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"General Sun! The Spaniards landed at the mouth of the Agusan River, five thousand men! Next, it's time for them to attack Xinhua City, can you defend Xinhua City? Xinhua Premier Li Decheng asked with some concern. After all, there are only the brigade headquarters of the Second Brigade of the Army, two infantry battalions and a heavy artillery battalion directly under the Army in Xinhua City.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured! Although the Spaniards had five thousand men, two infantry battalions of the 2nd Brigade were enough if it was only to defend the city! Sun Hao, the commander of the Second Brigade, patted his chest and reassured. The Second Brigade has a total of six infantry battalions and one artillery battalion, although three infantry and artillery battalions have been deployed to fight in the Sulu Sultanate, and another infantry battalion is clearing the forests of Mindanao for indigenous people. Only two infantry battalions and brigade headquarters were left to defend Xinhua City, with a total strength of just over 2,000 people.

"The army not only has to defend Xinhua City, but also to wipe out the Spaniards! At the same time, the Spaniards must not be allowed to arrive in Xinhua City! Many of our important factories are outside the city, and if they are destroyed, the consequences will be dire! Minister of Finance and Industry Liu Mingde reminded.

Sun Hao nodded, the Spanish Luzon fleet had come from the sea to destroy the factories around Xinhua City, but they were beaten hard by the shore defense artillery, and even the main force was left. Now that the Spaniards have landed, they must have had this in mind. Although the walls of Xinhua City are not high, there is no problem in resisting the attack of the Spaniards. But in this case, the factories outside the city will suffer. Therefore, it is impossible to defend the city, and they must be eliminated before the Spanish army approaches Xinhua City!

"Prime Minister, in that case, we will have to fight in the city! The security of the city is left to the police! Sun Hao said.

"Fighting head-on, with the current strength of the Second Brigade, can you beat those Spaniards?" Premier Li Decheng was a little worried. After all, the troops landed on the other side were more than 5,000 people, and the remaining strength of the Second Brigade was only a little over 2,000.

"Although the Spaniards have three times as many troops as ours! However, they are armed with old breech guns, which have a rate of fire at least five times slower than our Exocet rifles. Moreover, the range is far inferior to that of the Exocet rifle. Even in a head-to-head duel, two infantry battalions would be enough to defeat five thousand Spaniards. In addition, with the support of a heavy artillery battalion, it would be even easier to defeat these Spaniards! Sun Hao said.

"The Heavy Artillery Battalion will fully support you!" Zhao Yi, Minister of Logistics of the Xinhua Army, said. The heavy artillery battalion is an independent unit under the personal command of Long Yufei. The battalion was armed with six 105-mm howitzers for a total of 18 artillery batteries, each of which was equipped with six 105-mm howitzers. This kind of artillery weighing 1.2 tons, weighing 12.5 kilograms, and having a maximum range of 6 kilometers is still too heavy for field troops, and it needs to be dragged by four horses. In Mindanao, where traffic conditions are poor, such artillery simply does not have the opportunity to be used. Therefore, Long Yufei only formed an artillery battalion for the defense of Xinhua City. Now the Spaniards have come to the door, just in time to test the power of this artillery. The 105-mm naval guns used by the Navy and the 105-mm coastal defense guns of the coastal defense artillery were developed from this kind of cannon, but in order to increase the firing range, the ratio of caliber and body barrel was increased!

When the Spanish Army began to land, Sun Hao, the commander of the Second Brigade, waited for the two infantry battalions and the brigade headquarters to leave Xinhua City and came to the plain east of Xinhua City to deploy positions, preparing to meet the Spanish Army! The position of the heavy artillery battalion of the Xinhua Army was placed outside Xinhua City, next to the city wall, and with the range of 105 mm howitzers, even in the city, it was enough to support the infantry of the second brigade!

Two kilometers from Xinhuacheng, the 2nd Brigade began to build defensive positions. The soldiers began to dig trenches and pull a barbed wire fence in front of the trenches. Mortar positions to support the infantry were placed behind the trenches. When dealing with natives armed with broadswords, spears, bows and arrows, the Xinhua army barely built defensive positions. However, this time the opponent was the Spaniards, which also made the Xinhua Army pay special attention. In the training of the Xinhua Army, there was also special training in digging trenches. After all, when facing an opponent equipped with firearms, this can further reduce the battle losses of the Xinhua army. Sapper shovels flew over the hands of the soldiers, and soon a trench was dug out. At this time, the Spanish Army had just completed the landing.

