"Change the rules of engagement?" He doubted the necessity of this order: there was no difference between allowing fire at any target where hostilities were being conducted and allowing fire at any target. Commanders www.biquge.info often discuss such issues, but the conclusion is always the same: no soldier will seriously judge what is hostilities and what is not, and in order to protect himself, they will shoot at anyone they see - for a city like Manila, changing the rules of engagement is tantamount to a death sentence for all its inhabitants.

He didn't want that change. But as a mercenary rather than the boss of a company, he could only gather the sergeants together and tell them that the rules of engagement had changed.

Quite unlike him, the sergeants, and the mercenaries who heard the order later, all became extremely excited, and everyone was gearing up, as if they wanted to make a big move. Of course, that's exactly what they meant, and the mercenaries had heard about the benefits they would get if they captured Manila, and even though it had been unofficial gossip so far, everyone wanted to believe it was true, and their blood boiled over it.

As soon as the mercenaries, eager to end the fighting as soon as possible so that they could share in the de facto low-hanging fruit, entered Manila, the fighting immediately became intense. In just a few moments, gunfire erupted in the southern part of the city, followed by an exchange of fire in the central and western parts of the city.

Zhang Biao, Butz, and their two partners were still clearing out the recalcitrant Spanish soldiers hiding in the building—and so did the rest of the reconnaissance team. At this time, however, they all felt that the situation had become a little unpleasant, and the sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance was too dense, if it were not for the Spanish army that had launched a counterattack...... But this is almost impossible, so obviously, the follow-up troops entered the city.

At least one regimental combat team entered Manila.

"What's going on?" Zhang Biao stopped his action and turned to look at Butz, "Follow-up troops?" They should wait a while before they get into action. ”

"Don't ask me, man." Butz spread his hands.

"Hell, we haven't taken the hospital yet." Zhang Biao complained and walked to the window to check the situation outside. A bullet flew in and shattered the glass. He hurriedly dodged a possible second attack while quickly searching for the gunman's location.

Yet someone moves faster than him. As soon as Zhang Biao saw the Spanish soldier who had shot at him—half of his body was sticking out of the window, and he had no intention of retracting at all, but continued to pull the bolt in this position—the shell had already fallen, shattering the attic where he was hiding.

"Shit!" He shouted angrily, "Those guys actually use mortars!" ”

Butz panicked, too. If someone used sixty-millimeter mortars to open the way forward, the Spaniards simply could not hold out for a few minutes. "We have to speed up ......"

"It's too late." Zhang Biao looked disappointedly at the street outside the window. Several familiar figures had just run past, and one of them hadn't forgotten to wink at him.

Wendesi, Vane, Wachs...... Damn bastards!

"How did they get to this point?" Butz was inexplicable. According to the battle plan, Fan. Commander Dean's forces were supposed to attack the Doge's Palace......

"Don't worry about the battle plan." Zhang Biao glared at him angrily and opened the door, "Follow me!" ”

He burst out of the building and joined a group of mercenaries who happened to run past the door - but quickly accelerated past them, running to the forward position to stay with Wendehei.

"You shouldn't be here, Wen." Zhang Biao shouted, "You are a staff sergeant, and you should be with Commander Thomas." ”

"You shouldn't be here either." "Your squad has been updated to clear the Spanish soldiers in the rear, you should go back." ”

"him* on his mission." He just wants that hospital.

"Someday, you'll be punished for acting without permission." Wen Deji shrugged his shoulders secretly, ignoring Zhang Biao no longer and continuing to direct the mercenaries to fight. "Knock them off!" He pointed to a balcony in front of him, where two Spanish soldiers were standing, firing into the street.

A dozen mercenaries aimed their weapons at both targets at the same time, and then sent them into the arms of God with a storm of fire; But other Spanish soldiers emerged from their hiding places, stubbornly and pointlessly holding back the invaders.

And so the battle went.

The intense, approaching gunshots and explosions made Augustine more like an ant in a hot pot. He could not stop his thoughts, could not prevent those terrible speculations from popping up in his mind: maybe in the next second, the cannonballs would hit the Doge's Palace; Or a group of American soldiers suddenly appeared and exchanged fire with the troops guarding the Governor's Palace. The revolt organized by the high-ranking officers put everyone in danger, while they themselves took refuge in the castle of Santiago...... They really deserve hell.

