The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 847 New Law on Reinforcements and Naval Warfare (seeking subscription for monthly ticket)

Looking at the huge number of casualties on his own side, General El's eyes were bloodshot, and he was about to go mad with hatred!
"Damn Mingren, how could this happen!"

"How can their firearms be so powerful?!"

Under the attack of the advanced firearms of the Ming army, their current casualties are too fast.

If this continues, General El feels that even if he fills in all the 5 people on hand, he may not be able to defeat the bastion in front of him.

This is something he absolutely cannot accept!
Seeing that the storm was hopeless, General El simply ordered the withdrawal of troops.

He didn't want those brave Spanish boys to die in vain under the bastion.

As soon as General El's order to withdraw troops was issued, the Spanish soldiers on the front line collapsed instantly and withdrew like a tide.

The current speed of casualties is something these Spaniards have never experienced before.

The number of casualties climbed too fast!

They have long been overwhelmed with casualties.

Therefore, as soon as the order of General El was issued, they all retreated.

These Spanish soldiers who survived the catastrophe looked at the bastion in front of them, with deep fear and powerlessness in their eyes...

Seeing this, General El also changed his tactics.

Instead of storming the bastion, the army was ordered to dig trenches outside the bastion, build camps, and trap the Ming army in the city.

In his view, the food and grass of the Ming army in the city must be limited. As long as they besieged the city for a long time, and when the food and grass in the city were exhausted, the San Francisco bastion would be destroyed.

When the big guys faced the bastion, they basically used such stupid methods.

The same is naturally true of General El. If it is not necessary, he will not let the army attack the bastion with huge casualties.

……

Next, there will be a long siege.

General El ordered the Spanish soldiers to disperse to investigate the specific situation around the bastion.

Then he ordered to camp on all sides of the bastion, preparing to surround the bastion layer by layer.

During this process, the Ming army often had a small group of troops out of the city to attack the Spaniards in the outer city.

But the effect is not great!

The nearby Indian tribes also sent people to harass the Spanish patrols who were alone several times.

But the result is not so good.

Except for a small number of Spaniards who were ambushed and wiped out, in most cases the Spaniards took advantage.

The harassing Indians were repelled by them, and even wiped out.

After a long confrontation, both sides are very tired.

Moreover, as time went by, the food and grass carried by the Spaniards with the army was gradually consumed.

Seeing the dwindling food reserves, General El could only send a message to Mexico City, asking Mexico City to replenish food and grass for the army.

Of course, the Spaniards did not go around the South American continent for the subsequent replenishment of food and grass.

Instead, people were sent to transport by land, taking the section of the Panama Canal in later generations, and transshipping from the east coast to the west coast.

After the grain and grass materials arrive on the west coast, they will be transferred by the fleet to San Francisco.

The total length of the Panama Canal is less than [-] kilometers. Although the Spaniards are unable to transport grain and grass across the entire New World, with such a short distance from Panama, the Spaniards can still ensure the smooth transportation of grain roads.

The Spaniards have been under the fortified city for a long time, and the consumption of food and grass is astronomical.

Let the New Spain Governor's Palace have a lot of meat!
But the consumption of the Ming army is also very large.

Even though An Shengqiang and Wei Wu started hoarding food and grass more than a year in advance and prepared to be besieged, the consumption of food and grass was still very fast.

"If we follow the current food consumption rate, we can last for half a year at most."

An Shengqiang said with a serious face.

It has been seven days since No.70 they were besieged.

A large amount of food and ammunition reserves were consumed in the city, and the morale of the army and civilians was also somewhat low.

If it wasn't for the fact that they are currently hanging overseas alone, and if they don't want to fall into Hongmao's hands, everyone has no way out.

Perhaps, the city of San Francisco has long been in turmoil.

When Wei Wu heard the words, he also spoke.

"Our ammunition reserve is also very depleted. About one-third of it has been used up now, but the reinforcements from the imperial court still don't know when they will arrive. Let's stop the harassing bombardment of the red hair."

The Spaniards besieged San Francisco, so it was impossible for Daming to make things easier for the Spaniards.

Except for the daily sending of people out of the city to harass the Spaniards for military training.

That is, every night, heavy artillery in the city aimed at the Spanish camp outside the city and opened fire from time to time, providing wake-up service for the Spaniards.

