Chapter 288 The White Flag of Manila

On the walls of the royal city of Manila, Governor Mai Ruoting and Lieutenant Colonel Monterey saw that a round of artillery bombardment made the Qing soldiers a mess, and their faces couldn't help showing a relaxed expression, when they saw that they actually gathered the whole team under the muzzle, the two of them looked solemn, they had never seen such a desperate army, and they could see that this was a new army, but in the case of rout, it could be assembled immediately, indicating that this was a well-trained and extremely disciplined army, and both of them were a little heavy in their hearts, and a fierce battle was just around the corner.

Mai Ruoting stared at the fluttering golden dragon flag, and ordered viciously: "Hit, hit the place where I aim at the flag!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a series of artillery roars rang out on the city walls.

At a distance of 1,500 yards, the Spanish artillery was not accurate at all, although it was a salvo of more than a dozen guns, but none of them hit, and the soil was soft, the bounce was not strong, and the power of the ricochet was also greatly reduced, but there were still two ricochet bombs diagonally through the queue of the two detachments, and the lives of more than ten soldiers were taken away in an instant.

Although there were still people vomiting, there was some commotion in the ranks, and some were afraid, but no one fled, and all the soldiers straightened their chests and stomachs, suppressed the fear in their hearts, and stared at the gun emplacements on the prismatic walls of Manila.

Looking at Lin Wei, who was standing tall in front of the team, he shouted loudly: "Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky!" This is what it looks like a navy! Remember, there are only the Navy that died in battle, and there are no Navy who escaped! ”

The roaring cannon sounded continuously, the eardrums of the shock were painful for a while, the assembly of the naval musketeers gave the artillerymen great encouragement and comfort, after a short preparation, fifty guns rang out continuously, because Lin Wei ordered the free shelling, the cannon sound did not stop.

The Qing navy's rear-loading rifled guns were much stronger than those of the Spanish, and although they were separated by 1,500 yards, they were still able to guarantee a 20% hit rate.

The first flowering shell exploded over the walls of Manila, causing a huge panic, and Lieutenant Colonel Monterey exclaimed, "God, it's a grenade!" He quickly picked up the governor and ran into the hole in the wall to hide.

"Bang bang" and a few shells exploded on the city wall, the fragmented shrapnel flew sideways on the city wall, the sound of "poof" into the flesh, the "swish" sound of splashing on the wall tiles, the screams of the wounded soldiers who were shot by shrapnel, the people who listened to it were shocked, and when they saw that the hole in the wall was not safe, Monterey immediately pulled the governor Mai Ruoting to run under the city wall.

He now somewhat believed that the Far Eastern Fleet had all surrendered, and at a distance of 1,500 yards, the artillery of the Qing people could still have so many shells accurately fall on the city wall, so how accurate could it be at 1,000 yards or 800 yards? God, how did the artillery of the Qing people be made?

The explosion of "boom" continued to sound inside and outside the city wall of Manila, continuous flowering shells fell one after another, the artillery on the city wall suffered heavy casualties, and the rest of them dared to stay in the gun position, they all slipped into the hole in the wall, although they found that the hole in the wall was not safe, but they did not dare to escape from the wall wall like Mai Ruoting and Monterey, so they had to cling to the wall tiles, secretly praying that God could bless them.

Lin Wei kept an eye on the situation on the wall with his binoculars, and when he saw that there was no longer artillery firing back, he ordered: "The artillery is divided into two groups, and the cover is alternately advanced to a distance of eight hundred yards." ”

After a long period of suffering, the Spanish gunners finally waited until the sound of the cannon completely stopped, boldly ran out of the hole in the wall, stretched out their heads to look, and saw that the soldiers and artillery of the Qing Kingdom had advanced to a distance of 1,000 yards, and immediately ran under the city wall with a loud scream.

Sure enough, a group of life-threatening Spanish soldiers had just rushed down the city wall, and they heard a loud bang from the city gate, and the protruding forts of the prismatic city wall were flying with bricks and stones, and the sound of "bang" was endless, and the entire eight-meter-thick city wall was shaking violently, and there was no need to look back, and the soldiers also knew that this was a solid bullet that was beginning to destroy the fort and the gate. ..., after three rounds of shelling, the tall and thick city gate could no longer withstand the powerful artillery blows, and collapsed with a loud noise, and all the prismatic gun positions on the city wall were beaten beyond recognition.

The total money of the Guangdong Green Battalion is not much and the soldiers are only dumbfounded, and the naval shells are too accurate, which can be called a bullet without missing a shot, and I originally thought that I would attack the city wall, but now it seems that as long as I charge, this battle is cool, but unfortunately there is no cavalry, otherwise it will be even cooler.

Lin Wei did not give the order to charge, there were many soldiers defending the city in Spain, and there were not a few musketeers, rushing into the street fighting, the loss must be very large, in the case of steady victory, he did not want to waste the lives of the soldiers. Zhang Tiansheng, who had already followed up with the city to persuade him to surrender, said that after the first wave of attacks, after sweeping away the threat on the city wall, he would wait for half an hour, and if Spain still did not surrender, he would extend the artillery bombardment into the city.

