The warships used to attack the land batteries in Manila were mainly heavy cruisers and shallow water heavy gunboats, as well as some light cruisers and destroyers, but this was not all the fleet sent by Lan Fang, and the other half was escorted by two armies, 120,000 Lan Fang Army, they were a little later than the artillery fleet, and came to the waters around the Philippines after the artillery fleet shelled Manila for 7 days.

There are at least 30 light cruisers and 40 destroyers, and there are even about 12 of them, which are similar to or equivalent to the Haiqi, all of them have more than 200 mm main guns, even if there is only one, and the ability to attack on the ground is quite strong.

The location that Lan Fang chose to land on was exactly 55 kilometers away from Manila, not too far, but not very close, this is a plain near the sea, plus Manila, almost thousands of square kilometers, unobstructed, no danger to defend, only 2 kilometers close to the coast, there is a post, stationed are colonial troops.

At least 30 200-mm guns, and more 155, or even 120 guns, aimed at the post, and at the command of the commander, countless shells flew up, bulldozing the post almost instantly.

Within 15 kilometers nearby, the only armed force, under the first wave of attacks, was bulldozed, and there was no longer the force to block the landing of Lanfang, more than 80 troop carriers, 8 special 1200-ton landing ships, it took 2 days to transport 2 armies, 120,000 Lanfang troops plus baggage, all transported to the Philippines, so far, Lanfang's strategic intention to attack Manila has been completed.

Almost all of the U.S. troops were stationed in Manila, and the rest of the country was only guarded by some colonial troops. After the light patrol of the escort was under artillery fire, they did not dare to approach the coastline at all, and when the Lan Fang Army completed the landing of almost 120,000 people in two armies, the strategy of the Philippines really changed.

After getting the number of Lan Fangjun's landing, Richardson's face turned pale. He thought about the landing of the Lanfang Congress, but he didn't expect that it would be so fast, so resolute, 120,000 at once, and he would not be afraid of a counterattack by the US army? It's not that he didn't think about going over to meet the attack, he only had 3 divisions in his hands, one of which was stationed near the land-based battery, in the first wave of attack by the Lanfang navy. It is a heavy loss, and now there are no more than 60,000 people at hand, such a force, that is, with the help of the colonial army, this is the only way to hold Manila, and if it is less, I am afraid that it will collapse without waiting for the Northwest Army to attack. Continuous shelling, the lethality is very strong. In the unlikely event that a large force was attacked by Scheer's fleet, even if it was 20,000 or 30,000 men, how long would it be able to resist 14-inch large-caliber artillery.

Seeing the landing of the 120,000 Lan Fang Army, Richardson knew that the general trend had gone, and he was waiting for the Lan Fang Army to attack. For the US military, they have the last shred of chance left.

Sure enough, in the evening, the outside fleet, further bombarded Manila. Not only the remaining batteries, but also the key points in the city, this time, it was not 5 minutes, the battleship's artillery fire lasted at least 15 minutes, countless shells tilted into the city of Manila, and many places ignited fires.

After the attack of the naval artillery was completed, the siege began, and the army artillery began the first round of attack, unlike the battleship with only more than 100 guns, on the premise of clearing out the vast majority of the batteries, in the dead end of the remaining sporadic batteries, the Northwest Army had 20,000 large and small artillery, although half of them were below 100 mm, but tens of thousands of guns above 100 mm were still extremely strong.

This wave of 20,000 artillery guns attacked, more fierce, full 2 hours of artillery preparation, this is different from the navy's naval guns, after all, naval guns have a life, and a lot more expensive, once the warship's gun barrel, hit enough times, and then use it will be very dangerous, once the bore is blown up, the consequences are very serious.

Land-based is different, first, there are spare barrels, even under the conditions of field battles, they can be quickly replaced, coupled with the huge number of artillery, 20,000 guns are more lethal under the situation of continuous bombardment, the whole Manila is like an exploding ocean, itself is a dilapidated fortification, in front of 20,000 guns, the city is shattered.

2 hours of artillery preparation, destroyed the main fire points and defenses in Manila, half of the American troops were wounded or killed in the shelling, there was no way to continue the battle, Richardson was almost exhausted to fight the fire, but the number of casualties increased, and finally, the casualty figure reached a certain amount, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back. When the shelling was over and the Lanfang army was preparing to take advantage of the results of the shelling to forcibly attack the city, a huge white flag floated in the sky over Manila.

Richardson had no choice but not to surrender, although the entire city defense of Manila has not been completely destroyed, but it has been destroyed by a third, it has only been more than 2 hours of shelling, with the naval advantage occupied by the other side, the power of large-caliber naval guns is very fierce, plus the army's 20,000 guns, if the continuous attack continues, Manila can defend for a few days at most.

