The two largest maritime military forces in the 17th century collided head-on on this narrow Southeast Asian ocean. One was the convergence of several old-fashioned maritime empires, and the other was the emerging maritime empires that were full of vitality. Between the sea west of Luzon and the Mautra Islands, two fleets were seen facing each other, with no heads in front and no tail in the back, and between the densely packed high sails, the scene was like a plain forest emerging from the sea level.

In terms of situation, the Ming army was at the upper hand. This time, Mao Jue gave two-thirds of the imperial navy to the pony sea. The navy at all levels of the fleet was more than 80,000. The Luzon Island, which was backed by the Ming Dynasty, was a colony that the Ming Dynasty had been operating for several years. Although the western area of ​​the island was robbed by the Western vassals, the arrival of the mother country fleet, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty on the island still burst out enough enthusiasm and rushed to provide help to the fleet.

Moreover, this is the first time that the Royal Navy of the Ming Empire has gone to sea to fight in such a large scale. Cao Gui said: Just do your best! The young men are at the right time.

But the sea crusaders of the Western United Fleet were not so optimistic. After more than a month of continuous siege, there were as many as eleven main battleships that had damaged and lost their combat effectiveness. The soldiers were also tired of teachers and veterans, especially here, which was thousands of miles away from their Batavian colony.

However, Westerners are not without any chance of winning. In terms of naval combat experience, the fledgling Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty is actually very immature, just like a newly graduated college student, but these guys have been in the Seven Seas and Five Oceans for two centuries, and are definitely old gangsters who have been hanging in society for a long time!

Although experience is invisible and intangible, it is enough to be fatal to truly exert it! Just like in Western history, the French Navy could not defeat the British Royal Navy at any time, even in the Napoleon era when France was extremely powerful. It made the British Royal Navy's nose and face swollen every time.

Therefore, the strategy given by the Ministry of War in this battle is to slow down the battle! Slowly! Anyway, the Maoming Empire is richer than the Zhuming Empire in the past, and this is still at the foot of the Ming Dynasty, and it can be afforded!

Arriving at Luzon at the end of June, the vast sea was not busy marching. From Mindanao to the north to the edge of Luzon, forcing the Dutch Spaniards' fleet to retreat to the recovery. After gathering together, he also set up a camp in Xinwen, a small port in northern Manila.

It is estimated that the power of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty also gave these old Western predecessors an extremely deep impression. The Western Crusaders entrenched half of Manila Bay did not make any moves at the first time. Instead, they leaned back slightly, seized the time to repair the damaged warships, and were not busy launching an attack.

During the confrontation, the days passed by minute by minute.

However, the war was not over, but the small war continued. The army went to war, and the army needed supply lines, and the navy also needed it. So before the decisive battle, the plunder of small ships between the two armies started in full swing, and painted a bit of bright red for the sea.

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When it comes to tropical islands, people probably think of sunshine, beaches, coconut trees, warm seas and endless seafood. However, there is one thing that is ignored by people, that is, the typhoon.

Every year, starting from May and until the beginning of winter and November, it is a period of high incidence of typhoons, especially in June and July.

The originally bright sea changed its face at this moment. Within thousands of miles, the sky seemed to be pitch black like a huge pot lid. The originally warm and gentle sea breeze also became the stepmother's slap, rolling up the originally calm waves several meters high, and the cold and icy rain as big as beans crackled and slapped towards her face.

But even in such bad weather, there are still two fleets chasing each other in the stormy waves.

The 30-meter third-level battleship is already quite large, with a capacity of 1,500 pieces and weighing dozens of tons. But in this day's anger, it is still like a toy ship in a bathtub, thrown up and down by huge waves, and it keeps bumping.

"At three o'clock on the starboard side, fire the gun! Fire the gun!"

As the storm came to the face, the biting icy storm, the lookout hand's hissing was almost unaware of. In the cannon cabin, the gunners, who were sweating but trembling with cold, shouted and stuffed the shells into the cannon chamber, and then used a flintlock machine to knock on the cannon medicine.

But at this critical moment, a more violent wave came to the face, and the entire hull suddenly tilted upward at an angle of more than 30 degrees. The cannon angle that had finally been locked disappeared instantly. The cannon fire like muffled thunder suddenly ejected, but it was a ping-pong ball that drew an arc in the air, and finally landed hard in the sea.

Looking at this scene, the fleet commander standing on the bridge, the squadron general led Zhang Zhenyuan's eyes to be red and was about to spit out of fire.

