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The entrance to Manila Bay is located southwest of Manila City, and at its southern end, which is the entrance to the right side of the bay, is Cavant Harbor, about two miles from Manila City.

The port of Cavant was small, barely able to dock with 400 ships, and the Spaniards had fortified it, but it was much weaker than the port of Manila.

The Great Qin Royal Marines prepared to land on the beach near the port of Cavant, and then quickly capture the port of Cavent so that the navy's warships could dock and unload their guns.

Without artillery, the assault on Manila would have suffered a great loss, and could even have suffered a heavy defeat, because there was so much artillery in the city that the Marines would be bombarded with shotguns.

Therefore, whether or not the port of Cavant can be quickly captured is the key to the victory or defeat of this attack.

At the fifth watch, the night was vast, the waves were constantly washing the beach, and more than a mile away from the port of Bianwinter, the night wind blew through the tall and dense coconut groves, making a loud noise.

He Qingyuan is a native of Qingyuan, Guangdong, and his son is an authentic farmer, in order to save trouble, he directly uses the name of his hometown as his name.

He Qingyuan grew up by the Beijiang River since he was a child, and his water nature is first-class; and practiced Nanquan a little, and he was very good at kung fu, and he was the one who led the South China Sea Fleet Marine Corps to land this time.

Twenty-five landing craft quietly lowered from the battleship, and this kind of landing craft was a bit like a dragon boat, thin and long, and each one sat twenty people. The flat-bottom design and the bow are cocked, which is conducive to beaching and landing.

Five hundred marines with all their equipment quickly boarded the boat in the darkness of the night, and under the leadership of He Qingyuan, they rowed towards the shore together;

The battleship of Hai Rufeng was basically disabled, and it needed to be overhauled before he could continue to fight, he beat the children on a rainy day, and he was idle, so he had to follow He Qingyuan ashore to play soy sauce.

The Marine Corps has long practiced amphibious warfare. In the ability to skillfully operate the sail and make the pulp, swim across the water. When you go ashore, you can quickly line up and fight according to the infantry drills, and you can train yourself in a straggler formation, and you can attack alone.

They are also extremely well equipped, with a rifle in front, a waterproof holster made of fish skin, ammunition, grenades, etc., which are also waterproof with tarpaulins.

Every five people. There are also two small crossbows with poisonous arrows. The rocket slip is an individual heavy weapon, which is even more indispensable. In short, their various equipment can be said to be the best and most complete among the two armies of the Great Qin, navy and army.

In the darkness of the night, the 25 landing craft, each with a slurry, rowed vigorously, like a dragon boat, quickly rowed across the sea for two or three miles, and rushed directly to the beach by the sea.

Less than thirty steps from the beach. It's a large coconut grove, "Get off the boat and land!" Landing! He Qingyuan roared, such a situation. I don't know how many times I practiced daily training;

The Marines cooperated tacitly, and as soon as everyone jumped off the landing craft, half of the men and horses immediately grabbed their weapons and rushed onto the beach to enter the state of combat police. The remaining half of the centaurs were responsible for towing the landing craft ashore.

At this moment, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded in the quiet coconut grove, and this whistle spread especially far in the quiet night. Particularly harsh.

"It's not good, it's been discovered by the enemy, rush forward!" He Qingyuan immediately yelled.

In the dark coconut grove, there was a sound of running, from near and far, it was obviously a police post sent by the Spaniards, fleeing back.

He Qingyuan was about to give the order to rush straight to the port of Cavant, the sea was like a wind blessing to his heart, and he suddenly thought of a strategy, and immediately said: "General He, wait, everyone listen to me, although we have been exposed, but the night is dark, and the other party may not be able to see how many men and horses we have;

In this way, General He, you take half of the men and horses, light the torches, attract the attention of the enemy, let me take half of the men and horses, and go around in the dark from the east side, maybe I can catch the enemy off guard. ”

The situation was urgent, He Qingyuan immediately decided: "Okay, what should I do, Liu An, Lu Jian, you take your men and horses to listen to the command of General Hai, and the rest of the brothers come with me, quickly!" ”

In order to attract the enemy, He Qingyuan and the others simply lit torches and quickly ran towards the port of Cavant along the path in the coconut grove, while Hai Rufeng took two hundred people and quietly touched east under the cover of night.

In charge of the port of Cavant was Lieutenant Roselle, with two hundred Spanish soldiers and three hundred native servants;

The Spaniards, who were already waiting for the day, heard the whistle from the coconut grove, and immediately lit a large number of torches, illuminating the vicinity of the port, and several artillery pieces were all loaded with ammunition, and when the Qin army appeared, they attacked head-on.

More than a mile away, He Qingyuan and they ran with torches, and they arrived soon.

Roselle looked at the coconut grove illuminated by a large firelight, and the forest was full of shadows. He couldn't help but say, "Praise the Father, may the Lord bless us, fire!" ”

Rumble!

There was a loud bang, the roar of the cannon broke the calm in the night instantly, and the whistling marbles sprayed away into the coconut grove, making a crackling sound, and the torches in the coconut grove were holographic and became black again.

A Filipino native leader named Aquino asked stupidly, "General Rossle, have the enemy all been killed?" ”

"Idiot!" Ross scolded, "The enemy should take advantage of the darkness and continue to fire!" ”

Rumble!

