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Hai Rufeng and He Qingyuan struck east and west, and quickly broke through Bian Winter Port.

Roselle with more than 100 Spanish soldiers could not be guarded, and after hurriedly blowing up the artillery in Port Cavant, Wolf Bèi fled back to Manila, and met a hundred men and horses sent by Pique on the way, although he was repulsed by the Qin army, and finally took Roselle back.

When the sky was dark, the Qin warships began to dock in port and urgently unloaded the war materials.

Not willing to be defeated, Pique once again organized five hundred men in an attempt to retake the port of Cavant.

Five hundred Spanish soldiers, holding their battle flags and beating small drums, marched in orderly steps towards the port of Cavant.

Before the Qin army's artillery could be unloaded, a unique gunfight began.

He Qingyuan also ordered the 500 marines to form a neat formation and march with the Spaniards in a neat pace.

The Spanish lieutenant Marc Dier, who led the army, was full of confidence, and his five hundred Spanish soldiers were all equipped with rifles, which were not much different in appearance from the original muskets;

It's just that because of rifling, it has a longer range and is more accurate. How did he know that Qin Mu was also equipped with rifles, and it was more advanced than theirs.

The Spaniards came with small drums, and as soon as they entered the firing range, both sides opened fire almost in unison, rows of muskets spewed tongues of fire, gunsmoke filled the air, bullets chirped, and people on both sides were shot and fell to the ground, and there were screams.

Mark Dill was taken aback: "God, the enemy is also equipped with rifles, quick, second row!" ”

When the Spaniards finished firing in the first row, they immediately retreated to the back row and gave way to the second row to shoot, and their rifles were extremely troublesome to reload, and they had to carry small hammers with them;

I saw that after everyone measured the gunpowder and loaded it into the chamber, they took off the small hammers hanging on their waists and struck the whole strip vigorously to press the bullets into the chamber. This process is slow, and the striking force is too great, which hurts the rifling. The striking force is small, and the bullet cannot be pressed in.

Madeill was amazed to find that while his soldiers were sweating and waving their small hammers, the Qin army's rows of volleys never stopped, and the bullets whistled like a torrential rain.

The Spanish soldiers, who were still desperately wielding small hammers, popped, spurted blood from blood holes, and fell to the ground screaming. Rows and rows of wheat are cut down.

"Oh God! Oh, how is that possible?"

The Qin army used a paper shell fixed charge, imitation Nimi bullets, with a pressure through the strip, the bullet can be pressed into the chamber, the speed of loading is several times faster than the Spaniards, a row of salvos is finished, the second row is on the second row, the rotation is endless, and the bullets are as dense as raindrops. The Spaniards were crushed.

In less than a cup of tea, Marc Dill threw down more than a hundred corpses, and the wolf fled back to Manila in disgrace, throwing drums and hammers to the ground.

The Qin army descended more than 20 artillery pieces from the ship. Tens of thousands of troops landed and in the afternoon began to advance mightily towards the city of Manila.

The city of Manila is not large, no more than a mile long and wide. However, it is a transportation fortress that connects the southeast and northwest of the main island of the Philippines, and a river called the Bashi River surrounds the city from east to northwest and then flows into Manila Bay;

The Spanish colonial government built castles and forts in the city of Manila, on the south bank of the Bashi River.

And the city is very close to the port of Matou. The Spanish battleships parked in the port of Manila had naval guns that could completely cover the three walls of the north, south, and west.

Therefore, if the Qin army wants to attack the city, it can only attack from the east, which invisibly increases the difficulty.

For siege warfare, the Chinese recognize the second, and I am afraid that no one in the world dares to recognize the first.

The east is the east, He Qingyuan and the others don't pick fat and pick thin, and tens of thousands of troops are pressed to Dongcheng, like black clouds.

At the head of the city of Manila, Andre, Pique and others couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts, they had more than 1,000 Spanish soldiers, including hundreds of sailors controlling ships in the port, and there were only seven or eight hundred people left in the city;

Together with the Filipino natives, the total is less than three thousand, but these Filipino natives, Andre does not think that he can count on them.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the fortress at the head of the city is strong enough and there are enough forts.

Due to its special latitude, Luzon Island has only two seasons, one dry season and one rainy season. The hot dry season is from November to June, and the rainy season is from June to October. During the dry season, what the villagers call a breeze blows from south to north, and eventually blows due north.

The Bashi River flows from the southeast to Manila City, and it just so happens that He Qingyuan has people set up a lot of rafts, and then pile wet firewood and grass on them, light them, and let the rafts float down the river to Manila City.

After the billowing smoke covered the view of the city, He Qingyuan gave an order, and Aquino and two hundred natives who had been captured immediately rushed up with hoes to dig up cannon positions.

If the artillery was directly mounted on the flat ground to bombard the Spaniards at the head of the city, it would be a big loss, so the gun emplacements had to be dug first.

Aquino and others were coerced by the muzzle of the Qin army, so they had to dig hard with their buttocks, the Filipino monkey is usually too lazy to die, but at this time it is still difficult to move, only digging a few hoes, Aquino stopped, and as a result, a gunshot rang out, and the bullet hit the ground next to him, so frightened that he hurriedly shouted "Father, I dig, I dig, don't kill me"

Qin Jun didn't understand what he was shouting, it didn't matter, as long as you dug hard.

