After the Spanish fleet was discovered and reported to Zhu Haitao, he immediately issued an order. The command was passed by the carrier pigeons to several communication stations on the north shore of Mindanao, and then passed through the clutch to the Second Fleet cruising on the Baohe Sea.

The first time I received the order, the fleet commander Zhao Junfang was shocked and immediately decided to return.

Although the flying scissors-type hull can reach about fifteen knots under the wind, the voyage is hundreds of nautical miles, and it is really impossible to arrive in time for such a long distance.

Therefore, it was not until the afternoon of the next day that they arrived at the northeastern coast of Fengtian Prefecture. Coincidentally, they happened to meet the fleet of transport ships that were about to escape.

Isn't this the big fish sent to your mouth? Zhao Junfeng didn't know that Major General Gonzaros ordered the fire on one of these transport ships.

The power of the 105mm rifled gun is really amazing. Oh, and the huge power of the cone blasting bomb, these wooden warships are simply castles on the beach, and they are scattered into wood chips when beaten by the waves.

It seems that blasting bombs will also be used on coastal turrets in the future. It will be no big deal if you just use the ball-shaped iron lump.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A 105mm blast bomb drilled into Major General Gonzaros's ship, and an explosion occurred immediately. The shell contained about 5 kilograms of explosives, and a small fireball and powerful detonation shock wave formed inside the hull, blowing the personnel inside into pieces and blood mist.

Just after four shells, the wooden sailboat weighing thousands of tons turned into pieces of broken wooden boards and floated on the sea surface.

Most of the other transport ships had the same fate. The tragic situation of the Turkish Navy in 1856 appeared on them decades ahead of schedule. In less than half an hour, the fleet of transport ships turned into pieces of broken wooden boards, and the sea surface was full of their wreckage.

This naval battle can be said to be the Battle of Sinop that was decades ahead of schedule. Although Zhu Haitao imagined that the decisive battle with the Spanish fleet at sea would reflect the power of cone bombs and rifled guns, he did not expect to be used first on these unarmed transport ships.

But this is good, so that the Europeans can know the combat effectiveness of the Ming army later. Now he has not unified the Luzon Islands. After defeating the Spanish army, they probably should have come.

The battle on the coast came to an end within an hour, and the remaining Spanish troops chose to surrender. Li Degong tied them up and waited for the defeat. After Zhu Haitao arrived at the battlefield, he immediately ordered them to be locked in the concentration camp and became free laborers there.

In this battle, more than 13,000 people were wiped out in total, 120 18-pound cannons and 25 36-pound cannons were seized, but these cannons were no longer of use. Zhu Haitao ordered them to be sealed in the warehouse, and maybe they would have the chance to use them in the future.

When Zhu Haitao saw that Li Degong had suffered a lot of injuries because he led the way, he criticized him fiercely on the spot, saying that if he continued to be so reckless in the future, he would have no chance of promotion.

It can be said that this battle that Spain started first completely failed and suffered heavy losses, which also brought the Ming Kingdom an opportunity to launch an action.

On September 25, 1781, all preparations were ready, and Zhu Haitao announced his order to attack the Philippines.

This combat mission has already been planned.

First of all, at sea, the important task is to obtain sea control and completely eliminate the remaining Spanish fleet. According to the reconnaissance, it seems that the Spanish did not know that their expeditionary forces had been completely wiped out near Fengtian Prefecture, and the location and number of deployments did not change much.

The remaining naval forces were all docked in Manila Bay, neatly, giving the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy a chance to raid.

Therefore, the task of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet is to conduct joint operations, directly raid the Manila Bay, and use the ship's naval guns and rockets to destroy all these ships in the Manila Bay.

The Navy also needs to cover the army to land on the beach north of Manila. The First Division, Second Division, Royal Guard Division, Third Division, and Fourth Division will land near Manila. After defeating the troops near Manila, occupy Manila.

The Fifth Division and the Sixth Division will land in Cebu and destroy the Spanish army there. Cebu was the first place where the Spanish landed in the Philippines. As early as 1565, the Spanish Empire sent troops to occupy the place. It can be said that this is the starting point for the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.

Although six years later, the Spanish built the center of the colonial regime in Manila, it was still an important shipping center and source of raw materials.

In addition, the resistance forces of local natives in the Philippines are gradually emerging. Zhu Haitao originally wanted to completely turn the Philippines into a land for Chinese people, so of course it was impossible to cooperate with them. Therefore, Zhu Haitao also formulated corresponding plans for them.

The plan is very simple, which is to implement the concentration camp policy, completely deprive their land, drive all the population to the concentration camp, completely isolate the existence of the resistance organization, and completely trap them to death.

Although these natives usually resisted the rule of the Spanish, they were even more cruel to the Chinese here. They also regarded the Chinese here as invaders and as gentle little sheep. At the least, they blackmailed them, and at the worst, they launched a massacre, which was completely like a sponge.

Therefore, there is no way to be kind to them. The only way is to completely let them perish from the earth.

On the second day after the order was announced, that is, on September 26, 1781, the First Fleet and the Second Fleet, as well as the transport ships carrying the army, rushed to their respective destinations.

Governor Kong De knew nothing about this danger. He was still rewarding Li Hongtao who told him the news and named him "Kabidan".

Kapitan is the transliteration of "captain". It is the Chinese overseas Chinese leadership system implemented by European colonists in the colonies of the Nanyang region, that is, the overseas Chinese leaders who come to do business, make a living or settle down as the leaders of the overseas Chinese to assist the colonial government in handling overseas Chinese affairs.

To put it nicely, it is assisting management, but it is actually just a maintenance leader and a traitor. Everyone in Nanyang knows what the colonial government treats local Chinese, and it is just a bone-knocking and marrow-sucking. These kapitans can also drink some soup in the process of "assistance".
Chapter completed!