1890 King of Southeast Asia

On June 2, the well-prepared South China Navy and Army began the final battle of the first phase of the Luzon Island operation - landing in Manila.

"Elevation 25, reduce charge, ready~fire!"

Boom!

Woo~~

boo! !

"Correct target, 3 to the left, fire!"

Boom!

…

The Navy is making the last attack on Manila before landing, and the 6th Brigade landing on the north side of Manila is also bombarding Manila.

"Almost done, get ready to land!" Yang Tao held up a telescope and looked at the devastated city of Manila.

"Yes!"

At the command, more than a dozen small boats, several landing craft, and several destroyers easily approached the dock.

Just touching the dock, especially the landing craft, the skin is thick, slow down and hit it, the Marines skillfully pushed open the cabin and jumped onto the land.

"Be careful, Ah Hui!" Shunzi grabbed his teammate who almost fell into the water.

Because the landing craft did not go ashore, the dock was deep, and there was a gap between the dock and the boat, and the teammates almost fell down.

"Thank you, platoon leader." Ah Hui's legs almost went weak. If he fell down, he might not be able to get up.

"Acting, acting!" Shunzi murmured with a comfortable expression on his face.

Sun Qiming was injured. Although he repeatedly stated that he could still fight, he was still asked to stay and recuperate. Due to the shortage of officers, the platoon leader was temporarily replaced by Shunzi, the leader of the first squad with excellent performance.

"Quick, the first squad goes to that warehouse, the second squad occupies the commanding heights, and the third squad follows me to scout forward." After everyone jumped off the boat, Shunzi quickly arranged the combat tasks.

The crowd was divided into three groups and began to protect the ferry, expand the landing site, scout intelligence, etc.

Ah Hui was a soldier in the second squad. He quickly climbed up the cargo pile and observed intelligence.

"Squad leader, I didn't see the enemy..."

Bang!

The gunshots sounded, and everyone immediately hid, while the second squad where Ah Hui was immediately observed around and fought the enemy.

"Where is it!" Ah Gui, who was next to Ah Hui, pointed to the direction where Shunzi was heading, where there was a pile of rocks.

"Why is there a pile of rocks here?" He thought to himself, without stopping his hand, aiming at the enemy at the target and pulling the trigger.

Bang!

"Hit!"

"Anyone else?" No one would believe that there was only one person here.

"I didn't find it."

Shunzi, who was at the front, also didn't find it, which made him very confused.

I'm already here, what are you waiting for?

"That looks like a barricade?" Shunzi calmed down and took a closer look. The pile of rocks was clearly piled up.

"Brother Gui, do you think it looks like a barricade?" Shunzi moved along the ditch to the side of the third squad leader.

"It looks like a barricade, but why is there only one gunshot?" The third squad leader looked at such a large area. If it was a barricade, it would take more than a dozen people to work for a long time, and there was only one gunshot. It's not normal.

"Try it first, rifle grenades!" If you don't know the enemy situation, projectile weapons are the best choice.

The soldier installed the launcher on the muzzle of the gun, then ejected the bullet, loaded a blank, and finally loaded the grenade, estimating the distance.

Bang!

boo!

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"No response? No one?" Shunzi was really confused. You built fortifications and then put one person in it?

"Squad One went over." The third squad leader saw that the first squad, which was supposed to occupy the warehouse and build a defense line, came back.

Shunzi also saw that three people were moving towards the barricade.

"Squad Three, attack from the right!" Shunzi took the lead and attacked from the right. There were scattered piles of goods on the right, which could be used as a shelter to cover the body.

"No one!" Before getting close, a voice came.

Shunzi confirmed that it was the voice of his comrade-in-arms, and then he dared to approach.

A lonely body was placed in the barricade, and there were three rifles, a pistol, and several homemade bombs converted from artillery shells.

"It seems that they have run away, a bunch of cowards, don't touch the bombs randomly, it seems that they are indeed preparing for street fighting, Ah Hui, report the situation, others, keep moving forward." Shunzi cursed, one person, an empty barricade, took a platoon three minutes.

However, seeing the homemade bomb, it must be reported. Changing the shells into bombs, the enemy's will to resist should not be low.

...

"Is that so? Increase the density of firepower again, search and attack in platoons, take steady steps, and be careful of sneak attacks." Yang Tao clenched his fists, even the shells were changed into bombs, the enemy's will to resist should not be underestimated!

Although the shells are more powerful when fired by artillery, Spain will definitely not be able to win the artillery battle. There are more than a dozen South China warships in Manila Bay, and the survivability of the artillery is worrying.

