"Report to the general! Important military information! The main force of Manila's navy is out in full force, heading straight for Brunei! They have been tricked!"
Xiao Hexin was enjoying the real tea at this time. When he heard the military information sent by the Kirigakure kid's men, his hands trembled and a big red robe was thrown directly on the deck.
The royal white porcelain teacup produced in Jingdezhen's official kiln was more expensive than gold. Xiao Hexin used many connections to seize it directly from Jingdezhen's list for the Forbidden City.
This all happened the year before last. In that year, among all the porcelain for the royal family in Jingdezhen, the twelve highest-quality pure white porcelain bowls all went to Xiao Hexin's hands. The ones he used were of a higher grade than those used in the imperial palace. Still high.
This set of tea cups is Xiao Hexin's cherished thing. He can't put it down on weekdays, but today he suddenly became haggard. If he had left it alone, he would have been trembling with distress. But today, he didn't care at all. He stepped on the broken porcelain dregs under his leather boots. Just ran to the edge of the map.
"All twelve battleships were dispatched? Is the direction really towards Brunei?"
"General, don't you even believe me? The CIA's spies have been operating in Luzon for three years. If you don't believe me, why don't I still believe Wang Bureau's men?" Kirigakure kid rolled his eyes at him, and then said to his subordinates, "Just tell me! "
"Yes! At 4:15 yesterday afternoon, Major General Enmu personally sent the main fleet off at the military port. This is absolutely true! We have more than 200 workers at the dock, and no movement can escape our eyes! "
Xiao Hexin rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "Okay, okay! Very good, the poisonous snake I was most worried about finally came out of the hole. I immediately ordered the Huangyan Island Fleet to set off and approach Subic Bay!"
"The four rebel armies in Luzon were telegraphed to immediately concentrate their forces, attack southward, and assemble in the San Fernando and San Rafael areas north of Manila..."
"Haha, whether you will eat meat or soup during the Chinese New Year this year depends on this trembling!"
Just three days after Christmas in 1870, the situation in Luzon Island changed dramatically. The main force of the Spanish navy moved towards Brunei.
Major General Enmu, with his temporarily assembled more than 40,000 Spanish troops and 50,000 indigenous soldiers, announced that 120,000 troops were deployed on the front line of Santa Maria City.
This is the last line of defense in the north of Manila. Its geographical location is very important. The straight-line distance from Manila Bay in the west to Ramon Bay in the east is less than 100 kilometers.
With 100,000 troops stationed in this narrow area of 100 kilometers, Major General Enmu felt that nothing would go wrong.
But he didn't know that he had fallen into the trap of the Chinese. Xiao Hexin never put the main offensive assembly point in Brunei, but took a very big risk and deployed reinforcements in the waters of Huangyan Island.
"Brunei is the bait I put out, including the land donation of Lanfang Republic. This is an agreement that was reached long ago, and the time was chosen deliberately!"
"The telegram sent by the head of state from Europe has already explained everything. The head of state said that the Spanish Empire is old and cannot be used anymore. This is not only physical aging, but also mental aging and lethargy!"
"Whether it is a person or an empire, once they get old, they will become particularly conservative and afraid of losing. This is the case with the governors and military commanders of the Philippines. Facing our aggressive offensive, they must be thinking of self-preservation!"
"Preserving the 300-year-old colony left by their ancestors and fighting not to lose an inch of land is their greatest hope, and this is all they can do!"
"From the beginning, they would not consider engaging in a life-and-death battle with the Chinese. Their strategic plan did not include the idea of annihilating our effective forces as a group, because they did not dare!"
"Being timid before fighting, always wanting to hide in a turtle shell to survive the time. It's lucky not to lose the land. People with this kind of thinking will definitely fall into the trap!"
"We left a bait in Brunei, which is the four warships. At the same time, we also put up a posture of stationing 100,000 troops. The Spaniards have no choice. They can only try their best to eat our bait first. , because this is the only way they can come up with!"
"But this group of stupid guys would never have thought that this decisive battle at sea was not our choice. Our purpose is one, to build the plank road openly and covertly to infiltrate Chen Cang!"
"The plank road in Brunei is built openly, but the old warehouse in Subic Bay is built secretly!"
"Transfer their navy, let our army land at Subic Bay, and directly capture Manila! If we capture the capital of the Philippines, I'll see how much more they can do!"
Huangyan Island is China's inherent territory. It is a large lagoon surrounded by coral reefs. Once there are strong waves in the South China Sea, most of the surrounding ships will take shelter in this lagoon.
At this moment, Huangyan Island has become a temporary military port for the Chinese, with a fleet of one hundred and ten ships of various types including fuchuan, clipper ship, three-masted sailing ship...
Large and small sea-going ships all hire veteran sailors who are most familiar with the sea conditions in the South China Sea with high salaries. The tonnage of each ship is different, and the average number of troops carried by each ship is about 400.
The entire fleet has a total of 45,000 Chinese elite troops, of which the Far East Kingdom took away 8,000, Fuso formed a mercenary group of 10,000, and the rest were the Chinese headquarters troops who stayed in East Asia.
These are elite soldiers selected from thousands of people. They have been hiding on Huangyan Island for five days. The harsh maritime environment has made them exhausted. However, when they think of the upcoming battle to regain Luzon, these soldiers' eyes are filled with excitement. Light.
When Xiao Hexin's general attack order was issued, more than a hundred ships began to weigh anchor and galloped southward under the cover of fifteen warships.
The ambush has been launched, and the bloody battle on Luzon Island has begun to escalate!
After the northern part of Luzon Island was gradually recovered, the Chinese quickly established local political power and selected experienced people from the Chinese elders to cooperate with Chinese officials to restore local order.
And those rebels left a batch of weapons and ammunition for the local Chinese to form a guard, and the remaining members set off towards the south!
The powerful rebel army received support from countless Chinese along the way. They did not need to bring any food logistics at all. All Chinese estates in Luzon Island became supply stations for the marching army.
Countless Chinese families broke up to support this war of liberation. In many places, Chinese families sent all their young men and even brought their own weapons to join the rebel army.
On the muddy road, the rebel troops flowed continuously, and on the fast river, the fleet rode the wind and waves!
Before Xiao Hexin's general attack order was issued, the leading troops of the four rebel armies had actually arrived north of San Rafael and had more than ten small-scale firefights with the indigenous troops trained by the Spanish.
The morale of the army must be maintained by fighting, especially winning battles. After more than ten battles with these indigenous soldiers, these rebels understood what the head of state said.
They are all paper tigers. These old colonists have long since expired, especially the natives, who hold front-loaded miniguns like fire sticks, and fight every one of them as if they are joking.
