Beiyang new warlord

Nodding his head, he has a big white beard on his chin, but he also wears heavy makeup and hums sourly like an old marquis like a demon.

Fortunately, although a group of nobles said everything, at any rate, the coalition forces "worked together" to seize the gate of Manila, which used to belong to the Spanish colony. After entering the castle, even Baker Luçon invited other countries like his master The aristocrats went to the severed flagpole of Ming Dynasty and painted an oil painting with red wine to commemorate it. It was as if they had won a decisive victory.

But unlike the leisure of these aristocratic gentlemen, the people who really do things are worried.

With emotion all over his face, Curt leaned on crutches and tremblingly walked out of the largest artillery barracks.

The Dutch shipbuilding industry and military industry have always been the pride of Curt. With these two treasures, the Dutch also boarded the throne of the sea supremacy in the [-]th century. However, this gun fortress shocked him, not to mention the complex and exquisite cannon parked inside that hadn't arrived and was destroyed, just the sheer number of cannons wrapped in it made him feel ashamed.

The concrete, which is as hard as a stone, is mixed with flexible steel bars. No wonder so many bombardments yesterday did not knock it down. If all cities and fortresses in the Ming Dynasty used this kind of construction method, then no matter which country, Attacking Ming Dynasty will become a nightmare!

He put his hands on the guardrail with emotion, and just after returning from his mind wandering, the city of Manila, which stands on a hill not far away, suddenly flooded into his eyes again.

Fighting planes are fleeting, and in the natural safe harbor, sailing battleships are slowly entering along the waterway beside the former enemy's fortress. Michelle's tactical style is fast-paced, closely linked, and does not give the enemy There was room to breathe. After taking down the former enemy fort, he didn't even repair for a while, and almost drove Chen Xinghua's ass straight to the city of Manila.

Built along the hill, the small gentle slope continues to the top of the hill. The city of Fort St. Philip stands in front of them. Compared with the Spanish rule, this place has completely changed its look, and almost all the buildings have been replaced by two-story buildings. , the cobweb-like streets run through the emerald green, extending in all directions, but the usually busy port is empty, and there are no fishing boats.

The city of Manila has China's most traditional beacon towers in the outer harbor. When the Western Fleet sank the Shixian and Mulei, the beacon towers on nearby islands lit up smoke. The oldest method took three days to evacuate the citizens of Manila to nearby cities in time, and even Yuan Dabao's fleet went out to sea ahead of schedule.

An old ship that is inconvenient to move The old ship was scuttled on the spot and stranded under the near beach to form a shipwreck barrier to block the approach of enemy ships.

When Chen Xinghua's large boat returned, Huang Degong was preparing for the battle in the only two remaining second-tier battleships in the port, which were used as fortresses.

Listlessly, the officers and soldiers of the first regiment rowed across the gap between the sailing battleships and were pulled to the shore. Chen Xinghua himself was in a daze, and boarded the Manila command ship Luzon exhaustedly. In the captain's room, he watched Huang Degong, Gu Moyi and others Several military staff officers were writing and drawing in front of the map, making plans, and he knelt down on the ground with a military salute.

"The last general knocked on the military seat, the last general was incompetent, and lost the former enemy Haibao, please handle it with the military seat!"

Losing the city in one day, if Huang Degong was in Nanming, he might have been furious by this time, waved his hands furiously and ordered Chen Xinghua to be dragged out and beheaded!However, nowadays, the right to punish subordinates has been stripped from the hands of the general, and except for fleeing or being suspected of defecting, the military judge can take it directly. Dispose of them together.

So with a deep sigh, Huang Degong asked helplessly: "Tell me! Chen Tuan led, how did the Hongmaofan break through Qianhaibao?"

"Returning to the military seat, the feudal son used the boat as a siege tower, and took advantage of the early tide to directly hit the top of the city. The bandits rushed down like people rushing to the sea. The general thought that he was outnumbered. In order to preserve his vitality, he ordered to abandon it. city."

"These vassals hit the city with battleships?"

This kind of warfare has never been seen before. Hearing Chen Xinghua's explanation, Gu Moyi's eyes lit up, and he asked hastily, "How many boats hit in total?"

"About seven."

"Army seat, it's not a loss! There are many reefs in front of the enemy's fortress. If you want to rush to the top of the city, the seven feudal ships must be useless. Although the former enemy's fortress was lost, Mr. Chen brought back the first regiment almost completely. If the fanzi wants to attack the city, he has to face the sniper attack from the first regiment, which is better than Mr. Chen's entire army being wiped out, and the former enemy fort is still lost."

