Governor Sanders was still in the command post of the first line of defense at this time, worried about the situation in front of him, the reinforcements of the second line of defense were blocked, and Lin Fei's troops who rushed into the first line of defense continued to expand to the east and west sides of the trench, and they would soon reach the command post of the first line of defense.

At this moment, the telephone at the command post rang, the staff officer picked up the phone, and after listening to the voice on the phone, his face changed drastically, and Governor Sanders hurriedly asked: "What happened?" ”

The staff officer's face was like ashes, and he said in a trembling voice: "The Chinese Empire...... The troops of the Chinese Empire have entered the second line of defense. ”

"How is this possible? Is there still troops in Lin Fei's hands? Governor Sanders snatched the microphone from the staff officer's hand as he spoke, put it to his ear and said, "I'm Governor Sanders, what's going on?" ”

"Your Excellency Governor, I am the commander-in-chief of the second line of defense, and the Chinese Imperial army appeared in the second line of defense, and they blew up many of our ammunition depots and command posts, killing many of our people left behind."

Governor Sanders' face turned pale as he said, "Can you guys stay behind stop them?" ”

The voice on the phone said helplessly: "Report to Governor Sanders, their combat effectiveness is very strong, we really can't stop it......"

Governor Sanders was so surprised that his hand loosened, and the microphone fell on the table with a "bang", and the staff officer hurriedly picked up the microphone and said, "You wait for the order of the Governor." ”

The staff officer put the microphone back on the phone and said to Governor Sanders in a panic: "Your Excellency, how is this good?" ”

Governor Sanders waved his hand and said calmly: "Don't worry, let's first find out whether the Huaxia Empire only sent a small force to attack or a large force to attack." What did the commander-in-chief of the second line of defense just say? Did you mention the number of enemy troops? ”

The staff officer recalled a little and said: "No, he only said that the army of the Chinese Empire appeared in the defense line. ”

Governor Sanders said in a deep voice: "Call him, I will ask him personally." ”

The staff officer hurriedly called the commander-in-chief of the second line of defense, and Governor Sanders asked directly: "Is it a large force or a small force that the Huaxia Empire is attacking the second line of defense?" ”

The commander-in-chief replied ashamedly: "Report to the Governor, we don't know about this. ”

Governor Sanders was furious and shouted, "How can you not know? ”

The commander-in-chief said helplessly: "Let's say that they are small troops, but gunshots can be heard everywhere on the defensive line, let's say that they are large troops, and there are not many people in the trenches." ”

Governor Sanders frowned, put down the phone, his heart was at a loss, he could not be sure whether the enemy army attacking the second line of defense was a large force or a small force, if it was a small force, then the troops of the first line of defense would not need to return reinforcements, but if it was a large army, the troops of the first line of defense must return reinforcements, otherwise the entire first line of defense would be surrounded.

Governor Sanders hesitated for a moment, he did not want to mobilize troops to return and weaken the defense of the first line of defense, nor did he dare to bet that it was a small force attacking the second line of defense, so he would not return reinforcements.

The staff officers beside Governor Sanders seemed to see his dilemma, and whispered on the side: "Your Excellency, are we sending troops from the third line of defense to reinforce the second line of defense?" ”

Governor Sanders shook his head and said, "The troops of the third line of defense go to reinforce the second line of defense, and the third line of defense will not be empty?" ”

The staff officer nodded first, and then said, "Lord Governor, I have a solution, I don't know if I should bring it up?" ”

Governor Sanders said angrily, "When is this? If you have something to say, say it quickly..."

The staff officer hesitated for a moment, and then said: "That's the case, I'm afraid we should withdraw the whole army to the second line of defense." ”

Governor Sanders' face changed and he said, "Why do you want to withdraw?" ”

The staff officer said: "Our original troops can't stop the attack of Lin Fei's troops, and the reinforcements that come out can't break through the defense of Lin Fei's troops. ”

After listening to the staff officer's words, Governor Sanders didn't speak for a long time, he paced a few steps around the room and said, "Go and ask, where did Lin Fei's troops hit?" ”

A staff officer ran out, and after a short time, he came back and said, "Report to the Governor, they have reached Fort 012 and Fort 029. ”

Governor Sanders raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said gloomily: "The enemy's attack speed is really fast enough, we can only retreat, order the troops, according to Plan B, retreat on all fronts." ”

Governor Sanders had already made various plans for his subordinates, and Plan B was a plan to retreat from the first line of defense, and as soon as Governor Sanders gave the order, the troops withdrew from the trenches and retreated to the second line of defense.

Lin Fei soon received the news of the retreat of the Spanish defenders, and the chief of the general staff, Li Mingming, hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, did we order the troops to pursue the whole line?" ”

Lin Fei shook his head heavily, and said: "The troops have been fighting for four or five hours of high-intensity combat, the personnel need to rest, the bullets need to be replenished, the wounded need to be treated, and the enemy army is retreating in an organized manner, so it is inevitable that the troops will be left to defend, our army cannot pursue, and the troops are ordered to rest in place."

