When Anders heard this, he felt a little strange and looked in the direction Sun Chuanting was looking. I saw something floating on the ocean in the distance.
Suddenly, he didn't know what to think of, and quickly went to get the telescope hanging on his chest. My hands were shaking a little, and I couldn't hold it the first time. After I finally picked it up, I immediately started to look at it intently.
With the help of a telescope, I can finally see more clearly. It was a ship, no doubt about it, absolutely a ship. Coming from this direction, shouldn't they be reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty? This...are we really looking forward to reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty?
Thinking of this possibility, Anders got excited: Is there really no end to the road? Are we really looking forward to reinforcements?
In fact, it was too far away at this time to be able to see clearly at all. However, Anders immediately believed that the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty that he had been waiting for day and night were definitely coming!
At this time, in his consciousness, he already regarded himself as a Ming Dynasty person, not a so-called ally. Or to put it further, it’s the arrival of relatives!
"Have you seen clearly, are they the reinforcements sent by His Majesty?" Sun Chuanting asked Anders in an excited tone. He still refused to put down the telescope and stared at the movement in the distance without blinking.
"Yes, absolutely. What else could they be than the Ming army coming from the west?" Anders heard this and said without hesitation, "It's impossible. Those are whales floating on the sea to reinforce us. ?”
After he finished speaking, he laughed at his metaphor. It was obvious that he was in a much better mood.
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting finally put down the telescope and took a look at him. Then he turned to look at one of his personal guards, handed him the telescope and said, "You have good eyes. Let's see if reinforcements from the imperial court have arrived?"
The guard on the side had been waiting impatiently for a long time. After hearing this, the guard immediately took the telescope and started looking at it.
"Sir, my subordinates also have very good eyes, let me come and see!" The other guards said one after another, wanting to see immediately whether reinforcements from the imperial court were coming.
At this time, regardless of their official position, they all have the same expectation for the imperial reinforcements.
"Sir, it's the imperial reinforcements, it's the imperial reinforcements..." Suddenly, the guard who was looking through the telescope jumped three feet high, and shouted loudly with great excitement, "I can see it clearly, it's really... , I can see clearly, it is the flag of our Ming Dynasty, it is definitely the flag of our Ming Dynasty, the reinforcements have arrived..."
Hearing this, the other guards could no longer hold back. They were not trying to snatch it from Sun Chuanting anyway. They all gathered around and grabbed the telescope from the guard to see what was going on.
However, there is only one telescope, and all the guards might be able to grab it. So, some of the guards saw Anders had one. At this time, they no longer care. He rushed to Anders again and rushed to say: "I have good eyesight, let me help you take a look!"
"My eyesight is better, let me take a look!"
"..."
Just like that, they snatched the telescope and started looking at it.
Anders was a little helpless, but there was no anger on his face. Instead, he looked at Sun Chuanting. After the two looked at each other for a while, they both burst out laughing, obviously in a good mood.
By this time, both of them were basically sure that the imperial reinforcements were coming, and they came at the right time!
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When they saw it here, the people in Spain naturally discovered it too.
"What?" When the Spanish Governor heard the report from the lookout post, he immediately picked up the telescope and looked at it. At the same time, he confirmed, "It is indeed a fleet. Did you see the flag clearly?"
Filot, who was beside him, had a very bad premonition when he saw that direction. After hearing the question, he also picked up the telescope and looked at it.
At this time, it was just a vague appearance. When he could roughly distinguish the color of the flag, Filot exclaimed: "No, it's a Ming warship!"
To be honest, when the Ming Dynasty fleet captured Manila and chased him all the way, he was always worried that he would be overtaken by the Ming Dynasty warships, which became a big psychological shadow in his heart.
In the past, I don’t know how many times I dreamed that a Ming warship suddenly caught up with him and I woke up from my dream.
Therefore, when he saw it at this time, he concluded at a glance that it was definitely a Ming warship.
When the Spanish governor heard this, he couldn't help but put down his telescope, turned to look at him, and said with some suspicion: "You mean, those are the fleets sent by the Ming Dynasty to the Americas, new ones?"
"Absolutely!" Filot's face looked ugly and he replied to the Spanish Governor, "Your Excellency, the Governor can see the scale. You can't even see the end. It is a steady stream. It cannot be the fleet that is already in America, let alone other ships." This country’s fleet. No other country has this strength or such a huge fleet!”
Hearing such a definite answer, the Spanish governor's face became very ugly.
