On the sea of Manila, the signal rolled, and the flag of the Dingyuan was seen by other warships from time to time, and the two lines of warships began to move slowly, escorting the two transport ships of the Guangdong Navy Division and the 15,000 Qing troops loaded on them in the middle.

The officers and men of the ships began to be busy in an orderly manner under the scorching sun, and the gunners tore open their gun jackets, carried the shells, and from time to time finished loading the shells, and each waited for orders at their combat posts.

In the port of Manila, more than a dozen cargo ships are quietly moored in the port, without any flags on them, and it is not known which country's flag it is.

On the deck of a large iron ship, an old man was smoking a dry tobacco pouch, and from time to time, he would look to the east. Whenever he sees the dark clouds drifting in the east in the distance, he will have more expectations, but every time, what he is waiting for is loss.

"Master, go back. It's windy outside. A man in his forties picked up an overcoat and put it on the old man.

"Wu Zhong, it's been so long since the telegram was sent, why haven't they come?" The old man extinguished the cigarette pouch in his hand. Questions and answers in my heart.

"Master, even if my uncle knows the news, it will take more than ten days to send troops from Lushun. I looked at the Spanish flag not far away and the Spanish soldiers who were patrolling the dock from time to time: "Master, they haven't done anything to us now, let's wait for the news of my uncle with peace of mind." ”

The old man nodded, sighed, and walked into the cabin with the help of the butler.

This old man is Wu Xiaoyan's father, Liu Jun's father-in-law, counting the detention of the Spaniards here, it has been almost eleven days, these eleven days, every day, he has spent his days like years, standing on the deck facing the east, looking at it for several hours. I just hope to see the shadow of the Beiyang Naval Division.

"Three, tie the boat." After two hours of hard work, Li Wu and his entourage crossed the shortcut, and finally saved nearly half of the sea area and returned to Manila.

After Li Wu finished speaking, he ran to the dock with a happy face, and then quickly ran towards the city. Where, there is a leader of the local overseas Chinese, a leading branch of the overseas Chinese in Mani.

"Stop, find someone." Two guards dressed in Tsing Yi stopped Li Wu at once.

"I'm looking for Master Chen." Li Wu pointed and handed out a dark sign, and as soon as the doorman saw this sign, he immediately opened the door and let Li Wu enter the door.

"Master Chen, Master Chen." Li Wu shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door.

Mr. Chen is in his seventies, and his grandson also works in the Governor's Mansion in Manila, so he still has some strength in the local area, and the natives from other places do not dare to break ground here, so it is very peaceful here.

Because Master Chen often buys Li Wu's fish, as soon as he saw Li Wu, he asked with a smile: "What's wrong Li Wu, this is happy, did you catch a good fish?" ”

"Dragon Banner...... Dragon Flag: I saw the Dragon Flag. The Motherland has not forgotten us, has not forgotten, our fleet is coming. As soon as Li Wu saw the gray-bearded Master Chen, he immediately burst into tears, and grabbed his arm excitedly.

Dragon Banner, Master Chen trembled, fiercely, the corners of those resolute eyes were a trace of blood red, and the corners of his eyes began to moisten: "You didn't lie to me, you didn't lie to me, you really saw the Dragon Banner." ”

"I saw it, I saw it, there were a lot of warships, a lot of them, they drove by me more than ten meters away, and now it is estimated that they are almost in Manila." Li Wu nodded vigorously,

"The sky has eyes, and the sky has eyes." Wow, Master Chen suddenly cried like a child, he thought that he had been abandoned by the motherland, but now, the motherland has not been abandoned, and he has brought a military ship. ”

Bang bang bang. The emergency sirens of Manila City suddenly sounded in the sky. As soon as the people on the street heard this sound, they immediately fled as if they had seen a ghost, and returned to their homes to close the door.

"Grandpa...... Grandpa" A loud voice remembered in the living room, this person was the grandson of Master Chen.

"Why are you back, aren't you going to work today?" When Master Chen saw that it was his grandson, he hurriedly wiped away his tears with his sleeves.

