In the past, the Ming Navy's warships were active in the area north of Luzon.

Few Ming warships operate in the waters south of Luzon.

This seemed to have become an unwritten rule by the Manila authorities and the Luzon court.

As early as two years ago, when Manila learned that the Luzon Ming army relied on the Sihai Commercial Bank to obtain a large amount of foreign exchange silver through maritime trade.

Governor Juan ordered the privateer fleet and affiliated pirate forces under Manila to plunder the ships of Chinese merchants from all over the world in the South China Sea, thus cutting off the Luzon Ming court's way of obtaining foreign exchange silver through the South China Sea.

The Spanish businessman clearly remembered that when he was in the Elder House, Governor Juan also vowed to assure the Elder House that the Ming Dynasty Navy warship was just a small gunship near the sea, which could not leave the far sea.

Therefore, there is no need to worry that the Ming army navy looted the Spanish merchant fleet in order to retaliate against the Manila authorities.

But now, in the fearful eyes of the Spaniard, the Ming army warships with the Ming Navy flying the battle flag rushed towards Aha's fleet one by one.

"Damn it." Aha looked at the Ming army navy in front of him with a serious look on his face.

When he saw the size and size of these naval warships, Aha knew that he had hit the iron plate this time.

He quickly ordered his subordinates to raise battle flags and signal the pirate warships that besieged the far-sea merchant ships to meet with him immediately.

"Fight, or not." As the Ming army navy was getting closer and closer to his warship, Aha was a little hesitant.

To be able to be rampant in Southeast Asia for more than ten years without being wiped out, in addition to being strong and strong backstage, Aha knows how to make choices.

That is, when he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately turned the bow and ran away.

With this practice of running away if he can't win, Aha escaped many encirclements and suppression by the Dutch Navy.

Just as Aha was about to order a retreat, a Spanish mercenary quickly stopped him.

"Boss, the Manila authorities have ordered us to rob Chinese merchant ships. If we see the Ming warships and flee without fighting, the news will be heard back to Manila. I am afraid that Governor Juan will not let us go." The Spanish mercenary looked at the wealthy Spanish businessman beside him with a meaningful look.

The Spanish businessman's face turned pale.

"Take a little bit with the Ming warships and explain it to Manila." The Spanish mercenary murmured to Aha.

Aha nodded and ordered the sailors to fire at the oncoming Ming naval warship.

Soon, the fuses of more than ten cannons on the pirate main ship were lit by the mercenaries.

"Bang bang bang!"

A thick black smoke rose up, and with loud noises and flames, lead bullets crossed the sea level and headed towards the Ming army warships.

"Damn it, why are these pirate artillery so superb?" On the Hu Ben warship, Qin Yu looked at the lead bullets flying towards his warship and was so scared that he burst into cold sweat.

After a few breaths, several Ming army warships actually got four or five bullets.

When facing pirates, the Ming army naval warships usually rushed to half a mile of the pirate warship under the artillery fire from the pirate's gunship.

Because most of the pirates in Nanyang are scattered and unorganized, and the gunners do not have any art of artillery.

Often when facing the Ming army, they just surrounded them and drove the cannons on the ship with a fierce blast, without any tactics at all.

In addition, most of the pirate's artillery are second-hand or even third-hand artillery purchased from various channels, and the pirates do not have any repairs and maintenance at all, so the quality of the pirate's artillery is worrying.

Therefore, when facing pirates, the Ming army would not fire first, but rushed forward directly.

When pirates saw Ming warships rushing towards here, they would often fire in panic, but naturally they didn't know where the shells were flying.

The Ming army only needed to enter the best range of artillery, lined up in a row, lined up the ships horizontally, aimed the muzzles at the pirates, and only needed a volley to make the pirates collapse.

This time, the Ming army naturally used the methods of dealing with pirates in the past and planned to enter the best range of artillery fire. As a result, the pirates fired in a volley and four or five bullets hit the Ming army warships, which stunned the Ming generals present.

"These South Asian pirates are much more powerful than the pirates we encountered in Luzon." The deputy general also swallowed and looked at the location of the ship being shot.

Fortunately, it was just a six or seven pound lead bullet, which did not cause any major damage to the solid hull.

"Nimunan, is this really a pirate? This artillery level is comparable to that of the Spanish Navy." A gunner cursed at the pirate warship in the distance.

"Let the nearby eagle ships and bird ships immediately get out of their entanglement with pirates and go to protect the far-sea merchant ships." The deputy general saw that the pirates were superb art of artillery and had strong firepower.

He quickly ordered the small and medium-sized warships beside him to retreat to protect the distant sea ships, and the two Tiger warships and several big bird ships he led went to meet the enemy.

"Order, the heavy artillery team opened fire." Qin Yu said coldly at the pirate ship not far away.

After hearing this, the messenger on the side quickly waved the signal flag.

The cannon wizard on the deck said excitedly after seeing the signal flag on the ship.

"Brothers, it's finally our turn to perform. I'll serve these beasts so I can watch the general on the boat."

Seven or eight gunners pushed a bronze cannon and pointed the gloomy muzzle at the pirate warship not far away.

"Let it go." With the order of the artillery master, a fuse was ignited.

"Bang!" A loud thunder-like sound rang out on the sea level, accompanied by bursts of thick smoke.

A 12-pound lead bullet hit the pirate warship not far away.

The lead bullet in 12 pounds hit the pirate's cabin, and the huge hull trembled violently.

The thick wooden boards of the cabin did not block the lead bullet. The thick wooden board hull was smashed by the lead bullet, and the wood chips were flying, with some blood.

"Long live." Seeing that the first cannon actually hit the enemy ship, the Ming army officers and soldiers on the ship shouted long live.

At this moment, the sailors on the Ming army warship felt that they were very manly.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Soon, the other three-men Zhennan generals also opened fire.

But there was no luck with the previous shot.

Only a twelve-pound shell hit the sail of a warship.

"Damn it, there are 12 and a half long cannons on the Ming warship." After hearing the movement of General Zhennan's cannons, the Spanish mercenaries on the pirate warship immediately noticed it.

"Don't worry, it's just a Ming people imitate the Dutch's red cannon."

"Their artillery quality is very poor and cannot be accurately fired. A few dangerous red cannons are second-hand artillery purchased from East India Company. The service life has long passed, so don't worry."

A Spanish mercenary chief who had dealt with the Ming army smiled and comforted his companions around him.

After hearing the Spanish mercenary chief's words, the Spanish gunners present nodded and forced themselves to calm down.

However, the gunners on the Ming army warships would not care about these Spanish lies.

As the distance approached, various artillery on the Ming army warships also opened fire.

The Hu Ben warship, as the main warship of the Ming Navy, has an amazing artillery configuration.

It is equipped with two 12-pound Zhennan General Cannons, four ten-pound tiger cannons, and ten six-pound falcon cannons.

In other words, there are 16 artillery pieces of a Tiger Warship with six pounds and more than 1, and 32 two Tiger Warships.

This does not include artillery on the seven big bird boats that followed.

The shells fired by so many artillery formed a barrage and directly hit the pirate warship. For a moment, four or five pirate warships were shot.
Chapter completed!