Chapter 1480: Falling Short (2)

In the end, it was more than a dozen troop carriers that were unlucky, and the natives recruited by the Spaniards naturally would not take them away, but there were still more than 3,000 infantry and 300 cavalry in Manila City, all of whom boarded the troop carriers, in addition, there were four or five troop carriers that were full of gold and silver treasures, as well as weapons and ammunition. It was Davis who carried weapons and ammunition, especially those of the fleet, onto troop carriers in an attempt to rush out and retain the capital for future counteroffensives.

However, Davis thought too beautifully, how could the Ming fleet let them swagger out from here?

The first to sink was not a troop carrier with soldiers, but a troop carrier loaded with weapons, ammunition, and gold and silver treasures.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Where can hundreds or even thousands of tons of weapons and ammunition, especially gunpowder, be placed on troop carriers that can withstand it? Thousands of catties of gunpowder exploded directly, and the troop carrier was torn to pieces in an instant, not to mention a wooden merchant ship, even if it was an ironclad ship, it could not resist the explosion of thousands of catties or even more gunpowder!

The explosion not only tore the troop carrier to pieces, but also set off huge waves on the sea, several feet high, and the troop carrier behind was unlucky, directly overturned by the monstrous waves, and sank upside down into the sea!

In less than ten minutes, only one of the more than ten merchant ships transporting troops escaped, and all the rest sank here.

Davis and Monte skimmed at each other!

"No, no!"

Davis directly spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground on his back!

No wonder Davis has such a big temperament, the loss is too serious, all the three thousand soldiers sank to the bottom of the sea, all the weapons and ammunition sank to the bottom of the sea, and even the huge wealth accumulated in Luzon Island for hundreds of years also sank to the bottom of the sea, only another troop transport rushed out, you must know that these troop carriers, the silver alone reached three million taels, this is not counting other priceless treasures! The most important thing is that there are 3,000 soldiers, except for the more than 500 soldiers on the last warship, all the rest will be buried at the bottom of the sea......

"Davis, Davis!"

Montello hurriedly helped Davis up, but now Davis was unconscious, Montella hurriedly ordered someone to carry Davis down, stood up, and shouted: "Order, the fleet should not stay and march at full speed towards the open sea, rush out first!" ”

Montello also ignored the fire extinguishing and ordered a frantic retreat into the distance, and the same Dutch fleet began to retreat into the distance!

However, it was not so easy to get rid of the Ming fleet, and the first fleet at this time finally came to the battlefield under the leadership of Yang Geng and began to line up!

The First Fleet blocked the Spanish fleet, and the two large battalions of the Second Fleet and the First Fleet surrounded Soria's fleet!

Whether it is Soria or Montella, they are now already in fear, the delicate strategic balance just now has been broken, and they are in a passive situation.

The Spanish fleet was panicked, and the main force of the First Fleet did not have an advantage, but the two battalions of the Second Fleet and the First Fleet had an advantage in the face of the Dutch, and the Second Fleet and the two battalions had gathered more than 200 warships, and their combat power was by no means comparable to that of the Dutch fleet!

The offensive begins!

Zheng Haotian and Zheng Cai caught the Dutch fleet on the left and right, and began to attack, and the shells began to pour towards the Dutch fleet without being killed, and the shells were overwhelming!

Soria is now dead, in order to rescue the Spanish fleet, even himself has fallen into it, facing the siege of the two fleets, he wants to retreat, but it is difficult!

"Order, immediately give Montello the flag, let the Spanish fleet move closer to us, and work together so that we can rush out and fight separately, that is playing with fire! Fuck, they rushed out and instead of meeting us, they ran towards the west, so unjust! ”

Soria roared.

His bannermen hurriedly waved their flags to the Spanish fleet, asking Montello's fleet to get closer, and at the same time, the Dutch fleet did not dare to slack off and began to fight with all its might!

Now the strength of the Ming fleet, it has been thrown off the Dutch fleet and the Spanish fleet, whether it is the first fleet or the second fleet, has surpassed the fleet strength of any country in the South Seas, especially the power of artillery, although the number of guns of the Ming warship is not as much as that of the Western warship, but almost all the flowering guns are equipped, the most important thing is the rifled guns equipped in front of the battleship, powerful, long-range, accurate, a cannon can top two or three Western cannons, needless to say, Each capital ship is equipped with more than 30 rockets.

Just now, the Dutch fleet suddenly appeared and caught the Ming fleet off guard, and now the Ming fleet has reacted, and the first fleet has also rushed over, facing the siege of the Ming fleet, where is there any good fruit to eat?

Soria watched as the shells fell on his battleship, and immediately burst into flames, of course, the most important thing was not the flames, but the explosion, the violent explosion, the explosion that was enough to destroy the battleship, and he knew in his heart that today's big loss was a foregone conclusion......

"Don't fight, go all out, rush over, you must rush over!"

Soria shouted, there is no way, there is the coast behind, you can't retreat, on the other side is the main force of the Second Fleet, now you can only attack the two big battalions of the First Fleet in front of you, rush over, as long as you are with the Spanish fleet and open the way with the main battleship, it is possible to retreat with your whole body!!

One by one, the battleships began to rush straight up against the Ming warships, as long as they could break out of the encirclement of the Ming fleet, it would be considered a victory, as for defeating the Ming fleet, they didn't dare to think about it, the firepower was too powerful, especially their rockets, the closer they were, the more they could feel the power of this thing, it was simply a weapon for killing people and setting fire!

One by one, the battleships launched an attack on the Ming warships, and at the same time, the guns on the battleships kept ringing, and a tragic naval battle between the two sides kicked off on the sea!

One broke through with all his might, the other desperately besieged, the sea off Manila Bay, the fierce battle lasted for more than two hours, the Dutch fleet and the Spanish fleet finally broke out of the encirclement, took the road and fled, watching the opponent run farther and farther, Zheng Haotian and Zheng Cai Yang Geng's faces were pale, this time, it was a cheap one picked up by the Westerners, special, next time, next time you must say that you will be annihilated!