This kind of behavior belongs to the kind of toad lying on the feet, which does not hurt people but responds to people.

Although the shelling effect of the Ming army was indeed not good, the sporadic shelling could not cause too many casualties to the besieged Spaniard camp.

But he is scary!
From time to time, it is about to be shelled, and it is not known where the shells will fall.

People who are not particularly mentally tough will definitely not be able to sleep that night.

After a long time, it can cause a great blow to the morale of the Spaniards.

However, with the rapid consumption of ammunition, Wei Wu planned to stop this kind of harassment and shelling of the Spaniards just to be on the safe side.

An Shengqiang also nodded when he heard the words.

"Hey, right now, that's all I can do, but I don't know when the imperial court will send reinforcements!"

……

Time continued to pass, and in the blink of an eye, it was the second day of the twelfth lunar month in the ninth year of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the Western calendar, Christmas that belongs to the West is tomorrow.

However, although Christmas is approaching, there is not much festive atmosphere in the Spaniard's camp.

General El's large face was covered with a thick beard and oily shine.

The long siege made him not in the mood to take care of his image deliberately. After a long time, it naturally became like this.

This is General El, the general, what the soldiers below will look like can only be imagined.

Now the Spaniard's camp is in a stage of absolute shortage of supplies.

Spain was indeed able to transfer supplies to the expeditionary army through the Panama narrow.

But even so, it is impossible for the Spaniards to provide too rich supplies for the army.

Governor Pizarro's supplies to the expeditionary force were probably barely enough to feed them.

But after layers of exploitation, drifting, and loss on the road by the officials below.

Barely being full becomes barely starving.

As Christmas drew closer, the morale of the Spaniards gradually declined.

Many people are war-weary and want to return to New Spain to spend Christmas with their families instead of spending time outside the Ming people's bastion.

If it weren't for these Spanish soldiers who were still hunting and holding tooth sacrifices from time to time while besieging the city, they would probably starve to death.

"Tomorrow is Christmas!"

While talking to himself, General El picked up a mirror made by Daming and a razor, and began to trim his beard.

Although Westerners can also make glass now, the craftsmanship is obviously inferior to that of Ming Dynasty.

When many high-ranking dignitaries in the West buy glass products, their first choice is Daming products.

Anyway, they are not short of money!
The same is true for the Spaniards now, even if they want to buy Daming's products now, they need to pass through second-hand dealers, they are very determined not to use their own domestic garbage.

With a clicking sound, General El's beard was shaved off little by little.

Christmas is coming soon, so he naturally wants to make himself more decent.

However, just as General El was shaving carefully little by little, the curtain of his military tent was suddenly lifted.

General El was taken aback, his hands shook, and the sharp razor left a bloodstain on his face.

"hiss……"

While subconsciously taking a breath, General El turned his head to look at Lieutenant Colonel Rosen who walked into his tent, and asked.

"What are you doing, Rosen? Why did you come in without reporting?!"

Lieutenant Colonel Rosen's face was full of anxiety, but when he heard General Ayre's reprimand, his face still turned blue and white.

But he still mustered up the courage to say.

"General...Your Excellency, something is wrong!"

"There was a mutiny in the camp, and the soldiers clamored to withdraw their troops!"

When General El heard this, the anger on his face disappeared and was replaced by deep surprise.

"What's going on? What's going on?"

Mutiny in the army is no small matter at any time.

Once the situation gets out of control, a large army will finish talking.

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Rosen explained.

"The thing is like this, isn't it Christmas tomorrow? The soldiers in the army are clamoring for extra meals and turkey."

"But the quartermaster... refused with a strong attitude, and even beat up a few soldiers who came to beg for extra meals, which aroused public outrage, and the matter gradually became serious."

Lieutenant Colonel Rosen knew what happened to the quartermasters in the army.

Those quartermasters want to be corrupt and deduct food at various levels, and it is impossible to do it without the protection of the upper class.

Whether it is Lieutenant Colonel Rosen or General El, they can all get corresponding benefits from the quartermaster.

That's why they turned a blind eye to the quartermaster's deduction of soldiers' meals.

General El heard this, took a deep breath, and spoke.

"Quick, lead the way, let's go to the logistics battalion now, the general wants to see what those soldiers want to do!"

General El is confident in his prestige in the army, and he is reluctant to give him the benefits that logistics can provide him.

