Nipped in the bud Endowed with the world's most powerful naval fleet, Spain planned to attack China with a force of 15,000 men (mostly Japanese and Philippine troops, plus a minority of Spaniards and Portuguese) and capture China's coastal provinces.
挾恃海上無敵艦隊無往不利的優勢，當時，西班牙打的如意算盤是，預備以一萬五千名士兵（其中大半為日本、菲律賓人，西班牙及葡萄牙人佔少數）的軍力進犯，企圖一舉攻下中國鄰海諸省。