Only half an hour after the battle began, the five Spanish warships fired only a few dozen shells from their main guns, and first three wooden ships were completely blown to pieces, rising into flames and sinking into the sea.Immediately after that, the two ironclad ships saw that the situation was not good, and they turned around and were about to retreat.The four forward warships of the Huaxing Army have already outflanked them from both flanks, where will they be given a chance to evacuate.As soon as the two ironclad battleships turned around, hundreds of bombs bombed them intensively.The battleship, which was already riddled with holes and was on fire everywhere, could no longer withstand the huge impact.The "click" made a huge cracking sound, and it was quickly swallowed up by the vast sea under the influx of the seawater.It was like a speck of dust in the sea, without the slightest ripple.The South China Sea Fleet formation continued to advance, just missing the Spanish ship formation on the other side, and arrived at the port of Manila directly under the guidance of Cai Shaoyong.The Spaniards knew that the Huaxing army was coming, so they prepared a defense in the port in advance.The bluestone defensive position was like a fortress, and nearly a hundred artillery pieces were deployed throughout the port.On the hills on both sides, crossfire was fired.When the Huaxing army was two kilometers away from the port, it observed the coordinates of the shelling and simultaneously shelled the fortress on the high ground in two directions.The fortress on the shore is not the same as the warship in the sea, it can only be passively defended, but cannot move flexibly.The guns on the shore are not new-type breech-loading guns, and the farthest firing distance is more than 1,500 meters, and there is no way to deal with the South China Sea Fleet at a distance of 2,000 meters.Knowing that the nine battleships on the opposite side began to shell, he could only stare dryly.Nine warships of the South China Sea Fleet turned around at the same time, revealing the black-pressed muzzle sides.The wind was blowing on the sea, and huge waves crashed against the shore.The Spanish commander held a telescope and looked at the murderous South China Sea Fleet in front of him.Regardless of whether he could hit the target or not, he hurriedly ordered the artillery to open fire.Both sides opened fire at the same time, roaring in the sky.The bombs crossed through the air, and in just a few seconds, the entire coastline was covered with rumbling gunfire.Billowing smoke rises everywhere along the coastline, like a long white dragon, completely covering the entire coastline.Most of the shells fired by Spain on the coastline resembled dumplings.Smashed into the sea at a distance of 500 meters from the South China Sea Fleet, did not play the slightest role.In order to completely destroy the artillery positions on the coastline, the shelling of the South China Sea Fleet lasted a total of ten minutes, and a total of more than 10,000 people fired ammunition.The two sides of Manila's harbor, which were originally more than ten meters high, were completely flattened by shells.Most of the artillery defending the coastline were killed by shells, and those who were lucky enough to escape hurriedly retreated.When the South China Sea Fleet docked, there was no one on the shore.The three elders of the Boxers immediately led tens of thousands of brothers to land and lined up on the shore to prepare to wipe out the Spanish marines in Manila.Two hours later, all the soldiers and supplies of the Boxers landed on the island.Without these soldiers, the South China Sea Fleet would be like unloading its burden and going into battle lightly.Fang Cai was only afraid that the ship would be hit by artillery and bring casualties to these Boxer soldiers.Wang Zhenyuan, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, also knew the number of Spanish warships, and because it was getting dark, he hurriedly ordered nine warships to form a formation along the coastline to deploy defenses.At this time, there were no generators, and the warships tried to avoid naval battles at night, and no one chose to attack at this time.The Boxer soldiers finally set foot on the thick land, because of many days of seasickness, they did not march to Manila immediately after going ashore.Instead, after being deployed on the high ground along the coastline, they set up camp nearby and rested for the night.The city of Manila was covered by the artillery of the South China Sea Fleet, and the soldiers were not worried about the Spanish attack.After all, they have three times the strength of the Spanish marines, and they also have the artillery cover of the South Sea Fleet on the coast.At dawn the next day, none of the Spanish warships returned.The captains of the South China Sea Fleet were a little baffled, and for the sake of safety, they still sent five warships to defend the coastline, and the other five warships went up the Bashi River to cooperate with the Boxers on the road to launch an attack on Manila City.When Spain invaded the Philippines, it also went up the Bashi River.On the south bank of the Bashi River, in the center of Manila City, citadels and forts were built, thus beginning the formal colonial rule of the Philippines.The Chinese were forced to migrate to the north bank of the Bashi River to build a city, which now has a population of 100,000.The five warships of the South China Sea Fleet swam straight up, as if they had entered a no-man's land.The Spanish town on the south bank was carpet-bombed, and the Spaniards, who had wanted to defend the castle, were forced to go out of the city to meet the battle.The situation on land made them even more frightened and stunned, and the Boxers advanced into Manila with almost three times the force.But they have been running amok in the Philippines for a long time, and they are not afraid of these Chinese in their eyes.I thought they were just relying on the large number of people, and how could they compare with the Spanish army in terms of weapons.As a result, more than 3,000 Spanish marines were still lined up outside the city, beating snare drums and preparing to attack the Boxers.The guns of the South China Sea Fleet on the shore opened fire again, and