Castro's face was gloomy, he did not expect pirates to shell Manila in a harbor five miles away. You must know that at such a distance, it is difficult to guarantee a hit even for his fleet.

But judging from the shelling just now, the pirates did not fight indiscriminately. The fact that they can still roughly hit Manila at such a distance shows that their elite, even if their escort warship comes back, can they defeat the pirates?

After thinking for a while, he said to the anxious Sandy: "Old friend! Don't be too nervous, the pirates are firing too far. Unless you can hit the wall in the same position in succession, you can't think of destroying the wall. ”

"But ......" Sandy's heart just momentated, and she became nervous again when she heard Castro's words.

Castro continued: "It is not very harmful to the walls, but it is fatal to the people and the artillery on the walls. Hurry down to the city and rest! It's not safe here! ”

Hearing Castro's words, Sandy didn't hesitate. Hurriedly ran down the city wall and hid back in the governor's palace.

Sandy, who returned to the mansion, kept reassuring himself that the war was the business of a soldier like Castro, and he was not involved as a governor.

Looking at the battleships spraying shells in the harbor in the distance, Castro fell into deep thought again. Why don't you let the natives come to Manila sooner?

It would take at least three days for the men he sent to gather a sufficient number of natives, and another day to return to Manila. How long can Manila hold out in the face of pirate attacks? It didn't take long for him to make a decision.......

The Han Chinese, who fled in disarray, erupted in cheers when they saw the shells hitting the walls of Manila continuously.

It can be regarded as a bad breath for them here, and it is too embarrassing to be beaten by the Ganlasi people just now, and many people have begun to think of a way out.

The artillery bombardment of the long march gave them confidence and renewed their hope for the capture of Manila.

When they came to the dock, they found that a warship had docked. Yesterday's murderous soldiers were already on guard around the docks, forbidding anyone to approach.

There were also many sailors carrying guns down from the ship, and the two galleons in the distance never stopped shelling. Shells hit the city of Manila, and from time to time they would fall on the city walls and drop a few bricks.

It wasn't until the long march unloaded a 24-pounder gun onto the dock that the merchants knew the difference in this gun.

Compared to the artillery of Ganlas, the artillery cast by the Long March was undoubtedly much lighter. Just a few points thinner on the walls of the barrel will reduce the overall weight of the gun by a lot.

The cannon also has a smooth appearance, with no trachoma visible. The swarthy cannon body was in the sun, firmly attracting the attention of the maritime merchants.

It took an hour for a long march to bring the two guns to shore. Slowly advancing towards Manila under the impetus of the gunners, the maritime merchants did not dare to come forward and talked around them.

The moment Meng Fanrui saw the artillery of the long march, a smile appeared on his face. He finally understood why the pirates looked down on the guns on the Gunlas Battery, which were undoubtedly much better than them.

He strode forward, and after being stopped by the death brigade, he shouted: "All good men! A certain is willing to help the hero push the cannon and make a modest contribution to take Manila! ”

Tao Lei beckoned Meng Fanrui over and said, "Okay!" Let your people come over! ”

Meng Fanrui agreed, and took his men to help push the artillery. Although the artillery weighed 4,000 catties, it still advanced steadily under the pull of 100 men.

Although the 24-pounder gun was called a long-barreled naval gun, it could not be cast too long considering the width of the battleship and the weight of the gun.

The effective firing range is only two and a half miles, and it can just hit the city of Manila after completely multi-charge, and shoot at the maximum elevation angle.

Such shelling can only serve as a deterrent, and is simply not enough to break down the walls of Manila. If you want to break through the city of Manila, you only need to shoot at close range.

Unloading the guns and pushing them under the city became an option for long marches, and the 24-pounder gun crew usually consisted of eight people. They have exhausted all their strength to reset the artillery, and it is undoubtedly impossible to push it under the city.

Meng Fanrui happened to help the long march, and there was a lot of strength. The speed of the 4,000-pound heavy artillery was sped up a lot, and it slowly advanced towards the city of Manila.

The old man surnamed Wang was mixed in the crowd, his face was not ugly, and he looked at Meng Fanrui with this resentment.

He had already blamed his failure just now on Meng Fanrui's refusal to help, and he didn't realize that he was carried away by the silver. Losers will always find all kinds of reasons for themselves and will not see the shortcomings in themselves.

Other maritime merchants also came up to help, and the long march turned out to be spectators. Ma Xiaoliu walked in the crowd and shouted with his throat open: "Brothers, work hard! Follow the long march to beat Manila and rob the fuck! ”

"Well said! Fuck it! ”

The maritime merchants responded, and many people keenly heard a noun from Ma Xiaoliu's mouth ~ long march.

Tao Lei frowned at first, and then he was relieved. The sun and moon battle flags hoisted on the killer whale battleship have never been taken off, and those who are interested can know where they came from as soon as they inquire.

Castro also noticed that the pirates had once again pushed up the artillery, and immediately prepared the gunners at the head of the city to attack.

When entering Sanli, Castro did not give the order to open fire. He wanted to repeat the same thing, and once again destroy the confidence of the pirates.

In the distance, naval guns bombarded the city of Manila, and the shells were somewhat erratic. The Ganlas at the head of the city were accustomed to it, and they could roughly tell from the whistling of the cannonballs whether the cannonballs would hit their heads.

The gunners of the long march stopped advancing in two and a half miles, and they began to get busy around the artillery.

Castro was a little surprised, shelling at such a distance? At that moment, the prepared gunners were the first to impress the attack, and the artillery on the head of the city was full of smoke, and several shells hit the long march that was busy.

Since the gunners thought that the pirate's artillery would have to push forward, they hastily adjusted the angle of the artillery. Most of the shells fell behind the guns of the Long March, and only one hit the side of the guns of the Long March.

The maritime merchants who were surrounding were frightened by the artillery at the head of Manila, and they turned and ran. Meng Fanrui was also among those who fled, and he ran a few steps only to find that the gunners of the long march were not moved at all, and were still preparing for the shelling unhurriedly.

Seeing this, his heart was not as frightened as he was just now, and he stopped fleeing and returned behind the long march.

More and more people noticed the calmness of the long march, and they also stopped and looked this way.

Castro at the head of the city retracted his clairvoyant mirror and ordered: "Concentrate artillery fire!" Be sure to destroy the pirate's artillery! ”