As Jiang Bin's order was conveyed, many artillery pieces of the Ming fleet suddenly opened fire, and for a moment the sea was filled with the roar of artillery fire.
This time, Afonso had plundered almost all the warships under his command that could be dispatched. Together with the reinforcements sent by Portugal, it could be said that he had assembled this fleet with astonishing strength.
In just one fight, the Portuguese who fought in the final battle showed quite amazing strength. After all, the Portuguese can maneuver on the sea, and their naval strength is still quite strong.
Not to mention other things, at least the hit rate is better than that of the Ming Dynasty.
How could it be that the Ming Dynasty had almost given up on the navy for so many years? It was only in the past few years that the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, coupled with Li Huan's strong support and crazy money spent on the navy, was able to build up the Ming Dynasty Navy today.
The scale comes out.
However, ships can still be built with the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, but there is an obvious shortage of suitable naval soldiers with real war experience.
If Li Huan hadn't ordered the navy to train with live ammunition, the Ming Navy might not even have the strength it has today.
However, now the Ming Dynasty navy has been trained. Although it is inferior to the Portuguese, with the support of large ships and obviously superior artillery, it can still be on par with the Portuguese.
.
On the ships in the distance, many officials sent by the imperial court could be said to have seen such a war scene for the first time.
Thousands of sails competed on the sea. The two sides combined to have hundreds of large ships bombarding each other. Almost thousands of artillery fired shells at each other non-stop. From time to time, you could see ships being hit by shells or igniting.
The fire was raging, or it was sunk by cannonballs and sank into the sea.
The sea is filled with gunpowder smoke. It can be said that the cruelty of naval battles is no less than that of land battles. On the vast sea, even if you want to escape, there is nowhere to escape. Therefore, when the two sides collide, they can only fight to the death.
This scene definitely had a huge impact on those officials. Many of them opened their eyes wide, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"Are these...these barbarians the Portuguese that Duke Qin mentioned?"
Although the officials headed by Yan Song were aware of the existence of the Portuguese, in their understanding, the Portuguese were just like the natives of Southeast Asia, and facing them, the Great Tomorrow had no choice but to surrender.
Although they also knew that the Portuguese had fought a war with the Ming Dynasty not long ago, this still could not change their perception of the Portuguese.
But at this moment, when they saw with their own eyes how fiercely the Portuguese fleet fought with the Ming Dynasty navy fleet, without even losing, they could imagine how complicated the mood of Yan Song and others was.
Li Huan saw the expressions of Yan Song and others in his eyes, nodded lightly and said: "Yes, these are Portuguese people. I wonder what Master Yan thinks?"
Taking a deep breath, Yan Song said with a somewhat solemn expression: "From what I can see, these Portuguese barbarians are definitely a serious concern for our Ming Dynasty. If we cannot resist them, they will definitely bring trouble to our Ming Dynasty in the future."
A great disaster is coming."
People like Yan Song can be said to be the elites of an era, and they still have vision. Now that they have seen the size of the Portuguese naval fleet with their own eyes, they can naturally understand that if the Ming Dynasty continues to seal off the sea as before, then once these barbarians
If its tentacles reach the Ming Dynasty's sea territory, they will inevitably become a disaster for the Ming Dynasty.
Li Huan just nodded slightly.
Seeing that Li Huan didn't speak, Yan Song pondered for a moment and then said to Li Huan: "I wonder how the Duke of the Kingdom thinks we will face these barbarians?"
Li Huan couldn't help but look at Yan Song in surprise when he heard this, then he realized and chuckled: "Of course the barbarians will completely wipe them out and interrupt their thoughts of going south. In the future, they will send heavenly troops to destroy their ancestral temples and destroy their country."
Yan Song couldn't help but frowned when he heard the words. He was obviously not satisfied with Li Huan's words, but he was obviously self-aware. Even though he was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Huan's words about destroying the country, he did not show it.
In Yan Song's view, as a Celestial Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty naturally had to be as magnanimous as a Celestial Kingdom. The Portuguese infringed on the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and they only needed to teach the Portuguese a lesson that they should not destroy their country or destroy it.
The ancestral temple, this really does not reflect the magnanimity of the heavenly dynasty.
Naturally, Li Huan didn't know what Yan Song was thinking, but even if he knew it, he wouldn't care. After all, there are not a few people in this era who think like Yan Song, and it can even be said that the vast majority of them think like Yan Song.
