Lin Fei's heart moved suddenly, and he hurriedly pulled Ling Xue's wrist and said, "Don't go..."

Ling Xue was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "Brother, why can't you ask?" Don't you often tell me that you have to ask things you don't understand, and you have to ask to understand? ”

After Ling Xue finished speaking, she looked at Lin Fei in a daze, her face was full of doubts, Lin Fei thought helplessly, this question is not easy for you to ask as a big girl... But Lin Fei couldn't say it clearly, when he was in embarrassment, Lin Fei had an idea, pulled Ling Xue to his side, and said solemnly: "I don't know if Liu Daming said that sentence, but I want to sue you, what he said today is not a good thing, you can't listen to it, let alone remember it." ”

The doubts on Ling Xue's face deepened, and Lin Fei continued: "What kind of person Liu Daming is, do you know it?" Does he often tell jokes that are not clean? ”

Ling Xue's face flushed, and she nodded, and Lin Fei continued: "They misunderstood us, so what they said is not a good thing, understand?" ”

Ling Xue didn't understand and asked, "What did we misunderstand them?" ”

Lin Fei sighed and said, "Let me ask you, what were the two of us like when my attendant ran in just now?" ”

Ling Xue shook her head and said, "I can't remember clearly." ”

Lin Fei said, "Don't you remember? I grabbed your hands, you struggled vigorously, I'm a big man, you're a little girl, what will others think when they see it? ”

Ling Xue exclaimed, her beautiful face suddenly turned red, she covered her face with her hands, and said in a loud voice: "Oh, shame to death, shame to death..."

Lin Fei put on a solemn appearance and said, "So you can't ask about today's matter, understand?" ”

Ling Xue nodded at first, but then said worriedly, "But what about everyone's misunderstanding?" ”

Lin Fei smiled confidently: "Don't worry, I'll find a way." ”

Ling Xue said goodbye with a red face, Lin Fei then arranged the follow-up things, had dinner with Ling Xue again, laughed with her for a while, and then let her go back by boat......

Three days later, at 1 a.m. on July 9, Lin Fei ordered his troops to attack Manila from the gap on the east side of the city wall.

Lin Fei personally rushed to the outside of the blasted city wall, the Spaniards did not use sandbags to block the city wall, the gap was still in the city wall, like a terrible wound.

Lin Fei looked at his watch, and at one o'clock in the morning, he gave an order in a loud voice: "Attack..."

The unit that served as the main attack was the first company of the first battalion of the first regiment, that is, the first company of Dagong, and the company commander Qi Lei personally led the troops to touch the gap.

In the early morning of July 9th, dark clouds covered the moon, it was dark between heaven and earth, and the city was quiet, as if there was no one, Lin Fei saw that there was no trace of a figure on the city, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, thinking, my plan seems to have worked wonders, the Spaniards really sent vigilance, and there was no one to defend the city.

Lin Fei didn't tell anyone about the British envoy's coming, so Qi Lei didn't know Lin Fei's strategy, but he saw that there was no figure moving around the city, and he was very happy in his heart, thinking that they could easily enter the city from the gap, he raised his hand and turned a few circles, which was to send a signal to his subordinates to gather and facilitate the attack.

The soldiers of the first company of great merit saw the signal of Qi Lei, and the formation that had been scattered gathered in the middle, and continued to move towards the gap, suddenly, only heard a loud sound of "boom" coming from the city, and a dazzling fire suddenly rose from the city, and then, a "boom" explosion came from the side of the attacking soldiers.

The two fighters were immediately blown to the ground, and then only the sound of heavy machine gun fire was heard from the city, and the bullets flew past the soldiers with a "whoosh", and several soldiers were hit by the bullets and fell to the ground screaming.

Seeing that there were Spanish troops in ambush at the head of the city, not only artillery, but also heavy machine guns, Qi Lei knew that continuing to charge would destroy the entire army, so he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, withdraw..."

After Qi Lei finished shouting, he reached out and grabbed the carrying gear strap of a fallen soldier, pulled him to run to the rear position, the bullets were still whizzing over, and several more soldiers fell to the ground screaming, Qi Lei hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, run separately." ”

The soldiers passed on Qi Lei's words one by one, and the soldiers immediately scattered and fled, at this time the gunfire of the Spaniards on the city was more intensive, and from a distance, the city was full of fire, and suddenly, "Xiu" and "Xiu" two sounds went straight into the sky, and then the snow between the heavens and the earth was bright, and it was the Spaniards who fired flares.

Under the light of the flares, the soldiers of Lin Fei's troops were in full view, and the bullets of the Spaniards chased them and hit them, Lin Fei saw this qiē in the distance, and was shocked at first, and then ordered Zhao Menggang: "Open the cannon, cover the company." ”

Zhao Menggang replied loudly: "Understood...", and then the sound of "boom", "boom", "boom" and "boom" sounded on Lin Fei's position, and the explosion of "boom, boom" immediately came from behind the city wall, and the rising firelight lit up the sky again and again.