It took more than a hundred lives and several boats, and it took a full month to fully understand the supply routes and travel time of the Dutch from Batavia. The fleet he led bypassed Luzon and ate conchs and drank coconuts on the deserted island for several days before squatting into this Dutch supply fleet. But when he finally could eat meat, the weather was not good. A storm came to his face, and the violent bumps almost shook him down. Finally stood firm, he raised his telescope again. On the dark sea, the Dutch light ship sailing in a zigzag shape seemed to be a little further away. Under the surging wave, he could only see a sail rising on the sea level.

With his pupils on fire, Liu Zhenyuan roared in anger: "Where are the sailors? Manfan! Kill them, you must not let the vassal escape!"

"Sir! No!"

In the violent storm, the sound of sailor Changkang Jianguo's firecrackers was much weaker. He pointed to the mast that had already creaked loudly, and shouted anxiously.

"The wind and waves are too strong now! The mast is already overloaded! If you hang the sails, the boat will be in danger of capsizing!"

"I have made a military order this time. I will not kill the barbarian ships and don't return! I will be able to fill the sails quickly, otherwise I will kill you first!"

His eyes turned red because of his loss. Liu Zhenyuan wiped the rain heavily from his face and pulled out his command knife.

Seeing that his master was determined and whispered, the sailor had to run along the bridge in a hurry. However, he had just gotten down the stairs when a fierce sound of wood breaking suddenly came. In his incredible look of fear, the heavy main mast actually broke from one third of the bottom and slanted to the port side. The heavy sail was still blown westward by the strong wind, and the entire sailboat tilted to the left. On the deck, sailors, buckets, and guns fell into the sea with crackling.

He suddenly grabbed a straight cable and waved the axe high, Kang Jianguo also roared with all his might.

"Save the ship!!!"

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The woman's face is clear and clear, and the sky is clear, and it lasts for a very long time, has a very large destructive power, and has a very wide range of impacts.

The mighty gunboat was like a duck hit by heavy rain. The main mast in the middle was gone, leaving only a piece of pole poking there, head down and butt up, stranding listlessly on the beach of the deserted island.

Although the suffocating storm had passed, the raindrops were still falling downwards. Fortunately, the rain was a good thing for the sailors at this time. With the rapid containers, the sailors set up a long row on the beach to follow the rare fresh water from the sea. Some were carrying salamanders and rafts to hunt sea fish on the nearby sea. There was not much food reserve. They repaired the warships and stranded here. They didn't know how long it would take. If they could save, they had to save some.

However, what you eat and drink are no longer what Liu Tuansu is worried about. He just sat in a daze on the stern of the boat, looking at the sea in the rain.

Feng Tangyi Lao and Li Guang's savor was very evident! This time, the ship was damaged, and more than a dozen sailors were missing. Not only did they catch the enemy's supply ship, they also got separated from the fleet. When they went back, it was probably not just a simple matter of dismissal! After several years of hard work, Liu Zhenyuan was as unhappy as the eggplant beaten by frost.

But it is said that human encounters are so wonderful. When you feel that you have fallen to the bottom, God can always give you another big wave to slap in front of you, so that you know that you can continue to fall. Just when Liu Zhenyuan was dying, several small boats on the sea were as if they were scalding their butts, and quickly paddled towards the beach. The leader of the sailor was still screaming anxiously and sadly.

"Team leader! Ships! Vanzi Ships! So many ships!"

Liu Zhenyuan was so excited that he was so excited that he was full of excitement. He grabbed the telescope on the table and looked in the direction where the sailor escaped. However, just one second later, he felt that his younger generation was wet with cold sweat for a moment!

It is indeed a ship! Many ships! The ship of the vassal! But it is not his hunting target. The Dutch light supply ship with few guns, but a Western main ship with more than 60 meters long, two to three layers of gun cabin, and hundreds of heavy artillery. The battleships connected to the head and tail are flowing in front of the eyes one by one like giant fish on the sea. Compared with them, the Green Tour 3-level sail battleship that he was proud of became like the Husky in front of the Tibetan Mastiff.

In Liu Zhenyuan's stunned, this large group of giants followed the waves in front of him!

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Three days later, North, Xinwen Harbor, Royal Navy General Command.

"What? Running!!!"

Pang Dahai squirted out all the hot tea, and the unlucky staff member on the opposite side were all covered with the unlucky staff. He suddenly stood up from the front of the chart. In the shocked eyes of a large group of command staff, his fat body jumped to the door like a ball, grabbed the collar of Xia He, the female officer in charge of contact, and roared anxiously.

“Is this news reliable?”

“Absolutely reliable!”

He didn't care that his coach would take advantage of it, and Xia He was also disgraced and pointed anxiously at the foreheads of Liu Zhenyuan and several lower-level officers who were running out of breath and explained.
Chapter completed!