It's over, Richardson has such an understanding, and the first thing he thinks of is to escape, but the opponent's warship group has always been on the perimeter, and it seems that on the one hand, it is ready to support at any time, and on the other hand, it also has the intention of preventing them from escaping.

2 destroyers, against each other, hundreds of warships, the gap is almost heaven and earth, unless the other party relaxes its vigilance, otherwise, two destroyers, enough to transport most of the officers away, since there is no way to retreat, and can not win, surrender has become the only option.

"Surrender!" These were the only words that the representatives sent by the US military after the ceasefire spoke. Whether it is Xiao Jianfeng, or the army commander, seeing the results in front of him, there is always an unreal feeling, just like that, he broke through Manila, according to the previous intelligence, as long as Manila is breached, the entire Philippines will be at your fingertips, the US army is outside Manila, there are only sporadic garrisons, more colonial troops, knowing the strength of the native colonial army in Southeast Asia Lan Fang, it is estimated that it is very easy to take the entire Philippines.

The U.S. troops, who were less than 80,000 on the island, finally chose to surrender after suffering a loss of almost 25,000 under artillery fire and previous attacks. 55,000 U.S. soldiers, plus 15,000 wounded, unconditionally laid down their arms, Manila except for a few rounds of artillery fire traces, relatively complete into the hands of Lan Fang, after occupying Manila, with the help of Manila port, began a large-scale landing, in preparation for a complete invasion of the Philippines.

In fact, faster than expected, hundreds of thousands of troops landed in the Philippines, which had already scared the natives, and the Philippines itself was not far from Indonesia, and they had already heard about what happened in Indonesia, for fear that this matter would fall on their heads, and almost every place was handed down, and in the 7 days after the capture of Manila, there was no war in the entire Philippines, and the war in the Philippines was completely over.

Compared with the prisoners of war of the US army, there are more prisoners of war captured in the colonial army, often the Lanfang army has not yet approached, the Philippine colonial army, just pack up their things, gather guns and ammunition and other things together, wait for the arrival of the Lanfang army, and surrender to them, many times, what the Lanfang army has to do is to accept the city and weapons and equipment, and the rest is already done by the colonial army.

How big is the Philippines, it's just a bigger island, at most there are some scattered islands and the like, those things, Lan Fang can let go first, as long as the main island of the Philippines is taken, everything will be settled.

The news came back to Honolulu, and the commander of the US Pacific Fleet, Wagri, looked depressed, when Richardson's distress letter was sent before, he knew that the Philippines could not hold it, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, how many days has it been, is there a month, is the US military all paper? Also, instead of sending two destroyers over, at the last moment, why not come back in a destroyer, Richardson's last message shows that there is no escape, lead the troops to surrender, and the real gang of rubbish.

The telegram forwarded by Wagri was finally sent back to Washington, the United States, and Washington was shocked to receive this information, the largest colony of the United States overseas was captured by others, which is a shame for the United States, but it is a pity that the United States Army was dragged into the quagmire of Europe, unable to draw back more troops, and can only watch the Philippines be occupied, which should definitely not be the norm, and the United States needs stronger forces.

The European war has made the US military suffer a lot, and the US military has struggled to make improvements and strive to catch up with the advanced footsteps of Europe, but in Asia, the strength of the Lan Fang and Scheer fleets has once again sounded the alarm for them, and the United States is still too weak.

This defeat has dealt a huge blow to the United States, the United States has completely lost the Philippines, this result has accelerated the conversion to military in the United States, the shipyards that have been fully produced in the United States, in an expansion of the scale, the United States has found that in the army, perhaps the United States will never be able to compare with Germany and China, the former is strong in combat effectiveness, the latter is a large number of soldiers, but the biggest advantage of the United States is that the huge industrial production capacity, in the navy, the United States can also explode the sea of warships, with skilled high pressure to China, In Southeast Asia, and even along the coast of China in the future, as long as the number at first glance rises to a certain level, it will inevitably work.

Under the impetus of well-intentioned people, the U.S. Congress quickly revised the previous Navy Law, no longer expanding the navy at the previous speed, but significantly speeding up the speed, that is to say, the United States in 1913, on the basis of the construction of 12 capital ships, in 1914, another 16 ships, such a scale, such a handiwork, I am afraid that even Britain will be surprised, at the same time 28 ships, and only the United States has such a large number of professional dockyards, a relatively alternative arms race, so opened. (To be continued.) )