C3083 Occurrence of the incident on the Dragonfish (1/2)

”Christmas is sacred, I will never let Christmas Eve become unsafe. If I can't even do that, then I'm not fit to be the governor of the Philippines!”

”Immediately investigate!” This cargo ship must not approach the shore, stop it at sea! ”

Even if Governor Patila was a coward, even if the situation was extremely hostile to Spain, he would absolutely not allow more than three thousand Spencer to be smuggled in. Was he trying to arm the army?

Manila's navy had gone out in the rain, and two patrol gunboats had gone north with more than four hundred soldiers to investigate all the merchant ships that attempted to enter the harbor.

With the storm approaching, there were few ships leaving Manila Bay, and the ships on the sea were racing toward safe ports.

At this juncture, when the Spanish navy stopped the main channel for inspection, the merchant ships who had been rushing into port were immediately angered, and the language of the various nations on the surface of the sea was constantly being scolded.

The captains, under heavy rain, bribed the sacks of gold, but did not expect the Spanish officers to be transgender today? He refused to accept bribes even though it was official business, so he had to check every boat.

All the boats were drifting in the storm, and there were even some incidents of ship slashes. Many of the cargo ships could not stand it any longer and barged in despite the Spanish ban.

”Forget about these bastards. If we keep pushing them, they'll all fall into the sea to be fed to the fishes. Enter the port!”

”What do you want? Can't you check and wait for us to get to shore? ”It is too dangerous now …”

Several cargo ships were charging in, but at that moment, a Chinese lucky ship suddenly took advantage of the chaos to circle around the fleet and head into Manila Bay.

The sharp-eyed Spanish lookout hand shouted, ”There is a Chinese boat! Attempted to charge at the card! We've found a lucky Chinese ship! ”

It was too late for the two gunships to turn around now. The commander who received strict orders shouted, ”Fire! Fire at once! ”Our department has authorized the free firing of weapons...”

Boom! Boom! Boom! In the rain and wind, the cannon ship's head spewed out flames. The artillery shells accurately concentrated on the deck of the ship, and the bodies that were shattered by the explosions were thrown into the air.

At 7: 45 p.m. on December 18, 1870, the Manila Bay Dragon Fish incident broke out. The Chinese dispatched a third batch of embassy staff from London, and a group of 24 people were bombarded by the Spaniard.

In the shelling incident, the Dragonfish sank, 18 sailors were killed, two of the embassy's preliminary staff were killed, three were missing and the rest had different injuries.

The Chinese, after all, had just received British recognition. It was Prime Minister Gladstone who recognized the Chinese as an independent nation and exchanged letters of credence with them.

After officially establishing a relationship, the most important thing to do was to establish an embassy for both sides. London was, after all, the center of the world at that time.

He entrusted the The Duke of Newkes to purchase the castle, put in a large amount of money to carry out the interior renovations, and then send out batch after batch of advance personnel. Although the first ambassador had not been confirmed, the team had already begun preparations.

This time, the destination of the Dragonfish was Singapore. Once it reached Singapore, it would be replaced by a British cruise that would take it straight to Paris!

It was outrageous that such an important foreign mission should be shelled by Spanish warships for avoiding the storm in Manila.

In the storm, the Chinese crew members who had fallen into the water were saved. The Spaniard saw them as smugglers and tied them up with ropes while the shining bayonets surrounded them.