Chapter 43: Landing in Manila

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The Spanish troops stationed at the batteries outside Manila charged and aimed ten twenty-four-pounder shore defense guns at the Chinese ships, which were still symbols of wealth and were now symbols of death and plunder. Just like they did with the Chinese and the Indians.

"Come on! You yellow-skinned monkeys who deserve to go to hell! Lieutenant Colonel Lynch, the commander of the battery, directed the gunners to adjust the angle of fire, and stared viciously through the telescope at the Chinese ships flying the red flags on the sea in the distance.

"Report! Mr. Lieutenant Colonel! All guns are ready to shoot! Captain Diego reported to him loudly.

"Fire!"

"But, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel! I don't think there's any point in firing at the moment! ”

"You coward! Why doesn't it make sense?! ”

"The maximum range of our artillery is only 1,300 yards. But the enemy's fleet was anchored 1,500 yards away. Even if we cast artillery, we will only waste the bodies and shells of the boys, and at most kill a few fish and shrimp in the sea! ”

Lieutenant Colonel Lynch's face was slightly red, when he was in Spain, he was a famous playboy, and what he was best at was to talk to those beautiful ladies and ladies in the salon, and then under the flowers and moon, he was honest with these beautiful and noble women, and discussed some of the true meaning of life in simple terms.

If it weren't for the turmoil in Madrid, he wouldn't have been sent by his family to this humid and stuffy place. "Damn provincial!" He cursed inwardly.

Raising the telescope again, those Chinese ships have already opened the array, and the original cargo ships, I don't know when, have also opened their gun windows, although they are not as terrifying as the warships, but once they shoot at each other, the batteries may not be able to take advantage.

"Lieutenant Colonel! They're starting to land!" A soldier shouted in terror.

In the distance, the Chinese boats began to lower their skiffs, and groups of soldiers climbed onto the skiffs along the rope nets, rowing their oars vigorously towards the shoreline.

"Damn it! Why didn't they move the big ship in the direction of the dock? Lieutenant Colonel Lynch was furious.

As far as the eye can see, the sea seems to be full of Chinese boats, but if they are bombarded with artillery, the hit rate and actual effect are probably known only to God.

"Smack!" A gunshot rang out from under the battery, and the sound seemed to alert Lieutenant Colonel Lynch, "Yes! All the people, all the people go! Let's use muskets and swords to teach these monkeys a lesson! Let them know who the real knights are! ”

With regard to the hard fact that the schooners were carrying soldiers, Spanish scholars have strongly pointed out in many writings that the arrival of the Chinese fleet on Luzon was ostensibly under the banner of peaceful trade, but in fact it was an armed invasion. The presence of a large number of armed soldiers in the flotilla is ironclad evidence.

Lieutenant Colonel Lynch organized his men to build fortifications under the battery in an attempt to stop the landing of the Chinese soldiers.

On the sea, the battle has come to an end, except for Carlos's sea jackal to hang the white flag and surrender, the rest of the ships are too close to the fleet of the defenders, so close that the Spaniards suffered a round of artillery fire, too late to hang out the white flag, they were surrounded by the later wild lions and tigers to bite wildly, and then, the Spanish gentlemen floating on the sea were very helpless and cursed in a low voice, this group of crazy guys, violated the basic principles of naval warfare!

Looking at the Spanish Navy soldiers and officers carrying sunken loads and floats between the crests and valleys on the sea, a bloodthirsty smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Xiaohu's mouth. "! These damn Franco-Rang people have today!"

"My lord, the Weiyuan has sent a flag and asked what to do with these Franc people at sea?"

Zhang Xiaohu asked Li Shouhan in a low voice, from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Li Shouhan could give an order, a cannon or firecracker, to solve these guys at sea, and then the naval warship rushed into Manila City, wantonly burned and looted, and then returned with a full load.

Shouhan glanced at the Spaniards who were shouting loudly on the sea in the distance, "Pass the order and take them prisoner!" ”

"My lord! Why not?! ……”

"Why don't you kill them?! Big brother is kind-hearted! Not like you! Just know to kill and set fire! Xiuxiu stuffed a peeled hairy lychee into Li Shouhan's mouth. Just now, the artillery battle on the sea made the little girl excited, and she kept shouting loudly, making Shouhan full of black lines, could it be that this little girl was also brainwashed by the aesthetics of violence?

"Humph! This big brother of yours is kind-hearted?! If he had been kind-hearted, there would be no bad people in this world. To create such a murderous weapon, and to be able to leave a reputation of kindness, there is really no heavenly reason! ”

Not to mention that Zhang Xiaohu was slanderous there, and the command was transmitted to all the wind ships, and the ships put down their boats and sailors one after another, and rescued the Spanish sailors who were hanging by a thread of life and death at sea, of course, they were immediately tied up by ropes like zongzi.

"My lord, each ship has reported a number, and about 1,000 people have been captured."

"What about the captured ships?"

"Ships? Your Excellency, please look out. With a wry smile, Zhang Xiaohu gestured to Li Shouhan.