Five kilometers away from the position of the Xinhua Army, Major General Axel, commander of the 3rd Division of the Spanish Army, was observing the position of the Xinhua Army with a monocular. The Xinhua army went out of the city to face the battle, which made him very surprised. After all, if it were him, when the troops were completely at a disadvantage, it would be the best choice to defend the city. However, the Xinhua army took the initiative to immediately fortify the city and come out to find death, which made Major General Axel very satisfied. In this way, the Spanish Army's certainty of defeating the Xinhua Army has greatly increased.

"General! Those yellow-skinned monkeys dig trenches in the ground like marmots, do they want to hide in the ground like marmots and fight us? A colonel officer asked Major General Axel. He was the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Spanish Army. This time, the troops brought by Major General Axel were mainly based on the 2nd Regiment.

"Colonel Elias, this is understandable! After all, those yellow-skinned monkeys are not facing natives this time, but the great Spanish Army! They are therefore driven to fear, but it is inevitable. However, I doubt that after they hide underground, how can the firepower be guaranteed? Only by concentrating the infantry can the infantry ensure the continuity of fire, so that the enemy will collapse under the continuous and powerful fire. They hid underground, which certainly reduced the chance of them being hit, but it was precisely because of this cowardice and fear that they would be unable to resist when facing the phalanx of the powerful Spanish Army! Axel shook his head and said with a look of disdain. The Spanish Army Phalanx once shook Europe. At that time, due to technical skills, muskets had a lot of fire rates and a very short range, and once they were close to the enemy, the musketeers had only one way to die. As a result, the Spanish Army invented a tactic in which spearmen and musketeers worked together, with spearmen on the periphery and musketeers on the inside. Musketeers use muskets to shoot enemies from a distance, while spearmen deal with those who are close to them. With the cooperation of the two, the combat power has been brought into full play. It's just that as the rate of fire of muskets became faster and faster, this phalanx slowly fell behind. However, in order to ensure the firepower of rifle shooting, Western powers still use them in phalanxes when they use infantry!

"General, you're so right! Those yellow-skinned monkeys who are as timid as rats, in front of the Spanish army phalanx, will definitely be scared to pee their pants! Colonel Elias said with a smile.

"Colonel, have the troops been assembled? Get ready to attack! There is not much time left for us, we need to eliminate those yellow-skinned monkeys as soon as possible and take Xinhua City! Major General Axel asked. Now, the main force of the army and navy of the Xinhua Army is definitely on the way back. Now that the main force of the Luzon fleet has also been lost, he can only defeat the Xinhua army as soon as possible, and then destroy the factories around Xinhua City, and escape before the main force of the Xinhua army returns.

"General, there will be half an hour at most! Our artillery got stuck on the river beach and are now trying to figure out those guns! Elias said. This time the 3rd Division of the Spanish Army brought some artillery, mainly 12 4-pounder guns and 6 6-pounder guns. Although the 3rd Division had more artillery, it was just that the cannons were too heavy to follow the troops for long distances.

It was not until two o'clock in the afternoon that the troops of the 3rd Division of the Spanish Army were ready. At this time, the soldiers of the Second Brigade of the Xinhua Army had already built a simple position!

At 2:15, Major General Axel couldn't wait to give the order to attack! The 18 guns of the Spaniards opened fire first, firing at the positions of the 2nd Brigade of the Xinhua Army at a distance of two kilometers. Although, this is already within the range of the heavy artillery battalion of the Xinhua Army. However, Sun Hao did not let the artillery fire. He feared that if the artillery opened fire, it would directly scare the Spaniards away.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The shells fired by the Spanish Army exploded on the positions of the Xinhua Army, sending up black smoke. The soldiers of the Xinhua Army hid in trenches more than one meter deep, and the shelling of the Spanish Army did not cause much damage to them. After all, the power of the cannonballs made of black powder is extremely limited, and if the cannonballs don't happen to fall into the trenches, it is almost impossible to kill and injure the soldiers in the trenches!

The Spanish Army's artillery preparations lasted less than 20 minutes before they were over, and in the shelling, the Xinhua Army paid the price of a few casualties.

Soon, the Spanish Army went on the offensive. In order to defeat the Xinhua Army in one go, Major General Axel invested most of his strength at one time. More than 3,000 soldiers of the Spanish Army formed a phalanx of dozens or hundreds of people and began to attack the positions of the Xinhua Army. These Spaniards held their rifles, held their heads high, stepped on the beat of the drums, and walked towards the position of the Xinhua Army step by step with neat steps. Every Spanish Army soldier had a brave and confident expression on his face, as if they were invincible. Those soldiers of the Xinhua Army who hid underground like groundhogs were not taken seriously by them at all! Even if the Luzon Fleet of the Spanish Navy slammed its head in front of the coastal defense artillery of the Xinhua Army, it did not make them sober up, and they still looked high!