"Boom" A shell fell in the city and exploded, bursting into a huge fireball, and a large part of the building collapsed with a bang, and the surrounding buildings shook in the smoke of gunpowder.

"Phew!" Liu Zhongwei crawled out of the rubble, shook off the dirt and dust on his body, spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and cursed in his mouth, "Damn Spaniards!" It turned out to be a flowering cannonball! ”

At this time, it was not surprising that the Spanish army had flowering shells, which were not only very complicated to operate, cumbersome to load, slow to load, but also very unreliable, and accidentally exploded in the breech. However, because Western countries have also successfully copied the cork shell and wooden tube fuze flowering shell "invented" by Wang Yu, this has made flowering shells also begin to be widely used in Western countries. Although they have not yet created metal medicine disc fuse flowering shells, these cork shells and wooden tube fuse flowering shells are already quite advanced weapons in this era. Coupled with the granular gunpowder and the removal of impurities, the power of the shells has increased much compared to before.

Cannonballs kept falling and exploded inside the city. Woodpipe fuses don't guarantee that every shell will explode, but it's enough to clear a flat area in the outlying city.

"Observation post, watch the signal! Others are waiting in the safe area! Don't show your head easily! Liu Qi asked people to pass the order.

Eight six-pounder guns operated by the Spanish gunners bombarded the city little by little, blasting the outer buildings into ruins. Rodriguez, a Spanish artillery officer, holds a telescope and observes the effects of the shelling.

"The Han people's urban area is so big, when will we bomb like this?" One soldier asked, "How many shells and gunpowder would be wasted to raze all the Han Chinese city to the ground?" ”

Rodriguez put down his binoculars, turned his head and said, "We don't need to bomb them all, let's blast out a road and let the natives attack it." As long as the natives can expel the Han people from the south of the city to the north of the city, it will be within the range of our castle's artillery fire! We will win by driving the Han people to the north of the city. ”

"Could it be that our castle will really open fire on the Han Chinese? Behind them, there is a powerful Ming! A military priest beside him said worriedly.

Rodriguez said with a sad and angry face: "It's already torn face, what else can we do?" If we don't fight, their fleet will come! One thing is for sure, after their fleet comes, they will blockade us for at least more than half a year, and their fleet will not withdraw until next year's typhoon season. ”

Eight six-pounder guns sometimes used solid shells to smash holes in the city's buildings, and sometimes fired flowering shells that blew down buildings. The Spaniards shelled until dark, clearing a strip of ruins 82 zhang wide and 113 zhang deep to the south of the Han settlement in Manila, and blasting all the buildings in this area into ruins. In fact, it was not completely razed to the ground, that is, it was blown into ruins, many buildings were blown down by a small half, and some buildings had collapsed roofs, but the stone walls and foundations under the walls were still intact.

When the Spaniards shelled, Liu Qi and his guards could only shrink their heads and hide in the city to be bombed, but they did not have the strength to fight back at all. Although the Minnie sniper rifle has a range that is not inferior to the artillery of the year, but the Spaniard's cannon is protected by a shield car, and the sniper will suffer losses when he comes out at this time.

"Almost, a block has been cleared!" Rodriguez put down his binoculars and said, "Let the natives attack overnight!" Taking advantage of the darkness, the muskets of the Ming people were not so easy to aim, so the natives attacked and got close to them in hand-to-hand combat! ”

"Yes!" The heralds around him retreated.

As the sun went down, it became darker and darker, and in a short time the whole land was covered in night.

"It's almost, it's already dark, let the natives attack!" Rodriguez gave the order.

Outside Manila in the dark, groups of indigenous people took advantage of the cover of night to walk towards the Chinese neighborhood of Manila. Although it was dark, the natives who walked in front were accustomed to hunting at night, and there was no pressure at all to walk at night when they couldn't see their fingers. As the natives approached the ruins, some felt a little frightened, because it was so quiet ahead that there was no sound at all.

"Don't be afraid, in the dark night, the Han people can't see us clearly, and their guns can't be accurate! As soon as we got closer, we killed them with one punch. "There are little bosses to cheer up the natives.

The natives attacked overnight, and they had long been discovered by the guards hiding in the shadows. The dark sentry immediately pulled the rope, and a rope connected to the rear command pulled the bell, sending out an alarm signal. Hearing the sound of the bell, Liu Qi ordered: "Let all the brothers prepare to meet the enemy!" Wait for the enemy to enter the block and light the lights immediately! ”

"Yes!" The herald retreated.

After about twenty minutes, the sentry hiding in the shadows pulled the rope again.

Liu Qi heard the sound of the bell, took out a fireworks rocket, aimed it at the air, and ignited the rocket. The "bang" rocket exploded into the air and burst into a gorgeous fireworks.

"Light up!" In various hiding places, the soldiers of the convoy took out matches, struck them and lit them, and then one by one the torches were lit, and the oil lamps were also lit and hung out. The fighters on the tower lit the gas lamp and pressed the handle several times to fill the gas lamp with air. Under the action of compressed air, the kerosene of the gas lamp vaporizes, and the combustion emits high temperatures, and the asbestos cover of the gas lamp emits a dazzling light, which is reflected on the condenser and then irradiated into the block.

Four bright lampposts illuminated the neighborhood as if it were daytime, and torch lanterns were lit around it, and the neighborhood where the aborigines entered was immediately illuminated, and the natives surrounded by the light had nowhere to hide.

"Hit!" The junior officers roared.

Bullets were fired from the walls on all sides, and the natives who fell into the light seemed to have fallen into a death trap, and one after another sprayed blood mist from their bodies, and they fell trembling and falling in large swaths. Immediately after that, rows of smoke-emitting grenades smashed in, landing in the crowd and exploding into fireballs, sending flesh and blood flying from the natives.

The hand-cranked machine gun emitted a crisp firing sound, and four scorching fire whips were like the scythes wielded by death, pouring towards the natives shrouded in light, and the bullets pierced into the natives, each bullet pierced several people, splashing bloody swords.

Screams were heard one after another, fallen corpses were everywhere, and the natives who rushed into the neighborhood fought back indiscriminately with muskets and bows and arrows, but their counterattacks were useless and could only be killed in vain.