Boom, boom, boom.

The ironclad ships of the Ming Dynasty are still firing guns.

And the New Spanish fleet was already in ruins.

They couldn't resist the ironclad at all.

All you can do is run away.

Maloska boarded a light ship and immediately gave the order to disband the formation and flee eastward.

Maloska, of course, knew that the possibility of continuing the fight was no longer there.

They no longer have any strength to resist the Ming Dynasty's ironclad ships.

Perhaps the only one that can deal with the ironclads - no, the battles between the ironclads may be a protracted battle for a long time.

This kind of iron ship covered in steel armor is too difficult to sink with the power of today's artillery.

At this moment.

The wreckage of wooden battleships floated across the sea.

The smoke from the flames obscured the view, giving the remnants of the New Spanish fleet a chance to leave the battlefield.

When a light fast ship with full sails sails goes east with the wind.

Maloska couldn't help but glance back at the battlefield that was getting farther and farther away, and was almost impossible to see.

"Times have changed."

He whispered.

As a traditional admiral of the Navy, everything he has learned in his life has been completely subverted in today's war.

The imposing battleship with three or four layers of gun compartments is now worthless scrap.

Because no matter how strong the wooden-hulled ship is, it can't stop the bombardment from blasting inside the ship.

And this kind of flowering bomb can't deal with the thick steel armor of the ironclad ship.

Apparently.

In the future, the seas will be ruled by steam ironclads.

And before there was a cannon that could penetrate steel armor was invented.

This kind of ironclad ship of the Dingyuan class is an invincible existence.

It doesn't even need to be a large ironclad ship like the Dingyuan class that can sail 5,000 miles.

All it takes is a small steam ironclad cruising offshore to defend the coastline.

Any army country like the Ming Empire that does not have a naval tradition only needs to grit its teeth and build or buy a few ironclad ships.

Deployed on its own coast.

There is nothing that can be done by traditional naval powers like Britain and Spain.

He finally knew why the Britons had not yet appeared on the shores of the East - it seemed that the news was true, and the British Eastern Intervention Fleet was finished!

"These damned Britons!"

Maloska angrily slammed her fist into the side of the ship.

"Your Excellency, where are we going now?"

Manila Governor Valeriano said with a gloomy face.

When Maloska heard this, she also fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he said, "Our current supplies are only enough to last for more than a month. Let's go to Hawaii! ”

Maloska said.

Hawaii was discovered by European navigators more than a decade ago, and since then a large number of merchants from the East and the West have flocked to the islands, and the islands are now ruled by a local chief who calls himself the King of Hawaii.

The strategic location of this place is important though.

But because of the late discovery on the one hand, the colonial empires such as Britain and France have not yet had time to start.

On the other hand, the route to Hawaii is only found from west to east for the time being.

That is, from a port in Japan, it drifts to the island of Hawaii by the currents of the North Pacific Ocean from west to east.

In fact, there was also a course from the southwest of the American continent to Hawaii, but it has not been discovered for the time being.

So now, the hands of the major colonial empires have not had time to reach into the land of Hawaii.

The Ming Empire had contact with the Hawaiian Kingdom first, but the Hawaiian Kingdom had no intention of claiming the title.

So for Maloska, go to Hawaii with the remnants of the fleet.

It's the only way.

As for whether the Chinese will pursue

They won't be able to do that much.

What's more, if they can resupply in Hawaii, they still have a chance to return to New Spain.

"We have to keep a fleet."

Maloska said.

Valeriano nodded.

Of course he knew what Maloska meant. 、

In the event of the complete destruction of the New Spanish fleet.

Then the entire Pacific Ocean will belong completely to the Chinese.

And if the Doge's Palace of New Spain could have a fleet deployed on the west coast of the American continent.

That's at least.

This fleet can be used as a broken fleet.

Let the Chinese pay for the fleet in North America.

This will buy Spain some time.

Victory!

All the soldiers of the Ming Navy were cheering.

All the large warships of the New Spanish fleet of the Spaniards were sunk in this battle.

The ones that ran away were light and fast ships that were not much armed.

With the armament of these light ships, they would never dare to appear on the coast of Daming and harass the coastline of Daming.

These Spanish rats, which had been searched for by the Ming Navy for a year, were finally eliminated!

The Ming Navy can breathe a sigh of relief.

"Pursuit! Keep on the pursuit! Even if you chase them to the ends of the earth, you can't let them run! ”

Cai Lian said loudly.

Right now.

Zheng Xiaoyi boarded the Xuzhou on a small boat.

The first thing he said when he saw Cai Lian was: "Commander Cai, this is a godsend!" ”

Cai Lian was stunned for a moment, his eyes rolled slightly, and he lowered his voice: "Brother Zheng, where is the God-given opportunity."

To talk about the source of the officers in the Ming Navy now.

In fact, it is mainly divided into three parts.

The first part is the 300 old brothers who received European orthodox military academy training in Europe.

The second part is an officer like Zheng Xiaoyi.

And the third part. It is a pirate leader like Cai Lian who was born as a pirate and has received "officer assault training".

But Cai Lian is very clear.

Now in power are the three hundred old brothers.

The future is bound to be those protégés of the Son of Heaven.

And these of them can only seek to make contributions on the battlefield, and if they can be crowned, then they can be regarded as entering the noble class

"In Hawaii!"

Zheng Xiaoyi's face showed a hint of heat.

"Commander Cai, this is a work to expand the territory!"

"Will there be trouble?" Cai Lian hesitated.

"If you win, you won't have any trouble." Zheng Xiaoyi said, "If you want to open up North America, Hawaii is a transit point to North America, if you can occupy it, can you still spit out this Hawaiian Islands?" ”

"Hawaii is now a group of natives, there are not many people at all, we have twelve hybrid ships, six ironclad ships, and more than 8,000 sailors!"

"This force is enough to destroy the country!"

Cai Lian's face changed slightly when he heard this.

He knows.

Many of Zheng Xiaoyi's classmates are working in the General Staff.

He must have some gossip.

And

If you can really occupy Hawaii and make this contribution to expanding the territory.

Come to think of it.

Cai Lian made a quick decision.

"Pounce on your mother, it!"

(End of chapter)