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Hai Rufeng and He Qingyuan made a feint to the east and attacked in the west, quickly breaking through Bian Winter Port.
Rossl, with more than a hundred Spanish soldiers, saw that he could not hold the city anymore, so he hastily blew up the artillery in Port Cavite and fled back to Manila in a panic. On the way, he met a hundred reinforcements sent by Pique. Although they were repelled by the Qin army, they managed to bring Rossl back.
At daybreak, the Qin army's warships began to dock and urgently unload combat supplies.
Unwilling to accept defeat, Pique once again organized 500 men in an attempt to retake Port Cavite.
Five hundred Spanish soldiers, holding battle flags, beating drums, and marching in neat steps towards Port Cavite.
The Qin army had no time to unload their artillery, so an unprecedented gun battle began.
He Qingyuan also ordered 500 marines to form a neat formation and march in neat steps to meet the Spaniards.
The Spanish lieutenant MacDill who led the army was full of confidence. The 500 Spanish soldiers under his command were all equipped with rifles, which looked not much different from the original muskets.
It's just that because of the rifling, its range is longer and more accurate. How could he know that Qin Mu was also equipped with a rifle, and it was more advanced than theirs.
The Spaniards came forward beating drums, and once they came into range, both sides opened fire almost at the same time. Rows of muskets spewed out tongues of flame, the air was filled with smoke, and bullets chirped. People on both sides were shot and fell to the ground, and screams were heard.
Mark Deer was shocked: "Oh my God, the enemy is also equipped with rifles, hurry, second row!"
After the Spaniards had fired in the first row, they immediately retreated to the rear to allow the second row to fire. It was extremely troublesome to load their rifles, as they had to carry a small hammer with them.
After measuring the gunpowder and loading it into the gun chamber, everyone took off the small hammer hanging on their waists and hit the cleaning rod hard to push the bullet into the chamber. This process was very slow. If the hitting force was too strong, the rifling would be damaged. If the hitting force was too weak, the bullet would not be pushed in.
Mark Deer was surprised to find that while his soldiers were sweating profusely and waving their hammers, the Qin army's rows of volleys never stopped, and the bullets whizzed in like a heavy rain.
The Spanish soldiers who were still waving their hammers desperately had blood spurting out of their blood holes, screaming and falling to the ground. They were cut down in rows like wheat.
"Oh my God! Oh.....How is this possible..."
The Qin army used paper shell fixed charge, imitating Nimet bullets. With a cleaning rod, the bullets could be pushed into the chamber. The loading speed was several times faster than that of the Spanish. After one row of volleys was finished, the second row would come up, and the rotation continued. The bullets were as dense as raindrops, and the Spanish were defeated.
In less than a cup of tea, Mark Deer left behind more than a hundred corpses and fled back to Manila in a panic, with drums and hammers scattered all over the ground.
After the Qin army unloaded more than 20 cannons from the ship, tens of thousands of troops landed and began to advance towards Manila in the afternoon.
Manila is not a big city, only one mile long and wide. But it is a transportation fortress connecting the southeast and northwest of the main island of the Philippines. A river called Pasig River surrounds the city from east to northwest and then flows into Manila Bay.
The Spanish colonial government built castles and forts in Manila and on the south bank of the Pasig River.
The city is very close to the port of Manila. The Spanish warships anchored in Manila Harbor can completely cover the north, south and west walls with their guns.
Therefore, if the Qin army wanted to attack the city, they could only attack from the east, which invisibly increased the difficulty greatly.
When it comes to siege warfare, the Chinese are second to none, and I'm afraid no one in the world dares to claim to be first.
Let’s just go east. He Qingyuan and others did not pick and choose. Tens of thousands of troops pressed towards the East City like a dark cloud.
On the top of Manila City, Andre, Pico and others saw this and felt a chill in their hearts. They had more than a thousand Spanish soldiers, including several hundred sailors who were controlling the ships at the port. There were only seven or eight hundred people left in the city.
Including the Filipino natives, the total number was less than three thousand, but Andre did not think he could count on these Filipino natives.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the fortress on the top of the city is strong enough and there are enough artillery batteries.
Luzon Island has only two seasons, a dry season and a rainy season, because it is located in a special latitude. The hot dry season is from November to June, and the rainy season is from June to October. During the dry season, there is what the villagers call a breeze that blows from south to north, and finally blows directly to the north.
The Pasig River flows from the southeast to Manila. Coincidentally, He Qingyuan had people make a lot of rafts, pile wet firewood on them, and then light them and let the rafts float downstream to Manila.
After the billowing smoke blocked the view from the top of the city, He Qingyuan gave an order, and the captured Aquino and two hundred natives immediately rushed up with hoes to dig gun positions.
If we set up the artillery directly on the flat ground to fire against the Spaniards on the city wall, we would suffer a great loss, so we had to dig the artillery positions first.
Aquino and his men were threatened by the Qin army's guns and had no choice but to dig with all their might. Philippine monkeys are usually very lazy, and they were naturally lazy. After digging a few times, Aquino stopped. As a result, a gunshot rang out and the bullet hit the ground next to him. He was so scared that he shouted, "Father, I dig, I dig, don't kill me..."
