He Mingyu didn't agree. He has been in this world for more than ten years and is now 35 years old. Maybe he is still a child in the eyes of this old man, but he has already made his own clear judgment and naturally he will not be moved by a few good words from the other party. The development of the world is too big. He doesn't want to figure it out. He just wants to live in a country without historical burdens and does not have to face strange eyes.

Because of the issue of confidentiality, he did not know whether there was any way to save the situation, but he believed that his companions would not watch the blood and sweat flowing for more than ten years in vain. So what if the sea battle failed? In his previous time and space, the situation that the country faced was even more severe than this, and he survived it. He believed that although the newly established countries were immature, they had more vigorous vitality and would never be destroyed by one or two failures of the sea decisive battle. After all, they had occupied the entire south of the Yangtze River and had a vast buffer space.

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He Mingyu, who was sent out to sacrifice as bait, was not wrong. A large-scale military operation code-named "Feng Cyclops" has quietly begun, waiting for the arrival of prey.

Manila.

After the 100,000 army had already obtained the last port location of the US fleet, they established a secret military base in the Philippines, and relied on the teleportation of a large number of fleets to board the territory ruled by the Spanish. In order to ensure that this military operation was carried out secretly, countless people were killed, and the reason why they were caught was entirely due to the special help provided by Li Lin to the intelligence department.

Over the past decade, the intelligence agencies of the Chinese crossing the world have already established complete intelligence agencies for European colonies and other countries in South Asia, and have the most accurate intelligence information on the local geographical environment, hydrological information and route conditions of important ports.

The last stop of the US fleet is Manila. They will inevitably dock in the excellent port of Manila Bay. All information about this port has been prepared by the intelligence department. For such an important port, the Spanish key points of the South China Sea have already surveyed every inch of its land. With the help of ships and bribery methods, the places where military ships will be parked are also very clear.

The army was divided into three parts and surrounded the entire Manila from three directions. They were carefully ambushed in places that the Spanish colonists could not find, so as not to inform the underground intelligence agencies stationed here of the Americans, who would definitely inform the American fleet of this abnormal situation via radio.

Several trade fleets from Japan that were routinely used in this season also began to sail slowly towards Manila. With the help of its power in Japan, these trade fleets of more than a dozen or twenty ships of different sizes have all been replaced with specially modified ships. They will enter the port after the US fleet enters the port. After receiving the action signal, they will sink themselves on the necessary routes for the US fleet to leave the port and block them in the port.

The Spaniards were still neutral on the surface. At this time, it was impossible for them to refuse the entry of these trade fleets into ports. They could only provide the tired American fleet with a rest base under the diplomatic protests of the Haisong Empire.

No matter how advanced the American fleet was, after expeditions and two large-scale maritime operations, the soldiers were already very tired, and the ships also needed maintenance. Of course, the Spanish ports did not have the ability to repair. They did this by relying on ships in the logistics fleet that served as maintenance roles.

In case, all twenty sea mine-burning boats of the Haisong Empire were dispatched. Since the enemy's fleet could clearly see the situation, they calculated the time when the enemy arrived at the port of Manila. There was modern radar in the enemy's fleet and the reconnaissance range was too wide. After the enemy arrived, it was impossible to lay mines, so they could only do it in advance.

According to information in Manila's port, there is no modern radar, so that thing cannot be hidden. The Spaniards did not dare to risk contacting the Nuhai Song Empire before the arrival of the American fleet, and asked the Americans to arrange radar reconnaissance posts in advance. Therefore, these minecraft boats arranged a large number of delayed mines on the main routes of the Manila port ten days in advance before the enemy fleet arrived.

These mines have been created long ago. After the Chinese travelers knew that the Americans appeared, they have undergone special improvements and produced huge amounts of mines to serve as the last defense. They are now arranged at the bottom of the sea and controlled by timed devices. During the period when the American fleet enters the port, these mines will remain silent. After they enter the port, these mines will be activated after a period of time. At that time, once the American fleet wants to leave the port, they will encounter these killing weapons.

Mines have always been a cheap weapon to deal with the navy. They are powerful and concealed. They can eliminate difficulties. A small number of mines can block a route, and the power of a mine can sink a large surface ship.

But it cannot change the characteristics of passive defense. Only by clearly knowing the enemy's movement route can we actively defend. If we want to capture all the American fleet in one go, we can only wait until they enter the port and activate these mines to completely block them.

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The American fleet, with the power of two great victory, dragged a large number of capture ships into the port of Manila. It was impossible to hide it at this time. When the Spanish saw the majesty of the American fleet, they thought that their bet was right and ignored the diplomatic protests that followed the Haisong Empire. The Spanish colonial governor even went to the port in person to welcome the American fleet and his friendly allies.

The leading one is the flagship "Mayflower" of His Excellency Manue, who has just been promoted to Lieutenant General, with a displacement of 7,800 tons, 4 modern naval guns, 16 88mm rapid-fire guns, and the main armor is 1,300mm thick. No cannon in this era can tear its defenses.