But now, the person who will go to hell at any time is actually himself. Augustine looked desperately at the group of soldiers who were building bunkers with everything he could find. The Americans didn't care when they fired at them, and there was an innocent Philippine governor in the room.

He's going to die. Unless those soldiers can follow his orders and raise the white flag before the Americans arrive. But that's almost impossible.

A captain walked up to him. "We need to remove the doors from all rooms, Your Excellency."

"If you think that makes sense, Captain, I approve it." Augustine replied distraughtly. The house opposite the Doge's Palace was hit by shells, and half of the building was reduced to a pile of rubble.

The Americans are about to arrive.

Augustine's body shook for a moment, as if he had seen death beckoning to him. However, he was so desperate to get rid of death that an order blurted out: "Captain, in the name of the Governor of the Philippines, I ask your troops to stop resisting and surrender to the Americans." ”

"Your Excellency?" The officer was confused for a moment, then shook his head, "I must carry out Colonel Campos's orders......"

Augustine trembled with anger at the name. "I'm the supreme commander here, you should obey me instead of that madman!"

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency."

"Get your sorry out of the way, and your mad colonel!" He screamed hysterically, "Listen, I don't want to die in the Philippines." As for you, Captain, if you still want to return to Spain alive, then carry out my orders. ”

The captain hesitated. However, there was no time left for him to think about it. "Captain!" A soldier rushed in, "Americans! ”

He walked to the window. The first to come into the captain's sight was a group of panicked Spanish soldiers, and the Americans followed closely behind them, in pursuit, occasionally shooting down one or two unlucky unlucky ones. Then they turn their attention to more visible targets.

"Ready for battle...... Captain reflexively gave the order, but immediately stopped. American soldiers are setting up machine guns and several strange guns...... And a field gun [Note]!

Regardless of the machine guns and the odd guns, the walls of the Doge's Palace and the hastily constructed bunkers could not stop the shells of the field guns, and according to the way the Americans had shown them to fight, the artillery would first fire a large amount of ammunition to blow the target to pieces before their infantry could attack.

It's like the wall to the south.

The captain was not afraid of death, but he did not want to be sent to death for nothing. With little to choose from, he made a decision. "Don't fire, we surrender."

Augustine let out a long breath.

"Find a white sheet and hang it out."

The vast majority of the soldiers were not able to accept this order for the time being, but some people still took action.

"Augustine raised the white flag." Mercenaries have a set of efficient ways of disseminating information -- the field telephone is undoubtedly one of the most advanced military communication tools in this era, and of course, it cannot completely satisfy Qin Lang -- Fan. Commander Dean quickly got the report and relayed it to Qin Lang.

Good news, but not good enough. "I don't think Mr. Augustin is capable of giving orders to his troops." He stared at the castle of Santiago to the north of the city, where the battle had only just begun, and the barracks to the northwest and southeast were still at war.

Augustine was unable to control the Spanish army in Manila, which gave him a serious discount on his value...... Of course, he is still important.

Qin Lang lowered his head and thought for a while. "Keep Mr. Governor and his family under strict protection." He was sure that the commander knew what "tight protection" meant, and there was no need to explain anything more, only one addition: "Find out as soon as possible how much gold and silver is in the treasury of Manila." ”

"Understood, Brigadier General." The commander replied, then asked: "What about the Spanish soldiers who surrendered to us?" ”

"Find a place to concentrate the surrendered and captured soldiers, as well as the Spanish civilians in Manila. Make sure no one slips out of the city or hides. ”

"Yes, Brigadier General." The commander saluted him, then stepped out to deliver orders. Then Qin Lang made a gesture to the commander of the SWAT unit who was standing aside. "Mr. McCain."

"Your orders, sir?" The commander stepped forward.

"Get your men ready, Commander. If in another hour the Spaniards at the castle of Santiago are still fighting, I need SWAT troops to capture it. He looked in that direction. Although the poison gas delivered to the Philippines was a special gift for Filipino rebels, the Spaniards could also enjoy it. The moment that will go down in history is coming.

Qin Lang laughed.

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Note: The USS Olympia and the USS Concord each had a light field gun for the Marine Corps - it should be noted that most warships at the time would carry one of these guns (to be continued, if you want to know what happened, please land on the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )