Chapter 365: Battle of Manila IV
The living natives cried out and escaped from the death trap set for them by the Nanyang Company guards. As they fled the slaughterhouse, a bullet from behind them was shot through their backs and fell on top of the pile of corpses. Most of the survivors fled and did not even dare to look back, and some of them mustered up the courage to look back and see the streets behind them piled with corpses, and those who had been seriously injured but not died were lying in pools of blood, lying in the pile of corpses, making a terrible scream.
"Report to the sir, the natives have retreated." A Spanish soldier reports to Rodriguez.
"I see!" Rodriguez nodded expressionlessly, like an emotionless robot, anyway, it was not the Spaniards who died, but the barbaric natives, "Another attack, we push the cannons up, the natives split their troops into two ways, all the way to attack head-on, we support them with artillery fire behind them." The natives of the other way, detoured from the east and invaded the city. ”
"Yes!" The soldier retreated.
The priest drew a cross on his chest and exclaimed, "O God! The natives here are uncivilized savages, but they are also our Christians! But you let them die in vain. ”
Rodriguez sneered and said, "It's better for them to die than for us whites to die!" There are not many Han people here, how many bullets do they have to use? When they run out of ammunition, another attack is complete! ”
But Rodriguez forgot one thing, the bullets of the Han people cannot kill all the natives here, but the natives are also human beings, as long as they are humans, they have morale value, and there is no need to kill all the natives at all, as long as the morale of the natives is defeated, they will no longer be able to organize an attack.
"What?" One of the earth kings' eyes widened in anger, "Our warriors have suffered heavy casualties, and you want us to attack again?" The weapons of the Han people are too powerful! We simply can't take it anymore! ”
The Spanish soldier sneered: "If you want to give up now, then the people you died before will die in vain!" Not only that, but we won't give you any more preferential treatment in the future! Don't try to get a grain of grain or a drop of wine from us! If you launch another assault and take the Han area of Manila, you can get everything you want! If you want to launch another attack, you can do it yourself! ”
"But if all our people die, our tribe will cease to exist." The Earth King shook his head.
"It's not going to die! You can divide your forces into two ways, one from the front and the other from the east! We also have artillery to support you at close range. The Spanish soldier said.
Half-threatened and half-persuaded by the Spanish soldiers, the king finally agreed and launched another attack.
"Kill!" Crowds of natives lit torches and poured into the city from the front. Because the Nanyang Company escort had horse lanterns and searchlights, this time the natives attacked simply no longer sneaky, but lit torches and poured into the city from the front with great fanfare, so as to cover the natives who were sneaking up on the east.
Seeing the lit torches, Liu Qi gave a ruthless order: "Fire!" ”
"Bang Bang Bang" The fire in the city of Manila flickered in the darkness, and high-speed spinning bullets shot out of the darkness and burrowed into the crowd of aborigines. With the sound of bullets entering the flesh, rows of torches fell to the ground, first crushed by corpses and wounded soldiers, and then trampled by those behind, and the torches that fell on the ground were extinguished.
The torches moved at high speed, the gunfire continued, a row of torches in front fell to the ground, another row of torches moved up behind, and then another row of bullets burrowed into the crowd.
"Rush over! Rush in and kill all the Han people here and rob them of their things! The earth king in the back shouted.
Before the words could be spoken, the sound of artillery fire rang out behind the natives, and with the sound of the expansion of gunpowder gases, several shells whizzed into the city, hitting the buildings, leaving several holes in the buildings. There were also shells that fell into the crowd of the natives, pulling out several lines of blood.
"Damn, we helped the Spaniards, they actually fired at us!" Some natives were scolding.
One of the earth kings said: "They are firing at the Han people, but the distance is too close, and it is inevitable that there will be accidental injuries!" Don't be afraid, as long as we attack it, our losses will be made up! ”
The shells fired by the Spaniards also caused some losses to the Nanyang Company escort, but compared to the losses of the natives, the losses of the Nanyang Company escort can be said to be insignificant. Just after being shelled, one building collapsed, several more were punched holes, two guards were killed, three were seriously injured, and more than a dozen were slightly injured.
"Damn the Spaniards, their gunners are hiding in the shadows to load shells and shoot at us, we can't see them, or we will greet them with sniper rifles." Liu Qi scolded.
After about a minute, the Spaniards opened fire again, and several fires lit up in the darkness, and shells whistled. This time, the Spaniards fired flowering shells, which landed in the city, sending fireballs into flames, and buildings that exploded into ruins, and many more buildings were blown to the ground.
More than 700 guards fired desperately, but after all, they only had front-loading guns and the most primitive rear-loading guns, and even magazine-type rifles could not stop the opponent's massive charge, let alone these two guns. The natives quickly rushed to their front and fought back with muskets and bows and arrows.
The guards threw grenades, blowing up the natives who rushed in front of them. This time, however, the natives also learned wisely, and they rushed to the front and immediately lay down and hid in the ruins. Some of the natives made a detour to both sides, close to the ruins, and with the help of the cover of the building, they felt to the house where the guards were hiding.
Two natives rushed to a house and found that the doors and windows had been blocked by bricks and that there were shooting holes in the walls. Just when the natives wondered how to get in, the barrel of the gun sticked out of the shooting hole, and several gunshots rang out, and the two natives were beaten into a hornet's nest.
More natives poured in, and the natives were helpless in the face of the blocked gates.
"Knock open the door!" Someone shouted.
More than a dozen natives carried a large log and slammed it into the brick-blocked gate. At this moment, several figures suddenly appeared on the roof, casting a few iron bumps emitting green smoke.
"Disperse!" Someone screamed.
Before he could finish speaking, a series of violent explosions were heard, and a large area of flesh and blood flew in the crowd of natives.
The "Bang Bang Bang" convoy took the opportunity to shoot down a few natives who had not been blown up with a volley of guns.