Soria's fleet was also in sight of the Second Fleet, and the soldiers on the watchtower soon spotted the fleet coming from the south.

"What, the South appeared in the unknown fleet?"

Zheng Haotian, who was commanding the operation, was shocked, and hurriedly climbed the watchtower, looking into the distance through the telescope, and sure enough, a fleet was rushing towards the mouth of Manila Bay, and it was only twenty miles away from the position of the Ming fleet.

"Bastard! Damn bastards! Yang Geng, what are they eating, and they let the unknown fleet sail into the waters outside Manila so easily? ”

Zheng Haotian was shocked and angry, and shouted: "Order, order the left and right flank battalions of the First Fleet that have just joined the battle to turn around and prepare to meet the battle, and the future ships will stop them!" Order Zheng Cai to launch the fiercest attack on Correshido Island, and must destroy all the forts on Correshido Island! Send a letter to Lord Yang Geng, and ask Lord Yang Geng to lead the main force of the First Fleet to move to the southeast immediately, ready to respond! ”

The number of fleet warships that appeared on the opposite side is quite a lot, and the number of large and small warships together has exceeded two hundred, and the strength should not be underestimated, and the power to be able to take out so many warships in the South Seas, except for the Ming Empire, there are only the Dutch, and they are definitely the main fleet of the Dutch!

Zheng Haotian did not dare to slack off, and with an order, the entire fleet took action, and the two battalions of the First Fleet began to turn their bows and move closer to the southeast, preparing for battle.

However, by this time the Dutch fleet was no more than ten miles away, and if they advanced further, the two sides were already within the range of their respective guns.

"Order, the battleship flanks the battle, ready to open fire!"

Ke Xiongbing, deputy commander-in-chief of the First Fleet, shouted in a deep voice, and dozens of warships of the two large battalions set up a posture on the open sea, and the gun doors were opened one by one, ready to attack the Dutch fleet.

However, it was the Dutch who launched the offensive first.

Soria is a rear admiral of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and has served in the Dutch Navy for more than 30 years, with rich experience, and has participated in dozens of large and small naval battles in the Western Ocean, and is by no means a mediocre person, just by seeing so many fleets of the Ming army in front of him, Soria knows that today is a tough battle, and it must be fought, and he can't hide if he wants to, because he has more, the Spaniards will all become prisoners of the Ming Empire, and now this situation will definitely not allow the Spaniards to become prisoners of the Ming Empire, The goal of the Ming Empire is not only the Luzon Islands, but the entire South Seas, leaving the Spaniards alone, then the next unlucky will be the Dutch, the Dutch are in the South Seas, and now they have absolutely no strength to compete with the Ming Empire.

Soria kept waving the command flag in his hand, and the orders were conveyed one after another, and the fleet was still moving at full speed, until it rushed to a position less than eight miles away from the two sides, still advancing, and at the same time, the Dutch fleet shot, and the bow gun fired first, shooting down at the warships of the Ming Empire, and one shell after another set off a monstrous wave on the sea!

Almost at the same time, the Ming fleet also shot at the same time, and in an instant, the entire open sea of Manila fell into a huge shock, and the sound of artillery shook the heavens and the earth!

The Dutch advanced at full speed, and dozens of battleships of the First Fleet were standing still, firing their guns to meet the battle, naturally the First Fleet was going to suffer, as soon as it came up, it was several waves of continuous fire, when the fleets of the two sides were less than three miles apart, the two fleets had already fired more than two or three hundred shells each, the First Fleet responded to the battle on the spot, there was no speed support, and they suffered a loss as soon as they came up, six or seven of the battleships were shelled by the Dutch, and the big ships were nothing, which small battleships were hit miserably, and they were directly smashed into both ends by the shells, It's starting to sink.

Ke Xiong's military anger was like thunder, and these Dutchmen were too cunning!

"Launch, launch with all your might! Distance! ”

In Manila Bay, Davis and Montello soon discovered the movement outside, the sound of artillery suddenly became dense, and they looked outside with binoculars, and the two fleets directly outside had begun to meet each other, and the shells flew back and forth non-stop, bombarding each other, and the sea was set off by waves of shells!

"Montello, Montello, the Dutch fleet has arrived, the Dutch fleet has arrived! Quick, quick, give the order, immediately break out! ”

Davis yelled.

"Mr. Earl, don't worry, we have to wait a little longer, launching a breakthrough attack now will attract an all-round attack from the Ming army!"

Montello was able to calm down and break through now? The artillery of the Ming army on the Bataan Peninsula was vegetarian? More than a hundred artillery guns fired together, at any time to cover this area, rush out, that takes time, in this period of continuous time, all the ships of Spain will be exposed to the artillery of the Ming army, plus your Ming fleet on the opposite side, the Spaniards will face almost hundreds of artillery attacks at the same time, and it is a saturation attack, I am afraid that before rushing out, the Spanish fleet will be completely disabled!

"Come, send an order to the defenders of Corregidor Island, hit all the artillery, attack the Ming army on the Bataan Peninsula, and try your best to suppress the Ming artillery fire, Mr. Earl, I think, soon Soria will attack in our direction, as long as they disrupt the encirclement of the Ming fleet in front of us, we will be able to rush out safely!"

Montellio was right, Soria temporarily suppressed the two large battalions of the First Fleet, after all, it was only two large battalions of warships, and in the face of the all-out attack of the Dutch fleet, it could only be encouraged to support, and the difference in combat strength between the two sides was too great.

But Soria found that the main force of the Ming fleet was still blocked on the left side of Corregidor Island, and the Spanish fleet wanted to rush out of it, there was almost no possibility, and the Ming warships were deployed too densely!

"Order the fleet to immediately move in the northwest direction, launch an attack on the main force of the Ming fleet, mess up their formation, and attract the offensive firepower of the main fleet of the Ming army!"

Montello exclaimed.

The Dutch fleet began to move rapidly in a northwesterly direction, and then launched an attack on the Second Fleet!

Zheng Haotian gritted his teeth and wiped it, Ke Xiongbing and the others were so useless that they couldn't entangle their opponents!

At this time, in the face of the attack of the Dutch, the Second Fleet had to turn the bow, spread out the formation, and launch a counterattack towards the Dutch, the Dutch were able to suppress the firepower of the two battalions of the First Fleet, but they could not cope with the attack of the entire Second Fleet, not to mention that there were two battalions of the First Fleet behind them that were advancing rapidly!

However, Soria was not flustered, for an hour, as long as they held out for an hour, the Spaniards would be able to rush out of the inland sea, and then they would be able to retreat with all their strength and throw off the Ming fleet!

(End of chapter)