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As a naval veteran, General Kazan has rich experience in commanding fleet operations.

However, he did not expect that the southeast fleet would appear in this area, because his target was not the southeast, but only the Manila port with only a few armed merchant ships.

Those who can serve as senior generals in the Spanish Navy are all high-ranking Spanish nobles, and General Kazan is no exception.

In addition to being a naval general, Kazan was also a Marquis of Spain and was distantly related to the royal family.

The noble Kazan looked down upon adventurers like Ligas.

In his opinion, these so-called "adventurers" are just untouchables who can't survive in Spain. They look for opportunities all over the world, and then confuse His Majesty the King and use the great fleet to earn profits for them.

Adventurers like Liguez are just clowns who want to earn profits from the Manila route in the name of the king.

General Kazan disliked these guys very much, but as a Spanish nobleman, he must be loyal to His Majesty the King's orders.

Because of a letter from this guy Liguez, General Kazan led the fleet to sail from Mexico to the South Seas, just for such a shabby city.

All this made General Kazan very unhappy.

This caravan full of goods was a little compensation for Kazan's fleet coming from afar. After the first mate discovered the caravan, General Kazan ordered a pursuit.

And he himself, as a noble nobleman, would naturally not be able to participate in such robbery activities.

General Kazan handed the fleet over to the command of his adjutant. He came to the luxurious captain's room and began to write his own logbook.

The Spanish fleet has a clear hierarchy. As the fleet commander, General Kazan has the most luxurious captain's cabin in the entire fleet. He even has a personal servant who prepares the best wine for him at any time.

The lowest rank in the entire fleet is the rowers. These rowers live in the cabin below the deck every day. When they don't need to row, they have to do all the chores, including cleaning the deck and all the dirty work. , the status is not much better than that of a slave.

Compared with the British, Dutch and Portuguese navies at the same time, the treatment of ordinary sailors in the Spanish Navy was the worst. It was even so bad that every time they docked ashore, the boatswain had to tie up the sailors and go ashore for fear that these sailors would escape.

At the moment of birth, everyone's position is determined.

Children from ordinary families can only work as oarsmen at the bottom of the dark cabin.

Minor nobles could serve as junior officers on ships.

Middle nobles can hold important positions such as adjutant and first officer.

Only high-ranking nobles like the Marquis of Kazan can serve as captains or fleet commanders.

In a sense, the lives of ordinary sailors in the Spanish fleet today are worse than those of pirates in the same period.

On the contrary, the navy in the southeast is more systematic.

Fujian Naval School was originally divided into sailor class and officer class.

Young people from the southeast who can easily read and understand some simple arithmetic can take the sailor's examination and become a preliminary sailor.

After training at the Fujian Naval School for half a year to one year, they will be assigned to an internship on a southeastern ship for half a year and perform a long-distance voyage.

After completing the internship, you can become an official sailor in the Southeast Navy.

Moreover, the salary of soldiers in the Southeast is already high, and the salary of the navy is higher than that of the army.

The salary of a senior soldier in the ordinary army is equivalent to that of a third-class clerk.

The most junior sailor's income is equal to that of the highest-ranking official, that is, the sixth-class clerk.

If you pass the more difficult exam, you can become a naval officer.

Officers need to complete a one-and-a-half-year course at the Fujian Naval School, then intern on a warship for half a year, and complete the final assessment before becoming an officer.

The treatment of naval officers is far superior to that of the army. According to Southeast standards, the most junior naval officers enjoy the treatment of battalion commanders.

But this does not mean that sailors and officers are incompetent.

Ordinary sailors can also take the officer's examination and become officers from sailors if they perform well in service.

Many of the first batch of sailors have passed the exam and been promoted to officers.

In addition, all sailors serve Southeast and are not loyal to a certain officer, nor are they personal vassals of an officer.

On Southeast ships, sailors are responsible for their own responsibilities and personal area hygiene, and do not need to serve as officers.

Even a fleet general like Lin Mojun has to sort out his own internal affairs.

To some extent, the Navy also emphasizes discipline, but it is not as strict as the Army in terms of hierarchy.

After all, in the vast sea, only unity and cooperation can defeat the enemy. Officers who are too strict will not survive.

Before this battle, the captain and first mate conveyed the goals of this Nanyang War to the officers and sailors.

The officers took the trouble to explain the situation in Nanyang, emphasizing that this operation was to deal with invaders from the European continent and protect the expatriates in Nanyang.

