You must know that they have always relied on strong ships and cannons to crush those natives, and when have they ever been suffocated because their ships and weapons are inferior to people.

However, this was the case this time, and the Portuguese fleet, which had always been invincible, could only watch the enemy shell them from outside its range because of the lack of range of its own artillery.

Although it is said that because of the range, the artillery bombardment effect of the Ming fleet is not very good, and it depends on luck to a certain extent if you want to hit their ships, but this kind of aggrieved feeling of being attacked by others but unable to fight back still has a considerable impact on morale.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was finally narrowed, and while feeling that the accuracy of the Ming fleet's shelling had improved significantly, Daliqisi and other captains of the Portuguese fleet finally let out a sigh of relief, and they could finally counterattack.

Suddenly, the sea was filled with gunsmoke, the sound of cannons shook the sky, and one after another cannonballs swept through the air and then splashed up columns of water above the sea.

There are almost a dozen warships in this detachment of the Portuguese fleet with combat effectiveness, and the rest of the ships are supply ships and some merchant ships that they plundered halfway, so there are only a dozen ships that can meet the Ming fleet at this moment.

There was a loud bang, and I saw a sudden bang on a Portuguese warship in the distance, and the high mast fell down, killing several Portuguese soldiers on the spot, and at the same time, a battleship not far away was also hit by artillery, and a gun collapsed on the spot.

The battle was just a cup of tea, and the Ming side obviously occupied the absolute top, on the one hand, because the Ming fleet had an advantage in numbers, and on the other hand, after narrowing the distance, the soldiers of the Ming fleet also gave full play to the skills they had trained in the past half a year.

Chu Yi's maintenance of the fleet was surprising to everyone, it costs money to build the fleet, but it costs more money to maintain the fleet, it can be said that silver is like flowing water, especially for training these personnel of the fleet, Chu Yi has spent a lot of silver.

Not to mention anything else, the barrels of the guns used to train the gunners on these battleships alone have been changed several times, and as for the shells, I don't know how many thousand have been fired.

It can be said that if you do the math, these alone can almost build another battleship.

However, Chu Yi spent so much effort to train such a fleet, and now it has finally paid off.

If it was because the distance between the two sides was too far at the beginning, then now after the distance is shortened, the two sides shell each other, but the Ming fleet is the first to get off to a good start, which shows that the actual combat ability of the Ming fleet is not bad.

You must know that this Portuguese fleet crossed the ocean and fought openly and secretly with Spain, the Netherlands, and other maritime powers, and had already trained a powerful naval force.

It can be said that the naval combat effectiveness of the Portuguese fleet, Spain and the Netherlands, which are maritime powers, is by no means comparable to that of ordinary countries.

It can only be said that Chu Yi's hard work was not in vain, and tens of millions of taels of silver were not wasted in vain, at least he handed over a satisfactory answer to Chu Yi.

In the harbor, Chu Yi stood there, holding a clairvoyant mirror in his hand and watching the battle in the harbor from afar, when he saw the Portuguese fleet being hit by shelling, Chu Yi's face showed a somewhat satisfied look.

"Hahaha, okay, it's really good, how can a mere barbarian be my opponent of the Great Ming Water Division!"

In addition to Chu Yi, even Yu Dayou and Lu Dazhu didn't realize that if it weren't for Chu Yi, the one who was at a disadvantage at this time might be the sailors of the Ming Dynasty, and it could even be said that without Chu Yi, the Ming Dynasty would probably not be able to land in Dongying, and it would not be until many years later that he would have contact with Portugal.

In the eyes of Yu Dayou, Lu Dazhu and others, it is a matter of course for the Ming fleet under the leadership of Pang 17 and Li Degong to crush the Portuguese fleet.

As the Ming fleet pressed up, the gap in the number of warships between the two sides was a bit large, you must know that Chu Yi had mobilized fifty warships this time, which was more than several times that of the Portuguese fleet.

In addition, most of these warships are new-type warships, and if it were not for the experienced experience of the Portuguese fleet, I am afraid that they would have been completely wiped out at this time.

Even so, as one battleship after another was sunk, Daliqisi's whole face turned pale, and his mouth was muttering to himself, full of disbelief.

At this time, Lawrence and the others watched the warships sinking one after another around them, and they felt desperate in their hearts, and there was a loud bang, Lawrence and the others shook violently, and they almost fell to the ground.

"Commander, surrender, for the safety of all soldiers!"

Seeing that they were surrounded by warships flying the flag of the sun and the moon, and these warships surrounded them, even fools knew that they had no other choice but to die in battle or surrender.

Daliqisi glanced at the crowd, but he couldn't see the slightest battle intent, sighed, and only heard Daliqisi say slowly: "Give the flag to the other party, we have surrendered!" ”

For Daliqisi and others, surrender is not a shameful thing, and it is not unacceptable, so after weighing the results, Daliqisi made a decisive choice.

