"Spanish !!"

A neat roar filled with the smell of desolation spread throughout the battlefield. ⊙ top novel,

When more than a third of the Spanish soldiers were brought to the ground by the powerful and long-range Ferguson muskets. The Spanish phalanx, which was mostly composed of new recruits, was quickly broken through, and most of the soldiers chose to disperse.

No army can maintain the morale to hold out at such a time.

And when most of the recruits lost their souls, they threw away their weapons and removed the metal helmets they wore on their heads. When swinging a pair of legs in wide fat pants and running wildly in the direction of Manila City. More than a hundred Spanish veterans who had participated in the Battle of Flanders, led by Colonel Pedro, violently beat the snare drum and chanted in unison.

"Spanish !!"

Veterans never die, they just fade away.

This is not a simple statement. On the battlefield, the role of veterans can be amplified without limits, and when conditions allow, they can do almost anything!

And the biggest difference between veterans and recruits is that they are brave and fearless!

No one is not afraid of death, this is a natural instinct of human beings. It's just that veterans who have experienced blood and tears can understand the meaning of their existence on the battlefield better than those recruits.

Maybe it's to be able to persevere until victory and live, maybe it's for the various honors and missions in my heart, maybe it's for the revenge of my relatives and friends, maybe it's the determination to die together when there is no way out, maybe it's ......

There may be many reasons, but there is only one result.

Once the veterans have made up their minds, they are bound to fight until the last moment. There has never been a shortage of examples in history of elite divisions fighting to the last man. Especially when they know that the final outcome is irretrievable, veterans often choose to face death bravely!

Inspired by the spirit of the veterans, more than 100 recruits also chose to stay and fight side by side with the veterans to defend the last honor of the infantry regiment. It is worth mentioning that most of these people are foreign mercenaries. Mercenaries from Portugal, Italy and Saxony.

The Spanish Empire, which once swept the world, is gradually twilighting. Most of the elite veterans of the past who threatened Europa have been consumed at will by the incompetent royal government in Flanders and France.

After the loss of these veterans who could fight for the king without receiving military pay for many years. The lack of 'military spirit' among the newly recruited Spanish soldiers, coupled with the fact that the Spanish army and navy began to decline at the same time. In the end, the empire on which the sun never sets has collapsed!

"Really." Looking at the hundreds of Spanish soldiers mixed with the wounded in the distance, they reorganized into a small phalanx. Dense spears lined up like hedgehogs, musketeers with arquebuses roamed around, and Gao Yang, who looked indifferent, was slightly moved, "I didn't expect that there were such heroes among these Europaans!" ”

"What do you want to do?" The voice of the origin sounded, "Do you want to persuade you to surrender?" Is there a sympathy between soldiers? ”

Gao Yang's cold gaze crossed the phalanx formed by those brave Spanish soldiers, and crossed the Spanish deserters who fled frantically. In the distance, he saw smoke billowing from the vicinity of Manila, and occasionally loud explosions rang out.

The assault force he sent out has successfully broken through to the city of Manila!

"Nope." Gao Yang smiled and waved his hand, retracted his gaze, and his eyes gradually turned cold, "I want to give these warriors the treatment they deserve." Only the warriors who die in battle are the best warriors. ”

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"Whoosh~~~"

A lethal lead bullet shot out of the chambers of the Ming sergeants not far away, slammed into Colonel Pedro's blood-soaked metal cuirass. Then a cloud of red blood splattered!

Colonel Pedro, whose vitality had almost completely gone, raised his eyelids with difficulty, and his cloudy eyes fell on the huge flag of the infantry regiment not far away.

Near the flag, which was already riddled with bullet holes and scorched marks, there was a huge pile of corpses. At least 100 brave Spanish soldiers fell nearby to protect the flag.

The natives who carried the chairs for Colonel Pedro had already been killed. And the Colonel, who was seriously wounded, had no strength to leave the chair. As for the loud noise, musket shooting, and explosions coming from the city of Manila in the distance behind him, it had nothing to do with him, and he didn't want to waste his strength to turn his head to look.

Ultimately. The Spaniard commander hung his head in despair as he stretched out his arms toward his flag.

Impressed by the tenacious will of these Spanish veterans, Huang Degong summoned several local natives and asked them to persuade the last dozen Spanish soldiers who were still around the regimental flag to surrender in Spanish.

However, a Spanish officer with blood stained on his body, one eye blinded by splattered rubble, and supported by two colleagues shouted loudly at the side of the Ming army.

"This is the Spanish Infantry Regiment!"