"The lower officials believe that Master Chen is not only innocent, but he is responsible for severely damaging the seven enemy ships!"

This explanation makes sense, but Huang Degong is obviously not so easy to let go of losing an important defensive stronghold as soon as the battle started. He hummed rather lazily: "The military judge recorded that the battle has its own military court to measure merits and demerits." ! Now that the feudal clan is approaching the city, the generals still have to show a hundred thousand pieces of courage to stick to our sacred territory of Ming Dynasty!"

"Follow the command!"

Standing up again, Chen Xinghua was even more ashamed and courageous, and he clenched his fists full of anger.

"Military seat, please stay on the second ship of Luzon under the bid, and snipe at the ghosts of the feudal clan. I hope the military seat will be fulfilled!"

As the last line of defense at sea against the landing of the Western United Fleet, the Second Luzon Fleet will definitely face a barrage of guns and guns and become the target of public criticism! Staying here is really close to death. The regiment drew lots to decide, but Chen Xinghua voluntarily stayed to attack. After hesitating for a moment, Huang Degong immediately nodded emphatically.

"May!"

"Thank you, Army seat!"

Overjoyed, this Liaodong man knelt down again in a military salute, and immediately he rushed out of the command room with a menacing stride, yelling and shouting at his subordinates.

Although ordering the retreat was the correct choice, after all, he also bears the shame of abandoning the land and fleeing! Chen Xinghua will be transferred back soon, and carrying such a shame to return to Daming is more uncomfortable than killing him. A true warrior When faced with shame, it can only be washed away with blood!

At this time, a series of western battleships had already emerged in the bay. After a glance, Huang Degong strode off the ship with his command saber in hand.

Even for the army, it takes a long time to set up a battle formation. Sometimes it takes a few days to complete a raid around the rear, and the navy is similar. The capital ship of the empire began to slowly enter Manila Bay, but it was not until twelve o'clock that the ship formation was completed. At this time, the defenders of the Ming army were not busy firing. The loss of the former enemy fort was too abrupt. It also takes time to deploy defenses.

At about twelve o'clock in the noon, the western ships like whales have basically completed their formation. The mighty ship formation basically occupied the second half of the oval-shaped bay. Under the sunlight, there was a palpitating cold light.

Curt also wanted to send envoys to persuade them to surrender, but was directly vetoed by the fleet commander Michelgen. At [-]:[-], the Dutch flagship Rotterdam took the lead in rushing out of the stacked ships.

Instead of staying in command of the bridge, Commander Michel got into the gun bay instead. His old eyes, which had become wrinkled due to old age, were sharp like a falcon, and stared at the quiet from the gun window. The Luzon, moored on the shore of the deep water, took a deep breath, and the next second, this peerless master of the Western world, slammed the burning red cannon into the tail of the cannon. The deafening sound of the guns immediately shocked the entire battleship and trembled with excitement.

Immediately following his trumpet gun, the warships of Western countries in the attacking ranks all ignited their cannons at the same time. It was like the end of the world. The overwhelming artillery fire hit the port and the city of Manila like a storm.

A heavy iron ball hit the deck, and immediately, the Luzon was filled with gunpowder smoke. Amid the sound of crackling wood, the mainmast fell down with a groan, and hit the shore heavily. The sail rope was thrown out more than 50 meters away, and a big hole was smashed out of the roof of the warehouse next to the port with a crash.

On the deck, it was smashed into a radish pit almost instantly. In the gun bay, a bang pierced through the deck in front of Chen Xinghua. Even with the special inner panel treated with fibers, sawdust still splashed and crackled. It hit his armor, and there was even a slender bloodstain across his face.

But the blood also awakened the warlike spirit in Chen Xinghua's bones. Like Michelgen, he was also the first to click the flintlock with a roar, and more than [-] light and heavy artillery pieces from the two battleships also poured out together. Their wrath comes.The battleship opened the prelude to this artillery battle, and the large and small artillery fire hidden in the city of Manila also started at this moment.Especially the two forts on the top of the mountain that were cast in Fort St. Philip, the two overlord cannons really looked like the overlord was alive. Spit out, in mid-air, the shells dragging white smoke rubbed against the air, making a maddeningly piercing whistling sound, which also fell like raindrops on the densely packed western warships.

The gorgeous flames were roaring, and the bright hot-blooded spring water permeated the sea level and the streets.It can be called an unprecedented artillery battle in human history, and it exploded brilliantly over the city of Manila!

