The loud noise in Manila had already alarmed the Spaniards living in the castle of Santiago, who were the old colonists who had ruled the region for more than 300 years, and the Doge's Palace quickly figured out the situation.

Then, there is nothing to be done.

Because the Governor General was not in Manila, but took a group of high-ranking officials to Cebu for a vacation, and by the way, he was there to greet the Marquis Mikel Hernandez, a Spanish court nobleman from Europe, who was the younger brother of the queen and had undoubted influence on the Spanish royal family.

So, the Governor and a group of high-ranking officials ran off to make a fuss.

Not only the high-ranking officials of the Governor's Palace, but also the commanders of the colony's land and navy, as well as the two most capable light cruisers of the Spanish fleet stationed in Manila, also went with them, and it is estimated that they have not yet arrived on Cebu Island.

Cebu Island is the island where the Spaniards first landed, and it is famous for its beautiful blue sea and silver sand, and the scenery is excellent, and the Spaniards came to the island in 1532, and it is home to the oldest Spanish castle.

The highest commander who remained in the castle of San Diego was a lieutenant colonel, but he was only an officer in charge of logistics and had never dealt with such a big thing.

The kingdom of Spain has long since sunk into decay, corruption is rampant, and the aristocracy surrounds the royal family to flatter and cause chaos, and no one does anything truly meaningful.

This is almost the daily scene in the apocalyptic empire, and the same accumulation of shortcomings also exists in the Spanish Philippine Governor's Palace, leading to blame each other and sit back and watch the situation deteriorate step by step.

In the eyes of lower- and middle-level officials;

It's the responsibility of the Governor anyway, eh...... We do not have the authority to make a decision, we can only escalate it as soon as possible.

As for not being able to contact them for the time being, that's none of my business.

The only thing the castle of Santiago did was to close its gates and allow the demonstrations on the streets of Manila to grow louder and louder, and as far as noon on, as many as 20,000 or 30,000 people gradually gathered, and the slogans of the demonstrations resounded in the sky.

There were very few real Oceania citizens in the demonstrators, many of them were local Chinese, or employees of commercial firms, and sailors, who were forced by their bosses to stand up and make a strong noise, and there were also some street gangsters and unemployed people mixed in.

Stand on the high gates

Captain Perez put his right hand on the leather pistol holster, and his left hand held on to the wall and looked down, only to see the black and oppressive procession shouting in an emotional voice, and there was a mess of all sounds, and it was impossible to hear anything clearly.

A strong sense of superiority appeared in his heart, and he casually glanced at the Spanish soldiers on the city wall, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly at the procession.

Let's make trouble, a group of dirty rats, and when you get tired, it will naturally stop.

The fortified castle of Santiago gave Captain Perez the confidence that as soon as the gates were closed, it would be a world of peace and tranquility.

Captain Perez arrived in Luzon in 1896 with the army, and has been here for three years, accustomed to local uprisings, and the parade is a piece of cake.

Spain practiced a backward large estate system in the Philippines, and they frantically plundered the resources of the Philippines regardless of local development, and carried out bloody suppression while the Filipinos resisted.

The revolt in Luzon grew, and so did the voices seeking independence, and finally, in 1896, a vigorous war against colonial rule in the Philippines broke out.

At that time, the Spanish army did not have a large number of soldiers stationed in the Philippines, because they were all accustomed to the armed uprising in the Philippines, and subconsciously felt that it was a group of natives fighting a small fight.

However, the scale of this uprising exceeded the imagination of the Spaniards, and the strength of the Philippine rebel army continued to grow, and most of the Spanish troops stationed in the Philippines were Filipinos, and the Spaniards only had more than 1,000 people, so there was no strength at all when suppressing them.

When the Spanish Governor's Office realized this problem, the life of the Philippine rebel army was not easy, and Spain quickly sent nearly 30,000 soldiers and advanced weapons from the country to suppress it bloodily, which made the rebel army with backward weapons suffer a big loss, and was constantly hit hard, and finally the uprising failed.

The Filipino rebels fled into the tropical jungle with the remnants of their defeated army at Aquinado and disappeared.

The Spanish army returned triumphantly, leaving only a small part of the army still stationed on Luzon, leaving two infantry regiments, one of which was Captain Perez's Royal Calaff Regiment.

It's boring!

Captain Perez stretched lazily and was about to go down for a cup of coffee to refresh himself, when he faintly heard a voice in Spanish; "Soldiers, open fire."

Because the sound was so noisy, he didn't really hear it.

Then a crisp gunshot rang out, and the Spanish soldiers standing at the head of the city immediately opened fire like a marching crowd, and the gunfire rang out in the air.

In this noisy environment, the soldiers could not hear the commander's orders clearly, and since someone had fired, the soldiers subconsciously opened fire, firing a volley of guns that resounded in the sky.

