Where did the Chinese transport fleet go?

Hercule's heart was simply poured with cold water, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of problems would arise next, if the Chinese reinforcements broke through the blockade line and went all the way into the Madoro Sea, then it would be difficult to intercept them.

After all, in the middle of the sea, just by relying on telescopes and lookouts, it is simply impossible to find the fleet of Chinese: "Fast, we must move fast, step up!" The fleet of the Chinese must not be spared! ”

However, before searching the Chinese transport fleet, they also need to deal with the problem of these British ships, in history, the Dutch once led to the Anglo-Dutch war by forcibly intercepting the British merchant ships for inspection, and now they are forced to inspect in a state of war, although the British cooperate well, but as soon as the search is completed, the British shipowner turned his face.

They demanded compensation from the Spaniards for their losses and protested that the British ships were flown and should not be stopped by the Spaniards for inspection, all of which bothered Hercules.

What's even worse is that this huge ship regiment, which can carry at least one marine regiment, has not yet been traced, and he had to order the entire fleet to disperse and use all means to search for this ship regiment, so he even announced: "Whoever can block the Chinese transport regiment will receive a heavy reward!" ”

However, they traveled around Manila for three days and three nights, and even shelled a French freighter, killing and wounding the sailors on board, but they did not find the legendary transport group at all, so the Spaniards ventured into the vicinity of Manila port. There was a brief exchange of fire with the Chinese armed steam ships and the fortress artillery.

In the end, nothing came of it, and the Spaniards had to consider the anger and revenge of the French, believing that the French government would definitely send a bill for compensation. Napoleon III was no weaker to be bullied.

Still risking his life, Hercules led his flagship to Manila several times, and obtained bits and pieces of information from small boats sent by some Catholic guerrillas. At least one thing is certain, that motorized infantry regiment of the Chinese is not in Manila at all.

Not in Manila......

Hercules had already understood: "They didn't get on the ship in Manila, they went to another port!" ”

For an island nation like the Philippines, there are so many ports to use besides Manila that Hercules has to pray: "I hope other troops can hold off the Chinese fleet." ”

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In fact, now that the two fast sailing ships had sailed close to Mindoro Island, Ye Huaizhi looked at the four directions with vigilant eyes, hoping that there would be no trace of enemy ships.

As Hercules guessed. His troops marched more than 100 kilometers overnight, then boarded in other ports, where two sailboats disguised as fishing boats filled their troops and sailed quickly to Mindoro.

Along the way, although there were many winds and waves, sailboats, and even Spanish patrol boats, the French flag on it made everyone pass by, in such a vast ocean. It is very difficult to deliberately search for these two ships.

Now not far from Mindoro, the army as a whole is in the dark about the situation on the island, and what is even more worrying is the serious shortage of troops, owing to the use of sailing boats for transportation. Therefore, the two ships were only loaded with a reinforced infantry company, which was personally led by Ye Huaizhi, the regiment commander.

There were two hundred and twenty soldiers in all, not a single artillery, and each soldier carried almost no supplies except for sixty rounds of ammunition and three days of dry rations after landing, and even the combat luggage carried only 1,500 rounds of ammunition, which can be said to be an extremely risky operation. …,

"With such a small number of troops, I am afraid that we will not be able to fight on land, but we will be surrounded by the Spaniards...... an officer said in Ye Huaizhi's ear: "The enemy has at least two thousand people!" ”

"No problem!" Ye Huaizhi firmly believed in his judgment: "We have two hundred and twenty best soldiers, as long as a brave assault on the back of the Spaniards is enough." ”

"But ......"

"Just go ashore!" Ye Huaizhi said: "What I'm worried about is what will go wrong with this last journey......

As he spoke, the top of the sail had already shouted, "There is a ship...... There is a ship......

"The patrol ship of the Spaniards?" Ye Huaizhi suddenly became nervous: "Don't be surprised, our ship is not even equipped with a single artillery!" ”

"Calm, calm!"

The lookout post at the top of the sail soon arrived: "It seems to be a Spanish ship?" ”

"Can you rely on the Minnie rifle to fight a heavily armed enemy?" Ye Huaizhi gritted his teeth and took a breath: "You have to get closer to fight!" Beware of concealment! ”

It was the biggest adventure of his military career, and he didn't want to be the protagonist of the tragedy.

