At the same time as the Spanish army was completely defeated, some new guests came to the North Fortress. These were some Dutch officers led by Colonel Van Leyden. Although the peace agreement between the China Company and the Dutch East India Company had been signed, it had not yet been officially adopted. Review and approval by the East India Company Council. Therefore, these Dutch officers had to continue to stay in the prisoner of war camp in the Lake Neagh to do coolies.

Now. They were specially invited to watch the Spanish defeat.

Although the Dutch like to see the Spanish defeated, they are also very unhappy to see the Chinese company's victory. But the current situation puts them in an embarrassing situation. They have to congratulate Yin Feng on his victory.

Representatives of various business gangs in the mainland, wealthy businessmen, landlords and others have now come to their senses. They gathered around and unceremoniously gave Yin Feng the best words and the most explicit flattery. They They competed to join the China United Company and were willing to provide Yin Feng with military expenses.

Yin Feng almost flew up. Fortunately, the sudden sound of cannons in the bay in the distance stimulated him and made him wake up.

"Everyone, please be patient. The warships related to the Latins are still in Manila Bay. We..."

He was only halfway through what he said. A group of wealthy businessmen and landlords came over and said in confusion: "You are such a clown. The ship owner is so powerful. Why should you care about them?"

The person who said this was the housekeeper of a manor in Luzon owned by Zhu Wenda, the former commander-in-chief of Fuzhou. He was a forty-year-old boy who came to Luzon because of the need to make a living.

"The ship owner is too modest. In this world today, who doesn't know that you are the overlord of the sea? The court will have to give you three points..." This is what George Ping, the head of Qiao Family Manor, a Shanxi merchant, is saying.

"Ship owner..."

Yin Feng quickly took a few steps back. Lin Xiao cleverly stepped forward to block everyone.

Yin Feng took a breath and said: "Fellow merchants, everyone, the military expenses I, Yin Feng, borrowed from you before the war can be returned immediately. I, the Luzon Governor's Office, have kept my word... Okay. I still have urgent matters to attend to. Deal with it. Please go back first..."

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The battle on the sea started in the morning. The main force of the Spanish fleet that attacked the Cavite Shipyard successfully attracted all the Chinese fleet. Four Feizijia and one main battleship Manila were equipped with a total of nearly 300 cannons. It exceeds the Spanish fleet in terms of the number of cannons on board. Moreover, the Chinese army has a large number of small warships. Nearly thirty three-masted gunboats are modified Fuzhou ships. The hull keel system is equipped with ribs to support. Each ship It can carry at least ten guns.

Lord Juan, the commander of the Spanish fleet, did not want to fight to the death with the Chinese army.

He ordered the flagship "King" to turn around and head west. He planned to lead the fleet out of Manila Bay before the Chinese fleet surrounded them. Then he would deal with the Chinese fleet in the vast open sea. As for the infantrymen of the Spanish Expeditionary Force who landed, he There is nothing I can do to help.

However, although the main force of the Chinese fleet has not arrived yet, various small warships have already surrounded the Spanish fleet. They took advantage of the small size of the ships to make a U-turn, flexibly maneuvered around, and suddenly attacked the Spaniards. They hit and ran. If you ignore it, they will come back to haunt you.

At the same time, the magic weapon during the founding period of the Chinese United Company's navy: the fire ship was grandly launched again.

The sailors of the Nanyang Fleet, who were mainly pirates, transformed a huge merchant ship brought from Quanzhou into a "fire ship" in the shortest possible time. Countless people wearing cloth hats and sailor uniforms were erected on it. The wooden piles were used as dummies to confuse the enemy, and the ship was filled with sulfur, pitch and oil-soaked palm leaves. Then, these pirate sailors sailed the fire ship to the waterway south of War Island, facing the The Spanish warship rushed directly over. At this time, the most fearless and bravest volunteer among the sailors became the helmsman of the fireship. A wooden stake wearing a cloth hat stood at the hatch. Although Juan The Lord commanded the Spanish warship to fire all the guns. But the three-masted sailing ship still rushed forward. Only then did the Spaniards realize that the situation was not good. It turned out that the opponents they faced turned out to be a group of such fierce and terrifying people. Completely as fearless as Pirates of the Caribbean, the most troublesome thing for the Spaniards.

But by the time they realized it, it was already too late. The Spanish fleet had no time to disperse. The ship suddenly burst into flames and rammed directly into the Spanish fleet, forcing the ships to scatter and disrupting the high-speed escape. Spanish fleet formation. And it exploded on the bow of the battleship Queen.

This super large fireship contained 800 kilograms of gunpowder and hundreds of kilograms of tung oil and sulfur. After the explosion, the sparks flying everywhere ignited all the surrounding ships.

The Queen was the most unlucky. Not only was the shock wave and debris from the fireship explosion sweeping away most of the sailors on the deck, but it was also ignited by a fire in the canvas.

While putting out the fire, the Spanish fleet struggled endlessly with numerous small Chinese warships around them, wasting precious time. Finally, the Spanish found in despair that rows of sail shadows had appeared in front of them.

Five Chinese main battleships and thirty three-masted gunboats finally caught up with and intercepted the Spanish fleet in the southern part of the War Island.

