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Under the authority of Governor Anthony Pedro, Brigadier General Emiles became the commander of the city defense of Manila. Immediately after taking office, Brigadier General Emile began to reorganize Manila's defenses. The originally abandoned shore defense batteries began to be reinforced. The rusty shore defense guns were also replaced. It's just that Manila does not have large-caliber coastal defense guns, and can only deploy some naval guns on shore defense batteries. This was prepared by the shipyards in Manila for the Luzon fleet in order to be able to replace damaged ship guns in the fleet in a timely manner!

However, at this time, it was too late to start rectifying the defense. Brigadier General Emile was not at all confident that he would be able to hold Manila, and all he did was do his best to obey the fate of God. In the hands of Brigadier General Emile, there were only two infantry regiments, totaling more than five thousand men. At this moment, they already knew that the total strength of the Xinhua Army was more than 20,000. The gap between the two sides has reached four times! To this end, Brigadier General Emiles had to recruit troops from among the Spaniards in Luzon, expanding the total number of troops to about 10,000 men. It's just that these hastily recruited recruits who have not been systematically trained can be of much use in battle, and Brigadier General Emile does not know how much he can do.

In order to be able to hold Manila, Brigadier General Emile had to resort to other methods. Manila is home to a large number of Chinese, with a total population much larger than that of the Spaniards. Brigadier General Emiles proposed that all the Chinese be arrested in order to force the Xinhua army and buy enough time for Manila. However, this proposal was not agreed to by Governor Anthony Pedro. Unlike the barbaric natives, Spain's reputation would have suffered greatly if it had been adopted in this way. On the other hand, after learning that the Spanish army on the expedition to Xinhua had been wiped out, most of the Chinese living in Manila had fled Manila and fled to the countryside. It's not that easy to catch enough Chinese. Most importantly, the Emperor of the New China Kingdom, Long Yufei, wrote a personal letter to Governor Anthony Pedro. If the Spanish side dares to threaten the lives of the local Chinese, once the war starts, the Xinhua army will kill all the Spaniards living in Manila. This made Governor Anthony Pedro not dare to resort to despicable methods, fearing that the Xinhua army would retaliate. In Governor Anthony Pedro's view, the lives of Spaniards were much more important than those of the Chinese. Even if all the Chinese in Luzon were killed, it would not be as good as the tens of thousands of Spaniards living in Manila. Therefore, this war between the Spanish colonial armies of the Xinhua Army became a dignified war! The Xinhua Army will rely on absolute strength to defeat the Spanish colonial army and seize the domination of the Luzon Islands!

Built on the banks of the Bashi River, Manila is the largest city in the Luzon archipelago and the center of Spanish colonial rule in Luzon.

On May 26, after a five-day voyage, the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy escorted the First Brigade of the Army on merchant ships into Manila Bay and went directly to Manila. When the fleet entered Manila, it was immediately discovered by the Spaniards. The whole of Manila was put into a state of emergency combat readiness.

"Your Excellency the Governor! Those yellow-skinned monkeys have arrived! A total of 12 new warships and more than 20 merchant ships. It is estimated that at least more than five thousand army soldiers were transported on these merchant ships! "Brigadier General Emile reported to Governor Anthony Pedro for the first time!

"General Emils, the safety of Manila is in your hands. God will bless you, and I am sure that we will hold out until the last! Governor Anthony Pedro said. In fact, even he knew that it would be almost impossible to hold Manila for a year until reinforcements from Spain arrived. However, he still did not give up and hoped that a miracle would happen.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor! The valiant Spanish army will do their best to defeat the yellow-skinned monkeys! Brigadier General Emil said.

The whole of Manila was in a panic, and a large number of Spaniards rushed to the Doge's Palace. It seems that it is the safest place to be. It's just that how can the small Governor's Mansion accommodate tens of thousands of people? Eventually, only a few officials and big businessmen were allowed to take refuge in the Doge's Palace, and the rest of the Spaniards were placed in barracks.

At this moment, there are not many Chinese in Manila. Before the Xinhua Army sent troops, the intelligence officers sent to Manila contacted the Chinese families in Manila and told them that the Xinhua Army would launch an attack on Manila. Therefore, under the auspices of these large Chinese families, more than 90 percent of the Chinese fled Manila and fled to the countryside. The vast number of Chinese people have been looking forward to the arrival of the Xinhua Army for a long time. At the beginning, the big Chinese families in Manila were not optimistic about Xinhuaguo, and were even unwilling to maintain contact with Xinhuaguo for their own safety. However, as the new kingdom grew stronger and stronger, it swept away the three sultanates of the Moro people, and also wiped out the incoming Spanish army. This has made a big difference for the Chinese in Manila to Xinhua China. Those big Chinese families who were like grass on the wall began to take the initiative to contact Xinhua and swore allegiance to Long Yufei, the king of Xinhua Kingdom.

