In this era, not to mention that the artillery technology of the Fo Langji was not the best in the plane, even the artillery of the Helan people was impossible to hit a thousand meters away.
As the Tu'ao fleet formed a line of battle outside the port, Governor Lu Song, who was watching the battle from high in the castle, felt a little uneasy for no reason.
The next moment, hundreds of artillery pointed in the direction of the port opened fire.
Densely packed shells fell towards the fort like raindrops, turning into bursts of fire, turning the fort into a sea of flames.
In just five minutes, more than a dozen forts were completely turned into ruins, and there was no more movement.
Seeing this scene, Governor Lu Song felt as if someone had grabbed his heart so hard that he fell down on the spot.
There is absolutely no room for resistance.
As the troop transport ships sent groups of soldiers to the coast, the Xinghai Army also immediately showed its style.
Intense gunfire will open the castle door and knock down the Franco soldiers who come out to the beat of drums.
The Folangji phalanx, which has been dominated by the Folangji people for a lifetime, was thrown into the abyss of history without even meeting the enemy.
With more than 1,000 elite Franco machine musketeers and more than 2,000 Franco machine spearmen completely destroyed, Mani La Castle fell into crisis.
Because Governor Lu Song was in a coma, the remaining senior officials of Franji were not unanimous in their opinions.
Some high-level officials want to negotiate with the enemy, while some high-level officials insist on the noble tradition of Franji and resolutely refuse to negotiate with the enemy. Some high-level officials suggest sending people to ask for help from other colonies.
After all, in the Lusong area, Franji is not just a castle like Mani La.
But they didn't wait for them to reach consensus and discuss the results.
The Xinghai strategic battleship approaching the port used its 180mm main gun to directly pry open the castle door.
No way, Manila Castle is too close to the port, only a few hundred meters away.
For a 180mm main gun, this distance is as easy as shooting against the head.
As the first team of Xinghai infantry rushed into the castle, the senior officials of Franji no longer needed to continue arguing. All they could think about now was how to end the war decently, including surrender.
As usual, the Xinghai Tu'ao Fleet did not make things too difficult for these senior executives of the Franji. They promised to let them leave after taking over the defense of the castle, and allowed them to take away some personal property, but only ten suitcases.
Well, for the average Francois, ten suitcases are enough to carry all his belongings.
But for these high-level officials, a hundred suitcases are not enough, because they have ruled here for so long that the wealth they have accumulated is quite considerable.
But these senior officials have no choice. Their lives are in their hands. No matter how dissatisfied they are, they can only keep it in their hearts.
When the senior executives of Fo Langji left and the Eighth Division took over the properties left by the senior executives of Fo Langji, not to mention the title deeds of the properties in the castle, they only talked about the mountains of gold and silver bars in the open public warehouse of the castle. , which made the soldiers couldn't help but squirm in their throats and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
This was the silver and gold that the Fo Langji treasure ship had brought from South America before, and was used in exchange for spices, porcelain, silk and other Ming Dynasty commodities.
These Ming Dynasty products have returned to China with the treasure ship, heading to the homeland of Folangji to be enjoyed by the nobles of Folangji.
There are also a lot of gold and silver bars piled up in the secret vaults of high-rise homes.
Although Fang Xiaoyue's metallization ability can produce a large amount of gold and silver, this ability is currently not under Fang Xiaoyue's own control.
When can non-metals be converted into silver and gold? He doesn't have to say, luck has to say.
In addition, the amount of reserves required by Xinghai Kingdom to issue stainless steel coins is too large, and in foreign transactions, many bulk commodities and immigration consumption must be paid with gold and silver.
Under such circumstances, Xinghai Kingdom's gold and silver stocks are actually not sufficient.
If Xinghai products were not enough to attract those merchants, the stainless steel coin payment system would have collapsed long ago.
After the capture of Mani La this time, the gold and silver directly confiscated exceeded 70 tons, with a total value of 1.8 million yuan.
It was almost a huge profit.
Not to mention anything else, the real money and silver consumed in building the Tu'ao fleet can be regarded as recovered.
It would not cause some elders to resist the expansion of the navy.
However, in order to consolidate Xinghai Kingdom's sphere of influence in Lu Song, it is not enough to simply capture Mani La Castle.
After leaving a regiment and several warships to garrison Mani La, the Tu'ao fleet repaired for two days and then set sail, heading straight to the Folangji port under Lu Song.
Well, Fo Langji's most important strongholds in Lusong are these two ports, and the rest are some small supply ports, which don't make much sense at all.
This is not surprising. Most of the great powers in this era followed this approach. They chose a few places with the best locations to build ports, and then used the ports to radiate to the surrounding areas to obtain benefits.
In fact, they don't have much influence over much outside the port.
From the Xinghai people's point of view, they simply have a good hand and don't know how to use it.
Those Flemish people who had just escaped back to Fuluo Dagang had not even had a comfortable rest for two days when they were shocked to hear that the Xinghai people were knocking on their door again!
My hair!
Are you a devil? ! !
Compared to Manila Castle, the port of Florida fell faster.
There are many reasons for this, but the most important point is that although Flora Port is the second largest port after Manila, it is a younger brother compared to Manila in terms of defense system and military strength.
If Manila is an adult, then Flora Dagang is a young lady under ten years old.
This description is extremely appropriate.
The strategic battleship fired only two rounds of artillery, and the governor of Flordagon raised the white flag and announced his surrender.
After all, the Xinghai people's previous performance in Mani La Castle was very trustworthy, which also weakened the resistance of the Francons a lot.
But this time after the Francois were released, they had no next castle to stay in. They could only take a merchant ship and return to their distant ancestral land.
But the problem is that many Folangji people were born locally, and this is their hometown, not the distant homeland of Folangji.
Under such circumstances, except for those high-ranking people, most of the Folangji people are still willing to stay. Although the sky has changed since then, and the previously noble Folangji people have fallen to the bottom of society, making them look down on them. Mingren suddenly rose to the top of society.
This is not surprising. Although the Xinghai Kingdom is the Xinghai Kingdom, in fact, the local people do not regard the Xinghai people as outsiders. After all, everyone has the same skin color and appearance. Even the vast majority of the Xinghai people looked at each other a few years ago. They are all still Mingren.
