Daming pirates

Just as the Governor of the Philippines was jumping up and down to arrange the defense of Manila, the Chinese, Chinese and North Korean naval expedition fleets led by Cyclops had already approached Manila after more than ten days of arduous sailing.

Although it has entered autumn and the number of typhoons at sea has significantly reduced, the fleet still encountered a strong wind on the way. Fortunately, the sailors on the ship were experienced and the ship structure was strong. Although some ships were damaged, the loss was

It wasn't serious. After passing through the wind group, the dispersed fleet slowly regrouped, and in the end only one was lost.

A light gunboat, and the rest of the ships only suffered minor damage. Such losses are quite good for this era. This can also be regarded as thanks to the strong enough warships built by the Dazhong Dynasty. If it were not for the Dazhong Dynasty

If warships are built to a construction standard that far exceeds that of ordinary merchant ships, and if they encounter such strong winds at sea, the losses of such a fleet will be far more than that.

Another point is that the officers and sailors on the ship are all considered elites. All officers have received systematic education and have at least experienced many voyages with the ship. As for the sailors, they are all selected from the best and are battle-hardened.

Even the trainee officers on board the ship have been specially trained by the Naval Academy, so everyone on the ship works together, which is also an important factor in ensuring the safety of the ship!

Each ship carried craftsmen with it, and one of the ships was converted into a repair ship before departure. Several iron furnaces were installed on the ship, and a large number of craftsmen were also carried on board. These craftsmen who accompanied the army did their best during the voyage.

Make every effort to repair the damaged ship.

When their fleet arrived in Manila, all the ships in the fleet had been basically repaired and restored to normal combat capabilities. However, the army soldiers who went with the ship suffered serious consequences. When they experienced the baptism of the storm, most of them

They suffered from severe seasickness, vomiting and diarrhea. At this time, they had not yet recovered their physical strength. Most of the people were in a relatively weak state. It was obvious that they could not be counted on to land for the time being.

However, Cyclops was still determined to launch an attack. One day in October, Cyclops led the fleet to the mouth of Manila Bay, where he finally encountered the Spanish fleet stationed in the Philippines after learning the news and came out to fight.

It is said to be a fleet stationed in the Philippines. In fact, most of the Spanish warships here are armed merchant ships. Twenty years ago, facing the Ming Dynasty's naval fleet, they could be said to be at the level of giants.

The warships of Spain have extremely strong firepower, but now when facing the brand new naval fleets of China and North Korea, these Spanish armed merchant ships have become small and their firepower is extremely weak.

When the fleets of both sides encountered each other, Cyclops personally commanded the flagship and led the gunboat formation, pounced on the Spanish fleet like hungry tigers.

The Spanish fleet here itself is very pitiful. There are only a dozen warships of different sizes, and most of them are hired sailors, who are merchant sailors. They have no determination and fighting spirit to serve the King of Spain. In addition, their strength

They were completely at a disadvantage, and after facing the Cyclops' fleet, they had no chance at all.

The large and medium-sized fleets had an absolute advantage, and under the leadership of the Cyclops, they launched a fierce attack on the Spanish fleet with all their might.

After a naval battle, about a third of more than a dozen Spanish warships and armed merchant ships were sunk on the spot. Most of the remaining remaining ships were also riddled with holes and scars. The captain had no choice but to order the white flag to be flown.

Announced surrender and was captured by the Dazhong Fleet.

Then Cyclops led a fleet and immediately captured the island at the mouth of Manila Bay. Later, this island was called Corregidor Island, which is the gateway to Manila Bay. Corregidor Island has the Bataan Peninsula on its left and the Bataan Peninsula on its right.

Cavite, on the other hand, happens to be guarding the mouth of Manila Bay. It can be said that it has always been a battleground for military strategists.

On Corregidor Island, the Spanish built a lighthouse and stationed a small number of garrison troops. However, facing the huge fleet, the island garrison did not even dare to fire cannons, so they announced their surrender.

After Cyclops took control of Corregidor Island, he led his army to attack Cavite on the right, and quickly cleared away the Spanish defenders on the beach, allowing the troop transport fleet to dock and unload.

The army on the troop carrier was able to set foot on solid ground. After landing, almost all of them felt weak in their hands and feet. They felt a little dizzy and couldn't find their feet for a long time.

Fortunately, there was a navy warship nearby to watch over them. If there was no navy fleet to protect them, even if one or two thousand indigenous black-skinned monkeys came and raided the landing army, they would probably be captured alive.

Captured alive.

One-Eyed Dragon ordered the army battalions accompanying the army to rest on the shore and temporarily fortify themselves, build simple fortifications, and rest for two days before entering the next battle.

Without stopping, he led most of the warships and headed straight for the city of Manila in Manila Bay.

The Governor of Manila did not expect that DPRK and China would send such a powerful fleet this time. He was so frightened that he peed his pants on the spot. He hurriedly organized all capable personnel to enter the fortifications, boarded the castle, distributed matchlock guns, and took out the ammunition from the ammunition depot.

, transported to the artillery position, and began to prepare for battle.

One-Eyed Dragon did not negotiate with the Spanish governor here or anything, and just started fighting, leading the fleet to assign targets, and then started bombarding.

