Looking out to sea through the gap at the entrance of the bay, the lucky ship slowly sank into the sea, some of the soldiers on board climbed into the spare boats, and most of them floated on the sea with driftwood, struggling to survive, but soon a huge ship like a castle broke through the waves.

Before the boat could row far, it was directly smashed into pieces by the giant ship, and the Luzon officers and soldiers on board were swept to the bottom of the sea by the upturned waves, and they were instantly submerged.

Dozens of soldiers cradled desperately to the shore with driftwood, but another huge ship came, and the Spanish sailors in white uniforms and high hats on board rushed to the side of the ship with flintlock pistols, laughing loudly and shooting at the sea.

Scarlet flowers bloomed on the surface of the sea, and the waves of the giant ship hit them, and the scarlet waters were diluted, and they disappeared into the sea with the struggling figures.

If it weren't for the bloody driftwood, nothing would prove their existence and tell the story of their experiences.

Gao Yihuan watched with a clairvoyant mirror, only to see that the fortune boat was completely sunk into the water, and dozens of needles pierced the head of the swimming person, undulating in the waves, and there was no one left in a moment.

There were about twenty Spanish ships, their guns in the bow firing orange flames, their hulls shaking, and their sails fluttering to chase the ships of Luzon.

Zheng Chenggong set out with fifty warships, but now only about forty have fled eastward, indicating that nearly ten warships have been destroyed by the Dutch along the way.

There have been battles in history in which small ships were better than big ships, but this is not to say that small ships are better than large ships, and the reason why ships are getting bigger and bigger is because in more cases, large ships are better than small ships, and this is especially true in the era of sail warships.

The others were limited by their eyesight, and only saw a lucky ship sunk by the Spaniards, and because the distance was too far, they couldn't see the huge size of the Spanish warship, but Gao Yihuan could really see it in the clairvoyant, a Spanish warship was at least four times larger than his Sanhe, and even the smaller one should be twice the size.

When a short person looks up at a tall person's nostrils, he will unconsciously feel a sense of fear in his heart, which is caused by the difference in size.

When I saw the Spanish warship, I said that I was not afraid to engage in righteous joy, but it must be a lie.

Gao Yihuan knew that the fleet might attack at any time, so he collected the clairvoyant mirror, came down from Wangdou with a serious expression, and then found a Japanese knife to stick in his waist and walked back to the shipbuilding.

Gao Laosan and the others were looking at the shipbuilding, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he saw the sinking of the lucky boat, and when he saw Gao Yihuan coming to his side, he couldn't help but turn his head, "Second brother, are you going to war?" ”

Gao Yihuan pretended to be calm, patted him on the shoulder, and reassured: "It's estimated that it's soon!" There is nothing to be vain, you count, the enemy is only twenty ships, we are not counting the Ming sailors, there are nearly six hundred, thirty times that of them, can't we beat them? ”

The Spaniards had thirty ships, leaving two thousand-ton gunboats and five ordinary warships to stay in Sulu, and the remaining twenty-three warships, led by the 1,200-ton flagship St. Philip, pursued Zheng Chenggong's fleet.

In the process of naval battle and pursuit, three Spanish warships were seriously damaged, and returned to Sulu on the way to pursuit, and now a total of twenty Spanish warships entered the ambush circle of the Luzon naval army, and Luzon has already buried two ambushes, and the ships are thirty times that of the other party.

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a shout from the black donkey on the mainmast, "Second brother, the Fuhai has given the order, and the whole ship has lifted anchor and raised its sails!" ”

Twenty Spanish warships had already sailed through the sea at the entrance of the bay, chasing Zheng Chenggong's warships to the east, their ships were fast, and the cannons were far away, and the Fu ships in the bay were too late to attack, so they could only be left behind and eat cannonballs.

"Anchor!" Gao Yihuan immediately waved his hand.

Everyone on the deck roared, and there was a chaotic noise, everyone returned to their positions, and Gao Yihuan also walked to the helm tower in a few steps.

He saw that all the ships in the bay were moving, and the Fuhai was still the first to set sail, and the Sanhe followed the current, raised anchor and raised sails, ready for battle.

When the sail is raised, the sail lines on the deck are vertical and horizontal, and each rope has a different purpose, which is very complicated, so the sailor's salary is high.

Gao Yihuan personally took the helm, adjusted the course of the hull to avoid colliding with the ship, and more than 200 lucky boats that had been hiding in the bay for a few days moved, and suddenly there was a lot of noise.

Moments later, the Fuhai had already rushed out of the bay first, and the rest of the ships followed suit.

