Manila, outside the port of Sinjiao, on the Fortress Hill, Spanish sentinels discovered the Chinese naval fleet slowly approaching.

"Go and report to the guard, the Chinese naval fleet is here!"

The Spanish army on Fort Hill suddenly panicked. For hundreds of years, it had never encountered such a situation today.

The Chinese naval fleet is too powerful, with dozens of steam-powered iron armored warships. Especially when seeing Weiyuan, Laiyuan and Pingyuan three 10,000-ton armored battleships, like three mountains on the sea, the black giant cannon muzzles exuded an extremely powerful pressure and a breath of death. The Spanish defenders were so scared that their legs were weak, and the muscles on their faces were unconsciously jumping.

It was an indescribable sense of oppression, which spread rapidly throughout the Fortress Mountain.

"Let's better not open fire first, go and notify the governor and let him decide!" The guard of Fort Mountain did not dare to fire the artillery to warn the Chinese Navy fleet.

This Spanish guard is a smart man, and the difference in strength between him and us is too great.

In the royal city of Manila, Philippine Governor Antonio was shocked when he received the news.

"Damn Chinese, it seems they are coming true!"

"Major General Harvey, please lead the fleet immediately to stop it. Do not allow the Chinese naval fleet to enter the Port of Manila and provoke the dignity of our great Spanish Empire!"

Major General Harvey complained in his heart. As the supreme commander of the Philippine colonial fleet, he immediately checked the scale of the Chinese naval overseas Chinese protection fleet. The strength of the Chinese naval overseas Chinese protection fleet is undoubtedly very powerful, and it is definitely not something that the Spanish Philippine colonial fleet can defeat.

At this time, the Spanish Philippine colonial fleet had a total of ten warships, including two iron-shelled wooden steam engine sail hybrid cruisers, with displacement of no more than 2 tons, with a maximum caliber artillery of only 64 pounds, and the other eight warships were all wooden sail warships, with a maximum displacement of less than 13 tons, and the smallest was only about a pitiful tons.

These ten warships were considered a relatively powerful fleet ten years ago, but in the era of naval warships changing with each passing day, the current Spanish and Philippine colonial fleet is outdated.

Facing the Chinese Navy, all the armored warships formed a new fleet, Major General Harvey was shocked and shuddered.

"This, there is no need for us to go to war with China, right?"

"Major General Harvey. Please pay attention to your words. The Chinese have arrived at our doorstep. They dare to issue an ultimatum to our great Spanish Empire. This is unacceptable. As a commander of the Imperial Navy, you must be in charge of the Empire." Antonio frowned and scolded without mercy.

Harvey had no choice but to accept the order. If he did not listen to Governor Antonio's order, he would definitely not survive tomorrow, because in the Philippines colony, Antonio was the local emperor. He was killed and killed.

Watching Xavi leave, Antonio turned to Pedro on the side and said, "Xavi may not be able to defeat the Chinese Navy. Be prepared. If the navy is defeated, be sure to defend the royal city and Fort Santiago."

Well, a discerning person can tell at a glance that Antonio deliberately asked Harvey to die. Obviously, Harvey was not happy with the Governor in the Philippines, and he was afraid he would offend the Governor.

Even though he understood this truth, Pedro also smiled bitterly: "Governor General. With the army in our hands, it is probably difficult to defend the royal city and Fort Santiago."

Pedro is the commander of the Philippine colonial army. He has 15 purebred Spanish troops and 6 indigenous Filipino vassals, equipped with a century-old Spanish Mushket, a flintlock gun and a front-mounted iron cannon. It is okay to suppress the rebellion of the Philippines. If he goes to war with the Chinese army, Pedro is not sure.

You should know that the Chinese Shence Army defeated the British and French coalition twice in a row, equipped with the world's most advanced rear-mounted rifles, the Gatling machine gun, known as the Songhu meat grinder, and a powerful howitzer that can blow people away dozens of meters away. These weapons have long been spread all over the world with the defeat of Britain and France.

The Chinese Shence Army is known as the world's strongest army. When fighting against them, isn't this seeking death?

Seeing that Pedro was sweating coldly on his forehead, Antonio was not a fool, so he immediately comforted: "Don't worry, we have the help of the British, and they will come soon. We only need to hold on for two days. When the British fleet arrives and eliminates the Chinese navy, all this will be over."

Pedro asked back: "Are you sure the British can win? They lost two wars in a row!"

Pedro obviously couldn't believe it for the country that lost two wars in a row.

Antonio patted Pedro on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, the British Asian fleet is powerful. Although the British army is a top-notch, their navy is still the strongest in the world. Believe in them."

Pedro asked in confusion: "We can obviously not interfere, why should we offend China?"

Antonio sighed and said, "You don't understand politics. In Southeast Asia, the British could easily occupy our Philippine colonies, but they didn't do that. This is a political compromise, and we have to pay the price, and the price is that in Southeast Asia, we must obey the arrangements of the British. If the British want to seek revenge on the Chinese, we have to help."

"We understand, I hope we can hold on!" Pedro stopped asking more and hurried out to prepare.

"I'm going to step down and return to China. I hope there will be no big problems!" Antonio returned to his seat, looking confused. How could he not know the reputation of the Chinese Shence Army? He said he was not nervous and was for his subordinates to see it.

At the Manila Bay, several centuries-old Spanish cannons were filled with rust, but they had to be reloaded with ******* and shells.

"Can this thing still fire?"

"I don't know, as long as it's not self-destruction!"

A group of Spanish artillery soldiers were trembling and spreading the torches around, not wanting to ignite the leads themselves, for fear that the old antique would suddenly explode.

"Why are you still standing there? Fire the cannon quickly, the enemy ship is coming!"

The commander roared, and a veteran immediately stuffed the torch into the new recruit and kicked him out.

The recruit panickedly took the torch to light the lead of the artillery, but he tried it several times but didn't ignite it. Whenever he was about to touch the lead, he immediately shrank back.

"Bad!" The commander was so angry that he went up and grabbed the torch, kicked the recruit away with one kick. Then he went to ignite the lead himself.

Hissing...bang!

With a loud bang, the artillery fired, but the shells were not fired...

The commander was blown away instantly, and after a long time, he stood up in a dirt state. He turned into a beggar in seconds.

"Fortunately, I was smart and didn't go to the lead!" a veteran said gloatingly.

On the sea, the Chinese Navy's Overseas Chinese Protection Fleet was approaching Manila and sent several frigates to investigate, and suddenly discovered an explosion on the Spanish Army's Fortress Hill.

On the battleship of the Weiyuan battleship, Deng Zhilong and Lin Changlong were discussing a combat plan to attack Manila. Although Weng Tonghe did not like the way of war to solve the problem, he also knew that the overseas Chinese in the Philippines would be more dangerous. Similarly, the British Asian fleet was dispatched in full swing, which was also a potential threat and had to be guarded against, so he simply ignored it.

"The Spaniard's turret actually exploded?"

"It was they who wanted to fire the gun to attack our reconnaissance ship, but their artillery was disrepaired and caused the turret to explode."

Lin Changlong suddenly had a lit up his eyes and said hurriedly: "This shows that the Spaniards are already terminally ill and are no longer a powerful country. Otherwise, their military strength would not be so weak."

Deng Zhilong asked back: "What do you mean?"

"What kind of water mark data are detected? They do not have water radium blockade of the waterway. The turrets guarding the waterway have been disrepaired for so long, and the artillery can explode and will not pose a threat to our warships at all. What are we waiting for? We will directly enter Manila Bay from the main channel!" Lin Changlong explained excitedly.

Deng Zhilong immediately realized, slapped his thigh, and said excitedly: "Changlong's words make sense, we should advance immediately!"

The Spanish never thought that as the former world overlord, they still had a certain deterrent effect on the Chinese navy. Unfortunately, as their forts opened fire, the fact that the Spanish Empire was already declining.

Since ancient times, people were weak and others were bullied, and horses were ridden by others. Since the Spanish defenders were so unbearable, the Chinese army would naturally not miss the opportunity.

"The whole fleet prepares for battle and raises the battle flag!"

With the order, the overseas Chinese protection fleet quickly entered a state of combat.

The warship accelerated and headed straight for Manila Bay along the main channel. The muzzle was raised high and aimed at the Spanish defending fort on Mount Sinjiao.

