As soon as the Spaniards set off over there, they were clearly seen by the reconnaissance balloon at sea.
This advantage of having an exclusive view of the battlefield can greatly save the physical strength of the coast guard officers and soldiers. And making them feel grounded is even more important.
In order to ensure the victory of this decisive battle, not only did the three marine brigades heading south this time join the battle, but Zhao Hao also ordered for the first time that only on-duty personnel were left on each battleship of the advance fleet, and the remaining two thousand coast guard soldiers all disembarked to join the battle!
You must know that every Coast Guard soldier has been trained rigorously by the Coast Guard School, and has been trained with great difficulty after a long period of going to sea, training, and combat. Even a third-level police officer is Zhao Hao's pet peeve!
But this time he directly ordered them to go ashore to fight, even if they were only used as reserves and artillery, it was enough to show how much he attached importance to this battle!
Because Zhao Hao knew very well that for a long time, the biggest enemy of the coast guard fleet was the Spanish.
Therefore, his combat staff have always attached great importance to intelligence collection and detailed research on the Spanish.
Professor Ping, who has been dealing with the Spanish for half his life, provided a lot of precious information.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, he still said frankly that since the Spanish phalanx showed its power, European countries have actually followed suit one after another, and Portugal is no exception, but they cannot compete with the original version.
This is in addition to the religious fanaticism of the Spaniards, their deep wealth, their ability to afford well-equipped professional soldiers, and their aura of kingship accumulated through years of victory.
Another very important point is absolute discipline and team spirit.
The Spaniards of later generations could not imagine that their ancestors could let enemy shells fall around them and still remain unmoved.
And in addition to setting up a team of 25 people under the company, they also have a combat group composed of 6 people. The members eat, sleep and train together, and have a deep friendship and tacit understanding with each other. This allows them to always face the enemy's skirmishers as a team after a melee on the battlefield, and naturally have an absolute advantage.
Pinto also warned the navy officers and soldiers not to underestimate the Spaniards as far away as Luzon and think that they were partial divisions. But in fact, only the bravest and craziest desperadoes will come across the ocean - and what the Spanish phalanx needs most is courage!
Therefore, their battlefield performance may not be worse than the local elite corps.
So since last year, the Marine Corps¡¯ training focus has shifted to how to confront the Spanish phalanx. Wuda also specially organized a "Blue Force" to imitate the Spanish phalanx and fight against the Marines in various environments. To explore different tactics to deal with different battlefield conditions.
After the Marine Corps arrived in Luzon, they significantly modified their tactics based on the personal experience of Ximen Qing and others - to overcome the range advantage of the enemy's heavy muskets! And use these two months to intensify practice.
Zhao Hao and his operational staff repeatedly explored every inch of land in the Manila area and selected the most suitable battlefield in order to maximize the geographical advantages.
In the end, they chose the north bank of the Pasig River and the area west of the camp as the first battlefield for this battle.
So what he was most worried about before the war was that the Spaniards must not go to the south bank!
In order to dispel their thoughts of going south, Zhao Hao ordered the construction of the high wall and stationed 5,000 disciples there.
But what if the Spaniards don¡¯t want to be led by the nose and just want to have a taste of a tough battle? Not to mention that no one ate the feast he had carefully arranged. Can those young soldiers who had just undergone more than two months of military training withstand the Spanish's heavy matchlock guns and extra-long spears?
Of course, the staff have also made a plan. Once the Spaniards move south, they will send inland river support boats to attack them halfway across the river while they are crossing the river. It shouldn't be a problem to fight off the enemy like that, but it would be too difficult to decide in a single fight.
As a result, the other party came to the west without hesitation. This made Zhao Hao finally let go of his worries and smiled at Jin Ke: "No wonder Professor Ping said that the Spaniards never surprise people, they really came here in a daze. .¡±
"We did think too much." Jin Ke smiled bitterly: "We all thought about the seventh floor, but it turned out that they were really on the first floor."
¡°Just wait for the show to begin!¡± Zhao Hao smiled and walked out of the war room.
Of course, he couldn't just sit back and wait, but went to inspect the field hospital located in the camp.
The doctors and nurses at the Coast Guard General Hospital have made all preparations.
The stretcher team and transport team composed of Chinese people are also??Go up and shoot.
They suddenly saw all the enemies in the trench lying down.
"Coward!" the Spaniard laughed, feeling that he was sure to win.
Unexpectedly, before the laughter subsided, a sharp whistle was heard, and the long bamboo fence was pushed down by everyone!
Pointing at them were hundreds of thicker and larger artillery pieces, and they were not field artillery pieces!
It¡¯s the kind that¡¯s too thick¡ªthe Xuande cannon! The overly long Yongle cannon!
Yes, there is no way to fire artillery across the camp. Even if everyone is moved away, the line of sight will still be blocked.
????????????? But can this faze Mr. Zhao and his staff? Wouldn't it be enough to dismantle the naval gun and bring it to the shore for use? !
And in order to achieve the best shooting effect, the crazy Mr. Zhao actually built a fence to block the enemy's sight so that they could walk in and fire!
Having just passed through the gap in the fence, the gunners had enough time to complete all shooting preparations!
The fall of the fence was a signal, and the gunners fired their cannons one after another. The cannons rumbled loudly, and orange tongues of flame spurted out! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com