1890 King of Southeast Asia

At 11:40, after removing another barricade, Wang Jin sat on the ground, panting.

"Where are you injured?" The second platoon leader came up and touched Wang Jin randomly.

"No, I was scared to death just now." Wang Jin drank a sip of water carefully and said in fear.

"You are lucky!" The second platoon leader punched him. "There is a water tank in the next room. I fed it to the prisoners. It doesn't look poisonous. The company commander asked us to rest for an hour. If they are not dead, we can supply them later."

"Company commander, this won't work. We are too slow in the assault." The deputy company commander grabbed the abstract map and pointed to his position.

"We are here now. The goal is the city hall. We have only walked 1\\/3 in the morning, and the resistance is getting stronger inside. The enemy is gathering."

"How far are the troops behind us?" Kong Desheng didn't want to think about it. The goal was obviously a surprise attack, so why did it seem to be a strong attack?

"The nearest friendly forces have established a defense line on Fourth Street, two streets away from us." The main force also needs to clear the road and eliminate the remaining enemies.

"It's only 20 minutes away. Send someone to request to bombard our route of advance, starting at 1 pm. After that, we will rush all the way. This distance is less than 5 kilometers!

Focus on bombarding the intersections of the main roads and the boundaries of the streets. The enemy is mainly stationed in these places." Kong Desheng thought about it and must speed up the progress. There is no point in such a strong attack.

"Are the casualties heavy?" Kong Desheng asked.

"The Spaniards kept attacking armored vehicles, but the casualties were not large. Twenty-two people were killed and injured, and fourteen were slightly injured."

"Take a break and launch an attack after the bombardment is over."

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The Nanhua Army was preparing for the offensive in full swing, but Admiral Hawker, the commander-in-chief of Manila's defense, became more and more disappointed.

"In one morning, we lost contact with more than a dozen streets. How many streets are there in the whole Manila! Ah! Tell me..." Hawker was helpless.

As an admiral, the army was not convinced. Knowing the current situation of the Spanish navy and army, he had the greatest hope of delaying until other countries intervened.

The navy's conservative policy was to delay time. He originally wanted to use the warship as a floating artillery platform, but the South China Navy used a night attack to tell him that there was no chance.

The gunboat could not withstand the power of the torpedo explosion and was completely blown up. Only Christina, although it was hit by two torpedoes, the front main gun and several secondary guns were still on the water.

Unfortunately, it was useless.

The same was true for street fighting. The army was dispersed and the locals in the city were driven away. The army was repaired and sent out in a way that one company was responsible for one block, in an attempt to delay time bit by bit.

Then there was a bombardment that lasted for half a month. Many soldiers disappeared or simply ran out of the city. Some of those who stayed in the city gathered together and tried to have a Napoleon-style battle with the South China Army.

"From this morning, the enemy has divided into three groups and is attacking here from the dock. Should we deploy the remaining troops that can be contacted along the enemy's offensive line?" The city defense adjutant suggested.

Because the governor defected, a series of high-level officials in Manila were no longer trusted by Spain. On the surface, Admiral Hawker had the sole authority over the entire Manila, but he was in the navy system, and the army did not want to listen to him.

At this time, Spain still maintained its last pride. The two-ocean navy and the nominally strong army were still a first-class power, with a higher voice than Italy.

"Okay, we will block them layer by layer. The country is coordinating mediation among various countries. We must hold on!" Hawker nodded in agreement.

"As you wish, General!" The city defense adjutant turned to deploy the troops. Their troops were too scattered. Even around the headquarters, there was only one infantry regiment.

...

At 12:50, the second company finished its repairs and prepared to start the big step mode.

The main guns and secondary guns of the Wuyue class began to adjust their elevation angles, and the six artillery destroyers also raised their 120 main guns, ready to join the battle.

Admiral Hawker was unaware of this, because even if the information of the troop assembly was to be leaked, it should not be so fast, and the South China Navy wanted support, so there was no reason not to support in the morning.

At one o'clock, on the remaining eleven target blocks of the Second Company, nearly thirty barricades and various bunkers, more than twenty cannons and more than eight thousand soldiers were concentrated. This was all the Spanish soldiers Hawker could contact and rush to the position within an hour.

"In order to ensure safety, the navy will rotate back to the port after this bombardment and replace the gun barrels. There are too many places that the navy needs to protect. The safety during this period will be the responsibility of the destroyers." Gu Fan said to Yang Tao.

