"Boom...... Boom ......"

Two more loud bangs shook the fleet's European whiteskins, who knew that attacking Manila this time would not be as simple as they thought.

As the roar stopped, the smoke gradually cleared. A group of white-skinned people stared at the sea in front of them, but they were shocked by the scene on the sea, except for the broken wood scattered on the surface of the sea, and the sailors struggling on the sea, several sailboats had long since disappeared.

In the distance, the white skin of the eight-nation fleet in Europe was stunned by this strange scene. Fell said a little incoherently: "General, this ...... What's going on? That...... Where did those ships go? ”

Crassy said solemnly, "Sir, they should have been sunk." ”

Fell and a bunch of European whiteskins on the ship listened to Cracy's words, and they were all stupid, how long has it been! Several ships were actually sunk by naval guns in Manila. They did not believe that several of their ships would be sunk by the shore artillery of the opposing side in such a short time. Even Manila can't do it with more shore artillery.

But the facts completely subverted their perception, in this era relying on solid cannonballs, it is not easy to sink a sailboat. This is also the reason why the fleets of the eight European countries are full of confidence, hundreds of warships, even if they stay there and don't fight back, let you shell at will, you can't sink so many sailing ships.

"Gentlemen, believe it or not, it is an indisputable fact that several of our warships have been sunk by the opposing side's shore artillery. It seems that the Far East has deployed a powerful super-heavy artillery in the port of Manila, and as you have seen just now, our warships simply cannot withstand the bombardment of the opponent's super-heavy artillery. Those heavy guns could be more than 32 pounds, or even 48 pounds or more, and our existing naval guns simply could not compete with such powerful shore guns.

In order to reduce losses. I built yì abandoned the plan to land in the port of Manila, the fleet landed on the southern coast of Manila and in Bakoor Bay, where a well-established base was built, and then the army was organized to attack from the plains south of Manila. Then send small boats into the Pasig River and land on the south bank of the Pasig River for a feint to disrupt Manila's defenses as much as possible. ”

In recent years, the Dutch trade hall has been used by various means. They are well aware of all aspects of Manila's intelligence, and of course they know Manila's urban defense planning very well, and their second plan is a land attack plan.

After urgent consultations between the observers of the East India Companies of various countries, as well as representatives of the military, it was decided to adopt the second set of plans. The commander of the Eight-Nation Combined Fleet, Crassie, ordered the fleet to turn south, landed on the coast south of Manila, and established a base in Bacoor Bay.

A large number of sailing ships began to set sail slowly, and one after another reached the coast of southern Manila and began to land. Small boats were lowered, and large numbers of people and supplies washed up on the beach in small boats. The process was tedious, with hundreds of warships almost filling the beaches on Manila's south shore.

They formed a search force and conducted a reconnaissance of the southern coast of Manila, but did not find any remnants of the Far Eastern Army. But they found a large number of local natives in the vicinity, because the Far Eastern Army's shrinking defense left the indigenous villages throughout Luzon in a state of unmanaged and disorderly.

The search force reported the situation to the fleet command, and Cracy listened with great excitement. He smiled at Fell and the representatives of the East India Company: "Gentlemen, the Far East has abandoned its strongholds all over Luzon. Shrink all forces to the city of Manila. Except for Manila, in fact Luzon is already ours. It seems that the Far East does not have enough troops in Luzon and can only abandon the defense of the rest of Luzon and concentrate on the defense of Manila, which they have to do.

Their strategy was to hold on and wait for reinforcements, hoping to wait for their navy to come back to help. Hehe...... They may not know it yet. Hundreds of pirate ships have penetrated deep into their interior, making it impossible for their sea forces to return to Manila in the near future. I can responsibly tell you that Luzon and Manila are already ours. ”

Everyone listened to his words and was very excited. Only Fell frowned and said, "General Crassie." Don't forget, Manila has a powerful super-heavy artillery, and we are sure to capture Manila in the face of their super-heavy artillery? ”

Crassie smiled: "Sir, you don't have to worry about this, although the super heavy artillery is powerful, it is very heavy, and it is generally fixed on the battery in the harbor, and it cannot be moved flexibly at all, and the heavy artillery can only play its due role against the ships at sea, and it is not as good as the dexterous light field artillery to threaten the army troops." ”

Fair nodded reassuringly, and he said with a smile: "General, you tell all the soldiers involved in the siege that as long as they occupy Manila, they will have three days of free time, and the wealth and women in the city will be theirs." ”

Crassie bowed slightly, then smiled, "Sir, on behalf of the soldiers, thank you for your generosity. ”

Li Ming and the heads of various departments of the Far East Army stood on the watchtower of the military port wharf and watched the huge European fleet slowly sail south, and the shadow of the sails that obscured the sky gradually disappeared into the sea of Manila Port.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the European white skins still do not have the courage to face the heavy artillery attack. They now chose to land in the south of Manila, which is also what Li Ming wants to see the most.

Li Ming said to everyone with a smile: "It seems that their plan, as we expected, still chose to land on the coast south of Manila, and then concentrate army forces to attack Manila in the plains of Paraniac. Our previous deployment was correct. Ye Changsheng, how is the defensive line in the Palanyak direction arranged now? ”

Ye Changsheng stood up and reported loudly: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the three lines of defense in the direction of Palanyak have been deployed. I placed more than 2,000 soldiers of the Foreign Legion in the first line of defense, and gave them orders to hold out for at least twenty-four hours. The second line of defense was the Manila Temporary Garrison Brigade, which consisted mainly of reserve militia and armed police, which had to hold out for 48 hours. The third line of defense is the defense of the officers and men of the overseas brigade. ”

Li Ming nodded, and said to Billy Zhou, who was beside him: "Old Zhou, how is the situation in the city now?" ”

Billy Zhou shook his head and said: "The situation is not good, the background of the Homeland Security Bureau is too poor, and it is not as good as the original security police in the city." We are stepping up integration, and we are stepping up our work by removing some people from the security, police, and urban management departments who are more familiar with the local situation. But you really can't rush this, you want to figure it out clearly, how can it take a few days. ”

Li Ming said coldly: "This is an extraordinary time, and we don't have time. As soon as someone leaks our plans through some means, and then scares these whiteskins away, then we will be in vain. I order you, in the extraordinary times of Manila, it is better to kill a thousand mistakes than to let one go, although you can do it boldly and boldly, I am responsible for what happens, and I must turn out the moths hidden in Manila. (To be continued......) R1292