The Portuguese navy here relied on excellent sailors and the hit rate of artillery shells was extremely high, which caused a lot of damage to the Ming Dynasty.
It is a pity that in comparison, the artillery shells used by the Portuguese during this period were still dominated by solid shells, and the warships built by the Ming Dynasty were mostly extremely strong new ships. Compared with the Portuguese, most of them were already in service.
For a ship that has been around for several years, it is far superior in both performance and defense.
Especially those dozens of Ming treasure ships. The hulls of the Ming treasure ships were extremely huge, and there was no ship in the Portuguese fleet that could compare with them.
The Ming treasure ships were loaded with a large number of artillery, so each Ming treasure ship was like a mobile fortress. Even several Ming treasure ships relied on their huge hulls to collide with some Portuguese warships, forcibly destroying some small ships.
Crush it.
The ships of both sides were almost entangled together, and many ships even engaged in gang fighting. The soldiers of both sides fought desperately in one place, and soldiers who fell into the sea could be seen everywhere on the sea.
Even Li Huan and others who were watching the battle from a distance could not help but look a little solemn at this time. Although it seemed that the Ming side was not at a disadvantage, looking at this situation, I am afraid that even if they can win in the end, I am afraid it will be a tragic victory.
.
As the commander of the capital, Zhang Huai looked quite ugly at this time. Apparently Zhang Huai found that he had been too optimistic before. This time, the Portuguese navy brought by Afonso was much better than the hope they had defeated before.
Count Vince is very different from those people.
After all, Afonso brought almost all the regular Portuguese navy, and its combat effectiveness and fighting determination were obviously not comparable to that of a group of pirates.
Previously, Earl Sivens and the others only suffered some losses and could not help but flee, leading to a major defeat. But now the Portuguese's losses were not small at all, but these Portuguese refused to retreat and showed great tenacity.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Huai and others couldn't help but shed a cold sweat for the Ming Dynasty Navy. Zhang Huai asked himself that if it were him who personally commanded the navy fleet to fight the Portuguese, he would probably not be as good as Jiang Bin.
Doing better.
When encountering such an opponent, no matter who it is, I am afraid that it will not be easy to win a big victory.
There was a loud bang, and saw debris flying above a ship flying the Portuguese flag on the sea. Many Portuguese soldiers on the ship could be seen screaming and being blown away.
This ship is the flagship of the Portuguese fleet, and it is also the vehicle of Governor Afonso. Afonso himself is on this ship. Even when this ship was hit, Alfonso
Fonso commanded the fleet battle from the ship.
The flag of the Portuguese flagship flying on the ship itself has attracted the attention of many ships of the Ming Dynasty. From the beginning of the war to the present, several Ming treasure ships have set their sights on Afonso's flagship and continuously bombarded it.
Being able to be used as a flagship, this ship is obviously one of the largest ships in the Portuguese fleet, and its ability to withstand attacks far exceeds that of other warships. Therefore, in the rounds of shelling, this flagship simply did not
Suffered devastating damage.
But the roar just now caused fatal damage to the flagship. It is not known which ship fired the cannonball that directly hit the Portuguese gunpowder barrel, and the explosive shell directly detonated the gunpowder barrel.
A terrifying big hole was blown out of the Portuguese flagship.
The turbulent seawater poured into the cabin crazily, and the whole ship sank at an extremely fast speed. Afonso was knocked to pieces by the shock wave, and was pulled by his men to escape to a place while he was dizzy.
On top of a small boat, it has not sunk into the sea with the sunken ship for the time being.
However, Afonso's flagship was bombed and sunk, which had a great impact on the entire Portuguese fleet.
Originally, the Portuguese did not gain any advantage in the fight. After such a long battle, the damage caused by the Ming Dynasty's bombs to the Portuguese was almost to the limit of what the Portuguese could bear. If it were not for Afonso's flagship, it would not have been able to fight to the death.
If the flag is withdrawn, even with the quality of the Portuguese navy, some people may not be able to hold it and escape at this moment.
However, with the silence of Afonso's flagship, the Portuguese fleet directly lost command. In addition, without knowing Afonso's life or death, the Portuguese were obviously in chaos. Some Portuguese warships on the periphery even began to rise away from their opponents.
The sail fled away into the distance.
The Portuguese's formation was in chaos. To be precise, the Portuguese's morale could no longer support the opponent's fight, and a large-scale rout had begun.
