1855 United States Tycoon

Manila in the 19th century was much smaller than it is now. Roughly only a small part of the old city is included. And its topography is very interesting. Its west is the sea, the northeast is the river, and only the southwest is the land. The river and the ocean surround it from three directions. On the terrain, as long as there is a powerful navy, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, when the Philippine Rebels attacked Manila, the United States Navy seemed to disappear.

Of course, the United States Navy will not disappear. In fact, they have been waiting for orders at sea. At three o'clock in the afternoon that day, the fleet that had been hiding on the other side of the bay finally got the order to attack.

"Your Excellency, the Governor ordered us to attack immediately and block the way of retreat for the Filipinos." A messenger said to General Dewey with a telegram.

"Okay, let the fleet burn up the fire immediately. After half an hour, we will launch an attack." General Dewey said.

The boilers of the fleet in the standby state are always lit, but in order to save fuel, the pressure of the boilers is insufficient.

Soon, the chimney of the United States warship began to emit thick black smoke. This is not because the quality of the fuel oil is not good, or the quality of the boiler is defective. But when the external combustion engine needs to rapidly increase the power, the combustion efficiency will inevitably decrease. Even today, some ships still using steam turbines often have stories of black smoke billowing when they need to quickly increase the boiler pressure.

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Aguinaldo is still hesitating, whether to put the remaining direct line troops in his hand into the attack on Manila. Although the United States’ defense seemed to be faltering, the casualties of the offensive troops were not small. They always seemed to be short of breath, so they failed to capture the United States’ position. The other anxious leaders have basically put the power of the own tribe into it. Now, they all come to Aguinaldo and ask Aguinaldo to put in the last few troops in their hands.

"President Aguinaldo (Although he has not formally established his own country, the position of Aguinaldo's president is basically certain.) With more effort, we will be able to take down Manila. Mr. President Please take pictures of the last reserve team."

The reason why Aguinaldo still has a lot of reserves is actually not because of his military qualities, but because of two considerations: First, Aguinaldo feels that the United States people are not useless. When they will be easily defeated, if you throw all the owners out to lead the battle, you will lose too much if you lose. Secondly, if those guys actually scored in time, their losses will not be small. When the time comes, the one who has the most troops left in his hand will naturally speak more effectively.

Now at this time, Aguinaldo is also a little hesitant. Because if this time, because his troops are invested in, and finally take down Manila, then the political benefits will be too much. So after hesitating for a while, Aguinaldo made the decision to put the reserve team in.

But just when these reserve teams were preparing to set off, Aguinaldo glanced in the direction of the sea unintentionally, and this glance immediately changed his face. He saw that on the sea over there, a fleet was approaching!

"Damn it! The people from United States came to copy our back! We were fooled!" Aguinaldo shouted.

Manila, surrounded by water on three sides, is naturally like a pocket. Today, most of the Filipino army has gone into the pocket. If the United States fleet comes with troops and blocks the exit, the Philippine Rebels will have a dead end. One.

"Quick! Let our troops retreat!" Aguinaldo yelled, "I will guard a way out with the reserve team now. You quickly bring the troops out."

Everyone else knew that this was not a time to waste time, so they hurried to the city.

However, in the absence of preset fortifications, it is not an easy task to fight a landing force supported by an 11-inch cannon. It is not always possible to get the most elite troops from the British Empire, the world's largest power, to come. Make it happen. The level of combat effectiveness of the Philippine Rebels is compared with the elite troops of the British Empire. It is not on the same level. They have almost no idea of ​​how to face heavy artillery attacks. So, how can such an army be able to guard such a passage of life?

Sure enough, when the United States began to land, Aguinaldo also tried to get his army to drive the United States off into the sea, but the United States fleet fired only one salvo, leaving the Filipinos behind hundreds. A corpse. Such a loss was completely beyond the Philippine military's ability to bear. Therefore, the Philippine reserve team collapsed before the rifle was in range. Faced with this situation, Mr. Aguinaldo immediately ordered all the reserve forces to retreat. As for the Filipinos in the city, let them ask for their own blessings.