Most of these merchant ships have seen the world, and many of them have also engaged in the trading of sea robbery, and they have some combat power, but after all, they are not regular sailors, so they have no rules, they just rush up, just like fighting in a group.

On the Spaniards' flagship, the St. Philip, the commander of the Far Eastern Fleet, Duke Alva, dressed in white, was watching the Luzon sailors he was chasing and beating with a telescope.

After the middle of the seventeenth century, the military uniforms of Western countries began to be standardized, and the military uniforms of European countries gradually formed their own styles in style and color, such as Britain was always red military uniform, France was blue, Brandenburg Marquis and Prussia Duchy was gray, and Spain, which belonged to the same Habsburg dynasty as Austria, was white military uniform.

Sulu is an island state in southwestern Luzon, bordered by Mindanao to the east and Borneo to the west, and the Sulu state controls several islands near the Sulu Sea and a vast area on the west coast of Mindanao and the east coast of Borneo.

The Spanish fleet stopped directly on the island of Sulu on the grounds of mooring ships, and the Sultan of Sulu naturally did not allow it, and the two sides exchanged fire, but the Sulu people on the island were naturally not the opponents of the more than 5,000 Spanish regular troops, and they were defeated, and the capital was controlled by the Spaniards.

Strictly speaking, the Spaniards did not control the entire kingdom of Sulu, they only controlled the island of Sulu and the royal family of Sulu, and used them to give orders, to loot food and other supplies, to complete the supply of the Far East fleet, and constantly attacked Luzon's merchant ships, plundered supplies, and tried to recapture Luzon.

This situation lasted for a long time, but the situation began to reverse when the Ming Dynasty settled the Dutch in Nanyang and entered the war against the Spaniards on the pretext of protecting their subjects.

Due to the blockade and harassment of the Ming Dynasty and Luzon ships, the vast area originally controlled by the Sulu State was no longer following the orders of the King of Sulu, which was controlled by the Spaniards, and the supplies available to Spain were reduced.

The entire country of Sulu did not pay much tax, and raised 5,000 Spaniards for nearly two years, the accumulation of the treasury was basically exhausted, and the people were miserable.

At this time, the opposition to the Spaniards appeared on the island of Sulu, and many tribes rebelled against the Spanish rule in the mountains and forests, which made the situation of the Spaniards in Sulu deteriorate sharply.

When Luzon was about to be overwhelmed, so did the Spaniards, who had only two options, either defeat the Luzon sailors and retake Luzon and break the predicament, or evacuate Sulu and return to the Americas.

After many Spanish discussions, they originally decided to withdraw to the Americas, but a sudden naval battle changed their plans.

Zheng Chenggong led the naval division to storm the harbor of the Spanish Far East Fleet, but was defeated by the battery and the fleet, and fled in a hurry.

This gave the Spaniards an opportunity, and they decided to defeat the sailors of Luzon in one fell swoop and then retake Manila.

Looking at the Luzon fleet fleeing in disarray, Duke Alva was very proud, as long as he destroyed this fleet, the Spaniards' road to the Philippines would be unobstructed.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there are a large number of enemy ships behind the fleet!"

As soon as the Duke of Alva put down his glasses and looked at the Spanish soldiers on the fight, he suddenly shouted in panic.

The Spanish officers on board were startled, and there was a tumult on the deck, and many people rushed to the stern of the ship. Duke Alva's face changed, and he hurried to the tail tower, pushed one of the officers away, covered the sun with his hand and looked back, and saw a black spot on the sea in the distance, but he couldn't see it really.

He hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked, and in the circular horizon, thousands of sails were covering the sea. He quickly glanced at it, and it was all the lucky ships of the East, there were more than two hundred, which made his face change greatly.

The general next to him glanced at it with a telescope, then immediately put it down and exclaimed: "Your Excellency, Commander, it's Luzon's ship, and we are in ambush!" ”

Duke Alva's face was ugly, knowing that he had fallen for the tricks of the Orientals, but he still calmed down: "Don't worry, they are all small ships, and their speed is slow, so they can't threaten the fleet!" ”

"Your Excellency, the fleet in Luzon is turning around!"

As soon as Duke Alva finished speaking, the soldiers on the mast began to roar loudly again.

At this time, the Luzon sailors, who had been being chased, suddenly adjusted their navigation, turned from east to northeast, and then drew an arc on the sea, slowly turning around, and were about to turn back to meet the battle.

If Zheng Chenggong's forty warships turned around successfully, then the Spanish fleet would be flanked, Duke Alva hurriedly walked to the front again, took a clairvoyant mirror and glanced at the Luzon warships that were turning, he couldn't calm down, and immediately waved his hand: "Quick, turn around before them, and before the enemy intercepts us, break out of the encirclement!" ”

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