After this bombardment, even if the reduced charge is used for a long time, the main guns of the Wuyue class are about to reach their expected lifespan, and it is not unusable, but for safety reasons, it is better to replace the gun barrels.

"How is the protection of Corregidor Island?" Yang Tao was not aware of it. Corregidor Island is currently controlled by the Marine Corps.

"It's not ideal. Many of them are old-fashioned artillery, but torpedo boats and destroyers will block the port." Gu Fan said, with a headache.

Although the battle at sea has theoretically ended and the South China Navy has won, Surabaya suddenly sent a telegram asking the navy to maintain combat status and be alert to possible interference.

"If this plan fails, I plan to release No. 3 gas to Manila tomorrow night." Yang Tao thought about it and said with a frown.

Gu Fan also frowned. As the captain of the main battleship squadron, he also knew many military secrets of South China, including the white shells currently in a certain inconspicuous transport ship.

Only one shell is needed. The air within thousands of square meters around will fill some gas, and the dose is the amount of death.

However, the No. 3 Qi is difficult to clean up, and the headquarters is required to be unavailable at non -emergency moments, and all witnesses must be removed, all evidence is destroyed, covering the coverage area, and so on.

"Has it been this moment?" Gu Fan looked at the port of Democratic, and also moored several foreign ships, although it was crowded with the Spanish ...

"The form is a bit urgent, and the head of state believes that Yingde has a possibility of joint intervention." Yang Tao took out the telegram that had just arrived.

"Yingde has a joint trend, ending the battle as soon as possible, lifting all the weapons ..."

In fact, it was South China's concession to Germany, which made Britain see a seam. He started to start with Germany to Mariana, and at the same time brought Guam to Americans.

It is a pity that it can only be said to South China. It is a pity that it is a pity, but for the two countries, it has great strategic value.

"In this case, the shelling navy will increase its efforts and expand the scope. At one point, the shelling will extend on both sides and stop the shelling." Gu Fan also felt the urgency of the situation, which increased for five minutes for five minutes. The shelling time.

Nympho

The pointer slowly points to a little bit.

boom! boom! boom! Nympho

The sound of the artillery stimulated in a ball, a static state, the turret hit six shots of the rate of fire, dozens of millimeters above 100 mm, eighteen 203 mm caliber artillery, pouring the shell at full speed of Manila.

"Come!" Listening to the sound of the cannonball, Kong Demon said silently.

BOOM!

The sound of the explosion is constantly sounding, louder than thunder, or crisp, or dull, shocking.

It was only a few hundred meters away from the recent explosion of the second company. The physical body could feel the existence of the shock wave. The soldiers looked nervously at the dust rising in the distance.

Nympho

"Firemade! Fo!"

"It's heavy artillery!"

"There is a spy!"

"These despicable white ..."

Some people speak and say nothing.

In the Manila headquarters in Spain, Hockl heard the endless artillery, his face was pale.

"It is the navy's shell ..." Hohkel obviously realized that such a large -scale shelling must be targeted. Since the headquarters of the city hall is not shot, the goal should be somewhere in the heavy soldiers.

Hawkl immediately ordered the city defense deputy: "Explore immediately, where is the goal of the enemy's shelling!"

There was still a trace of luck in his heart, but the phone he received in a few minutes quickly made him desperate.

"After confirmation, at least three defense lines gathered by heavy soldiers were shot large -scale, and other regions could not be contacted temporarily. General, we seemed to be fooled ..." The deputy is almost crying, would he be shot?

"Organize the defense, and keep it for a few days. In any case, we can't surrender to the yellow skin monkey!" Hockl said a bit, and said difficultly.

The deputy does not believe in the so -called reinforcements, but if he disagrees, he should be the first to be shot and can only turn around to convey the order.

"Chief, the phone line is broken, you need to go to the east and use a temporary phone." The house leak was raining in the end of the night, and the deputy could only walk east, and the temporary phone was open 500 meters away.

At this time, the shells stopped.

Nympho

"The report is highlighting the high explosion grenade, and the other ships are also." The deputy deputy reported the situation to Gu Fan. High -speed shelling not only arrived at the limit, but also the high -explosive bombs of land support also shot.

"With armor -piercing bombs, the shelling time must not be less, and it can't work for a second." Gu Fan immediately ordered that South China's armor -piercing bomb was a high -explosive bomb, and several kilograms of high explosives were filled in the interior.

"A armor -piercing bombs? Are there any mistakes?" I asked with a faint fire door and asked in doubt.

"No, the high explosive grenade was gone, and the shells supported by land were gone. After a while, we played more than 2,000 cannon eruptions out, where is there."

