Dominate the Country

[5500 words chapter]

The Grand Commander's Office in Nanjing City.

Just as the Marine Corps was sweeping across Luzon, a high-profile military meeting was also underway.

Chen Erbao, the top military figure besides Chen Ming, presided over the meeting. The army, navy, logistics, military merit, and all the military departments participated, and the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Overseas Exploration Bureau attended.

The meeting discussed what Chen Han was about to start - the Jiazhou strategy, California.

For this battle, Chen Ming was determined to mobilize more than 20,000 navy and army, because the Mexican big ducks were not weak, at least there were enough natives for the big ducks to recruit colonial soldiers in times of crisis.

So Chen Ming had to mobilize more than 15,000 army and more than 8,000 navy. This was not even including logistics. The overall cost was many times higher than the Nanyang War that had been prepared for a long time. The Ministry of Finance could never come up with such a large sum of money. The central bank did have enough money, but it couldn't be directly sprinkled down. Chen Ming could only use that big trick - land bonds. The government has already started to prepare land bonds related to Jiazhou. The price is much cheaper than the land bonds in the Northeast, and it is not limited to identity.

No matter whether you are Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or Annan, as long as you have land bonds, you can go to North America to open up wasteland. The Chen Han court guarantees your due rights!

This matter does not need to be expressed in detail at the military meeting, the latter only needs to study simple combat and logistics supply.

The main force of the army of at least 15,000 people is composed of the imperial guards of Nanjing City, and the navy is the Southeast Navy and the Beiyang Navy, which has just been established for less than two years. The latter also contracted all the navy marines.

The most experienced navy marines in the whole of China are definitely not Nanyang, but the Northeast Navy Marines assigned to the Beiyang Navy, such as Deng Yun and his group, or the Korean garrison stationed on Jeju Island.

"Now I declare..." There are three gold stars on the brief. Chen Erbao is old, but more imposing. Living changes the spirit, and raising changes the body.

"Huahuahua..." In the conference hall, everyone stood up, and the golden glow on the shoulder straps became a piece.

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Pan Chang returned home exhausted, and their regiment's autumn training was over. After being away for more than a month, he traveled two thousand miles by boat and on foot, and his whole body was about to collapse.

The taste of home is so warm. He returned home tiredly, and through the kitchen door, he saw his wife busy in the kitchen, and smelled the fragrance of the nourishing chicken soup that his wife specially stewed for him, thinking: It's good to go home!

On the journey of life, home is the best and warmest safe haven for a person.

Not to mention, his wife at home is so firmly supportive of all his choices.

——Just after the training, Pan Chang is going to the battlefield again, the real battlefield, the battlefield thousands of miles away. His regiment was selected, one battalion, forming a battalion, and entering the establishment of the strategy for the other side of the ocean.

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The sight turns back to Manila, the reception room of the Spanish Governor's Palace. Whether it is an Oriental or a Westerner, or a believer of the Muslims, or a black Shuli in Africa, they all have a nature of not crying until they see the coffin, and not turning back until they hit the south wall.

Because the "lucky mentality" is a natural characteristic of human beings, otherwise how could "spinach leaves" be so developed? For thousands of years, it has run through the entire development of human civilization.

"Not crying until you see the coffin, not turning back until you hit the south wall" is because people are too good at making up false hopes for themselves to avoid the pain caused by losses.

Zhu Fu looked back at Carlos's angry face and felt that this was such a person. He deeply understood the power of rockets and the characteristics of easy and fast launch, and he really felt sad for the people in the Spanish Royal City.

But his sadness was more of a bluff in the eyes of the Spaniards.

However, although Carlos spoke decisively, Zhu Fu's negotiations should have been answered, but he still had to stay in the city until eight o'clock tomorrow morning.

After eight o'clock, it will be clear whether China is bluffing or really confident.

Zhu Fu left Wangcheng the next morning. The Chinese on the other side of the Pasig River were also migrating to the north. Their area was too close to the south bank.

There will inevitably be damage in the war.

