In just half an hour, the Spanish fleet fired more than 5,000 shells at the Ming fleet, four ships of the Ming fleet were directly sunk by the Spanish fleet, and two suffered heavy losses, Shi Lang's fleet suffered a big blow, after all, there were more than 30 warships, which was twice the size of the Ming fleet!

However, compared to the trauma suffered by the Ming fleet, the Spanish fleet was even more miserable, fifteen battleships were destroyed by the Ming fleet, and five or six battleships were heavily damaged, more than half of which were destroyed or severely damaged by the flowering cannons of the three main battleships.

Although the number of warships in the Spanish fleet still exceeds that of the Ming fleet, however, now Carlos has been beaten stupidly, the difference in the proportion of losses on this battlefield is too great, yes, Spain is more than twice as many warships as the Ming army, but now the number of warships that have been sunk or heavily damaged, the Spanish fleet has to reach three times that of the Ming fleet! There are only fourteen or fifteen warships in his own fleet, and there are still ten warships in the Ming fleet on the opposite side, and the three main battleships are unscathed.

"Retreat, retreat, immediately withdraw to the military port, ask the battery to prepare for the battle!"

Carlos was timid, he didn't dare to fight anymore, he gave the order to retreat, and he came out with the main force of the fleet with great momentum.

Carlos's fleet frantically retreated to the rear, and Shi Lang, who played real fire, ordered the two damaged battleships to rescue the soldiers who fell into the water, and took the rest of the warships directly into the Manzanillo military port!

At this time, it was not only Carlos's fleet that did it, but also more than a dozen shore defense guns on the military port, on top of the two batteries, and at the same time joined the battle group and launched a counterattack against the Ming fleet, and the shore defense artillery, plus more than a dozen warships, began to counterattack with all their might!

Now the opponent's counterattack is sharp, the broken fleet attack is not worth mentioning, but the offensive firepower of the coastal defense artillery is too fierce, after all, the coastal defense artillery is on land, easy to aim, the shooting accuracy is much higher than the accuracy of the artillery that is bumpy up and down on the sea, and they are all heavy artillery, a shell has at least fifty or sixty pounds of weight, once smashed on the warship, the destructive power is much greater than that of ordinary naval guns, and the coastal defense artillery is condescending, at least ten meters higher than the naval guns, condescending, and the firing range suddenly extends far away, No matter how powerful Shi Lang is, if he wants to take the port of Manzanillo with just ten warships, it is basically impossible!

Shi Lang concentrated all the flowering artillery to launch a fierce attack on the Spanish battery, after all, the hit rate was too low, it was impossible to destroy the Spanish battery, and the most important thing was that he did not carry so many shells, after all, this time he did not come out and there would be a big war, if it was just to deal with some pirates and bandits, it was naturally not a problem, but it was definitely not enough to storm a large military port.

The two sides fought fiercely in the port of Manzanillo for a whole afternoon, Shi Lang's fleet was still helpless after all, but sank several of Carlos's battleships again, the Spanish batteries and shore defense guns were still standing tall in the distance, even if it was a flowering cannon, in a short time, it could not destroy the battery, Shi Lang had to temporarily retreat and withdraw from the battle.

"Whew!"

Carlos let out a long sigh of relief, specially, lucky, almost, he was going to be reimbursed, the combat power of the Ming fleet is really strong enough, no wonder the Netherlands and Spain joined forces, and they were beaten by others in the South Seas, this time, only a dozen warships were dispatched to be able to press their more than 30 warships, this combat power is really too strong, if there is no battery to help, he is definitely not the opponent of the Ming fleet!

Carlos was still apprehensive, and shouted urgently: "Immediately order someone to send a letter to Governor Joaquín of Mexico City, requesting Mexico City to mobilize the infantry regiment to move westward and prepare to support Manzanillo!" We are not sure enough to resist another attack by the Ming fleet! ”

On the sea, the Ming fleet withdrew more than 20 miles towards the sea in one breath, Shi Lang was depressed, this battle was very happy, but after all, he still did not take the port of Manzanillo, and if he attacked, with a fully prepared Spanish army, he would never give himself the opportunity to capture the military port.

I only brought a dozen warships this time, not to mention that the combat power of these warships is average, even if the entire coastal fleet is pulled over, it may not be able to beat the Spanish garrison in Mexico, and there are more than 20,000 troops stationed here! All the soldiers in his own party are only more than 2,000 people together, and they are not on the same level at all.

"General Shi, let's return to the Ming Empire for the time being, Emperor Yuming, mobilize the main fleet to come, it's best to bring a town of Tianxiong army to wipe out all the fucking Spanish troops in Mexico!"

Wu Xing said fiercely.

Shi Lang nodded and sighed: "That's all there is to it now, we have too few troops, Spain, waiting for us, when I come again, it will be when you are destroyed!" Master Hou, now that we are returning to the mainland, I am afraid that fresh water and food will not last such a long distance, you see......"

Wu Xing understood what Shi Lang meant, the fleet needs to replenish supplies, after all, the fleet has been out for such a long time, and it will take me to return to the sea, I don't know how long it will take, there is not enough supplies, and when it reaches the depths of the Pacific Ocean, it will be fatal.

"General Shi, three or four hundred miles to the north, is Vallarta, where is the place where we landed, a town of about thirty or forty thousand people, we can choose to replenish fresh water and food there, this time, we can't be polite to them anymore, rob me of the special Vallarta!"

Shi Lang nodded and said: "Gold and silver treasures, there is no use for fart, we don't lack so many things, what we want to rob is all the information related to Spain, Mexico and the whole of America, especially maps and nautical charts, all of them!" Next time we come back, we won't have to waste so much effort! Let's go, head to Vallarta now! ”

(End of chapter)