Therefore, I am going to use my prestige to suppress those mutinous soldiers and protect the quartermasters who can provide him with benefits.

General El led his guards, and soon rushed outside the logistics camp angrily.

Now there is a group of people outside the logistics camp, and these people are protesting passionately towards the logistics camp.

"We want meat!"

"We want to fill our bellies!"

"It's Christmas and we're having turkey."

"Damn quartermaster, I'm going to stab your ass with a bayonet."

"A quartermaster raised by a prostitute, return our food!"

"Turkey or withdrawal, we're going home!"

"..."

These soldiers were excited, and many of them were dissatisfied and angry that their food was withheld.

Some people even held muskets in their hands, as if they were going to kill people if they disagreed with each other.

Several missionaries stood in front of the crowd, seemingly still making their last efforts to stabilize the situation.

"Guys, please calm down!"

"Boys, quartermasters have their own problems. Keep calm."

"Yeah boys, God taught us to treat others with kindness and tolerance, God taught us not to use violence to solve problems."

"..."

These missionaries have always had prestige among soldiers.

However, in the case of an empty stomach, the usual prestige is bullshit.

Facing the peace made by these missionaries, the soldiers didn't appreciate it, and still clamored loudly.

"We want bread, we want turkey!"

"Kill the damn quartermaster! Otherwise withdraw!"

"We have to fill our stomachs, or there will be no war!"

"..."

Just as the soldiers kept howling and clamoring.

A loud bang interrupted the shouts of the soldiers.

Everyone turned to look in the direction of the loud noise, and then saw General El and his party.

General El held a pistol in his hand and fired it into the sky.

A puff of gunpowder smoke curled up!
After everyone's eyes were on him, General El strode forward, came into the crowd and spoke angrily.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?"

"Is this a rebellion?!"

Seeing General El approaching aggressively, a group of soldiers who were making trouble showed fear on their faces.

But feeling the taste of being hungry, someone still mustered up the courage to speak.

"Your Excellency, we are hungry!"

"Yes, Your Excellency General, our food has been withheld by those damn quartermasters. We are all very hungry."

"Tomorrow is Christmas and the goddamn quartermaster is giving us goddamn tacos..."

"..."

The tortillas that these Spaniards eat now are not the kind of sweet and soft tortillas that are added with honey, milk and white sugar in later generations.

Instead, it is a dry and hard pancake made by grinding corn into flour and baking.

Generally, it needs to be soaked in hot water until it is soft before eating, otherwise it cannot be chewed at all.

Of course, this is talking about tortillas in their normal state.

With the contribution of the quartermaster, the Spaniards couldn't even eat normal tortillas.

The tortillas they eat now even have things like gravel and sawdust in them...

It's just killing me!
If we say that when they first started besieging the city, they could still make up for part of the food gap through hunting.

They still have some meat occasionally.

However, with the passage of time, the land within a certain range around San Francisco has been scraped clean by them.

Not to mention meat, many people can't even drink broth now.

Under the long-term hardship and fortified city, coupled with food shortages, the morale of the Spaniards is now extremely low.

Not even the Ming army besieged in the city!

At least because the Ming army had made sufficient preparations in advance, there was no shortage of food.

But General El didn't care about that.

Because it's not that he's hungry anyway!

Even if the whole army is out of food, as the chief general, he can still eat well.

"Now the general has sent people to Mexico City to urge the food supply. The general will find a way to solve the problem of food logistics. Please bear with me for a while."

"The general is in charge. Tonight, on Christmas Eve, I will give everyone extra meals to make everyone full."

"Let's go now, don't block the logistics camp anymore."

"The brothers in the logistics battalion also have things to do."

"If there are people who read the logistics battalion and don't know good and bad, then don't blame this general for following your military law."

General El has led the army for a long time, and he has his own way of running the army.

The method of carrot and stick is very familiar.

First, he promised to give the soldiers extra meals to calm their grievances, and then he promised that he would solve the problem of food and payment as soon as possible, so as to give the soldiers below a hope.

Finally, military law was used as a deterrent to suppress these rebellious soldiers.

With a set of methods, those soldiers who made trouble will be obedient.

When everyone heard the words, they also dispersed.

And General El also ordered someone to give the soldiers an extra meal, which can be regarded as temporarily fooling the contradiction.

But it's only temporary.

