When Diego heard this, he was stunned for a moment: Didn't he say that Anthony, the governor of Batavia, would arrive earlier than the Ming army? Why did the Ming army come over, he hasn't seen him yet, could it be that he wants to let his side and the Ming army lose both sides and then pick up the bargain?

When he came back to his senses, he couldn't care less, and immediately galloped out, leaped on his horse, and galloped all the way to the city wall in the direction of the port to see what was going on.

The city of Manila is full of panicked crowds. There are Spaniards, there are natives, and many of them are scurrying around like headless flies, and there are even those who block Diego's path.

After a long period of confusion, Diego finally rushed to the top of the city, and immediately looked at it, only to see a large fleet on the sea of Manila Bay, approaching the port of Manila.

And on the port side, the fleet belonging to Spain has already deployed a defensive formation. However, the Dutch fleet, which he had high hopes for, was still in a hurry, and many of the crew members were not even properly dressed, scurrying around on the deck.

Obviously, it was because their leader, the dragging West, was not there. More than 300 people were taken away, which is also one of the reasons.

Thinking of this, Diego couldn't help but curse in his heart. These Dutchmen are so unreliable, they drop the chain at a critical moment! The Ming army has called, and their governor didn't arrive, so even that West didn't know where he died?

Naturally, he didn't know that West had indeed died there and couldn't come back!

At this time, Diego didn't have the heart to complain too much about the Dutch, and immediately picked up a telescope and began to carefully observe the Ming fleet.

If you look through a telescope, you can see it more clearly. But it was precisely because of this that he was surprised.

Diego saw that among the huge Ming warships, there were also about fifteen Portuguese flag sail warships. A total of more than 300 warships, large and small, lined up on the sea, the scene was very huge.

In a naval battle in Europe, the scale of a hundred or so warships dispatched by one side is already a big war. Unexpectedly, the Ming army attacked Manila, and there were more than 300 ships at hand, including many large fortune ships. This gap in national strength is really not comparable to ordinary European countries.

But think about it, many countries in Europe are actually only as big as a province of the Far Eastern Empire. The gap in national strength is very obvious! At this time, Diego felt like an adult was running to bully a child.

However, he didn't know that in the original history, no matter how big the Eastern Empire was, what was the use, and it was not that they were ridden on the neck by these small countries with the big palm of Europe. From this, it can be seen that the most important thing is that the country must be strong!

At this time, in the face of Daming's huge fleet, Diego felt a lot of pressure.

When he was before, he listened to West's words, thinking that the Ming army did not come so quickly, so he gave the battleship to Philot and asked him to find the Ming army's food and grass hoarding. There are only fifteen Spanish warships left in Manila Harbor today, three of which are transport ships and are temporarily armed with a few guns.

Even if you add the ten Dutch warships, there are only twenty-five warships. At least in terms of the number of warships, they can't fight with the Ming army at all.

However, if it were to be changed to the past, in fact, no matter how many warships in the Far East were, Diego would not be afraid. As long as they meet the battle on the wide sea, the Western-style sail warships, with fast speed and good guns, can completely defeat the Ming fleet through the situation of movement warfare.

However, now in the Ming fleet, there are also European Erwuzai. If the Portuguese are contained, it is not certain whether they can fight a sports war.

However, even so, Diego had no choice, and immediately ordered the fleet to attack, and he could not be blocked in the port by the Ming army.

At the head of the city, he also began to shout, telling his men, as well as the natives, and some Japanese people to hurry up and defend themselves.

After the Tokugawa shogunate of the Wa Kingdom began to close off the country, a large number of Wa people wandered to the South Seas, where they were hired by the Westerners, including the Spanish and Dutch, to become their thugs. On Luzon, the executioners who slaughtered the Ming people were also indispensable to the Japanese people.

At this time, in the city of Manila, the Spaniards were limited by numbers, and all arranged to operate muskets and artillery, while the Japanese were archers and the main force in melee combat, and as for the natives, most of them were miscellaneous to fill the gaps. In any case, the city defense of Manila was armed.

To hold Manila, the most important thing is whether the naval battle can be won.

Therefore, watching the fleet go out to meet the battle, Diego shouted loudly at the head of the city, cheering them up: "The governor of Batavia will arrive soon, you have to deal with the Ming fleet, hold on, victory will definitely be ours!" ”

After panicking for a while, the Dutch battleship, which had completed its combat preparations and was ready to follow the Spanish battleship, heard this, and those Dutch all shouted "whooping". Obviously, while cheering themselves up, they also seemed to be responding to Diego: That's right, our Excellency the Governor will be here soon, and it is up to us Dutch to decide the victory!