With the sound of gunshots, the marchers on the street were knocked down by the whistling bullets, and blood flowers bloomed on their bodies, and red blood flowed out, and the street instantly turned into a Shura field.

The gunfire caused great panic among the marchers, who fled in a panic, squeezing and stampeding, causing more casualties and wailing.

"Stop shooting, damn it...... Stop shooting for me. Captain Perez's voice was heard only by a few soldiers in the vicinity, who put down their guns in a daze, while the Spanish soldiers in the distance were still loading their bullets and shooting.

Captain Perez had to pull out the revolver at his waist and fire three shots into the sky, roaring loudly; "Stop shooting, damn idiot, who told you to shoot?"

No one answered......

The Spanish soldiers didn't care about that, there was a commotion all over the damn walls, who could listen to orders?

Anyway, if someone shoots, they will shoot.

Captain Perez was simply angry, as the supreme military commander of this wall, he did not give the order to shoot at all, but it was too late to say anything.

He looked back a little annoyed, and couldn't help frowning.

The streets were filled with dead and wounded, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood and loud wails, as if it were an asura field.

More than 160 soldiers in the city opened fire, some with two or three bullets, some with five or six bullets, and there was no need to aim at the dense crowd on the street.

Just a cursory glance

There were no less than three or four, 100 casualties, and this is not even the casualties of squeezing and stampeding all the way.

Captain Perez's heart was half cold at this glance, he didn't care about the casualties of the local natives, no matter how many of those rats died, the key was that he was afraid of hurting the citizens of the Ocean Kingdom, it would be terrible.

The Ocean Kingdom is the regional hegemon in the entire western Pacific region, and has always been known for its tough and aggressive policies.

Ordinary neighboring colonial countries don't want to provoke him, they really can't afford to provoke him!

As soon as the "San Diego tragedy" occurred, it was transmitted to the mainland of the Ocean Kingdom through the transoceanic radio waves, which immediately caused a huge shock to the entire society and aroused the emotions.

The news spread around the world and caused an uproar.

In the "San Diego tragedy", a total of 371 people were killed and injured, of which 87 were killed and the rest were injured.

Among the 87 people who died, there were three citizens of the Ocean Kingdom, including Wan Jiaben, vice president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce, who was standing in the crowd and was coincidentally shot in the eye socket and killed instantly.

The remaining two were trampled to death, this is a mother and son, a timid young mother holding her child behind the demonstrators to watch the excitement, after the gunshots, the demonstrators blew up their nests, and the surging crowd squeezed and trampled on......

Li Fushou, the angry king of the Ocean Kingdom, said loudly in his public speech; Blood debts and blood are repaid, and those who clearly offend my ocean kingdom will be punished even if they are far away.

On February 6, 1898, the Ocean Kingdom officially declared war on Spain, and the country was mobilized at three levels.

The so-called three-level mobilization means that the basic militia members who have just been retired within three years of retirement should register with the relevant departments of the nearest city or town, and make planned arrangements for four days a month to concentrate on military recovery training, waiting for the arrangements made by the higher authorities.

Judging from the number of soldiers who have retired from the army in recent years, the total number of this part of the retired militia is about 90,000 people, which is a powerful force that cannot be underestimated.

meanwhile

In the new year, 22,000 recruits will be recruited, and after more than four months of military training, these recruits will be used to supplement the country's six B-level divisions for subsequent reinforcements.

The situation changed so quickly that the Spanish governor's office and the military and political officials on Cebu Island were stunned and completely confused.

The incident was completely beyond the power of the Spanish Viceroyalty, and the latest instructions from the Kingdom of Spain had not arrived, and they did not know what to do.

Washington, Admiralty

"Damn, damn it, damn the Ocean Kingdom, and that damn dictator, oh my God, how did this happen?" Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was simply mad, and his emotional reaction was more intense than that of the Spaniards.

The reason is simple;

The Admiralty-led "Gate" program entered a critical period, and the battleship "Maine" arrived in the port of Havana on 25 January for an official goodwill visit to Cuba.

According to the plan, the firecrackers will be exploded on February 15.

Citigroup's domestic War Department has begun a large-scale mobilization, and the total number of conscripted militia has reached more than 55,000.

Roosevelt's own resignation report had already been handed in and placed on the desk of the White House.

As a social elite with a lofty mind, Roosevelt was ready to resign and set up a volunteer cavalry regiment out of his own pocket to participate in the war, hoping to leave his own heroic mark on the big stage of expanding the territory this time.

In order to prepare a large amount of money, he has sold two estates, some shops and land, and now the money is in the account of Citibank, which can be withdrawn at any time to buy weapons and equipment to fight on the battlefield.

At this time, a Cheng bite Jin was killed, and the Ocean Kingdom took the lead in declaring war on Spain.

me!

Rely on it, rely on it......

Roosevelt spurted out a mouthful of old blood, you declared war, so what should I do?

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