If the core contradictions related to food supply are not resolved, and the claws of those corrupt generals extending to the logistics are not cut off, the Spaniards will have trouble again sooner or later.

However, how could General El be willing to cut off his own claws?
What you need to know is that more than half of the food that the logistics and quartermasters corrupted and ignorant went into the pocket of General El.

He is the real backbone of the corrupt group in the military.

General El was reluctant to give up such a big benefit, so he could only suffer the soldiers no matter how hard they were.

If someone makes trouble again, the tolerant and benevolent General Al doesn't mind sending him to God.

……

General El came forward to resolve the mutiny in the army, and returned to his tent again, ready to continue shaving.

Click, click, with a sound, the beards were shaved off one by one.

Just at this moment, the curtain of his big tent was lifted again.

General El missed again, leaving a bloodstain on his face.

In an instant, General El's anger exploded.

"What to do! What to do!"

"What else!"

General El is really hot right now.

He just wanted to shave his beard properly, is it really that difficult? !

Enduring the sting on his face, General El turned his head and saw Lieutenant Colonel Rosen again.

However, the current Lieutenant Colonel Rosen was panting heavily, his face full of panic.

"General... General, something is wrong!"

"Ming...Ming's reinforcements are here!"

When General El heard this, the anger on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by a somewhat panicked expression.

"what is the problem?"

Lieutenant Colonel Rosen took a breath, and said in a panicked direction, blaming the sea.

"Ming... Ming people's fleet appeared on the sea, with nearly a hundred ships in front and behind, and the scale is very large."

"General Pelos has led troops to stop it!"

"..."

……

A huge fleet appeared on the endless Pacific Ocean.

Nearly a hundred large and small ships lined up in rows, advancing towards San Francisco.

The twelve-pointed sun and moon flag belonging to Ming Dynasty was flying on the mast of the ship.

"Report! Urgent report!"

"Our army's lookouts have spotted the red-haired fleet!"

The watchman on the mast quickly reported the news to Wang Yong, commander of the Ming Army's New Continental Fleet.

Wang Yong is not Zhu Hongyu's Yuan Cong general, but a member of the Zheng family's faction.

After the Zheng family faction as a whole returned to Daming, Wang Yong was transferred to the navy.

Later, because of his repeated military exploits, he was able to enter the military academy to study.

Finally graduated with very good grades.

Now that he has been appointed as the commander of the New World Fleet, Zhu Hongyu has political considerations as well as military considerations.

Zhu Hongyu has always known that based on the distance between Daming and New World, it is very difficult for Daming to control New World.

In his vision, the Ming Dynasty's ruling structure over the New World in the future should be such that the imperial court directly controls some key areas.

The rest of the places were entrusted to the nobles of the royal family of Ming Dynasty, so that the nobles of the royal family could establish their own country and govern by themselves.

Then, turn the New World into an economic colony of Ming, providing Ming with raw materials, labor and consumer markets, etc.

Continue to promote the development of the Ming Dynasty by absorbing the blood of the New World.

As for what to do in the future, will Newland betray Daming and go out independently...

Zhu Hongyu thought it was possible.

But it doesn't matter!
The meat has to rot in the pot!

He would rather the New World rebel and become independent in the future, but also develop the New World and turn it into a Han land.

Besides, for Chinese people, the concept of great unification is engraved in their bones.

The Chinese don't have the habit of fighting for independence and breaking the country into small pieces like the West.

Even if the New World rebels in the future, it will be unified again sooner or later.

Either the Ming mainland regains the New World, or the New World counterattacks the mainland.

It doesn't matter.

As for whether the future country will still be called Daming, and whether the emperor's surname will still be Zhu, Zhu Hongyu also selectively ignores this issue.

Because he can clearly realize that there has never been a dynasty or regime that can last indefinitely in this world.

The change of regime and the rise and fall of dynasties are the way of heaven and cannot be avoided.

But now, Zhu Hongyu chose to let Wang Yonglai be the commander of Ming's fleet in the New World, in order to express to everyone that in the future the New World, the imperial court will be open to everyone.

It is also hinting that in the future, Ming Dynasty will implement the enfeoffment system in the New World.

Since he, Zhu Hongyu, was going backwards in history in the New World, he used the chieftain system for the Indians, and he canonized the Indian chief as chieftain of Ming Dynasty.