At nine o'clock, Wangcheng received the first urgent report. Chinese naval warships appeared at the mouth of the Pasig River. They were preparing to land on the south bank of the Pasig River. This forced some Spanish defenders to move, and the Chinese Marines who had arrived at the north bank of the Pasig River yesterday also began to attack.

The sound of artillery sounded.

South of the river mouth, the solemn bells of the Antique Church sounded, adding a touch of sadness to the Spanish troops near the river mouth.

This is the first line of defense set up by the Spanish west of Manila.

The third-class sailing battleship Bacolod sank at the mouth of the Pasig River. In addition to the fourth-class sailing battleship that was set on fire by the front fleet of the Fu Han Navy at the mouth of Manila Bay, the remaining two warships also sank at the mouth of the Pasig River after emptying all the supplies on the ship. This is to prevent the Chinese navy warships from rushing along the Pasig River to the Spanish Royal City.

Although the cost of a third-class sailing battleship is painful. But the value of Manila is far from comparable to these three self-sunk warships. And in the naval battle at the mouth of Manila Bay, facing the fast and flexible Chinese clipper warships, the powerful third-class sailing battleships did not perform well.

To defeat this kind of Chinese warship, you must gather enough warships and send out a suitable array to separate them from a distance, or when they get close to launch fire dragon bombs, you must bear heavy damage and destroy them.

The clipper warships of this era are like high-speed torpedo boats during the two world wars, bravely advancing under the enemy's fire.

And sadly, the Western sailing warships that are the opponents of this weapon do not have cannons that can quickly concentrate on a high-speed target.

So as long as you can endure the sacrifice, this configuration of high-speed warships and fire dragon bombs is really deterrent in this era.

An hour after Zhu Fu left, the battle started.

Carlos had to be careful. God knows that he didn't close his eyes for a moment last night. The small clock on the table, the gold-plated hands swung left and right in the clear and transparent crystal bell cover, and time passed second by second. At 9:15, Carlos's patience reached a breaking point. He felt annoyed because this gorgeous crystal gilded clock was a Chinese product. China's East China Sea has very rich crystal resources. In recent years, the exquisite crystal products made by Chinese people have not only been popular in China, but also in Southeast Asia, India and Europe.

This exquisite clock on Carlos's desk was imported from China. This is an item that Carlos likes very much, because this clock is completely Westernized. The clock frame is inlaid with four little angels holding an organ, a trumpet, a flower basket and a bell wreath. It is really exquisite.

But now Carlos hates everything about China.

The sound of crystal breaking rang in his office. This kind of venting with his own things is really a manifestation of incompetence.

In the Antik Church, countless people prayed to the Lord in heaven under the leadership of priests and monks.

The people who are still here are either priests or Spanish mixed-race people. The royal city is too crowded, so these mixed-race people are excluded first. Then there are the relatives of these mixed-race people, those women who married Spanish men, and finally the devout Chinese and natives.

At this time, many Chinese who were tied to the Spanish ran to the north bank. Those who stayed on the south bank were complete banana people.

The Spanish position at the mouth of the Pasig River is centered on the artillery fort, which is dug very deep. Many trenches are built on top of thick logs.

There are also breast walls and earth mounds built on the position.

If such fortifications were taken to the European battlefield, they would definitely be able to fight any army.

Although there was no major war between the East and the West, Westerners were slowly absorbing the experience and lessons of the Chinese battlefield.

But what they are facing today is the Chinese, the Chinese army with powerful firepower. All this is useless.

Luzon, which is covered by winter monsoon, is full of northerly winds. If the front-line troops can send a batch of shrapnel shells with added materials to the Spanish positions, they will definitely be in trouble.

But the latter has disappeared from the army for a long time.

The Marine Corps' tactics against the Spaniards began with superior artillery bombardment and tunnel advancement.

The latter began to dig as early as yesterday when Zhu Fu entered the Spanish Royal City.

When the land in a tropical area like Manila encounters the Marine Corps holding an engineer shovel, it is like holding a Longquan sword and a watermelon. The properly distributed Chinese soldiers dug from three or four miles north of the Pasig River to the riverside overnight.

