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    Luzon?  The red thief landed in Luzon?

    Ye Mingchen had endless questions in his heart. He wanted to make it clear to the consul that the troops currently used by the Red Thieves to land were only more than a thousand people, and they were originally scheduled to land in Guangdong. For this reason, Ye Mingchen also specially prepared Bu Xing's troops.  Chao Yong uses it to deal with them, but will it end up landing in Luzon?

    Did they lose their way at sea?  Or was it intentional?  How could they land on Luzon Island with only a thousand people?  You must know that there are Spanish troops and Jincheng Tangchi on Luzon Island, how can they dare to land?

    Ye Mingchen turned his questions to the Spanish consul, and the consul had to reveal a little bit of the truth.

    That's right, Luzon, no, the entire Philippines has been a Spanish colony for hundreds of years. Spain has never thought of running this colony properly. You must know that they are not doing well in domestic operations, let alone the colonies in the Far East.  .

    They just want to run the Philippines into a colony for thousands of generations. After hundreds of years of operation, crosses and Bibles have spread throughout every inch of the island country. The Spanish colonial cause seems to have reached the stage of success, even to the point where they have reached the peak of Ma Fangnan Mountain.  , a few years ago, they encountered a religious lunatic like Hong Xiuquan, and they were also caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

    However, a religious fanatic within the Catholic Church, or a heretic who claimed to be the reincarnation of God, caught the Spaniards off guard. Moreover, such an impact did not make the Spaniards strengthen their colonial armaments. Even before the Spanish-American War, the entire Philippine colony  The Spanish army only has 42,000 people, and among these 42,000 people, there are almost no combat-effective troops.

    The current situation is even worse. Including Luzon, the entire Philippine colony does not have a Spanish army of more than 30,000 people. Among them, almost all the soldiers are local indigenous people, and the officers are all Spanish.  people.  The equipment of the troops was poor, and some units were even equipped with flintlocks from the Napoleonic Wars. Anyway, these weapons were enough to suppress the rebellion of the indigenous people.

    But if they wanted to resist a heavily armed invader, even if the invader had no more than a thousand soldiers, the Spanish colonists still felt tremendous pressure.  They had to withdraw the 3,700 volunteers sent to Guangdong to Luzon.

    Ye Mingchen had to take a closer look at the issue of the Spanish volunteers who were reinforcing Guangdong. Naturally, he did not want these volunteers to withdraw. In the quiet debate, the Spanish consul revealed another surprising fact, that is, this so-called volunteer army was actually  It is the regular army on Luzon Island, and it is a regular army with excellent quality. Now the more than 20,000 Spanish troops on Luzon Island have not only been reduced by these 3,700 elite mobile troops.  There are even 1,200 elite infantrymen who have been withdrawn from the coastline for defense reasons and are now boarding ships and setting sail for Guangzhou.

    In other words, because of the reinforcements to Guangdong, without firing a single shot, the Red Thieves have reduced the strength of Luzon's defenders by one-fifth, not to mention that these defenders are of better quality. Ye Mingchen  Take a breath.

    Ye Mingchen still holds on to a glimmer of hope.  He asked: "Britain and France have stated that the Red Thief Navy is not allowed to visit the Guangdong Ocean, otherwise they will bear all responsibilities. Why are the Red Thieves invading Luzon now? Why don't they come out to protest?"

    The Spanish consul has given Ye Mingchen zero marks for his international geopolitics. Since the two sides reached an agreement to lease Guangzhou Bay, the British and French have regarded the soon-to-be-established Dai Viet Kingdom as an enemy. The British consul and the French consul  They asked to see Ye Mingchen several times to submit an ultimatum, but they did not even meet Ye Mingchen. They agreed that this was a Spanish plan.

    In the end, they turned a blind eye to the red bandits landing in Luzon, which was a huge loss of face to Westerners. As long as the Spaniards could save a little face in the Philippines, anyway, what Britain and France required was that the Hong Kong fleet was not allowed to enter the waters of Guangdong, and  Not the Philippine coast.

    Since becoming a Jinshi.  He has never received such a big blow. Even the joint threats from the British and French consuls or the minor disappointments in official circles were not enough to make him lose his mind. But at this moment, he was really brave.

    Terrified: "The Volunteer Army must not be withdrawn. If once withdrawn, how will the face of our country, Dai Viet, be preserved? Now, if your country wants to forcibly withdraw the Volunteer Army, I"

    He made a difficult decision: "I had to fire my troops at the volunteers"

    This is really a painful choice, but let¡¯s die together The golden beach, the lively crowd, and the ups and downs of the boat made Lin Mengchu feel relaxed.

    In countless landing drills, he has never encountered such a situation, not even firing a bullet.?No, they landed directly on the gentle beach, and the landing troops also captured a pier for the first time, allowing some light ships to unload directly.