Then he doesn't mind just pouring a little more, and use the enfeoffment system that used to be in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

Zhu Hongyu is a pure utilitarian. It doesn't matter if the method is old or not, as long as it is easy to use!

Wang Yong heard the watchman's report and made a quick decision.

"Send the order, and the fleet quickly adjusts to a combat formation, ready to meet the enemy!"

"All warships are at the forefront, but transport ships and troop carriers must also be ready to participate in the battle..."

At the same time, General Pelos also made a quick decision and ordered his own ships to prepare for battle against the enemy.

The Spaniards anchored their ships on the shore and set sail, preparing to fight the Ming navy.

The fleets of the two sides opened up on the vast sea and quickly advanced towards each other.

boom!Boom!

The shelling sounded.

Whether it is the Ming army or the Spaniards, they all started to do school shooting before the war.

Accompanied by the sound of rumbling shelling, water columns rose one after another on the sea surface.

The mist filled the air, the sea breeze was blowing, and the atmosphere of war continued to be strong.

Both the Ming army bastion and the Spanish barracks on the shore saw the scene at sea.

Inside the bastion, countless people from the top and bottom of the Ming army were cheering, excited for the arrival of reinforcements.

On the Spaniard side, some people panicked.

Since they were able to make a mutiny, it means that the internal contradictions in the Spaniard camp have accumulated very strongly.

As a result, they had just finished their mutiny, and when they turned their heads, they saw the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming army. The blow to the morale of the Spaniards was not at 01:30.

Facing the sudden aid of the Ming army, many Spaniards were unable to arouse their fighting spirit.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the distance between the Ming army and the Spaniard's fleet continued to increase, preparing for an exchange of fire.

The three steam iron-clad ships in the Ming army broke away from the formation and drove at full speed, completely ignoring the direction of the wind, and directly interspersed towards the Spanish fleet formation.

And the remaining ships of the Ming army didn't care about the wind direction at all, and didn't seize the wind. They directly joined the warships end to end, lined up, and were ready to enter the battlefield.

The actions of the Ming army made the Spanish fleet commander General Pelos feel very confused.

"Don't the Ming army need to seize the upper hand? Why can their ships be so fast when the wind is not favorable? They can maneuver so flexibly?"

Although the Spaniards know about things like steam engines, they also know that Daming has come up with a means of transportation like trains.

But they never thought that Daming could install a steam engine on a ship and use it as a source of power.

Just when the Spanish fleet was about to seize the upper hand, the Ming army rushed up and caught the Spanish fleet by surprise.

At this time, the array of the Spanish fleet is still an array that wants to seize the upper hand, which is different from the real battle array.

In the blink of an eye, three steam ironclad ships of the Ming army rushed into the Spanish fleet.

Accompanied by a burst of fierce artillery fire, the steam iron-clad ships of the Ming army messed up the Spanish fleet array.

The rotating turret on the steam iron-clad ship of the Ming army rotates, and gunpowder smoke is spewed from the muzzle.

After the shell hit the Spanish warship, the shells bloomed on its deck and the side of the ship, leaving large holes one after another.

The revolving machine gun fired, the barrel turned rapidly, and the bullets poured down like rain.

The dense chain of ammunition swept across the deck of the ship, those Spaniards who were about to springboard to fight.

The machine gun fired, aiming at the dense crowd, wantonly harvesting lives.

Da da!Da da da!

Da Da Da Da!

The crisp clicking sound is as captivating as a devil's roar.

The ammunition chain fired by the machine gun can even cut a Spanish soldier in half.

However, the Spanish artillery aimed at the warships of the Ming army and fired, but the killing effect was very little.

A number of Spanish soldiers raised their muskets and aimed at the turret on the deck of the Ming warship and opened fire.

But it had no effect at all. The lead bullet hit the turret, making a clanging sound, and was bounced away.

The turrets on the warships of the Ming army are almost all metal shells. They may not be able to hold the shells of the naval guns, but the lead bullets will definitely not be able to hit them.

Although the Spanish artillery also wanted to fight back, their artillery layout was arranged on both sides of the ship's side.

However, the steam ironclad ship of the Ming army rushed directly into the array of Spanish warships in one breath, and rushed into the gap between the rear bow of the Spanish warship and the stern of the front ship.