There was another loud bang, tongues of fire erupted, marbles whistled away, and hit the coconut like hailstones, but the forest was still silent, and not even a scream was heard.

Suddenly, a dozen torches lit up in the coconut grove on the right, and at the same time there was the sound of gunfire, and the rattan hat on Aquino's head was shot away by the bullets, and he was so frightened that he sat down and shouted: "Heavenly Father forbid, Heavenly Father forbid!" ”

Ross didn't care to see if he was wetting his pants, and hurriedly commanded the Spanish soldiers: "Quick! Turn the muzzle, fire, fire! ”

Rumble!

With another loud bang, the torches in the coconut grove were holographic again, and instantly became dark again. After a while, it was the turn of a torch to the left, and then a burst of gunfire followed.

"Quick! Turn the muzzle, left, fire the gun! ”

Rumble!

"Right, right, quickly turn the muzzle and fire!"

Rumble!

"Slow down on the left, don't be busy firing!"

After turning the muzzle back and forth, Roselle finally realized that the Qin army was luring the enemy, and under the firelight, all the Spanish soldiers' eyes widened. Looking at the swarthy coconut grove, the atmosphere did not dare to come out.

"Aquino, you lead your men to the coconut grove and set fire to drive the enemy out, go!"

"Ahh Aquino exclaimed, "General Rossle, this"

Seeing that he wanted to prevaricate, Roselle immediately held a gun at him and shouted, "If you don't go, I'll send you to Heavenly Father!" ”

"Don't shoot. Don't shoot, I'll go, I'll go! ”

Aquino had no choice but to take a group of Filipino monkeys and run towards the coconut grove.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

At this moment, tongues of fire suddenly appeared in the coconut grove, and bullets roared, beating the Filipino natives who rushed to the coconut grove to the ground.

Aquino was lucky, only scratching a little skin. He crawled back and fled, but when he looked up and saw Roselle holding a gun at him, he turned around in fright and rushed towards the coconut grove;

Maybe it's really Heavenly Father's blessing. Let him dodge the bullets of the Qin army, and rushed into the coconut grove with him, and there were more than 200 natives who rushed into the coconut grove with him.

Jaw-droppingly, these people rushed into the coconut grove. Immediately they climbed up to the coconut trees, so fast that even the monkeys were dwarfed.

Bang. Phew!

As the gunshots rang out again in the coconut grove, there were screams all the time, and the monkeys on the coconut trees fell down like dumplings, and the remaining Filipino monkeys climbed desperately to the heights.

The coconut grove is tall and dense, after the Philippine monkey climbs to a certain height, it can't be seen clearly, He Qingyuan was a little headache, light the torch, but it becomes the enemy and I am bright, if the Philippine monkey releases arrows from the tree, the matter will be big.

If you don't light a torch and you can't see it, even reloading the musket is a problem.

In the dark, He Qingyuan gestured to Du Zhongsheng, the general banner, and Du Zhongsheng immediately took a few of his subordinates, carried three rockets and quickly moved to the left, touched the edge of the coconut grove, blocked the fire with his clothes, and lit the rocket fuse.

Chirp!

A dazzling flame erupted from the woods, like the tail flame of a comet, towards Roselle's gun emplacement.

"Oh God, what's that" Ross didn't have time to react, and the rocket "Boom!" "A thud near one of his cannons;

A ball of fire burst out, and the cannon was blown to the ground, and several Spanish soldiers were directly lifted into the air by the strong shock wave, and one of the blasted arms smashed into Roselle's head, smashing his hat off, his scalp numb, and his face covered in blood.

The Spanish soldiers around were overturned, exclaiming, "Fire back, quick!" Ross got up from the ground and screamed loudly, and two more flames shot from the coconut grove, and there was a roar of gunfire, and at the same time there were bursts of gunfire, like firecrackers, and bullets whistled, and the Spaniards were still very heroic, and fought back fiercely in the rain of bullets;

The remaining few artillery pieces were also constantly spraying shotguns into the woods, and the Qin army hid behind the coconut trees, and there were few bullets;

It was the Filipino monkeys on the trees, this time it was miserable, and the Spanish artillery spewed out a terrifying barrage, shooting the monkeys on the trees screaming and falling down.

Those who survived were terrified; Aquino was bruised on one side of his buttocks, bloody, and kept shouting, "General Rossle, don't fire, don't fire, God willing"

The Spaniards don't care what you call it, under the sound of guns and cannons, no one hears Aquino's pious cry to the Father, and if they hear it, they should not hear it, and let you go and set it on fire, and as a result, you go to climb trees, which is disobeying military orders;

The Spanish cannons roared, the muskets were fired, the coconut grove was like a strong wind, and the Filipino monkeys rolled down to the ground like ripe coconuts.

Aquino, like an Australian koala, clings to the coconut tree on all fours, hiding on the other side of the trunk and shivering, where can he still care about dropping arrows.

Just when the fierce battle between the two sides was at its fiercest, Hai Rufeng led two hundred men and horses to come around from the east in the dark, broke through the weak defense line in the east in one fell swoop, and rushed into the port of Bian Winter.

There were bursts of shouts from the east, which suddenly made the Spaniards, who were in the midst of a fierce battle in the west, take care of one or the other, and were shocked!

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(To be continued......)