"Everyone, although there are some disputes between us, in the Far East, we are all outsiders in the eyes of the Orientals. Therefore, we have common interests in dealing with the Ming Kingdom... This time, the Ming Kingdom

They are even more brazen about driving us all out of the Far East. We must give them the cruelest lesson. Let them know who is the real owner of this land..."

On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month in the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, just when Wang Bing led a large army to Haojing and took back the Portuguese’s lease rights to Haojing, de Vera, the Spanish governor in Luzon, was hosting a banquet in Manila City.

Condeta, the Portuguese governor of Goa, who personally led the fleet, Van Linberg, the first Dutch governor of East India, and Andre, the Englishman who came with the Dutch, and others.

"Yes, the people of the Ming Dynasty are too arrogant! They actually want to expel us at the same time. We should teach them a lesson..."

"Their most advanced artillery technology was obtained from us decades ago. Now they actually want to challenge us. It's time to teach them how to be honest people!"

Obviously, in the eyes of the Ming army's active attack, whether it was the Portuguese, the Dutch, or even the British, who were just a small follower in the Far East, they took it seriously, but they were not afraid of it.

In particular, the Dutch, who had just replaced their old master Spaniards on the sea, were even more confident about facing the Ming army this time.

Of course, they didn't know at this time that their second Eastern Expedition fleet had been completely wiped out. They also didn't know that they were the ones who lit the fuse for the Ming army's expedition to Southeast Asia this time!

"Everyone, Easterners have always been cunning and like to use magic to deceive. In order to prevent them from sneak attacks, we might as well organize a coalition patrol fleet to patrol the Luzon Sea in the Ming Dynasty..."

Finally, perhaps because of his guilty conscience after the massacre, de Vera, the host who had previously strongly advocated giving the Ming army a cruel lesson, now put forward the suggestion of organizing a coalition patrol.

"Dear De Vera, I'm afraid you have forgotten that in a few days it will be the most important 'New Year' for the people of the Ming Dynasty, right? They will not send troops at this time!"

Upon hearing de Vera's proposal, the Portuguese Governor in Goa, Conde, couldn't help but look at him with a joking look on his face.

"There is a saying in the East, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. I think it is very necessary to organize a joint patrol fleet!"

Unlike Conde, the governor of Goa who was very knowledgeable about Eastern customs, the Dutch governor Van Linberg, who had just 'settled' in Nanyang, was very sympathetic to de Vera's proposal.

"Anyway, it's just idle time. It's okay to let the soldiers patrol the sea..."

The British, who followed the Dutch to the Far East, also agreed to the proposal to form joint patrols.

"Since everyone thinks it is necessary, then let's do it!"

Seeing that everyone else agreed, Kong Deda finally shrugged indifferently and agreed to the proposal to form a joint patrol team.

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"That is... what is that? Is that what those businessmen said, the Ming Dynasty fleet with only more than a hundred warships?"

On the flagship of the joint patrol, the shocked Portuguese sailor Captain Almeida put down the telescope in his hand, then rubbed his eyes in disbelief and raised the telescope again.

In the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the sea east of Qiongzhou Prefecture and west of Laoag, Luzon, I looked at the large fleet that gradually became clear in the northern sky. There were more than a dozen ships from Spain, Portugal,

The sailors of the Liao patrol team composed of three Dutch countries were all dumbfounded at this moment.

What's special, what about the Ming fleet that was promised to have only over a hundred large and small battleships? The fleet with the Ming flag flying in front of me is probably ten times more than what those businessmen said. Not to mention the opponent's fleet.

There are also ten giant battleships that look like hills. How can we fight against them?

You know, no matter how mysterious the tactics used in naval battles are, the most fundamental essence of naval battles is actually 'the big bullies the small'!

My ships are bigger and more numerous than yours, my artillery is more powerful than you, and my numbers are more than yours, so I don’t have to be unreasonable! The so-called tactics and tactics are all when the difference in strength between the two sides is not too great.

Only useful.

As the saying goes, one force can defeat ten enemies. It doesn't matter whether you are Su Qin carrying a sword or raising a fire to set fire to the sky. If I just hit you with a sharp sword without an edge, you will be finished.

"Let's go up and have a look. Maybe the Ming people just recruited a large number of civilian ships, maybe fishing boats too? After all, they like to use this wolf pack tactic..."

Seeing the Ming fleet getting closer and closer, the Spanish sailor Major Alberto was also shocked. At this moment, he could only deceive himself and comfort himself.

"Hmph, let me blast them to pieces!"

The warships of Xiyi Fangui discovered the Royal Navy fleet, and the Ming Royal Navy fleet also discovered the opponent early.

Therefore, Wang Bing couldn't help but look cold when looking at these Xiyi patrol ships that did not want to escape, but relied on the small agility of the ship to catch up and approach for reconnaissance.

"Master Marquis, why should we waste that ammunition? We are in the upper hand now, so we can just raise the sail and rush over and knock them over, hahahaha!