Under the threat of bullets, Aquino had never worked so hard in his life, swinging the hoe vigorously, but the hoe handle snapped and broke with a snap.

Frightened, he hurriedly raised the broken hoe and shouted, Qin Jun doesn't care about you, another shot hit Aquino's feet, scared him to the ground, for fear that another bullet would fly, he was blessed to the heart, snatched the hoe of the indigenous next to him, and continued to dig desperately

The Spaniards at the head of the city didn't know what the Qin army was driving these natives to do, and when the wind blew away some of the smoke, Pico saw through the faint smoke that a group of natives were struggling to dig a pit, first a little inexplicable, and then he thought that the Qin army might be trying to dig tunnels to blow up the city.

"Fire! Fire! Peake could not help but scream, and the cannon at the head of the city roared, and the huge projectile roared, smashed to the ground, and then bounced, knocking several natives into the air, and the rest of them hurrahed, and all threw down their hoes and hugged their heads and rats.

Woohoo!

Bursts of gunfire immediately rang out from the Qin army, and the raindrops of bullets made these Filipino monkeys fall like wheat, and they were bloody;

Only then did Aquino know that these were dressed in black. The Qin army, which is full of mystery, is more ruthless than the Spaniards, and it can be said that they kill people without blinking.

How did he know that the Qin army came with hatred, Luzon excluded the Chinese several times, although it was the Spaniards who commanded it behind, but most of the people who did it were these natives, and tens of thousands of Han people died in this land before and after, which was extremely miserable.

What kind of emperor there is, what kind of army there is. The Royal Navy of Great Qin came this time, not only to take revenge, but also to turn this land into a province of Great Qin, how could it be soft?

Aquino and other natives were driven by bullets, so they had to risk their lives to go back and continue digging gun emplacements. Although the Spaniards kept firing artillery, the range of the shotgun was insufficient, and although the solid bullet was terrifying, the real casualties were not many, and it was better than turning back and letting the Qin army shoot like wheat.

Aquino didn't know how many times he his pants. Finally, more than 20 gun emplacements were dug without danger.

In fact, digging this gun position is not a big project, it is to dig a pit and form a low earth wall in front, so that it can be. The hit rate of the Spaniards' shells was almost zero.

More than 20 artillery pieces were quickly pushed into the gun position, and then they bombarded the city wall with solid bullets. It was deafening, and huge projectiles continued to bombard the city walls, making the city head tremble.

The Spaniards were somewhat desperate. The soldiers of the Qin army did not come up to attack the city, so they could only bombard the Qin artillery position with solid shells, but because the artillery position was concave and there was an earthen wall in front, it was difficult to cause substantial damage to the Qin artillery.

However, the Qin army's cannonballs could bombard the city wall one after another, and in only half an hour, under the indiscriminate bombardment of 20 artillery pieces, the city wall on the east side of Manila collapsed a gap several zhang wide.

At this time, twilight came, and this was the time for the Qin army to wait, twenty or thirty Qin troops carried more than a dozen rockets, taking advantage of the cover of twilight and gunsmoke, quickly rushed to the gap, and then bombarded the city with rocket streams;

As flames shot up the city, the flames were accompanied by a deafening loud noise, which almost plunged the eastern city wall into a sea of fire;

The Spaniards at the head of the city were completely stunned, even if they were accustomed to using firearms, where had they ever seen such a fierce bombardment, and the fierce shock wave washed the Spanish soldiers into the sky, tore apart, and fell into pieces of minced meat;

This scene made Andre, Pique and others burst into fear, and they shouted: "O God! ”

Thomas reacted quickly and shouted: "Your Excellency the Governor, General Peake, you can't hold it, Manila City can't hold it, quickly order a retreat." ”

Andrew, as the governor, only came to office last year, and letting him give up the city of Manila at this time is equivalent to giving up Luzon, and such a decision can not be made lightly.

Pique also hurriedly persuaded: "Your Excellency the Governor, there are too many people in the Qin Kingdom, and the weapons are more advantageous than ours, for God's sake, Your Excellency the Governor quickly order the city to be abandoned." ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, abandon the city now, with our warships, we should still be able to break through, if we wait for the enemy to rush in, we will be too late to retreat."

Under the city, the Qin army was already rushing with a shout, in the firelight, but saw that they were carrying a large number of logs and long ladders, ready to be used to cross the moat.

The fire under the city was like a sea, and the shouts were like a tide, and Andrei said bitterly: "Dear Majesty, please forgive me." ”

Andrei finally ordered the city to be abandoned, but it was not so easy to leave, not to mention property, there were many Spanish women and children in the city, and it was not easy to take these people away in a hurry.

The Qin army quickly crossed the moat with long ladders and rafts and rushed into the city, and only then did the Xiban escort the woman and child out of the city and flee towards the port.

Thomas led a hundred soldiers along the streets to stop the Qin army's pursuit, and fierce street battles ensued between the two sides

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(To be continued......)