They have done their best, and since they can't see hope, then the next thing is naturally to be responsible for the lives and safety of everyone in the fleet.

When a flag fluttered high, coupled with the flag-bearer constantly waving the flag, everyone who saw this scene breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially on the side of the Portuguese fleet, there are still less battleships left at this time, aside from the silent few battleships, most of the remaining battleships have been attacked, and at this time, seeing that Daliqisi's flagship has hoisted a white flag, all the Portuguese warships have followed suit and hoisted the white flag, and chose to surrender.

In the port, Chu Yi, who saw this scene, bowed his head slightly and said, "Pass the order down and receive their surrender!" ”

Almost instinctively, Zhai Luan opened his mouth and said to Chu Yi: "Your Highness, beware of fraud!" ”

Zhai Luan, who was born in a literati, was obviously worried about what tricks the other party would do, in case it was a fraud......

It's a pity that Zhai Luan doesn't want to think about it, the army may surrender by fraud in battle, but if it is placed on the navy, the difficulty of wanting to surrender is quite high.

After receiving Chu Yi's order, Pang 17 and Li Degong immediately ordered to accept the surrender of the Portuguese fleet, and while maintaining vigilance and deterrence, dozens of small boats were let go, and a famous sergeant boarded the Portuguese fleet that had completely given up resistance.

These Portuguese sailors put down their weapons very cooperatively, and then watched as a group of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty took over the fleet.

A day later, Chu Yi met with the governor of the Portuguese fleet, Daliqisi.

glanced at Daliqisi, Chu Yi did not humiliate Daliqisi, and motioned for the other party to sit down, while Chu Yi was looking at Daliqisi, Daliqisi was also looking at Chu Yi.

Chu Yi's youth was beyond Daliqi's expectations, in his opinion, Chu Yi, who could be in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of warships, was at least the kind of veteran in his forties and fifties, and he never thought that he would be such a young man.

"The Invincible Armada of the Imperial Portuguese Navy, the Governor of the Third Fleet, Daliqisi, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Great Ming Wu!"

Chu Yi smiled slightly, motioned for Daliqisi to sit down, and said, "The general asks to see this king, I don't know what is going on?" ”

Daliqisi's expression was straight, and he looked at Chu Yi solemnly and said, "Please also ask His Royal Highness King Wu to allow us to summon our relatives in the country to redeem us with gold and silver property!" ”

At war between the two countries in the West, there has always been a custom of redeeming prisoners, so Daliqisi hopes that Chu Yi can allow them to redeem themselves.

If at the beginning, Chu Yi also regarded Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands as opponents, then when Chu Yi insisted on the court and was ready to spend a few years building a huge naval force with thousands of warships, Chu Yi did not care about Portugal and the Netherlands.

Even if Portugal is strong, the entire naval fleet, known as the invincible armada, is actually only two or three hundred warships, but the Ming Dynasty has built as many as 1,000 warships in recent years alone.

If this kind of number is looked at all countries in the world, I am afraid that only the Ming Dynasty has such manpower and material resources, if it is placed in those countries in the West, if it is not by plundering the wealth of the colonies, even if they empty their treasury, they will not want to build such a huge fleet.

But Daming has such confidence, whether it is manpower or material resources, he has to throw off Portugal and the Netherlands.

So at this time, Chu Yi looked at Daliqisi with interest, and smiled thoughtfully: "Oh, I don't know how much gold and silver Your Excellency can take out to redeem yourself?" ”

Although Daliqisi said that he didn't know much about the Ming Dynasty, he knew that the Oriental people sometimes chose to kill when dealing with prisoners of war.

Daliqisi's biggest worry is naturally whether he will be killed by the other party, so after surrendering, Daliqisi tried his best to see Chu Yi.

Looking at Chu Yi's meaning now, Daliqisi felt that the other party seemed to have the intention of allowing them to redeem themselves, and there was a bit of brightness in his eyes, Daliqisi groaned, as if he was valuing himself.

Daliqisi slowly looked up at Chu Yi and said, "As the governor of the entire fleet, a nobleman of the Portuguese Empire, I am willing to give 500,000 gold coins to redeem myself!" ”

Gold coins are obviously minted from gold, even in the West, it is an extremely precious existence, 500,000 gold coins, this is definitely a huge wealth, at least the family behind Daliqisi will take out such a huge fortune.

Although he knew that Western prisoners of war had a form of paying ransom in exchange for their own, Chu Yi had never had any experience in this area, and when he heard Daliqisi set himself a price of 500,000 gold coins, even Chu Yi couldn't help but take a deep look at Daliqisi.

[The girl made a fuss, and finally took a time code, and tried to make up for it tomorrow. 】