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On February 25, 1836, just a week after the Lunar New Year. At this moment, the Flying Fish City has begun to take shape, and the walls around it are three meters high. Considering that the enemies of the Chinese at this moment were weak natives, the three-meter-high wall was enough to make these natives powerless. The scale of the city is unprecedented in the whole of Mindanao.

Flying Fish City may not be comparable to some of the big cities in China at this time, but its defense is not bad at all. The walls were made of red brick and cement, with steel bars added to some key parts to withstand artillery bombardment. The walls are two meters wide at the base and one and a half meters wide at the top, so that the soldiers of the Exocet can shoot from a high position during defensive battles. Wu Yongxing, who presided over the construction of Flying Fish City, even said that without 100,000 indigenous troops, don't want to threaten Flying Fish City. With enough troops and logistical supplies, there is hardly any force in Mindanao that can threaten Flying Fish City.

The initial completion of Flying Fish City has given Flying Fish a sturdy old nest. In addition, the training of recruits has basically ended, and the Flying Fish Army can finally start the next step of the war.

On February 25, the commander-in-chief of the Flying Fish Army summoned senior officers of the Flying Fish Army, including Niu Meng, commander of the 1st Brigade, Zhang Wei, deputy brigade commander, Zhou Laosi, commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Li Zhiyong, deputy battalion commander, Wu Qiang, commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liu Wu, deputy battalion commander, Sun Hao, commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion, Zheng Weiming, deputy battalion commander, Zhao Mingfu, commander of the 4th Infantry Battalion, Lu Ming, deputy battalion commander, Hu Tao, commander of the 5th Infantry Battalion, Wu Jun, deputy battalion commander, Zhang Hong, commander of the 6th Infantry Battalion, and Du Lide, deputy battalion commander. The first four infantry battalions are now the main infantry battalions of the Flying Fish Army, which are mainly established with veterans who participated in the last war as the backbone. The two infantry battalions in the back were recruited from the Chinese children who later joined the Flying Fish Company, and they had just completed their recruit training, and their combat effectiveness was still relatively low. 6 infantry battalions, a total of more than 4,500 people, which greatly increased the strength of the Flying Fish Army, and from the perspective of real combat power, it has become the most powerful force in the entire Mindanao!

"Everyone! We Chinese in Mindanao have been bullied by the indigenous people for a long time. In the past six months, we have also been attacked by two large-scale natives! However, we repelled the attacks of those natives and won a brilliant victory! We can't keep letting the natives oppress us! We have to launch a strong counterattack against them and let them know that we are not easy to bully! Long Yufei looked at these young officers and said. A large part of the current officers above the battalion level of the Flying Fish Army are young pirates from Flying Fish Island in the past, they are considered to be more flexible among the pirates, and they have also performed bravely in the first two battles, and after the formation of the infantry battalion, Long Yufei put them in a higher position. There are also some Chinese children who later joined the Flying Fish Company, such as Liu Wu, the deputy commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion. After joining the Flying Fish Army, he was completely empty and quickly integrated into the Flying Fish Army.

"Commander, give the order! We have long been displeased with these natives, more than 200 years of blood and tears, we now want to let them pay for their blood debts! Niu Meng, the commander of the First Brigade, said immediately. He'd been waiting for this day for a long time, and now that the Flying Fish were strong, it was time to go into the forest and exterminate the natives!

"Blood debt and blood payment, kill all those natives!" The officers also shouted excitedly. Especially those officers who were born from Chinese children were even more excited, and no one knew better than them the sins of those damned natives!

Long Yufei nodded, waited until they vented for a while, and then said, "I can understand everyone's feelings!" From now on, the Chinese have stood up, and we will no longer be bullied by the natives! This time, our target is the Mang'abong tribe that attacked in a big way last time! According to the information we have, there are more than 40,000 people in the Mang-Abang tribe and its affiliated tribes. Last time they lost nearly 10,000, and there were more than 30,000 people left. It's just that there aren't many of them who can still fight, and there are only 5,000 people at most! I hope that we can completely exterminate the Manga tribe through this battle to deter other indigenous tribes in Mindanao! Also, in this battle, we have to take as many prisoners as possible! The old, weak, sick, and disabled can all be killed, but the able-bodied men, women, and children can stay. We still need a lot of slaves in our mines and fields! ”

"Ha Lu Ha! Commander, rest assured, this time we will definitely capture tens of thousands of prisoners and come back! Niu Meng laughed. The other officers laughed too. Slaves were widely used in the mines of the Flying Fish Company. Mining ore is inherently dangerous, with hundreds of slaves dying almost every month, some due to accidents, and many more dying of exhaustion. The Flying Fish Company did not treat these natives as human beings at all, and many of the indigenous slaves did not have enough to eat, so they had to do heavy manual labor under the guns of the Chinese guards on the mines. Because the mortality rate of slaves was so high, the Flying Fish had to send slaves from other places to the mines. The only way to solve this problem once and for all is to launch an attack on the natives and capture more slaves!

