Chapter 317: The First Colony
"Boom! Rumble! "Orange-red flames flashed in the muzzle of the gun, and high-explosive shells were smashed towards Kavit at a speed of several hundred meters per second under the action of the kinetic energy of chemical energy conversion. Bursts of fire erupted in Cavit.
Cavit was nothing more than a small town by the sea, and most of the buildings were civil structures, and after the heavy shelling of the squadron, the houses were destroyed and burned. Above Kavit, billowing smoke was formed.
The troops of the Philippine resistance forces deployed in and around Caveit, as well as the local residents of Caveite, suffered heavy casualties under the heavy shelling of the squadron. Often, when a shell goes down, dozens or hundreds of indigenous Filipinos are killed.
These indigenous Filipinos have never been subjected to such heavy shelling. The courage they had finally accumulated disappeared completely, and they immediately took the road and fled, wanting to escape to the jungle and avoid the pursuit of the squadron.
"The general trend has gone, the general trend has gone!" Emilio? President Aquino muttered that at this moment, he is only 29 years old this year, as if he has suddenly grown old. In the shelling of the squadron, a large number of soldiers of the first republic of the Philippines and other resistance forces were killed, and in the face of the powerful firepower of the squadron, he knew that the Philippines had no hope.
"President Aquino, we can't do this, we must attack immediately, otherwise our soldiers will collapse under the heavy shelling of the Chinese!" Katipnan's organized Makari? General Shaty said loudly. Out of the 100,000 coalition forces, the Katipnan organization has only over 10,000 people. But all of them are elite.
"Now that it's like this, how can you fight? Let's find a way to break through! The firepower of the Chinese is too strong. We are not opponents. Only by escaping into the jungle will we have a chance to make a comeback! Mario of the first republic of the Philippines said.
"You coward, it is precisely because of the existence of you people that we Filipinos have not been able to win independence!" Manuel of the followers of Pura Khan? The leader of Tiroth said disdainfully.
Subsequently, the strength of the indigenous resistance of the Filipinos diverged. More than 20,000 soldiers of the Katipunan organization and the Pura Khan followers, in Makari? General Shaty and Manuel? Under the leadership of the leader of Tiroth, a frontal attack was launched against the frontal line defended by the 24th and 31st Divisions. And the armies of the first republic of the Philippines, the Moros and the Sulu Sultanate, attacked in the rear. Trying to escape into the vast jungle of the Philippines and escape the attack of the squadron. As for the root of the First Republic of the Philippines, the province of Cavite, there is no going back.
Heavy shelling continued, but only in and around Kavit. The perimeter was not shelled, so as not to accidentally injure the squadron that surrounded Caveit. For the squadron, the heavy cannon was obviously unusable in the future clearance. Therefore, in this battle, we should give full play to our abilities and do our best to eliminate the living forces of these Philippine resistance forces.
"Your Excellency the Governor, the Filipino natives are charging!" Major General Lu Jiande, commander of the 24th Division, pointed to the Filipino natives who rushed out of the caveits. However, for these Filipinos to dare to brave the fire of the Chinese. Attacking head-on, he was also very surprised when he arrived. Because, this is almost sending to death. And can these Filipinos really be fearless to death?
"Rush!" Makari organized by Katipnan? General Shaty yelled. More than 10,000 of his people rushed out of the artillery fire of the ** team. There are only a few thousand left. More than half of them died in the shelling of the squadron, which made his heart almost bleed!
Manuel, the leader of the Pulahan faithful? Tiroth was also ordering his troops to attack the squadron's positions. His army, in the shelling of the squadron, also suffered heavy losses.
"Ready, fire!" When these Filipinos charged to a distance of 500 meters from the position of the squadron, the squadron opened fire. The sound of infantry guns, mortars, heavy machine guns and light machine guns rang out. The dense firepower made these Filipinos who were charging as if they had hit a wall of the five elements, and they were knocked to the ground one after another.
"Boom! Rumble! "Almost every shell that explodes in the middle of a Filipino crowd can set off a bloody storm. And heavy machine guns and light machine guns are even more powerful weapons for harvesting life. Those Filipino natives, as if they were cutting wheat, fell to the ground in rows.
