Philippines. Luzon. Batangas Province.

Batangas is a relatively remote province compared to northern Luzon, but after 300 years of operation, Catholicism has established roots here, and although it is less than 100 kilometers from Manila, this southwestern province of Luzon is where Catholic guerrillas are most active.

Lin Mengchu focused his defense on the city of Manila, where there were fortresses and forts carefully constructed by the Spaniards, the most populous city in the Philippines, and the most prosperous economy, so for the southwest Batangas Province, it was only placed in a lower position.

As a result, the Catholic fanatics in Batangas formed several guerrilla detachments, and the Spaniards even sent missionaries and instructors, so that the law and order situation in the province was always quite bad.

Therefore, in Batangas Province, the Hong Army deployed the battalion headquarters of an infantry battalion, as well as the battalion's subordinate team and a reinforced infantry company, which can be said to strengthen the defense of Batangas Province, but for the long coastline and tropical forests, this number of troops is far from enough.

Recently, the situation in Batangas has become even more serious, with Catholic guerrillas from some nearby provinces infiltrating Batangas province, making the situation in Batangas even more urgent.

It's just that you don't know what kind of fight there is, but the coast of Batangas Province is always so beautiful, with tropical rainforests, fine sandy beaches and coral reefs, making this one of the best holiday destinations in the Philippines. It's just that in this early summer, the waves of Batangas have not calmed down, and they have rolled up wave after wave of tide. Rushed over those coral reefs and went all the way to the shipwreck.

It's just that this group of indigenous Filipinos, with a Bible in one hand and a rifle in the other, is not in the mood to enjoy the beauty of the Batangas. They looked anxiously at the sea and asked, "Did the red dogs from the city come out?" ”

Someone comforted them: "There are only 300 Chinese in the city, and we have almost 300 troops along the way, as long as the army sent by God arrives, the good days of these Chinese will come to an end." ”

Among them were natives who had a long-standing relationship with the colonizers, ordinary people whose interests were damaged by the arrival of the Rainbow Army, and some were fanatical Catholics, plus a few Spaniards. This was the formation of this coalition of Catholic guerrillas southwest Luzon.

"Yes, as soon as the army sent by God arrives"

They have a bitter enmity against the Chinese and the Hongjun, and I don't know how many times they have fought in the past year, and there seems to be no room for compromise between the two sides, and the only way out is to pierce each other's chests with poisoned daggers.

As he spoke, the sharp-eyed man was already shouting, "Thank God! ”

"Thank God!"

"Thank God!"

It was a cheer, and some fanatical believers had already begun to pray. In their field of vision, ships of snow and black, ranging from steam carriers to real steam warships, as well as many sail warships and auxiliary vessels, formed the most spectacular fleet in the Far East of this plane.

Slowly, I got closer. The black muzzles and the fluttering Spanish flags were clearly visible, and these people on the shore cheered, which was really God's will!

The end of the Chinese has come, they can get out of the Philippines!

The Spaniards on the shore were already waving their flags and directing the direction of this huge fleet: "Come here, come here!" You can go ashore in no time! ”

They didn't know how many men or troops there were, but it was the most spectacular fleet they had ever seen, and it was probably loaded with tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers. …,

They didn't know that this fleet was the same fleet as the Spaniards who attacked Mindoro, and they passed by the two camouflaged fishing boats of the Rainbow Army to reinforce Mindoro, which made Ye Huaizhi pounce, but some news from the north also made the commander of this Spanish fleet have some wrong judgments.

According to the information he obtained, Hercule's interceptor fleet would sink an entire motorized infantry regiment of the Rainbow Army to the bottom of the sea, and now the attention of the Chinese has been perfectly attracted to Mindoro Island, and their fleet can take advantage of the Chinese's misjudgment and directly rush into Batangas, meet the thousands of Catholic guerrillas here, and then attack province by province, with the cooperation of the Catholic guerrillas, to recover the whole of Luzon.