Although there is some shame against the style of these big Chinese families, Long Yufei can still understand it. After all, the lives of these Chinese are also relatively difficult, whether they are Spaniards or natives, they are bullying the Chinese. Once the Chinese give these guys an excuse, they will be wiped out. Before, these big Chinese families were afraid that the Xinhua Congress would be a flash in the pan, so they wanted to dissociate themselves from the relationship with the Xinhua Kingdom. But now, the strength of Xinhua has given them a clear understanding and also seen the development prospects of Xinhua Kingdom. In this case, these Chinese will naturally make the right choice.

As for the local natives, they don't seem to have paid much attention to the attack of the Xinhua army. For them, whether they are Spaniards or Chinese, they are the same as the object of their hatred. It's just that the Spaniards have a strong force and are not easy to bully. Therefore, weak Chinese are often the target of bullying by these natives. But now it seems that these Chinese are not easy to deal with! The mighty Spaniards were defeated by the Chinese. Then, they will definitely not dare to bully the Chinese in the future. This also made many natives who had bullied the Chinese a little afraid, afraid that the Chinese would settle accounts after the autumn. In fact, the Spaniards were stirring the cracks, claiming to the natives that they would be enslaved once the Xinhua Kingdom occupied Manila, just as the Xinhua Kingdom had done in Mindanao. However, although these Spaniards succeeded in making the natives more hostile to the Chinese. However, these natives are not stupid, even the Spaniards are no match for the Chinese, how can they be willing to send them to death?

At 10 a.m. on May 26, 12 'Shark-class' cruisers of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy sailed to the sea only three kilometers from Manila. The naval guns on the battleship were all aimed at the shore defense batteries in Manila. Although, Xinhua got the information that Manila's coastal defense batteries were almost all abandoned. But the fleet did not dare to rush to the shore, in case the information was wrong, the fleet would be miserable.

"Uncle Niu, in five minutes, the fleet will open fire on the shore defense batteries in Manila! Sweep away the coastal fortifications of the Spaniards. When the time comes, the army will be able to launch a landing operation! First Fleet Commander Wei Yong said. After Luo Sangu stepped down as commander of the fleet, Wei Yong, the former captain of the cruiser Zamboanga, took over smoothly and became the commander of the fleet. In front of Niu Meng, Wei Yong behaved very respectfully. In the Xinhua Army, Niu Meng is second only to Long Yufei. Another point, everyone is from Flying Fish Island, and according to their generation, Niu Meng can already be regarded as Wei Yong's uncle!

"Hmmm! It's up to you! Let those Spaniards see how good we are! However, this Manila is really good, much bigger than Xinhua City. Niu Meng looked at Manila in the distance and sighed. After all, Manila has been developing for more than 300 years now, and Xinhua City is just a newly established city.

"Uncle Niu, after this battle, Manila will be ours!" Wei Yong said with a smile.

"Ha Lu Ha! That's right, after this battle, it's time for the Spaniards to get out of here! The whole of Luzon is ours! There are quite a few Chinese on Luzon, at least two or three hundred thousand! When the time comes, we won't have to worry about not having enough soldiers! Niu Meng said excitedly. Whether it is the new China or the new army, if they want to continue to develop, they are all constrained by the bottleneck of population. If we can obtain these 230,000 Chinese in Luzon, then the bottleneck of the development of Xinhua will no longer exist.

At 10:15, under the order of the fleet commander Wei Yong, the 12 'Shark-class' cruisers of the First Fleet of the Xinhua Navy crossed the hull and opened fire on the Spanish shore defense batteries at the other side three kilometers from the coast!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The 12 battleships opened fire in turn, and the rumbling of cannons sounded on the sea.

Soon, the shore defense batteries in Manila rose black smoke, and between the flames, some fragile human bodies were thrown high!

In the face of the attack of the Xinhua Navy, Commodore Emiles, the commander of Manila's city defense, immediately gave the order to return fire.

The shore defense batteries deployed at the mouth of the Bashi River opened fire one after another. One after another, the shells fell into the sea, splashing columns of water. The old cannons on the shore defense batteries in Manila have been replaced, but these new guns are still not comparable to the naval guns of the Xinhua Army in terms of range. Although the firing range can reach three kilometers, however, at this distance, it is completely inaccurate!