The man who commanded the Spanish fleet's second-level battleship line was a Portuguese named Pinto. This was a manifestation of the European unity that Philip had always advocated in terms of naval personnel.

Well, this unity is unity, but the commander's style has changed.

Unlike the Spaniards like the Duke of Alba and Viscount Alfonso who like to lead troops to fight tough battles. Although both Portugal and Spain are maritime powers, due to the gap in national strength and population, when the Portuguese traveled across the oceans in the 15th and 16th centuries, there were few

They have gathered hundreds of warships. Most of the time, they are small formations composed of a few warships. When they arrive in a place with backward civilization, they rarely launch large-scale wars. They all strive to get a point in the local area, and then

Build this point into your own transit port and trading place.

Because of this historical inheritance, when Pinto was appointed commander of the squadron, he adopted a very safe combat method.

"Very good. The Chinese in the bay must be unloading goods at the moment, so the warships outside these harbors cannot move. Send the order, our sixty warships form a column, advance in sequence to bombard the opponent's warships. Then each ship follows the flagship and turns

, use the other side’s naval gun to continue shooting at the opponent one after another.”

"Your Mightiness?"

"Any questions?"

"The mouth of this bay is very narrow, and thirty warships can basically completely block it. Therefore, our sixty warships are organized into two rows of thirty ships each. The two rows of warships move closely in parallel, and a formation is formed between the two rows.

Dislocation. In this way, all our warships can use full firepower. If we line up in a single row, there will be at least twenty warships with idle firepower during combat."

"Oh, no, doing this requires too much of our captain. If you are not careful, it may lead to accidental injury."

"Your Majesty, His Majesty's soldiers can do this!"

"No, no, no, if we do this, our first row of battleships will have to approach the opponent to shoot, which will allow the opponent's second row of battleships to also play a role."

"Your Excellency, as long as we control the distance accurately, the opponent's second row of battleships will not be able to hit us."

"..." After thinking carefully for a while, Pinto still shook his head: "No, the situation of the expeditionary fleet is very bad right now. I can't guarantee that the expeditionary fleet and the Philippine fleet can cooperate so perfectly.

I cannot risk His Majesty's precious fleet."

"Your Mightiness!"

"Execute my orders!"

"......yes."

After a simple dispute, the fleet still carried out Pinto's order. In this way, it was equivalent to every Spanish second-level battleship having to sail in front of the thirty second-level battleships of the Zhengwei detachment.

During this process, each Spanish warship was bombarded by thirty Ming warships in turn.

But in contrast, for each Ming warship, there are sixty enemy ships passing in front of it in turn. It also has to accept the bombardment of these sixty warships in turn.

The cautious Portuguese accurately set the course of their flagship on a parallel line about 500 meters away from the Zhengwei detachment of the Ming Dynasty. At this distance, the artillery hit rate of both sides would not be too high, but there would be. And in Zhengzhou

Du Youning's detachment behind Wei's detachment, no matter how close they are to Zheng Wei's detachment, no matter how misaligned they are, under the premise of not causing accidental damage, they can only use 10% of their firepower at most 10%.

Therefore, this is a battle of sixty warships against thirty warships. The only regret is that during the battle, at most three or forty of Spain's sixty warships can play a role. The warships at the head and tail of the team are

Firepower was also idle.

"The thieves are rushing over. Huh? Why is the commander of the Western bandits so cowardly? I thought that in order to give full play to their firepower, the enemy would rush over in two lines. Hahaha, it seems that the hope of survival today is high again.

Master, give the order, fire!"

At 11:30 a.m. on November 27, the Chongqing guarding the mouth of Manila Bay took the lead in firing, and the battle for the mouth of Manila Bay officially began.

In the first thirty minutes of this battle, the Ming fleet had the upper hand: our warships were anchored, and although they had no mobility at all, their artillery hit rate increased. After the first round of shelling between the two sides,

Although each of the thirty warships on the Ming Army's side had to be greeted by sixty warships in turn. But after the two sides fought like this, there were actually twenty warships on the Ming Army's side intact! And on the Spanish side, although there were also many warships

Although they were intact, two warships were seriously injured and immediately withdrew from the battle line.

However, at twelve o'clock, after the Spanish warship completed its turn and sailed from north to south, the situation of the two sides began to reverse.

Without him, on the one hand, it was thirty versus sixty, and since the Ming army was anchored, they could only face the enemy on one side of the ship - this side was always being beaten. But the Spaniards could maneuver.

, can turn, the last time it was the port side battle, the next time it will be the starboard side battle. In this way, even if both sides were hit by four or five guns each, the Ming army could only suffer on one side, but the Spanish side could

Take over left and right.

This situation became more and more obvious as the war continued. Gradually, more and more Ming warships suffered varying degrees of damage. The most severe ones had half of their sides damaged.

