Spain's sail warships have its unique features. Since the beginning of the 15th century, the Portuguese prince Enrique opened the Navigation Academy, thus revealing the Spanish Kingdom, which has been traversing the ocean for nearly three hundred years, is not as powerful as its heyday, but its strength in the ocean is still something that no country can underestimate.

Although General Godoy's fleet was not as good as the powerful Ming fleet in terms of firepower and strength, it was better to be commanded by warships.

With the help of the weather, the Spanish fleet was very lucky to have the upper hand. Relying on this advantage, it made the Ming fleet helpless for a moment.

Moreover, in this era, warships were all sails and warships, relying on sails to drive, and Spain's shipbuilding level was the best in the world, so the Ming fleet could not break this deadlock for a while and could only crush it with strength.

Although General Godoy has made no mistakes in command from the beginning to the present, and the Spanish Navy is also very morale and brave, the gap between the two sides' power balance cannot be compensated with the first move. As time goes by, the advantages that the Spanish fleet initially gained gradually disappeared in the face of absolute power.

Half an hour later, the battleship where Zhu Qingyan was located finally broke through the Spanish fleet's array. With the breakthrough of this powerful first-class battleship, the Spanish fleet, which was still trying hard to maintain the array, inevitably lost its only remaining advantage.

Zhu Qingyan's battleship broke through the array and headed west quickly, while the two warships immediately followed decisively entangled the Spanish warships trying to encircle from both sides.

Ten minutes later, Zhu Qingyan's battleship finally gained the upper hand. After the formation of the Spanish fleet was broken, an irreparable loophole appeared. The Spanish fleet could no longer use the upper hand as easily as before and fight against the Ming fleet.

Twenty minutes later, the assault fleet to which Zhu Qingyan's battleship belonged directly divided the Spanish fleet into two parts. At the same time, Xie Zhongyuan, the highest commander of the Ming Fleet, used half of the troops to fight with the Spanish fleet, and the other half of the troops surrounded the south and east respectively, intending to annihilate the opponent in one fell swoop.

When only the advantage is lost, the disadvantages of the Spanish fleet were exposed immediately, and the divided Spanish fleet was soon caught in continuous attacks from all directions.

Two hours after the battle started, five armed merchant ships and three warships of the Spanish fleet were sunk by the Ming fleet, and one third-level battleship was beaten to pieces and completely lost its combat effectiveness.

Although the other warships were still fighting stubbornly, the balance of victory had completely fallen toward the Ming Dynasty, and the Spaniards had no chance.

"Your Excellency! Order to break through!"

On the Spanish flagship, the captain with blood on his head gave a suggestion to General Godoy. Now the Spanish fleet has been surrounded by the Ming fleet, and there are less than six ships left, including the flagship.

"Breakthrough?" General Godoy smiled bitterly. He looked at the battlefield where artillery fire might have been everywhere. If there were still a chance ten minutes ago, but now there is no possibility of breaking through.

He subconsciously picked up the bottle he had been holding in his hand and poured it into his mouth, but the expected wine did not pour out a drop. It turned out that inadvertently, the large bottle of rum had been drunk.

Carrying the empty wine bottle, General Godoy was stunned for a moment, and then threw it aside with a complicated expression.

"I order... to lower the battle flag as the commander of the fleet." General Godoy looked around with a complicated expression and said this sentence with difficulty.

"Your Excellency..." As soon as the captain and adjutant were about to say something, General Godoy waved his hand: "I am incompetent, and the efforts of the soldiers of the Royal Spanish Navy were not successful. At this point, there is no need to continue fighting. Let the children surrender. I will blame everything for the defeat!"

The captain opened his mouth but said nothing. Although he knew that General Godoy had done his best in this naval battle, the responsibility for defeat was not on General Godoy, after all, it was not easy to fight to this extent with less than half of the Ming fleet.

Soon, the battle flag on the flagship was lowered. According to the practice of naval battles, any reduction of the battle flag during battle means surrender.

When the flagship battle flag of the Spanish fleet was lowered, the remaining Spanish warships also lowered the battle flags one after another. At the same time, the attack of the Ming fleet gradually stopped. All warships began to adjust their courses and surrounded the remaining Spanish fleets in front, back and left and right respectively, indicating that the naval battle was finally over.

This naval battle broke out at the southern end of the California Peninsula, also known as the Peninsula Naval Battle.

The fleets of both sides began to discover each other at around 10 a.m. The formal battle broke out at 11:05 noon. The entire naval battle lasted for more than four hours until it ended at 2:30 p.m.

In this naval battle, the Ming fleet invested 36 warships and cruise ships of all levels (excluding ordinary warships that do not include auxiliary ships, transport ships and escort auxiliary ships). In addition to ships retreating in the rear in advance, the mobilization force directly entered the naval battle was as high as 18,000.

The Spanish fleet invested warships, armed merchant ships, and more than 8,500 men were deployed in naval combat.

In this battle, the Ming fleet was killed 63 people, seriously injured 21 people, and slightly injured 327 people, totaling 411 people. One third-level battleship and two ordinary warships in the warship were severely damaged, while the rest of the warships were each injured, but the Ming fleet did not sink.

In the Spanish fleet, there were as many as 1,335 people, 568 minor and serious injuries, and a total of 1,903 casualties. Five warships, including armed merchant ships, were directly sunk, and eight were severely damaged. In addition, the remaining warships were also severely damaged.

During the Naval Battle of the Peninsula, the Ming fleet wiped out the main force of Spain's Pacific Fleet in the New World in one fell swoop, causing Spain's maritime power in the entire New World in the Pacific.

As the sunset gradually sets, the sea where the artillery fire was previously serene, the sunset reflects the whole sea red, and the shimmering looks so beautiful and quiet.

After the Spanish fleet surrendered, the Ming fleet immediately sent people to take over the remaining Spanish ships, and at the same time put down small boats to rescue the sailors who were still floating on the sea and struggled.

The entire takeover went very smoothly. The concept of surrender in the wars of Western countries was different from that in the East. In Western thinking, in this situation where efforts have been made but the fate of ultimate failure cannot be changed, it is not a humiliation to lead the surrender of the opponent. Instead, it is done so that his soldiers will no longer sacrifice in vain, so that life will be lost meaninglessly.

On the flagship of the Ming Fleet, Lieutenant General Xie Zhongyuan, the supreme commander of the Ming Fleet, took over the sword representing the meaning of surrender from the commander of the Spanish Fleet General Godoy, and promised the other side that the Ming Empire would properly accommodate the surrendered Spanish officers and soldiers.

"Thank you very much for your kindness. You are an admirable soldier." Although General Godoy looked a little sad because of his defeat, he still stood straight in front of his opponent, wearing a wig and a gorgeous uniform, maintaining his dignity as a general.

"The same is true for you, General Godoy. Your outstanding command has opened my eyes. If we exchange roles, I am afraid I will not be as good as you." Although he was the winner, Xie Zhongyuan was not as arrogant as the other party imagined. On the contrary, he gave his opponent great respect, which made General Godoy have a great favor for the Ming general who was more than ten years younger than him in front of him.

"But strength is the key to determining the outcome." General Godoy looked sad and couldn't help but sigh.

Xie Zhongyuan nodded and smiled and invited General Godoy: "General, victory or defeat is a common thing for military affairs. Since the battle has ended, we are no longer opponents. Can you invite you to have dinner now?"

"Dinner together? Is there any wine?" General Godoy raised his eyebrows and asked.

Xie Zhongyuan laughed: "Of course there is wine, and it is a good wine from the Ming Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!