Chapter 297: The achievement of opening up territory and expanding territory

Boom boom boom.

Ming's ironclad ships were still firing.

The New Spanish fleet was completely defeated.

They had no ability to resist against the armored ships.

All he could do was run away.

After boarding a light ship, Malosca immediately gave the order to disband the formation and escape eastward.

Marosca certainly knew that the possibility of continuing the fight no longer existed.

They no longer have any power to resist Ming's ironclad ships.

Perhaps the only ones that can deal with ironclads are ironclads - no, the battle between these ironclads may be a protracted battle.

It is too difficult to sink this kind of iron ship covered with steel armor with the power of today's artillery.

At this moment.

The remains of wooden battleships are floating all over the sea.

The smoke from the flames obscured the view, giving the remaining ships of the New Spain fleet a chance to escape from the battlefield.

When the light fast ship with full sail went eastward with the wind.

Malosca couldn't help but look back at the battlefield that was getting farther and farther away and could no longer be seen clearly.

"Times have changed."

he whispered.

As a traditional naval officer, everything he had learned in his life was completely overturned in today's battle.

That kind of majestic battleship with three or four levels of gun warehouses is now a worthless waste.

Because no matter how strong the wooden hull ship is, it cannot stop the bombardment cannon from blasting away inside the ship.

And this kind of explosive bomb can't deal with the thick steel armor of the ironclad ship.

Obviously.

The oceans of the future will be ruled by steam ironclads.

And that was before cannons that could penetrate steel armor were invented.

Ironclad ships like the Dingyuan class are invincible.

It doesn't even need to be a large ironclad ship like the Dingyuan class that can sail five thousand miles.

Only a small steam ironclad that cruises offshore can be enough to defend the coastline.

Any army country like the Ming Empire without a naval tradition would just bite the bullet and build or buy a few ironclad ships.

Deployed on its own coast.

Traditional naval powers like Britain and Spain have no choice.

He finally knew why the British had not appeared on the eastern coast yet - it seemed that the news was true, the British Eastern Intervention Fleet was finished!

"The damn Britons!"

Maloska angrily hit the side of the ship with his fist.

"Your Majesty Lieutenant General, where are we going now?"

Governor Valeriano of Manila said with a gloomy face.

Hearing this, Malosca also fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he said: "Our current supplies are only enough to last more than a month. Let's go to Hawaii!"

Malosca said.

Hawaii was an island discovered by European navigators more than ten years ago. After that, a large number of traders from the East and the West flocked to the island. Now the Hawaiian Islands is ruled by a local chief who calls himself the King of Hawaii.

Although the strategic location of this place is important.

But because it was discovered late on the one hand, colonial empires such as Britain and France had not had time to take action.

On the other hand, it is because the routes to Hawaii are currently only found from west to east.

That is to say, starting from the port in Japan, you can take the North Pacific ocean current from west to east and drift to the Hawaiian Island.

In fact, there is also a route from the southwest of the American continent to Hawaii, but it has not been discovered yet.

Therefore, the major colonial empires have not yet had time to reach out to the land of Hawaii.

The Ming Empire had contact with the Kingdom of Hawaii first, but the Kingdom of Hawaii had no intention of claiming vassal status.

So it was for Maloska to take the remnants of the fleet to Hawaii.

It's the only way.

As for whether the Chinese will pursue them?

They can't control that much.

What's more, if they can resupply in Hawaii, they still have a chance to return to New Spain.

"We have to keep a fleet."

Malosca said.

Valeriano nodded.

Of course he knew what Malosca meant. ,

If the New Spanish fleet was completely destroyed.

Then the entire Pacific Ocean belongs entirely to the Chinese.

And if the Viceroyalty of New Spain could have a fleet deployed on the west coast of the American continent.

That at least.

This fleet can be used as a breakup fleet.

Make the Chinese pay for the North American fleet.

This can buy Spain some time.

Big win!

All the soldiers of the Ming Navy cheered.

All the large battleships of the Spanish New Spain Fleet were sunk in this battle.

Those who ran away were all light and fast ships with few weapons.

With the armament of these light ships, they would never dare to appear on the coast of Ming Dynasty and harass the coastline of Ming Dynasty.

These Spanish rats that the Ming Navy had been searching for for a year were finally eliminated!

Everyone in the Ming Navy can breathe a sigh of relief.

"Pursue! Keep pursuing! Even if we chase them to the end of the world, we can't let them escape!"

Cai Qian said loudly.

Right now.

Zheng Xiaoyi took the boat and boarded the Xuzhou.

The first thing he said when he saw Cai Qian was: "Commander Cai, this is a God-given opportunity!"

Cai Qian was stunned, rolled his eyes slightly, and lowered his voice: "Brother Zheng, where is the God-given opportunity?"

Let’s talk about the origin of the officers in the Ming Dynasty’s navy.

In fact, it is mainly divided into three parts.

The first part is the three hundred old brothers who received training in orthodox European military schools in Europe.

The second part is officers like Zheng Xiaoyi who have a professional background.

The third part is about Cai Qian, a pirate leader who was born as a pirate and received "officer assault training".

But Cai Qian knew it very well.

Three hundred old brothers are now in charge.

The future will definitely be those disciples of the emperor.

As for them, they can only seek to achieve meritorious service on the battlefield. If they can be granted the title of marquis, they will be regarded as entering the noble class.

“In Hawaii!”

Zheng Xiaoyi's face showed a trace of passion.

"Commander Cai, this is an achievement of opening up territory and expanding territory!"

"Will there be trouble?" Cai Qian hesitated.

"If we win, there won't be any trouble." Zheng Xiaoyi said, "I want to open up North America, and Hawaii is the transit point to North America. If I can occupy it, can I still spit out the Hawaiian Islands?"

"Hawaii is just a group of indigenous people. There are not many people at all. We have twelve hybrid ships, six ironclad ships, and more than 8,000 sailors!"

"This force is enough to destroy the country!"

Cai Qian's face changed slightly when he heard this.

he knows.

Zheng Xiaoyi has many classmates who work in the General Staff.

He must have some gossip.

and

If we can really occupy Hawaii and achieve this feat of expanding our territory.

Think of this.

Cai Qian made a quick decision.

"Fuck your mother, do it!"

(End of chapter)