In the end, the Ming army completely annihilated this Spanish infantry regiment. Out of respect for the brave soldiers, Gao Yang specifically allowed the ashes of these brave soldiers to be returned to Spain after the war. As for their military flags, they became a trophy full of glory in the Marine Corps' honor collection.

Defeating powerful enemies is the best way to prove yourself!

Just when the field corps of both sides were fighting to the death outside the city of Manila. An elite Ming army quietly infiltrated the city of Manila through the tunnels that had been dug up by filling in hundreds of indigenous lives, without alarming the Spaniards on the ground who were attracted by the fierce fighting in the distance.

The exit to the tunnel is in a large mansion near the city gate.

This is also the best exit for the position finalized by Gao Yang's reconnaissance aircraft. It is not far from the city gate, and the courtyard is wide. Enough to accommodate a large number of soldiers to hide here from detection before launching an attack.

Another reason is that this mansion is the house of a Ming maritime merchant.

Rich people are privileged, no matter where they are. Even at this moment, the Chinese in Manila have been monitored. However, people like this big businessman surnamed He will bring a large amount of royal taxes and private income of officials at all levels to the Manila authorities every year, and there are connections in the Ming government to conduct large-scale business. Naturally, it has a certain special status.

When Gao Yang sent people to quietly enter Manila City at night to find this merchant surnamed He, the maritime merchant, who was frightened by this way of a divine soldier, trembled his lips and agreed to all the requests.

As for digging a designated location from a distance outside the city to the shelter of the inner city wall, this seemed extremely difficult in those days. There is no difficulty in the slightest in front of advanced computers and detailed aerial maps.

The military-turned-Governor of Coquilla was not unprepared. Opposite. He was very careful about the defense of the entire castle. Not only are the fortified walls heavily guarded, but even the streets are constantly patrolled by armed militiamen.

And the first to discover the Ming army that infiltrated Manila City were these militiamen.

Gao Yang's original intention was to use this large-scale battle to attract the attention of the Spaniards. After that, it was surprising to launch a tunnel infiltration operation in broad daylight.

They did take it by surprise. It's just that Governor Coquela's vigilance was unexpected. Those cannon fodder militia patrols inadvertently discovered the Ming army's attempts.

What kind of good bird would be a Europa who could travel thousands of miles away from home to the Far East to earn a living? Who isn't here for the money?

These guys, who were all poor at the bottom of Europa, used to see those rich yellow-skinned monkeys swaggering around the streets in noble silk clothes and carrying their own gems and jade jewelry, and these people's hearts were already almost impatient.

This time it was rare for the Ming army to come and attack Manila, and the Spaniards in the city were naturally full of anger towards those Chinese. Retaliation of all kinds is endless. Even the Governor of Coqueilla has issued a protection list for some Chinese with special status. But, after all, in extraordinary times, it is impossible for His Excellency the Governor to do everything in every detail.

A group of Spanish patrols came to the outside of the mansion of the maritime merchant surnamed He, and looked at the exquisite workmanship and spacious courtyard, and the greedy thoughts in his heart quickly swelled.

A group of Spaniards discussed it and decided to take advantage of this rare opportunity to extort a lot. Anyway, those Chinese are just fat sheep in the eyes of Spaniards.

Then they went and smashed the door. Then, when the commander of the Ming army in the courtyard spotted the group of Spanish soldiers, he mistakenly thought that they had been discovered, and immediately decided to start attacking immediately.

In the end, the battle in the city broke out unsurprisingly.

"Damn! Damn it!! Damn it!!! "Governor Coquela has fallen into a furious rage. He didn't expect that those Ming troops would really be able to quietly enter the city through the tunnels. This plunged the entire castle into an unprecedented crisis.

Governor Coqueira, who had personally participated in the attack and defense of the Breda Fortress in Flanders, naturally knew that the Spanish had relied on tunnel breakthroughs to finally force down the fortified Breda Fortress. He never expected that these Ming people would actually use this trick on him!

"You!" Panting and flushed, Governor Coqueilla grabbed a bearded captain beside him and gave an order in a fierce tone, "Take all the people who can move, and immediately go and destroy all the Ming ** teams that broke into the castle!" Be sure to block all the tunnels! Do you understand?! ”

"Yes! Your Excellency the Governor! "Diego. Captain Carlos quickly led a group of Spanish soldiers down the city wall and ran towards the mansion, where there was a fierce exchange of fire. Along the way, he brought all the soldiers he met.

What followed was a brutal street fight. (To be continued.) )