Commander Cames followed with a smile: "Your Excellency the Governor, I doubt that the Chinese have learned systematic naval tactics, doesn't he know that heavy artillery needs to be concentrated and bombarded to exert its maximum power?" What is the use of him scattering the battleships and sporadic shells? And our concentrated firepower with only one round of bombardment will be enough to destroy one of his frigates, and I am willing to bet you on 10,000 pesetas, and before dark, this battle will definitely end. ”

"Are you stupid for me?" Juan glanced at Cames disapprovingly.

And on the sea, San Jose also waved his hand again: "Full speed, forward!" ”

"Bang Bang Bang~~" After a while, sporadic cannon sounds sounded on the sea, and the Spanish fleet began to shoot, although it was not yet at range, but his goal was only to locate, and the angle of the next salvo was estimated according to the position and speed of the shells and the position and speed of the opposing ships.

The gun windows on the side have all been opened, just waiting to get closer.

The NLD warships, however, were more dispersed after the Spanish warships opened fire, almost every ship was one to two kilometers apart.

"Coward, coward!" San José laughed happily, but he was not carried away by contempt, and instead of choosing the larger warships of the Democratic Alliance, he pointed sharply at the several gunboats in front of him: "Forward, artillery ready!" ”

The eyes of the Spanish soldiers, including the army, shot a cold light, and even the enemy on the opposite side could not care about it for the time being.

In fact, Juan's strategy was not wrong, he moved steadily on land, did not rush to win, and first destroyed the navy of the Democratic Alliance and cut off his rear route. Then he used the superior forces to slowly kill, but he didn't take it into account. Whether he has the ability to achieve strategic goals.

On the sea, the Spanish Navy formed a column. It was neatly organized, and the navy of the Democratic Alliance was scattered in all directions, and there was no formation to be seen.

"Huh?" San Jose's eyes narrowed, and there was a hint of incredulity, and the gunboat, which he had set as the target of the first round, suddenly accelerated, and after rowing a few white waves at a great angle of inclination, the hull turned and sailed into the distance.

"Knock knock~~" It didn't take long for the sound of a cannon to come from behind his buttocks, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look. It turned out that three cruiser-class warships of the Democratic Alliance had detoured back to the middle of their fleet, and began to fire their guns five or six kilometers apart.

"General!" An adjutant was a little uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "How can the Chinese's artillery hit so far?" They must be planning to outflank our army's rear in a roundabout way, should they shrink the formation a little? ”

"Nope! Let him fight! I can't sink a few shots! San Jose hesitated for a moment, then said, "I have to admit it." The Chinese artillery surprised me, but the concentrated use of artillery has been enshrined in naval textbooks through one battle after another, and we cannot violate this basic principle, and I believe it. They will inevitably pay a terrible price for this, and they will understand that classics are classics, and they can never be subverted with a pat on their heads! Herald. Turn the rudder fifteen degrees to the left! ”

Fifteen degrees to the left was the route of the attack on General Lee Kwang-pil, and the helmsman deflected to the left at the command of San Jose. However, what made San Jose very unhappy was that the General Lee Kwang-pil was a large ship. The hull is not as streamlined as a cruiser, but it is not slow, and it is never on the same level as the Spanish flag sail Vitória, the giant ship with a displacement of 7,250 tons.

You must know that the speed of modern naval ships at thirty or forty knots is very common, and the speed of warships at that time was very slow, generally between ten and thirteen knots, and the old warships of Spain are almost at this speed, but the six frigates built by the Democratic Alliance Army themselves use streamlined hulls and high-horsepower engines, and can reach 16.5 knots at the earliest.

Although the General Lee Kwang Pil was captured by the British army, after being refitted, it was able to reach a speed of about 15 knots, which was about the same as that of a gunboat.

The slowest in the army was the newly captured British cruiser, which sailed between thirteen and fourteen knots, and therefore sailed to the periphery early.

"Twenty degrees to the right rudder!"

"Thirty degrees to the left rudder!"

San Jose commanded the fleet forward, his voice became louder and louder, and he became more and more irritable, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he almost cursed, because no matter how much he pursued, he could not catch up with General Li Guangbi.

General Li Guangbi flickered left and right, suddenly sailed to the coast, and suddenly sailed to the depths of the sea, followed by a long fleet that was like a snake, and what was even worse was that not only the 152-millimeter tail gun of General Li Guangbi was spewing out tongues of fire, but the warships scattered by the Democratic Alliance Army also opened fire and left after the battle, never stopping.

Gavinner did not guess wrong, the Democratic Alliance Army does not pursue a large caliber in artillery, basically 152 mm is the limit, because a large caliber does not mean that the firing range must be long, the firing range and charge, tube-to-body ratio and angle have a great relationship, and the caliber is too large, it will also bring many problems such as low rate of fire and difficult reloading.

