The Dutch fleet and the Spanish fleet ran out for dozens of miles in one breath before they gradually stopped.

Escape is escape, but the losses in this battle are not small.

The Dutch fleet lost five main battleships and a dozen other auxiliary ships, which were either sunk by the Ming army or left in the waters off Manila Bay and could not escape; As for the Spanish fleet, it was even worse, the main warships lost 12 ships, the other large and small ships only lost nearly 20, and the most terrible thing was that only one of the ten troop transports ran out, and the Spanish invaders, who were originally almost rich in the world, have now directly become poor eggs, and all their savings for decades have sunk to the bottom of the sea, saying goodbye to them forever.

The fires had been extinguished, and the two flagships slowly moved closer together, sampans, and Montella helped Davis to Soria's flagship.

"Thank you, General Soria, if it weren't for your help, we Spaniards would all die in Manila Bay this time......"

Montella bowed slightly to Soria.

"Humph!"

Soria snorted coldly and replied: "In order to save you from it, our Dutch fleet is in great danger, and you have also seen that the Ming fleet is too powerful now, even if our two fleets are not the opponent of the Ming fleet together, this battle alone, we have lost sixteen warships, large and small, and more than seven hundred soldiers and soldiers!" It's a big loss, this time it's a big loss! But what about you, who have just rushed out of Manila Bay, and instead of trying to fight us, they have fled towards the West, are you thanking us for this? ”

Montella's face turned red, and he said apologetically: "General Soria, I'm really sorry, but the situation at that time was too sinister, I was confused for a while, forgetting that there were still friendly troops on the side, but fortunately, I turned around in time, so I didn't cause a big disaster......"

Soria's face softened slightly, and he said in a muffled voice, "Next, what are your plans?" ”

Montello sighed and replied, "What can you do?" This time we have suffered a big loss, the control of the entire Luzon Islands has been lost, once the news is transmitted back to China, the country will definitely not stop, not good, our king will send the main fleet to the South Seas, for the sake of today, is to save our vitality, only to keep the vitality, can we say the next thing, Luzon is lost, we have no place to stand......"

Davis said: "General Soria, now that you and I have formed an alliance to fight the enemy, then Benjue is not hypocritical, please allow us to go to Batavia for a while, and at the same time work together to fight against the fleet of the Ming Empire......"

Soria nodded and replied: "There is no problem with this, before coming to Luzon, I have discussed with Count Cohen, Luzon Island is under the strong attack of the Ming army, the possibility of being able to keep it is very small, once Luzon Island is defeated, you can only go to Batavia, however, just with the strength of our two families, it is almost impossible to defeat or even encircle and annihilate the Ming fleet, at most it is to protect ourselves in Batavia, we must pull the English into it if we want to turn the tide of the war!" ”

Montellio smiled bitterly: "It's useless to say anything else now, all our weapons, ammunition, gold and silver treasures have been lost, everything depends on Count Cohen, I hope that the three of us can really join forces again, and we must defeat the Ming Empire." ”

"Let's go, let's go back to Batavia first!"

The two fleets again advanced in the direction of Batavia.

Off the coast of Manila, the sea is still full of messes, floating dead bodies everywhere, broken battleship fragments everywhere, the two sides fought fiercely in the open sea for more than three hours, both sides were damaged, the Dutch fleet and the Spanish fleet fled, and the Ming fleet did not take much advantage.

Cha Bolt was extremely dissatisfied with this battle, and the forts on the Bataan Peninsula.

Now Yang Geng, Zheng Haotian and Zheng Cai are all standing in front of Cha Shu, Cha Shu's face is pale, and his eyes are burning with rage.

"Lord Yang, what did you do!"

"More than two hundred Dutch warships swaggered into the vicinity of Manila Bay, and you didn't even notice it, what about the ships you sent to listen to the information?" The situation of the tuba is that the Dutch suddenly got involved and fell short, and the situation fell short......"

Yang Geng's face turned red, and he said in a sullen voice: "Lord Ministry, the lower official led the fleet to defend the route in the north direction, and those two routes are the only way for the fleet and the caravan to reach Manila, no one thought that the Dutch would take a detour and make a big detour from the south, at least three hundred miles more......

Zheng Haotian sighed and said: "Lord Cha, it's no wonder that Lord Yang, after all, we are fighting far away from our homeland, and we are far less familiar with the various routes in the South Seas than the Dutch and Spaniards, so we have suffered a loss, but we don't have any gains, hasn't Luzon Island already been won?" The Spanish garrison on the entire island of Luzon no more than 3,000 men, scattered all over the place, and most of them are local indigenous forces, and they can't stand our ...... at all."

"You're talking light!"

Cha Xuan was dissatisfied: "Haotian, you have to be clear, compared to a piece of Luzon Island, the most important thing is to kill the Spanish fleet, the emperor has said more than once, the annihilation of the enemy's living force in the war is the most important, the land is useless, as long as the force is still there, you can grab it at any time, once the force is gone, then it will be completely stopped, although the Spanish army has been destroyed, but the strength of the main fleet has not been damaged, and it still maintains a huge combat power, plus the Dutch, the next step we want to take the Java Islands, Undoubtedly add a huge difficulty to us, a huge difficulty! ”

The three of them lowered their heads and remained silent, it was really too unlevel in this battle.

"Lord Qiqi Ministry, on the other side of the overseas side, Inspector Qin sent someone to inquire about our battle situation!"

One of the guards ran up briskly, bowed and said.

Cha Xuan sighed and said in a sullen voice: "Okay, that kid from Mufeng has taken Manila City, and now he wants to be angry again, and he will inevitably be ridiculed and ridiculed again, you guys, come on, let people in!" ”

After a short time, Du Dezhong, the general of the second town, walked into the room, bowed down and said: "Lord Qiqi Ministry, Inspector Qin ordered me to come over and spread the word, Manila City has been taken by the Tianxiong Army, has the Ming fleet surrounded and annihilated the Spanish fleet?" ”

"the fart!"

Cha Xuan said angrily: "Where is the naval battle so easy to fight?" Okay, don't ask anything, go back, tomorrow morning, I'll go to Manila City and tell Mu Feng face to face! ”

(End of chapter)