[Correct: In the previous chapter, the Spanish flagship Santiago was 1,000 tons. I wrote it wrong yesterday.]

The Ming fleet that broke into the fjord was naturally the naval battle fleet led by Wang Rulong.

The Dragon Prince was indeed well-known. Although there were strong winds and waves along the way, the entire fleet suffered minimal losses. All thirty warships had to be fully departed and drove into Manila Bay.

Unlike the advance fleet that quietly entered the village and fired guns, the naval battle fleet began to provoke as soon as it arrived at the entrance of the bay. They shelled the observation post on the island of Correcido and asked the Spaniards in the post to get up. They also launched several Oda City rockets and performed fireworks for them.

Although they all shot missed because it was dark, they had successfully made the Spanish panic and sent small boats to report to the cape base overnight.

This is Wang Rulong's purpose. He wants to attract the attention of the Spanish fleet from the advance fleet to the naval battle fleet.

So why not attack Huanglong and suffocate the Spanish fleet to death in the cape base? It is because according to information, Cape Sanglai is a military port with extremely superior conditions and has been transformed into a Spanish fortress. The fleet will definitely die miserably when it attacks rashly. Besides, it is too late to go to time!

Lao Wang's arrogant provocation was excellent, and the irritable Spanish fleet came over in the wind.

Compared with the four giant ships with a displacement of thousands of tons, the size of the Coast Guard Fleet is significantly smaller, and the largest ones are only about 400 tons, which is just a group of small ones. No wonder the Spaniards despise them so much.

In naval battles, big means strong!

Of course, small also has small benefits, such as small boats are easy to turn around. Moreover, the sailing tools of the Ming warships are very flexible to operate, and soon completed the steering and fled northwest beyond the range of the Spaniards.

And there is the depths of the trumpet-shaped fjord! The Bataan Peninsula will block their way!

"Hahaha! They actually escaped into a dead end!" Commander Bamund laughed loudly on the Santiago, "Col. What else do you have to worry about?"

"Their number seems to be wrong." Colonel Okkend frowned, and the white light flashing on the sea greatly disturbed his vision. There was even a ghost in front of him. But he could still feel something was wrong. "Not even counting thirty ships."

"What if he doesn't matter, there are at least twenty of these ships!" Commander Bamende excitedly licked his slightly salty upper lip and said, "Eat them first!"

So he ordered the fleet to continue moving forward.

At about 2 p.m., the Ming Dynasty fleet, which had already penetrated the fjord, seemed to finally find that the coasts on both sides were getting closer and closer, and the sea surface was only more than ten kilometers wide.

They hurriedly turned west, as if they wanted to escape from the fjord along the Bataan Peninsula.

Seeing the stupid behavior of the Ming people in panic, Bamund smiled and said, "Those rural lisbones who were originally from Lisbon were defeated by such a group of crappy guys. It's really a shame to God's face!"

As he said that, he ordered loudly: "Change into commando formation and prepare for the battle on the sidelines!"

As the Santiago sent a signal, the Spanish warships began to reorganize the formation scattered due to pursuit into a column.

But unlike the Portuguese, they use the bow to face the enemy, rather than the side to face the enemy.

This is because in the Spanish Navy, artillery was only subordinate and was a weapon to clear obstacles for the battle of the boarding. Therefore, although they also installed a large number of artillery on the side, most of them were light guns such as circumferential cannons and eagle cannons that prevent enemy ships from placing on the boarding. Only heavy guns were installed on the front of the bow, and the range was limited, but the power was amazing.

This is also the reason why the Spaniards chased after several hours but did not fire a single shot. Because their gun range was too close and they could not be shot!

This situation is determined by the mission of the Spanish Navy. As the well-deserved maritime overlords of this era, they have an absolute advantage in both the overall strength of the navy and the quality of the warships. Therefore, the goal of the Spanish Navy is to eliminate all enemy warships.

But at this time, the artillery was difficult to meet their requirements in terms of power and hit rate. Only by fighting on the shore can the enemy's warships be quickly and completely destroyed. Therefore, in the eyes of the arrogant Spaniards, only the Portuguese who were afraid of life and death and the English pirates who could not defeat them would rely on artillery.

And they, the powerful Spanish navy, should always approach the enemy ships, fight on the sidelines, and use the soldiers' powerful combat power advantages to eliminate the enemy ships!

Three years ago in the Battle of Lebanto, they defeated the arrogant Ottoman Navy with this tactic. So their belief in fighting on the sidelines became even more firm and unshakable!

Therefore, the Spaniards bet on the close-range assault of the carrier-based armored infantry, and they will never fire the cannon if they can use a knife!

This time, of course, it is no exception! A man must be straightforward!

The sound of drums preparing for battle was sounded on the Santiago. On the sailing ships, Spanish armored infantry, wearing round helmets, armored on the upper body, and bloomers and high leather boots, rushed to the forecastle with full arms.

Just after the gunner fired a few rounds of guns, the warship blew up and inserted the corner into the enemy ship's belly, they immediately followed the boarding boarding board and rushed to the enemy ship to kill all directions!

