Not long after, the fleets of both sides became closer and closer. The Spanish fleets were both taking advantage and fighting with the side of the ship.

However, the four armored warships of the Ming Dynasty did not do these operations at all. They just aimed the bow of the ship at the Spanish warships that were coming across and rushed directly.

Seeing this scene, the sailors on the Spanish warships laughed. This is how the Ming warships fought? Do they even know the basic knowledge of naval battles? Where can the firepower be obtained when facing this battle?

"This is what you said about defeating the Ming fleet in the Manila fleet and the Dutch fleet?" The Spanish governor put down his telescope and asked Philot beside him with a little disdain.

Philot was a little confused. The Ming army shouldn't even know the common sense of naval battles!

Thinking of this in his heart, he replied: "I have never seen such a strange warship before. You are better off being careful!"

As he was talking, he heard the "boom" sound. In front of the Ming army's warship, the Spanish warship, which was the first to bear the brunt, was hit by artillery again.

The Spanish Governor took the telescope and glanced, gritted his teeth and shouted, "They don't have time to load the cannons, just wait for death!"

As long as you fight, you will always suffer some casualties, but this is not such a pleasant thing after all!

Fortunately, his thoughts were similar. The Spanish warship at the front was holding its breath. Looking at the Ming army warship that had arrived in front of him, but did not slow down or avoid, he finally started to fire artillery volleys.

"Boom boom boom..."

With the sound of cannons, iron bullets and chain bullets whistled out. At such a close distance, most of the shells hit the target.

Haha, so what if you are covered with iron and wood, you can't withstand the bombardment of artillery and will still sink you!

The Spanish Governor thought so in his heart, and after the smoke dissipated, he saw it more clearly. It was also because he saw it more clearly that he was stunned.

That's right, the four Ming army warships were indeed hit by artillery shells and the flagpole was broken. However, why did the iron bombs that were supposed to have broken the Ming army warships and wooden blocks just leave a groove on the Ming army warships? How thick is the iron sheet on the ship to have such a high defense?

Before he could come back to his senses, he saw that the Ming army warship had already hit the Spanish warship in front, making a loud "bang". Then, the Spanish warship broke into two pieces like paper. The Ming warship passed through the middle in a casual manner.

“…”

Everyone was stunned. What was going on? Why were the heads of those Ming warships so strong and so hard?

While they were standing there, a "bang bang bang" sounded again. Then the other three armored warships also hit their respective targets. Without exception, the three Spanish warships that were hit were all divided into two from the place where they were hit, just like the first one. This is many times stronger than the power of the shell!

"What's going on? What's going on?" The Spanish Governor was a little crazy when he saw this scene.

Philot looked at the strange Ming army warships in surprise and replied in a little panic: "No, these four Ming warships are really made of steel, right?"

Hearing this, he felt a little incredible. Then he met the Spanish Governor who happened to look at him and couldn't help but look at each other.

Although I think it is so incredible to build a Ming army warship with steel, the scene in front of me is impossible except for this explanation.

When I think that the Ming Dynasty warships were made of steel, the bombardment of artillery would not cause fatal damage to them no matter what! I can only be beaten but not fight back?

Thinking of this result, the ugly look of the Spanish Governor's face would be.

However, Philot reacted quickly and quickly comforted the Spanish Governor: "Governor, don't worry, the masts of the four Ming warships are broken, and half of them will be scrapped without power. You can ignore them."

Hearing this, the Spanish Governor nodded. Fortunately, the mast was made of wood. Oh, no, if you have the ability, even the sails were made of iron!

After complaining viciously in his heart for a while, the Spanish Governor quickly sent an order to tell the fleet not to care about the four strange warships.

At this time, the Spanish fleet was collided by four armored warships, and the formation was already a little messy. Seeing the main force of the Ming fleet subsequently came over, after receiving the banner, they all had been on the sea for many years and had the skills of the invincible fleet back then. They finally adjusted their formation before the main force of the Ming army arrived.

But at this moment, the Spanish Governor, who looked at the overall situation, was stunned again. He saw that the four Ming warships left behind by them had turned a corner and launched an attack on their retreat.

Aren’t the four warships no longer sailed? How did they turn and where did they get the power? They drove so fast that they would catch up with the warships behind the fleet?

