and said, "The route they traveled confirmed my conjecture, they didn't know the Philippine sea area, and they didn't dare to walk around, so they only took the marked route!" ”

"It will take a day for this route to enter the Pacific Ocean, and we can catch up with them by taking the shortcuts, and if we go along the way, we may get to the sea off Naga before them!" ”

Turner was convinced, and said, "In that case, what are we hesitating about?" ”

"Let's go!"

The order was given, and the Dutch East India Fleet set sail quickly, taking the Catamane waterway as fast as possible, which was not marked on the charts of the Philippine Navy, but on the charts of the Dutch fleet, because the Dutch had not given up on the Philippines in their quest to seize Spain, so in the waters near the East Indies, the Dutch used the name of business to quietly draw Philippine charts on merchant ships, which were more detailed than the Spaniards.

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As the Dutch had predicted, the Pacific Fleet, having discovered the Dutch battleship, continued eastward in the spirit of preserving its strength, preparing to return to base as far as possible out of the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, the Philippine charts used by Shi Jianfei did not have many decent sea lanes, as judged by Reyoz, because the Spaniards did not fully trust the Ming people. This was out of Reyoz's judgment, because the charts used by Shi Jianfei were not as good as the Dutch, and even inferior to the Spaniards. It only marked the main shipping lanes, and there were too few notes on the details, and the Pacific Fleet needed to draw its own charts while walking.

Since there are so many islands in the Philippine archipelago, there are different shapes and sizes, and it is easy to get confused. As a result, the Pacific Fleet, which was supposed to leave the Pacific Ocean in one day, dragged on for two and a half days.

The Dutch East India Fleet had already arrived off the coast of Naga, and after waiting for hours, there was no shadow of the Pacific Fleet.

Rejotz thought that the Pacific Fleet was fast and had entered the Pacific Ocean ahead of schedule, so he reprimanded the navigator and urgently ordered the whole fleet to go south to find the Pacific Fleet.

Rejoz was worried that the Pacific Fleet would attack Batavia, because the Philippine fleet had been wiped out, so that Batavia had been lifted from the alarm, and its defenses had been loosened, making it vulnerable to a Pacific Fleet attack.

So, Reyoz sent a clipper and rushed to Batavia to report the news.

After sailing for most of the day, I didn't see the shadow of the Pacific Fleet.

At this time, the departing clipper turned out to be back.

"What? Didn't see the Pacific Fleet? ”

Rayoz was dumbfounded, and as the clipper went south, it encountered a Dutch merchant fleet, which had been taking the main channel and had not noticed any warships passing by.

Turner suddenly realized and said: "The Pacific Fleet doesn't seem to be out of the Pacific Ocean, it should be because something is delayed, we missed a good opportunity to ambush the other party!" ”

Lyoz was depressed and hurriedly ordered the fleet to turn around and head back.

When the Dutch East India Fleet reached the waters off Naga again, it captured a local fisherman and learned from the fishermen that the Pacific Fleet had just opened the Guò Naga waterway and was heading north.

Rejoz was furious, and secretly cursed himself for being stupid, and he should have caught the fisherman for asking. But on the face of it, he refused to admit defeat and had to give an explanation to the officers and men of the fleet, so Rejoz decided to continue the pursuit of the Pacific Fleet.

"General!" Turner reminded: "Since the Pacific Fleet has gone north, it means that they have no intention of fighting us again!" Let's stop messing with them! ”

Turner remembered Arnhem's words at this time, and thought that since this was a misunderstanding, there should be no more confrontation with the Ming Empire.

However, Rejotz needed to save face, and he didn't listen to Turner's words, and said: "The south wind is blowing in the Pacific Ocean, and we are in the upwind direction, which is a good opportunity to sneak up on the Pacific Fleet from behind!" Besides, after the Pacific Fleet went to Guò Naya, it should know that our fleet is going south, and this is the time when they are most lax, and if they don't sneak attack them, they are sorry for coming to the Philippines! ”

Rejotz was right, when the Pacific Fleet went out of the cashier, it did send people to ask the local fishermen, and when they learned that the Dutch fleet was blocked in the sea off Naya and ambushed, Shi Jianfei and the others were covered in cold sweat.

If you don't delay the trip by mistake, I'm afraid there will be a loss. After learning that the Dutch fleet had abandoned the ambush and headed south, Shi Jianfei and the others breathed a sigh of relief, so the Pacific Fleet quickly left the cashier and sailed north.

After driving for a long time, I did not see the Dutch fleet following or ambushing, and I also inquired about the fishermen along the coast along the way, but I did not find the shadow of the Dutch fleet.

"Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, the next time you take care of other countries' affairs, you have to figure out the other party's qiē first!"

Shi Jianfei told his heart with palpitations, and Shen Yanghao smiled on the side: "This time you are going to offend people again!" ”

"Who?"

Shi Jianfei looked at Shen Yanghao blankly, and the latter continued: "Military Intelligence Bureau! If you go back and say this, the Admiralty and the General Staff will definitely ask the Military Intelligence Agency, thinking that the Military Intelligence Agency does not control all the intelligence of the Philippines, at least this rotten map we use should be provided by the Military Intelligence Agency alone, and we will be blinded by the province. Investigate it, Wang Zhaoyang, the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, is to blame! ”

Shi Jianfei smiled and said, "The Military Intelligence Bureau is under the direct jurisdiction of the principal, and even if the General Staff complains, there is a limit!" But then again, the credit for winning the battle is ours, and the military intelligence bureau is doing its duty. If we lose the battle, we will lose face, and the Military Intelligence Agency will still be implicated, and the Admiralty will shift the responsibility to the Military Intelligence Agency, believing that the intelligence collection is insufficient. ”

Shen Yanghao smiled: "Hearing you say this, I sympathize with Wang Zhaoyang!" ”

"What do you do with him?"

Shi Jianfei changed his words and said: "The Military Intelligence Bureau and the Security Bureau are close ministers of the principal, and they don't say anything about showing off their martial arts all day long, invite this one to tea today, and criticize that one tomorrow, and have to eat a small stove if you have nothing to do." They have so much power, they should suffer a little loss, there is no need to pity them! ”

Shen Yanghao was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

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