In the early morning of Manila Bay, a thin layer of fog was permeated on the sea surface, and Li Ming stood on a watchtower at the Manila military port base and used Russian-style border telescopes to observe the sea surface in the distance, but because of the fog, the visibility was not good, and he could not see the Western Combined Fleet in the depths of the bay for the time being.

"The fog came at the right time and gave us time to shrink our defence. Ye Changsheng, how is Manila's defense doing? Where have all the troops on the island arrived now? ”

"According to the commander-in-chief, some troops have arrived in Manila in the early hours of this morning, but most of the officers and soldiers are still on their way to Manila. I have established three lines of defense in several key areas outside of Manila to delay the enemy's attack as much as possible. ”

Li Ming instructed several officers and soldiers on the watchtower: "You should pay attention and observe here, and immediately sound the alarm when you discover the enemy's situation." Ye Changsheng, let's go to the position and take a look. ”

After he finished speaking, he walked down the lookout tower with Ye Changsheng and others to inspect the fortifications outside Manila. When Manila was renovating the city, it had fully listened to the opinions of the Military Commission and taken into account the function of urban defense.

The Pasig River is a natural drainage channel for the inner lake of the Philippines, and the new urban area of Manila has become a natural moat of Manila at the beginning of the planning, and the new urban area is surrounded by the Pasig River, forming a natural barrier of Manila with the inner lake of the Philippines.

Only this section of the inner lake to the coast in southern Manila is strong to read novels? In the area of the mobile reading network, there is an area of about eight kilometers that can be used for land attacks, that is, the city of Paraniac in the later Metro Manila District.

This section of the city of Paradiac, which is less than eight kilometers, is the most likely area to be used as a breakthrough point after the enemy landing. Ye Changsheng's three lines of defense were established here.

In addition, the Pasig River north of Manila has been invaded by pirates several times throughout history, as well as the British attack on Manila, all of which have brought boats into this river. Then land on the south bank of the Pasig River. Therefore, Ye Changsheng especially built a series of fortifications on the south bank of the Pasig River, and sank some wooden ships on the south bank of the Pasig River, hindering the difficulty of the enemy's landing here.

Li Ming has already issued a mobilization order and declared a state of war in Manila. All Chinese male citizens between the ages of 15 and 50 were recruited. In order to defend their homeland, they have been working in Manila for the night. But the enthusiasm is still high.

Liu Baoguo reorganized the reserve militia and transferred a group of soldiers from among the officers and men of the overseas brigade to serve as the backbone of the squad and platoon in the reserve militia. With the addition of these veteran oilers, the combat of the reserve militia suddenly increased several times.

In the past, these Chinese young people were more than enthusiastic, and Su zhì was generalized. A group of militia is still a rookie, and if there is no experienced person to carry it in battle, it is a rabble.

Liu Baoguo also seized thousands of European arquebuses during the riots in Manila, as well as cold weapons stockpiled in Manila. All of them were equipped for the young Chinese in Manila and used them as reserves for the defense of Manila.

In the same way, Qian Bing reorganized Manila's armed police and chengguan members. Armed police will assist reserve militia in guarding the nearly eight-kilometre line south of Manila, while chengguan officers will patrol the city.

The mist in Manila Bay lasted until noon, when it slowly lifted. For the sake of safety, the commander of the eight-nation combined fleet in Europe, Cracy, waited until the fog in Manila had completely cleared before announcing the order to attack. It also bought time for garrisons all over Luzon. Two overseas brigades from all over the island arrived in Manila before noon.

When the fog clears. Far Eastern officers and soldiers on several watchtowers saw hundreds of sailing ships slowly approaching the port of Manila almost at the same time. As far as the eye can see, the sea outside the port of Manila has been densely packed with ships.

They were all stunned for a long time before they reacted with a wit. Several piercing air raid sirens also sounded one after another.

Li Ming, Ye Changsheng and the others heard the siren, and they all looked in the direction of Manila Port.

"I think the fog has lifted. The enemy has already begun to attack with impatience. Let's go back to the port of Manila. ”

After Li Ming finished speaking, he turned around and got into the jeep parked next to him, and rushed back to Manila Port with everyone. Li Ming boarded the watchtower at the wharf of the military port and used a Russian-style border telescope to observe the dense sail shadows in the distance.

"They really invested in it, and they formed such a large-scale fleet, hehe......"

Billy Zhou, who was next to him, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "So many sailboats have come to the East. We didn't realize it, and the blame was on our intelligence department. ”

Li Ming turned his head and glanced at Billy Zhou, and then said with a smile: "The company's intelligence department in Southeast Asia has limited strength, and you can find some clues from the limited intelligence, and you have already done what you should do." The company is already very satisfied with the work of the intelligence department, and the intelligence system cannot be established in a year or two, after all, our original strategic direction was in Daming. ”

The combined European fleet in Manila Bay has come to a place several kilometers away from the port of Manila and has dropped anchor one after another. The Far Eastern officers and soldiers on the shore were also shocked by the scene outside the port of Manila, they had never seen a fleet of this size, hundreds of sailing ships lined up densely on the sea outside the port of Manila, making them feel a sense of oppression that they had never felt before.

Phil kept observing the distant Manila Harbor with a telescope, and he smiled and said to Cressie: "General, is this the legendary Pearl of the Orient?" My God...... This is nothing short of a miracle. General, I hope I'm hosting a cocktail party tonight in the Royal City of Manila. Gentlemen, let's get started! ”

His words made the white skins on the ship laugh, and General Cressy also laughed and said, "Sir, as you wish! I guess the Orientals on the shore are probably frightened and running around. ”

"Haha...... Haha......"

The whiteskins laughed and dispersed, ready for the next attack. Cressy had several sailboats slowly approach the port of Manila, preparing to reconnoiter the shore artillery fire of the port of Manila.

When several sailboats arrived a few hundred meters from the port of Manila, they turned their hulls and prepared to shell the port of Manila. Suddenly, there was a dull sound of cannons, and in the distance in the port of Manila, a perfect curved trajectory was raised, and then it fell from the sky in an instant, and exploded behind several sailboats.

A cloud of fog also spread, and the gradually spreading disgust gradually covered several sailboats, so that the whiteskins of the fleet in the distance could not see the situation on the other side at all, and they were also surprised, they had never seen such a thing before.

Fell, who was dumbfounded, turned his head and said to Cressy next to him suspiciously: "General, this is ......"

Cressy said with a solemn face: "Sir, this is ...... I don't know what's going on, maybe it's a secret art from the East, it's just ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by two earth-shattering noises. Two more booms followed, and a faint burst of fire came from the fog ahead. Cressy said anxiously: "Not good......" (to be continued......)

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