Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 533 Heaven Has a Way You Don't Go

The Ming Fleet came to Malacca this time with five ironclad warships and ten sail transport ships.

Ironclad warships are responsible for attacking, while sailing warships are mainly responsible for transportation and supplies.

Of course, sailing warships are called warships because they are armed transport ships.

This armed transport ship can not only transport a large number of soldiers, but also has two decks.

More than 20 naval guns are installed on each deck, which is equivalent to a third-level sailing battleship.

The sky was clear, and the visibility on the sea was very high, and you could see far away at a glance.

Zhang Huangyan was discussing the tactics of attacking Malacca with Li Dingguo when a sentry came in and reported:
"Report to the governor, there are warships approaching about two nautical miles to the right."

One nautical mile is roughly equal to about 1.85 kilometers, which means that unknown warships can be clearly seen with the naked eye at sea.

Both Zhang Huangyan and Li Dingguo looked at the sentinel, but Li Dingguo didn't say anything, this was a matter for the navy.

Zhang Huangyan thought it was a patrol warship of the Dutch in Malacca, and hurriedly asked:

"Oh, warships of unknown nationality? How many ships are there?"

"Report to the governor, there is only one third-level sailing warship."

Zhang Huangyan got up and said:

"Understood, continue to observe without any mistakes!"

"Yes"

The sentinel turned and left.

Zhang Huangyan looked at Li Dingguo and said with a smile:
"Master Hou, let's go up and see if it was the Dutch warship that directly sank them."

Li Dingguo nodded:

"Captain, this is a matter for your navy. We can't help you at all, but we can watch the battle for you!"

The two Ming generals walked out of the combat command cabin while speaking, and went directly to the deck.

Five or six lieutenants followed them and stood on the deck of the Wendi together.

Sure enough, as the sentinel reported, a sailing warship was found in the right front of the Ming fleet.

"Captain, the unknown warship seems to have spotted us and is changing course."

Zhang Huangyan, Li Dingguo and others were just standing on the deck when the voices of observation post soldiers came from the intercom.

In order to see clearly who was on the battleship, Zhang Huangyan raised his binoculars.

It turned out that the warship did not fly the national flag, and Zhang Huangyan could not determine which country's warship it was.

In order not to let Malacca know the news of the arrival of the Ming Fleet prematurely, Zhang Huangyan sent an order without hesitation:

"The Zhengde and the Renzong listened to the order, and your two battleships quickly outflanked the battleship and left that battleship behind.

Let it go after the battle is over. If the unknown warships don't cooperate, let them feed the fish! "

"Yes"

Immediately after the Zhengde and Renzong received the order, the warships of unknown nationality rushed away.

Driven by steam engines and propellers, the ironclad battleship was not affected by the wind direction, and its speed quickly reached fourteen knots.

But the sail warship is now sailing against the wind, and its speed cannot be compared with that of the Daming iron-clad warship.

In fact, even if they sailed with the wind, they were still not as fast as the armored warships, and the Ming warships quickly caught up with the unknown warships.

The captain of the Wendi immediately issued an order:
"Come here, send a signal to the battleships in front and tell them to stop immediately, or you will bear the consequences."

"Yes"

The signalmen of the battleship Wendi immediately raised the signal flag to stop the battleship ahead.

But people ignored it at all, and continued to sail forward, and the speed increased again.

Huge waves rolled up on both sides of the battleship, leaving a huge waterline in front of the Ming battleship.

The signalmen on the Wendi immediately reported to the captain:
"General, they don't pay any attention to us."

To be honest, don't look at Zhang Huangyan just now allowing the Wendi to fire and sink the opponent.

But the captain still wanted to confirm, he immediately asked Zhang Huangyan for instructions:

"Captain, the other party has no intention of stopping..."

Before the captain of the Wendi could finish speaking, Zhang Huangyan stared:
"Is what I said just now not clear enough? The bow artillery fires a warning to the battleship ahead, and all soldiers are ready to fight."

"Yes"

Seeing how vigorous Zhang Huangyan was, Li Dingguo couldn't help laughing and said:

"Haha, the Ming navy is too powerful. This is the high seas. Isn't the governor afraid of causing unnecessary wars?"

Zhang Huangyan smiled slightly:
"In order to take down Malacca, the governor did not hesitate to accidentally damage a warship of unknown nationality. Life and death are indifferent. If you don't accept it, you will do it. What are you afraid of?"

Li Dingguo was almost burst into laughter by Zhang Huangyan's words:

"I'll go, you are awesome, this is the good general of the Holy Majesty today, I was just joking."

Although Li Dingguo said so, in fact, he wanted to see how the unknown warship was sunk by the Ming warship.

"fire"

"Boom"

The bow artillery of Wendi and Zhengde fired almost at the same time.

One cannonball hit the sky, and another shell bombarded the side of the warship in front, and the warship of unknown nationality was blasted out of a hole.

"Run, don't stop the boat, or you will be sunk!"

The battleship was shaken by the artillery bombardment, and a hole was blasted on the side of the ship. Salvador hurriedly ordered the battleship to sail quickly.

Coincidentally, it is more than 30 nautical miles away from Malacca.

The Ming Fleet unexpectedly encountered the outgoing Spanish Governor Salvador at sea.

That's right, this sailing warship is exactly the one that sent El Salvador back to Spain.

Returning home with a huge amount of gold and silver, El Salvador was in a good mood today, but found that he had encountered the Ming Fleet.

When Salvador saw the Ming warship, he was almost scared to pee, how dare he stop the ship.

This guy also slaughtered Chinese in Luzon, and he felt guilty after seeing the Ming warship.

In 1639, he forced 6000 Ming people to reclaim wasteland in Calamba, Laguna.

At that time, it was still a swamp area where water conservancy was not repaired and miasma was prevalent.

The people of the Ming Dynasty were forced to be enslaved here, the climate was not acclimatized, and the colonial government exploited everywhere, so there was no life left.

After four years, the death toll has reached more than 300 people. Facing the excessive taxation by Spanish officials, the desperate Mingren finally rose up.

They killed the rebel army of officials and priests and resettled their families in the mountains. Then the rebel team of about 3000 people went north and marched towards Manila.

The Ming people encountered 30 Spanish cavalry on the way. Although they eliminated 27 cavalry, they paid the price of more than 200 casualties.

It can be seen that there is a huge gap in equipment training.

Even so, the Ming people who have been exploited by the colonial government all the year round have grown stronger along the way.

Along the way to the north, the Spanish settlements and churches along the way were burned down, and they took advantage of the victory to advance northward.

Finally encountered a massive Spanish army of 800 at San Pedro in Makati.

After a brief exchange of muskets and sticks, the two sides negotiated a ceasefire.

However, during the negotiations, the Spanish colonial army suddenly attacked from the side.

More than 300 people were killed by the Ming uprising army, and more than [-] people were captured.

The rest retreated in two ways.The South Road retreated and built a fort to defend it, but was finally broken and killed by the colonial government.

The North Road made a round with the Eighth Company Chinese uprising team and moved to the southeast corner of Neihu Lake.

Although the Spanish colonists put out the uprising of the Ming people, his tyranny ignited the resistance of the Chinese everywhere, and uprisings continued in various places.

The colonial government was worried that the Chinese in Manila would collude with the insurgents outside the city, and ordered the massacre of the Ming people.

The Spaniards searched the house from house to house, and immediately killed the Ming people when they saw them.

(End of this chapter)