"Don't despise these Spaniards, maybe their commander is still my old rival, and the platoon officers of their colonial army are also officers of the Royal Spanish Army, and it is impossible for them to be ordinary civilians."

"These are two battalions, each with six or seven hundred men, lined up in two fronts, 300 to 600 yards apart, well, a distance of 100 to 200 zhang. The senior battalion commander was on the right side of the first front, and the junior battalion commander was on the left side of the second front. Their commander was supposed to be a lieutenant colonel, commanding the artillery position on the left side. ”

"You are lucky that this Spanish colonial army is very incomplete, and the Spaniards are still very ignorant and are not used to equipping infantry battalions with small artillery. Their artillery was all concentrated in one place, which could not cover the entire battlefield, and the artillery was also 6 or 8 pounder guns, no more than 8 guns. ”

"There were only one or two hundred cavalry next to the artillery position, but it cannot be ignored that after Philip V became king of Spain, he brought with him many of the fighting habits of the French, and the French attached great importance to the role of cavalry. From the very beginning of the battle, the cavalry will be engaged. It was necessary to strengthen the right flank of our army and prevent the Spanish cavalry from breaking through from the right flank. ”

Major Clinton gushed endlessly, and at the end he subconsciously exceeded his duties and pointed fingers at Jiang Qiudao.

"Ignore the three or four hundred men on the left flank of the Spaniards, they must be another battalion ready to block our crossing of the river from downstream. According to my estimate, it would take three hours for that battalion to reach the battlefield, which means that if we put on a defensive posture and hold off the Spaniards for three hours, the battle would be won. ”

The vanguard led by Jia Hao was two battalions, in addition to Jiang Qiudao's second battalion, there was also the first battalion from Funan. The commander of the first battalion is a veteran of the Long Xiang Army, Cai Fei, a native of Foshan, with the title of Zuo Du Lieutenant, far surpassing Jiang Qiudao. The reason why Cai Fei crossed the river from ten miles downstream and faced the Spaniards with Jiang Qiudao was not that Jia Hao deliberately took care of the original Bo Ni subordinates, and Jiang Qiudao knew his intentions.

He was only a battalion deputy of the Boni Army, born in the army, his quality and consciousness were very average, and his only strength was to abide by the code of conduct, so that he was a little rigid. Jia Hao just wants to eliminate the influence of the commander and see what the Anglo-Chinese Army that has accumulated over the years will be like against the Europa Army.

When Jiang Qiudao asked for battle, he was mentally prepared for defeat. The situation of the outpost battle made him regain a lot of self-confidence. But at this time, the two armies were spread out, and he had no bottom in his heart.

After listening to Major Clinton's explanation, Jiang Qiudao still didn't know the essentials, gritted his teeth and said in his heart, you hit yours, I beat mine, no matter!

Therefore, this battalion of men and horses, as usual against the Qing and Turkish armies, was stunned and set up four horizontal formations with wings as a unit, on a single front, far exceeding the size of the Spaniards, as if they were going to surround the other side with 12,300 men 16,700 men.

The Spaniards used the experience of the Europa battlefield, and the Anglo-Chinese Army used the experience of the continental war. So much so that Major Clinton shut up, he no longer knew what to say.

The two armies were about four or five hundred yards apart, and when the formation was finished, the clear trumpets of the Spaniards sounded, followed by the muffled horns of the Anglo-Chinese Army, followed by the ticking of small drums.

Major Clinton said secretly, I have to ask me to instruct other troops, it turns out that these Seris have already hired our British instructors. Listening to the rhythm of this drum, it is at least seventy paces a minute, which is a cut faster than the Spaniards. The three-row formation of the Seris is the only one in Britain in Europa, and the Spaniards still use the ancient four-row formation.

Seris ...... After all, we are the apprentices of the Britons, and as soon as Clinton thought this, he saw hundreds of people come out of the advancing horizontal formation and rush towards the Spaniards' array. Instantly shattered the pride in his heart, hey, is this learning from the Ottomans again!? Although the Europa army also had scattered grenadiers in front of the formation, they were only in battles of more than 10,000 people. But unlike the Ottomans, they wanted to become stragglers, so they were defeated again and again.

was complaining, and the sound of the fluffy gun startled Clinton again, the hunter!?

The Spaniards on the opposite side were so defeated by dozens of men, possibly including officers such as company commanders, that there was some commotion on the entire front. Clinton took a breath, it is not unusual for hunters to use rifled guns, it is strange that they are used on such a large scale, counting that there is a ...... of chasers in ten people, and he naturally does not know that the two armies of Funan and Boni, in order to fight against the natives who are good at drilling forests, have greatly strengthened the marksman.

The artillery of both sides had already moved at this time, and compared with the Spaniards, the eight four-pound guns of the Anglo-Chinese Army seemed to be slightly inferior, but soon after, the rate of fire half faster than the other side made the Spanish infantry feel a huge pressure. There were even shells that penetrated the first front, causing damage to the second line after 300 yards. The drum beat of the Spaniards was noticeably quickened.

