The gunners of the Nuwa immediately opened fire after receiving the order, and the shells flew towards the Pizarro, which was closest to the Nuwa, and the first shell landed on the water in front of the Pizarro, smashing up a column of water.

Shangguan Yunlong immediately ordered the Nuwa to adjust its course and aim the guns on the side at the enemy ship, and the Nuwa quickly completed the hull turn and fired cannonballs at the Pizarro.

At the same time, Lin Fei also ordered the Tianlong ship and the Yunlong ship to fire at the Cortez, but the Tianlong ship and the Yunlong ship were far away from the Cortez ship, and the shells fell behind the Cortez ship.

After returning to port, they replaced the sealing parts on the warship, which saved the life of the Pizarro, and the captain of the Pizarro immediately ordered the watertight compartment of the bow to be closed when he found that the bow was flooded, and the hull was flooded so that it did not affect the whole ship.

The Pizarro also began to return fire, but the Spanish sailors did not have much fighting intent and were bent on escaping, so the Nuwa was not damaged.

At 6:52, the Tianlong ship approached 2,500 meters from the Cortez ship, and Lin Fei decisively ordered the bow main gun to use full speed fire...

Sun Yong then operated the Vulcan cannon and fired the cannonballs at the highest speed, because it was 2,500 meters away from the enemy ship, only two of the fifteen shells hit the Cortez, one of which directly hit the bridge command room, and Normanston, the captain of the Charles I ship, was killed on the spot, and the commander of Banderas was slightly wounded.

Another shell hit the gun emplacements on the side side, detonating the shells piled up near the guns, and in the Battle of Horakujima, one of the shells fired by the Nuwa directly hit the stern guns of the flagship of the Spanish fleet, detonating the piled up shells, resulting in a large explosion that almost blew the entire stern away.

This time, Commander Banderas had learned the lesson of the Battle of Peace, and did not order his subordinates to pile up too many shells on the gun emplacement, if the stacking method of the Battle of Peace, the entire side of the Cortez ship would be blown open, although this explosion sank the battleship, but it also caused heavy damage to the battleship.

Liu Daming, the captain of the Tianlong ship, saw that the two shells hit the enemy ship, and said excitedly: "Speed up, rush up, and sink the enemy ship..." The crew of the Tianlong ship was full of emotion, cheered one after another, and planned to rush over in one go and sink the Cortez.

"Wait..."Lin Fei's voice suddenly sounded behind him, Liu Daming turned around and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

Lin Fei said calmly: "We can't chase..."

Liu Daming was confused and said blankly: "Why can't you chase it?" The enemy ships are no longer ready to fight..."

Lin Fei pointed to Corregido Island in the distance and said, "We haven't knocked down the eastern batteries yet, and if we pursue the enemy ships, we are likely to be injured by the heavy artillery of the shore defense, so we can't chase them." ”

Liu Daming thought for a while and said, "The defenders of the fort on the island can't even take care of themselves, can they shoot us?" ”

Lin Fei frowned, and said: "I am not allowed to take risks, listen to my orders, stop chasing, and retreat immediately..."

The battles and retreats of the Cortés and Pizarro ships and the Draco, Yunlong, and Nuwa warships were watched by the observers on the island, who hurriedly reported to the garrison commander Maxwell: "Our battleships have withdrawn..."

Maxwell hurriedly asked, "Why did our warships withdraw?" Why not continue the attack? ”

"We saw them engaged in a battle with the warships of the Chinese Empire, and they were wounded and retreated," the observer said. ”

Maxwell put down the phone and sighed, then the staff officer came over and said: "Report to Commander Maxwell, the batteries on the west side of the island have all been occupied by the Chinese Empire, and according to the scouts of the Coast Guard, a large number of troops from the Chinese Empire have landed on the island. ”

Maxwell hurriedly asked, "How many of them landed on the island?" ”

The staff officer shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”

Maxwell thought for a moment, and directly called Governor Sanders, saying: "Lord Governor, our battleship has been defeated by the enemy, and the batteries on the west side of the island have all been occupied by the enemy at this time, and a large number of enemy troops are landing on the island, and our army requests to retreat. ”

Governor Sanders was silent for a while, and then said, "Our reinforcements are still two hours away, can you hold out for another two hours?" ”

Maxwell said, "It's impossible, we can't hold on for even an hour. ”

Governor Sanders sighed and said, "Then withdraw you." ”

Maxwell then gave the order to retreat, and the defensive posture of Corregido Island was that there were more troops on the west side and fewer troops on the east side, and Maxwell had previously mobilized most of the defenders on the east side to the west side, so there were not many defenders on the east side, and the defenders soon retreated.

The defenders blew up all the batteries under their control before retreating, and they installed a delayed detonation device in the ammunition depot and detonated it after leaving.

