Chapter 885: Declaring War
After being translated by various countries, everyone present knew that this war was inevitable.
The overseas governors of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Portugal ignored it and shook their heads and left.
The Manila Governor Salkedo's face turned pale. He could not kneel down on the spot and begged the Emperor of Ming Dynasty not to start a fight, so he had to run back to Manila in shame to prepare for the challenge.
Perhaps, with the ease of defense and difficulty of attack, we can last for a year and a half until reinforcements from the American colonies arrive.
After explaining the truth, the politeness is in place, and the following is to show your strength.
Without strong strength as a support, it is just a verbal trick!
Later India applied to join the Five Constant Personnel many times, but was rejected by the five permanent members in turn.
Why?
It is because he did not show the strong strength he deserves!
China's ability to enter the United Nations and become one of the Five Constables is not only inheriting the legal status of a certain regime, but also invading by strength!
War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Fighting the United States!
Zhenbao Island self-defense counterattack, fighting the Soviet Union!
Self-defense counterattack against India, beat India!
Self-defense counterattack against Vietnam and educate Vietnam!
These wars are a manifestation of China's strength!
China relies on its fist to win the Wuchang step by step and firmly sits on the position of Wuchang's elder brother!
Why does India have? How much planes fall? Or is the Ganges water delicious? Or is it a motorcycle performance excellent?
Even though India has been continuously expanding its territory in order to become a world power since its founding, it has launched wars against its surrounding areas all year round, but the combat effectiveness it has shown makes people reluctant to make more comments.
Bullying small countries in the South Asian subcontinent seems awesome, but looking at the whole world, India is not qualified!
In the Battle of Manila, the Ming Dynasty wanted to fight Spain, but Zhu Ciyang made the Ming Dynasty a stepping stone to enter the era of great navigation!
He wanted the European colonists to see with their own eyes how strong the Ming Dynasty was!
In Nanyang and Asia, who is the real boss?
In order to deepen this strategy, Manila was just the beginning, and the next one was Spain's American colonies and Spain's native land in Europe. The Ming Dynasty had to teach a lesson so that the European powers would know what the outcome would be if they easily offend the Ming Dynasty!
In short, Zhu Cilang has a firm attitude towards Spain and will be defeated until he is defeated!
Aren't you the first empire in the world? Aren't you the former European overlord?
Very good, I'll take action against you!
At 10:00 a.m. on the fifth day of the ninth month of the Tianwu year, the Ming Dynasty officially declared war on Spain!
Zhu Cixuan issued combat orders to his subordinates: to conquer Manila with the force of Mount Tai, and to restore Luzon and the entire Philippine Islands!
Manila Bay is the largest bay on Luzon and one of the best bays in the world. The width of the entrance of the bay is only more than three kilometers.
At this moment, the weather is clear, the sky is cloudless, the sea is calm, the waves are sparkling, and there are thousands of green.
On the vast sea surface in the bay, the combat formation of the Ming Navy fleet is forming, heading towards the Manila port where the Spanish warships are located.
On the Taichang battleship, Navy Minister Shen Shouchong stood on the deck and clearly saw the undulating coastlines and jungles on both sides of the distance.
He turned around and looked at the neatly lined up by the admirals and shouted: "A last reminder, after the fleet arrives at the Spanish shipyard, be sure to destroy all shore artillery, destroy all Spanish warships, and prevent them from destroying the shipyard facilities in the shortest time!"
Spain has the largest shipyard in Nanyang in the port. This is a good thing, and it cannot be destroyed by foreigners!
Chen Shouchong continued to shout: "After landing, the Marine Corps quickly landed, attacking the three Spanish military camps on the shore, destroying the foreign devils as much as possible, and destroying their will to resist! Do you understand!"
"clear!"
The young naval generals responded loudly, and they were all ready to dry the Western devils!
The coastline gradually became clear, the port was revealed before my eyes, there was no large ship in the bay, foreign merchant ships had already left the port to avoid war, and Spanish ships were also evacuated elsewhere.
At this time, there were only a few Spanish warships floating quietly on the sea without any chance.
The largest of these warships is the third-level sail battleship, the smallest is only five or sixth level, with a displacement of more than 700 tons.
Looking at the situation in front of him, the Ming Navy soldiers all smiled. Is this the on-site explanation of the word "waiting for death"?
"The Western devils are too stingy. After all, it is a colony they have operated for nearly a hundred years. Why are there only these broken ships?"
"These broken ships are useless. Western devils might as well save some wood and build more large wooden beds to make their women feel more comfortable!"
Suddenly, a burst of laughter rang out on the deck.
At this time, Liu Guoxuan, the captain of the Tianxuan warship, came over and said with a smile: "Okay, stop talking and laughing, and are ready to smash the situation!"
Under the command of the flagship Taichang, the Ming fleet began to scatter and rush forward.
The sailors of each ship made the warships look linear with their skillful operations, and at the same time, the flanking muzzles emitted violent shelling.
Facing the Ming fleet that came and fought at any time, the Spanish warships were panicked, and early warning shouts came one after another.
The whistling of shells flew over the head from a high altitude, and a dark shell accurately plunged into a Spanish warship.
With a loud bang, the wooden barrel and the broken arm of the sailor flew into the sky with the fireworks and fell down everywhere.
Some Spanish officers have heard of the line tactics of the Ming Navy and have also studied it specifically. They also set up a line formation to fight.
Several Spanish artillerymen loaded artillery and fought back tenaciously, and white smoke came out from the side of the ship.
The shells of Spanish warships were basically solid bombs, and some chain bombs were also some. In the era of such giant cannons and giant ships, solid bombs were difficult to cause a devastating blow to the Ming army's warships.
Only the chain bullet can play a little role, which can cut the sails of the warship, or cause huge damage to Ming soldiers by cutting.
However, the number and firepower of the warships on both sides were huge, and the Ming army used some flowering bullets. After one shot, wood chips flew across the Spanish warships.
The huge impact force made wood chips a weapon for killing people. It was not that Spanish soldiers were covered in blood and died tragically on the spot.
Within a quarter of an hour, more than a dozen black smoke rose around the port, mixed with flames soared into the sky. Several Spanish warships below continued to explode, rushing into balls of fire from time to time.
The Spanish warships had almost no decent resistance and were under firepower throughout the whole process.
The defenses arranged by the Spanish on the shore were even more tightened. After several rounds of artillery attacks by the Ming army, four shore artillery were destroyed, and one of the shells detonated the ammunition box, causing a cannon to be blown up.
Fleet commander Chen Shouchong immediately ordered the three warships of Tianquan, Tianshu and Xuda to sail into the Manila shipyard for logging in operations, and the Yuzhe warships bombarded the designated targets in a targeted manner.
In the second wave of attack, the Ming naval fleet cleanly killed the remaining shore defense artillery and surrounded several Spanish fleets and forcibly beat them.
One of the poems, the Spanish warship was blown violently and eventually sank slowly in the rolling black smoke.
A burst of cheers broke out on the Ming army's warships, and the Ming army gunners on the deck worked harder to load shells.
Chapter completed!