Chapter 1643
Chapter 1643
Chapter 1643
The senior generals here are already familiar with the map of the Manila area. Since the middle of last year, the Ministry of National Defense has distributed the map to them as a reference for formulating combat plans.With more and more intelligence information in hand, the military deployment markings on the map are becoming more and more detailed. On the map that is now hanging out, even the location of the coastal defense forts in Manila Port and the deployment of artillery are clearly marked. Clearly.
This information is indeed very precious to the Haihan generals who set foot in Manila for the first time, otherwise they would have to spend a lot of time checking the enemy's deployment during the process of marching into Manila, and they might have to pay some money during the process. The cost of casualties.The military value of the critical intelligence provided by the Ministry of Security is already difficult to measure with money.
"If the weather conditions in the next few days are good, then we will attack the port at the mouth of the Pasig River first according to the original plan. This area is also the area with the most dense coastal defense batteries, and we will not launch them as soon as we come up. Instead, the Navy will try to clear a landing area on the coast first. If that doesn't work, then we will switch to another plan and find another landing site."
Yan Chujie stood up, walked to the map, and explained the next battle plan to the generals.The plan of the Haihan army is actually not complicated. It is nothing more than cleaning up the coastline, landing, and then attacking the city of Manila. But the Spaniards should be very clear about this process. Although their weapons and equipment are slightly behind, they occupy the home field There are still many fortifications that can be used, so in the implementation process, it is necessary to fight wits with it and eliminate its geographical advantages as much as possible.
Yan Chujie continued: "If the weather becomes bad and it is not conducive for us to launch an attack, then we should first station in Jiabi. Although the Spaniards have emptied all the supplies here, we have seen the barracks near the port, which is very good. , all of which are made of stones, it can be used as a blockhouse with a little modification. In addition, we have occupied Cavite, which will allow us to blockade Manila more conveniently and have room to hoard supplies and assemble troops. I plan to notify Sanya immediately. Let the base camp prepare the follow-up supplies, and prepare for the long-term battle here first."
In the action plan formulated by the Haihan Ministry of Defense, the goal is to take down Manila in one go.Considering that the amount of materials and ammunition carried during the expedition is limited, and whether it is possible to find a suitable place to establish a frontline base near Manila is still unknown, the Ministry of National Defense decided to control the combat period of the entire operation to about 20 days, even if it is not captured in the end. Manila City can also retain enough spare power to withdraw to Hainan Island.
Of course, the Ministry of National Defense has more than this set of combat plans, and this is just the most conservative plan among them.In fact, there are corresponding action plans for capturing Cavite Port as a front-line base, and even landing directly at Manila Port to attack the city.Now that Cavite Port has been successfully captured on the first day of breaking into Manila Bay, and the de facto occupation has been completed, Haihan will have more buffer space for subsequent battles, and it may not be necessary to The entire combat operation was compressed and completed within 20 days.
The generals agreed with Yan Chujie's proposal with one voice, and they didn't want to compress the action time too tightly, which would probably lead to more casualties in order to achieve the combat goal within the limited time.If there were too many casualties in the battle, then this operation might not be worth the candle for Hai Han.
Although the voyage between Sanya and Manila Bay almost needs to traverse the entire South China Sea, as long as there is a stable operating port on the Manila Bay side, it is not impossible to establish a maritime supply line.Of course, for this reason, the Ministry of Shipping must apply for a special fund from the Executive Committee to maintain the operation of this temporary supply line.However, these matters do not need the generals present to worry about, and there will naturally be relevant personnel to handover with the Ministry of Shipping. Haihan’s foreign wars for so many years have long formed a set of default operating procedures among various departments. The processing flow in the middle will be discussed separately.
That night, the remaining Spanish militants made no further attempts to launch a counterattack against the Haihan-occupied area on the Cavite Peninsula.After the first day of fighting in Manila Bay, it turned out to be an unexpectedly quiet night.Hai Hanjun was also able to relax a little from his tense mind and body after a whole day, and take the time to rest.
But in the middle of the night, the wind on the sea suddenly became stronger, and some marching tents built in the open air on the coast began to sway in the strong wind.When the headquarters noticed a sudden change in the weather conditions, they immediately ordered all personnel to enter the nearest building to avoid the limelight.
In the early hours of the morning, strong winds and rain began to rage over Manila Bay. Even though the Haihan Army had been prepared for this weather condition, there were still many temporary residences that were leaking or even flooded, causing some troops to be forced to leave. Move the station without taking the rain.
Fortunately, the Haihan army had already prepared enough tarpaulin raincoats before the operation started, and basically all the troops participating in the war had been or had been stationed in the South China Sea area. Chaos ensued due to this sudden change of weather.