The ammunition depot of the fort is located underground, and the shells are transported to the gun emplacements by a set of lifting devices, and the explosion in the underground is not loud, because the explosion does not come into contact with the air, but this explosion can produce a strong vibration, and the earth shakes with it, as if it were an earthquake.

Lin Fei's subordinates heard a muffled sound coming from the ground and felt a shaking under their feet, so they guessed that the Spaniards were blowing up the fort and preparing to retreat, and they did not go over to chase after them, because they were worried that the Spaniards had left an ambush.

At 10:50 a.m., the east side of Corregido Island was quiet, and the 5th Regiment of Lin Fei's troops entered the eastern part of the island and occupied the eastern pier, thus ending the Battle of Corregido Island.

The battle was divided into three phases, the first stage, the frogman commandos went to the island to attack the searchlight position, but due to the sudden increase in the defense of the Spanish army, the set campaign objectives were not achieved; In the second stage, the 4th Regiment braved the enemy's artillery fire to seize the beach, and finally landed on the island after paying a great price.

In the third stage, the 4th Regiment captured the beachhead and expanded deeper into the island, and the 5th Regiment then landed and attacked the entire island, and after fierce fighting, the 4th and 5th Regiments captured the entire island.

In the three phases of the operation, the Chinese Empire lost 258 people, 369 wounded, 35 missing, killed and wounded 1,514 enemies, captured 468 enemies, captured 26 enemy 350-mm coastal defense heavy guns, more than 400 shells, and many rifles and bullets.

There is also a naval combat phase in this battle, which is divided into two parts, the first part, the Draco and Yunlong ships engaged Charles I in the waters of Corregido Island, and the result of the engagement was that the Draco and Yunlong ships sank Charles I; In the second part, the Draco, Yunlong, and Nuwa engaged the Spanish Cortés and Pizarro, and as a result of the engagement, the Cortés and Pizarro were heavily damaged and withdrew to Manila.

This battle is known as the "Battle of Corregido Island", the Chinese Empire won the battle, and the victory of this battle allowed Lin Fei to open the west gate of Manila Bay, and from then on he could enter and exit Manila Bay unimpeded.

After the battle, Lin Fei ordered the participating troops to rest for two days on Corregido Island and continue their march towards Manila on June 6.

During the two days of rest, Lin Fei carried out a series of battle summarization work, Lin Fei first listened to Sun Yong's report, Sun Yong said to Lin Fei: "Your Majesty, in the naval battle of Corregido Island, the time interval between the shells fired by our ship and the shells fired by the Yunlong ship was too small, and the bombing point could not be observed. ”

Lin Fei nodded, thinking that this problem must be solved, if it is not solved well, it will inevitably lead to failure in the face of a strong enemy in the future, so Lin Fei asked Sun Yong to go back, and he began to think about the solution, he suddenly thought that in my time, the British Navy used to add colored smoke agents to artillery shells, and I can also try it.

Lin Fei then formulated a production plan for color smoke agents, but this plan lacked various chemical agents and could only be put down temporarily.

In the frequent battles, the Vulcan cannon also exposed some problems, such as overheating of the control and withdrawal liquid under the condition of high rate of fire, affecting the effectiveness of the control and retreat, and the expansion of the artillery barrel and the large error in the guidance of the shooting, etc., Lin Fei knew that in order to solve these difficulties, the gun body material must be improved, but now he has no conditions to produce steel with better performance.

There are three factors that cannot produce steel with better performance, the first is the lack of ore with certain trace elements, which cannot quench and temper the steel; The second is the backwardness of steel-making equipment, the Chinese Empire only has steel-making converters at this time, and there is no electric furnace for smelting high-performance steel; The third is the human factor, the Chinese Empire lacks talents proficient in iron and steel metallurgy, and Lin Fei is alone after all.

Lin Fei couldn't solve these problems at this time, so he couldn't improve the Vulcan cannon, so he could only think of a way to use the artillery, that is, to limit the rate of fire of the Vulcan cannon, and stipulate that the maximum actual combat rate of fire was twelve pieces per minute.

In the fourth regiment's landing operation on the island, due to the scattered intervals of transport ships, the organization was disrupted after the guide went ashore, and the various units were mixed together, and in this case there was a phenomenon of unclear command, a typical example is that Shi Qiang and Meng Dongguo did not know who should be the chief officer, although this time did not cause adverse consequences, but in the face of a strong enemy in the future, there will be endless troubles.

So Lin Fei decided to fully implement the rank system in the army, because the army was relatively small, so Lin Fei did not implement the rank system, and the implementation of the rank system has an advantage, that is, in the case of the disrupted system, the command can be clarified according to the level of the rank.

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