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    the Philippines.  Luzon.  Batangas Province.

    Compared to Northern Luzon, Batangas is a relatively remote province, but after three hundred years of operation, Catholicism has taken root here. Although it is less than 100 kilometers away from Manila, this Luzon  The most southwestern provinces were where the Catholic guerrillas were most active.

    Lin Mengchu focused his defense efforts on Manila, which has forts and forts carefully built by the Spanish, the most populous city in the Philippines, and the most prosperous economy. Therefore, for Batangas Province in the southwest, it was just a matter of letting go.  in a lower position.

    Therefore, the Catholic fanatics in Batangas Province formed several guerrilla groups, and the Spanish even sent missionaries and instructors. As a result, the security situation in this province has always been quite bad. The Hong Army once deployed its main troops to attack the guerrillas near Batangas Province.  The Catholic guerrillas conducted several encirclement and suppression campaigns, but never made any major progress.

    Therefore, in Batangas Province, the Hong Army deployed the headquarters of an infantry battalion, as well as the directly subordinate teams of the battalion and a reinforced infantry company. It can be said to have strengthened the defense of Batangas Province, but for the long coastline and  From a tropical forest perspective, this amount of troops is far from enough.

    Recently, even more serious situations have emerged. Catholic guerrillas from some nearby provinces have also infiltrated into Batangas Province, which has made the situation in Batangas Province even more urgent.

    I just don¡¯t know what kind of fight there is. The coast of Batangas Province is always so beautiful. The tropical rainforest, fine beaches and coral reefs make it one of the best holiday destinations in the Philippines.  It¡¯s just that in this early summer, the waves in Batangas have never calmed down. They have rolled up one wave after another.  Rushing past those coral reefs, and rushing forward to the shipwreck.

    It¡¯s just that this group of Filipino natives holding Bibles in one hand and rifles in the other are not in the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Batangas.  They looked at the sea anxiously and asked: "Has the red dog in the city come out?"

    Someone comforted them: "There are only 300 Chinese in the city, and we have about 300 troops along the route. As soon as the army sent by God arrives, the good days of these Chinese will be over."

    ¡°Among them are natives who have had close relations with the colonists for generations, ordinary people whose interests have been harmed after the entry of the Hong Army, and some who are fanatical Catholics, plus a few Spaniards.  This formed a coalition of Catholic guerrillas in the southwest of Luzon.

    "Yes, as long as the army sent by God arrives"

    They have an sworn hatred against the Chinese and the Hong Army. They have fought countless times in the past year. There seems to be no room for compromise between the two sides. The only solution is to pierce each other's chest with a poisonous dagger.  The only way out.

    Just as he was talking, someone with sharp eyes shouted loudly: "Thank God!"

    "Thank God!"

    "Thank God!"

    This is a cheer, and some fanatical believers have begun to pray.  Ships that were either snow-white or pitch-black appeared in their field of vision. These ships included steam transport ships, some real steam warships, and many sail warships and auxiliary ships. They formed the Far East in this time and space.  The most spectacular fleet.

    Slowly getting closer.  The dark muzzle of the cannon and the flying Spanish flag were clearly visible, which made the people on the shore cheer. This was really God's will!

    The end of the Chinese people has come, they can get out of the Philippines!

    The Spaniards on the shore were already waving their flags, guiding the direction of this huge fleet: "Come here, come here! We can go ashore soon!"

    They don¡¯t know how many people and troops there are in this fleet, but this is the most spectacular fleet they have ever seen. It may contain tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers, right?

    They did not know that this fleet was the same fleet as the Spaniards that attacked Mindoro. They passed by the two camouflaged fishing boats of the Hong Army to reinforce Mindoro, leaving Ye Huaizhi to miss, but  Some news coming from the north also made the commander of the Spanish fleet make some wrong judgments.

    According to the information he received, Hai Geli's interception fleet will sink the entire Hong Army's mobile infantry regiment to the bottom of the sea and bury them in the belly of the fish. Now the Chinese people's attention has been perfectly attracted to Mindoro Island, and  Their fleet could take advantage of the Chinese's misjudgment and rush directly into Batangas, meet up with the thousands of Catholic guerrillas here, and then attack province by province to regain the entire Luzon Island with the cooperation of the Catholic guerrillas.