The two or three hundred millimeter cannon in the West is not in Wang Feng's consideration, and that kind of cannon is certainly very powerful, but once the Democratic Alliance forces successfully develop special artillery shells such as armor-piercing shells, armor-piercing shells, and high-explosive shells, they can completely replace the role of large-caliber projectiles.

The sea was full of cannon and smoke, and at least two-thirds of the Spanish fleet had been shelled to a greater or lesser extent. Although the Spanish warships were also returning fire, perhaps because of insufficient range, or because of poor training and rusty operation, only a very small number of shells hit the NLD warships.

"Hahahaha~~" Zhang Tianxi finally couldn't help laughing.

The soldiers couldn't bear this laugh, and they laughed heartily, 8,000 people laughed together, and Manila Bay was filled with laughter.

"How so? How so? Oh my God, damn it, damn it! Juan was embarrassed and angry, his face was flushed, and he kept roaring, and the NLD warship was clearly playing monkey games.

In his eyes, how could the backward and ignorant Chinese turn the noble Spaniards around?

As early as the fourth year of Wanli (1576 AD), the Spanish governor in the Philippines Sandy submitted a shocking report to King Philip II of Spain on the conquest of China, he claimed that only 4,000 to 6,000 men, equipped with spears and muskets, ships, cannons and the required ammunition, were enough to occupy the provinces that needed to be occupied, and with the ports and fleets there, they could form the largest maritime power, which was very easy, and after conquering one province, it could continue to conquer other provinces.

And two years ago, the Spanish colonizer Requel even wrote to the King of Spain and declared: If His Majesty is willing to dispatch, as long as there are less than sixty excellent Spanish soldiers, he can conquer and suppress the Chinese!

It can be seen from this that Spain is so arrogant and ignorant, and how much contempt it has for the Chinese, you know, the early years of Wanli are at the peak of the Longwan ~~ prosperous era, and it is the most powerful period of the Ming Dynasty.

Even in the 21st century, Spain's anti-Chinese and humiliating incidents have emerged one after another, ranking first among European countries.

So, what is it about the Spaniards that makes them so ignorant? In addition to the fact that this country has the specialty of Don Quixote, if you look at their colonial history, you will know that the Spaniards in the early 16th century have created incredible miracles in the history of world colonization!

For example, Henan, a law student from an aristocratic background. With only a few hundred men, a few small cannons, a dozen flintlock muskets, and a dozen horses, Cortés used force and deception to conquer the Mexican Aztec Empire, which had a population of millions.

Another example is the illiterate and adventurer Francisco. Pizarro was even more courageous, and with only a squad of one hundred and sixty men, he conquered the Peruvian Inca Empire!

The Chinese and the Indians are both yellow, the whites are difficult to distinguish the difference, the Indians are unbearable, and even the Spaniards also think that the Chinese are vulnerable, in fact, the Spaniards are ready to attack the Wanli Dynasty with 4,000 to 6,000 people, which is already a high enough estimate of the Ming Dynasty and gives enough face.

"Boom~~" After a loud bang, followed by another sound, the two frigates of the Spanish fleet of several hundred tons finally broke into several pieces under the repeated blows of artillery fire and sank to the bottom of the clear Manila Bay.

"Your Excellency the Governor, this will not work, let's attack!" Seeing this scene, even a blind person can see that the Spanish Navy is not the opponent of the Navy of the Democratic Alliance at all, people use the speed advantage to fight, do not line up to fight with you, can you catch up and bite people?

McCasse shouted to Juan in a hurry.

Since the navy is invincible, the only option can only be to use superior forces to fight the marines of the Inter-Democratic Alliance!

"Zheng!" Suddenly, Juan drew his sword and waved it violently: "Warriors, the time has come to serve Her Majesty, the whole army obeys the order and marches up to attack!" ”

"Knock knock~~" In the rumbling cannon sound from the sea, the military band played drums, and the small flute also blew, walking in the front, followed by linear three columns of infantry, divided into a dozen or so squads, each team is led by officers, and then the artillery pushes the artillery to move forward slowly, and the cavalry is distributed on both wings, posing in a flanking frame.

This is exactly the most authentic tactic of Europe decades ago.

"Oh my god!" Lao Lu on the other side exclaimed in surprise: "It's okay for the Spaniards to play the drum and flute when they march, just entertain themselves, it's going to be a battle, and I really play this set, except for the four words pedantic and stupid, I really can't think of any other words to describe it." ”

Staff Officer Li muttered: "Maybe it's not entirely like this, after all, the power of habit is very strong, the Spanish army in the Philippines has never encountered a strong enemy, their only opponents are only the Chinese and natives who resist with rudimentary weapons, so there is no need to change tactics, and even if they realize that there is a problem with such tactics, what can they do in a short time?" Hasty changes will only lead to the old going and the new not coming, making it even more confusing. (To be continued......)