Ye Hua's flagship Flying Tiger was at the front of the array. It moved laterally and approached the Spanish fleet. It was preparing to occupy the top of the "T" shape and bombard the Spanish with a standard array line.

During the Armada period, Britain first creatively used naval combat firepower in its naval battles with Spain, making Britain far ahead of all its opponents in naval tactics at the beginning of the 17th century. Strangely enough, all its opponents. Even the Spanish and the clever and capable Dutch who suffered greatly did not seem to fully realize that the secret of Britain's victory lay in the powerful broadside firepower. Perhaps it was because there were no major naval battles in the first half of the 17th century that other countries There was no opportunity to learn from the British's advanced tactics. And the British themselves did not make any major improvements.

Therefore, at this moment, the Spaniards are desperately trying to get close to the Chinese warships according to the old tactics from a century ago, and are preparing for a hand-to-hand battle.

Helplessly, the tactics used by the Chinese fleet in front of them were similar to those of the British, and they were also developed and improved.

The Spaniards not only lag behind in tactics, they are also inferior to the Chinese army in terms of weapons. The number of cannons on the main battleships of Ye Hua's fleet exceeds the number of cannons on the main battleships of the Spanish fleet. The number of second-tier gunboats is also greater than that of the Clippers and other auxiliary ships in the Spanish fleet. There are many ships, not to mention the thunderbolt rockets and other weapons that the Chinese army possesses.

The Queen was completely out of control. Lord Juan took the lead with his flagship King to attack the exit of the bay. However, his flagship was the first to fall into the salvo fire of the Chinese warships.

Hundreds of artillery shells mixed with hundreds of rockets. After several rounds of bombardment, the König was on fire and smoking everywhere. The mast was tilted and out of control. Several rounds of chain bombs were specially designed to destroy the mast, sail and cable system, and the rod bombs brought the König aboard. The deck was almost completely destroyed.

The other main warships did not learn their lesson and continued to attack the seaport in columns. As a result, they fell into intensive shelling by the Chinese fleet one after another. Lord Juan's flagship King was forced to lower the royal flag. The fleet commander was temporarily transferred to another location. After boarding a battleship, the König was abandoned on the sea.

At this time, thirty gunboats that had been cruising on the left side of the Fei Zi array, the main battleship of the Chinese army, suddenly rushed over. They used a flexible "stern fire tactic" and desperately used their bow heavy guns to fire at the Spanish ships. Bombardment below deck.

The Chinese army will never engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Spaniards. Once the Spanish ships approach, they will immediately retreat. Then go around and continue bombarding. With the help of the Chinese army's naval vessels, they will have more guns and more guns. The Chinese army's gunboats will fight the Spanish ships endlessly. The ship circled.

The Caribbean pirates who were recruited as sailors were the first to suffer. They had no intention of sacrificing themselves for the King of Spain. The pirates on several auxiliary battleships were the first to raise the white flag and surrender.

Lord Juan's new flagship was hit hard again. The Flying Tiger approached 100 steps away and strafed the upper deck of the flagship with a dense barrage of shotgun shells, breaking both legs of Lord Juan who was commanding.

On his deathbed, Lord Juan issued an order for the surrender of the entire army.

In the evening of that day, the Marine Musketeers entered the Tondo swamps to search for the defeated Spanish troops. Several large troop-carrying karaks anchored at the landing site surrendered knowingly. At the southern end of War Island at the outlet of Manila Bay .The last Spanish warship that resisted was riddled with holes by the heavy artillery on the island. It sank helplessly.

The Chinese army won a great victory in this battle. With no more than 800 casualties, the Spanish expeditionary force was basically annihilated.

Zeng Jingshan issued a notice from the Luzon Governor's Office the next day, declaring that all Luzon residents who colluded with the Spanish were traitors and confiscated all their land and property. Therefore, the First Brigade turned its main force to the Pampanga indigenous settlement and launched Comprehensive extermination of the Pampanga people.

Yin Feng convened various landowners and businessmen in the meeting bureau and announced that the Pampanga people's territory would be divided into dozens of parts and distributed to them to offset the temporary military expenses incurred by each family. Of course, they could also choose to request direct repayment. But basically everyone chose the option of using land as collateral to borrow military expenses.

The failure of the Spanish Expeditionary Force quickly spread throughout Southeast Asia and the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Many people were not surprised that the Spaniards came all the way and were defeated. However, the fact that the Spanish army was completely destroyed and almost no one was left was still shocked. Everyone.

During the previous wars in Java, the Chinese United Company defeated the Dutch. Now it defeated the Spanish again. The reputation of the Chinese Company and Yin Feng was at its peak along the southeast coast, in the East and West, Nanyang, Ryukyu, Japan and other places.

In the forty-second year of Wanli, when Yin Feng led the Chinese army to defeat the Spaniards, Ye Xianggao, the chief minister of the cabinet who advocated the implementation of the maritime ban policy, faced party disputes within the court. After many failed mediations, he deeply felt that he had Unable to do anything, he resolutely requested to resign. In March of the 42nd year of Wanli, he became the Young Master and Crown Prince of the Jin Dynasty.
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