After dawn, the windy and rainy weather did not get better, but it got worse.Many of the marching tents set up in the port the day before yesterday had been blown away by the strong wind last night. Fortunately, after the counting of the number of people in various ministries, there were no casualties for the time being.Yan Chujie summoned the military doctor and asked him to quickly prepare ginger soup and other cold repellents to prevent widespread colds in the army.
At the meeting the day before yesterday, some people thought that bad weather not only brought trouble, but also a good opportunity to launch an attack, because the Spaniards also used muskets and artillery, but their combat effectiveness in harsh environments was not comparable to that of the Haihan Army. Compared with standard weapons, such weather can greatly limit the performance of its coastal defense artillery.But in today's weather, not to mention attacking the city of Manila, it has become very difficult to gather troops outdoors, let alone cross the sea to carry out landing battles.Although this kind of weather can inhibit the performance of the Spanish defenders, it is also extremely unfriendly to the Haihan army, and it cannot take advantage of the imagination at all.
"Temporarily stop the action and wait for the weather to improve." Yan Chujie could only make such a helpless decision as he watched the pouring rain outside.
It is also difficult for everyone to raise any objections to this. If they forcefully go out to sea to attack Manila Port in such weather, it would be considered good if they can exert [-]% of their combat effectiveness. The risk is too great.Of course, there is no need to worry that the Spaniards will launch a counterattack at this time. What the Haihan army cannot do, they also cannot accomplish.
However, the cessation of the attack on Manila does not mean that the Haihan Army's actions in Cavite have ceased.Under the insistence of the generals, the various departments of the Haihan Army still mobilized troops to carry out a careful campaign against the remaining part of the Cavite Peninsula.After advancing to the town of Noveleta at the root of the peninsula, the headquarters ordered the withdrawal of troops and used this as the demarcation point between Haihan and the Spanish-controlled area.In the process of advancing, it is inevitable that there are still some remnants of defeated soldiers who are dying, but they have not been able to cause any trouble for the Haihan Army, because the headquarters has already issued an order to shoot and kill the frontline troops, so anyone who is killed by the Haihan Army The armed men who found and did not surrender directly ate the bullets almost immediately.
In the Cavite Peninsula area including Noveleta Town, all Spanish nationals, regardless of whether they participated in the resistance or not, were arrested and detained. After yesterday, the military arrested more than 80 Spanish immigrants.But only a few of them are militants, and the rest are just ordinary civilians.According to their confessions, some armed personnel still fled to the towns of Bacoor, Las Pinhas, and Palagnac in the east of the Cavite Peninsula, trying to reorganize the troops, and then wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack .
For such stragglers, the Haihan army needn't be too scruples.When attacking Cavite yesterday, even the Spaniards and the natives participated in the resistance battle with hundreds of people. Most of these people have been wiped out, and the Manila fleet has also retreated. How much momentum is set off again.
During this process, the arrangements made by Haihan before the war played a role again. On the side of Cavite, there was an office of the Daming firm "Dacheng Hong". After showing the employees the souvenir of their big shopkeeper Wang Lin The staff of "Dachengxing" temporarily acted as the guide of the Haihan Army, not only searched the Spanish immigrants on the Cavite peninsula, but also dug out the secret granary that the Spaniards hid in a certain house. ——The stored grain here was previously sold to the Spaniards by "Dachenghang".
Hearing that nearly seven tons of grain had been seized, Yan Chujie's complexion finally improved a little.Compared with gold and silver treasures, it is more practical to seize food at present. After all, treasures cannot be directly used as military rations, but food is a good thing that can continue life.The distribution of these tons of food can almost meet the food consumption of the Haihan Army for several days.
Of course, the dozens of Spanish immigrant families who were seized in Cavite were not found in vain. The amount of money confiscated from several businessmen's homes was quite a lot. There were about ten boxes of Spanish silver coins shipped from the Americas alone.
"Finally something has been gained!" Looking at the boxes of silver coins brought back, the expressions of the generals became much more relaxed.Since so much oil and water can be scraped from Cavite, the city of Manila, where the Spaniards live, must be no different.Even the stormy weather seemed to be getting better.
The campaign against the Cavite peninsula lasted for two full days in the continuous heavy rain. If it wasn't for the limited force and the bad weather, the command headquarters would probably send troops out to search all the towns with a radius of tens of miles. No way.During this period, there was no movement in the direction of Manila Port. The headquarters believed that this was due to the weather on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Spaniards had completely lost contact with the Cavite Peninsula. When the exact news was sent back to Manila City, the It will indeed take several days for the authorities to make a judgment and take countermeasures.
