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The Spanish fleet came very quickly, less than ten kilometers away, they arrived in more than half an hour.

At this time, the Chinese army has not yet solved the Spanish coastal defense artillery.

After all, the firing speed of their artillery is relatively slow, and the accuracy of the head is not very accurate.

Hua Jun's frigates were the first to spot the enemy's fleet, and then immediately sent a semaphore as a warning.

When attacked, Hua Jun did not panic.

There are only three battleships that are used to bombard the coastal defense artillery. They also have one battleship, three cruisers and three frigates protecting the convoy, which is still a powerful force.

The Spaniards misjudged a few things because of their lack of experience fighting steam fleets.

If it is pure sail, it is more difficult for the fleet to turn around in a place with little wind like in the bay.

In the eyes of the Spaniards, when the Chinese army found them, it was definitely too late to regroup, and they could bully those transport ships without firepower.

This is the point of sneak attack, if it weren't for this cheap, they wouldn't have to sneak attack.

Anyway, at the end of the naval battle, they were all set up to shoot against each other.

However, the Spaniards did not take into account that the main ships of the Chinese army were all propelled by steam, or a hybrid of steam and sail.

They quickly completed the turn and stood in front of the transport ship, waiting for the Spanish fleet to arrive.

The rapid maneuvering of the Chinese warships blinded the eyes of the Spaniards.

For a while, they were all embarrassed.

Keep rushing, they will suffer.

Not to mention whether they can beat it, even if they can win, they will lose a lot.

Let's retreat, do you still want Manila?

Losing Manila, they have nowhere to supply and can only wander at sea.

When they were in a dilemma, they were already close to the Huajun.

As of now, it really doesn't work.

"fire."

On the Hongyuan, the captain, who is also the supreme commander of the fleet, Liu Wanghai, gave the order to fire.

He is the No. 3 figure in the Dahua Navy. Apart from the naval veterans Wu Yi and Bai Bainian, he has the highest rank.

Fuzhou naval battle, Taijiazhuang battle, Kagoshima battle, all have his figure, can be regarded as experienced in hundreds of battles.

The cannon sounded, and the main gun of the Hongyuan roared.

The hit rate of naval shelling is generally very low.

However, this time their luck was particularly good. The first shot of the main gun of the Hongyuan hit a Spanish warship.

Then, the Spanish navy on other ships will never forget what they saw for the rest of their lives.

The armor-piercing projectile penetrated directly through the side of the ship and shot into the interior of the cabin before the bomb exploded.

The explosive power of this armor-piercing projectile was already very terrifying, but when it exploded, it ignited the gunpowder in the cabin.

The explosion directly lifted the deck and blew the battleship into two pieces, and it broke into two pieces from the middle.

At the explosion, the fire was burning, and the sea water was pouring in frantically.

In the previous naval battle, the scene after the ship was shot was called water seepage, but now this scene is called flooding.

The sea water poured directly into the two boats, and then the boat sank immediately. The few survivors on the boat did not even have time to save themselves, and fell into the sea.

The Spanish navy on other ships saw this scene, and many people's legs went weak, and some people were even scared to pee.

This is terrible. In the past, when ships were shot, soldiers were not so easy to die. They had time to escape and save themselves in small boats.

But now, the power of the Dahua artillery is beyond their imagination.

In the face of this kind of artillery that will kill you with just one shot, this is a fart.

In addition to the main gun on the Hongyuan, other secondary guns, as well as the artillery on the cruiser and frigate also fired.

Although the power of these artillery pieces is far less than that of the main artillery of the Hongyuan, they are more numerous and hit more.

Moreover, the power of these artillery pieces is small, which is compared with the main artillery of the Hongyuan.

Compared with the Spanish artillery, it is also outrageously strong.

Several shells fell on the deck and exploded, killing a large number of Spanish sailors.

It was not until Dahua's navy finished a wave of artillery fire that the Spaniards remembered to fight back, and they were all frightened.

Although I remembered to fight back, unfortunately, with the huge gap between their artillery and Dahua's artillery, this kind of counterattack does not make much sense at all.

Their luck was even good, because the Dahua cruisers kept moving at a low speed, so several shells of the Spanish counterattack hit the Chinese warships.

Then their commander felt the same as Francisco.

Looking at the Dahua warship that was shot but not damaged in the slightest, the Spanish commander collapsed directly.

"Withdraw, quickly withdraw, their ships have been spelled, and they are not sinking battleships."

Some commanders immediately called to retreat, not wanting to fight anymore.

This made those Spaniards who were still resisting extremely speechless. Their artillery had just been fired twice. Is this retreating?

Although they are not reconciled, they can't do anything about it.

All allies are retreating, so if you don't retreat, wouldn't you just stay and wait to die?

The Spanish fleet that came to support hurriedly turned around and wanted to escape.

But how could the Huajun let them do what they wanted?

With the advantage of speed, several frigates and cruisers followed, and they kept shelling behind the Spanish fleet.

This made the Spaniards even more flustered and completely lost their command.

The ships scurried like headless flies, and even two of them collided with each other in a panic. Hua Jun was extremely speechless.

Even pirates, their level is not so bad.

Of course, the Spanish navy is not so bad, but it is not surprising that they were so frightened that they made some outrageous operations.

The Spanish fleet came fast and lost fast.

Francisco on the shore looked at this scene and fell into speechlessness, without giving any further orders.

It looked like he had given up on himself.

At this time, the Spanish artillery also fell into a collapse and fled because of the heavy casualties.

Watching the people around you die one by one, everyone will be afraid, afraid.

In addition, Francisco did not arrange a team of supervisors to conduct strict supervision of the battle, these people naturally chose to escape without hesitation.

As the gunfire gradually subsided, the Chinese army also approached the pier, ready to land.

Originally, Francisco had also set up a defense line at the pier, but after seeing the low morale of the troops, coupled with the fear of Dahua's artillery, he came back to his senses and issued an order to defend Lingbao.

Up to now, he can only rely on the strong fortifications of Lingbao, and consume it with Dahua until Dahua can't support it.

If you can't stand it first, then surrender.

For them in Western Europe, it is a standard procedure to fight a war as hard as you can, and surrender if you fail to fight.