At this time, the Spanish cavalry had also been dispatched, and the original intention was to attack the right wing of the Anglo-Chinese army, but the Anglo-Chinese army was too wide to attack the rightmost wing head-on.

The battlefield feeling condensed by years of experience in battle formations made Major Clinton seem to be in the sky above the battlefield and see the situation of both sides clearly. The Spaniards, who had the advantage of troops, were very short in front of them because they had to form two fronts and form four rows. The Anglo-Chinese Army, which was in full swing, pounced, almost in a siege posture.

But he looked apprehensively at the River Resendes behind him to make sure the pontoon bridge was still there. The Anglo-Chinese army spread too wide, almost with two wings against all the Spanish infantry, one wing went straight to the Spanish artillery position, and the other wing resisted the opposing cavalry.

Even if they can occupy the artillery position and defeat the cavalry, can the six hundred men on the left side withstand more than twice the Spanish infantry?

It was the familiar tom tom sound again, the flying cannon, Clinton sighed, relying on this cannon, coupled with the sniping of the hunters, could indeed weaken the enemy's strength, but it was not enough to reverse the whole situation.

The canopy of guns mingled with the neighing of horses, and the battle between the infantry and cavalry on the right had begun. The Spanish infantry also quickened their pace, and the first line of battle was set up eighty or ninety yards away from the British and Chinese troops. While the ranks were being regrouped, the first platoon of guns of the Anglo-Chinese army fired.

Major Clinton was so angry that he almost dropped his hat, and in Europa, whoever fired the first platoon of guns first would lose the first line! Not only the Britons, but also the infantry of other countries tried to shoot only when they were in front of the opponent, and the closer the better. During the War for the Spanish Throne, there were often cases on the battlefield where the whole team fired at the risk of huge casualties, maintaining formation, and approaching more than ten yards away. This platoon of guns can basically defeat the opponent. Whoever shoots first means who is cowardly and who gives up the initiative......

Sure enough, the Spaniards withstood the platoon of guns, and advanced twenty or so yards, and at fifty or sixty yards away, a four-row salvo came.

Major Clinton clearly saw that Jiang Qiudao's face instantly turned red, and then turned from red to white.

The two wings on the left, under this volley, almost half of the front row fell......

Major Clinton waited for Jiang Qiudao to give some orders, but he didn't move, he bit his lip, pressed the hilt of his sword and gun on his waist, and watched the battle on his left side.

There was nothing to see at all on the right side, and the more than a hundred cavalrymen who were not in formation were not dragoons, but regular cavalrymen without helmets and cuirassiers. On the ground during the rainy season in Luzon, there was no threat at all, so they only fired pistols from the ground, hoping to stop the movement of the British and Chinese infantry.

What else can you expect? Major Clinton pessimistically thought that even the British Army, under such circumstances, would have to be reorganized, and if it was a poorly trained unit, it would have retreated at this moment. If it were him, he should have ordered the two wings to be withdrawn immediately, and at the same time mobilized the reserve force of more than 200 people behind him. Hell, don't the Seris fight with reserves left behind!?

To Clinton's surprise, and even more to the Spaniards' expectations, after a brief commotion, the two wings of the Anglo-Chinese redcoats quickly regained their composure, and they picked up the three rows of rounds that had just been interrupted by the volley.

Listening to this continuous row of guns, Major Clinton frowned, sure enough, it was a crazy Serisian, three shots a minute! This kind of speed can also be seen in the Yashan camp he leads, but it is the elite who have been trained intensively by him.

Hearing that the gunshots were not messy, and even became more and more rhythmic, Jiang Qiudao's face gradually improved, but he was very dissatisfied. The rate of fire is too slow...... It should be too much pressure, these veterans in the past, when facing the Qing army and the Turkish army, can play four shots a minute.

The three rows of Anglo-Chinese redcoat soldiers' rounds of fire, like hammers, disrupted the rhythm of the Spaniards, and the commander tried his best to organize a second round of fire, but it became a sparse random fire. This is the organizational confrontation of firepower, and whoever can maintain the rhythm will be the winner. The Spaniards, like the French, always expected to overwhelm the enemy with a long, slow, but huge four-row volley, but under the fine rhythm formed by the three rows of Anglo-Chinese redcoat soldiers, it was always difficult to accumulate enough strength for this "lore", and it was difficult to grasp their own rhythm.

Seven or eight minutes later, Jiang Qiudao's breathing returned to calm, and the first line of the Spanish infantry had begun to retreat.

"So you're going to retreat!? They haven't suffered half of the casualties yet!? ”

Jiang Qiudao thought it was some kind of tactical maneuver, and hurriedly asked Major Clinton, the other party looked at him with an inexplicable look similar to resentment, and after confirming that this was not sarcasm, Major Clinton's tone was very similar to vomiting blood: "How much!?" If the casualties exceed one-third, it will be difficult to maintain the formation, and if it is not withdrawn and reorganized, that army will be completely finished! Europa people aren't like you cyres lunatics! There's no calculation in your brain at all, you just treat the two Dalian teams as if they were dead people, right!? ”

Jiang Qiu said with a sigh, he understood that before the morale of the troops collapsed, he could still maintain a certain combat effectiveness by withdrawing in time. This is to organize and dispatch to eliminate the negative impact of morale, not to really fight anymore. It seems that in terms of war intent alone, the Europa people are indeed far superior to the Qing army and the natives.