He turned his head and looked at the Ming army fleet that was already in full formation, and then looked at the fleet in the depths of the ocean. To be honest, he really didn't want to admit that what Philot said was true. What if it were another situation, an unexpected situation?
In short, if it is a new fleet from the Ming Dynasty, then combined with the fleet in America, who can compete with such a huge force?
While he was thinking this, he suddenly heard deafening cheers from the Ming fleet. The sound was so loud that even though the fleets of the two armies were still far apart, one could hear the joy of the Ming army.
Needless to say, when you hear these cheers, it must be the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty!
After understanding this, the Spanish governor's face became as ugly as possible.
However, for him to become the governor of Spain, he was certainly not an incompetent person.
After just a moment, he suddenly gave the order: "Turn the entire army to face the new fleet of the Ming Dynasty. They have just crossed the ocean, so they must be exhausted, and they are just here to show off their military achievements. Fight!"
The Spanish fleet was originally preparing for the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, and its morale dropped to the bottom. When they heard the Governor's military order, they all came to their senses one by one.
Yes, the Governor is right. After traveling across the ocean, he is definitely exhausted. How much energy does he have to fight a big war? This is the time when his illness could kill him!
Defeat the enemies one by one, and the final victory will still belong to Spain.
Thinking of this, the morale of the Spanish fleet suddenly rose again. The desire for victory made them operate the battleships with agility.
Of course, the Spanish actions did not forget those pirates. Use flag language to tell the pirates that when the Ming Dynasty arrived, they brought gold and silver treasures to them. While they were exhausted, if they didn't rob them now, how long would they wait?
After receiving the news, William, Robert and others had different opinions.
Some people think that we should let the Spaniards go first as they thought before, so that they can take advantage.
Others feel that the Spaniards are right, there must be many good things in the newly arrived Ming fleet. They had just arrived and were definitely very tired, so it was a good time to grab some stuff.
After the initial communication was fruitless, the impatient pirates did not want to argue anymore and sailed directly behind the Spanish fleet to grab a piece first. For them, this is simply a deal that comes to their doorstep, how can they not do it!
Pirates were leaving one after another, which made other pirates' hearts flutter. Not only were all the good things stolen by them, but they ended up with nothing.
Based on this idea, this group of pirates eventually swarmed into the depths of the ocean to rob the exhausted Ming fleet.
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Naturally, their movement could not be hidden from Sun Chuanting. How could you stand idly by after seeing their actions?
For the Ming army, the most ideal thing is, of course, for the imperial reinforcements to arrive at the base camp first, take a good rest, and then go find the Europeans to settle accounts.
But things went counterproductive, it was impossible to have this ideal state, and of course they couldn't let the reinforcements fight alone. Otherwise, they had experienced the exhaustion of traveling across the ocean, and knew that their combat effectiveness would definitely be reduced by more than half.
Therefore, after Sun Chuanting gave the order, all the warships of the Ming army raised their sails and pursued the enemy behind to strongly support the reinforcements.
Even the Portuguese understood the truth of the situation. Each warship fought bravely to take the lead, never letting the enemy succeed, and never allowing the Ming reinforcements to be defeated by the enemy.
The battle situation on the sea suddenly changed due to the sudden arrival of reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty. No one expected this.
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Whether it was Sun Chuanting or the two Spanish armies, they all guessed correctly. The Ming fleet arrived, commanded by Zheng Zhilong, escorting King Lu and others to the feudal state.
Because I already had the experience of crossing the Pacific for the first time, under the guidance of the Ming Dynasty's first iron-clad warship, I crossed the Pacific smoothly.
However, what Zheng Zhilong never expected was that what greeted them was a densely packed enemy fleet. Just by taking a glance, he roughly estimated that there should be about two hundred and fifty sail warships.
Although there were about 350 ships in the fleet of the Ming Dynasty alone on this voyage, many soldiers had never experienced such a long voyage. It was also stormy, and not only were the soldiers tired, but many warships also needed repairs.
But he also understood that this battle was inevitable. In this case, let you have a taste of the power of Daming Technology! When thinking about this, he added in his mind: This is what His Majesty said!
With the decision in his mind, he began to mobilize his troops and punish the generals in preparation for the battle.
The Ming fleet that still had fighting capacity began to assemble at the front, while the fleets of King Lu and others were all hiding far behind, moving in an arc towards the coast.
At the front of the Ming fleet, there were four battleships, which were particularly eye-catching.
