Chapter 468: A Battle Between Pirates
After listening to Gao Jianguo's words, Li Ming nodded, then picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Ding Xinghao, Liu Baoguo, Lin Hua, after hearing the call, they will rush to the Military Commission within ten minutes." ◎ Top Novel, www."
He put down the walkie-talkie, and then said in a deep voice: "I took the special combat team and Lin Hua's staff team, took two caravan amphibious planes, refueled twice on Jeju Island and Keelung, Taiwan, and expected to arrive in Manila tomorrow morning." Lao Zhou, you and Qian Bing also went over with me to take over the security work in Manila. ”
After a while, Ding Xinghao, Liu Baoguo, and Lin Hua rushed to the conference room of the Military Commission almost at the same time, and Li Ming explained to them and asked them to prepare for their own departure. Then the nine managing directors sat down together again and discussed with Li Ming how to deal with the affairs in Manila.
At this time, the southeast coast of Daming and the coast of Guangdong have been completely chaotic. Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang's subordinates have already caught fire with a large number of European pirates. They are all land snakes, and they have basically ruled their own territory, although they are attached to the Far East Company, but the Far East does not interfere too much with them, and they now get a lot more benefits every year than before, plus they have the Far East to send them shops and houses in Manila, and they live a very prosperous life.
In the past two days, their pirates have been constantly attacked by unknown ships, and these pirates have also attacked the coast of Daming, which makes them very angry. In particular, Zheng Zhilong was still a guerrilla of the Ming Dynasty, and the coastal areas of Fujian were attacked by pirates, so that he was reprimanded by his superiors several times, so that Zheng Zhilong personally led his subordinates to fight fiercely along the coast of Fujian.
Unexpectedly, the scale of the battle between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, and the other party's ships are also increasing, although Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang led their men to resist desperately, but the other party's ships are strong and powerful, and they are all powerful pirates, and in the end they had to ask for help from the Far East.
In the past, Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang were invincible small fireboats. It was also due to the presence of a large number of nimble Arab schooners in the pirate hordes, which made the fireship tactics repeatedly unsuccessful. But the pirates along the coast of Daming are also red-eyed, taking advantage of the complex terrain and sea conditions along the coast of Daming, and these pirates are desperately maneuvering.
The coastal areas of Daming were attacked one after another, and several coastal provinces of Daming also sent a large number of naval warships to join the fierce battle. The entire Daming coast is in flames. It's almost a pot of porridge. Even the Ryukyu Kingdom was attacked by Western pirates. The main forces of the Far East Navy are currently on the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, making this vast sea area a vacuum zone, allowing Western pirates who are unlucky to take advantage of the opportunity.
Manila, Dutch Trade Center.
It was early in the morning, and several NSA agents were hiding in a house opposite the Dutch Merchant House. They had been watching for most of the day today, and they all dozed off.
A dozen black shadows crept out along the side of the street, and they nimbly avoided a few night patrol mounted police and chengguan, and came to the outside of the house where the NSA agents were located. Then the door was pried open. More than a dozen people cautiously touched the house.
After a while, a dozen dark shadows ran out of the house. At the same time, the doors of the Dutch Merchant House opened, and Worm led dozens of Dutchmen with arquebuses in their hands, each with two short muskets and a bayonet and a short sword hanging from their waists.
"Gentlemen, if nothing else, a couple of hundred warships of the Combined Fleet today. You will arrive at Manila Bay. As long as we take Manila, we will take the endless wealth here. For the sake of the East India Company, rush ah ......"
Dozens of Dutchmen were so excited by Worm's blood that they followed Worm's footsteps and rushed in the direction of Manila Harbor.
At the same time, Manila's port district is filled with Europeans rushing out of the hotels. Armed with muskets, short muskets, and swords and daggers at their waists, they launched a surprise attack on the armed police, reserve militia, and chengguan brigades guarding the nearby intersections.
In order to plan this operation, the Dutch Trade Center spent more than two years. The Manila Department of Homeland Security was unaware of the large amount of silver coins that cost a lot of money to buy off a lot of Chinese in the city, and to carry a large number of arquebuses, short guns and swords, as well as all kinds of lead bullet gunpowder.
Faced with thousands of mercenaries hired by the Dutch East India Company, the armed police and chengguan in the city, as well as the reserve militia, were caught off guard, and they had been thinking that tonight's operation was a drill. Faced with the sudden attack, they had to hide in the shops on the street one after another, relying on the environment to resist the enemy's attack. Although they are very brave, they are no match for these battle-hardened mercenaries.
The heads of the Dutch, Portuguese, and British merchant houses in Manila gathered a large number of mercenaries, and then launched attacks on Manila Port, Intramuros, and several other important targets in Manila.
The Manila Military Port, the Luzon Garrison Command, Commander Ye Changsheng, Commander of the Nanyang Fleet Fang Lianshu, and the heads of various units stationed in Manila stayed awake all night, and everyone was still arranging the defense of Manila.
Ye Changsheng asked Xue Tianhe, the commander of the Rhino Brigade who had just arrived, "Has that battalion of your brigade taken over the defense of Wangcheng?" ”
Xue Tianhe nodded, and then said with a wry smile: "We have taken over the defense of the royal city and established a complete fortification, but ...... It's just that we had some unpleasantness with the Luzon Management Committee, and Director Liang's attitude was quite intense. But we carried out your orders and forcibly took over the defense of the royal city. It is said that the commander of the first battalion almost moved his gun, hehe...... The 2nd Battalion also took over important positions such as power plants and waterworks. Before we came, they had not built the necessary fortifications, and many of the reserve militia and armed police thought that today's operation was nothing more than a exercise. ”
Ye Changsheng sneered and said, "Regardless of them, the situation is urgent now, if you have any opinions, let them come to me, you just have to carry out my orders." The defense of the important purpose in Wangcheng and the city has always been the defense area of our garrison, so what reason do they have not to let us station. I ......"
Suddenly, a dense burst of gunfire and shouting was heard in the city. Ye Changsheng and the people in the Luzon Garrison Headquarters all stood up in unison. From the increasingly dense gunfire, they can tell that the number of armed men in the city is absolutely indispensable.
Ye Changsheng suddenly ran to the side of the radio station in a few steps, picked up the microphone and shouted: "Wang Cheng, Wang Cheng, I am Ye Changsheng, please reply when you hear it......"
"Report to the commander, the first battalion of the Rhino Brigade is on a garrison mission in Wangcheng, please instruct."
"Li Fang, how is your situation there?"
"A large number of unknown armed men have been found in the city, and there is no trace of the militants in front of the royal city at present, does our battalion support the urban area?"
"You are especially supportive, keep me in the royal city, don't leave a single step, to ensure the safety of the royal city, if something goes wrong in the royal city, don't come back. From now on, no matter who dares to step within 500 meters of the royal city, they will be killed! ”
"Yes...... Guaranteed Completion ...... The enemy came up, and the number was ...... There were about a thousand people, all armed with arquebuses. Commander, I'm going to command the battle, and I'll report to you in time if there's any situation. (To be continued......) R527