The firepower of the Spanish forts on the shore was also very fierce. At the beginning of the artillery battle, the Dazhong Fleet did not take much advantage. The ship was hit many times by Spanish cannons from various forts, causing considerable damage to the sailors on the ship.

But the one-eyed dragon was not moved at all. According to him, a war is not a war unless people die. A few people die is nothing. Those who die will be martyrs when they go home and can be cared for. He is afraid of him, so he continues to shoot at close range.

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The sailors of each ship gritted their teeth and persisted, constantly approaching the fort on the shore, and directly using the heavy artillery on the ship to violently bombard the fort and the castle.

After all, the number of fort artillery is limited and their relative positions are fixed. Although the shooting is relatively accurate, it cannot withstand a group fight! Moreover, the bows of many ships in the large and medium-sized fleets are equipped with their most powerful forty-eight-pound center-of-gravity carronnon. This guy is

A big killer, a solid bullet weighs forty kilograms. Even if it is smashed, it is enough for a Spaniard to drink a pot.

Under the concentrated fire of the large and medium-sized fleets, the forts built by the Spanish on the shore began to be destroyed one after another. When some forts were destroyed, all the Spanish defenders in the forts were even buried alive and no one escaped.

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This kind of bombardment lasted for a whole day. Although the large and medium-sized fleets consumed a lot of ammunition, they still achieved quite good results. Almost all the Spanish forts in Manila Port were destroyed. Even the forts that were not completely destroyed were

Basically, it has lost much of its combat effectiveness.

Early the next morning, Cyclops ordered each ship to replenish ammunition from the supply ship, once again sailed into Manila Port, and began to concentrate fire on the city of Manila.

The Spanish defenders resisted desperately, but under such intensive artillery fire, they suffered heavy losses. The gun emplacements on the castle were destroyed one after another, and many of the defenders were killed and injured.

The fleet's shore bombardment for two consecutive days destroyed the entire Spanish defense system in Manila, and basically lost its perfect defensive capabilities.

The army that landed and rested in Cavite on the third day had recovered. After the soldiers got rid of their seasickness, they immediately began to engage in combat. They divided themselves from land and water to surround the city of Manila.

Until this time, the Spaniards knew how powerful the Chinese army was. Cyclops also mobilized 5,000 sailors from the fleet, armed with short version of the Wolf Fang II rifle, to assist the army in attacking the city of Manila.

The Spanish defenders in Manila originally planned to use all their strength to defend the city, but they did not expect that the rifles of the Chinese army could shoot so far and so accurately. The Chinese army did not line up too far away, so they simply directly

Approaching a distance of about 100 meters from Manila City, a simple parapet was built, and then from behind the parapet, a concentrated fire was launched against the Spanish defenders of Manila City.

The sharpshooters and snipers who were first-class marksmen and above in the army all lined up behind the breastworks, and the rest of the infantry were responsible for loading ammunition for them. With just a brief burst of fierce fire, the Spanish infantrymen defending the city were beaten to their knees.

And the sad thing is that the matchlocks in their hands are completely unable to reach the Dazhong Army under the city. They can only be beaten passively. They finally revived some firepower points and remounted the cannons, but they will soon be attacked by the Dazhong Fleet.

covered with intense firepower.

After two days of fierce fighting, the Spanish defenders in the city almost completely lost their ability to resist. Seeing that he could no longer hold on, the Governor of the Philippines had to send people to negotiate with the Cyclops.

One-Eyed Dragon ordered them to surrender immediately and unconditionally, otherwise they would attack the city and massacre all the Spaniards in the city and everyone who resisted the Chinese army.

The Spanish colonists really had no choice but to declare their surrender. They opened the gates of Manila and announced their surrender. Then they were all arrested by the Chinese army. Among them, the officers and governors were sent back to the Chinese army and entered the capital to show victory. Then the one-eyed dragon commanded

Soldiers and horses began to clear out the remaining Spanish strongholds and forces across the Philippines, and led fleets to attack everywhere, destroying or conquering some of the Spanish castle strongholds on surrounding islands.

The entire war against the Philippines lasted for more than three months, and it was not completely over until the beginning of the fourth year of the Dazhong Dynasty in Chengtian. All the colonial points established by the Spanish in the Philippines were all destroyed by the Dazhong Army.

Captured and captured more than 2,000 pure-blooded Spaniards, in addition to more than 700 mercenary sailors from Europe, Asia and even India hired by the Spaniards.

As for the local indigenous black-skinned monkeys, more than 5,000 people were captured. Of course, the thousands killed by the Chinese army cannot be counted among them.

Later, Emperor Yu Xiaotian of Dazhong announced the complete recovery of Luzon, and announced that the entire Philippines was renamed Luzon Province and merged into the territory of Dazhong and North Korea. He sent officials to Manila City and renamed Manila City Nanlu City.

, will be responsible for the management of the entire Luzon Province in the future, stationing 6,000 Chinese troops and a Luzon squadron with 20 warships to station in Manila and various parts of Luzon Island.

At this point, the colonial history of the Spanish in the Philippines came to an end completely, and they were driven out of Luzon Island.

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