It was smashed to pieces, with thick smoke billowing out of the hull, broken limbs, large amounts of blood, and bursts of screams from some corners, which made Zheng Wei, the commander of this fleet, heartbroken.

"Captain, we are in trouble, why not send a signal and ask Captain Du and others to come up?"

"Shit~ How can a man say no?" At this moment, Zheng Wei's forehead had been scratched off by a piece of wood chips. Although the right side of his chest was wrapped with thick gauze, the wound under the gauze was still slowly seeping.

Blood. Just like that, he still had time to say a joke: "This ship was damaged in battle?"

"The port side has been hit by more than thirty guns in total. Seven of the twenty gun positions have been knocked out. Six of the remaining thirteen have also been seriously damaged. However, although these six gun positions are no longer there,

, but the guns are still there, and we can continue to fight. In addition, we also received more than ten shots on the deck. Currently, there are more than 70 people killed in the battle out of the 200 brothers on the ship, and almost everyone else is injured."

"Damages to this column?"

"Three ships were completely disintegrated, and five ships were in flames and could not be rescued. The other ships were all injured."

"Where are the enemy troops?"

"Ashamed, my subordinate just counted the enemy ships that passed our ship. There should be more than fifty ships."

"TMD, ouch!" He slapped the railing of the boat hard, stretched the wound, and let out a scream. Then he raised his left hand: "It's 2:30 in the afternoon, we only lasted three hours and it's like this?

"

"Captain, we are facing the enemy on one side and cannot maneuver at all! And the enemy ships are twice as many as ours!"

"Hey, just have fun secretly. If the enemy ships line up in two close rows and control the distance at the same time, we will all report to the Martyrs' Shrine now, and there will be no chance to find an excuse."

"...Captain, having said that, should we make way for Captain Du and the others to come up? Captain, this subordinate is not afraid of life and death. I want to wait until Captain Du and the others come up."

, let’s lift anchor and turn around, and use the other side to engage the enemy.”

"..." After thinking for a while, Zheng Wei said: "Send a signal and inform the warships in this column that can still move. If we can survive the enemy's next round, we will go down to rest."

"Captain, no! The hull is damaged in many places, and our Chongqing cannot survive the next round!"

"Hey~" Zheng Wei put his hands on the railing of the ship and stroked it for a while: "This Chongqing sailed directly to America with me, and then sent me back with all my beard and stern. His toughness is better than yours."

It's much clearer. Besides, I don't know about Du Youning's boring gourd. He is not as flexible as the general. If he comes up, he will never let us engage in the enemy again until he is killed in battle. Okay, if there are too many

Having said that, execute the order quickly. At the same time, notify Du Youning in the rear to let his battle line weigh anchor. The Spaniards will fight from north to south this time. After the opponent's last warship passes through the middle of our battle line, let him start from his own position.

The north side of the column enters the battlefield!"

Taking advantage of the gap where all the Spanish battle lines had passed the Chongqing, Zheng Wei arranged the follow-up affairs. Soon after, the Spanish battle lines, which had completed their turn again, approached again.

"Oh, God, are these Chinese stupid or stupid? They are beaten like this. Why don't they call their friendly troops to come up and replace them? Tsk, no matter, such a stupid commander just relieves the pressure on us. Send the order, Ben

The battleships continued to follow the flagship and bombarded them one by one."

Following Pinto's order, the Spanish warships entered the fighting position one after another and began to fire at the scarred Ming warships again.

"Brothers, the thief is here again! Hold on, hold on a little longer. After this round, we can go down and rest."

"Boom~" A Spanish warship sailed past the Chongqing, and twenty cannonballs roared in. Finally, three shells fell on the Chongqing. The already dilapidated port side of the Chongqing was once again hit.

Heavy blow, another gun emplacement was knocked out.

After the enemy ship passed, another battleship came over, and another one came over. Each one added new wounds to the scarred Chongqing. The twenty gun emplacements on the port side of the Chongqing could

There are fewer and fewer artillery fires.

By 3:05 in the afternoon, when the fifty-second ship, which was also the last Spanish battleship in this battle line, sailed past the Chongqing, its completely battered port side had completely lost all protective capabilities. This

The shells fired by the Spanish warship penetrated deeply into the hull of the Chongqing without any hindrance, and directly hit the ammunition depot of the Chongqing!

"Boom~" A violent explosion sounded, and then the entire Chongqing seemed to be lifted up from the water by a giant hand, and then forced back from the air by another giant hand. During this lift,

In the process of falling heavily, the scarred Chongqing could no longer hold up. Amidst the huge explosions and constant flashes of fire, the actual range of this ship ranked among the top three among the many sail warships of the Ming Army because it traveled to and from the American continent.
Chapter completed!