"No, I'm here to tell Grandpa that I heard from the Governor that there is a huge fleet three miles from Manila. Now that the fleet commander has ordered the whole fleet to go out to meet the battle, I will take this opportunity to come back and tell my grandfather to be careful. ”

"This is definitely the fleet of the Motherland, absolutely." Li Wu, who did not leave, shouted excitedly.

Master Chen had already recovered, and did not speak, but walked upstairs with the support of his grandson. He is a building and can see the port from afar.

Sure enough, as soon as he went up, he saw several warships moored in the harbor slowly heading out of the harbor.

Outside the port of Manila, it is already saber-rattling, the artillery of both sides is aiming at each other viciously, no one will let anyone, in terms of strength, the Beiyang naval division lined up in battle formation obviously has the upper hand, and the Spanish fleet, that is a lot shorter.

The Beiyang Naval Division is full of ironclad ships, and there are only four warships of more than 4,000 tons, and the Spanish fleet actually has wooden sailing ships, so there is no way to fight this battle.

In the flagship of the Spanish fleet, the commander looked at the fleet flying the dragon flag high in the distance, the sweat on his face was dripping down drop by drop, this was an unfair giant duel, looking at each of those warships was bigger than himself, looking at the dense barrels, the commander unconsciously weakened his legs.

Thousands of no, no, the Governor should not have hijacked someone's cargo ship in the first place, and now that they have come to the door, how can this be good, the fleet commander began to curse in his heart that damn the Governor Ancestor Eighteenth Generation.

"Commander, they waved the flag and said that in half an hour, without guiding the fleet into the port of Manila, the consequences"

"What are the consequences?" Seeing that his first mate was pale, the fleet commander shouted loudly.

"Destroy us." The adjutant's lips trembled,

The captain of the fleet gasped, such a domineering tone, if in the past, hearing this insulting tone, he would definitely start a war immediately, but now, the commander of the fleet does not have the courage, the four warships side by side opposite, any of them, can pinch their own wooden ships and the ironclad ships of more than 1,000 tons.

"Marshal, what if they don't go to war in half an hour?" Li He put down the binoculars in his hand and looked at Liu Jun who was standing next to him.

An hour earlier, the smoke from the Beiyang Naval Division had made the patrol ships of the Spanish fleet aware that it was a large fleet, and the wooden patrol ships immediately returned to Manila Harbor to report the situation, and the governor at that time ordered the fleet commander to lead the fleet out to meet the battle, so as not to let the enemy fleet enter half a step.

The commander of the fleet, who led the fleet out of the army, was immediately cut off when he discovered the strength of the other party. Neither side fired the first shot, but they quietly confronted each other on the sea.

"Remember the flag you just gave them." Liu Jun casually glanced at the Spanish fleet on the opposite side and said lazily.

"Destroy them." Li He replied immediately.

"That's fine, they won't give way in half an hour, and they'll destroy them."

Time passed little by little, and twenty-five minutes had passed in the blink of an eye. The sky, which had been sunny all the time, suddenly darkened, as if to herald a storm that was coming.

"Hmph. : With a cold snort, Liu Jun suddenly put down the binoculars in his hand and looked coldly at the Spanish fleet in the distance: "Toast and don't eat and drink." ”

"The ships act in unison, aiming at the enemy's flagship.

Squeak, the huge cannon and the Tiger Run began to turn slowly

"Your Excellency, Commander, it's not good, they're pointing their guns at us." The adjutant's face was not interested in blood red, and there was only a miserable white face.

Without the adjutant's reminder, the fleet commander had already seen that at least thirty or so huge guns were now staring at him in horror.

What to do, what to do. Looking at the eerie cannon, the cold sweat on the face of the fleet commander was too late for him to wipe it.

"Commander, thirty seconds left." The adjutant reminded him frantically, and his hand had unconsciously touched his waist.

"Raise the flag, and we will guide the Qing fleet into port." Unable to withstand such a terrifying threat, the fleet commander finally issued an order.