The width of the city head is only four meters, and the trajectory of the grenade is relatively straight, so it is difficult for the cannonball to fall directly on the city, but the cannonball falling on the city wall is enough for the Spaniards, a cannonball directly smashed on the wall more than three meters high below the wall, and the shock wave set off by the explosion directly lifted the Spaniards who shot at the head of the city, and the flying gravel knife shot into the body of the Spaniard, and a dead body suddenly lay down on the city.

Under the cover of artillery, Dagong retreated to the trenches in a succession, and in the process, the breech guns of the Spaniards continued to wield, killing more than a dozen fighters.

Lin Fei rushed to the front-line trenches, Niu Dalong and Niu Dahu were full of shame, and just about to admit their mistakes, Lin Fei waved his hand and said: "No need, the responsibility lies with me this time, I didn't expect that the enemy would hide the defense troops at the head of the city, and how many casualties did the company lose?" ”

Niu Dalong said ashamedly: "Twenty-five were dead, and sixteen were injured. ”

Lin Fei nodded and said, "Let them hurry up and recuperate, and then go to the reserve force to replenish." After Lin Fei finished speaking, he called his staff officer He Kaisheng to the front and ordered: "Order Zhao Menggang to concentrate firepower to strike at the enemy's city head defense." ”

He Kaisheng said yes, turned around and left, and the sound of "boom" was soon heard from Lin Fei's artillery position, and the fire and smoke from the explosion also covered the entire wall.

At this moment, an officer suddenly ran up to Lin Fei and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, the order you just gave is wrong..."

Lin Fei was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the officer, and saw a young officer standing in front of him, he looked familiar to him, but he couldn't remember who it was, at this time Niu Dalong scolded on the side: "Luo Wei, you are just the commander of the artillery battalion, how dare you say that Your Majesty's order is wrong?" ”

Luo Wei said unconvinced: "Your Majesty's order just now is indeed inappropriate, if we continue to fight like this, we will pay the price of blood." ”

Lin Fei then remembered that the officer in front of him was Luo Wei, who was originally an artillery soldier of the Qing army, and later defected to himself, in the battle of attacking Corregido Island, he once entered the enemy's battery, bombarded the enemy with the enemy's artillery, and accelerated the pace of victory of the troops, after that battle, Lin Fei promoted him from company commander to battalion commander.

Niu Dalong was about to speak, Lin Fei waved his hand, stopped Niu Dalong, looked at Luo Wei fixedly, and asked: "You said that my order was wrong, and you will pay the price of blood for it, okay, you and I will talk carefully, what is wrong with my order?" Why is there a price to pay for blood? ”

Luo Wei said solemnly: "Your Majesty, you ordered the artillery regiment to bombard the city, which is a mistake in the order. ”

Lin Fei frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Luo Wei said: "The enemy's city head is narrow, and the trajectory of the grenade is straight, so it is difficult for our shells to fall on the city, if the enemy leans down and attacks, the shells may also kill them, but if they hide, the shells will not hit them, and our shelling is just a waste of shells." ”

Lin Fei said loudly: "I naturally know this, the purpose of my order is not to destroy the defenders of the city with cannonballs, but to suppress them, so that they cannot bend down to attack, and then I will order the infantry to charge, and I will give an order." ”

Luo Wei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, once you give the order to charge, our army will inevitably pay the price of blood, because the enemy army has no way to retreat, and it will inevitably defend the city to the death, and they will definitely brave the artillery fire to shoot at our army." ”

Lin Fei said: "I have taken all these into consideration, but there is no way to do it, our infantry can only brave the enemy's bullets to rush forward, there is no other way." ”

Luo Wei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, who said no?" I have a solution. ”

Lin Fei hurriedly said, "What way?" Say it..."

Luo Wei patted his chest and said: "I personally led the mortar battalion to shoot close to the city wall, the grenade trajectory is straight, the mortar projectile trajectory is curved, plus it is a close range of shooting, it is easy to hit the city directly, and it will inevitably cause heavy damage to the enemy defending troops at that time." ”

Lin Fei's face changed, he didn't speak, and the staff officer Li Tianqian said on the side: "Luo Wei, do you think that Your Majesty didn't think of this way?" His Majesty had thought of it a long time ago, but His Majesty felt that it was too dangerous for your mortar battalion to shoot at close range, so he dispelled this idea......"

"No..."Li Tianqian was talking, Lin Fei suddenly said categorically, Li Tianqian closed his mouth in surprise, looked at Lin Fei, Lin Fei said loudly: "I decided, Luo Wei, you immediately lead the mortar battalion, close to the city wall to shoot, don't come back to see me if you don't kill all the Spaniards defending the city..."

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