    It should be said that they have this strength and capital. The army strength carried by this huge Spanish fleet can be described as astonishing, including 3,500 Spanish soldiers and 700?Indigenous soldiers, as well as 47 cannons and 200 mules and horses, have mobilized Spain's maximum transportation capacity and mobilization power in the Philippines.

    Luis was the advocate and final commander of this island-hopping tactic. The Spanish lieutenant general held a telescope and said with interest: "I declare on behalf of God that this land has returned to the embrace of Her Majesty the Queen. Our comrades-in-arms are doing it."  Not bad!¡±

    The Batangas Catholic guerrillas were already waiting on the shore, and they even deployed sniper troops on the roads where the Hong Army might dispatch: "Within six hours, the entire army came ashore, and within twenty-four hours, our army recovered  Throughout the province of Batangas, within seventy-two hours, we will be able to see the Manila Cathedral again!¡±

    He is confident enough that if this powerful force in his hand cannot recapture Manila, there will never be a Spanish God, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of Catholic guerrillas in the entire Luzon Island to cooperate with their actions.  .

    "Start logging in"

    Batangas is not a very good port. Even in the 21st century in another time and space, tugboats were often transferred from Manila to facilitate the entry of large ships. But now it is full of small ships one after another.  The boat began to row hard towards the coastline, and some small transport ships also tried to dock.

    But the coastline they chose was the Spaniards' biggest enemy. Some boats were knocked back by the waves, some kept spinning in the waves, and some boats finally reached the shore, but found that there were hidden reefs in front of them.  Had to go back again.

    This is definitely not a good landing site. Only now did Louis discover that sometimes landing operations are indeed the most complex operations.

    Just like Ye Huaizhi's small-scale landing on Mindoro Island, this landing operation was also organized in a disorganized manner. Lieutenant General Lewis had promised everyone that he would pull his entire force onto land within six hours.  But two-thirds of this time has passed, and there are still dozens of small boats and transport ships struggling hard between the big ship and the coastline.

    There are only a thousand troops at most who have gone ashore, but they have lost the structure of a normal army. The company commander can't find his company, and each squad and platoon can't find their superiors. The soldiers who have been wandering at sea for a long time are tired.  Unbearable, many people ignored the scorching sun and simply found a place to sleep on the beach holding their rifles.

    The speed of landing was still so slow. It did not improve because of the Lieutenant General's rage. On the contrary, there were several minor accidents and even single-digit drownings. This made the Spanish soldiers' morale deteriorate again.  I felt quite depressed - there were already dead people before I even saw the enemy, which was not a good sign.

    Even if some officers organize their broken companies or infantry battalions, they lack enough strength to continue the attack. Some people's entire bodies were soaked in it when they landed. Their rifle ammunition must be replenished from their combat luggage, but  Even if they find a piece of luggage being transported, it's not what they want.

    Most of the time it was the officer's personal belongings, and sometimes it turned into something completely useless. I don't know who brought a piano ashore, and more than a dozen horses finally got ashore after all the hardships, but the Spaniards  It was soon discovered that the cavalrymen driving these horses had not even left their transport ships.

    The Catholic guerrillas and the missionaries who led them hugged their allies tightly, and they said urgently to the Spanish soldiers who landed on the ground: "We need a lot of rifles, as well as artillery, as well as gunpowder, lead and cannonballs.  besides¡­¡­"

    Where did the landing force find these things? Now they finally got two field guns on land, but they found that the ammunition boxes of these two guns were still floating on the water. There were several boxes of unsuitable grenades, and there were many more similar ones.  Many, some officers feel that this is the most difficult thing they have experienced in their lives.

    For their guerrilla allies, the Spaniards can only say: "We only brought these things for the time being. I believe you need these supplies."

    But when they said this, their faces turned red. When the missionaries opened the boxes, their faces were filled with helplessness - ten thousand Bibles, thousands of crosses, and many religious items.  They were all brought up by the Spanish Army with great difficulty.

    Lieutenant General Luis urged to speed up the action, and even went ashore to take command in person, but it did not change the chaos at the entire landing site. There were still many small boats fighting life and death with the waves. Many Spanish soldiers felt that they had used all their strength in this life.  .

    "Act quickly, we only have sixty-six hours. We will see the dome of the Manila church within seventy-two hours of landing. It may be a little difficult, but at least we can see Manila"??

    But just when Louis said these words, a messenger from the Catholic guerrillas was already rushing over: "The Chinese are coming!"

    PS: There is only one chapter like this today (to be continued)

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