The enemy's third line of defense does not have a strong fortress, nor does it have a barbed wire fence in front of the trenches, so it is easier to fight, but there are mountain artillery troops on the third line of defense, which is a trouble, but the trouble is not too big, because the Spaniards' mountain artillery shooting speed is very slow, and Lin Fei's troops use the combat method of infantry and artillery coordination, the infantry can reach the melee trench under the cover of artillery, and the mountain artillery can only shoot one shell.

At 3:35 p.m., the divisional artillery regiment launched an artillery bombardment on the Spanish positions, and the shells fell on the positions one after another, just as when Lin Fei's troops attacked the first line of defense.

There were many Chinese soldiers on the third line of defense, and their will to resist was very poor, and when they heard the sound of artillery, they curled up in the trenches, unlike the Spanish soldiers on the first line of defense, who knew how to resist desperately.

Lin Fei also knew that the Chinese soldiers in the third line of defense had a poor will to resist, so he instructed the artillery company not to shoot too many shells, so the rapid fire of the artillery regiment ended after only half a minute, and as soon as the artillery stopped, the first regiment rushed into the trench under the leadership of the regiment commander Liu Jun, and most of the Chinese soldiers in the trench raised their hands to surrender, and only the Spanish soldiers and a handful of traitors resisted.

The Spanish soldiers still didn't know how to assassinate them, and this time they didn't have an advantage in numbers, so they quickly fell behind, Lin Fei also instructed the participating troops to let go of the Chinese soldiers in the process of attacking, and let them help us attack together, so Lin Fei's troops began to encourage the Chinese soldiers after they entered the trenches.

Of course, there is no time for painstaking political education on the battlefield where you live and die, so the agitation of the soldiers of Lin Fei's troops is very simple, and it is often one sentence, and this sentence is to the point: "Have you forgotten how to be bullied by the Spaniards?" Now take revenge..."

In the process of talking with Hu Shuangxi and other Chinese soldiers, Lin Fei learned that the Spanish officers treated the Chinese soldiers very harshly, each of them would hang a wooden stick around their waists at any time, and as long as the Chinese soldiers made a slight mistake, they would take off the wooden stick and beat them, and the Chinese soldiers hated the Spanish officers, so Lin Fei instructed his subordinates to use such a sentence to stir up the anger of the Chinese soldiers and make the Chinese soldiers turn against them on the battlefield.

The Chinese soldiers were not bloodless, they dared to be angry when they were bullied by the Spanish officers, and now, they dared to be angry and dare to fight, so they picked up bayonets and stabbed the Spanish soldiers fiercely, the blades pierced into the flesh, blood splashed, and the corpses of the Spaniards fell on the ground.

At first, the Spanish soldiers did not expect the Chinese soldiers to suddenly defect, so they did not guard against the Chinese soldiers, and the Chinese soldiers took this opportunity to send one by one stabs, bayonets into the chest, stomach, and even arms and thighs of the Spaniards, and the Spaniards screamed and roared: "Are you crazy? How to hit us? We are our own people. ”

The Chinese soldier shouted angrily in Spanish: "Who is your own person with you?" We are Chinese..."The Spanish soldiers realized that the Chinese had defected, and for a time they had no will to fight, and the Spanish troops in the direction of the main attack of the first regiment began to retreat.

After the first regiment opened the breach, Lin Fei immediately ordered the follow-up troops to enter the breach, and then expanded to the east and west flanks, more and more Chinese soldiers defected, and the Spaniards showed their decline, and after barely resisting for an hour, the Spaniards withdrew from the third line of defense and fled back to Manila.

Governor Sanders returned to Manila after the defeat of Thomas Young, and he did not feel sorry for Thomas Young, but complained to his men: "Those pigs are too stupid to do even a little thing." ”

Governor Sanders complained a few words and forgot all about Thomas Young, which is the greatest sorrow of traitors like Thomas Young and Johnson Lee, who sacrificed their lives to serve their masters, and the masters turned their heads and forgot about them.

At this time, Governor Sanders received a report from his men: "The third line of defense has also been lost, and now the defenders on the third line of defense are retreating towards Manila." ”

Governor Sanders was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Then Lin Fei's troops didn't catch up, did they?" ”

The subordinate replied, "Lin Fei's troops chased after a while and then retreated. ”

Governor Sanders let out a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, I'm afraid that Lin Fei's troops will follow our troops into the city, and it will be troublesome." ”

Governor Sanders's face softened slightly, and suddenly a cloud of gloom rose again, and one of his staff officers hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency, what's wrong with you?" ”

Governor Sanders asked in a deep voice, "How did Lin Fei's troops break through our defense line so quickly?" ”

The staff officer replied: "That's right, when Lin Fei's troops attacked, they encouraged Chinese soldiers to counterattack together, and many Chinese soldiers defected, and the number of Lin Fei's troops increased a lot at once, and our army couldn't resist it." ”

Governor Sanders' brows furrowed tightly, his face full of worry, asked, "Are there any Chinese soldiers in the retreating troops?" ”

The herald's men thought for a moment and said, "There are some of them, they are all loyal to our Spanish Empire, and none of them betrayed our empire at the last moment. ”

Governor Sanders sneered and said, "These people are not trustworthy, just kill them..."