When Li Huan, Zhang Huai and others saw this scene, the dignity on their faces naturally disappeared. Zhang Huai couldn't help but said excitedly: "Hahaha, I won, I won!"
Anyone who is not a fool can see that, if nothing unexpected happens, the Ming side will win this battle.
At this moment, as the commander of the Ming Navy fleet, Jiang Bin's ship was also in a mess. Even as the commander, Jiang Bin could also see that he was in trouble. After all, during the battle,
No one can guarantee that they will be safe and sound.
The treasure ship Jiang Bin was riding also took several cannonballs, and sawdust was flying everywhere, even though it was guarded by personal soldiers. Jiang Bin was also injured, but compared to the flagship Afonso was riding, Jiang could not withstand silence.
The treasure ship Bin was riding on was able to withstand the bombardment of dozens of solid bullets without much damage, and he persisted until the end.
When Jiang Bin keenly noticed that the Portuguese fleet was in chaos, Jiang Bin was pleasantly surprised and without hesitation ordered the entire army to attack and pursue the victory.
As the Ming Dynasty naval fleet began to frantically pursue the escaping Portuguese ships, the Ming-Portugal Malacca naval battle, which lasted for a full two hours, finally came to an end.
According to post-war statistics, the Ming Dynasty sank more than 70 Portuguese warships and captured more than 50 large and small ships in this battle. Only dozens of ships actually escaped. It can be said that this battle directly reduced the strength of the Portuguese in the East.
I lost seven or eight points.
What is particularly important is that Afonso, who was the Portuguese Governor in India, eventually fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty and became a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, after this battle, the price paid by Ming Dynasty was not small. More than thirty ships were directly silenced, and almost every ship suffered minor or severe damage. Fortunately, as long as they were not directly silenced, they could carry out later operations.
Thanks to repairs and the captured Portuguese ships, the losses to the Ming Dynasty Navy fleet were not serious.
In the Strait of Malacca, in the huge mansion, Li Huan looked at Wu Liang in Feiyu uniform and said, "What was the result of the interrogation?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Liang turned to Li Huan with a solemn expression and said: "Back to your lord, after several days of interrogation, my subordinates have figured out the specific information about these Portuguese people in Goa, India."
Li Huan raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, what's the result?"
Wu Liang said with some excitement: "Sir, you don't know that according to the accounts of the Portuguese we captured, they defeated the Arabs and the Tianzhu navy in the Tianzhu waters in about a year, and successfully
They occupied a considerable area and plundered a large amount of wealth."
Yan Song, Zhang Huai, and Yang Lie who were sitting nearby suddenly lit up when they heard this, and their eyes fell directly on Wu Liang. Zhang Huai even said directly to Wu Liang: "Quickly tell me, where is the wealth these people looted?"
Where?"
Wu Liang looked at Li Huan subconsciously, and Li Huan nodded slightly.
When Wu Liang saw this, he took a deep breath and said: "According to the accounts of the Portuguese, they plundered a lot of wealth in Tianzhu. They even used elephants to pull it for several days, including all kinds of gold and silver utensils and Buddha statues."
Piling up like a mountain, this wealth is now stored in the treasure house of the Goa Governor's Palace, and it is said that it will be transported back to the mainland in large ships in the coming year..."
Everyone's breathing suddenly became rapid after hearing this. Even literati like Yan Song and Yang Lie couldn't help but open their eyes wide, their eyes full of greed.
That was such a huge amount of wealth that it actually needed to be transported by big ship. It would be fine if they didn't know about such a wealth. Now that they knew it, if they didn't get it, they would regret it for the rest of their lives.
Zhang Huai stood up directly and said to Li Huan: "General, please personally lead the army to Goa and crush the Portuguese camp in Tianzhu."
Yan Song, Yang Lie and others also looked at Li Huan expectantly at this time. They did not have the reserve of a scholar at all, let alone jump out to oppose the deployment of troops to foreign countries.
Li Huan glanced at everyone, nodded slowly and said: "In that case, order Jiang Bin to dispatch a fleet to Goa immediately. We must annihilate the Portuguese and crush the Portuguese stronghold in Tianzhu."
After Li Huan finished speaking, everyone present looked happy. Even Yan Song and Yang Lie let out a sigh of relief. They were afraid that Li Huan would not agree to send a large army to conquer Goa.