"Put the mast up and send someone up to keep an eye on the city walls." Lin Wei commanded in a deep voice: "All the soldiers rest in place. ”

Climbing the mast to observe the enemy's situation is a compulsory skill for sailors on battleships, and it is not difficult for the navy at all, Lin Wei has long thought of this method and is ready, therefore, with an order, the two masts were quickly erected.

There is not much money, and I am in a hurry when I hear the order, how can I take this opportunity to charge? He hurriedly hurried over, approached Lin Wei, and called out very aggrievedly, "Captain Lin." Then he said: "Now is a rare opportunity, how can you rest in place, isn't it a missed opportunity?" The brothers are holding back their strength. ”

"Don't be in a hurry, there are battles." Lin Wei glanced at him and said, "Rest first, if the Spaniards don't surrender, there will be a bad battle." ”

The sudden silence made the Spaniards in the city feel extremely depressed, the city wall had been lost, the city gate was also broken, they retreated, occupied various favorable attack locations in the city and waited for the Qing soldiers to charge, however, the other party suddenly fell silent, this situation made every Spanish soldier feel nervous, I don't know what will be waiting for them in the next moment, is it a tidal charge? Or a rainstorm of shells? The shelling of the Qing people was really terrible.

The wait on the eve of the war was the most worrying, Lieutenant Colonel Monterey anxiously walked back and forth, and when he got the Qing people resting in the same place outside, and there was no sign of attack, he immediately understood, and immediately ordered: "Go quickly, bring that Qing man here." ”

Governor Mai Ruoting stared at Monterey and asked, "You want to surrender?" ”

"See what the Qing people will do next?" Monterey glanced at it and saw that most of his naval soldiers were around, so he met his gaze without fear and said: "With the artillery of the Qing people, I believe that the Far East Fleet has surrendered, under this kind of accurate shelling, our battleships have no chance to fight back at all, and they don't even have a chance to escape, surrender is the only way out." ”

"Even if the Far Eastern Fleet surrenders, so what?" Mai Ruoting waved his arms exaggeratedly and said angrily: "Manila will not surrender!" ”

This bastard, why can't he see the situation clearly? With the power of the Qing artillery, there is no chance of close combat at all, in such a big place, there is no place to hide, and there is no escape, and there are warships guarding outside.

Zhang Tiansheng was quickly brought to the two, Monterey nodded slightly, squeezed out a smile and said, "Soldier, the shelling has stopped, can you tell me your next step?" ”

"Of course, within an hour, the white flag will not be seen, and the shelling will begin to extend into the city." Zhang Tiansheng raised his head slightly, and said calmly: "Then there is arson to the city, of course, if you resist to the end, we are happy to see the invincible Spanish phalanx, but your muskets are as bad as artillery, it can't be a battle, it can only be a massacre, a massacre!" Do you understand? "Guards, pull this madman down and kill him!" Fast! Mai Ruoting's anger jumped like thunder, and he shouted in a row.

"Slow!" Monterey said, turning to Myroting and shouting, "Do you want all the soldiers in Manila to die under the fire of the Qing people?" Under this kind of shelling, we don't even have a chance to fight back, as you saw just now, not only are their artillery sharp, but the soldiers are also braver than us, we don't have a chance at all, once we set fire to the city, we can't even support it for a day! ”

Mai Ruoting glanced at the navy that had slowly surrounded him, had calmed down, and said loudly: "Surrender is also a dead end!" Don't you know how many biological people we've killed? 50,000 or 100,000? Those Qing people will let us go? ”

Zhang Tiansheng quickly continued: "The fourteenth prince said, surrender and don't kill, treat the captives preferentially, and allow the king of Spain to ransom you back." ”

"He's a liar! Damn biological man! Myrotin shouted and scolded.

"Even if you are deceived, you will only live one day less." Monterey said with a gloomy face, winking at his two officers as he spoke, "If he tells the truth, everyone will be able to live, this bet is too cost-effective, there is no reason why we should not gamble." ”

Mai Ruoting sensed that the situation was not good, and was about to retreat, but before he could react, he was already escorted by a crowd of naval soldiers, and his guards were also disarmed.

"Monterey, how dare you commit it?" Myrotin shouted viciously.

"People who are going to die, do you care about committing crimes?" Monterey said disdainfully, then leaned in to him and whispered, "You should be grateful to me for giving you a chance to live, and you don't have to bear the reputation of surrender." ”

As soon as he heard this, Myrodin stopped struggling, and Monterey turned and commanded, "Send to the walls of the city to raise the white flag, order all the soldiers to assemble, and tell them to wait for the king's salvation." ”

"White flag! Look, the Spaniards have raised the white flag. Outside the city, there was a cheer.