"Boom boom boom..."
The artillery on the shore was firing, and the artillery on the battleship was also bombarding. The roar of the huge artillery overwhelmed any other sounds in the city of Manila.
In the era when there were no explosive bullets, even if the bombardment by solid artillery shells such as iron bullets and chain bullets hit the target, the power was actually limited. At most, the city wall would be broken, and the warship would have an extra hole. If you are lucky enough, a corner of the city wall will be broken and a big hole will be broken in the warship.
The Ming warships relied on their numerical advantage to brave Spanish and Dutch artillery bombardment. After approaching the port, they did not need to aim, but tried to blast out iron bombs, chain bombs and other artillery shells as if they were free of charge.
Oh, no, it's not that they don't need money, but it's like these solid bullets are hot to the touch and they can be thrown out as fast as they can.
The Ming army fired so many solid bullets that a scene like this appeared: a Spanish artillery bombardment, iron bullets roared out, but as soon as they took off, a Ming army iron bullet flew towards them. They collided in the air and made a loud "snap" sound.
Even with the help of artillery on top of the city, the Ming army had too many artillery. In particular, Ming warships risked being hit when attacking. If you shoot me an iron bullet, I can give you three in return.
Under such an offensive, the Spanish and Dutch warships that retreated to the Manila port were soon unable to withstand it. Even with the support of artillery on the city, they were suppressed by the Ming army's artillery.
As a result, some warships in the Ming fleet began to approach the seaside and were unable to dock. The officers and soldiers of the Ming army jumped off the ships one after another, jumped onto the beach like dumplings, and then waded to the shore.
One, two... more and more Ming troops began to gather on the shore.
Seeing this situation on the battlefield, Diego, the Spanish governor of Luzon, wiped his sweat for countless times. No longer caring about the so-called gentlemanly demeanor, he shouted sternly: "Quick, the musketeers are ready, the Ming Dynasty is ready." The infantry is about to attack the city!"
"What are you dwarfs doing? Prepare to defend the city! Throw stones at me. If that doesn't work, just fight back!"
"And you, where are your men? Are you blind? You didn't see that the Ming army was about to attack the city. Are you watching a show in the east? Why don't you hurry up and get transferred!"
"You go to the streets and give orders, and everyone comes to the top of the city to defend me. This city is going to be destroyed, and everyone will die. There is no point in hiding!"
"..."
The Ming army planned to capture Manila in one go, which made Diego feel that the troops on the western wall were not enough. Worried that he would not be able to defend it, he had to draw troops from other sections of the city wall.
This time, the Ming army's attack was too sudden and seriously exceeded Diego's expectations. Otherwise, he would not have sent Philot to find where the Ming army's food and supplies were, nor would he have asked West to lead people to hunt down the remnants of the Ming army, nor would he have expected to meet up with the Governor of Batavia. Discuss the battle plan against the Ming army.
Otherwise, just by allocating manpower from the indigenous tribes to defend Manila City, a lot of manpower could be added. Thinking of this, Diego cursed Ferdinandi again for being nothing but leading people to hunt down the remnants of the Ming people one day before the Ming army came to attack Manila...
Thinking of this, Diego was suddenly startled.
Fernandi and West have been away for so long without any trace of their return. Even if Manila Bay is in such a state, there is no trace of them. Could it be...
Immediately, he remembered what Fernandi had reported, saying that he had sent about fifty people, but they all disappeared without a trace. Now looking back and thinking about it, the remaining Ming people should not have this strength. Could it be that the Ming army had appeared yesterday?
But if the Ming army came so early, could they be sure that this time it would be calm and suitable for the army to go to sea? Aren't they afraid that the wind and waves will get bigger again and overturn their army?
"Snapped……"
A loud noise was made near Diego. It was an iron bullet with no eyes that fell near him, but did not fall on him. It frightened him back to his senses and quickly focused his attention on the present moment. Don't dare to be distracted and think about other things.
Diego looked closely and saw that there were already many Ming infantry troops who had disembarked from the ship. Although they did not attack, they might have seen them unloading equipment from the warship. There are heavy artillery, vehicles, simple ladders, etc.
Obviously, they are fully prepared to attack Manila. Attacking Manila this time is a must-win battle.
After reaching this conclusion, Diego started sweating again.
Fortunately, the Ming warship's offensive has eased a lot, and there are not so many gunfires.
Diego quickly looked at the sea in the direction of the port and saw the Ming Kingdom's frontline battleships slowly retreating. It can be seen that about half of the hulls of these retired warships are damaged.
"Asshole, disgusting!" Diego just looked at it for a while and suddenly started yelling. Just when the sound of the cannons had become much quieter, it became extremely loud again.