The trenches are winding, and there are small platforms in them from time to time, which are enough to put down rockets and even rocket launchers. The big ones can even hold cannons.

When the news of Zhu Fu's failure to persuade him to surrender came back, the Chinese artillery bombardment began immediately. Then rockets were sent from the rear to the Pasig River along the trenches little by little.

Carlos was not in the mood to eat. He sat in the office in a state of distraction until half past nine, and finally asked the servant to bring breakfast. After eating a few bites without appetite, he suddenly heard a huge explosion outside. He was shocked because he knew what such a huge explosion was. That was the weapon that the Chinese exchanged from the devil - the fire dragon bomb.

Just like the evil dragon in European legends, the jet of flames burned everything.

The fort at the mouth of the Pasig River is a very old fort. In the past two hundred years, this fort has fallen many times. For example, the Dutch have captured this fort several times, but they failed to capture the Spanish Royal City.

The most recent outsider to capture this fort was the British. In 1762 of the Western calendar, all the Spaniards in Luzon knelt at the feet of John Bull. Then two years later, the British returned Manila to Daban Ya in accordance with the agreement.

After the disaster after 1762, Daban Ya did not increase the protection here much, because they knew the gap between themselves and the British in strength. It was not until the Chinese extended their hand to Southeast Asia that the deeply stimulated Spanish people began to truly consolidate this fort.

At least the layout of the previous completely open-air gun positions was changed, and some closed and semi-closed gun positions were added. Now this consolidated Spanish fort is undergoing the test of fire dragon bombs.

One rocket after another flew over the Pasig River and landed on the fort on the south bank of the river.

These heavy rockets without lead bullets, fragments, nails and other additives can each carry more than 20 kilograms of explosives, and some super-heavy rockets can carry more than 30 kilograms of explosives.

The shock force generated after the explosion cannot be resisted by thick stone walls.

The ground was covered with blood, and there were broken limbs everywhere. The broken limbs and bodies of the dead were scattered everywhere, and the blood dyed the turret red.

Is this a crushing war?

Even the closed turret was seriously damaged. The gunners inside fell to the ground in all directions. They were lying on their backs, but some people fled like crazy. As for whether he could survive, it depends on whether God will bless him.

There were also brave people lying on the muzzle and looking at the opposite side. A rocket exploded violently outside the artillery fort. The light in the window suddenly weakened. The brown-red-haired soldier who was lying on the muzzle and looking at the ground screamed and fell to the ground. A bullet hit his brow, and between his two blue eyes, it seemed as if another black and red eye had opened.

War is ruthless. No matter where it is, it will make death thrilling.

In the smoke, when the power of rockets covered the entire estuary position, a naval marine corps landed from the warship in a small boat, and then the soldiers rowed desperately towards the south bank of the river.

The regular Western-style sailing ships in the Nanyang Navy Fleet approached and fired artillery and rockets at the Spanish positions on the south bank of the river.

The sea breeze rolled up the charred flags, and in the endless sand and stones, the smoking wood emitted waves of disgusting stench. Several bodies that were not completely buried by sand and stones were covered with flies, and the muskets were still held in the hands of the bodies.

The shouts in the distance were endless, and nearby, small boats kept coming to the shore.

The Spanish were still resisting.

The artillery fire on the fort was still firing back, including the artillery on the position. Three or four miles away from the estuary, a Western-style sailing warship of the Nanyang Fleet with wisps of white smoke was the result of the Spanish counterattack.

Further away, a sailing ship flying the British flag was risking its life to get as close as possible and watch everything on the battlefield.

This was a ship of the British East India Company, which had an office on Zengmu Island.

The Spanish cannons could not hit the fast-moving clipper warships, but they still had a certain hit rate for the Western-style sailing ships that slowed down and put soldiers in the water.

The Nanyang Navy continued to attack.

Since they were fighting, how could there be no damage at all? The Nanyang Navy was not fragile. In just half an hour, at least a thousand marines were placed on the south bank of the Pasig River.