There was a loud bang. The Weiyuan battleship took the lead in firing the artillery. The two double main guns could rotate 36 degrees and easily aim at the target. They instantly hit the Spanish army's artillery position with a weight of 200 kilograms.

Bang bang bang bang!

The shells exploded, and in an instant, the mountains shook, the huge rocks shattered, and the explosion shock wave swept across the world. Countless Spanish soldiers were blown away, with heavy casualties.

The Spanish army has never seen the huge power of the bombardment of ship guns, but has never seen such a great destructive power as the main gun of the Weiyuan battleship.

One shot can blow the ground into a huge pit with a diameter of more than ten meters and a depth of more than one meter, which immediately scared the Spanish defenders.

Bang bang bang bang!

The main guns of various Chinese Navy ships opened fire in turn and bombarded the Spanish Army's inauguration positions.

In just a few minutes, the bombs were like rain and the fire flew, which immediately shattered the Spanish defenders' will to resist.

Just as a master plays chess with a bad chess every day, he will become more and more stinky. He has made these Spanish troops in the Philippines weaker and weaker when dealing with the indigenous Philippine rebels who use cold weapons all year round.

Under the fierce attack of Chinese naval naval guns, the Spanish defenders were unable to resist and fled.

In this way, the Chinese Navy successfully passed the main channel and drove directly into Manila Bay.

At this time, the Spanish Philippine colonial fleet had just completed its assembly. The years of combat readiness were relaxed. Suddenly, they were told that they were going to go to war with the Chinese Navy. The Spanish sailors of each ship suddenly felt like they were in their hearts. They saw the towering Chinese ironclad ships on the sea, and then looked at the wooden warships they were in, and the strength was determined.

However, Harvey still ordered the entire fleet to enter a state of combat, and even if an egg hits a stone, he could not retreat.

"Everyone cheers me up, the great Spanish Empire is not to be violated!"

"Although the Chinese Navy's warships are large, that's not the key. The key is also the combat quality of naval soldiers. Compared with our Spanish Navy, the Chinese Navy is just a beginner's child, and they can't beat us!"

Harvey kept boosting morale for the sailors. Perhaps the sailors were too young and were so fooling, but finally it had an effect. Soon ten warships started to move and prepared to fight.

The formation of the Spanish fleet was a defensive formation, and he did not dare to enter deep water. He just arranged an array in shallow water.

Obviously, Harvey is very smart and knows that entering the deep water will lead to a miserable death.

However, Harvey still underestimated the tragic degree of naval battles in the era of giant ships and cannons. In the past, the use of solid bombs was mostly solid bombs. Even if the opponent was just a wooden warship, the solid bombs only penetrated a hole and were not very destructive. However, in the era of ironclad ships, it could be equipped with larger caliber giant cannons and used armor-piercing blasting bombs, which were unparalleled and could not resist by wooden warships.

Just now, the main gun in front of the Pingyuan ship of the Chinese Navy made a cannon sound, and two 35mm shells accurately hit the Spanish warship Merocca, three thousand meters away.

Bang! Bang!

After two loud bangs, the ship of the USS Meroca was instantly blown to pieces, and a big explosion occurred immediately. More than a thousand tons of warships disintegrated instantly and were swallowed by fire and smoke. None of the more than 300 people in the ship survived.

The Spanish soldiers on the other nine Spanish warships were instantly shocked and frightened.

Xavi collapsed directly and finally coaxed his friends to fight. Now, the opponent destroyed the Meroca battleship with one shot, instantly destroying the only remaining fighting spirit of the Spanish Navy.

It can sink a thousand-ton warship in one shot. How can I fight this?

Ignoring Xavi's orders, except for the flagship, the other eight Spanish warships immediately turned around and headed towards the shore.

This is the pace of running!

On the Weiyuan battleship, Deng Zhilong and Lin Changlong looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

I thought the Spanish navy was so awesome. After all, it was the former world naval overlord and had some residual power. As a result, it was about to collapse and was vulnerable.

The escape of the Spanish Navy immediately cheered up the officers and soldiers of various ships of the Chinese Navy, and quickly fired fire to chase the enemy ships.

Dongdongdongdong! Dongdongdongdongdong!

The sound of cannons was everywhere, and a series of cannonballs roared at the fleeing enemy ship.
To be continued...