The reason why he is so furious is not for anything else, but because the Ming army is really bullying!
The withdrawal of the Ming warships that had been bombarded before did not mean that the war at sea was over. Instead, the Ming fleet took advantage of their numerical advantage and simply withdrew the warships participating in the battle, and replaced them with warships that had not yet had a chance to participate in the battle.
However, the remaining warships of Spain and the Netherlands were already miserably bullied by the Ming army with too many hits and too few. It was like an adult beating a child, not mentioning the beating, but then another adult came up to beat them. What is this? Son, this is too bullying!
"Asshole, disgusting, bastard, disgusting..." Diego cursed fiercely for a while, and then he didn't care to curse anymore. He quickly gave orders to his men to once again strengthen the defense of the port, and even took advantage of all the artillery on other city walls. We must use this time to transfer, otherwise, we may not be able to withstand the second wave of Ming army's offensive.
Also feeling the same as him was Anthony, the Dutch governor of Batavia, who was tied to the bow of the ship. At this time, he had completely gained a new understanding of the Far Eastern Empire.
With the national power of this great empire in the Far East, once it really launches its war machine, no colonial company from any country can be its opponent. No matter how backward their warships are, their artillery can't match them, but their numbers are overwhelming and they can crush any company in the Far East. It's really ridiculous that I was still thinking about joining forces with Spain to cut off the Ming Dynasty's idea of reaching Southeast Asia. This is simply a daydream!
Look, even if he was not ambushed by the Ming army and rushed to Manila to join the Spaniards to deal with the Ming army, at most it would only cause the Ming army to lose more ships and people, and the outcome would definitely not change! Not to mention, the Ming Dynasty also had a huge fleet on the Japanese side!
"Alas..." Anthony couldn't help but sigh deeply as he thought about this.
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On the Ming army's side, after completing the rotation of battleships, a new batch of battleships approached the Anila port again. Just like the first time, they blasted out as if those iron bullets were hot potatoes.
"Boom boom boom..."
The roar of artillery once again became the main theme of many music here in Manila.
The already dilapidated Spanish and Dutch warships could no longer withstand the fierce bombardment of the Ming army. The crew members jumped into the sea one after another, or simply docked the warships directly at the dock, and the sailors began to flee to Manila.
On the far shore, the Ming infantry also began to drive towards Manila City with their siege equipment.
Seeing all this, Diego felt like he was going to die.
However, it was impossible for him to just sit there and wait for death. Shouting loudly, urging, and cursing, asking his men to prepare for defense.
However, just as he was shouting and trying to strengthen the defense in the west port direction, one of his men suddenly ran over almost rolling on the ground, avoiding the bombardment of the Ming army's artillery outside the city, while shouting at him shouted.
However, the artillery bombardment above and below the city, as well as other sounds, were so noisy that Diego couldn't hear what was being shouted. But vaguely, when he saw that subordinate in such a panic, he felt something bad in his heart.
The man rushed in front of Diego and almost missed him, but he did not even think about apologizing for bumping into the Governor. Instead, he shouted at Diego with a straight voice: "The Ming Army... The Ming Army attacks coming!"
Isn't this nonsense? I couldn't see the Ming army rushing over, so why should you rush over to report it in such a panic?
However, before he could reprimand him, he saw his subordinate's hand pointing in the east direction.
After coming back to his senses, Diego's already defeated face suddenly turned paler, and he confirmed with a little disbelief: "The Ming army also appeared in the east?"
"We're coming soon!" The subordinate nodded with a sad face, "Your Excellency, Governor, hurry up and send troops for reinforcements. If it's too late, it'll be too late!"
The moment he heard his words clearly, Diego's mind went blank. He couldn't understand why the Ming army appeared in the east. This is impossible!
After being in a daze for a while, he came back to his senses. Of course, he was not willing to let it end like this. He quickly started calling for people to send manpower to reinforce the east wall. There is no artillery suppression there, and even the musketeers have been transferred to the west. The defense is too weak, and reinforcements must be rushed.
However, before he could finish allocating his manpower, he heard a loud cheer suddenly coming from the east gate. This sound was so loud that not even the roar of artillery could cover it up.
Turning around, Diego saw a red torrent pouring into the city from the east, and then divided into many small streams, either attacking both sides of the city wall, continuing to attack along the city wall, or spreading across the streets. middle.
That red is so dazzling!
That's not all. At this moment, I saw fireworks exploding at the east gate. They were colorful and could be seen clearly even in the daytime. One, and another, it became clearer.
There was no doubt that this was a signal flare, and Akito sent it off with the fireworks they were good at.