Looking at this scene in amazement, I really couldn't understand what was going on. You know, in this era, besides using wind, there is only manpower to provide the power of the warship. However, on this sea, huge warships rely on manpower, and the Spanish Governor did not believe it.

He came to his senses, but he didn't know what order to send. Because the four Ming warships in front of him were beyond his understanding.

The warships behind the Spanish fleet were panicked as the four strange Ming warships bite up again. The Spanish governor, who was bystanders, didn't know how to deal with it, let alone the sailors who faced the power of these strange warships.

"Bang bang bang..."

There was another sound of impact, and the four Ming Dynasty iron-armored warships rushed into the flock like four tigers. They relied on their own advantages to rush left and right in the Spanish fleet, as if they were entering a no-man's realm, killing the Spanish warships without any strength to fight back, and they could only dodge with all their strength.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong led the main fleet of the Ming army and finally arrived.

Although the Ming army soldiers were exhausted, the might of the four armored warships greatly improved their morale. In a short period of time, the Ming army soldiers forgot about their fatigue and did not know where they came from. They kept their posts, took the helm, and fired their guns.

The expected war did not happen. Some of them were just the Ming fleet fighting against the Spanish fleet.

At this time, the command of the Spanish governor had completely failed. The warships fled one after another. Without formation fleets, if they fought on their own, they would be defeated by the superior enemy and wiped out the entire army.

However, until this time, they suddenly discovered that on the sea where they were running away, the original Ming warship had already been raided and blocked the direction of their escape.

"I really didn't expect that the power of the armored warship was so great!" On the Ming army's flagship, Sun Chuanting looked at the warship in the distance and exclaimed.

It can be said that the naval battle situation just now was the victory and loss balance between the four armored warships reversed with one force.

Anders, who had not returned to his flagship, heard it and immediately said with a coy face: "Governor, do you think His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty can sell a few of our warships like this?"

"How can the military and national important weapons..." Sun Chuanting answered without hesitation when he heard this. However, before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered the character of Emperor Chongzhen. After thinking about it for a while, he changed his words, "The cost is high, can you afford it?"

If the emperor agrees or not, the price alone comes from a sky-high price!

After hearing this, Anders said without hesitation: "If you can't afford such a powerful warship, you have to buy it even if you can't afford it. If you sell it in a bad way, you are afraid that Mingguo will not agree!"

"You will write to the emperor to this matter yourself, see if the emperor agrees with it!" Sun Chuanting was very proud of hearing this and immediately said, "Let's fight this battle first."

Listening to Sun Chuanting's lack of veto, which somewhat represents the meaning of Ming Dynasty. Anders was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, let's clean up the Spaniards first!"

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The pirates were about to fight with the Ming fleet that had come to intercept them, and saw the tragic situation on the Spanish fleet. Everyone was stunned.

"What kind of warship is that? It's so powerful?" William asked his partner Robert with an incredible look on his face.

Robert was also stunned when he heard the question and murmured to himself: "Ask me, who will I ask? What the hell is this?"

After saying that, he suddenly came to his senses. As a pirate's instinct, he immediately exclaimed: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you run away!"

Today, the Ming fleet is still only concerned about chasing the Spanish fleet. When they come back to their senses, they will be in trouble.

As a pirate, if there are great benefits, you can even need your life. Similarly, since you are a pirate, you will not have the awareness of a regular army and will not retreat.

Therefore, for them, if they don’t walk at this time, they will wait for it even more!

"The wind is tight, huh!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, these European pirates fled one after another, running much faster than the Spanish.

Sun Chuanting's troops and Zheng Zhilong's troops joined forces to strangle the Spanish fleet, and basically surrounded and suppressed the fleets that Spain had gathered in the Americas so that only three or two kittens were left, allowing them to escape and ascend to heaven.

This naval battle established the overlordship of the Ming Navy in the Americas, thus leaving an important mark in history books. At the same time, it was also the first naval battle in which the steam iron armored warships participated in the war, and it also left an unavoidable mark in history.

Amid the cheers of the Ming soldiers, the two flagships moved closer, Zheng Zhilong jumped over, clasped his fists to Sun Chuanting and said, "I have seen the Governor General, but I have never come late!"
Chapter completed!