Chapter 872. Counter attack

Huang Degong is an army general, so using battleships as bunkers is definitely a stupid idea! In the overwhelming artillery fire, the tall and mighty Ming army warships are as weak as sand sculptures standing on the beach. Debris collapsed like grains of sand on the waves.

Sadly, after only commanding two rounds of bombardment, Chen Xinghua could no longer stand on his feet. The deck was torn apart by more than a meter of cracks, and the gun bay was directly exposed to the sun. In the deck wall, Yang Qi's cannon head swept his armor blankly and blew him away.

Kneeling on the ground, he vomited blood, his head was covered with blood, and one eye could not even be opened. The injury was so serious. Supported by the sense of honor, the leader of the first regiment still supported the command knife Standing up again, he raised his knife and screamed fiercely.

"fire!"

But almost close to his voice, another round of fiery shells hit his head and face, sawdust flying, and dust completely submerged his figure.

After all, it is a private house, and the two-story buildings in Manila are not comparable to the artillery fortresses of the former enemy fort. Under Cohen's intense attention, the city of Manila, which was originally neat and beautiful like a large garden, is also under the rolling iron bombardment It was a mess after being beaten.

With the sound of clicking, the floor was hit with a big hole of more than one meter. The green diamonds inside were shattered and splashed everywhere, and the gorgeous lattice glass shards were smashed down, and the flowers and leaves of the vegetable garden unique to the Chinese in the backyard were smashed. Defeated, full of desolation.

Before the trembling building survived the severe pain, the next cannon fire hit hard. With the sound of crackling, the cracks suddenly expanded on the wall, and the roof, which could no longer support it, collapsed to the rear. The bent steel bars in the corners are exposed abruptly like broken bones.

I don't know where the flames are raging, and the black smoke is steaming up. The huge city is soaked in a puff of black smoke.

Looking through the binoculars, Cohen's wrinkled old face finally showed a relaxed smile, but in his smile, there was a sharp and piercing whistling sound in the air. In the overwhelming artillery fire, the Ming army's artillery fire frequency seems to be almost negligible in counterattacks, but every blow is still full of lethality.

Boom~

Amidst the huge explosion, a small mushroom cloud appeared from the Dutch battleship East Indies next to the flagship of the Batavia, and the artillery fire from Fort St. Philip directly hit the poop of the sailing ship. A large piece of the 47-meter double-decker battleship was gnawed off like a toy chewed by a dog. An arm fell directly on Cohen's side, and wounded soldiers with broken hands and feet fell down on the sloping deck, crying heartbreakingly. The raging fire seemed to indicate that every minute of it was not Da Ming. What a mess!

It seems that Goddess of Luck took special care of Daming this round. Before Cohen could wake up from the shock, another Overlord shell roared into the front row of the ship, just like the Spanish battleship Conqueror yesterday. A French battleship was also directly pierced through the gunpowder compartment, and the huge explosion tore half of the ship to pieces. In just an instant, the French sailors on those ships soared up, and finally fell heavily into the sea.

In the sound of grunting, the sea water suddenly poured into the cabin, and under the groan of the wood, the heavy bow suddenly rose, and fell silent towards the deep sea. More than 500 sailors and the 61-meter main battleship disappeared at once. Hearing the terrified cry for help from the French soldiers who fell into the water not far away, the wrinkled old face of the fleet commander Michel couldn't help but ruthlessly twitched. He picked up the binoculars again and looked at the With the bubbling and sinking Manila and the wrecked hull of the Kaihai, he finally raised the red flag in his hand and waved it viciously.

The first row of warships, which were firing towards the port, drove towards the back of the fleet in a clockwise direction, followed by dozens of 30-meter-long Kavill transport clippers, which looked like sharp-edged ships. Like a swordfish, a large group of landing boats shouted and paddled, and quickly rowed towards the shore 500 meters away.

Under the sharp artillery fire, the battle for the city still depends on the army's real swords and guns! Seeing these fast boats rushing towards the harbor at a speed of [-] meters, Marquis Michel couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Now the French Army has become the No. [-] Army in Europe, and the Spanish Army was once the No. [-] Army in Europe. Now it can be regarded as the second child!There are also fierce Mughals, barbaric descendants of the Mongol Empire to help in the war. The Western countries have been preparing for this expedition to the East more than a year ago. The navy has destroyed the outer defenses of Manila. With this fierce warrior, It is estimated that tonight, you can share the spoils with those bastard politicians in Fort St. Philip, right?