"What the hell are you doing! This is the death fight you promised me? One day! No! You lost Cavite Port in less than a day!" Philippine Governor Aragones said in his official residence He loudly reprimanded Juan with a tired face. He really couldn't accept that there was such a one-sided battle at the door of his house.
"Are the Haihan people all devils? I heard that they only dispatched five ships! Mr. Juan, it's not a whole Haihan fleet, but five ships! This is how you defeated your Manila fleet, please tell Me, how did you command this battle?" Aragones said when he was excited, and almost slapped Juan directly in the face with his waving hands.
"My lord governor, I don't intend to shirk my responsibility, but I still want to point out to you that the Haihan people have installed a new type of warship, which is faster than their existing warships and more accurate. A layer of iron armor, our shells are basically scratching it. The sailboats of the Manila Fleet have almost no chance of winning against this kind of warship." Although Juan was sprayed with saliva, he still responded calmly: " But fortunately, the number of this new type of warship seems to be very small, and only one was dispatched during the battle. When the news from Cavite comes back, perhaps we can confirm its number more accurately."
"What do you want to say? So the reason for your failure is that the Haihan people equipped a new type of warship?" Aragones did not fully understand Juan's intentions, and his anger was not appeased by this.
"Because the combat method of that new warship is different from that of other Haihan warships, it adopts an independent combat method." Juan continued: "My lord governor, although we have temporarily lost the port of Cavite, the Manila fleet is still there. We can rely on the port of Manila and continue to deal with the Haihan people. If that warship is dispatched again, I must try to kill it at sea! Destroying that warship may force the Haihan people to retreat."
"Is it that simple?" Aragones didn't quite believe what Juan said.It's not that he doesn't believe that Juan can't destroy the Haihan battleship, but he doesn't believe that he can force Haihan to retreat.
Juan replied: "With Haihan's shipbuilding level and financial resources, we haven't been able to build a few more ships. It can be seen that this kind of warship is very advanced. Once it is damaged in the battle, it must try to get back to Sanya before it can be repaired. Destroy them at that time." The most powerful new weapon, it may also destroy their confidence in attacking Manila City at the same time."
Aragones is still waiting to refute, but Juan has already said: "My lord, we currently have no better way to defeat the enemy, and any possibility is worth a try!"
(End of this chapter)
The senior generals here are already familiar with the map of the Manila area. Since the middle of last year, the Ministry of National Defense has distributed the map to them as a reference for formulating combat plans.With more and more intelligence information in hand, the military deployment markings on the map are becoming more and more detailed. On the map that is now hanging out, even the location of the coastal defense forts in Manila Port and the deployment of artillery are clearly marked. Clearly.
This information is indeed very precious to the Haihan generals who set foot in Manila for the first time, otherwise they would have to spend a lot of time checking the enemy's deployment during the process of marching into Manila, and they might have to pay some money during the process. The cost of casualties.The military value of the critical intelligence provided by the Ministry of Security is already difficult to measure with money.
"If the weather conditions in the next few days are good, then we will attack the port at the mouth of the Pasig River first according to the original plan. This area is also the area with the most dense coastal defense batteries, and we will not launch them as soon as we come up. Instead, the Navy will try to clear a landing area on the coast first. If that doesn't work, then we will switch to another plan and find another landing site."
Yan Chujie stood up, walked to the map, and explained the next battle plan to the generals.The plan of the Haihan army is actually not complicated. It is nothing more than cleaning up the coastline, landing, and then attacking the city of Manila. But the Spaniards should be very clear about this process. Although their weapons and equipment are slightly behind, they occupy the home field There are still many fortifications that can be used, so in the implementation process, it is necessary to fight wits with it and eliminate its geographical advantages as much as possible.
Yan Chujie continued: "If the weather becomes bad and it is not conducive for us to launch an attack, then we should first station in Jiabi. Although the Spaniards have emptied all the supplies here, we have seen the barracks near the port, which is very good. , all of which are made of stones, it can be used as a blockhouse with a little modification. In addition, we have occupied Cavite, which will allow us to blockade Manila more conveniently and have room to hoard supplies and assemble troops. I plan to notify Sanya immediately. Let the base camp prepare the follow-up supplies, and prepare for the long-term battle here first."
In the action plan formulated by the Haihan Ministry of Defense, the goal is to take down Manila in one go.Considering that the amount of materials and ammunition carried during the expedition is limited, and whether it is possible to find a suitable place to establish a frontline base near Manila is still unknown, the Ministry of National Defense decided to control the combat period of the entire operation to about 20 days, even if it is not captured in the end. Manila City can also retain enough spare power to withdraw to Hainan Island.