In this position, the Spanish side cannons simply couldn't reach the steam ironclad ships of the Ming army.

The three steam iron-clad ships of the Ming army ran at full power and rushed past the Spanish battleship array.

Using artillery and rotary machine guns, the Spaniard's fleet was dealt great damage.

Then, after disrupting the Spaniards' formation, they left in a hurry.

General Pelos looked at the scene on the sea, his eyes darkened.

He had never seen the tactics of the Ming army before.

Now that I saw it all at once, I was caught off guard, and some didn't know how to deal with it.

However, just as Pelos was thinking about how to deal with it, the main force of the Ming army also pressed up.

The distance between the two sides was close, accompanied by a burst of gunfire.

The sea is filled with gunpowder smoke, and shells are flying in the sky, coming and going.

Boom!Boom!
Shells continued to hit the ships on both sides.

In the blink of an eye, the ships on both sides were splashed with sawdust.

But it is very obvious that in this round of confrontation, the Ming army has the upper hand.

As for the reason, it is easy to understand!

The Spaniards' formation was disrupted by the steam ironclad ships of the Ming army.

When the main fleet of the Ming army came, the Spaniard's fleet array was chaotic, unable to exert corresponding damage at all.

More importantly, the weapons of the Ming army are more advanced.

The artillery on the ships of the Ming army were either rifled guns or breech-loaded rifled guns.

Whether it is range, power, rate of fire, or accuracy, it is far superior to the Spanish front-mounted smoothbore gun.

Moreover, the artillery shells used by the Ming army were triggered explosive shells.

The lethality is naturally not comparable to solid bullets.

The first round of shelling on both sides ended, and Pelos just wanted to order his own fleet to organize the array and prepare for the next encounter.

As a result, the steam iron-clad ship of the Ming army rushed over again after turning around in the sea.

The steam ironclad ship of the Ming army rushed past the Spanish fleet again, disrupting the Spanish fleet.

Pelos was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, but he had no way to deal with it.

With the steam engine as the auxiliary power, the warships of the Ming army were much more maneuverable and flexible than the sailing warships of the Spaniards.

As soon as the steam ironclad ships of the Ming army came out, the main fleet of the Ming army turned with the help of steam auxiliary power.

Come to the Spanish fleet again!
On the vast sea, the sound of shelling continued.

The main fleet of the Ming army and the steam iron-clad ships cooperated with each other in this way, constantly strangling the Spanish fleet.

Before I knew it, half a day passed.

After half a day of fierce fighting, the number of Spanish casualties rose, and the losses were extremely heavy.

They were being led by the nose by the Ming army almost the whole time, which can be described as extremely miserable.

Pelos' ship was hit by dozens of shells in succession, and several large holes were opened in the side of the ship, and sea water poured into it from time to time.

The sailors on board need to constantly clean up the accumulated water in the cabin.

The deck of his ship seemed to have been washed with blood, and there were bullet holes left by machine gun sweeps everywhere, as well as broken corpses, limbs and arms.

After half a day of hard fighting, a total of sixteen Spanish warships were sunk, and almost all the remaining ships were injured.

Although the Ming army also sank ships, there were only two of them.

They are still the two smallest tonnage fourth-tier sailing battleships.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Spaniards have lost the San Francisco naval battle.

Completely lost!

Even if it continues to grit its teeth and persist, it cannot change the final outcome of this war.

"General, let's retreat!"

"Brothers, I really can't stand it anymore!"

"Yes, General, we are really at a disadvantage if we continue like this. Sixteen warships sank, nearly thirty were seriously injured, and almost [-]% of the soldiers were killed. If we continue to fight, we will really be wiped out." ..."

"..."

A Spanish general with a bitter face tried to persuade Pelos.

Pelos stared at the sea swimming, and from time to time he rushed up to give his side a few runs of the Ming army warships, his cheeks agitated, but finally he said through gritted teeth.

"withdraw!"

"Send the order, and I will withdraw from the battlefield after this."

They really couldn't hold on anymore.

Although if they retreat now, they are suspected of selling their teammates.

Because once they retreat, the Spanish soldiers who are now besieging San Francisco on the shore will be regarded as dead.

However, if they don't withdraw, they will be the ones who will die.

Compared with other people's lives, it must be your own life that is more important.

It's normal for a dead fellow Taoist not to die a poor daoist.

