Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 608 Fighting for Command

The two sides have been arguing. England now feels that it is still weak and chooses to support the powerful Netherlands, while the Portuguese support the Spaniards.

In this way, the battle for command became more intense. Finally, the Spanish colonel came up with a solution. He said to Colonel Kruy of the Netherlands:

"Colonel, what do you think of this? If the command of this battle belongs to me, and all the Ming people and Ming warships captured in this battle belong to the Netherlands, how about it?"

"Okay, there is no problem with this, and the command right now belongs to you."

The Netherlands is very clear that there are real iron-clad warships among the Ming warships, and he knows that it will be very difficult for his family to deal with the iron-clad warships of the Ming Dynasty alone.

If one can get an ironclad warship, with the powerful shipbuilding capabilities of the Netherlands, it should be possible to imitate the appearance of the Ming Dynasty ironclad warship and build the Netherlands' own ironclad warship.

At that time, he will be famous in the history of the Netherlands. This is a real iron-clad battleship. Of course Cruy is willing. A command is nothing.

But the Spanish colonel was not stupid. The reason why he wanted the command of the fleet was because he was worried that the Dutch would directly transfer the fleet to attack Batavia.

You must know that this four-nation alliance is his idea, and its purpose is to take Manila first, and then go to Batavia.

As long as he can take Manila again, he doesn't even bother to snatch the Ming warship. To snatch the Daming warship will definitely be a follow-up battle, and the casualties in the follow-up battle have always been heavy.

After the exchange of their respective interests, the Spaniard Garcero finally obtained the command of the combined fleet. In order to let the Dutch sincerely cooperate with them in fighting, the Spaniard made another decision that surprised the Dutch.

"For the benefit of the Netherlands, we will not be too selfish. After all, you have suffered a great loss this time. According to the latest information, the Ming warship has been divided into several fleets, and one of the powerful fleets has returned to the mainland of Daming.

So I decided to send a team of five warships and four armed ships to Batavia. When we are fighting fiercely with the Ming Fleet, you can take the opportunity to take Batavia. I wonder what Colonel Cruy thinks? "

"Excellent, on behalf of the Netherlands dynasty, I would like to thank Your Excellency."

Cruy was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly expressed his thanks to Spain.

Equipped with five sailing warships and four armed ships, there are almost a thousand troops. With the bravery and rich combat experience of the Dutch, it is absolutely possible to take advantage of the emptiness of Batavia and take down the Dutch in one fell swoop. Control of Malacca.

"Congratulations to the two colonels for reaching an agreement. This will make our joint fleet more united. Come, let's toast and celebrate."

On board the Spanish flagship Figaro, four colonial naval commanders raised their glasses in advance to celebrate their impending victories in the battles of Manila and Batavia.

Almost at the same time, a fleet of five sailing warships and four armed ships broke away from the huge combined fleet and headed for Huangming Island.

Malacca Governorate
"Report to the general, according to the report from the fishing boat we sent, there is a large-scale fleet sailing towards Luzon at a fast speed. It is very likely that the Spaniards came to attack Luzon."

Yan Yingyuan, who had inspected the deployment of the Malacca bunker, had just returned to the Protectorate's Mansion. Before he could drink a sip of water, an intelligence officer rushed to report.

Yan Yingyuan frowned:
"How many warships do they have?"

"General, the specific number is unknown, at least a hundred warships."

Yan Yingyuan pondered for a while:
"The Commander-in-Chief ordered to strengthen the city defense of Malacca, and all forts are ready to severely attack the colonists, and the Governor-General Huang Fei was notified to rush to help Luzon."

Yan Yingyuan knew that the crown prince, Zhang Huangyan, Qi Jiguang and others had gone back, the emperor was still in Luzon, and only Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong were by his side.

Although there are still more than 30 warships, the Spaniards have more than 100 warships. There are too many ants killing elephants, and they must reinforce Luzon.

As for Malacca's defense, Yan Yingyuan was not worried at all.

The bunker has been built and deployed, and the fort has been rebuilt. With Yan Yingyuan's ability to defend the city, Malacca is absolutely foolproof.

You must know that in history, they were a mere city of Jiangyin, and they insisted on blocking hundreds of thousands of captive troops outside the city for 81 days.

In the end, the three kings and eighteen generals of the Eastern Captives were killed, and 5000 soldiers of the Eastern Captives were killed.

Yan Yingyuan really wanted to rush to Luzon immediately, but he knew that it would be useless to go there. He was just an army general and had no strength at sea.

When he got up to deploy the defense of Malacca, he immediately sent someone to Ceylon to find Huang Fei to support Luzon. He estimated that Huang Ming Island might also have problems, but it could not quench his thirst.

Speaking of the United Fleet, after half a day of sailing, they were only [-] nautical miles away from Luzon, and the commander of the United Fleet, Garcelo, received a report:

"Report to Colonel, about a dozen unknown warships were found about five nautical miles ahead."

The four colonial commanders who were discussing how to attack Luzon looked at each other, and neither the English nor the Portuguese majors spoke.

And Colonel Nederland's command has been given to the Spaniard, so of course he will not speak first, but looks at Garcelo.

This is the first time for the Spanish colonel to command the fleets of three other countries to fight jointly. He felt a little proud and excited, he cleared his throat and said:

"Everyone, the unidentified warships appearing in the Luzon waters can only be Ming's fleet. Since everyone believes in me, I will order the Dutch warships and Spanish warships to jointly attack the Ming warships.

The English warships and the Portuguese fleet immediately leave the fleet and go directly to attack Manila. The city of Manila should be empty now, and you must take it all at once. "

"Yes, Colonel Garcelo, don't worry, our two imperial fleets will join forces and we will definitely be able to take Manila smoothly."

The English major Bauer and the Portuguese major left the flagship of the Figaro, boarded their own warships and quickly left the combined fleet.

The English fleet has twenty warships, but their tonnage is relatively small, about the size of a general merchant ship, and each battleship has thirty naval guns.

Shortly after leaving the Combined Fleet, Ball ordered the ships to lower the English flag.

With the current battle situation unknown, the cunning Bauer did not want to expose the identity of the English warships. In case the combined fleet failed, they would flee immediately.

It is absolutely impossible for the Ming army to recognize their true identities, otherwise the Ming fleet will definitely retaliate against them, and England will have no foothold in Asia.

And the brain of the Portuguese major is obviously not as good as the Englishman Ball.

Not only did they not lower the Portuguese flag, but they were thinking about what benefits the Spaniards would give them after taking Manila, at least give them an island!

On the Dayu, Zheng Chenggong, the captain of the Ming Navy, sat firmly in the command room of the battleship, and reports from the observation post on the battleship kept ringing on the walkie-talkie.

"The governor found a large number of sailing warships, which can't be seen at a glance, almost covering the sea ahead."

"Captain, the last general Shi Lang, found a colonist warship leaving the United Fleet and headed towards Luzon. May I ask if you want to intercept it?"

(End of this chapter)