Of course, the Ministry of National Defense has more than this set of combat plans, and this is just the most conservative plan among them.In fact, there are corresponding action plans for capturing Cavite Port as a front-line base, and even landing directly at Manila Port to attack the city.Now that Cavite Port has been successfully captured on the first day of breaking into Manila Bay, and the de facto occupation has been completed, Haihan will have more buffer space for subsequent battles, and it may not be necessary to The entire combat operation was compressed and completed within 20 days.
The generals agreed with Yan Chujie's proposal with one voice, and they didn't want to compress the action time too tightly, which would probably lead to more casualties in order to achieve the combat goal within the limited time.If there were too many casualties in the battle, then this operation might not be worth the candle for Hai Han.
Although the voyage between Sanya and Manila Bay almost needs to traverse the entire South China Sea, as long as there is a stable operating port on the Manila Bay side, it is not impossible to establish a maritime supply line.Of course, for this reason, the Ministry of Shipping must apply for a special fund from the Executive Committee to maintain the operation of this temporary supply line.However, these matters do not need the generals present to worry about, and there will naturally be relevant personnel to handover with the Ministry of Shipping. Haihan’s foreign wars for so many years have long formed a set of default operating procedures among various departments. The processing flow in the middle will be discussed separately.
That night, the remaining Spanish militants made no further attempts to launch a counterattack against the Haihan-occupied area on the Cavite Peninsula.After the first day of fighting in Manila Bay, it turned out to be an unexpectedly quiet night.Hai Hanjun was also able to relax a little from his tense mind and body after a whole day, and take the time to rest.
But in the middle of the night, the wind on the sea suddenly became stronger, and some marching tents built in the open air on the coast began to sway in the strong wind.When the headquarters noticed a sudden change in the weather conditions, they immediately ordered all personnel to enter the nearest building to avoid the limelight.
In the early hours of the morning, strong winds and rain began to rage over Manila Bay. Even though the Haihan Army had been prepared for this weather condition, there were still many temporary residences that were leaking or even flooded, causing some troops to be forced to leave. Move the station without taking the rain.
Fortunately, the Haihan army had already prepared enough tarpaulin raincoats before the operation started, and basically all the troops participating in the war had been or had been stationed in the South China Sea area. Chaos ensued due to this sudden change of weather.
After dawn, the windy and rainy weather did not get better, but it got worse.Many of the marching tents set up in the port the day before yesterday had been blown away by the strong wind last night. Fortunately, after the counting of the number of people in various ministries, there were no casualties for the time being.Yan Chujie summoned the military doctor and asked him to quickly prepare ginger soup and other cold repellents to prevent widespread colds in the army.
At the meeting the day before yesterday, some people thought that bad weather not only brought trouble, but also a good opportunity to launch an attack, because the Spaniards also used muskets and artillery, but their combat effectiveness in harsh environments was not comparable to that of the Haihan Army. Compared with standard weapons, such weather can greatly limit the performance of its coastal defense artillery.But in today's weather, not to mention attacking the city of Manila, it has become very difficult to gather troops outdoors, let alone cross the sea to carry out landing battles.Although this kind of weather can inhibit the performance of the Spanish defenders, it is also extremely unfriendly to the Haihan army, and it cannot take advantage of the imagination at all.
"Temporarily stop the action and wait for the weather to improve." Yan Chujie could only make such a helpless decision as he watched the pouring rain outside.
It is also difficult for everyone to raise any objections to this. If they forcefully go out to sea to attack Manila Port in such weather, it would be considered good if they can exert [-]% of their combat effectiveness. The risk is too great.Of course, there is no need to worry that the Spaniards will launch a counterattack at this time. What the Haihan army cannot do, they also cannot accomplish.
However, the cessation of the attack on Manila does not mean that the Haihan Army's actions in Cavite have ceased.Under the insistence of the generals, the various departments of the Haihan Army still mobilized troops to carry out a careful campaign against the remaining part of the Cavite Peninsula.After advancing to the town of Noveleta at the root of the peninsula, the headquarters ordered the withdrawal of troops and used this as the demarcation point between Haihan and the Spanish-controlled area.In the process of advancing, it is inevitable that there are still some remnants of defeated soldiers who are dying, but they have not been able to cause any trouble for the Haihan Army, because the headquarters has already issued an order to shoot and kill the frontline troops, so anyone who is killed by the Haihan Army The armed men who found and did not surrender directly ate the bullets almost immediately.
