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Chapter 157 The decisive battle begins

"I advise you to think more about whether you should go to war with these yellow-skinned monkeys! These guys are not docile sheep now, they have become ferocious lions! It is easy for us to cut their wools, but if you want to cut their wool on the grassland, it is not easy for you to cut their wool!" Colonel Wright persuaded. He was standing in the same white people and persuaded from the bottom of his heart.

But he forgot that the conflicts between these countries in Europe could not be solved simply by white people. Colonel Wright forgot that his motherland, the British Empire, had just fought a desperate battle with the Spanish Empire. In this war, Britain lost the thirteen North American states and allowed Spain to retake Florida.

"I think the strength of our Spanish fleet is that these yellow-skinned monkeys are definitely not our opponents! Thank you for your reminder, I will pay attention! In order to deal with these yellow-skinned monkeys' fast warships, we have brought a lot of fifth- and sixth-class warships, and we can definitely compete with their fast warships in terms of speed! We are sure to win this war!" Fleet commander Ricardo Delante said confidently. In his heart, he cursed the British man in front of him. In his eyes, the combat effectiveness of these yellow-skinned monkeys is not worth mentioning at all. Colonel Wright warned him like this, and he must have wanted to stop Spain from regaining its own land so that they can occupy it!

These British people were extremely greedy. They loved to seize other people's colonies the most. Many colonies of the British Empire were occupied by other countries first, but they did not defeat Britain in the war and were eventually occupied by Britain.

"God General! I am really advising you! In the direction of your fleet, these Chinese must have set up traps and are waiting for you to jump inside! If you insist on moving forward, you will definitely end up like those Dutch people!" Colonel Wright continued to persuade.

"His Colonel, this is our business with the houses of the Yellow Monkeys in the Kingdom of Ming Dynasty. What does it have to do with you British people? Please don't talk nonsense! We cannot retreat! Our King Carlos III has issued a death order: be sure to retake the Philippine Islands! Otherwise, we all have to go to the military court for trial! Therefore, we can only move forward, we cannot retreat!" said Ricardo Delante.

Carlos III could not accept the loss of the Philippines anyway. He was a very fond of meritorious people. He had just won Britain for Spain. How could he accept the loss of Spain's most important colony in Asia during his own days as king?

"Hey, since that's the case, it's God's arrangement! Please take care of yourself!" Colonel Wright said helplessly. In his opinion, these Spanish people were simply a group of stupid pigs. The Ming Dynasty had long known that these Spanish people were coming to take revenge and had already made preparations. As a result, these Spanish people were going to bump into them. Isn't this stupid or what?

"Thank you for your reminder, but I still stick to my point of view. Our great Spanish Empire will definitely win! The little yellow-skinned monkey can only perform for a moment! Now that we come, they will be crushed one by one!" Ricardo Delante said proudly. Under his command, there are 69 large and small warships, including twelve first-class warships, ten second-class warships, fifteen third-class warships, ten fourth-class warships, ten fifth-class warships and twelve six-class warships. These forces are not easy to deal with for Britain, not to mention that they are carrying 35,000 troops behind! These forces may also occupy one or two provinces even against the Qing Dynasty in the north.

Just as the two were talking, the eastern fleet of the Spanish Far East Revenge Fleet had already begun war with the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty.

As He Haiyang took the ship away, there were only nine warships in the First Fleet on the battlefield, while the number of the opponent's warships was as high as 76, and there were also a large number of transport ships behind them, carrying an army of 25,000 people.

The comparison of troops between the enemy and us on the battlefield reached an astonishing nine to seventy-six, but it seemed that the fleet commander Li Haiyang was not afraid of it. His face was full of faith in victory.

"Commander, we are now about eight kilometers away from them." The observer said at this time.

"Send the order and use kite tactics to first concentrate firepower to destroy their small warships, and then siege their large warships!" Li Haiyang said.

"yes!"

After receiving the order conveyed by the flagstone, each ship quickly adjusted its course and kept it on the same level as the flagship, and aimed its respective muzzles at each fourth-level, fifth-level or sixth-level warship in the Spanish fleet.

"God of General! They are forming a battle line! It seems that they are going to open fire on us eight kilometers away!" The observer said to commander Admiral Gronas on Gronas' flagship "Mexico". His tone was full of mockery, as if he was watching a group of madmen throwing stones at them more than ten kilometers away.

"No! They must have had any conspiracy! Let's not move first, let's see their actions before talking about it!" Admiral Gronas has been at sea for most of his life, with rich experience and knowledge of the truth that "if something goes wrong, there will be a demon."

But when he did this, he happened to be the way of the Ming Navy. Under Li Haiyang's unified dispatch, the "Xia"-class warships of the First Fleet opened fire one after another.

"Let's fire! Send these foreign devils' warships to the bottom of the sea! We must not let them land!" Li Haiyang shouted loudly. The time is now at 10:08 am, and a great maritime battle that shocked the world began at this moment.

For a moment, the sound of cannons sounded in the sea and smoke filled the smoke.

The Spanish fleet leaned against the front four-class warship "Yucatan". Within more than twenty seconds after the sound of the cannon, it was hit by four 105mm shells one after another. Three of them exploded directly on the outer shell of the ship, and three large holes with a diameter of several meters were blown out on the outside of the ship. One of the holes was only a few dozen centimeters higher than the waterline. Because of the bumps of the ship, sea water poured in from time to time. The other shell was hit on the upper layer of the hull, breaking the main mast, causing the entire ship to lose power in an instant.

In addition, the flames generated by the explosion also caused the ship to ignite a fire, which could be seen clearly on the shimmering sea surface several kilometers away.

Another "Chihuahua" was directly hit by two shells, killing everyone, including the captain. The entire ship immediately lost its command ability.

There were quite a few warships like these two ships, with a total of about eight. Suddenly, a large amount of smoke emanated from the Spanish fleet, and the entire fleet fell into panic.
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