It should be said that they have the strength and capital, and now this huge Spanish fleet is loaded with an astonishing number of land forces, including 3,500 Spanish soldiers and 700 indigenous soldiers, as well as 47 cannons, 200 mules and horses, which have mobilized Spain's maximum transportation capacity and mobilization in the Philippines.

Luis was the advocate and eventual commander of this island-hopping tactic, and the Spanish lieutenant general held the binoculars and said with interest: "On behalf of God, I declare that this land is back in the arms of Her Majesty the Empress, and our comrades are doing a good job!" ”

The Catholic guerrillas in Batangas were already waiting on the shore, and they even deployed sniper units on the road where the rainbow army might be dispatched: "In six hours, the whole army will come ashore, in twenty or four hours, our army will regain the whole province of Batangas, and in seventy-two hours, we will be able to see Manila Cathedral again!" ”

He was confident enough that if his mighty force could not recover Manila, there would never be a Spaniard God, let alone tens of thousands of Catholic guerrillas in the whole of Luzon.

"Start Login"

Batangas was not a very good port, and even in the 21st century, in another time and place, tugboats were often brought in from Manila to facilitate the entry of large ships, and now one small boat after another has begun to row effortlessly towards the shoreline, and a number of small transports have also tried to dock.

It's just that the coastline they chose was the biggest enemy of the Spaniards, some boats were beaten back by the waves, some boats kept spinning in the waves, and some boats were finally about to dock, but they found that there was a hidden reef in front of them, and they had to retreat back.

It was definitely not a good landing ground, and Louis only now discovered that there were times when landing operations were indeed the most complex operations.

Like Ye Huaizhi's small landing on Mindoro, the landing was so haphazard that Lieutenant General Louis had promised that he would pull his entire force ashore in six hours, but two-thirds of the time had passed, and dozens of small boats and transport ships were still struggling between the big ships and the coastline.

The troops ashore were only 1,000 at most, but they had lost their normal unit structure, the company commander could not find his own company, and the squads and platoons could not find their superiors.

The pace of disembarkation was still so slow, and it did not improve because of the thunderous thunder of His Excellency Lieutenant General, on the contrary, there were several minor accidents, and even single-digit drownings, which demoralized the Spanish soldiers a lot—and it did not bode well for the presence of the dead before the enemy was seen.

Even if some of the officers had organized their broken companies or infantry battalions, they lacked the strength to continue the attack, and some had their entire bodies soaked in them when they landed, and their rifle cartridges would have to be replenished from their combat baggage, but even if they found a piece of transport baggage, it was not what they wanted. …,

Most of the time it was the personal belongings of the officers, and other times it became completely useless, and it is not known who brought a piano ashore, and a dozen or so horses finally came ashore after a great deal of difficulty, but the Spaniards soon discovered that the cavalry who rode the horses had not even left their transports.

The Catholic partisans and the missionaries who led them hugged their allies tightly, and they said to the Spanish soldiers who came ashore with great urgency: "We need a lot of rifles, and artillery, and gunpowder, lead, and shells, and"

Where did the landing force find these things, and now two field guns finally went to land, but they found that the ammunition boxes of these two guns were still floating on the water, and there were several boxes of inappropriate grenades, and there were many, many more of them, and some officers felt that this was the most difficult thing they had experienced in their lives.

To their partisan allies, the Spaniards could only say: "We have only brought these things with us for the time being, and I am sure you need them very much." ”

But when they said this, their own faces turned red, and when the missionaries opened the boxes, their own faces were filled with helplessness - 10,000 Bibles, thousands of crosses, and many religious objects, all painstakingly transported by the Spanish Army.

Lieutenant General Louis urged to speed up the operation, and even went ashore to take command, did not change the chaos of the entire landing field, and there were still many small boats fighting to the death against the waves, and many Spanish soldiers felt that they had exhausted all the strength of their lives.

"Hurry up, we only have sixty-six hours, we will see the dome of the church in Manila within seventy-two hours from the start of landing, maybe a little difficult, but at least we can see Manila"

It's just that just as Louis said this, there were already messengers from the Catholic guerrillas rushing over there: "The Chinese are coming!" ”

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