The Spaniards are also professional in selling teammates.

While the Spaniards slowly withdrew from the battlefield, the fleet of the Ming army did not pursue them.

Because, in this war, it was not only the Spaniards who were exhausted, but also the Ming army.

After a long period of high-intensity operation, the steam engines on several Ming army warships have broken down.

Even a steam engine exploded.

Most of the steam engines on the remaining warships also suffered from various problems due to long-term operation.

The performance of the steam engines used by Daming on railway trains is fairly stable, and there will be no problems with the trains running for a long time.

However, the stability of large steam units used on ships still needs to be improved.

This is also something that can’t be helped. The Royal Research Institute is still doing technical research. I believe that this situation will change a lot in the near future.

In fact, if the Spaniards persisted, the Ming army might have to give up steam power and fight against them with sailing battleships.

If that's the case, the Ming army doesn't actually take much advantage.

It might even be overturned by the Spaniards.

However, the truth is that there are not so many ifs.

In the end, the Spaniards withdrew and the Ming army won.

……

Watch the results of the naval battle on the sea!

The Ming army on the shore and the Spaniards performed completely differently.

The Ming army in the bastion cheered endlessly, and countless people were celebrating for the victory.

After seeing the arrival of reinforcements and defeating the Spaniards, the morale of countless people in the Ming army was boiling.

They have been besieged for so long, and now that reinforcements have arrived, it's Hongmao's bad luck!
But when the Spaniards in the camp outside the bastion saw this scene, their faces were as ugly as if their parents had died.

Many people have clearly realized that the fleet can run away if it is defeated, but they cannot.

They were abandoned by the fleet on the west coast!
The food and grass in their army is limited, and now there is no fleet to support them, and they can't leave even if they want to.

If they went by land, without a stable logistical supply, they would probably starve to death by [-] to [-]%.

General El angrily smashed the telescope in his hand to the ground.

With a crisp click, the telescope in his hand was smashed into pieces.

The lens bone rolled to the side!
"Damn! Damn!"

"Damn Pelos, who told him to retreat?!"

General El also realized that after the fleet withdrew from the battlefield, their retreat was cut off.

More than 4 of them were abandoned under the vanguard of the Ming army.

May perish at any time!

"Your Excellency, what should we do next?"

On the side, Lieutenant Colonel Rosen asked with a look of unconcealable horror on his face.

He didn't want to die, he really didn't want to die!

General El bowed his head and pondered when he heard this.

His eyes were dim, his cheeks were constantly twitching, and the remaining beard on his face was trembling. In the end, he spoke as if he had made up his mind.

"Pass down the order and summon the generals to discuss the matter!"

"Discuss the way forward for us!"

Before General El had to wait long, the Spanish officers in the camp gathered together.

Everyone's faces were full of deep fear and anxiety.

At this time, General El was wearing a neat military uniform, leather boots on his feet, and a knight sword on his waist.

After entering the big tent, General El looked around and said.

"Everyone must know about it!"

General El's voice fell, and everyone around him spoke one after another.

"Yes, Your Excellency General, we all know the matter!"

"Damn it, Peros is really damned!"

"Your Excellency, what should we do? Do we want to withdraw our troops?"

"It's unbelievable what happened today, doesn't God bless his people?!"

"..."

Everyone was discussing in a hurry, and the fear on their faces could not be faked at all.

General El glanced around majesticly, and then spoke.

"The current situation must be clear to everyone, the coward Pelos betrayed the great Spain."

"Putting more than 4 brave lads in danger."

"Believe that God must send him to hell after death!"

"But we have to understand that from the moment Pelos retreats, we will lose our retreat."

"Retreat? Where can we retreat?"

"Without fleet transportation, it is impossible for us to cross the entire New World and return to the East Coast without logistical supplies."

"If we really retreat, maybe [-]% of us will starve to death on the way!"

"This is completely unacceptable to God's Spain!"

Speaking of this, General El looked around and spoke.

"Actually, there is only one choice before us now, and that is to attack!"

"Before the Ming army's reinforcements landed, the Ming people were short of troops in the bastion, so conquer that bastion!"

"In that bastion there are all kinds of food supplies we urgently need, and there are hostages that can be used to hold Ming people and let us go."

"Now the only way out for me is right there!"

"Do you all understand?"

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ps: It's another day of daily life.

(End of this chapter)