The hand-cranked siren made a shrill scream, and the whole city suddenly doubled in brightness. Countless torches were lit, and blazing bonfires were everywhere along the coastline.
"The Spanish fleet is coming! Attack! Attack!"
"Let them know how powerful they are, and let Brunei Bay become their tomb! Block the bay! Prepare for artillery fire!"
In the entire Brunei Bay, whether in the wild or in the urban area, countless people suddenly appeared in an instant. It looked like the entire city was already crowded out.
The pile of bonfire wood that had been prepared long ago was filled with kerosene. After it was lit, the raging fire illuminated the entire neighborhood. The light of the bonfire and torches connected into a galaxy, outlining the entire Brunei Bay.
In this bright firelight, one cannon after another showed its ferocious face, and its black muzzle was pointed at the Spanish fleet in Brunei Bay.
"Open fire! Sink these invading warships! Let the Spaniards go to hell!"
Boom boom boom... The rumble of artillery sounded along the coast. In this Brunei Bay ambush, a total of more than 500 field guns were ambushed, divided into five shooting positions.
The positions of these positions are very tricky, especially the most cautious ones are Muara Island and Cape Peron, which block the entrance of the bay. The entrance and exit of Brunei Bay are blocked here, and Huang Wanxia and others have hidden a total of 300 artillery pieces here.
One of the remaining artillery positions is hidden in the city and the other is hidden on the east coast. The five shooting positions can not only protect the city, but also block the Spanish fleet's retreat.
The faces of the officers and soldiers on the battleship turned pale with fright. This was the first time they encountered such a large-scale shore-based artillery bombardment. This was not the kind of large-caliber coastal defense artillery. These were small-caliber but numerous field battle guns. gun.
With each salvo, the distant coastline seemed to suddenly light up with a flash, and then hundreds of shells drew dim trajectories in the sky, hitting them like hailstones.
The deck, seawater, sky... there were explosions of fire everywhere, and tons of seawater were poured into the air and then onto the battleship deck.
Some battleships were so unlucky that their bridges were directly hit by bullets, and the flames suddenly shot up into the air!
"Retreat! We have fallen into a trap! Retreat quickly..." There were horrified shouts on all the warships, and figures ran wildly in the firelight. Many sailors with burning bodies jumped directly into the sea water, screaming like slaughtering pigs.
"Counterattack! Fire at Mora Island. We must suppress the enemy's firepower, otherwise we won't be able to get out!"
The panicked Spanish fleet finally opened fire, and an angry roar came from the side of the battleship. In the dark night, every time the battleship fired, it was like a sea monster spitting flames, and the shore was bombed into a mess.
Fang Dong held a bayonet in his hand and was personally stationed on Mora Island. When the explosion was closest, it was less than twenty meters away from him. The guards around him kept urging him to enter the bunker to escape.
"Go away! What if we can't block these warships in Brunei Bay today and rush out the head of state's army? How much damage will it cause?"
"You must know that our navy has just started. All the truly experienced naval officers and soldiers have followed the head of state to Europe, and those who stay in Asia are all trainees!"
"Those children who have not graduated from the naval academy have all temporarily boarded the ship. Do you think the head of state will be willing to risk death for these seeds of the future?"
"So in this Zamboanga operation, the main force of our Chinese attack is the army! The navy only supports but cannot join the decisive battle!"
"This is the core of the entire strategy. This is the death order of the head of state!"
"We are here, I am nailed here, I watch you fight, I watch the enemy die here!"
"Regardless of casualties, I don't care how many of you die, we must ensure the density of shelling! Even if your own father dies right next to you, you still have to fire the shells for me!"
"The soldier is dead. Come on, officer. The officer is dead. I'm on!"
What Fang Dong said was correct. This was really Xiao Letian's plan. The remaining Chinese navy in the entire Western Campaign was absolutely not allowed to engage in a decisive battle because the Chinese navy did not have combat effectiveness at this moment.
Know your own affairs!
Don't look at the miraculous naval battle fought by the Zhiyuan in the East Frisian Islands that shocked the world and was destined to be recorded in history and textbooks. Don't think that the European military experts are desperately touting it, and you really think that the Chinese navy is invincible. .
The saying "a century-old navy" is very reasonable. The establishment of a navy cannot be achieved by just a few battleships, but by a large number of naval officers and soldiers.
The Navy is even more complex than the Air Force!
Because a fighter jet can be flown by one pilot, even a large bomber only has a dozen or so crew members.
Even if the training of fighter pilots requires an equal amount of gold, you can train a group of qualified pilots in a short time as long as you spare the money.
This is not the case in the Navy. I have never heard of a warship being able to sail away alone. Every warship is actually a survival fortress on the sea. It requires the cooperation of hundreds or even thousands of people to survive!
Talent is the greatest combat effectiveness of the navy. The strength of the British navy mainly relies on the very large number of sailors. Their navy can expand without limit.
The Chinese are not good at it. The Chinese naval officers and soldiers who can really fight tough battles are actually the batch of Zhiyuan. They are all veterans who have studied in the West and participated in actual combat.
When the Zhiyuan secretly returned to China from Europe, it used various soldiers to gain experience along the way!
The naval officers and soldiers in Ryukyu had only been exposed to the battle of Vladivostok, including the previous battle against France, but the scale was very small.
It is the greatest irresponsibility for inexperienced officers and soldiers to ask them to engage in a decisive battle!
Xiao Letian would never do such a thing as killing the goose that lays the egg!
What's more, although the Zhiyuan won the battle in the East Frisian Sea in the end, the head of state knew how miserable the battle was. He couldn't bear to let these ungraduated naval seeds die in vain on the sea!
There are some things that Xiao Letian can't say clearly, because saying them will hurt morale. In Xiao Letian's eyes, if the army dies, he won't feel bad, but if the navy dies a few seedlings, he will be so distressed that he can't sleep!
No one in the army could hear what he was saying. If they did, someone might be so stupid as to disembowel him!
Fortunately, Xiao Hexin took advantage of the arrogance and stupidity of the Spanish, and knew that these fat-headed colonial troops had not undergone rigorous training for a long time, and they had long forgotten the cruelty of war.
Such an army must use strategies to deceive them!
Sure enough, during the night attack on Brunei Bay, these warships actually got into the pocket without sending out the vanguard to investigate. This shows how crazy these Spaniards have become.
Since you are looking for death, don't blame the Chinese for being ruthless!
Huang Wanxia fought in Brunei City, Fangdong was stationed at the seaport, and both sides issued death orders. They would rather be annihilated than let the enemy ships escape!
The commander rushed to the front line of the battle. How dare his soldiers not to fight tooth and nail. At that moment, the firepower density of the counterattack on the shore suddenly increased by 30%.