In the Cavite Peninsula area including Noveleta Town, all Spanish nationals, regardless of whether they participated in the resistance or not, were arrested and detained. After yesterday, the military arrested more than 80 Spanish immigrants.But only a few of them are militants, and the rest are just ordinary civilians.According to their confessions, some armed personnel still fled to the towns of Bacoor, Las Pinhas, and Palagnac in the east of the Cavite Peninsula, trying to reorganize the troops, and then wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack .
For such stragglers, the Haihan army needn't be too scruples.When attacking Cavite yesterday, even the Spaniards and the natives participated in the resistance battle with hundreds of people. Most of these people have been wiped out, and the Manila fleet has also retreated. How much momentum is set off again.
During this process, the arrangements made by Haihan before the war played a role again. On the side of Cavite, there was an office of the Daming firm "Dacheng Hong". After showing the employees the souvenir of their big shopkeeper Wang Lin The staff of "Dachengxing" temporarily acted as the guide of the Haihan Army, not only searched the Spanish immigrants on the Cavite peninsula, but also dug out the secret granary that the Spaniards hid in a certain house. ——The stored grain here was previously sold to the Spaniards by "Dachenghang".
Hearing that nearly seven tons of grain had been seized, Yan Chujie's complexion finally improved a little.Compared with gold and silver treasures, it is more practical to seize food at present. After all, treasures cannot be directly used as military rations, but food is a good thing that can continue life.The distribution of these tons of food can almost meet the food consumption of the Haihan Army for several days.
Of course, the dozens of Spanish immigrant families who were seized in Cavite were not found in vain. The amount of money confiscated from several businessmen's homes was quite a lot. There were about ten boxes of Spanish silver coins shipped from the Americas alone.
"Finally something has been gained!" Looking at the boxes of silver coins brought back, the expressions of the generals became much more relaxed.Since so much oil and water can be scraped from Cavite, the city of Manila, where the Spaniards live, must be no different.Even the stormy weather seemed to be getting better.
The campaign against the Cavite peninsula lasted for two full days in the continuous heavy rain. If it wasn't for the limited force and the bad weather, the command headquarters would probably send troops out to search all the towns with a radius of tens of miles. No way.During this period, there was no movement in the direction of Manila Port. The headquarters believed that this was due to the weather on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Spaniards had completely lost contact with the Cavite Peninsula. When the exact news was sent back to Manila City, the It will indeed take several days for the authorities to make a judgment and take countermeasures.
"What the hell are you doing! This is the death fight you promised me? One day! No! You lost Cavite Port in less than a day!" Philippine Governor Aragones said in his official residence He loudly reprimanded Juan with a tired face. He really couldn't accept that there was such a one-sided battle at the door of his house.
"Are the Haihan people all devils? I heard that they only dispatched five ships! Mr. Juan, it's not a whole Haihan fleet, but five ships! This is how you defeated your Manila fleet, please tell Me, how did you command this battle?" Aragones said when he was excited, and almost slapped Juan directly in the face with his waving hands.
"My lord governor, I don't intend to shirk my responsibility, but I still want to point out to you that the Haihan people have installed a new type of warship, which is faster than their existing warships and more accurate. A layer of iron armor, our shells are basically scratching it. The sailboats of the Manila Fleet have almost no chance of winning against this kind of warship." Although Juan was sprayed with saliva, he still responded calmly: " But fortunately, the number of this new type of warship seems to be very small, and only one was dispatched during the battle. When the news from Cavite comes back, perhaps we can confirm its number more accurately."
"What do you want to say? So the reason for your failure is that the Haihan people equipped a new type of warship?" Aragones did not fully understand Juan's intentions, and his anger was not appeased by this.
"Because the combat method of that new warship is different from that of other Haihan warships, it adopts an independent combat method." Juan continued: "My lord governor, although we have temporarily lost the port of Cavite, the Manila fleet is still there. We can rely on the port of Manila and continue to deal with the Haihan people. If that warship is dispatched again, I must try to kill it at sea! Destroying that warship may force the Haihan people to retreat."
"Is it that simple?" Aragones didn't quite believe what Juan said.It's not that he doesn't believe that Juan can't destroy the Haihan battleship, but he doesn't believe that he can force Haihan to retreat.
Juan replied: "With Haihan's shipbuilding level and financial resources, we haven't been able to build a few more ships. It can be seen that this kind of warship is very advanced. Once it is damaged in the battle, it must try to get back to Sanya before it can be repaired. Destroy them at that time." The most powerful new weapon, it may also destroy their confidence in attacking Manila City at the same time."
Aragones is still waiting to refute, but Juan has already said: "My lord, we currently have no better way to defeat the enemy, and any possibility is worth a try!"
(End of this chapter)