On the sea, more than a dozen Spanish warships and armed merchant ships turned into more than a dozen huge torches burning and falling on the sea.

"Alas! It's a pity! Those warships and the guns on them, although not very good, can also be used for other purposes after they are captured! ”

"You miser! If you really want to capture the enemy's ships, why do you let the Tempest ships use such immoral fast guns?! Zhang Xiaohu hated Li Shouhan's outrageous remarks.

"My big boss, what should we do next?"

"The enemy fleet on the sea has been completely lost, we should land, enter the city, and rob the city!" Zhang Xiaohu's pirate nature has not diminished, as soon as he mentioned these, his eyebrows immediately danced, grandma's, finally have a chance to rob the lair of the Francophone man!

"I said Little Liuzi! Can you put away your house robbery tactics first?! We came to Luzon to trade, not to rob. Do you understand? ”

"Poof! Ahem! Cough! Li Xiuxiu squirted out a mouthful of coconut water and coughed incessantly, and the two maids on the side, Jasmine and Parrot, hurriedly came to serve her.

"Big, big brother! You! You! Li Xiuxiu's face turned red and she didn't know what to say.

Oh, yes! You take your boat to the door of your house, and you turn your fleet into torches and your sailors into your captives. You're ashamed to say you're here to trade? You simply say you're a Western birdman!

"Order the ships to advance towards Manila and provide artillery support for the landing force."

In the face of overwhelming artillery fire, Lieutenant Colonel Lynch gained unprecedented prestige. The original soldiers of the fort looked at him with no longer disdain and disdain, but were full of admiration and gratitude.

The artillery fire of those Ming warships, in addition to a full fifteen hundred walas, can also hit the fort, turning the fort into ruins and garbage dumps, looking at the bricks and wood that were thrown into the air by the artillery fire, every soldier shuddered, if such artillery fire hit the human body, then, no doubt, everyone will go to God.

"My dear cousin, as your cousin, I hope that you will make the wise decision to order the defenders to cease their resistance, negotiate with Governor Lee, and finally conclude an honorable armistice." José was in Perez's office or headquarters, and he was trying to persuade his lovely cousin.

"No!" Perez is like a gambler who has lost all his possessions and bet his wife on the table, and he knows very well that if he negotiates with those Ming soldiers or businessmen, then he basically has no advantage or bargaining chips to negotiate. If, if there is, it is the Chinese residents of the Eighth Company in his hands.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Ming army has begun to land on the docks and on the coast!" A soldier hurried into the governor's office.

"Excellent! Go! Command Bulko! Let him inform those Ming people! Let them surrender to the Doge of Luzon in the great Spanish Empire! ”

The soldier looked at his governor with a look of pity for a mentally ill person, now those Ming soldiers are coming to the city, our fleet has been destroyed, our batteries are now under the power of the enemy's artillery, and they are about to turn into ruins, you let the enemy surrender to you at this time?!

You might as well say that the sun, which is now sinking in the west, is about to jump out from under the sea level! The soldier cursed inwardly and turned to deliver the Governor's orders.

"My cousin, you! ......" Jose was also a little speechless.

After Bulko received the order, he was also helpless, at this time, let him, a half-breed, convey such a message, isn't this what is it to let him go to death?! But, no way, behind him, the Governor pointed the ivory-handled pistol at him.

Aka was a Jingpo soldier, and as soon as he stepped his feet on the ground of the docks, he knew his chance to show off his skills.

Holding the musket tightly in his hand, a voice in his heart shouted, "I want to kill the enemy!" I want to make meritorious service! I want those rewards and good things! ”

As a recruit of the Qilin Battalion, he has heard his commander Lu Yunsheng and Wu Chang Liang Kuan say countless times that you are brave and tenacious in battle, and after you kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, you will be rewarded for military merits. Silver, buffalo, fields, cloth, and the fine white salt were known as the blessings of the gods in the stockade.

After being recruited, he knew that the general always looked at these people differently, the Han people were one armor and one soldier, that is to say, only one of the dozen suitable young men could be selected to be a soldier, and the Jingpo people, the She people, could be singled out of three or five people.

(This is Li Shouhan's national extermination policy of killing people without seeing blood!) He took advantage of the simplicity and kindness of ethnic minorities as his criminal goal, and he did not hesitate to adopt such criminal means to attract young people of ethnic minorities to serve as soldiers! )

(There's no way around it!) First, the total population of the Han people does not have an advantage over the so-called ethnic minorities. Second, the purpose of conscription in ethnic minorities is to improve their living standards. )

("Bah!") Eighteen typical crooked reasoning! ”)

Aka couldn't forget the first time he ate in the dining hall after enlisting in the army, and after a bowl of steaming rice, he licked his rice bowl, and he couldn't get enough of it.

At this time, a young man from the Han family, who was about the same as his younger brother, came over with a smile, "Are you full?" If it's not enough, you can add more. ”

After speaking, he waved the huge rice spoon, and couldn't help but say, filled his rice bowl again, and added two spoonfuls of fish and meat to it.