"In this operation, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Infantry Battalions were all dispatched, and the 5th and 6th Infantry Battalions stayed behind to defend! I'm also part of this operation! Long Yufei said. Long Yufei only knows a little about military command, at best he can be regarded as a general on paper, he was originally a technical master, and he didn't have such an opportunity before. Now that he is finally able to command thousands of troops, of course he will not let go of such an opportunity to pull the wind. Anyway, the opponent is an indigenous, and more than 3,000 people from 4 infantry battalions can be completely solved. At most, he doesn't interfere with the specific command of the troops below!

"Commander-in-chief, I'll go to this battle, you better stay in Flying Fish City and preside over the overall situation!" Niu Meng said. Although Long Yufei is very knowledgeable, his small body is not very useful on the battlefield! Besides, the forest is the home of the natives, in case Long Yufei has any accidents, then Luo Sangu has to chop him alive!

"Needless to say, this time is also the first active attack of the Flying Fish Army, how can I, as the commander, stay in the rear? As for safety, don't worry, Brother Niu, my guards are not vegetarians! Long Yufei insisted! After becoming the commander of the Flying Fish Company, Long Yufei's guard team has also expanded in size, and it has grown to the size of an infantry platoon, and it is composed of veterans who have seen blood, whether it is marksmanship or hand-to-hand combat, it is very powerful. Long Yufei believed that under the protection of such a guard, if he was killed by the natives, then he would really be damned!

"Okay!" Niu Meng saw that Long Yufei was so resolute, so he had to stop persuading.

"Alright, let's all go back and get ready! We'll leave tomorrow morning! Scouts from each infantry battalion cleared the road, cleared the natives' jars, and carved out a path to the Mang-Abang tribe! Long Yufei ordered! The forest is the world of the natives, and the combat effectiveness of the Exocet will be affected to a certain extent. However, each infantry battalion, as well as the infantry company below, has a number of scouts. These scouts were selected from among the hunters among the Chinese, and they were adept at operating in the forest, and when equipped with new rifles, they were far superior to the natives. Many of the current intelligence sources of the Exocet Army rely on these scouts to detect them!

"Yes, Commander!" All the officers replied. Everyone's mood is a little excited, the Flying Fish Army has shifted from defense to active attack from now on, which is undoubtedly a good time for these soldiers to make contributions!

Looking at the backs of these soldiers leaving, Long Yufei was also very emotional. After being busy for more than half a year, he finally pulled up such a team. And this will also become the capital of the future competition with the Western world for the South Seas and the entire East. It's just that this army is still too young at the moment, and it has to be continued to be tempered. Time is running out for them!

When Luo Sangu heard that Long Yufei was going to lead the troops in person, she was very dissatisfied and clamored to go with her. In Luo Sangu's opinion, Long Yufei's combat effectiveness is simply too scummy, and even she is far from being able to compare, let alone go to the battlefield. Long Yufei repeatedly assured that he was only commanding in the rear and would not go into battle in person, so he finally persuaded Luo Sangu. However, Luo Sangu still brought Long Yufei's guard captain Li Hu and gave her a good advice, and only after Li Hu promised that Long Yufei would not hurt a single hair, she was relieved!

At 6 o'clock in the morning on February 26, 1836, Long Yufei led four infantry battalions of the First Brigade of the Flying Fish Army to leave Flying Fish City and plunged westward into the vast forest. A group of high-level executives of the Flying Fish Company came to see off the army, and they all knew that this was the first battle of the Flying Fish Army's official appearance of sharp minions, which was very important. They also believe that with the combat effectiveness of the Exocet, they will definitely be able to win!

An hour later, the army entered the forest. There are no roads in the forest, only between the trees. The Scouts of the Flying Fish have cleared the forest, killing all the spies of the indigenous tribes. Therefore, the news of the departure of the Flying Fish army is still unknown to the natives.

The conditions in the forest are very bad, not only there are no roads, but there are poisonous insects, snakes and ants everywhere, if there is no old hunter to lead, I am afraid that before reaching the Mang'abong tribe, the Flying Fish Army will suffer heavy losses. This is also the reason why the Chinese have always had no way to take these natives!