The entire defensive posture of the Spaniards in Zamboanga was bad before the war, and the Tang occupied most of Mindanao, confining the Spaniards to a corner of Zamboanga. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although the two sides have never made a detailed and unambiguous demarcation of the territory to which Mindanao belongs, the Tang army has established a checkpoint in the area around Sibuko, 80 kilometers north of Zamboanga. The Formation is in charge of a plantation of hundreds of indigenous laborers, who produce locally to meet certain output needs, as well as regular supplies from Cotabatar. In fact, it is bounded by Sibuco, and the peninsula area to the south is the jurisdiction of Zamboanga, and the other lands on the island are owned by the Tang Dynasty.

The topography of Mindanao is not very good, the island is densely covered with mountains and hills, and there are many volcanoes, although the volcanic ash fertilizes the land, but the area that can be used is relatively small, but the island does not have much population, and the Tang people have limited development of this area.

To the south of Sibuco is a relatively tall mountain range in the center, and to the east is relatively low hills and coastal plains, which are also the main routes of the Formation's march. When the Spaniards discovered that the Formation was massing in Sibuco, they tried to build some defensive line in the area to prevent the Formation from continuing south, but the workers and troops they sent were quickly defeated by the soldiers of the Formation who were moving around.

The Spaniards eventually had to watch as the commander of the array drove straight into the vicinity of Zamboanga. The city, which has not been slow to grow recently, is also well defended, and the Spaniards built forts on the river and built cities within the defenses. It is different from the borderless city of later generations. The city became difficult for ground forces to take due to the presence of rivers and fortresses.

The Jinnokul Regiment was not really elite among the Yamato Corps. It belongs to the average role, and it is not equipped with any special secret weapons, just like most of the Yamato corps, the infantry of the formation regiment is generally equipped with the S1 rifle that has been eliminated by the Tang Army, and a small number of retired submachine guns, and in addition, the company has a machine gun squad, which can be regarded as having some strong firepower output. The infantry battalion is equipped with an artillery company equipped with 60mm mortars, and the regimental artillery battalion is not equipped with a 105mm howitzer. Some are equipped with a foreign trade version of 75mm infantry guns, while others are equipped with 81mm mortars with some 40mm rocket launchers or something.

Such firepower is nothing in front of the regular Tang army, but in the eyes of the armies of any other country, it can be regarded as powerful firepower. However, even with such firepower, it was clear to the whole group that it would be difficult for them to cross the Tumaga River and attack Zamboanga directly. Although their artillery was able to inflict some damage on Zamboanga's bastion, it was still difficult to force a river crossing to attack the city under the cover of their own artillery.

Of course, the Array Regiment is not alone.

In order to support the siege of Zamboanga. The Datang Navy also sent a frigate and a gunboat to assist in the operation of the Formation Regiment.

The commander of the Formation Regiment received that the naval ships had arrived at the mouth of the river. Dancing with his hands, he said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Great, with the support of the navy, the walls of Zamboanga are nothing at all, and we can fight down." Gentlemen, get ready, let's have dinner in Zamboanga! ”

In fact, all the Japanese soldiers have a clear understanding of their status, they are cannon fodder in the Tang army, specializing in dirty work, but when they can get the support of the Tang Navy, which can be called the nobles of the Tang army, they will still feel a little flattered.

The Datang Navy ships tracing back from the estuary, a Free Wind and a Dragon, are not very large ships in tonnage, and they belong to the current Changi Naval Base in Singapore.

The Liberty Wind class frigate has been in service with the Tang Army for ten years, and although there were many problems in the design before, it still received a lot of praise in actual use. This time it was used to assist the Formation Regiment in attacking Zamboanga Fortress, mainly with the help of the main guns on the ships. The 130 mm guns on the Liberty frigates, though not very large, were powerful enough to bombard the walls at close range, especially when using delayed fuses to penetrate warheads.

Zamboanga is divided into two parts, the delta near the mouth of the river is the bastion built by the Spaniards, the core of Spanish rule, and the bridge connects the main body of the city on the other side, and there is also the construction of the city wall, which also relies on the river.

The Tang naval vessels chose to bombard the Spaniards' inner fortress, a fortress enclosed by simplified walls on four sides. There were also some Spanish defenders' artillery on the city walls, but the Tang army was obviously not frightened by this, and engaged the Spaniards in the river.

To have such self-confidence, even insolence, is not due to the stupidity of the captain of the Navy. However, it is difficult for the ship's main guns to launch effective artillery bombardment in other places except in the river, and even the second-generation naval main guns have a rate of fire of several rounds per minute, and as for those small and medium-caliber guns, the rate of fire is even faster. Navy ships can use small and medium-caliber artillery to suppress the Spanish artillery at the head of the city, and use the main artillery to destroy the opponent's city walls.

When the cannon began to roar, the fire and smoke filled the air, and the wall near the river was completely shrouded in the cannon fire of the two Tang Navy warships. Even the small ships in the Datang Navy sequence, the artillery and firepower density of these ships are terrifying enough, coupled with the high rate of fire brought by the technical superiority, and the excellent artillery skills brought by the refined training, this wall collapsed almost a large part of the wall after the Japanese soldiers of the Formation Regiment began to cheer for the arrival of reinforcements.

The commander of the regiment immediately made a decision and ordered his soldiers to immediately prepare to build a pontoon bridge, rush to cross the Tumaga River, and attack the city. A very different thing between the Yamato Corps and the regular Tang Army is that in military operations, the high speed of the Tang Army is manifested in the rapid attack and advance strategically, while the Yamato Corps is manifested in the reckless rush and fierce attack on the battlefield. If it is the Tang Army, it will let the artillery and navy bombard for a while, look at the fire, and then go to war after testing. This is the prudence of cherishing the lives of their own soldiers, on the other hand, the Yamato Corps is afraid that the dispatch is not timely enough to reflect its own blood and bravery, of course, this naturally leads to casualties, although it is not large, but it also exists.

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers rushed into the city through the pontoon bridge, and the Spanish soldiers organized a certain resistance, but they were still defeated by the formation. Zamboanga's improvised natives were also slaughtered in the face of the Formation, and soon surrendered en masse. (To be continued.) )