The head of Manila is shrouded in thick smoke.

The foreign devils watching the battle were dumbfounded, this Ming army's gunpowder is too strong! The fortress exploded!

Although Europe had already entered the age of firearms, the use of gunpowder was not fully mastered, and they had never heard of the tactics of blasting the city walls with gunpowder like the Ming army.

Weddell took out a delicate handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and muttered: "It turns out that the use of gunpowder by the Ming people has reached this point, and it is a little hasty to compare the new model army with them just now......."

Anthony, the governor of the Netherlands, said: "The gunpowder rush was invented by the Chinese, and they are better at playing than us, and it is a matter of course." ”

As he spoke, Anthony continued to write down these things in his little notebook, as if to say to himself: "If such an army appears in Europe, it will not be a good thing for us. ”

He deliberately said this in English, in order to give Weddell, the governor of the British East India Company, a seemingly clever but clumsy reminder.

I saw the Ming Jun praise painting not far away glancing at him, the meaning is obvious, Lao Tzu can understand!

Anthony, who looked up and saw the look in his eyes, was slightly embarrassed and pretended that nothing had happened.

The power of the explosives of the Ming army not only surprised the foreign devils, but even the various departments of the Ming army were also shocked.

This kind of powerful weapon of destruction is simply the king of the battlefield Hades, harvesting human lives is not nonsense.

At the same time, they are also secretly rejoicing, fortunately this thing was developed by Da Ming, if the enemy also has it, then the future battle will not be good!

The battle to attack Manila entered a critical moment, and all 400 people of the first battalion in charge of the assault mission went up, and they held high the dragon flag of the Ming army, and under the leadership of Xia Wanchun, they guarded the gap.

The assault battalion was like a steel knife stuck in the heart of the enemy, and the panicked Spanish army reacted quickly, and after the explosion, quickly organized men and horses to launch a fierce counterattack on the gap.

Seeing that the city wall had been broken, Li Yu, the commander-in-chief of the siege, ordered the follow-up troops to follow immediately and enter the city of Manila!

The dragon flag erected by the assault battalion became the guide for the Ming army's attack, and it was also the focus of the Spanish army's attack.

In a short period of time, Xia Wanchun's assault battalion of 400 people was consumed by the Spanish army by nearly one-third.

With the addition of the Ming siege army, the breakthrough gradually expanded, and the follow-up troops successively landed in the city and broke into the city.

With a breach in the city walls blown open and the situation on the battlefield irreversible, the Spanish colonial army supported the bombed governor to retreat into the city like rats, leading the remnants to resist desperately and preparing to start street battles in the city.

The Ming army entered with lightning speed and planted the dragon flag at the head of Manila.

A Ming army general laughed and said: "Haha, these foreign devils, their brains should have been soaked in the sea, and they dare to play street battles with my Ming army!" ”

In this kind of narrow city, whether it is weapons or combat experience, the Ming army can throw off the Spaniards eight streets!

The Tianwu army that accompanied the car has participated in the "street sweeping" action many times, such as raiding the eight major Jin merchants; In the war with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he broke the city many times to clear the Tatar soldiers.

In view of the street fighting, the Ming army has formed a mature tactic, using the sentry as a unit, giving full play to the maximum role of the soldiers, and carrying out carpet clearance.

And in the street fighting, the Ming army used bayonets and grenades, how did Spain fight?

Fighting in the streets with the Ming army is the stupidest decision in the world!

Sure enough, the Spanish colonial army was completely unable to withstand the advance of the Ming army, and was killed and retreated.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the last stronghold of the enemy's western city was surrounded by the Ming army, and the governor Salctor was captured by the Jinyi guards lurking around him during the escape, and the adjutant was killed in the battle.

At this time, several white flags had been erected on the governor's palace, and there were wounded soldiers lying all over the ground, nearly a thousand people.

The old butler of the Governor's Mansion stood in front of the gate, carrying a bamboo pole and carrying a white sheet, waving vigorously at the Ming army that came to the encirclement, for fear that the Ming army would shoot and kill.

Xia Wanchun plucked out his ears and walked over with a group of soldiers, and he shouted at the group of Spanish soldiers who were like dead dogs: "Which of you is the supreme commander here?" ”

The old butler was just about to come over to pick up the stubble, but was dialed by a Spanish officer with a wooden stick behind him, he saluted Xia Wanchun with a Western-style military salute, and then replied carefully: "I am the Spanish captain Dimo, the commanders are either dead or arrested by you, and I am now the highest commander here." ”

Xia Wanchun glanced at him, and saw that this old man had just undergone professional care, his face was covered with gunpowder and dust, and he was still wearing bandages on his arms, hanging weakly on his chest.

Xia Wanchun nodded slightly, looked at the Spanish soldiers who were squatting there waiting for capture, and said to the officer: "How is it, are you still fighting?" ”

Captain Dimo shook his head like a rattle and said, "It's impossible to fight, I won't fight with you in this life, we're here to surrender." ”

As he spoke, he snatched the bamboo pole in the old butler's hand with the white sheet and shook it a few times.

Xia Wanchun said lightly: "I accept your surrender, let them concentrate their weapons, and stay where they are with their heads in their hands." ”

"This general, some of our subordinates have been seriously wounded in the arms and may not be able to hold their heads......."

"Then kneel!"

Xia Wanchun's face changed, and he shouted: "If you can hold your head, you can hold your head, if you can't hold your head, you can kneel, there are so many requirements to be a prisoner!" Lao Tzu is not your father, there is no need to get used to you! ”

As soon as the words fell, a group of Ming soldiers behind him came over with guns and shouted, "Hurry up! It's all a quick move! ”

These ordinary Spanish soldiers couldn't understand Chinese, but it was certainly not a good thing for them to see these Ming soldiers all looking fierce and vicious.

Under the help of several interpreters, the Spanish soldiers endured the pain, stood up and stacked their weapons aside, and then accepted the surrender in high spirits, either kneeling or holding their heads in their hands.

Xia Wanchun sent someone to quickly search the governor's palace and its vicinity to see if there were any hidden Spanish soldiers.

After confirming his safety, he ordered someone to climb the building of the Governor's Palace, tear off the Spanish flag from the flagpole, and raise the four-star golden sun flag of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the fifth year of Longqing (1571), the Spaniards invaded Luzon, built castles, enslaved the natives, and the Spanish flag fluttered over Manila for eighty-two years, and finally lowered in the ninth year of Tianwu, and raised the Ming flag for the first time!

In the observation group, several foreign devils followed Zhu Cihong's royal car into the city with a confused face.

None of them expected that the Ming army would break through the impregnable city of Manila in just two hours and end all the battles!

Such a speed makes a few foreign devils dare not think about it!

Before the siege, Antony, the governor of the Netherlands, was still estimating that it would take at least five days for the Ming army to break through the city of Manila, and if it was not successful, it could only besiege the city, cut off its food and water sources, and besiege it for two or three months.

After all, Manila City is not like Geranza City, there is a high ground next to it, this is a fortification with basically no flaws, Anthony has wanted to send troops to take Manila many times, but he has always had a headache with the fortifications here.

Now, there was only shock in his eyes.

The army of the Ming Dynasty is a hard stubble, and it is not easy to mess with!