After everything was in place, the war started according to Lin Mojun's plan.

The Spanish navy, which had taken the bait, had no idea why these merchant ships could move so fast. They quickly moved away from the offshore of Luzon Island and sailed into the deep sea.

At this time, the Spanish lookouts also discovered the mast appearing in the distance. When they reported the news of the fleet at sea to General Kazan's adjutant, the adjutant did not pay attention.

The adjutant believed that it was not worth disturbing General Kazan for this "trivial matter". He believed that these were Portuguese merchant ships and only needed to be temporarily avoided.

In maritime competition, the Spanish are often more tolerant of the Portuguese. This is not because the two countries have good relations, but because Spain has always been prepared to annex Portugal.

In order to maintain Spain's image among Portugal, Spain often shows greater generosity in its competition with Portugal.

The mother of King Philip II of Spain was a Portuguese princess, so the King of Spain had the right to inherit Portugal.

Today's Portuguese king is old, has only one young son, and his inheritance is very unstable.

Once something unexpected happens to this son, Portugal will fall into an empty throne.

As Portugal gradually faded out of the Age of Discovery, there was also a voice in Portugal supporting the merger of the two countries.

Today's Spain is a continental power and a maritime power with vast colonies.

If Portugal can merge with Spain, it can enjoy Spanish routes and colonies, and the upper-class nobles can also benefit.

Therefore, when the Spaniards encountered the Portuguese at sea, they would often tolerate them and would not rob them.

In the historical timeline before Suze traveled, an accident did lead to a succession crisis in Portugal. Finally, King Philip II of Spain united Portugal and completed the merger of the two countries.

General Kazan's adjutant did not take it seriously. It was only after the southeastern fleet seized the upper hand that the Spanish fleet realized something was wrong.

There is no need to elaborate on the next battle situation.

When fighting in the deep sea, the ships in the southeast have a speed advantage, and they also seize the upper hand, firmly suppressing the Spanish fleet.

Just as Lin Mojun expected, the Spanish artillery packed on the first deck fired much slower than the naval guns in the southeast.

When the southeast attacked first, the panicked Spanish gunners could only fire one shot in response after firing three cannons in the southeast.

The ships in the southeast always kept a distance from the Spanish ships, and sometimes took advantage of the long range of their own artillery to fire outside the range of the Spanish artillery.

The Spanish ships could not get close to the ships in the southeast, let alone engage in boarding operations.

When General Kazan took over command from his adjutant, three of the ten battleships had been seriously damaged.

The Spanish ship's weak side deck was penetrated by southeastern artillery fire. The two warships had begun to take in water and their hulls had tilted.

Another battleship was hit by a series of bombs from the southeast. After losing its sail, it could only row with oars, and its speed was greatly reduced.

General Kazan took over the command and first dismissed the incompetent adjutant. He observed the wind direction and the size of the enemy fleet, and it was clear that he could not defeat the enemy on this battlefield.

General Kazan decisively ordered a retreat. Only by entering the offshore and port areas of Manila can the Spanish warships take advantage.

But General Kazan thought of this, and Lin Mojun had already expected this.

Several armed merchant ships had already been ambushing near the port. These armed merchant ships were filled with fuel and gunpowder.

After the Spanish fleet appeared, the commanders of these armed merchant ships immediately set fire to the merchant ships, then spread the sails and abandoned the ship to escape, allowing the sea wind to blow the ship into the Spanish fleet.

Seeing these burning merchant ships, General Kazan was immediately frightened.

Among the Ottoman Empire's navy at that time, the thing that frightened the European Allied Forces the most was the Ottoman Hellfire, which was a merchant ship that could self-destruct.

Barbarossa. Hayreddin used such tactics to defeat the European navy. Spain also had a duel with the Ottoman navy back then. General Kazan also saw the horrific scene of hellfire explosions as a young officer at that time.

General Kazan immediately ordered the fleet to disperse, and was overtaken by the southeastern ships pursuing from behind. Two more warships were hit and fell behind.

Now General Kazan understood that this was a trap for him!

It's just that he can't figure out who his opponent is?

Portuguese? They couldn't possibly have such superior ships and artillery.

Dutch and British? Haven't you heard that they have a fleet heading to the East?

Ottomans? The Ottomans had no interest in any other sea area except the Mediterranean.

But soon, General Kazan no longer had to wonder.

The southeastern guns hit the mast of his flagship, and the Spanish fleet was completely defeated.