After hearing Wang Bing's order to destroy the opponent's patrol ship, Chen Lin, an admiral of the Royal Navy, suddenly wanted to try this 'bumper' game.

"Old General, you are the admiral of the Royal Navy. You know more about naval battles than I do. Therefore, I will not interfere with you on how to direct naval battles. But there is one thing you must remember. A soldier has only one life. I

Although I do not require you to destroy the enemy with zero casualties, the saying that one general can achieve the goal of destroying thousands of bones is not applicable to me..."

Looking at Chen Lin with an excited face, Wang Bing couldn't help but frown.

There is no way, unlike the generals of the Yulin Guards who, under the influence of Wang Bing, strive to achieve maximum results with minimal casualties in every battle, traditional generals like Chen Lin did not lead the soldiers during the battle charge.

Your life is too important.

"Uh, I will obey the order!"

Seeing Wang Bing's frowning expression, Chen Lin had no choice but to give up her plan of playing "bumper fun" and immediately issued an order to bombard the patrol ship of the Western Yi Federation.

There is no way, Wang Bing, the champion, is known to everyone for his habit of cherishing his life. Even if he says that he is not demanding zero casualties, if he really does it because of an unnecessary "bumping fun",

It had brought casualties to the soldiers, and he was sure that he would never get any good results.

Therefore, even though Wang Bing kept calling him "Old General", Chen Lin did not dare to really rely on her old age in front of him.

…

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Soon, when the coalition patrol fleet entered a distance of ten miles, as the command flag in Chen Lin's hand was waved fiercely, the breech-loaded naval guns on the second-level battleship in front of the fleet that received the order began to roar.

stand up.

"I'm shocked! These stupid Ming people, they can only hit if they fire from such a distance..."

Seeing the Ming army firing from such a long distance, all the coalition soldiers could not help but look disdainful.

But just like Wei Malang before, before they could finish their words, as violent explosions continued to sound around them, their coalition patrol consisting of more than a dozen third-class warships had already reached almost three points.

One of the warships was hit.

"How did these Ming people do it, even selling cakes?"

On the flagship of the coalition patrol, which narrowly escaped the first round of shelling, a British sailor lieutenant screamed.

There is no way, at this distance, if their artillery is fired, no one except their God can predict where the shells will fly.

Therefore, after seeing that the Ming army hit almost a third of their warships with their first attack, these Xiyi ghosts who had just been mocking the Ming army for being stupid and not knowing how to fight at sea were so shocked that they subconsciously shouted to their God again.

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"How did it happen that the hit rate is so small? Let them be more careful and calculate more accurately!"

While these Xiyi ghosts were still shocked by the Ming army's artillery hit rate, on the Zhenhai, Chen Lin, who couldn't play "bumper fun", was worried about the hit rate of "only" about 30%.

The rate was cursing.

There is no way, unlike in the past, the accuracy of artillery depends entirely on the experience of the gunner. After the Battle of Japan, the Royal Navy began to change its equipment on a large scale. Under the guidance of Wang Bing, the "nine leaky fish", the gun gauge, gun ruler and square meter

Auxiliary aiming devices have been widely used in the Royal Navy. Otherwise, if you rely on past gunner experience, the devil will fire from ten miles away!

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Soon, amidst Chen Lin's curses, the second round of artillery fire roared again.

But at this time, the Western-Yi joint patrol fleet that wanted to escape had not even finished dismounting the hull!

"Oh my God, how on earth did these Ming people open fire for the second time in such a short period of time?"

Seeing the shells roaring from the Ming warships that had fired earlier, the sailors of the coalition patrol suddenly couldn't help but exclaimed again.

There is no way, in their thinking, after a warship fires once, if the same warship wants to fire again quickly, the only way is to turn the hull and fire the broadside gun on the other side, and at the same time let the ship on the side that has fired previously

Gun loading.

But it was obvious that the Ming Army's warships did not turn around at all. In other words, the Ming Army's two firings used naval guns from the same side.

"Rumble, rumble..."

Just as these Xiyi ghosts screamed, violent explosions were heard. This time, most of their dozen warships were hit, even the flagship was no exception.

Not only that, several warships that were hit in the first round were either disintegrated or sinking rapidly under the second round of bombardment by the Ming army.

"Fire, fire back!"

At this time, seeing that blind escape was no longer an option, these Xiyi people also became ruthless. Regardless of whether the shells they fired could hit the Ming army, they fired back one after another.

However, at such a long distance, compared with the Ming army's precise artillery fire, their counterattack, which could only rely on prayer to increase the hit rate, seemed so pale and weak at this moment.

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"Send the order to fish out all these Xiyi people for me!"

Without any suspense, after several incomparable rounds of shelling from both sides, more than a dozen Western-Barbarian coalition patrol ships were sunk without exception.

But what puzzled all the soldiers was that after the battle, Wang Bing, who looked gloomy, issued an order to rescue these Xiyi ghosts who fell into the water.

Not only that, but what confused the entire army was that although all the rescued Xiyi ghosts were tied up, Wang Bing once again issued an order not to kill the prisoners.

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