The subordinate was stunned and said, "This is a little too vicious, right?" ”

Governor Sanders didn't speak, just glared slightly, and his subordinates hurriedly said, "I'm sorry Governor, I shouldn't talk too much, I'll go and deliver the order." ”

After his subordinates finished speaking, they ran out, and then a staff officer whispered to Governor Sanders: "Your Excellency, the situation is not good now, we only have Manila City Defense left, should we consider retreating?" Manila Bay is now under the control of the Chinese pigs, Ramon Bay is still in our hands, and we should be able to retreat from Ramon Bay. ”

Governor Sanders shook his head and said, "The city of Manila is strong, and the Chinese pigs can't fight for a while, so we have plenty of time to turn defeat into victory." ”

When Governor Sanders said "turning defeat into victory", the staff officers were stunned, their eyes were full of doubts, as if to say, the Chinese Empire has come to the city, do we still have a way to turn defeat into victory?

Governor Sanders saw the thoughts of the staff officers, smiled mysteriously, slowly stretched out a finger, and said with a smile: "We need someone to ......turn defeat into victory"

The staff officers hurriedly asked, "Who is that person?" ”

Governor Sanders laughed but didn't answer......

At 8 p.m. on June 30, the offensive and defensive battle of the third line of defense in Manila was over, and Lin Fei's troops killed 798 Spaniards and captured 334 prisoners, including 1,535 Chinese soldiers.

Liu Jun, the commander of the first regiment, asked Lin Fei: "Your Majesty, how do we deal with these Chinese soldiers?" ”

Lin Fei thought for a while and said: "These soldiers are all defected on the battlefield, they can be used by us, organize them into an independent regiment, and hand them over to me to personally command." ”

These Chinese soldiers were immediately organized into an independent regiment, and because the combat effectiveness of these people was far from that of Lin Fei's main field troops, Lin Fei did not dare to let them carry out combat missions alone, and only let them serve as auxiliary tasks such as vigilance and transportation.

Lin Fei first brought Zhao Menggang, the commander of the division's artillery regiment, and said: "The biggest obstacle to attacking Manila is the city wall, and it is said that the city wall of Manila is stronger than that of Cota Baato, so I decided to hand over the task of blowing up the city wall of Manila to your regiment." ”

Zhao Menggang's face showed a moment of embarrassment, and said: "Your Majesty, our howitzers can't hit the enemy's fortress, I heard that the enemy's fortress and the city wall of Manila were designed and built by the same group of people, and the materials used are exactly the same, and our grenades may not be able to hit the enemy's city wall." ”

Lin Fei smiled slightly and said, "What shape is the fortress in?" What is the shape of the city wall? The shape of the two is different, and the ability to withstand cannonballs is definitely different, so let's put it this way, the ability of the city wall to withstand cannonballs will definitely not catch up with the fortress, and I will not calculate the specific value for you. ”

The gloom on Zhao Menggang's face faded a little, nodded slightly, and Lin Fei said: "You guys are ready to bombard the city wall now, and I will let the infantry build fortifications for you in front." ”

As soon as Zhao Meng agreed, he went back to prepare, Lin Fei immediately called the infantry commanders Niu Dalong, Niu Dahu, Wei Zelong and others, and deployed the task of digging infantry trenches and artillery fortifications. ”

Lin Fei smiled and said, "You don't need to dig the fortifications yourself, we can let the recruited migrant workers do these things." After speaking, Lin Fei looked at Jiang Hui, the commander of the logistics battalion, and said: "You have always been responsible for recruiting migrant workers, and this time you are still the same as last time, recruiting migrant workers for us, and then building artillery positions under the guidance of the artillery regiment." ”

Jiang Hui nodded and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have already arranged these things, and the migrant workers can go to dig the fortifications at any time." ”

Lin Fei said and looked at Qin Xiren, the commander of the division's engineer battalion, and said, "Battalion commander Qin, your engineering battalion is still the same as before, guiding the recruited migrant workers to build various fortifications. ”

Qin Xiren patted his chest and said, "No question", Lin Fei said "yes", and then said to Niu Dalong and other infantry commanders: "You still have to do a good job of protecting migrant workers, understand?" ”

Niu Dalong, Niu Dahu, Wei Zelong and others nodded one after another, and Lin Fei said loudly: "Since the personnel are ready, then we will seize the time to act, and the troops will rest for a period of time, and at 1 o'clock in the morning on July 2, the civilian workers and infantry will begin to dig trenches and start the final battle against Manila." ”

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