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In the Manila City Hall, Li Haitao and Wu Haibin were anxiously waiting for domestic orders. Now, night had fallen, and the whole of Manila was plunged into darkness. Manila does not have a power plant, and the lighting at night is entirely based on candles and oil lamps. And the poorer indigenous Filipinos go to bed after dark. So, this has led to an increase in the number of indigenous Filipinos every year.

"Old Wu, is the defense of Manila City done?" Li Haitao asked.

"Chief of Staff, it's already arranged. Two battalions were in military positions outside the city, and three battalions and brigades were inside the city. I have already given the order that the vigilance will be raised tonight, and if there is any abnormal movement, it will be suppressed in time! Wu Haibin replied.

"That's good! Those natives of the Philippines who are dog-day, if they dare to launch a riot*, let them all die! Li Haitao said coldly. Originally, he defeated the Spaniards lightly, and he thought that this time the action would be very smooth. But I didn't expect that the Spaniards were just a minor problem, and it was these Filipino natives who were even stricter.

"Report!" Suddenly, outside the office, the voice of a staff officer was heard.

"Come in!" Li Haitao's spirits were lifted, and he knew that the corresponding orders must have been issued in China.

"Report to the Chief of Staff, this is the latest order from the General Staff!" The staff officer handed the telegram in his hand to Li Haitao.

Li Haitao took it and read it carefully under the light of the candle. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Chief of Staff, how did the General Staff order?" Wu Haibin asked anxiously.

"The General Staff orders us to deal with these Filipino resistance elements with the most severe means, and to execute all those who participate in the violence! Moreover, it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go! In addition, His Majesty has ordered two divisions of troops from the South China Military Region to reinforce Manila, which will be able to arrive in half a month. The appointment of the Governor General of the Philippines has come down and is being held by Major General Zhou Shu, deputy commander of the South China Military Region. After the arrival of Major General Zhou Shu, the Marines must fully cooperate with his actions! Li Haitao said.

"Yes, Chief of Staff. Still, why not make you the Governor of the Philippines? This is the governor of our first colony! Wu Haibin said with some complaints.

"This is His Majesty's order, how can you be allowed to discuss? Besides, a colonial governor, with a fleet chief of staff, has a bright future? We are now facing the hostility of several powerful powers, and it will not be long before there will be a big battle in the navy. Li Haitao said. Although the time for the start of the war has not yet been determined, Li Haitao knows that the navy will be the most important combat force, and as the chief of staff of the home fleet, as long as the imperial navy can defeat the enemy, he will naturally be able to get a better promotion at that time.

To the south of Manila is the slum of Manila, where more than 100,000 Filipinos live. And they are all people who live in extreme difficulty, and the security conditions here are also very poor. When the Spaniards took control of Manila, they only set up a perimeter fence to prevent these Filipinos from rioting*. There is no concern at all about the lives or deaths of these Filipinos.

In a corner of the house, a dim oil lamp glows the size of a soybean, giving a glimmer of light to the tiny room. He went to the city hall to meet with Li Haitao's envoy to the First Philippine Republic, Mario, and one of the leaders of Katipnan, Kanu, who were sitting at a low table with gloomy faces, and in the room, there were a dozen other Filipinos.

"This Chinese is so hateful, since they have been calling themselves the Celestial Empire for hundreds of years, I didn't expect that they are the same as those hateful Spanish colonizers, they drove out the Spaniards, but they still want to colonize the Philippines. We can't wait any longer, we can only rise up and resist and drive these Chinese away, so that our nation can win liberation and the Philippines can truly **! Kanu, one of Katipnan's leaders, said loudly.

"Kill all these Chinese and drive them all away!" Other Filipinos chimed in.

"Kill all the Chinese and rob them of their wealth. Their wealth is all plundered from us Filipinos! Someone else said. Although there are only a few hundred thousand Chinese in the Philippines, they control most of the wealth of the Philippines, which naturally makes these Filipinos very red-eyed. It's just that they never thought that the reason why the Chinese were able to control so much wealth was entirely because of the hard work of the Chinese. And these Filipinos are lazy and lazy, and they are naturally poor to death.

"That's right, that's how it should be. Kill all the Chinese men and leave all the women behind. Those Chinese women, one by one, are beautiful and died. "There are also people who build yì roads. Compared with those dark women in the Philippines, the Chinese are naturally much more beautiful. This also makes these Filipinos often suffer when they launch riots*, not only their property is robbed by these rioters, but even their lives have to be lost. And those Chinese women, the experience is even more tragic. Often killed, rounded, and then killed. It can be said that every time these indigenous Filipinos riot* is the time when the Chinese are unlucky.

"The Philippines is us Filipinos, as long as we can drive these Chinese away, then all Qiē will belong to us!" Kanu laughed too. As one of the leaders of Katipnanm, he has gained a lot of benefits from the previous violence. There were many Chinese killed by him, and the Chinese women who were raped by him were even more innumerable. Now, in his mind, the snow-white bodies of those Chinese women were presented, which made him very excited.

"Calm down! These Chinese are not so easy to deal with. They beat the United States last year and forced down the Spaniards today. Their warships moored at the dock were larger than the mountain capital. If we act rashly, we will definitely be hit by their madness! Mario reminded. Compared to the extreme organization of Katipnan, he is undoubtedly much more sensible. This is also the reason why they separated from the Katipunam organization and established the First Republic of the Philippines. It's just that because they had to resist the Spanish colonial rule, they had to cooperate with Katipnan for the common good.

"Mario, you coward, forget it if you don't want to go. What about those Chinese? They're just a few thousand, we have tens of thousands. Elsewhere in Manila, there are hundreds of thousands more. We can beat them lightly! Kanu said disdainfully.

"Yes! We will definitely be able to defeat these Chinese! Other Filipinos who wanted to rob the Chinese of their wealth and insult the Chinese women had been carried away, and they echoed it.

"Since everyone agrees, then, go back and gather the men immediately, and act in an hour!" Kanu said.

"Yes!" The Filipino natives shouted, and immediately rushed out, ready to gather their men to launch a riot*.

"Kanu, you're sending our compatriots to their deaths!" Mario angrily lashes out at Kanu.

"We are fighting for the freedom and ** of the Philippines, you coward, you don't deserve to be a Filipino!" Kanu said dismissively to Mario and left the house.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Manila was plunged into darkness. Fortunately, there is a white moon hanging in the sky, and under the light of the bright moonlight, although it is not very bright, it is not so much that you can't see your fingers.

In the slums south of the city, indigenous Filipinos came out of their houses one by one, armed with rudimentary weapons. Most of them are hatchets, hoes, etc. Only those members of the Katipunam had a handful of muskets. These people, all gathered and led by the members of Katipunan, rushed to the heart of Manila. Their faces were beaming, as if they were going to a grand event. In their coming, those weak Chinese, those beautiful Chinese women, are about to become their trophies.

At the intersection of the slums leading to the central city is a barricade made of wire and sandbags. There are such barricades on more than a dozen roads from the slums to the central city. It was built by the Spaniards specifically to guard against the indigenous Filipinos. And now, the soldiers of the 5th Brigade of the Chinese Marine Corps have taken over the defense of these barricades from the Spaniards. This time, one of the city's three battalions was deployed in these areas to guard against the indigenous Filipinos in the ghetto. The other two battalions and brigades are directly subordinate to the city, elsewhere in the city. After all, only about half of Manila's 200,000 or 300,000 indigenous Filipinos live in the slums south of the city. There are also many people scattered elsewhere in Manila who also need to be defended.

"Cheer me up, the brigade commander ordered that vigilance must be strengthened tonight, these Filipino natives will definitely be restless, if they dare to make any changes, they will be suppressed immediately!" Peng Yong, the platoon commander of the platoon of the 5th battalion of the 4th brigade of the Chinese Marine Corps, ordered. They were ordered to garrison the barricade called Rickett Street. It is the main gateway from the slums in the south of the city to the central city. Therefore, it is especially up to them to be responsible for one platoon. The street entrance, which is more than 40 meters wide, has been completely blocked by iron wire, and behind the iron wire is a defensive position made of sandbags. All the light and heavy weapons of the platoon, including a Type 9 heavy machine gun, a 60 mm mortar, and three Type 96 light machine guns, have been set up, and if the Filipino natives dare to come, they will definitely be bled on the head.

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