"There are a lot of warships!" The Spanish officer, who was looking at the sea with a telescope, gasped.

A Spanish soldier standing next to him suddenly exclaimed: "Something is wrong, how come the Ming people have warships without sails?" And all the ships are smoking? Could it be that their fleet is on fire? ”

The Spanish officer sneered: "Rare and strange!" The warships of the Ming people were driven by sails and steam, and I heard the priest say that there was a thing called a steam engine in the Ming Kingdom, as long as the water was boiled with a boiler, the water vapor could push the machine to move. They had trains that could walk on railroad tracks, and steam ships that sailed in the water. ”

Just as the Spaniards were talking, they saw that the fleet from afar had approached the sea three miles away from the fort, which was already a very close distance on the ocean, and the Spaniards on the fort could clearly see the figures of the huge ships on the sea with the naked eye, only to see that the closest to them were six blue-gray, metallic warships, two of which looked particularly tall and mighty, and the other four were like four turtles lying on the water, relatively low. Behind the four blue-gray battleships was a group of brown and white sail battleships, which were not completely sail-powered battleships, but sail and steam hybrid battleships, all of which were converted from the original old ships.

Because the high-power steam engine used to drive the all-steam-powered ironclad ship is extremely expensive, it is difficult to build one with the current technology, so most of the warships of the Ming fleet still use sail steam dual-powered wooden-hull warships, and the double-powered wooden-hulled battleships do not need too large steam engines, and only need to modify the steam engine used by a steam locomotive to be installed on the ship.

The Spaniards clearly saw that the warships on the sea were all wearing the sun and moon flags on a blue background, which were obviously the fleets of the Ming Kingdom.

In the jungle of Subic Bay, several green figures appeared, and they saw the fleet on the sea, and their faces covered with oil paint showed a look of excitement.

"Our fleet has arrived in Manila! Let's go and tell them that we Han Chinese are under siege by the natives at the behest of the Spaniards! The first person who looked like a special operations officer said.

The Marine Corps special operators lowered a small boat that looked like an aboriginal canoe, and two special operators rowed the boat, unfurled the sun and moon flags, and rowed towards the Ming fleet on the sea.

"The messenger has arrived, let them board our ship." When Zhang Yukun saw a small boat rowing over on the sea, he immediately ordered the officers and men of the Navy to pick up their comrades from the Marine Corps on board.

The Shandong ironclad lowered the gangway, and two marines boarded the gangway and boarded the ironclad. After the two soldiers walked into the command room, they didn't even bother to drink water, and first reported the current situation in Manila: "Report to the sir, the Spaniards have instigated the natives to storm our Han residential area!" Liu Qi led the 800 brothers of the Nanyang Company, as well as thousands of young Han people in the city, to resist for four days and four nights, and they were about to run out of ammunition and food! In addition, we went out to sea at night to explore the harbor, and the Spaniards did not lay mines in the water, nor did they sink ships to block the shipping lanes. ”

"As I expected, the Spaniards still couldn't hold their breath, and they let the natives attack our Han area!" Wang Yu's brows furrowed.

Zhang Yukun thought for a moment and raised his head and said: "Marshal, if we launch an attack on the fort now, I'm afraid that the Spaniards will jump over the wall and personally attack our Han area!" Liu Qi and the others have been fighting for four days and four nights, and they are almost out of ammunition! If the Spaniards attack on their own, I'm afraid they will be very difficult to stop. So we should first send a letter to the Spaniards and tell them that the attack on the Han area must be abandoned immediately, and we can still sit down and negotiate. ”

Wang Yu nodded: "Yes, we will send someone to deliver a letter to them first, and salute first and then soldiers." ”

A small boat raised a white flag and rowed towards the Spanish battery.

"Let's drop our support for the natives, and then we can sit down and negotiate?" When the Spanish governor received the letter, he frowned.

The priest said: "We can accept the conditions of the Ming people. ”

"No way!" The Governor yelled almost hysterically, "We can't accept their terms!" If there is no containment of the natives, there are no Han people as hostages here, and the Ming people can attack us unscrupulously! ”

"Honorable Governor, calm down." The priest raised his voice.

Seeing that the Governor could not listen at all, and was still dancing and shouting, the priest called two chaplains and gave them a look, and the two priests immediately pulled the Governor down. Then the priest said to the Ming envoy: "Actually, we have everything to say, we can sit down and negotiate, but our Governor does not listen to the persuasion, please give us a day to think about it." ”

"Okay, if we can negotiate, we'll go back and tell our boss." The envoy of the Ming army said.

The priest walked back to the back office, only to see the governor struggling desperately as the two priests struggled to control him. As soon as he saw the priest walk in, the governor shouted, "You are just a clergyman, and you have no right to negotiate with the Ming people." ”

"Calm down!" The priest exclaimed, "Do you think I am really willing to negotiate with them? This is nothing more than a delaying tactic, and we use the day's thinking time to delay them for a day! It will take time for their messengers to come and go, and when they send someone again tomorrow, we will pretend that we have thought it through! As long as you make up your mind and let our Spanish warriors go out in person, the Han people in Manila's Han area who have run out of ammunition and food will definitely not be able to resist, so we will have hostages in our hands! ”

The Ming envoy returned to the ship and reported the reply of the Spaniards to Wang Yuyu.

"Delaying the army!" Wang Yuyou sneered, "The Spaniards are here with us!" They want to delay our time, and then send people to capture the Han area and take our people as hostages. ”

"This domain immediately gave the Spaniards an hour to think about it, and in an hour, we will attack!" Wang Yu immediately gave an order.

The ironclad ship Shandong sent a flag signal, telling the Spaniards that there was only one hour to consider, and once the time was up, the Ming army would immediately begin to attack.

"Damn the Ming people, they actually saw through our delaying tactics!" The Spanish governor scolded, "But we have strong forts and impregnable castles, and if they want to attack, let them attack with their hands!" ”

The priest sighed and said, "Since they have seen through our plan to delay the army, it is imperative that we immediately send people to attack the Han people's residential areas!" Our battery should be able to last three or four days, no problem! ”