    This is the largest landing operation organized by the Hong Army in history. A total of 2,300 Army, Marine Corps and Navy personnel will land to fight. Participating in this operation are a ** Marine Battalion from the Navy and two troops from the Fujian Military Region of the Army.  An elite infantry battalion, as well as most of the ships of the Hongjun Navy.

    In fact, the Hong Kong Navy has always been on the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian. It is an almost impossible task to suddenly let them enter the ocean to carry out such a difficult combat mission. Fortunately, in this time and space, we want to hire experienced foreign sailors and naval personnel.  It's a fairly simple task.

    With the assistance of Western allies such as Demons and Lusiya, Zhang Sigui's navy not only hired hundreds of Western sailors who often ran the Philippines route, but also hired a large number of merchant ships that often ran the Luzon route to form this navy.  The most powerful Chinese fleet since Lin Feng Zhengfei.

    But Lin Mengchu never thought that things would be so simple. He originally thought that he would be intercepted by the Spanish Navy. At least according to the intelligence, the main force of the colonial navy stationed in Luzon was still sail warships, but there were also a small number of steam warships, and even some  There are one or two real steam battleships. To deal with these steam battleships, the only magic weapon Zhang Sigui and Lin Mengchu rely on to win is the four steam battleships transferred from the French. Even the sailors on them are mostly Europeans, but  No one knows who will win the naval battle between the two.

    But until now, not only all the infantry have landed, but even the heavy equipment has landed. Lin Mengchu still has not seen the legendary Spanish steam battleships and sailing ships, but it is enough to land on land.  This is where all his abilities come into play.

    He was originally the new commander of the army, but in order to land in Taiwan, Zhang Sigui hired him from the army to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan operation. Although there was only one ** Marine Battalion in the Taiwan operation, Zhang Sigui had promised to wait until Taiwan  After the battle, he became the garrison commander of Taiwan.

    But the ending was a big tragedy. Sun Huzi of the Fujian Military Region did not wait for the Marine Corps Battalion to implement the Taiwan operation. He used two infantry battalions to capture the entire Taiwan Island without leaving any bones for the navy. The navy could not  Regardless of his new base - the entire island of Taiwan is now under Sun Beard's control. Sun Beard even sent a third infantry battalion and prepared to form a fourth infantry battalion on the spot.

    Soon, Sun Huzi put forward his own suggestion. The army and navy jointly landed on the coast of Guangdong, so that they could get support from the anti-Qing armed forces along the coast of Guangdong and deal a fatal blow to Ye Mingchen, who was seizing Guangzhou. However, this plan was quickly rejected by the navy.  Objections - because both Britain and France have proposed that the Hong Kong Navy is not allowed to enter the Guangdong coast for operations, even if the landing operation is successful, it will inevitably cause further deterioration in the relationship between the two sides.

    Instead, the Navy put forward its own counter-proposal. The strength of these three infantry battalions should be repeated on Luzon Island by Lin Feng to conquer the Philippines. However, with the support of the entire continent, this time the expedition to the Philippines will definitely be a complete success. Lin Mengchu also believed that  Conquering Luzon was the right choice.

    To this end, the Navy has dispatched multiple intelligence teams to the Philippines and even captured several small gray armed forces near the possible landing site. However, these parties did not understand their true intentions, and the Navy did not confirm the landing until the end.  Implementation of operations.

    It was the acquiescence of the British and the French that made this landing operation truly feasible. The Spanish's actions of abandoning the great powers and even doing it alone annoyed them. They repeatedly informed Zhang Sigui and the senior officers of the Hong Army.  Instill this idea: "The great powers hope that you can give the Spanish a hard blow, and you may even be willing to provide whatever help you can."

    This was enough. Even the British and the French did not expect Zhang Sigui to be bold enough to carry out the landing operation in Luzon. In fact, Zhang Sigui did not have enough understanding of the difficulty of organizing such a large-scale long-distance landing operation.  bold ideas.

    But now Lin Mengchu was standing on the land of Luzon. After a brief exchange of fire, the indigenous defenders at several nearby outposts either fled or surrendered. In addition to the 2,300 combatants and logistics personnel in his hands,  In addition, there are several gray armed forces that have been lurking and ready to respond. Now his intelligence staff is trying to contact these people.

    According to actual combat, the indigenous defenders were equipped with percussion guns that had been eliminated by the participating troops, while the landing troops were all equipped with better Mini rifles. And according to Lin Mengchu's understanding, if the battle had not been too hasty, Liu  Chang was even prepared to equip them with better rifles.

    Furthermore, the morale of the indigenous troops was low and their training was limited. They were no match for the landing troops. Therefore, Lin Mengchu quickly made the move.Heart: "The next target isManila!"

    ps: I made a stupid mistake yesterday. Guangzhou Bay is in Zhanjiang, not Guangzhou. The New Year is here. I wish everyone a happy New Year and all the best!  ~!

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