Then there were nearly a hundred huge ships. In order to highlight their military achievements, Manuel specially hanged the Haisong steamship captured behind the sea Song Dynasty flag.

When he first landed on the Philippines, Manue felt a sense of conquest. He was born to prepare for America. Historically, he would have to wait nearly two hundred years before he could be controlled by the United States. However, now we can start to educate these indigenous people and let them remember the glory of America.

When the American fleet entered the port, the trade fleet from Japan also arrived at the waters near the port, but expected that the worst case still happened. The reconnaissance ships that stayed outside of the American fleet discovered them very early. After approaching with high speed, they were required to board these merchant ships for inspection according to the conventional alert level.

The sailors of the reconnaissance ship had the opportunity to discover the abnormalities of these fleets, but after a long patrol, they were already very tired and paralyzed after a long period of patrols. They just hurriedly checked the loading of goods and waited for shifts to go ashore to rest and celebrate the victory. Although the trade fleet, after fully disguised, was not found to be abnormal, when they entered the port of Manila, they were guided to a civil port and were closely monitored, and two Spanish warships were monitoring them outside the civil port.

However, the American fleet was anchored in another port in Manila. Obviously, in order to better welcome the arrival of the American fleet, the Spaniards began to build a dedicated military port very early. Although the distance between the two is not far, looking at the other party's alert level, you will know that it is not easy to sink and block the port. It will require more sacrifices and time. Fortunately, this has been completely considered. With mines as buffering, they still have time to sink and block the waterway before the enemy leaves the port.

General Manue's sense of conquest lasted less than three days, and was awakened by the sound of artillery fire in northeastern Manila. At this time, he was discussing with the Governor of Manila in the Governor's Office, discussing how to cooperate with each other in the future to defeat the East Asian maritime hegemony of the Haisong Empire.

"What's going on? Is this your colonial army teaching the natives a lesson?" Hearing that the cannons were still far away, General Manue was not very panicked. The sea fleet of Haisong State had all been destroyed, and they could not pose any threat to their fleet.

"No, listen to the sound of cannons, it looks like the 150mm artillery served in the army of the Haisong Empire." The Governor of Manila felt a little wrong. He had seen the army of the Haisong Empire reviewed, and had also followed the army of the Haisong Empire to conquer the Ming Dynasty. With this qualification, he became the governor of the now stormy Nanyang, so he could hear one or two from the explosion of the shells.

"If the order is sent, all the rest officers and soldiers will immediately stop taking leave and return to the warships. All ships will immediately set up their anchors. We will leave this port." The intuition from the soldiers made General Manue make a wise judgment, and he hurriedly ordered the adjutant to use the radio to issue orders.

Two hours later, Lieutenant General Manue successfully returned to his flagship, which made him feel a little relieved. As long as this battleship is present, no one in East Asia can defeat him.

"God of General, the reconnaissance ship No. 032 patrolling outside the port found a large number of civilian ships rushing out of the port. A small number of them rushed towards the port where we were mooring. Judging from the flags they called, they wanted to seek the protection of our naval fleet." The adjutant reported nervously.

"Bitch, warn them not to approach warships, otherwise they will sink on the spot, send a fast cruiser to drive them away and clear the waterway." General Manue ordered impatiently.

"As for the order, General." The adjutant soon ordered people to pass on the commander's order.

After a while, bad news continued to come.

"General, when the fast cruiser "Freedor" was clearing the channel, it touched a mine and exploded, and the damage to the pipe could not be carried out, and the ship was sinking!" The adjutant looked pale. The reason why he was so nervous was because before he became an adjutant of the Americans, he had come to East Asia and dealt with the Haisong Empire. He knew that they were not truly civilized people and had created a Macao massacre. Now he vaguely felt that he had fallen into a trap this time. It has been eight years since he became the traditional sphere of influence of the Haisong Empire. The Spaniards were just stewards, and it was not surprising that the other party had any means.

"How is it possible? The Liberty has a 400mm armor belt, how can it be broken by the 17th-century black gunpowder mine?" General Manue realized that something was wrong. The enemy was likely to have modern mines brought by it.

He knows the power of modern mines. Not to mention simple cruisers, even his genuine battleships can't withstand a few shots.

"The Liberty reported that it was a lightning arranged on the seabed, which was blown through the bottom of the ship and could not be repaired."

"How did they arrange it? The reconnaissance ships cannot let them approach quietly, even at night?!" General Manue shouted incredibly.

"Maybe it was arranged in advance and some kind of delay device was used?" the adjutant guessed.

"That means that our purpose was exposed in advance," General Manue was a senior commander after all, so he quickly calmed down and clearly understood that everything is a trap now, and the enemy blocked the waterway with a large number of mines in advance.
Chapter completed!