Daming's fleet did not give Davis much time to prepare, and after only ten days, Cha Zhu came to Luzon with the First Fleet and the Second Fleet.

More than 200 warships sent a long contingent in the South China Sea in the direction of Manila Bay.

On top of the flagship, Cha Xuan, Qin Mufeng sat in a circle with Zheng Haotian, Yang Geng, and Zheng Cai.

"Lord Yang, you have been a naval officer in Fujian for many years and have been to Nanyang many times, so you should be very familiar with Nanyang, right? What's going on in Manila Bay? ”

Cha Shu asked.

Yang Geng shook his head and replied: "Lord Ministry, you are looking for the wrong person, if you say that you know the most about the customs of Nanyang, it should be Ming Yan, although he has only been to Nanyang once or twice, but he has many observations and deep understanding of the customs of Nanyang; If you say that you know the most about the military of Nanyang, it should be Ah Cai, the last time Xia Guan went to Nanyang, it was more than ten years ago, and then he has been following Zheng Zhilong to protect Fuzhou, however, it turns out that the party has always been subject to important affairs in Nanyang, most of them are Ah Cai, you don't look at Ah Cai is not a few years older than you, for the situation in Nanyang, that is very well understood! ”

"Oh?"

Cha Zhu set his sights on Zheng Cai.

Zheng Cai was also not polite, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Ministry, Uncle Yang is right, in recent years, Ming Yan has been studying in the mainland, and the affairs of the Zheng family are rarely asked, and Tagawa Nanazaemon is resident in Dongying, so almost all the affairs of the Zheng family in Nanyang are handled by the lower officials, but the last time they came to Nanyang, it was already five years ago, at that time, the emperor had just ascended the throne, and the lower officials came to Nanyang to purchase arms and purchased more than a dozen artillery pieces from the Spaniards. The Luzon Islands have been under the control of the Spaniards for more than 50 years, and the earliest Spaniards who arrived in the Luzon Islands can even be traced back to nearly 100 years ago, when a group of Spanish explorers entered the Luzon Islands from the Pacific Ocean in search of fresh water, and finally established relations with the local indigenous Sulu Dynasty, which allowed the Spaniards to rent a place in the area for trade, and then after decades of preparation, Spain's influence in the Luzon Islands grew, and later the dove occupied the magpie's nest, Destroyed the Sulu Dynasty, occupied the entire Luzon Islands, and established its own colonial rule with Manila as the center! ”

Qin Mufeng waved his hand and said: "Let's talk about these things about Chen Sesame pulling millet later, today, we are like listening to dry goods, picking out key points, and picking up useful things!" ”

Zheng Cai smiled, ignored Qin Mufeng, and continued: "The Spanish colonists established colonial rule with Manila Bay as the center, and this Manila Bay is the center of the Spaniards, and most of the military forces are concentrated here, and now that the Spanish Governor Davis has received the news that he will definitely prepare in Manila Bay, it can be said that we have lost the suddenness of the battle, and this battle can only be fought hard with the Spanish fleet, but, This battle is not as easy as imagined! ”

"How?"

Cha asked.

Zheng Cai smiled: "Lord Ministry, you should remember Osaka Bay, right?" ”

Cha Shu replied: "Of course I remember, when we attacked Osaka, we forcibly crossed the Isthmus of Osaka Bay at night, and we killed it without knowing it, and it basically didn't take much effort to take Osaka Bay, Yugong, why did you suddenly mention Osaka Bay?" “

Zheng Cai said with a smile: "Lord Ministry, because Manila Bay and Osaka Bay have very similar topography, especially military deployment!" ”

Qin Mufeng grinned and said, "In that case, it's simple, it's not easy for us to enter Manila Bay?" As long as they enter Manila Bay, the Spanish fleet will be the turtle in the middle of the dragon, and you can clean them up as you want! ”

"Where is it so easy?"

Zheng Cai replied, "Inspector Qin, didn't I just say that there is a similarity between Manila Bay and Osaka Bay, this similarity is that Manila Bay is surrounded by two peninsulas, forming an isthmus, the narrowest part of the two peninsulas, only thirty or forty miles apart, with the help of lighthouses and telescopes, the soldiers can even see the north from the south, this is not counting, just at the narrowest part of the two peninsulas, like Osaka Bay, there is also an island here - Corregido Island, Corregidto Island is much larger than the Oki Island in the Osaka Strait, this isthmus is divided into two halves, although the southern isthmus is wider, almost a dozen miles, but basically there is no possibility of passage, there are all reefs and shoals, not to mention our fleet, even the fleet of the Spaniards, are easy not to take this road, a little careless, the battleship will run aground, then only the northern isthmus is left, this isthmus is very deep, the shallowest part of the sea water is three or four zhang deep, It is so deep that even our flagship can be unimpeded, but the worst thing is here, Corregido Island is only six or seven miles away from the peninsula to the north, and the artillery on Corregido Island can even directly hit the cannonballs on the opposite peninsula, and the artillery completely covers the entire channel, and there is no place to dodge......"

Hiss......

A few people gasped, what a sinister geographical environment! The wide isthmus in the south is all reefs and shoals, impassable, but the north is passable, but it is only six or seven miles wide. How to pass through this isthmus and attack Manila Bay?

Zheng Cai continued: "This is just the terrain, the lower official will talk about the military deployment of Manila Bay, on Correshido Island, there are two large forts, six small forts, the number of artillery is more than the number of artillery in Luermen, all of them are powerful red-coated artillery, there are also two large forts on the peninsula in the north, eight small forts, this may not be the most powerful military fortress in the eastern world, but it is definitely the most powerful military fortress in defense. Nearly 100 coastal defense guns were concentrated, and six artillery battalions were deployed! Moreover, we must be clear that these artillery pieces are far from being comparable to Dongying's artillery, most of Dongying's artillery are not powerful thousand-pound artillery, two-thousand-pound artillery, but the coastal defense artillery here, the smallest of which weighs two thousand pounds, uses forty-pound and sixty-pound shells, which are hugely powerful and have a long range, and it is far from as simple as we imagined to take Manila......"

Cha Zhu and Qin Mufeng were completely dumbfounded, this is the first time they have encountered such a situation, in the end, two people are invincible on land, and it is difficult to meet opponents, but when it comes to the sea, two people are two rookies, and Cha Zhu is still half a bottle of water, Qin Mufeng is an out-and-out landlubber!