"Bang".

A live ammunition slammed into a trolley, which was overturned by the force of the impact, even though it was filled with dirt bags. The natives who pushed several carts flew up and fell heavily to the ground.

Because the trolleys are very dense, the guns operated by the Foreign Legion mercenaries have a very high hit rate. But after all, there were only more than a hundred small-caliber guns in the first line of defense, and there were still a lot of carts pushed to the trench here.

Li Ming waved his hand violently and shouted, "Fire ......"

With Li Ming's order, the thousands of arquebuses on the first line of defense almost opened fire, sending out a dense rain of bullets. Countless natives behind the hot-bodied buckshot handle carts fell to the ground.

The remaining natives immediately scattered, turned around and fled. But at this time, the gunners in the Far East had already filled the artillery with loose shells, and ignited the goose feather tubes one after another, and more than 100 guns fired scattered bullets one after another, and the dense rain of bullets beat the fleeing natives into a sieve.

In the distance, Cracy put down his monoculars and shouted to an officer behind him: "Inform the artillery formation, let them open fire for support." Catch up with the rest of the natives. ”

"Bang...... Bang ......"

With the sound of muffled cannons, live ammunition roared and smashed into the first line of defense a few hundred meters away.

There were only a few hundred natives in the last attack, but this time the remaining thousands = natives were driven up by a group of European mercenaries. The natives rushed frantically with carts full of dirt bags.

Li Ming put down the binoculars and shouted loudly: "They have opened fire, everyone pay attention to the artillery." ”

The officers and soldiers of the Far East on the first line of defense, hearing Li Ming's words, immediately squatted behind the bunker. With a piercing whistling sound, solid cannonballs whistled and smashed over. Although most of the shells went over the sandbag bunkers. It flew over the defensive line, but some of the shells smashed the bunkers.

The battery of a large-caliber gun was smashed to pieces, and the people next to the gun were hit by pieces of wood flying in all directions, causing a lot of casualties. Dodging this wave of artillery fire, everyone climbed up from the back of the bunker.

Li Ming picked up the binoculars and saw that thousands of natives had rushed over. The crowd was very dense and shouted: "All artillery fire......"

More than 200 artillery pieces on the defensive line opened fire one after another, and one after another live ammunition smashed into the indigenous crowd. As long as they are rubbed by these hot shells, they will immediately break their legs and arms, and some unlucky people will even have their bodies broken.

One shell after another smashed into the crowd, and did not stop immediately, but continued to bump, making a bloody path in the crowd. At this time, the artillery fire on the opposite side rang out again. Everyone curled up behind the sandbag bunker again, dodging another round of shelling.

The battle continued into the evening, and the front of the trench of the first line of defense was littered with the mutilated corpses of the natives, as well as a large number of broken carts and bags of dirt all over the ground. The trenches were also filled with dirt bags and the corpses of the natives.

The European coalition forces may have felt that their artillery fire was insufficient, and they unloaded more than 100 18-pounder and 24-pounder guns from the ship, and continued to bombard the first line of defense. It also inflicted certain casualties on the Far Eastern Army.

Make the entire front of the defensive line. They were all filled with a faint layer of blood.

Crassie, commander of the coalition fleet, saw that the sky was about to darken. The order was given to stop the attack. The main reason is also because the thousands of natives who have been sent in today have been killed and injured. Now he sent most of the European mercenaries out and ordered them to go around and catch natives to be their cannon fodder.

Li Ming raised his binoculars again to observe the positions of the European coalition forces on the opposite side, knowing that the opponent's attack today had ended. The other side's attack is not urgent, and it seems that these guys are being dragged until the arrival of the two main fleets. Still no problem.

"Commander-in-chief, you better go back to Manila, I'll just stay here. You are at the forefront as the commander-in-chief, which is a violation of the rules. ”

Ye Changsheng has persuaded me I don't know how many times, but Li Ming just won't go back. It scared the hell out of him. In case Li Ming has any mistakes here, it will be lively. So he also let it go, and simply moved out the regulations of the Military Commission.

Li Ming saw Ye Changsheng's solemn expression on his face, and knew that this guy was really in a hurry, he would definitely put pressure on him here, after all, he was the commander of the Luzon garrison, and even if he was slightly injured, the other party would be to blame.

Thinking of this, Li Ming smiled and said, "Okay, I'll leave tonight, and you can command tomorrow's battle!" Remember, no matter what, withdraw your troops to the second line of defense before dark, and make the first line of defense very chaotic and appear to have heavy casualties. By the way, with a red-hot iron drill, the doors of the heavy artillery that are difficult to transfer on our positions are destroyed. ”

Hearing that Li Ming would leave tonight, Ye Changsheng suddenly relaxed. He came all day in fear.

"Commander-in-chief, I don't think they're in a hurry, I shouldn't have a problem staying here for another day."

Li Ming said with a smile: "Of course they are not in a hurry, according to the thinking of this era, their plans are perfect, and they can be said to be interlocking." If we don't have a perfect radio communication system, we can only send a ship north to ask for help, and it will take more than ten days to come and go. The company received the news that it would take several days for a large-scale mobilization to take place.

Moreover, hundreds of other pirate ships are wreaking havoc in the waters north of Luzon, and the company will definitely send a large number of sea forces to exterminate them. Without radio, it would not have been easy for the company to gather enough ships in a short period of time. By the time the company formed a fleet and arrived in Manila, it would be at least a month or two later.

The European coalition forces were trying to capture natives everywhere in Luzon as cannon fodder in order to avoid heavy casualties. During the day they sent a large number of small boats, entered the Pasig River, and landed on the north bank of the Pasig River. It's trying to trap us in Manila, huh...... Tomorrow, the indigenous cannon fodder is estimated to be able to fill up some of the trenches, and the main force of the white skins should also attack, and hold out until dark and withdraw to the second line of defense, and it will be almost the same. Now killing more white skins will not do anything, and when the main fleet comes, none of them will be able to escape. ”

Ye Changsheng nodded and said, "Okay, after they finish their attack, I will retreat before dark." Commander-in-chief, it is said that so many countries in Europe have organized such a big operation, they should have sent people to Manila to inquire about intelligence a long time ago, so Song Tao's ocean-going exploration fleet will definitely be targeted by them. Song Tao: Will there be any danger to them? ”

After Li Ming heard this, his face suddenly darkened. He didn't answer, but turned around and stared blankly into the distance. He has been worried about Song Tao's safety these days, and the ocean exploration fleet will definitely suffer a lot this time, so I hope they are okay. (To be continued......) R1292