"That's not too expensive to penetrate the armor bomb?" The high -explosive armor -piercing bomb compared to the land support grenade 40%, and the effect of support for land is not ideal, there is a saying in the manual.

Having said that, the installation of the filledors was still packed with artillery shells. After all, it was a war, and he obeyed first. Anyway, because there was no naval battle, the replenishment of armor -piercing bombs was useless.

boom!

I do n’t know if the artillery shell was filled with artillery shells, and the shells had just ended the battle.

Because of the reduction of the rejuvenation, the speed of the boring was only 680 meters per second. Thanks to the weight of 130 kg, the armor -piercing performance was still considerable.

Woo ~

Puff ~

The artillery shells fell in front of the city hall and fell from the flower bed. Due to the soft land here, the delayed gravity of the shell was triggered after 5 seconds of landing. When the shell exploded, it was already three meters into the soil.

BOOM!

Hawkl was waiting for the result of the frontline of the front line, and he was praying, hoping that the casualties were not big. At this time, there was a sudden noise.

Then there was a huge explosion, while countless earth and stones fell, buried the headquarters.

In fact, this headquarters is the basement of the city hall, which is five meters from the ground. Generally speaking, it is not easy to be destroyed by shells.

However, fate is to love to make people. This cannonball happens to be a naval armor -piercing bomb. It needs to pass through the water line armor and dome. In addition, the shells are obliquely falling from the flower bed, and the two meters above the basement explode.

One of the various factors that determine the power of explosion is a closed container,

Several kilograms of explosives exploded three meters underground, and fell diagonally into the ground. Above the explosion was a compacted and hardened square, and the explosive power was bound to be released.

If this was not a basement, the explosive power would break the soil layer and the hardened layer, but here it was above the basement, and the explosive power was applied in a more vulnerable direction and was all concentrated downward.

The explosion did not kill Hawker, but it destroyed the basement structure and caused the tower defense. Hawker was buried alive in it...

After the bombardment, the adjutant who went to make a phone call came back to see this scene. There was a big pit in the square in front of the city hall. After comparing, this seemed to be the headquarters?

After the adjutant confirmed that the headquarters was buried alive, his eyes turned, and he walked east again, and disappeared...

...

Kong Desheng looked at the captured pocket watch. His watch was damaged in the battle, so he could only use the captured pocket watch, even if it was not so convenient.

"It's one fifteen." Kong Desheng looked ahead.

"The shelling has stopped!" Wang Jin had been waiting. When the explosions stopped completely, he stood up and looked at Kong Desheng.

"Start the action, fast! Reach the target within an hour!" Kong Desheng nodded and gave the order.

The second company assembled, and the armored vehicles and a row of soldiers began to run wildly.

Crossing one crater after another, one barricade after another, wherever they went, there were either corpses everywhere or panicked Spanish soldiers scrambling to surrender.

Effortlessly, the second company crossed seven blocks in a row.

"Hu! Hu!" Wang Jin panted. In addition to 180 rounds of bullets, he also carried eight grenades, a personal medical kit, a water bottle, a grenade launcher, and two rifle grenades. Carrying a rifle, he ran seven blocks in a row, panting heavily.

"There is a barricade ahead, intact, and the other side opened fire." The car commander Lu Liang said.

"If you have rifle grenades, suppress them with firepower! Take the opportunity to move forward with the rocket launcher and fire at the right time." Wang Jin took out the rifle grenade launcher and said while installing it.

Soon, there was a bang, and four rifle grenades hit the barricade accurately, but it was unknown what the result would be. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the rocket launcher also found the opportunity to fire.

Bang!

Puff~

Boom!

A large amount of debris flew into the sky, and it seemed that their earth bombs were detonated, and the armored vehicles took the opportunity to rush up.

"How long?" Wang Jin asked Lu Liang, who also took the opportunity to take a breath.

"Twelve minutes." Lu Liang shook his head.

Wang Jin thought about it, twelve minutes, enough to rearrange...

"Don't worry about the escapees, keep charging!" Wang Jin called back the soldiers who wanted to chase and chose to continue the assault.

But what was strange was that until they arrived at the target location, which was the block next to the city hall, they did not encounter any organized resistance.

"Arrange defense!" Wang Jin had no time to think. They were now deep behind the enemy, and the right way was to arrange the defensive positions first.

The Nanhua Army didn't know that because the command center was wiped out and the only adjutant disappeared, the entire Spanish garrison in Manila that could move was thrown into chaos...