I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The Chinese army was threatening, and Francisco was really worried.

He never expected that Dahua's determination was so firm and his actions were so fast.

So much so that he didn't have time to react at all.

Of course, even if he was given another month, he couldn't think of a way to deal with it.

So far, Francisco can only grit his teeth.

It's not his personality to sit still, and it's not that he hasn't fought the battle of the weak over the strong.

After deciding to fight to the death, Francisco dispatched his only fleet, a total of thirteen main battleships, and ambushed in a harbor about fifteen kilometers away from Manila.

Francisco is not arrogant enough to think that he can defeat the Dahua Navy head-on, not to mention the quality of the warships, he will be at a disadvantage only in terms of quantity.

Therefore, he used his defensive advantage to make some layouts.

When the Chinese army comes, they will definitely attack the stronghold in Manila, there is no doubt about that.

This allows him to accurately predict Hua Jun's actions without making mistakes.

Francisco planned to let the fleet suddenly appear from behind the Chinese army and attack Dahua's logistics transport ships and troop transport ships when the Chinese army attacked their coastal defense artillery.

As long as it causes heavy losses to the Hua army, it can make Dahua worry and return to the negotiating table.

This is typical Western thinking, with interests first. They rarely think about completely destroying each other in wars, and feel that as long as they can conquer the other side.

In fact, almost all the naval battles in Western Europe are like this. They are afraid of suffering heavy losses, and rarely annihilate the opponent.

Basically, the two sides fight a battle, and after they recognize each other's strengths, they leave it to politicians to negotiate.

In the previous Great Britain-Western naval battle, Spain suffered less than half of its losses, and then conceded defeat directly.

Even in the next World War, the so-called largest and most intense naval battle of Jutland was like this.

Germany dispatched 99 warships and Britain dispatched 151 warships, and the two sides fought for nearly a day and a night.

Germany lost more than 2,000 people and sank six main battleships, while Britain lost more than 6,000 people and sank 14 main battleships.

Then, no then.

With so many losses, both sides are a little scared, they can't bear such heavy losses, and they dare not fight again.

Since then, the German fleet has shrunk in the military harbor, relying on the protection of coastal defense artillery, and dare not go out to fight, and the United Kingdom does not dare to enter, or there is no need to enter.

This kind of thinking is inherited.

At this time, in Francisco's view, as long as he bombed and sank four or five warships of the Chinese army, the Chinese army would feel distressed about the loss, so they retreated, and then sought to solve this problem in negotiations.

He suffered from the loss of not understanding the great Chinese. If he had understood, he would not have any thoughts of resistance at all. As soon as the Chinese army came, he should put up his pants and run away.

Because for the current Dahua, it is either to easily kill the enemy, or to spend a lot of money to kill the enemy, and there is absolutely no possibility of compromising with the enemy.

The pride of the great Chinese does not allow the military to compromise.

Let alone a compromise, if the enemy wants to surrender to the Hua army, it must be an unconditional surrender.

Those who like to make conditions are basically ignored by Hua Jun. They are so confident and domineering.

On the 20th, the expedition fleet entered Manila Bay after the frigate confirmed the safety of the surrounding waters.

Subsequently, three of the battleships approached the port and launched a confrontation with the Spanish coastal defense artillery.

This is impossible. If the coastal defense artillery is not cleared, the Marine Corps will not be able to land rashly.

Otherwise, a few waves of shelling from the coastal defense artillery will kill those landing troops.

Those coastal defense artillery have a remarkable feature, the caliber is large.

Because mobility is not required, the weight of the artillery does not matter. In order to pursue power, these coastal defense artillery are made larger.

Among these coastal defense artillery in Spain, there are even several thousand jin heavy artillery, which can fire twenty jin heavy artillery shells.

Being hit by such a shell, even a battleship with an iron armor on its surface might not be able to withstand that kind of impact.

However, the Chinese army will not be afraid, their artillery is more powerful than the Spaniards.

The main guns of the Hongwu, Hong Zhong, and Hongguang battleships produced almost twenty pounds of shells, and they were also armor-piercing shells, and their power was incomparable.

As the three battleships came into range of the Spaniards, their guns rang first.

Relying on the height of the turret, they had some range advantages.

In fact, there is no advantage. The main gun of the Hongguang has a much longer range than the Spanish artillery.

It's just that there are only two main guns, and I don't know how long it will take to completely destroy the enemy's artillery positions.

Moreover, on warships, the number of shells each cannon is equipped with is limited, basically around forty.

Therefore, if you want to destroy the Spanish artillery positions, you need to use those secondary artillery.

And those secondary guns have a slightly shorter range and have to get a little closer.

The Spanish artillery sounded, and soon the Chinese artillery sounded.

boom.

An armor-piercing projectile was fired next to a cannon, and the huge explosion impact directly blew the people of this artillery group to the ground.

Some people are unlucky. When they blow it, their head hits the barrel of the gun, and they die.

And the few people who were shot by a single piece, even the body became incomplete, not a complete one.

Those soldiers who were not hit by a single piece or hit their heads were also buzzed by their shocked heads, and they were a little confused for a while.

At the same time, a large number of artillery shells fell into the Spanish artillery positions and exploded, killing their artillery madly.

The damage they did to the Dahua warship left Francis stunned.

In the first round of shelling, they had three shells hit the Dahua battleship.

The hit rate is about 2%, which is not too low. If Dahua is a traditional wooden ship, these three shells can almost sink a battleship.

But now, because the hits were all small shells, these shells hit the side of Dahua's ship, which only made Dahua's warship tremble.

If you look closely, you can still see that there are some depressions in the places that were hit.

However, through the telescope, it is impossible to see such subtle changes.

In Francesco's view, Dahua's warship suffered a few shells and then escaped unscathed.

What the hell is this?

Francisco almost vomited blood. This situation made him too uncomfortable and aggrieved.

Up to now, he can only hope that his fleet can catch the Chinese army by surprise.

Otherwise, his port would be 100% occupied.

In the distance, the Spanish fleet immediately set sail after hearing the sound of cannons and headed straight for Manila Bay.