I want to ruin the country

Everyone shook their heads, some didn't know, some said

"I definitely haven't seen it!"

Yining Road,

"I'm not afraid of Spain having too many warships, I'm just afraid of them being too scattered!"

Deng Yongchang Road,

"Your Majesty wishes to gather them together and annihilate them?"

Yining nodded.

“It is said that they have a total of seventy or eighty ironclad ships, of varying sizes.

Everyone, tell me, if we surround the entire Luzon and Sulu with three or two ships to chase them, how long will this battle last?

Deng Yongchang Road,

"Your Majesty, do you mean to show weakness to the enemy first?"

Yining Road,

"I think we should let them know that we are not small in size, but also give them the illusion that they can definitely destroy us.

This way, we won't scare them away, but we can also get them to gather most of their warships together, making it easier for us to fight a war of annihilation!"

"Your Majesty is right. I will rearrange it for this purpose!"

Six days later, the fleet arrived in Fujian. Ji Zhichang led officials of all ranks to welcome them, and Yining went ashore to rest and replenish supplies.

Wu Bo and his friends also wanted to get off the boat here and drive their four-wheeled vehicles back to Yunnan.

After they returned, Luo Shixin would start fighting against the British.

Two days later, after replenishment, Yining re-boarded the ship and headed south.

Three days later, we were approaching Luzon Island. Further ahead was the port of Laoag when three warships suddenly appeared in front of us.

The three warships flew the Spanish flag, one large and two small.

The large ship in the middle should weigh more than 2,000 tons, and the two ships on the left and right seem to have a displacement of around 1,000 tons.

Although the Chinese fleet was powerful, the Spanish warships did not care at all and stood in front of the fleet with arrogance.

Moreover, they also sent flag signals to ask where the Chinese fleet was going and what they wanted to do.

Deng Yongchang responded as planned.

"We are Chinese warships, going to Sulu to help them fight!"

When the Spaniards heard this, they burst into laughter. The cowardly Chinese were unable to take care of themselves, yet they still wanted to help the Sulu people.

"You can't go any further. Go back obediently, or we will run away!"

Deng Yongchang didn't want to waste any more time talking. He came here to fight, so he gave the order directly.

"fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The sailing ships in the front fired. These warships were old ships of the Fujian Navy that had not been modified, and the guns on them still fired solid projectiles.

A mess of projectiles flew to the opposite side, most of them fell into the sea, and only a few hit the ironclad ship.

The Spaniards quickly fired back.

The two sides exchanged cannon fire. The Spanish warships had strong firepower, but after all, there were only three of them.

Finally, the two small ships were sunk and the large ship was badly damaged. Seeing that they were outnumbered, they quickly turned around and ran away.

Yining did not order a pursuit. If he did not let them escape, who would report the news?

Two of our damaged ships were also hit, and more than a dozen sailors were injured.

Yining ordered,

"Abandon ship!"

Then the entire fleet continued to move south!

The Spanish Governor-General in Luzon, Juan, received the report.

"What? The Chinese are coming to save the Sulu Kingdom?"

He was a little shocked and unbelieving. Are the Chinese really so bold?

Why is this? Is it for the country's territory? That's impossible. The Sulu Kingdom offered it to the Emperor Daqing before, but he didn't want it!

Juan was very aware of the Chinese's coastal defense capabilities; they had no real navy at all.

The only navy that could fight naval battles were the Guangdong Navy and the Fujian Navy.

Both of their navies are sailing ships, and there are only about a hundred ships in total, large and small.

Although the Chinese came with great momentum, their sailing ships were simply sitting ducks for the ironclad ships.

Being able to fight is only relative to pirates. Compared with the navies of Western countries, it is nothing.

You couldn't beat the British ten years ago. My warships now are more powerful than the British army back then.

And your sailing ships are still those broken things. Can you beat me now?

If you hit me, I'm fine, but if I hit you, you can't bear it. Besides, my ship is fast, and if I want to chase you, you can't run away. If I want to run, you can't catch up!

Believe it or not, the news came back one after another, and it was true that a huge Chinese fleet was coming with great momentum.

Juan believed that half of the more than 200 Chinese ships were transport ships.

The Spanish fleet in the Philippines was not large, consisting of a total of seventy or eighty ships, six or seven thousand navy officers and more than ten thousand army officers.

There is no need to stay longer, it is not necessary.

To the north of Luzon are China, North Korea and Japan, so there is no threat from the north at all.

The situation in the south is more complicated, but with just 4,000 of them, Sulu is about to be destroyed.

So Juan was very happy to be the governor, and his territory was about to expand.

In another month, the entire Sulu will almost belong to the Spaniards.

Hahaha, I have more than eighty ironclad ships, which is not much less than your one hundred, but our combat effectiveness is incomparable.

Come on, I, Juan, will make history and completely wipe out your Guangdong Navy and Fujian Navy.

He immediately dispatched a fleet to meet the enemy.

"Assemble all the warships to the Sulu Sea to meet the enemy and fight a decisive battle there. I want to show the Chinese what real powerful ships and artillery are!"

A few days later, Yining and his fleet arrived at the Sulu Sea and would land on Sulu Island in half a day.

Sanchez, commander of the Philippine fleet, was staring at the Chinese fleet in the distance with a telescope.

It was getting closer and closer, and I could see the white sails through the telescope.

Thirty miles to go!

The Chinese are really going all out, with so many ships coming!

Yining and Deng Yongchang were also standing on the deck watching through binoculars.

Yining Road,

"Deputy Commander Deng, don't worry about me. Just give orders as you should. I'll just watch the fun from here!"

"Yes!"

Deng Yongchang’s clean and powerful answer!

Sanchez saw through the telescope that the distance to the Chinese fleet was approaching ten nautical miles, and immediately ordered,

"Stop the ships and get into battle formation!"

Their warships immediately stopped, turned sideways, pointed their guns in the direction of the Chinese fleet, measured the distance and aimed, and opened fire as soon as they came into range.

Deng Yongchang also saw the movements of the Spanish warships through the telescope.

He knew that the range of the enemy's artillery was at most five or six nautical miles, and generally four or five nautical miles.

The range of their own artillery is 22 nautical miles. The reason they didn't fire more than 20 nautical miles away is simply because the closer they are, the easier it is to aim.

Seeing that they had entered ten nautical miles, for the sake of the emperor's safety, Deng Yongchang decided not to go any further. Deng Yongchang decisively ordered,

"Stop the ship, and get out of the way of the sailing ship ahead!"

Upon receiving the order, the sailing ships in front moved to the sides, revealing the ironclad ships behind them.

Deng Yongchang ordered,

"Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Zhenyuan, Pingyuan, and Yangwei, aim at the enemy flagship and fire!"