This is really the same thing that heroes see! Spanish Admiral Garcia also intends to strike first!

Previously, Garcia had put together 21 ships of various types and armed galleons, and now De Belasco had brought 8 armed sailing ships, for a total of 29 warships and armed merchant ships - this was already the largest fleet he could put together!

If you want more ships, you have to mobilize them from the Atlantic...... However, considering that Spain was at war with France and Portugal, it is estimated that Philip IV would not agree to send another fleet to East Asia.

Therefore, Admiral Garcia is ready to take advantage of his strength to attack!

"Admiral, we're going on the offensive?" De Berasco looked a little nervous, "Where are you going to fight?" ”

Admiral Garcia looked at De Belasco's expression and asked rhetorically, "What's wrong?" Are you scared? ”

"A little ......," said de Berasco, "because our enemies are not weak, and they have a huge shipbuilding and artillery capacity!" ”

Admiral Garcia smiled: "But we have the spirit of the Armada!" ”

The Armada is gone, but the Armadada's spirit of not admitting defeat and not being afraid of death is still there!

This Spanish Armada is not a single fleet, but has been rebuilt again and again, and there are many Armadas before and after! However, most of the Armada ended miserably...... But it doesn't matter, the Spanish naval spirit is still there, and it will continue to form a large fleet in the future, and until the 21st century, it will maintain enough strength to overwhelm the Dutch navy!

But the current "rebirth ability" of the Ming Navy is definitely stronger than that of the Spanish Navy! Because after more than ten years of hard work, Daming's shipbuilding capacity has come up, and the annual delivery of ship deadweight tonnage is probably only comparable to the Netherlands and England, with a population of only more than 500 people.

Garcia paused, and then said to De Belasco: "You have been dealing with them for many years, you can choose a target to attack...... Be deadly enough! ”

Deadly enough?

Debelasco thought to himself: Shanghai, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Nanjing all have huge shipbuilding and weapons manufacturing industries...... But with the strength of the Eastern Fleet, you can't even touch the edge at all! Even if the Armada destroyed in the Battle of the Downs is resurrected, it will not be possible to capture any of the four major cities!

"That's Dinghai Anchorage!" De Belasco thought about it for a long time, and finally had a good goal, "This is the home port of the Oriental Fleet of the Ming Navy...... Half of the ships of the Oriental Fleet will be anchored there for a long time. ”

Half of the ships of the Oriental Fleet went to sea to play "friendly matches" with the ships of the Pacific Trading Company, and half of them went on vacation at their home port.

"Do you have charts and hydrographic data for Dinghai?" Garcia asked.

"There are nautical charts, but there is no hydrological data." De Velasco replied, "We used to think about occupying Dinghai, so we drew charts and maps, but then our Armada was defeated, so we ......"

"Really? Are you talking about how many times the Armada has been defeated? ”

The Armada is always defeated, so Garcia needs to determine which one it is......

"It's the first time!" De Belasco replied

"First ......" Garcia thought for a moment, "Oh, you're talking about Ningbo?" ”

"Yes, yes!" De Belasco nodded, "It belongs to the Ningbo Mansion of the Ming Dynasty...... We once wanted to occupy Ningbo as a base for further attacks on the Ming Dynasty, so we conducted a more careful reconnaissance. ”

"So is it still possible to occupy Ningbo now?" Garcia asked, "If we can concentrate an army of five thousand men." ”

"Impossible!" Deberlasco shook his head repeatedly, "General, it seems that Prince Condé is mentioned in my report, he has been in the Ming Dynasty for several years, serving as the military adviser to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and not only was he named the Duke of the Ming Dynasty before!" I don't think we, the Spanish naval officers, could beat him......"

In fact, without the help of Prince Condé, the Spanish military force in the east would not have been possible to capture Ningbo. Ningbo Dinghai is the home port of the Oriental Fleet, and the forts and forts are enough!