"The life of the naval gun barrel is quite limited, and it is a waste to use it to hit such low-value targets." Lieutenant Colonel Hill said that he was about to land with the army and was responsible for plugging the gap. Those monkeys will definitely want to run out like crazy. And our cannonballs are limited, it is impossible to suppress them with foam pots unlimited, so you must move faster and form a line of defense as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, we will be able to establish a defense line soon...you navies are stingy. Oh, be careful when you fire the cannon, but don't knock the cannonball over our heads..." Lieutenant Colonel Seaman replied . Then he raised his binoculars and saw that the soldiers had begun to land on land, so he said to Lieutenant Colonel Hill: "I'm sorry, I'm going to be separated, I'm going to the shore..."

"Please," said Lieutenant Colonel Hill.

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The response of the Filipinos was not as fast as the United States assumed when they were first prepared. After all, the person who sent the order had to find the relevant troops and communicate the order to them, and then the commander who was fighting on the front had to take the troops out of the state of fighting fire. Retreat down, and then plunge into the breakout. This series of gadgets is not an easy task, even for a well-trained elite unit. For the Philippine Rebels, it was naturally more difficult. Therefore, after Seaman’s infantry regiment had spent almost an hour building a simple line of defense, Lieutenant Colonel Seaman still failed to see even in his telescope. A Philippine army.

Exactly two hours later, the first Filipino troops attempting to break through did not appear, but their numbers were not large. The imaginary scene where countless barbarians swarmed like locusts did not appear. This Filipino troop did not appear. There were only a hundred people at most, and those navy guys who were so few in number didn't even bother to use their 11-inch guns. They just let a destroyer fire a symbolic shot with its 5-inch guns, killing only three or four. Filipinos. Then, the Philippine army immediately collapsed. They dropped their weapons, ran back and ran back into the city after a while."Damn it! Let the navy guys stop firing!" Lieutenant Colonel Seaman scolded, "Otherwise we'll be fine."

However, a hard-pressed army (at least compared with the Navy, which rarely does not do so) will never be all right. Have time? Doesn't that extend the foxhole into a trench? Don't you want to pull the barbed wire and bury the mines? In short, there is something.

Three hours later, a large number of Filipinos appeared. This time, the number of people was too large, and a large area was crushed, like locusts. They rushed towards the U.S. defense line in a mess.

"It seems that the establishment is in chaos." Seaman said to himself as he watched the crowds of Filipinos.

Seaman's guess is completely correct. Retreating in front of the enemy is a very difficult task, and even the most well-trained army may not be able to do it well. During the War of Liberation, the Kuomintang’s first-class main force, the New Sixth Army, was annihilated when it was retreating in front of the enemy. Of course, the elite level of the KMT’s first-class main force is nothing in the world. It is compared with the top ten SSs of the Germans, the Red First Division of the United States, and the Fifth Tank Army of the Russian Guards. The gap is It's quite obvious. However, considering that the remnants of the Kuomintang will flee to Southeast Asia, they will all be able to sling the government forces in Southeast Asia. Compared to the Filipinos, the level of the New Six Army is probably like a myth. The New Sixth Army was in disorder when it retreated in front of the enemy. How could the Filipinos not be in disorder?

These people came in a mess, and were hit by a salvo from the United States fleet halfway through. Probably seeing that there are too many Filipinos, the navy guys even fired hundreds of precious 11-inch shells in one go. Fierce artillery fire covered the Filipinos once, and one guy caused nearly a thousand casualties. The Filipinos were also in a mess. They ran around in a panic, some ran back to the city, some stupidly ran to the United States position, and then they were beaten into a sieve by machine guns, and some ran to the river. , Wanted to swim across the river, and was beaten with machine guns and cannons by the inland river fleet that had been there long ago.

All in all, this breakout operation was easily crushed by the United States. Soon, the sky darkened, and until nightfall, the Filipinos did not initiate any breakout operations.

Before it was completely dark, the United States people pulled up the wires on own's defense line and installed the latest searchlights. At the same time, every ten seconds, United States people will fire several flares into the sky. As a result, some Filipinos took advantage of the night breakout plan failed again. By the day of the next day, the Filipinos were horrified to see that the line of defense had become stronger and stronger. So this afternoon, some Filipino troops began to surrender to the United States. With the leader, there will naturally be more followers. Before sunset on this day, most of the Filipino soldiers had already entered the United States prisoner of war camp...

I don't know what I ate, and I have committed another gout problem. Today I barely knocked out a chapter with one hand. Hope it will be better tomorrow.

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