Fortunately, a few minutes later, good news came from the top of the sail: "It's not a warship, and it's not equipped with artillery!" ”

Then it would be easy to do, even the enemy's transports, with two hundred and twenty heroic men, should be able to take them, and the two ships passed by, and soon the two sailing ships were docked in a small harbor: "Prepare the kayaks, prepare the kayaks, within an hour, all the combatants must land!" ”

Only two hundred and twenty soldiers were put into the army, which was the result of Ye Huaizhi's struggle in front of Lin Mengchu, and he thought that it was of little significance for the whole regiment to move to Mindoro Island, as long as the defenders could persist in fighting, and he would lead one or two companies to land, even if the Spaniards' will to fight would suffer a great setback, and it would be extremely unwise to take a whole infantry regiment to risk at sea.

Just the moment he looked at the beach, he felt a deep sense of weakness, he felt that his troops were indeed too small, only two hundred and twenty! The only hope was to successfully join the defenders, otherwise it would be difficult to continue the battle with the sixty rounds of ammunition carried by the soldiers and the 1,500 rounds of ammunition in the combat baggage.

Facts have proved that his pessimism is very reasonable, the entire landing operation lasted two and a half hours before it came to an end, fortunately there were no Spaniards nearby, but the company commander could not find the platoon commander, the platoon commander could not find the squad leader, the squad leader could not find his superiors, the landing organization was still in chaos, fortunately the landing site had been controlled, and Ye Huaizhi took the combat map for the first time.

The Spaniards must have been informed of the landing, or that a strong Spanish force was on their way to the landing grounds, and that their men had been tossing and turning for days on land and at sea, and were quite tired, but now there was no time to rest, and they had to speed up.

"The troops moved closer to the friendly forces, and I led the vanguard platoon to the front, bayonet, ready for hand-to-hand combat."

Ye Huaizhi gave a clear order, and he personally walked in the queue of the vanguard platoon, ready for an encounter with the Spaniards at any time.

He had fought several times with the real native Spanish troops, and he knew what they were all about: "Beat the Spaniards with bullets, with bayonets, with our fists!" ”

The entire reinforced company marched south according to the battle formation, and a few minutes later there was gunfire, Ye Huaizhi can be said to be a fighter among the rising stars of the Rainbow Army, he told his soldiers: "I will lead you to continue to advance, even if there are 10,000 Spaniards in front, I will still lead you to pierce their formation." ”

It's just that the gunfire quickly stopped, and in half a minute, the scout came over with a few people, and said in surprise: "It's a friendly army, it's a comrade-in-arms of the Bundulo garrison battalion!" ”…,

"Ye Huaizhi!"

Ye Huaizhi reported his name, and he clearly knew that in the entire Philippine army, whether it was the navy or the army, as long as he reported his name, the other party would definitely know.

"Head Ye, it's good that you're here, we were still worried!"

Sure enough, the name Ye Huaizhi had been passed in the ears of these officers I don't know how many times, and a second lieutenant officer with it said: "Great, great!" Head Ye personally led the team up! ”

"Where are the Spaniards?"

"Spaniards?" The ensign gave an unexpected answer: "They have withdrawn." ”

"What's going on?"

The young lieutenant quickly replied: "They attacked the island for four days, and at one point they attacked the capital of Mindoro, but we beat them back with bayonets, and the Spaniards left behind seventy corpses, and we suffered many ......casualties."

"It's a feint!"

Ye Huaizhi quickly judged the purpose of the Spaniards: "How is the situation of the troops?" ”

"Including the lightly wounded, less than two-thirds of the combat strength," he said. The second lieutenant described the situation: "The day before yesterday, the Spaniards had all withdrawn. ”

Soon Ye Huaizhi figured out the specific process, the Spaniards obviously made a plan to take a handful of attacks this time, but the problem is that since they have such a speculative mentality, then the will to attack is not resolute enough, although the number of troops on land exceeded 2,000 people, but most of the attacks only mobilized seven or eight hundred people, and the result was on par with the defenders.

In particular, the battle in the provincial capital dampened the spirit of the Spaniards, not counting the corpses and wounded taken away, there were more than 70 corpses of the Spaniards left in the provincial capital alone, and in a few days, the Spaniards paid at least three or four hundred losses, so they could not get anything but gritted their teeth, and suspected that the friendly troops of the Rainbow Army might arrive at any time, so they hastily withdrew.

It's just that the second lieutenant analyzed: "I'm afraid the enemy's target is still Luzon, especially southern Luzon!" ”

It has always been the most active area of the Catholic guerrillas, and the Hong Army is also understaffed there, but Ye Huaizhi relaxed: "Southern Luzon? That's it! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )