After dark, the natives did not attack again. Originally, Liu Qi was worried that the natives would take advantage of the night to attack, so he ordered oil lamps to be hung on the streets, and gas lamps and searchlights were hung on several of the tallest buildings.

The gas lamp is a very high brightness oil lamp, the bottom of the oil pot of this lamp has a gas tank, when the gas lamp is lit, the gas tank is pumped into the gas tank, so that the gas tank is filled with compressed air, and then controlled by the valve, so that the kerosene is sprayed out of the nozzle and emits high temperature. The nozzle is covered with an asbestos mesh cover, which emits a dazzling light. Behind the lampshade of the gas lamp, there is a metal condenser similar to the car lamp and searchlight of later generations, which can concentrate the light.

At this time, the Nanyang Company had produced a large number of gas lamps, which could be used as camp lights, as headlights on trains and ships, and as searchlights on the battlefield.

"As soon as the sentry detects that the enemy is coming, we immediately light the searchlight, and the strong light can not only illuminate the enemy, provide our gunners with target designation, but also have a blinding effect." Liu Qidao.

However, the convoy waited for a whole night, and the natives did not attack the Han area of Manila.

As the sky gradually brightened, Liu Qi noticed that the natives outside Manila had rested for the night, setting up grass huts and wooden fences outside the city. There are also quite a few natives who are cutting wood, as if they are ready to build something. After a while, Liu Qi saw the natives bring the cut wood back to the camp and began to split the planks to make vehicles.

"Shield car! They're building shield cars! Liu Qi saw the first shield car and shouted.

An officer of the convoy said: "These uncivilized natives know how to make shield carts, needless to say, the damned Spaniards must have taught them!" They have shield vehicles, and it will be very difficult for our long-range muskets to threaten them. ”

"It's okay, they're going to go into the city after all!" Liu Qi sneered, "As long as they enter the city, we will greet them with grenades!" I don't believe their shield cart can hold a grenade! ”

"Yes, as soon as they get into the block, we can throw grenades, and we can shoot from the side, or we can use the cover of the building to detour behind them and shoot." An officer said.

In the Han area of Manila, the renovated buildings are connected by tunnels or openings between the walls, and the guards can detour from one building to another, and can appear behind the natives out of nowhere. The superiority in weapons combined with the superiority in tactics is difficult for the natives to compensate for by relying on the superiority in numbers.

Liu Qidao: "The smoothbore guns in the hands of ordinary civilians are useless, give them machetes, concentrate the guns, those smoothbore guns are powerful in our hands." ”

However, the convoy waited for a whole morning, and the natives did not attack. In the afternoon, Liu Qi saw that several cannons had been launched in the ranks of the indigenous people!

"Damn! The Spaniards actually supplied the natives with cannons! Someone screamed.

"Don't be afraid, their cannons don't have as far a range as our sniper rifles! We can concentrate the musketeers and go to their gunners! It is estimated that the gunners are Spaniards, not too many. As long as the gunner is killed, the natives do not know how to use cannons. Liu Qi said confidently.

While he was talking, the natives suddenly attacked.

I saw that on the position of the natives, one by one shield carts were launched, and they were arranged neatly and neatly, forming a shield cart wall. The cannons of the Spaniards, hiding behind the shield cart array, were well protected, and followed the shield cart forward.

Whether it is a Mini rifle or a paper cartridge case rear-loading rifled rifle, because the bullet is made of lead without copper skin, the bullet is soft, the penetration is weak, and it cannot penetrate the shield car.

"Damn! If the Spanish gunners hide behind the shield carts, advance into range, and then fire at us, we will really have a hard time dealing with them! An officer said.

Another officer said: "Otherwise, we will abandon the outlying towns and let the Spaniards waste their shells." ”

"No, if they take over our outskirts, they will see that our houses are connected to each other. As long as the natives use the passages we have left behind, our muskets and grenades will be useless. Another officer said.

Liu Qi was thinking about how to deal with the natives' shield carts and the Spaniards' artillery, and he took into account that the machine gun bullets were powerful enough to penetrate the shield carts. However, machine gun ammunition is limited, and the natives hide behind the shield cart and cannot see their exact location, so it takes a lot of ammunition to use the machine gun to penetrate the shield cart to eliminate the natives behind it. Whether it is a machine gun bullet or a barrel, it is very valuable, all with machine guns to deal with, the bullets are finished, the barrel is scrapped, it is difficult to kill all the natives. What's more, the position of the four machine guns was fixed inside the four towers, which was not convenient for movement.

The machine gun mounted on the two-wheeled frame is very troublesome to carry up and down the stairs, and the machine gun is arranged on the two flanks in the block, and if you want to use the machine gun against the shield car, you must push it to the front, which is not only inconvenient, but also affects the effect.

"Put them in! Even if they find our passage, we can ambush on the other side of the passage! When they get into the passage, they greet them with grenades and machetes! Liu Qi said.

In the South China Sea, a huge fleet set sail from Halong Bay in the direction of Manila.

The steam engine drove the propeller, and the blue-gray battleship emitted billowing smoke, leaving white marks on the stern. Because the propeller turns the seawater, the impact of the sea water causes some of the fish to float from the deep water, and the seagulls follow the fleet, from time to time to plunge into the water and pick up their prey. Moreover, the power of the propeller rotation also provides a certain amount of lift on the sea surface, so that the seagull can reduce a lot of energy consumption by following the boat. Even a sailboat can provide lift to the seagulls behind it when sailing, but a propeller boat is obviously more effective for the seagulls.

In the command room of the ironclad ship Shandong, oil lamps are lit in the cabin, and the lights in the command room are brilliant.

Wang Yu stood in front of the nautical chart and the map of Manila, the pencil in his hand constantly drawing on the map.

"The Spaniards will definitely take revenge on us Han Chinese! Perhaps by this time, the natives had already begun to attack. Zhang Yukun, the commander of the fleet standing on the side, pointed to the map of Manila and said.

"Yes, our men were prepared, but they had no artillery and limited ammunition. If the Spaniards kept driving the natives to attack, Liu Qi and they would not be able to resist sooner or later. Li Rui said.

"I just hope Liu Qi and they can hold on!" Wang Yu nodded, "When our fleet arrives in Manila, we will bombard the batteries with artillery, believing that a few rounds of shells will destroy their batteries." However, the Spaniards are likely to be angry and personally attack the Han area of Manila. ”