The Qin army couldn't understand what he was shouting, but it didn't matter, as long as they dug hard.
Under the threat of bullets, Aquino worked harder than ever in his life. He swung the hoe with all his might, but he used too much force and the hoe handle broke with a snap.
He was so scared that he quickly raised the broken hoe and shouted, "The Qin army doesn't care about you." Then another shot hit Aquino's feet, and he fell to the ground in fear. Fearing that more bullets would fly, he suddenly had an idea and snatched the hoe from the native next to him and continued to dig desperately...
The Spaniards on the city wall had no idea what the Qin army was driving these natives to do. When the wind blew away some of the thick smoke, Pique saw through the faint smoke a group of natives digging a pit. He was puzzled at first, and then he thought that the Qin army might want to dig a tunnel to blow up the city.
"Fire! Fire!" Pike could not help but shout. The cannons on the city wall roared immediately. Huge projectiles whizzed over, hit the ground and bounced up again, hitting several natives and causing blood and flesh to fly. The rest dropped their hoes and ran away.
Bang bang bang!
There were bursts of gunfire from the Qin army, and the rain of bullets made these Filipino monkeys fall down like wheat being cut, and the air was filled with blood.
Aquino then realized that these Qin soldiers, dressed in black and full of mystery, were even more ruthless than the Spaniards and killed people without blinking an eye.
How could he know that the Qin army came with hatred in their hearts. Luzon had discriminated against the Chinese several times. Although the Spaniards were instigating it from behind, most of the perpetrators were these natives. Tens of thousands of Han people died on this land. It was extremely tragic.
Like the emperor, like the army. The Qin Royal Navy came this time not only to take revenge, but also to turn this land into a province of Qin. How could they be soft-hearted
Driven by bullets, Aquino and other natives had no choice but to risk their lives to go back and continue digging gun positions. Although the Spaniards continued to fire, the range of the shotgun was insufficient. Although the solid bullets were terrible, the actual casualties were not many, which was better than turning back and letting the Qin army shoot them like cutting wheat.
Aquino didn't know how many times he had shit in his pants. Finally, he dug more than 20 gun positions without any danger.
In fact, digging this gun position is not a big project. It is just to dig a pit and form a low earth wall in front. In this way, the Spanish artillery shells have almost zero chance of hitting the target.
More than 20 cannons were quickly pushed into their positions, and then they used solid bullets to bombard the city walls. The artillery fire was deafening, and huge projectiles kept bombarding the city walls, making the top of the city tremble.
The Spaniards were somewhat desperate. The Qin soldiers did not come up to attack the city, so they could only bombard the Qin artillery positions with solid bullets, but because the artillery positions were concave and there was an earth wall in front, it was difficult to cause substantial damage to the Qin artillery.
The Qin army's artillery shells were able to bombard the city wall one after another. In just half an hour, under the indiscriminate bombardment of twenty artillery pieces, a gap several feet wide collapsed in the city wall on the east side of Manila.
At this time, dusk fell. This was the opportunity that the Qin army had been waiting for. Twenty or thirty Qin soldiers carried a dozen rockets and rushed to the gap quickly under the cover of dusk and smoke, and then bombarded the city with a stream of rockets.
As flames shot up to the top of the city, balls of fire accompanied by deafening roars, the eastern wall was almost engulfed in a sea of fire;
The Spaniards on the city wall were completely stunned. Even though they were used to using firearms, they had never seen such a fierce bombardment. The fierce shock wave sent Spanish soldiers flying into the sky, tearing them apart, and turning them into pieces of minced meat falling down.
This scene made Andre, Pique and others shudder, and they cried out: "Oh God!"
Thomas reacted quickly and shouted, "Your Excellency the Governor, General Pico, we can't hold on any longer. We can't hold Manila any longer. Give the order to retreat."
Andre only took office as governor last year. Asking him to give up Manila at this time would be tantamount to giving up Luzon. Such a decision is not something that can be made easily.
Pike also hurriedly advised: "Governor, there are too many Qin people, and their weapons are more powerful than ours. For the sake of God, Governor, please give the order to abandon the city."
"Governor, if we abandon the city now, we should be able to break out with our warships. If we wait for the enemy to rush in, it will be too late for us to retreat."
Under the city, the Qin army was already rushing over shouting. In the firelight, they were seen carrying a large number of logs and ladders, ready to use them to cross the moat.
Under the city, there were flames like the sea and shouts like the tide. Andre said painfully: "Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Andre finally ordered the city to be abandoned, but it was not so easy to leave. Not to mention the property, there were many Spanish women and children in the city. It was not easy to take these people away in a hurry.
The Qin army used ladders and rafts to quickly cross the moat and rushed into the city. At this time, the Xiban people protected the women and children and rushed out of the west city and fled to the port.
Thomas led a hundred soldiers along the street to block the pursuit of the Qin army, and the two sides launched a fierce street battle...
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ps: The weather is getting colder and I have caught a cold. I wanted to take a day off, but for an author like me, if I stop updating, there will probably be few people reading my books.
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