Iron Dynasty

Chen Wei came to a standstill after encountering continuous fire, and the soldiers had to find obstacles to protect themselves in the face of the sudden intense fire.

Taking out his binoculars to observe the man-high stone wall in front of him, he discovered the reason why Dutch firepower suddenly became violent.

It seems that the drawbacks of breech-loading guns have been discovered. Now some Dutch soldiers are responsible for special loading, while the other part is responsible for shooting, which greatly improves their attack efficiency.

They are not unfamiliar with this method of shooting, because they used this method to fight the barbarians when they used the muzzle gun.

How could this group of Dutch people be smart? This is a trouble. If the soldiers rush forward, the casualties will be huge.

A squad leader said to Chen Wei.

Nodding his head, he said: Hurry up and let the machine gunners come over and use firepower to suppress them. You can attack them with grenades under the cover of firepower.

Yes.

In response, the squad leader immediately stooped and ran backwards, and soon the machine gun team arrived at his position.

Seeing this, Chen Wei immediately let the machine guns shoot at the Dutch soldiers behind the stone wall.

Now they are in a very passive geographical environment, because from the river in front to here is a flat river beach, the Dutch have a very wide field of vision.

Da da da……

The machine gun spewed flames, and the bullets flew towards the temporary stone wall built by the Dutch. Suddenly, the Dutch soldiers were suppressed by the fierce firepower and could not lift their heads.

At the same time, more machine gun teams arrived, and they lined up to shoot frantically.

Seeing that the counterattack of the Dutch soldiers weakened, Chen Wei waved and rushed towards the stone wall with his company.

At this time, the soldiers exerted all their strength and quickly rushed over in an S-shaped movement.

Behind the stone wall, Eric was miserable. His tactics only worked well for a short period of time, but after the machine guns appeared, they were completely at a disadvantage. The bullets constantly flying over made the Dutch soldiers unable to lift their heads at all. .

At this time, he suddenly a group of imperial soldiers rushed towards them, and he immediately ordered to focus on shooting this group of soldiers who were trying to surround them.

But the next scene made him a little stunned. These soldiers ran in a strange route when they advanced. Often when his soldiers were aiming and shooting, these soldiers would suddenly change positions, which greatly reduced their chance of being hit.

Eric's mood suddenly became mixed. He knew that he still had a lot to learn from the Chinese Empire, but unfortunately he no longer had this opportunity.

Looking at the imperial soldiers who were getting closer, he looked back at the armed merchant ship that was about to set off. After finding that most of the soldiers had boarded, he immediately ordered to evacuate.

The 800 Dutch soldiers who were responsible for blocking the attack rushed to the boat with all their might.

It was too late when Chen Wei caught up to the river. The river outside Manila was very wide, three miles long, and the merchant ships that reached the center of the river were too far away from them.

Moreover, the water of this river is very fast, and the speed of the merchant ships down the river is also very fast. In just a while, the merchant ships become a distant shadow.

Quickly notify the fleet and let them chase! Chen Wei was very unwilling, and the fat in his mouth was gone. ’

A soldier left.

Looking at the Dutch merchant ship that had already traveled far away, Chen Wei looked at the city of Manila behind him. Now it was time to officially take over the city.

At the same time, Yue Yun had already landed on the beach and was looking at the city of Manila in front of him with Liu Chen.

In fact, Manila belonged to Spain before this, but when they attacked Bohol, the Dutch took the opportunity to capture it.

Because in the Philippines both the Dutch and Spain had their own colonies, and for this reason, there was a constant conflict between the two.

A piece of land not far from Manila is the Dutch territory, and while attacking Spain, the Netherlands took the initiative to undertake the task of attacking Manila. After the war, the Dutch also occupied it logically. Simon was also sent here at that time. .

This place should have long been the territory of the empire. Yue Yun's eyes were deep.

Liu Chen said; Yes, it took too long for the Dutch to occupy the magpie's nest. Even so, they were not greedy enough and chose to stand with their Western counterparts.

The emperor said that Western powers often attack each other, because the world is invincible, and they are fighting for the interests of the colony. Now the empire has suddenly become a strong opponent that threatens their interests, and it will promote their alliance. This is not a It's a good sign. Yue Yun and Liu Chen analyzed the current situation while walking towards Manila City.

Liu Chen proudly glanced at the ironclad fleet behind him. He said, So what? With ironclad vessels, ocean hegemony is ours. What if they unite?

You can't say that. Yue Yun pointed to the wounded soldiers being carried on stretchers and said, A united Europe is not in the interests of the empire, but a dog-eat-dog Europe is in the interests of the empire. At least this way we can sacrifice fewer soldiers. In exchange for a little more profit.”

Liu Chen nodded lightly, That's true. Compared with the war between Goryeo and Japan, the number of soldiers who died in Nanyang increased a lot.

That's it. Yue Yun smiled, The war is ultimately for economic interests, and the people are fed and clothed, so no one has the will to rebel, so that the country can be prosperous and the people's life will not last. , No matter how big the territory is, it will not be able to keep it, and maybe it will make wedding dresses for others.

Liu Chen heard something wrong in Yue Yun's words, and he couldn't help but ask, Isn't the emperor planning to continue westward after conquering Nanyang?

Wen Yan Yue Yun suddenly laughed, and he said, Yes, you have become smarter, the emperor is going to suspend the war after opening the route between the Ottoman Empire, after all, there is too much land occupied now and needs to be stabilized, the major military regions The mission may be to help the expatriate officials to establish a management structure, but our Navy and Marine Corps can not stop, in addition to annihilating the Western fleet, we must also undertake the task of global escort.

Liu Chen sighed lightly, I don't worry about this, it's really terrible to be idle all day.

While they were talking, they had already entered the city of Manila. After the emergency evacuation of the Dutch, the place was a mess. The indigenous slaves who originally lived in the city of Manila looted everything that could be looted here, leaving only the cluttered streets and buildings.

Looking at all of this, Liu Chen said, It's time to slow down and send officials to rebuild these colonial cities, otherwise the places we've worked so hard to beat down will be completely destroyed by these natives.