Blanco exclaimed this exclamation when he witnessed the battle outside the city from the height of the church's bell tower.

Lieutenant Colonel Balder rushed over from the city wall in a panic and said: "Your Excellency the Governor, we have lost the native servant army, the Polish cavalry has all been killed, and we have lost eight hundred excellent Spanish soldiers, and now there are only three thousand five hundred troops left in Manila. ”

"Lieutenant Colonel, what do you want to say?" Blanco asked with an ugly face.

Lieutenant Colonel Balder said: "As a soldier, I must admit that we can no longer hold Manila. Your Excellency the Governor, the artillery of the Ming people has a long range, which makes our artillery completely useless, and can only be beaten passively, and if we lose our artillery, we will lose Manila. ”

"Lieutenant Colonel Balder, have you been tricked by Second Lieutenant Sandler into surrendering?" Blanco said angrily: "No, the noble Spaniards cannot surrender to those vile, dirty, and barbaric Ming people, this is impossible. ”

"We don't have to surrender, we can retreat, there is a vast rainforest northeast of Manila, we can withdraw there, at least we can keep part of our army and wait for reinforcements from other colonies," said Lieutenant Colonel Balde. ”

"Where are the reinforcements from the other colonies? In Africa? In South America? In Mexico? How long are we going to be wild men in the rainforest, and are we going to give up all the riches of Manila? Blanco roared loudly.

Then a priest came up and said to Blanco: "Your Excellency, they have all arrived and are waiting for you to come down. ”

"Lieutenant Colonel Balde, continue to command the battle, and I'll go find you the reinforcements you need." With that, Blanco put on his top hat and went down to the bell tower.

Nineteen people gathered in the chamber of the Doge's Palace, representatives of officials, merchants, and clergy of the colonies.

"I think you already know that the Ming people have launched a shameless attack on us today. But now that our native army has failed, and we have lost 800 Spanish soldiers and more than 100 Polish cavalry, I need your support now. ”

"All Spaniards in Manila, men under fifty years of age and over fifteen years of age, should take up arms and defend our colonies and defend our property to the death. You should have heard what happened to the Governor of Keelung City, Governor Karon and others, who were sentenced to twenty years of hard labor by the damned Ming people. Oh my God! That's twenty years of hard labor, and if you don't want to be enslaved, take up arms. Blanco spoke loudly.

The colonists were also pioneers, and the civilians of the Spanish colonies also had a large number of weapons, which could be used as militia.

The major affairs of the colonies were voted on by deliberation, and Blanco's speech was a success, with fifteen of the nineteen delegates in favor of a general mobilization in Manila, one abstaining, and three against, and it seems that most of them were haunted by what had happened to Cuarón and others.

Although Fr. Paul voted against, he said: "May God bless us." ”

"God is with us." Blanco let out a long breath.

The Spaniards sprang into action, and the civilians took up arms to be led by the officers who had been temporarily assigned, and after a brief formation, these armed civilians also took up the city walls to assist the defenders in defending against the Ming attack.

Manila's Spaniards, including garrisons, dependents, and other personnel, totaled more than 15,000 people, making it the largest Spanish colony in Asia. Through the general mobilization, Blanco received another 3,200 militiamen, bringing the total strength of Manila to 6,700.

"Oh my God, this is death, is Your Excellency the Governor asking all the Spaniards to bury Manila?"

When he saw that among the civilians with weapons, there were many elderly people in their mid-teens, as well as teenagers, and second lieutenant Sandler exclaimed.

"Second Lieutenant, are the people of the Ming Kingdom really as terrible as you say?" This is a veteran, one of the soldiers who monitored Second Lieutenant Sandler.

Second Lieutenant Sandler said: "The war has been going on so far, and it has been proven that my words are right. If you don't want to die, if you start fighting for a while, you must stay away. ”

"Oh my God, my kids are waiting for me to retire and return to Europe with the gold coins. Come with me, I know there's a very good place to hide, maybe until the war is over. The veteran said and led the way into the city.

"That's great." Several soldiers who were spying on Sandler also hurried to follow, and they were frightened by the horror of the Ming people depicted by Sandler.

The battle outside the city ended quickly, and the 35,000 indigenous army collapsed with less than 3,000 casualties under the attack of the Tiance army, but they were eventually killed by nearly 30,000 people, most of them were killed by Japanese mercenaries, and more than 5,000 natives were eventually captured.

In the process, the positions of 155 self-propelled howitzers were set up, followed by a heavy artillery bombardment of the city of Santiago, one kilometer northwest of the Ajonaria of Manila.

The city of San Diego is a castle-like fortress, small in size, but extremely strong and tall, with more than 20 heavy cannons arranged from top to bottom, which became the first barrier of Manila City. If the city of Santiago is not removed, the troops attacking the city of Manila will be attacked by artillery fire from behind.

Such a fortress-like castle fortress was mainly built to defend against the bronze cannons of the plane, so it can only be a joke in front of modern artillery.

The 155 self-propelled howitzer made a huge roar, and the high-explosive grenade continuously hit the castle of Santiago, and the grenade slammed into the castle wall at a high speed of more than 930 meters per second, and the deafening explosion of debris splashed and exploded. The walls of the castle were horrific craters due to the explosion, and the first round of twelve shells killed more than 30 Spanish artillerymen in the fort.

With a rate of 10 grenades per minute, the 155 self-propelled howitzers continued to deliver fire on the Citadel of Santiago, which gradually fell into disarray in view.

In the sky, six helicopter gunships that took off from the dock landing ship formed two formations and flew towards the castle of Santiago.

One of them was an Apache gunship piloted by Wang Yue, after reaching the target Apache began to dive and drop bombs, Hellfire missiles were launched continuously, rushing towards the castle of San Diego, the rupture warhead easily penetrated the castle, and drilled into the ground from top to bottom before it began to explode, and the violent explosion made the whole castle seem to be shaking.

Sixteen Hellfire missiles hit their targets, and the castle of San Diego began to crumble and collapse under the ravages of howitzers and Hellfire missiles.

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