"Damn French!" Garcia scolded, "Then let's strike their fleet...... How many warships will be parked there? ”

"Twenty-twenty-five," Mr. de Berasco said, "is about that." ”

"Good!" Garcia thought for a moment, "Are there any other valuable and easy-to-target targets near Dinghai?" ”

"There's one," de Bellasco thought for a moment, "the Ryukyu country is good...... It was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, very rich, but ......"

"But what?"

"The Satsuma Domain of Japan also had half of it," Mr. de Berasco said, "and it was a two-state possessions." ”

"How's the defense?"

"Not much," said de Berlasco, "neither the Ming nor the Satsuma clan were willing to take on too much responsibility, and they did not want each other to increase their garrison. ”

Garcia immediately made up his mind, and he nodded: "That's good!" We'll raid the Dinghai anchorage first, and then sack the Ryukyus on the way back! ”

......

De Belasco's intelligence is a bit outdated, and the battleship Flying has now left the coast of Japan.

In Dave. When Jones learned that eight ships of the Spanish Pacific Trading Company had left Pusanpo, he immediately returned to Shanghai.

Then the first ship of the Ming Navy ushered in an important passenger - the former commander of the Ming Navy and the new Admiral of the Ming Expeditionary Fleet!

The Ming Navy has three fleets, the East Ocean, the South Ocean, and the North Ocean, but because of historical reasons, the three fleets belong to the two systems, the East Ocean and the North Ocean Fleet are now under the jurisdiction of the Navy Division, and the South Ocean Fleet belongs to the Dongning Jiedu Embassy Division.

In order to unify the command in wartime, the Ming Navy Department invited Emperor Zhu to set up a shell fleet - the Ming Navy Expeditionary Fleet. If necessary, this shell fleet will be able to be taken out, and then the capital ships of the Sanyo Fleet will be loaded into it.

After Zhu Cihong approved the operational strategy of striking first and raiding Manila Bay, Zheng Jiangong asked for the appointment of the admiral of the expeditionary fleet, and the Feixiang became the flagship of the fleet, and hung the command flag of the three services.

After boarding the Feixiang, Zheng Jiangong did not go to Dinghai immediately, but went all the way south and arrived at Xiamen City, where the Dongning Jiedu Envoy was located.

Xiamen City is located on Xiamen Island, which is under the jurisdiction of the Quanzhou Prefecture and was once a key business base for Zheng Zhilong, but later abandoned again. After Zheng Sen took charge of Dongning, he began to expand his maritime power on a large scale, so the original Anping stronghold was too narrow and crowded. Therefore, in the fifth year of Hongxing, Zheng Sen moved his fundamental place from Anping to Xiamen, and also built a castle, a port, and a fort on Xiamen Island, and also built a commercial port in Xiamen.

And the northwest of Xiamen Island, a large area of calm sea under the protection of Xiamen Island, has become the main anchorage of the Nanyang Fleet that Zheng Sen painstakingly managed.

To enter this anchorage, it is necessary to pass through the waterways on the east and west sides of Xiamen Island, and those two waterways are under the tight control of shore defense artillery!

So the Xiamen anchorage is a very safe place to be the home port of the fleet!

However, when Zheng Jiangong arrived, there were not many warships in the Xiamen anchorage, including not a single Western-style Galen warship, only more than 20 Wanshi Big Bird ships docked next to the dock on Xiamen Island.

"Where have the boats gone?" Seeing the empty port, Zheng Jiangong was a little flustered, and hurriedly asked his brother Zheng Sen who came to greet him.

"It's all going to transport rice...... It won't come back until autumn when the north wind picks up. Zheng Sen looked at his brother, "What?" To use a boat. ”

"Yes!" Zheng Jiangong nodded, "An expeditionary fleet has been formed, and I am the Admiral!" ”

"Really?" Zheng Sen laughed, "Great, you can finally make meritorious contributions...... By the way, who are you going to fight against? Where to hit? ”

"Fight with Spain, fight Manila Bay!"