Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 406 War
The Spanish envoys returned, and soon the city of Manila responded.

Numerous Spanish soldiers withdrew into the city, and Spanish ships hid under the protection of the fort.

Under such circumstances, the Ming army soon came to the sea outside Manila, beyond the limit distance of the fort.

"Sink the two Spanish warships for me." Yang Jikang gave the order.

"General, this distance is too far, the hit rate is not high." Someone said to Yang Jikang.

"It's okay. If the hit rate is not high, it's not high. We have plenty of time." Yang Jikuan waved his hand and said.

These two Spanish warships must be eliminated, otherwise they would be a great threat to Wu Jun.

It not only threatens maritime security, but also threatens the landing army.

At this time, the Wu warship was almost 500 meters away from the pier, which was already the limit of the Manila Fort.

The effective range of European naval guns in this era does not exceed 500 meters. Even the large-caliber artillery on the fort has an effective range of only more than 1000 meters.

But this distance still has a certain hit rate for the advanced artillery equipped by Wu Guo.

"What is the Ming army doing?" Many people in the fort were puzzled when they saw the Wu army's five warships lined up one after another.

So far, do they want to attack at this distance?
However, in the next moment, everyone saw countless fireworks spewing out from several warships in the distance, and it took two seconds before the sound of artillery bombardment came.

At the same time as the sound of the artillery came, there were countless artillery shells.

These shells flew over a distance of more than 1000 meters and slammed into the sea in front of the pier.

In the dock at this time, in addition to the two Spanish warships moored, there are countless Spanish merchant ships.

When these shells flew, they quickly hit the merchant ships, but the two warships were lucky, and none of the shells hit them.

More importantly, these shells of the Ming army will explode violently after hitting the ship.

"My God, how could the artillery of the Ming army shoot so far?" Countless Spaniards exclaimed.

Just after the first round of shells, Wu Jun's battleship quickly fired a second round of shelling.

"The governor ordered you to fire back."

"But the distance is too far, we can't hit at all."

"If you don't hit, you still have to hit."

"Ok."

Soon, the Spanish forts on both sides of the Manila pier also fired.

However, because the distance was too far, there was no way for the shells to hit the Ming warships in the distance.

However, the warships of the Ming army docked in the distance and calmly fired towards the pier.

One round, two rounds, three rounds, four rounds...

Soon, thick fireworks rose from the Manila pier.

Some merchant ships were set alight under shelling.

Even the two Spanish warships suffered some injuries.

"We can't be beaten passively. Let's rush out and fight the enemy."

"But we only have two ships, and the artillery is not as good as others. What should we fight for?"

On the Spanish warship, the two captains were arguing fiercely.

"That's better than hiding here and being sunk by the enemy from a distance. I'd rather rush up and fight the enemy desperately than die here uselessly."

The two captains did not reach an agreement, and soon one of the two Spanish warships began to set sail and rushed out of the dock.

"Pass my order, don't shoot at the Spanish warship, bring it closer and then shoot." Seeing a Spanish warship rushing out, Yang Jikuan immediately ordered.

Hearing Yang Jikang's order, the other warships continued to shoot at the pier, regardless of the Spanish warship that rushed out.

Under such circumstances, the Spanish warship quickly approached the Wu army warship.

500 meters...

1000 meters...

500 meters...

"Give me the order, and all the artillery will shoot at the ship that rushed out." Just when the Spanish warship approached the Wu army warship about 500 meters away, Yang Jikang immediately gave the firing order.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

Subsequently, five warships of the Wu army, which had already been prepared, aimed at the Spanish warship 500 meters away almost simultaneously.

Within a short period of time, at least more than 100 shells flew towards the Spanish warship.

At this time, the Spanish battleship had rushed within 500 meters of the Wu army's battleship. Within this distance, the Wu army's advanced artillery had a certain shooting accuracy, and the hit rate reached about [-]%.
Following the firing of the Wu army battleship, at least a dozen shells hit the Spanish battleship.

After these shells hit the Spanish warship, they exploded one after another, paralyzing the Spanish warship's combat effectiveness almost in an instant.

But it's not over yet.

Not long after, the second and third rounds of shelling came.

In these two rounds of shelling, at least two dozen shells hit the Spanish warship.

Perhaps a shell hit the gunpowder magazine of the battleship, and soon the Spanish battleship exploded violently.

Immediately, under everyone's gaze, the Spanish warship quickly sank into the sea.

"Hi~"

On the city wall of Manila in the distance, seeing the scene of the sinking of his warship, Juan de Silva gasped in shock.

"This……"

Outside the dock, the captain of another Spanish warship was also shocked when he saw this scene.

"Let the people on the Santa Ana move back." Juan de Silva said to the men around him.

The artillery of the Ming army is too powerful. Even if the Santa Ana is hiding in the port, it will be sunk by the artillery of the Ming army sooner or later.

Instead of this, it is better to withdraw the above personnel, which can avoid many unnecessary losses.

Looking at another warship that was gradually sinking, Juan De Silva only felt that his heart was half cold.

It's not just the loss of the ship, there are more than 200 sailors on it. The ship sank so quickly, it is estimated that most of them cannot be rescued.

"Send me the order to attack the fort." Seeing through the binoculars that the Spaniards on the Santa Ana were evacuating, Yang Jikang gave the order and said.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Soon, all the warships aimed their muzzles at the direction of the fort and fired.

"General Yang, no, the fort is too strong to move."

After a few rounds of artillery, someone soon discovered the problem.

The forts of the Spanish buildings were too strong to be damaged by their shells.

"It's not easy to do."

"Send the order, stop shooting." Yang Jikuan issued the order.

Following Yang Jikuan's command, several warships soon stopped shelling.

"General, why don't you go in and try shooting?" In the conference room, a captain suggested.

"No, don't underestimate the artillery on the Spanish fort. They all use super-large caliber artillery. If our ship is hit by a shot, it will definitely be seriously injured." Yang Jikuang immediately objected.

(End of this chapter)