Portugal was a Western European kingdom independent of Spain during the Southern Song Dynasty. Its area was only 90,000 square kilometers, but it arrived in the South Ocean earlier than Spain. In the sixth year of Zhengde, it occupied the city of Malacca, thus opening the gateway to the South Ocean.

Spain arrived in the Philippine Islands in the 16th year of Yu Zhengde, and collected enough spices on Ditoria Island in the Damoluca Islands to return home, opening the door to grab spices from the Southeast Asian region.

Nowadays, Portugal's main routes are the western route of the South Ocean and Japan, and Spaniards often appear on many islands east of the South Ocean, collecting their dream spices from them to make huge profits.

A Spanish Calavere sailing boat sailed from the south to Luzon Island, and entered the quiet Manila Bay with ease. It was not the first time I had arrived here.

Jose is the captain of the ship. He is wearing traditional Spanish clothes, a sword hanging around his waist, and a cockscomb-shaped helmet on his head. The brim of the hat is folded downward, and the pointed ends of the front and back form the highest brim of the hat.

At the same time, the hat is covered with the texture of mythical patterns.

He was a standard adventurer, out of pursuit of wealth, and he formed an expedition fleet with people and traveled thousands of miles to Nanyang to find the spices he had dreamed of.

Although I found the spices here and could return with a full load, I was facing the small trouble of lack of fresh fruits and vegetables. For them, the adventurers, fresh food became so delicious.

"Everyone cheer up and we will be able to eat the best food right away!" Jose knew that Manila, which had fresh food, was right in front of him, so he cheered up morale loudly.

Not all of them are Spanish, either forced or hired by them, there are many indigenous people in the South. When they learn that they can eat fresh food immediately, it seems to be more tempting than the spice.

The crew immediately cheered.

Everyone looked at the vaguely visible pier and felt a little expectant. Although Manila has no spices, it is not a place with abundant resources. It has a large number of fruits and vegetables, as well as fresh poultry.

Especially the kind of sea turtle that is rich here, as long as it is thrown into the boat warehouse, it can be stored for a long time, allowing them to eat fresh meat for a period of time.

Seeing this supply station getting closer, everyone felt joy and a bright smile appeared on their faces.

"How could there be Carrick sailing boats there?"

"Damn the Portuguese, let's not pay attention to them!"

Although he saw the big black ship anchored at the pier, Jose and his crew regarded it as Portugal's fleet. As for the Portuguese, Jose looked down on these gangs of rustic buns from the bottom of his heart, and even kept pushing for the annexation of Portugal, a small country.

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As they were about to enter the dock, a few cannons suddenly came, causing the crew members on the ship to prepare for the battle immediately.

"Captain, what should we do!"

The helmsman saw several shells flying from the north and immediately asked anxiously.

Jose was a firm "destroying the Portuguese". Now seeing that the Portuguese dared to take the initiative to attack them, there was no reason to retreat. He immediately issued an order and said: "Come on!"

As many people have different perceptions, the Spanish used attack methods at sea not shelling, but mostly using impact and platoon combat. When they saw the three-masted gunship bombarding them, they were determined.

The ground met up.

Bang! Bang!

The sound of artillery continued, and the three-masted gunship, which was originally anchored in the bay, shot the Calavell sailboat and provoked the battle.

"rush!"

Holding a bright Western knife in his hand, Jose had discovered that the ship attacking them belonged to the Ming Maritime Merchant, and he shouted loudly.

At this moment, he actually felt a little regretful. He had a more powerful Carrick sailboat under his command, and the Ming Dynasty's naval cannon could not be sunk at all. Because the Carrick sailboat's hull was too large and needed many people at the same time

After operating, he used this Calavelle sailboat to purchase supplies.

Of course, he was also very confident in this Calavelle sailing ship and knew that it was more than enough to deal with this weird Ming merchant ship.

This naval battle emphasizes combat and command, but it pays more attention to capital. The Ming Dynasty's earth cannons cannot penetrate the bottom of the ship, which means they cannot be penetrated. No matter how high the strategy you have, it will be useless.

Faced with the attack of the three-masted gunship, Jose did not take it seriously and had already issued an order to advance at full speed, preparing to follow the sudden appearance of the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants to engage in a battle on the shore.

The mission led by Hu Niu stayed in Manila for a few days and decided to leave temporarily and plan to go to the second stop of Sulu. This time they actually had another mission.

Although King Suleiman decided to deal with the "Emperorship of the West", he was always respectful to the Ming mission and brought the mission to the dock with the king and his assistant ministers.

Just as I was about to send the person onto the boat, I witnessed the scene in front of me.

The Spanish ship appeared, and the Ming delegation did not seem to hesitate at all, and immediately launched a shelling of the large sailboat with an astonishing length of more than 20 meters.

Luzon, under Suleiman's rule, did not have the ability to build sea ships, but had a little vision. The Spanish hull was obviously very strong, and the Ming ships could not penetrate them at all. The advantage was undoubtedly on Spain's side.

Boom!

When Suleiman and others thought that the Ming Dynasty's merchant ship was going to be unlucky, a bright smile appeared on the face of the auxiliary minister Morabi, and he secretly looked at the Ming Dynasty's mission.

But at this moment, a loud bang came from the three-masted gunship on the sea. Suleiman and others seemed to feel the tremor of the heavy cannon. A strong sense of paralysis surged into every cell in the body.

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This... hides the weakness?

When everyone saw this scene, they were shocked and understood a little bit of the truth.

Boom!

The sound of the heavy artillery was obviously greater than before. A fifteen-pound shell flew towards the Spanish hull, and it fell on the side of the hull of Calavere, splashing a splash of water that was ten feet higher than the side of the ship.

The Spanish on the ship looked at everything in front of him with lingering fear.

"what to do?"

Jose's proud face had no trace of blood, and he finally realized something was wrong. Although he didn't know why the Ming Dynasty Marine Chamber had such a cannon, just listening to this posture, he knew that the power of this cannon was actually stronger than that of them.

More capable of sinking their ship.

But they wanted to turn around and escape at this time, but they had missed the opportunity. They were less than 300 meters away from each other and the bow of the ship was facing each other. This would require some luck to escape, and the greater possibility was that they would be sunk by the other party.
Chapter completed!