At 2 p.m. on June 19, calm was restored on the battlefield, and the first phase of the Battle of Manila officially ended, with all the Spanish defenders retreating, and the battle ended with a complete victory for Lin Fei's troops.

Lin Fei saw that the battle had subsided, so he first asked the front-line troops to count the casualties, and then took a few staff officers to the field hospital to inspect, at this time, although Lin Fei was not able to produce all kinds of medicines of his time, but he taught the skills of battlefield nursing to the chief medical officer Yue Dexing, to minimize the death of the wounded due to improper care.

Lin Fei walked around the field hospital and saw that the field hospital was very clean, unlike the hospitals of other armies in this era, which were filthy everywhere, and the wounded were easily infected in it, and he was very relieved, but he saw that many of the wounded could not be treated, and his heart was like a knife.

It turned out that Yue Dexing and his disciples were all traditional Chinese medicine and did not understand the operation of Western medicine, and the role of surgery in battlefield first aid was very large, for example, some soldiers were visceral bleeding caused by the shock wave of the shell, and blood clots accumulated in the body cavity, and the surgical method must be used to open the body cavity, clean up the blood clots, and find the bleeding point to stop the bleeding, while Yue Dexing They would not know this, they could only watch the wounded soldiers die.

Lin Fei can't do anything like surgery, and he can't teach others, Lin Fei secretly calculates in his heart that he must use international cooperation to solve these problems in the future.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Jingui, director of the General Logistics Department, arrived from Yanhuangcheng, and his fleet brought food and ammunition to Lin Fei's troops on the one hand, and soldiers to Lin Fei's troops on the other.

Before setting off, Lin Fei realized that attacking Manila would lose a large number of soldiers, and these soldiers had to be replenished, and it was not possible to recruit soldiers locally, because there was no time for training, so Lin Fei instructed local administrative officials to draw elites from the garrison troops and replenish them to the combat units, and these soldiers came from the garrison troops.

In addition to sending food, ammunition and soldiers, Chen Jingui also sent a report on the recent situation of the Chinese Empire's politics and economy, Lin Fei took a brief look, and in terms of politics, all regions were relatively stable, and the thoughts in society were all to worship Lin Fei and love the Chinese Empire, and there was no opposition.

Lin Fei picked up the pen and gave instructions that the ideological field should be strictly grasped to guard against the entry and spread of hostile ideas.

In terms of economy, various operational indicators are relatively stable, and the supply of grain in local markets is sufficient; On the military side, the construction of the next two ships of the Dragon-class cruiser had already begun, and Lin Fei felt that there was nothing to say about the economic and military aspects, so he simply gave a "good" instruction.

When Lin Fei was reading the report, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Chen Jingui fidgeting on the side, as if he had something to say, but he didn't dare to say it, so he smiled and said, "Old Chen, do you have anything to say?" Say it. ”

Chen Jingui hesitated for a while, and then said, "Okay, I do have something to tell you. ”

Lin Fei laughed out loud and said, "Since you have something to say, just say it bluntly, why do you want to talk about it?" ”

Chen Jingui hesitated for a moment and said, "They all said that don't sue you about this matter first, and wait until the battle is over......

Lin Fei smiled, pulled out Saladin's blade with a "brush", put it on the table, and said with a smile: "Old Chen, do you want me to put the knife on your neck before you can say it?" ”

When Lin Fei first saw Chen Jingui, he forced him to ask him about things with a knife, Chen Jingui remembered the past and suddenly laughed, and said: "No, no, then I'll talk about this matter, the dog has returned from Taiwan a few days ago." ”

The most important thing for Chen Fu to go to Taiwan is to send Chiyo Mika back to Japan, Lin Fei heard Chen Fu, and suddenly thought of Chiyo Mika, and couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart, Chen Jingui continued: "This matter has something to do with Miss Miyo......

Lin Fei's heart suddenly hung in the air, and he asked, "What does it have to do with Meixiang?" What's wrong with her? ”

Chen Jingui hesitated for a moment and said, "That's the ......"

"Majesty, there is a situation..."

Without waiting for Chen Jingui to finish speaking, Zhang Chuang's anxious voice came from the door, Lin Fei subconsciously looked at the door, only to see Zhang Chuang running in in a hurry, panting heavily, Lin Fei saw Zhang Chuang running in such a hurry, knowing that there must be an emergency military situation, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”

Zhang Chuang took a deep breath, and then said, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, come with me to take a look, the enemy's second line of defense is moving. ”

Lin Fei frowned, and hurriedly turned his head to Chen Jingui and said, "You wait for me here first, and I'll go back when I go." ”

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