"How can these Chinese have such strong firepower? It's a slaughter! "Makari of the Katipnan organization? General Shati and Manuyu, the leader of the Pulahan faithful? Ti recorded that his soldiers were killed lightly, and he was dumbfounded, completely incredulous.
However, the facts are in front of you. The current situation is that the squadron relies on superior firepower to massacre the indigenous Filipinos.
"Boom!" A cannonball in Manuel, the leader of the Pulahan faithful? Tiroth's side exploded, tearing his body to shreds. And the Makari of the Katipnan organization? General Shati, also in the process of charging, was beaten into a sieve by the dense fire of heavy machine guns, and the armies of the two resistance forces were almost wiped out in the attack, and only a few of them were frightened and fell to the ground and surrendered.
Subsequently, the troops of the 24th and 31st Divisions began a counterattack, attacking into the Cavit and clearing out the remaining indigenous Filipinos. The armies of the first republic of the Philippines, the Moro and the Sulu Sultanate, were also fiercely blocked by three brigades of the Chinese Marine Corps in the process of breaking through the siege. With the rudimentary weapons in their hands, they launched a fierce fight with the squadron, wanting to break through the blockade of the squadron and flee to the vast jungle of the Philippines. However, most of them fell on the way to the charge. Even the president of the first republic of the Philippines, Emilio? Aquino was also shot by a sniper in the squadron in the process of breaking out.
The sniper doesn't know Emilio? Aquino, but when he found out that he was being protected by the troops of the First Philippine Republic, he realized that he was a big man and did not hesitate to target him. The sniper of the squadron uses a new sniper rifle, which is developed on the basis of the new Type 96 rifle, and is equipped with a scope produced by Carl Zeiss in Germany, which can accurately hit the target at a distance of 400 meters.
The war in Kavit lasted until nightfall. The army of 100,000 indigenous Filipino resistance forces was also basically wiped out, and less than 10,000 finally took advantage of the night to flee into the vast jungle. Because he was not familiar with the terrain, he did not continue the pursuit. However, this battle has achieved very great results, and all the main forces of resistance in the Philippines have basically been wiped out. The remaining part needs to be cleaned up.
After the Battle of Caveit, the squadron successively cleared other parts of the Philippines. However, it was a long process, and the work continued for years to come. And the Filipinos have never given up resistance, and, with the help of the favorable terrain of the Philippines, they have caused a lot of casualties to the squadron. It's just that compared with the losses of the squadron, the losses of the Filipinos are much greater, especially those ordinary Filipino natives, who have suffered heavy casualties. Whenever there is suspicion of collaborating with the enemy, the entire village is arrested, either shot or transported directly to the territory of China to perform the hardest and most dangerous work. It just so happens that the construction of transportation facilities in China has been going on and requires a lot of manpower, and these Filipinos happen to be the right labor force. They are restricted in their freedom, eat the most rudimentary food, and do the hardest work. Almost, it was later described as the Empire's railroad, under every sleeper, the body of an indigenous Filipino was buried. It is precisely because of these Filipinos that the transportation in China was completed within ten years at the lowest cost. And the price to pay for this is simply the reduction of the total indigenous population of the Philippines from five million to one million.
In the process of purging, the colonial government also attached importance to cultivating obedient people, and even prescribed a resistant's head in exchange for how much money or the price of food, so that many Filipino natives also hit their own people, hastening the demise of these Filipino resistance groups.
At the same time, the 24th and 31st Divisions of the squadron and the three Marine Brigades divided the large units into small detachments one by one and went deep into the hinterland of the Philippines to launch a fatal blow to these Philippine resistance forces. The 24th and 31st Divisions also became the armies in the squadron that were proficient in jungle warfare.
In the years to come, in addition to the impact of the war, hundreds of thousands of Chinese will emigrate from the mainland to Singapore every year. In particular, landless and landless peasants in the northwest were attracted to leave their homeland and settle in the Philippines after the government granted 20 acres of paddy fields to every immigrant, young and old, and three years of tax exemption. Within a few years, the number of Chinese in the Philippines had risen to three million, allowing China to consolidate its rule in the Philippines. The Philippines officially became China's first colony. Unlike the three vassal states of Korea, the Ryukyus, and Hawaii, China's rule over the Philippines was entirely predatory. The Philippines will become a source and market for China's raw materials, thereby promoting the rapid development of China's economy.
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