It was the fullest meal he had ever eaten.

When he hiccuped and participated in the afternoon training, he found out that the kid who cooked for him turned out to be the general!

What else can be said about this?! The general gave him a full meal and a household registration, so that his family could buy things at the same price as the Han people, no, now I am also a Chinese nation.

Aka quickly became one of the best recruits in training. Relying on his good physique, he was among the best in all the training of recruits. Cross-country, shooting, assassination, everything is excellent.

After the first muskets were loaded, he was assigned to Lu Yunsheng's armor and became one of the musketeers. For the sake of his family, he quickly became familiar with the musket in his hand, and became intimate with it as if he were sympathetic.

"Boys! Get your firecrackers ready! Memorize the essentials of the movements on the playground!! Remember, the chief is sentient! Military law is merciless! ”

"The battlefield is unforgiving!"

Hearing the commander's command, he silently recited the words he had recited countless times in his heart, and at the same time quickly took out a fixed cartridge from the ammunition belt he carried.

Bite off the tail cap of the cartridge with your teeth, hold the projectile with your mouth, then pour the gunpowder in the cartridge into a part of the powder pool, and the remaining gunpowder is loaded into the barrel, stuff the cartridge through the muzzle, then take out the cane, feed the cartridge in, tamp the lead bullet and the cartridge, and take a half-crouch position like the others in the armor, with the muzzle aimed at the opposite side. They were flanked by a sword-bearer and a spearman. Behind them, the same musketeers.

Unlike the musket in the hands of the Spanish musketeers opposite, the muskets in the hands of Li Shouhan's musketeers were unimaginable for the Spaniards to break their heads. Thanks to Feng Mofeng's virtue of diligence and thrift, Li Shouhan now has an almost perfect pipe-making process, after burning red, mixing horse urine and cold salt water for overall quenching, copper plating and many other processes, he has obtained a very perfect musket barrel! After the fatigue test of the gun station, the life of such a barrel can reach an insane 500 rounds, and only after reaching or exceeding this value, will it affect the shooting accuracy and range because of wear, and then face the threat of exploding.

The Spaniards on the opposite side, led by Lieutenant Pythea, formed the traditional Spanish phalanx. In Pythia's eyes, the Ming soldiers formed a phalanx he had never seen before, and the musketeers, escorted by pikemen and shield men, formed a phalanx of musketeers with 11 men each, armed with long rifles and even wearing red and yellow armor.

"Forward!" Pitya shouted, pulling out the command knife from his waist, and the drummer played the rhythm drum. The soldiers advanced steadily with spears in their hands under the beat of the drums, and they were still nearly one hundred and twenty yards away from the enemy, when suddenly, a cloud of white smoke rose from the sky above the Ming army's formation, followed by a dense burst of gunfire, "Shoot so far away?" These cowardly fellows! Pythia didn't react in time, and his soldier screamed and fell backwards, his body being torn open by a large hole in Minnie's bullet.

At the head of the city, Perez's pistol fell to the ground, his own soldiers were almost beaten, and the enemy's rifles were comparable to cannons, and he thought that he must be dreaming.

In the distance, Bulco walked slowly with a white flag.

"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Bulco saw the musketeer and hurriedly opened his voice and cried out loudly, he did not want to go to the Virgin Mary so soon.

"Acre! Follow me! Lu Yunsheng put down the musket in his hand, pulled out the Jedi knife at his waist, and took Arca to press Bulko to the ground.

"Don't be rude! Don't be rude! I was sent by the Spanish Governor to deliver a letter to Governor Lee! Bulco hurriedly identified himself.

"Let me surrender?!" Li Shouhan's expression was also full of surprise. It was the most appalling joke he'd ever heard since he crossed over. Li Shouhan laughed loudly: "Hahaha." Do you governors still have soldiers to accept my surrender? ”

Just imagine, Uncle Joseph's million-strong army, tens of thousands of artillery pieces and tanks had already stormed Berlin, just a few roads from the Chancellery, and at this time, a German officer brought a verbal order from a mustache ordering the Soviet troops at the front to surrender to the Third Reich.

How is this not the biggest joke in the world?

"Yes." Bulco was also puzzled, "Adult, the small one has half of the Chinese blood, and he has not wanted to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors for decades, and his heart is in Cao Ying, and he is in Han." Wrong! It is in Cao Ying's heart in Han. He saw that several of the guards had drawn the muskets from their waists, and only then did he realize that his idiom had been reversed.

"What else did he say?"

He said, "Let you hand over all your assets and goods, and by the way, as a condition of surrender to the Spanish Empire, you must give him all the ships of war. Otherwise, otherwise ,......"

"What does he want?!" Zhang Xiaohu and Chu Dalei couldn't hold it back, and the appearance of this fake foreign devil in front of them made them very unhappy.

"He's going to kill all the Chinese in Manila."

In the cool cabin, Blanco's sweat was already soaking through his chest and back.

In the next section, there will be a resounding title, an image of cruelty, undisciplined but full of oriental bravery, who is more charismatic than a butcher and more bloody than a thief!

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