Changing the shells into bombs can make up for the firepower of street fighting, set traps, etc., and give full play to their role. It is enough to keep a little cannon.

"Should we bombard again? Judging from the enemy's escape, the enemy's will to resist may not be as high as we thought." Gu Fan suggested as Yang Tao's face changed again and again.

Yang Tao thought about it, and then immediately shook his head.

A 203mm gun barrel alone costs tens of thousands of yuan. The land support shells are cheaper, but they also cost ninety yuan. Before this, the navy had carried out two large-scale bombings, and the irregular bombing had lasted for half a month. This is not cheap.

"Let the scouts explore the situation first. Even if we want to bombard, we have to find the target." This is also the second reason for Yang Tao's refusal. It's okay if it's just expensive, but how can we fire randomly without a target?

As for the target determined before the war, it had been fired long ago, and no one observed the effect of the bombardment. Who knows what to fire again?

Gu Fan nodded and did not insist. If it ended here, the gun barrel could still hold out for a large-scale live-fire training.

…

Shunzi's mission was to open up and expand the landing site. After the army took over, he should have rested, but they did not encounter a battle. The army was short of manpower for a while, so he was assigned a reconnaissance mission.

"The target is the customs building. We have to cross two streets. There will be an army company behind us. It is about half an hour away from us." Shunzi said.

"If there is no objection, we will set off. The first squad is in front, the second squad is in the middle, and the third squad is in the rear. Reconnaissance moves forward and changes every ten minutes."

The houses on the shore are still relatively European, at least brick and stone buildings. The further you go in, the brick and tile buildings and wooden buildings appear. Finally, after crossing the first street, there are more earthen thatched houses and sheds.

"What's going on? There is no one on the street?" Shunzi is now confused about the situation. He encountered at least three barricades on the street, but no one was stationed.

The sporadic gunshots indicated that the Spaniards did not stop resisting, but for some reason, he did not encounter a single enemy here.

"Keep going, this street is very messy, be careful." At first glance, it was a slum. Shunzi was very familiar with this kind of place. He was born in this kind of place in Shanghai.

It was connected in all directions, uneven, chaotic and disorderly.

They were very careful until they approached the customs building, and still did not encounter any resistance.

"It's weird, did the Spaniards run away?" Shunzi touched his head, feeling like he was fooled.

"Platoon leader, the customs building is another 500 meters away. There is a clock tower to the east of the customs building, 200 meters away from the customs building. We can go up to the clock tower first. It is the commanding height nearby. If the Spaniards want to defend, they must defend here." The third squad leader looked at the map and suggested.

"Okay!" Shunzi also saw the clock tower.

But how to say it, it is worthy of being a slum, connected in all directions, and the group took 20 minutes to get here.

"Remember to summarize when you go back. In street fighting, you should use complex terrain to restrict the enemy, and the commanding heights can be blown up." Shunzi said speechlessly. The straight line was a little more than 500 meters (because it was parallel), and after 20 minutes, he still didn't encounter the enemy.

"There are people!"

Bang!

The group immediately dispersed and hid, and observed the enemy.

"Bell tower, there are people from the first to the fourth floor, be careful of looking down from a high place!"

Bang bang bang.

The gunshots were chaotic, and the Spaniards in the bell tower also reacted. The Spaniards on the high ground shot down from a high place.

"Medic, someone is injured!"

"Cover shooting!"

"Too far, rifle grenades, fire suppression!"

Various voices sounded, either someone was injured and was being rescued, or someone was fighting.

"Bazooka! Where is the rocket launcher?" The enemy was looking down from a high place, and the bell tower was also a brick and stone building. The rifle grenade was too weak, which reminded Shunzi of his old profession.

Unfortunately, the acting platoon leader had to command the battle and could not directly operate the rocket launcher. However, as an important firepower in the platoon, the rocket launcher would generally not be too far away from him.

"Platoon leader! I'm here!" The voice was far away, and it was obvious that they were separated by the battlefield.

"I don't care where you are! Knock them out! What are you waiting for?" Shunzi shouted loudly at his brother lying down.

Bang!

Puff~

The sound of the rocket launcher was heard soon.

boo!

The rocket rushed into the window of the bell tower, and hundreds of thousand-pound and nearly one kilogram of high explosives directly made the room lose its combat effectiveness.

Puff~

Not long after, there was another whistle, and another rocket launcher blew a big hole on the third floor of the bell tower. Not long after, two grenades flew in.

"Don't shoot! We surrender! Surrender!" The poor Chinese sounded.

The remaining Spaniards were frightened, stopped shooting, and held out the white flag.

"Stop shooting!" Shunzi deliberately waited for a while before giving the order. He saw the white flag when it was held out, but he was holding back his anger.

