Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 70 The Defenders Collapse

Although the convex surface of the bastion was knocked down by the explosive shells, the thick walls of Manila were still not penetrated.

Zheng Kezang saw that the opportunity had come, and ordered: "Uncle Wu Ping, let the soldiers from Wuwei Town on the left and right fill in the moat of Manila with sandbags. Pan Aqiang, the first battalion is ready to blast."

This is Zheng Kezang's trump card, a super explosive package made of sweet gunpowder. The blasting task is personally performed by the bravest [-]st Battalion of the [-]st Town of the Guards.

Not long after Pan Aqiang received the order, Qian Yan, the small squad leader who was quickly promoted before, immediately stood up and asked for orders: "I'll go!"

Ah Qiang looked at Qian Yan, showed admiration, and said: "This thing is something that the six relatives don't recognize, are you really going to take the risk?"

Qian Yan, who is eager to make contributions, said solemnly: "As a soldier of the Guards, you are not afraid of life and death!"

The battle was urgent, Ah Qiang didn't dare to delay, and said happily: "Okay! It's you, you come to be the temporary captain of the commando, go and arrange it!"

"Yes!"

Qian Yan gave a military salute excitedly, and took his troops to make explosives.

After a while, the explosive package of sweet gunpowder was ready. Qian Yan looked at the flames that appeared from time to time on the top of the city, and remembered Zheng Kezang's teaching: A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier.

Qian Yanchang breathed out, and said silently in his heart: "I am not a salted fish, I want to be a general!"

"Come on!"

After speaking, he picked up the first pack of explosives, braved the crazy shooting of the Spanish soldiers on the city wall, and rushed towards the bastion like an arrow off the string.

Fortunately, the hit rate of guns in this era is very impressive, and Qian Yan was not hit.

Under the cover of artillery fire and flintlock fire from the guards, Qian Yan led the commando soldiers, carrying bags of explosives, and quickly approached the city wall respectively.

Qian Yan ordered the piling up of gunpowder packs methodically under the city wall, and entangled them all together.

After everything was settled, he ordered his subordinates to evacuate first, and he personally lit the fuse in the rear.

There was a loud "boom", the sound shook the sky, and even the ground trembled violently, and a huge fire and smoke rose from the sky above the detonation point.

Qian Yan, who was running, was blown away by the shock wave, his ears were buzzing and he was almost deaf.

Major Veloza, who was hiding at the crenel on the top of the city, felt pain in his ears and couldn't stand upright. He staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground with a Gulu.

Although gunpowder smoke filled the city wall of Manila, it could be clearly seen that a large gap more than ten meters wide had been blasted by the commando.

Seeing a gap, the soldiers of the [-]st Battalion of the Guards immediately raised their flintlock guns, got into the lingering gunpowder smoke, and rushed into the city of Manila.

They held the gap firmly, waiting for the follow-up troops to come up.

Seeing that the guards had already appeared on the city wall, Major Velosa hurriedly asked the native troops to block the gap.

It's a pity that the native army lacking courage is no match for the Guards at all.

Before they even got to the guards, they were blown to pieces by Dongning Shenlei.

They had never seen such brutal weapons, and they were smashed into the ranks of the Spanish infantry.

"You gang of cowardly bedbugs, if you dare to retreat, shoot them on the spot." Major Velosa was furious.

Seeing that the gap in the city wall has been occupied, Zheng Kezang immediately ordered that the follow-up troops immediately follow up and enter the city of Manila, and must occupy the city of Manila today.

Afterwards, the guards and the follow-up troops of Zuowuwei Town rushed into the city with lightning speed, and the situation on the battlefield was irreversible.

Although there were a lot of defenders in Manila at this time, only more than 4000 Spanish soldiers were really capable of fighting.

But fighting in such a narrow city, Spanish soldiers still have a considerable distance compared with the Guards in terms of experience and weapons.

Therefore, the two sides fought in the alley. The Spanish soldiers were very unsuited to the bayonet and grenade tactics of the Guards.

The only redeeming thing is that their firepower is not bad, which caused a lot of trouble for Zheng Kezang's troops.

In the end, with the support of other soldiers, Velosa commanded dozens of soldiers around him, lifted up the unconscious priest, and retreated into the depths of Manila.

The guards also quickly expanded the width of the team in Manila, chasing the Spanish soldiers while gradually occupying the city of Manila.

Liu Guoxuan's left and right Wuwei towns are dedicated to dealing with the indigenous soldiers in Manila.

These native soldiers had no fighting power, killing Liu Guoxuan extremely happily.

It is much easier to deal with than the green battalion soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, the entire city of Manila was in chaos, with gunshots and explosions everywhere. Spanish soldiers, native soldiers, and residents of Manila were all running around the city like headless flies.

Because no one thought that the impregnable city of Manila would be breached by Zheng Kezang in less than a day.

Therefore, no one was ready to flee and evacuate, and now after Ming Zheng's troops invaded Manila, they all panicked.

Some people hurriedly packed their things, while others simply rushed out of the house without taking anything, trying their best to escape. As a result, they pushed and trampled each other, and some people were killed by mistake.

Of course, there are also a few people who take advantage of the fire to rob and make a fortune silently.

The city of Manila is not big in size, and in a short while Velosa led people back to the crossroads in the center of the city, where the Luzon Governor's Palace and the Augustine Cathedral each occupied a sharp corner.

At this time, more than 200 Spanish soldiers gathered around Major Velosa and marched towards the Governor's Palace, trying to take the Governor Juan de Vargas Huertado to escape.

At this moment, a squad of guards suddenly burst out from the slanting stab, disrupting their ranks at once. Seeing that they couldn't get out, Major Velosa retreated into the governor's mansion and refused to defend.

But at this time Zheng Kezang's troops had basically controlled the city of Manila, so they surrounded the Governor's Mansion.

"Mr. Governor, we're defeated, too fast! We're surrounded." This was the first sentence Velosa said when he saw Governor Juan.

The battle was lost so quickly that it was over before the Governor had time to sail away.

Although he couldn't get out by boat, because at this time Manila Bay was surrounded by more than 200 warships of Zhu Tiangui.

"Get ready to surrender, Major." Governor Juan didn't hesitate at all. He knew that the situation was over now, and the only way to survive at this time was to raise his hands and surrender.

Fortunately, he is not the governor who committed the blood debt of Ming people back then, so he should be able to save his life, right?
In fact, he has no idea, because once he surrenders, his life will be in the hands of the enemy.

The sun rose and jumped out of the horizon accompanied by sporadic gunfire, and the thousands of rays of light shone through the gaps in the clouds on the city of Manila full of gunpowder smoke.

At this time, the battle in Manila was basically over. There were only sporadic gunshots. The guards had completely controlled the city of Manila. After Zheng Kezang received the news, he led the people to the city of Manila.

This city, which symbolizes the colonial glory of the Spanish Armada, also officially ushered in its new owner.

(End of this chapter)