After such an episode, in the face of an enemy with absolute superiority in numbers, even if there were Portuguese warships to help the enemy, the Dutch did not have anything to fear. When they got out of port, they quickly overtook the Spanish warships.

When they passed by, the Dutch whistled to the Spaniards, and their arrogance was overflowing. In terms of momentum alone, he compared the Spaniards at once, and he deserved to be called the sea coachman.

But for this time, they are fighting side by side. The arrogance of the Dutch also invisibly boosted the morale of the old maritime powers. The Spaniards shouted one by one, and pursued the Dutch warships against the huge enemy fleet.

The fleets on both sides were getting closer and closer, closer and closer, so close that they could clearly see the people on the other side with binoculars.

At this moment, I saw that in the Ming fleet, there was a Western-style sail warship that increased its speed, surpassing the hull of the other warships, which made this battleship particularly eye-catching, and the Dutch and Spaniards couldn't help but focus their attention on this ship.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, when you look at it, all of a sudden, the faces of all the Dutch people turn pale.

I saw that on the Ming warship, along the edge of the ship, there were all people tied. You don't even need to look closely, just from the appearance, you can know at once that those are Europeans.

Crucially, in the most conspicuous position on the bow of the ship, the man who was tied was known to all the Dutch, none other than Antony, the governor of Batavia, whom they had been waiting for for a long time.

They may have thought of many possibilities, imagining when His Excellency the Governor would come to reinforce Manila and fight the Ming army with them. But they never expected that their Governor-General's Excellency was tied to the bow of the ship by the Ming army and came to Manila.

Knowing His Excellency the Governor, it was only natural that everyone else recognized them, all of them Dutch.

Suddenly, the Dutch on the ten Dutch fleets were all shocked and stopped their work, and just stared blankly at the Ming warships.

The Spaniards didn't know it at first, but the morale that was boosted allowed them to quickly catch up with the Dutch. Then, based on the former glory of the empire, they did not want to lose face in front of these Spanish traitors, and they all whistled back to the Dutch.

However, they soon discover that something seems wrong with the Dutch! No matter how you look at it, it looks like you have no soul.

At the same time, they also found that among the most prominent warships on the Ming side, they were all tied to Europeans. Suddenly, they were a little confused, what was going on? Who are those?

With this in mind, there is speculation that the change in the Dutch may have something to do with the Europeans who were kidnapped. Some of them were anxious, so they asked the Dutch out loud.

"What?" The Spaniards were soon shocked, "Those are you Dutch, even your governor of Batavia was tied to the bow of the ship by the Ming army?" ”

Amid the noise of the Spaniards, the Dutch came back to their senses, and all of a sudden, they were all six gods and no masters.

His Excellency the Governor is on the opposite ship, which means that His Excellency the Governor has been defeated and reinforcements are impossible. What's next?

Previously, they had fought on the basis of the fearlessness of the "Coachman of the Sea", but at this time, they found that His Excellency the Governor had been defeated and captured, and most importantly, their leader, West, was not there. In the face of this situation, the status quo of the dragons without a leader will no longer have the courage they had before.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The bombardment of Ming warships and Portuguese warships began.

Subway catapults shot up and landed on the sea near the Dutch and Spanish warships, causing a splash.

Although this first round of shelling did not hit the Dutch ships, it did bring them back to their senses. Seeing these Dutch warships, some of them hurried to retreat to the port of Anira, while others pulled their sails and turned a big bend, trying to bypass the Ming fleet and flee to the open sea.

Their reaction immediately made the Spaniards feel alone. More importantly, the important news that the Dutch governor of Batavia had been captured by the Ming army also dealt a heavy blow to their morale. At this time, they did not dare to confront the huge Ming fleet, and withdrew to the port of Manila one after another.

As soon as they retreated, the Ming army's side naturally attacked more smoothly. He bit the tail of the retreating Dutch and Spanish fleets and killed them.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Artillery bombardment, as if driving a flock of sheep.

Diego at the head of Manila looked stupid. How to go to the battle well, this is not yet a battle, it is just the first round of artillery shelling of the Ming army, first the Dutch fleet collapsed and fled, and then his own fleet also ran away, what is going on?

Having lost the resistance of the fleet, the pressure on the city of Manila suddenly increased dramatically. Diego was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly redeployed Manila's city defenses, concentrating the focus of defense on the port side, and at the same time angrily scolding the Dutch, isn't it very arrogant? What's it about running faster than a rabbit!

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