They were attacking the Spanish estuary position from the side and rear. As long as they could successfully capture this point and allow all ships to anchor safely in the estuary area, the sacrifice would be completely worthwhile.

"Damn it, I knew that I would get into trouble if I walked this way. Now, I am so beaten that I dare not even raise my head." Northwest of the Antique Church, under several coconut trees near the Pasig River, a soldier wearing a Marine uniform, bareheaded, with a copper-plated five-star on his red shoulder strap was crawling quickly on the ground, from one coconut tree to another. While crawling, he was still cursing.

There were more than 20 soldiers behind him, all lying on the ground, and there were several corpses, as well as two soldiers who were enduring after being injured. Because diagonally opposite them - outside the Antique Church, there was a hidden Spanish position, where at least one company of soldiers, that is, four times their number of large-scale duck soldiers, were conducting suppressive shooting at them.

Those injured soldiers could not even be bandaged.

The shoulder straps of this person showed his identity, corporal, platoon leader, or platoon deputy. The most basic officer in the Marine Corps, and also the backbone and elite of the Marine Corps.

Although the man cursed, his actions showed no dissatisfaction. He used his hands and feet to quickly climb from under a coconut tree to under another coconut tree five or six meters away. A slow slope in front of him provided him with the greatest cover.

His actions attracted the attention of the Spaniards. Rows of lead bullets were fired at him, hitting the land not far from him, splashing a little smoke and dust, and more flew over his head, with a rapid sound of breaking through the air, hitting the surrounding tree trunks and wood chips flying.

With a chance to catch his breath, the man first exhaled, then took out a seven-inch straight barrel from his waist, pulled the fuse, and there was no problem at all. The straight barrel was successfully ignited, and a red flare rose straight into the sky.

The corporal showed a relaxed smile on his face.

Their platoon was ordered by the superiors to test the attack on the Antique Church. If the big duck really didn't play tricks in the cathedral, the Marine Corps' ships could land directly from this point, relying on the cover of the cathedral, and assemble an assault force behind the church.

Although the Spanish positions were still counterattacking, their strength had been greatly reduced. At this time, they should not continue to fight the enemy, but use the assault troops to quickly crush the enemy's last resistance.

However, this Antique Church, which gathered a large number of civilians, seemed to be an unarmed building. When the Marines landed and approached the cathedral to only 30 or 40 meters away, they were suddenly caught off guard by the superior Spanish soldiers who came out of the tunnel. They could not even complete the retreat in the first time, and more than 20 people all lay in this sparse coconut grove.

The Spanish's firepower is quite intensive, but these people's fighting spirit is very weak. Otherwise, they will put the Marines closer. After volleying their guns, they will charge forward immediately. Even if they have to pay some casualties, they can still defeat them all. Destroyed this group of Marines. But Big Salted Duck didn't do this. In the age of muskets, how many people could actually be killed and wounded by such a suppressive shooting?

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The door to Carlos' office was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and it was Bishop Elmer. This big shot, whose power in Luzon was no less powerful than Carlos's, was now full of panic. "Those infidels who deserve to go to hell, they fired cannonballs into the cathedral. Merciful Lord, there are so many civilians inside..."

Carlos was standing under the large glass window of the office. The window had been opened. I don't know if it was an illusion. The wind blowing through the window seemed to be mixed with a scorching heat. The wind blew so hard that Carlos felt a burst of chest tightness. .

Everything in the distance was thick smoke and flames.

It was not burning in one place, but in many places.

There was smoke and flames everywhere.

Amidst the huge explosion, houses on the south bank of the Pasig River were burning, streets were burning, buildings were burning, trees were burning, and even the air was burning. But Carlos felt that this was the glory of Spain burning, the pride of the white people, and the future of the monotheistic civilization.

Powerful Chinese!

They represented the East, and the Spaniards undoubtedly represented the West. This is not a war between two countries, but a war between two civilizations.

The protagonist of the world, the winner takes all!

Two hundred years after the Europas landed here, China's counterattack, freed from the shackles, was the power of this ancient civilization!