"Put down your weapons, come out and lie on the ground!" Shunzi shouted inside.

The Spaniards inside looked at each other in bewilderment, "Jason, what is he talking about? Is he accepting our surrender?"

"I don't know either. I came here a few days earlier than you. Damn it!" Jason said helplessly.

This group of people were recruited from Spain and sent to the Philippines to suppress the locals. They don't speak Chinese at all.

"Does anyone speak English? Is there anyone?" The people in the bell tower shouted.

"Damn, they don't come out, why are they still barking? Platoon leader, we lost two brothers and injured seven. Go to hell with them!" The third squad leader shouted unconvinced.

To be honest, Shunzi also thought that his platoon had more than 40 brothers at the beginning, but now there are less than 30 intact, and six have died...

"We need intelligence. Without intelligence, we will have more deaths.

Kang Mang Ao Te! Nao!"

The first sentence was said by Shunzi to his brothers, and the second sentence was shouted to the bell tower. Before coming, the army had concentrated on training the terms of persuading surrender on the ship. When he heard these two sentences, he immediately said, "Get out."

"Okay, okay, we surrender. You need to ensure our safety. We are prisoners and protected by international law..." Jason came out with more than 20 people, holding rifles high. He carefully put the rifles on the ground and turned to face the wall.

"Go and tie up a few people. Third squad leader, come with me to the bell tower to see if there is anyone in the customs building." Shunzi wanted to ask the captives, but then he remembered that he couldn't communicate with the language. He took the third squad leader and the two of them went up to the fourth floor carefully.

"There are people in the customs building. Do they put all the main forces there?" Shunzi handed the monocular telescope he found to the third squad leader.

"There are quite a lot. I saw dozens of them alone, and there are also cannons. Didn't they bombard for so long? They are still there?" The third squad leader was puzzled. Only half of the customs building was left. How dare they?

For some reason, the bell tower was not destroyed, but it was destroyed now.

"You know flag language, right?" Shunzi looked at the warships in the distance and had a sudden idea.

"Yes! Before joining the Marine Corps, I learned it in the militia, a signalman." The third squad leader looked at Shunzi in confusion, and Shunzi pointed to the navy.

The third squad leader's eyes lit up...

Gu Fan was now on the deck, looking at Manila, which was full of smoke. From time to time, a few wounded were sent out from the building complex, but not many, and the wounded were not serious. There were explosions in the city.

Suddenly, a signal flare attracted his attention. He raised his telescope and saw two marines.

"What is this? Flag signal?... Fire a signal flare! Lookout, observe the flag signal at the signal flare." Remembering something, a signal flare was launched from the ship.

"They saw it! Quick, guide the artillery fire, 500 meters west from us, request artillery fire." Shunzi said excitedly.

The third squad leader began to wave the flag.

"It's a flag signal! Request artillery fire, the coordinates are, 500 meters west of them!" The lookout shouted.

Without Gu Fan's order, the fire control room immediately calculated the position.

"Elevation angle 6, reduce the charge, test fire!" The fire control room quickly calculated.

Boom!

"It's off! One hundred meters to the left, and two hundred and fifty meters." Shunzi shouted excitedly.

The data was quickly transmitted to the warship, and a shell landed next to the customs building.

"These yellow-skinned monkeys, are they bombarding again? Do shells cost money?" This is a Spanish army colonel, the person in charge here.

Originally, he had a purebred colonial division, but after half a month of irregular bombardment, his soldiers suffered heavy casualties, 1/4 withdrew from the battle, and then 1/4 played the glorious tradition of colonial soldiers-missing.

Except for two large-scale bombardments, Nanhua did not attack the customs building at ordinary times. This place became his division headquarters, with more than 2,000 people stationed here, and the rest were stationed separately.

"They dared to fire from a distance, and dared not confront the heroic Spanish army. If they dared to land, I would let them experience the power of Spanish musketeers!" A major echoed.

Woo~

boo!

Another shell, this time very close, the colonel was even angrier, but they didn't know the enemy had landed yet, and they wanted to avoid the shells.

"Damn it! They'd better not land..." Before he finished speaking, the sound of humming filled people's ears.

"Artillery!" The shrill sound was the last evidence left by the colonel in time.

"Accurate hit, at least one enemy regiment, request fire coverage!" Shunzi looked at the enemies running around and called out habitually.

Boom boom boom!

Gu Fan heard the news and went to find Yang Tao as soon as possible. This was the first time he found a large number of enemies. Unfortunately, when Yang Tao came out, he saw only smoke and dust raised by bursts of explosions...

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