the shells whizzed out, and in an instant the artillery fire covered the Spanish gun array.The Marines in Spain were in chaos, and it was too late to flee for their lives, where could they still take care of resisting.The encirclement of the Boxer army was also shrinking smaller and smaller, and by this time the battle had maintained its absolute superiority.In the face of these red-haired and green-eyed foreigners, there was not the slightest nervousness on everyone's face, and they rushed towards the Spaniards in a row with guns.The battle ended in just one hour, with more than 3,000 Spanish soldiers killed and more than 2,000 killed, and less than 1,000 soldiers all raised their hands and surrendered.Cai Shaoyong also hurriedly led people back to the Chinese town, but the scene in the city made him almost vomit blood.When he left the Philippines to go to New China to learn how to govern the country, there was a rumor that someone had leaked.But fortunately, Spain only knew that Cai Shaoyong had gone to New China, and was not sure whether he really wanted to rebel.In order to beware of these Chinese, give some warnings to the Chinese.The Spaniards sowed a wedge between the indigenous and Chinese in the Philippines, deliberately created chaos in the Chinese town, and instigated the natives to loot and kill people in the Chinese town.Fortunately, the Chinese people are numerous and powerful, and they have put the natives several times.The Spaniards tore off their faces and sent troops directly into the Chinese town, wantonly slaughtering young and strong Chinese in the city.The weapons of all the Chinese are swords and clubs, where can they resist these foreigners.After the whole family hid in the mountains, the wind eased again a month later, and then the group returned to the Chinese town.The Spanish invasion of the Chinese town was not once or twice, but they were wary of the Chinese, and they were inseparable from trade with the Chinese.So every time I didn't dare to do too much, I just slaughtered some young people with strong blood, and then waited for the Chinese to retreat to the mountains, and let the natives set fire and loot in the city.After achieving the goal of teaching the Chinese a lesson, the Spaniards then made peace with the Chinese leaders.pretended to punish a few natives, so that he began to associate with the Chinese again.People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.The Chinese have been wantonly bullied several times, but there is no way to do it.This is also the sorrow of overseas Chinese, in fact, there were Chinese who went to the Philippines to live in Soochow one after another.However, he did not form rule over the Philippines until the Spaniards came, but they politely recognized the rule of Spain and became a subject of Spanish rule with peace of mind.Cai Shaoyong just couldn't get used to these ways of survival of his father, and wanted to change the status of the Chinese being wantonly slaughtered, so he looked everywhere for help.But the motherland of the Chinese is still bullied by foreigners, and there is really no one in the world who can help him.Until the Huaxing Army sprung up and swept across the south of the Yangtze River.Cai Shaoyong saw hope again, and finally persuaded the elders of the Cai family to almost do their best to fund the Huaxing Army.Now when he was about to get the reward, Cai Shaoyong's eyes were in ruins.The massacre of the Chinese town by the Spaniards was also the largest in years, with nearly 10,000 Chinese dying at the hands of the Spaniards and natives in a month.It was only after the Spanish and the Chinese reached an armistice that the Chinese came down from the mountains one after another to rebuild the city.The Chinesetown had heard the sound of gunfire last night, thinking that the Spaniards were about to start a massacre again.The women, children, and old men were quickly sent up the mountain, while the other young people took up arms and prepared to resist."
Shaoyong, are you back from your home country, have the reinforcements arrived, what happened to the gunfire just now" Cai Shaoyong stepped through piles of ruins and returned to the Cai family's house.Cai Hongru, the ancestor of the Cai family, greeted him with the support of others, trembling and hurriedly holding Cai Shaoyong's arm.Most of the Cai family's mansion was also destroyed, and there were traces of burning everywhere."
Ancestor, we will have an army in our hands in the future, and we will no longer be afraid of foreigners.Yesterday our army had driven away the Spanish navy, and the gunfire on the shore was fired by our troops, who were launching a general attack on the Spaniards on the south bank. ”Cai Shaoyong told Cai Hongru with excitement on his face.The old man trembled, and immediately burst into tears, trembling his lips and said, "Okay, it's good, it's good, it's good, we Chinese have been wronged for so many years, but we are about to turn over" Of course, Cai Hongru also knew about Huaxingjun, and he kept telling his people to be patient, patient, and patient.The army of the mother country is about to arrive, and the Chinese will definitely turn over and become masters.Although there was a catastrophe this time, fortunately, most of the Chinese survived.As soon as the fighting on the South Bank ended, the Boxer army cleared the city of Manila.While fighting the Spanish Marines, these natives also helped in the direction of the flanks.As soon as the Spanish marines surrendered, they fled in all directions.Where would the Boxer army let them go, and rushed up with foreign guns and strangled them everywhere.These people were dark-skinned and extremely recognizable, and the Boxers slaughtered them effortlessly.The people in the Chinese city also crossed the south bank, and when they saw the Spaniards and natives who had burned and looted that day, they couldn't bite off their bones, and they took up arms and followed the Boxer army to seek revenge on them.For the captured Spanish marines, Cai Shaoyong and the three elders of the Boxers did not dare to call the shots.After discussing it, they still found Wang Zhenyuan, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, and asked him to give an order to make a decision
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