However, before the gunner could fire, the lookout at the stern of a large sailboat, San Domingo, suddenly exclaimed: "There is an enemy ship behind!"

Immediately afterwards, one warship after another sounded the alarm!

Major General Bamund and Colonel Okkend were watching the approaching prey in front of him. When they heard this, they turned around in surprise and saw several huge warships appearing behind them!

One, two, three, four, five, six, a total of six huge warships sailed northeast in a column, forming two parallel lines on the sea surface!

"How could the Ming people have such a large warship!" Major General Bamengde's face turned pale in shock.

"These are the six missing warships..." Colonel Okkend said with a rain of rain: "The four are as big as ours, and two are much larger than us. This is the real main force of the Ming people. They were all baits to lead us here before!"

In the Ming Dynasty, the mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind. They are the ones who can't escape now!

What really made him collapse was that the Ming warship was facing the stern of its own ship on starboard! The closed gun windows opened almost at the same time, pushing open the black muzzle!

"They are indeed the same as the Portuguese tactics, and there are many more artillery..." Okant felt a chill in his heart and almost sat on the ground.

The huge warship with the hull of '01' was swept through the sea like a sharp blade, the waves rolled, and white foam splashed everywhere, and the appearance alone showed an unparalleled powerful momentum. This is the most powerful warship of the Coast Guard Fleet and the credential for the Jiangnan Group to control the Ming Dynasty's sea power!

Ship 01 is a full-size new warship built by Jiangnan Shipyard. The shipyard named it the "Kunpeng-class" battleship. It is also the first ship of this model. The sister ship 02 behind it is both from Yang Fan, the top ship designer of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to build such a warship, Ainu lumberjack cut off a total of 2,000 large oak trees aged 80-120 years. After the precious logs were roughly dissolved on Ainu Island, they were transported to the timber yard in Danlu Chamber of Commerce and used strong subtropical sea breeze to dry for two years, and then they were sent to the wood processing yard to process them into unified specifications according to the drawings.

The wood is transported back to the Jiangnan Shipyard by Royal Sea. It is processed by the shipyard by woodworking before it can be finally sent to the ship and become part of the battleship.

In order to race against time, Zhao Hao blatantly ordered the shipyard to start construction of two Kunpeng ships at the same time as soon as it started. The risk of doing so is extremely great, because a "Kunpeng-class" would consume nearly 100,000 cubic meters of wood and tens of millions of working hours! Once the construction fails, the loss will be calculated in hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!

Yang Fan gritted his teeth and accepted this arduous challenge. He led the technicians and boatmen to eat and live on the boat platform. He worked hard day and night, and finally completed the construction of these two giants in three years.

The Kunpeng-class battleship is 52 meters long and 12 meters wide, and has a displacement of about 1,300 tons. In this era, it has become one of the largest battleships.

Only on the Atlantic Ocean can you see warships of similar size. And those giant ships are symbols of Spanish royal power! The evidence of the overlords who ruled the world by the Habsburgs!

However, the Kunpeng battleship did not look that big, because Yang Fan adopted a more streamlined design, boldly cancelled the forecastle, and the height of the stern was greatly reduced.

Because of the addition of watertight cabins, the Kunpeng-class "only" has a double-layer fully-open artillery deck, of which 28 Hongwu cannons were installed on the lower level, 40 Yongle cannons and Hongxi cannons were installed on the upper level, and 74 main cannons were installed on the bow and stern tower! The fierce firepower was far beyond that of the three-layer deck warships of this era.

For example, San Diego only has 24 main guns installed, while San Domingo only has 20...

The combined four Spanish sailing ships can be comparable to the firepower of a ship 01.

In addition to the two Kunpeng-classes that formed the battle line, there are also 4 60-cannon thousand-ton cruisers...

"Hahahaha!" A more arrogant laughter than Major General Nabamend sounded in the helm room of the 01 ship.

"When did our old king fight such a prosperous battle?" Wang Rulong stood behind the porthole with his hands, staring at the golden carved buttocks of the Spanish sailboats and swallowed.

"Xiang Xuehai ordered the fire to explode their chrysanthemums!"

"Yes!" Xiang Xuehai quickly prepared to raise the signal flag.

"If one ship runs away, I will send you back to Tong Zigong to rebuild it, so that you will not fart even loudly!" Wang Rulong smiled and glanced at Xiang Xuehai's buttocks.

Xiang Xuehai couldn't help but clamp his butt. He knew that Wang Rulong did what he said. He was secretly terrified. It seemed that 80% of his drinking words had reached Lao Wang's ears...

"Aim at the stern of the boat and fire with all your might!" Xiang Xuehai rushed out of the helm room and roared at the officers and soldiers. "If you don't explode their stern, just wait for Director Tong to be flowered!"

This is called the pressure transfer downwards, and finally comes to the gunner's buttocks. For their own anus, they cheered up and adjusted the shooting angle with their sights, and fired at the stern of the enemy ship!
Chapter completed!