As for Major Clinton's rhetorical question, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Most of my subordinates are members of the Heavenly Punishment Society, and they really treat themselves as dead people. ”

Major Clinton didn't understand, he looked at the two troops who resolutely turned the adversity, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Medieval religious maniac ......"

The first battalion of the Spaniards withdrew, the second battalion hurried to catch up, and the battalion deputy on the left took the opportunity to group the two badly damaged wings together, and Jiang Qiudao also sent the reserve forward. At this moment, the two flanks on the right had advanced to less than 300 yards from the artillery positions and the Turkish troops who were scheduled to stop the enemy forces downstream, and the two sides looked to be damaged, and the battle was still deadlocked.

Jiang Qiudao suddenly said to Major Clinton: "Spaniards, why don't you retreat!?" ”

Clinton shrugged, why did he ask?

Jiang Qiudao said: "Don't they know arithmetic? They knew that we had another battalion coming soon......"

As he spoke, the Spanish second front fired a salvo from a hundred yards away, and then shouted something and the tide rushed up.

Major Clinton said blankly: "They...... Thinking that they could defeat us in hand-to-hand combat, those people were shouting...... For the king. Jiang Qiudao snorted disdainfully: "How old is the King of Spain?" Can it be bigger than heaven? ”

As if echoing his disdain, a tidal wave of shouts erupted in the Yinghua red-clothed soldiers: "Yinghua - Wansheng!" Wansheng! ”

The redcoats returned a salvo and raised the bayonet forest to ram the Spaniards.

The enthusiasm contained in this shout was obviously different from "For the king", which made Major Clinton's heart shake, and he subconsciously muttered again: "Fanatical believers......"

Years later, when Major Clinton's grandson, British Army General John Clinton, faced French soldiers shouting "Long live France," he turned to his grandfather's notebook and gained a new understanding of his grandfather's feelings about the battle.

"This kind of cry, grandfather heard it as early as in Asia, this is not a religious cry, this is the awakening of a nation."

When Cai Fei arrived with the first battalion, there were still Spaniards on the battlefield, but they were all wounded and prisoners. Spain left behind more than 500 corpses, plus native soldiers, more than 600 were captured, and only four or five hundred escaped.

"Good ......"

Cai Fei was amazed, with the same or even slightly less troops, he defeated the expected strong enemy, Jiang Qiudao's contribution was not small.

Jiang Qiudao looked gloomy, "Three hundred and thirty-seven people were killed...... The rest were almost all wounded, and if it weren't for the soldiers who relied on their hearts to survive, it would be really difficult to say whether this battle would have been won or lost. ”

He frowned and said, "War...... It's brutal. ”

Cai Fei was stunned for a while before he shook his head and said, "Of course the war is cruel, and the Spaniards helped us re-understand this." ”

Jiang Qiudao chewed these words for a while, and then his brows gradually expanded, yes, war is cruel, but in the past, the Qing army and the natives were too weak, so that these soldiers actually began to forget this.

At night, on the east bank of the Reshendes River, the British and Chinese troops had gathered six battalions. In the Great Japanese War, the Spaniards defeated the Anglo-Chinese Army on land, and their attempts to delay the siege of Manila were frustrated. Jiang Qiudao rediscovered the cruelty of war, and the Spaniards in Manila rediscovered their own destiny. "So...... All the way to the San Diego Castle in Manila, there will be no more Spaniards. Tomorrow we will step up and aim to completely fence off the castle of Santiago in early June. Uncle Guan's cannon is impatiently trying to drink the blood of the Spaniards. ”

Jia Hao looked at the map, and his mood was completely relaxed.

But as a Chinese merchant was introduced into the big tent, his mood turned bad again.

"Be kind to the Chinese?"

Although Jia Hao's tone was light, the anger in his eyes made the other party feel as hot as being in a furnace.

"Not good enough!? Notices were also issued, and some of the Chinese who were initially arrested were not dealt with severely. even let them go back, asking them to tell the others, not expecting them to oppose the western thief, welcome the king's teacher, and cooperate with the outside world, as long as they stay out of the matter, but how do they repay? ”

"Revealed the details to the Spaniards, set fire to poison the barracks, and even led the natives to attack at night, injuring many of us!"

Jia Hao made the book case thump, and the businessman Jia knelt down with a pop.

"Before, I couldn't understand why my Chinese people and why they hated my Huaxia Heavenly Soldiers so much. I found someone to interrogate me, and I found out ...... inside."

Jia Hao's eyes spewed with fine light: "...... them Since he was a child, he was bewitched by the Spaniards and entered the Roman Catholic Church, no longer sacrificing to his ancestors. There is no China in their minds, only Jesus Christ, and the white-skinned baboon has become their ancestor! ”

"Those sober-minded Chinese people voted early, and I trusted them wholeheartedly, but unfortunately, they are only a minority. Most people, as I said, have fallen into Yidi, how do you want me to be merciful, how to be kind!? ”