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The speed of the battleship played an important role at this time. The distance from Hong Kong to Manila Bay was almost the same as the distance from Tainan to Manila Bay. Moreover, according to the so-called clear rules of Western countries, troops are generally not allowed to take action until war is declared. As for why we rushed to launch the attack on the Philippines before George Dewey, it was just to gain more truth. Most people will abide by the principle of first come, first served. This does not mean that we cannot launch an attack on the Philippines if we are one step behind the Americans, but there will definitely be disputes over the subsequent distribution of benefits. Although the truth is only within the range of the cannon, some international unspoken rules still need to be followed.
"Even so, how do we get in? We can only attack Cavite here." Su Chang said.
"How to get in? Of course we drive in directly. Do we have to cower like we did in Vladivostok last time? Even if it is full of mines, we still have to drive in!" Chen Zheng said. Last time he was stopped by Lao Maozi's "Thunder Chain". This time, even if it was "Thunder Bay", Chen Zheng had to try it.
With the Hawaiian Queen in front and the Heilongjiang in the rear, the two ships sailed straight into the harbor. Ten minutes later, no damage was done. However, according to reports from observers on the bow and side of the ship, the Hawaiian Queen hit at least four mines. However, these mines did not explode violently, and only a large number of bubbles were seen in the water on the ship.
Chen Zheng smiled, this time he made the right bet! The last time Russia was intimidated from trying it was because he was very afraid of damaging the battleship. But he is very familiar with the Philippines. Spain only has a dozen old warships in the Philippines. Several of them were wooden battleships using muzzle-loading guns. Facing a battleship like the Hawaiian Queen, they had no power to fight back. In addition, Chen Zheng is not worried about mines. These Spanish mines were shipped a few years ago and are filled with black powder. It is very difficult to preserve black powder. Over time, it may become completely ineffective. Chen Zheng was sure that the Hawaiian Queen must have installed no fewer than ten mines, and even the Heilongjiang that followed closely behind may have touched mines.
The peninsula of Cavite extending out of Manila Bay strangles the entrance of Manila Bay and has an important location. Spain has built a large number of coastal defense guns here. But they were all old muzzle-loading cannons from more than ten years ago. For Chen Zheng, they were basically no threat.
When the two ships were parked in the port. The Governor of the Philippines, Postjeville, had just received the telegram from China declaring war on China. Rear Admiral Montojo had already arrived at the port to prepare for the upcoming American fleet. It is said to be a head-on battle, but it is actually a passive defense. The only battleship that Montojo can really use is a cruiser with a displacement of 3,500 tons. The rest are old ships and are not of much use at all, so Montojo will use the battleship All were concentrated in Cavite, where the battleships were used as live forts in conjunction with shore defense batteries to defend against George Dewey's fleet. When he saw two giant battleships approaching, Rear Admiral Montoho recognized them at a glance as Chinese dreadnoughts. The two ships should be the Queen of Hawaii and the Heilongjiang. On board the cruiser Reina Cristina. Rena Christina frowned and said, "Why is it a Chinese warship?"
Captain Vlad said: "Thiscommander, a signal is coming from the shore!"
Major General Montojo observed with a telescope and read out the meaning of the flag: "China has declared war on us. If you encounter the Chinese fleet, surrender to avoid casualties!"
Vlad trembled: "The Chinese have declared war on us? Commander. What should we do? The two dreadnoughts are less than 20,000 meters away from us. The shooting distance they were acting at originally was 10,000 meters away!" "
Surrender? Montojo was unwilling to surrender from the bottom of his heart. As a soldier, he would rather die in battle. However, the battle has no chance of winning, and the sacrifices of the soldiers will become meaningless. Montojo closed his eyes. Said: "Hang the white flag!"
"Yes! Hang the white flag!" Captain Vlad ordered.
"Hang the white flag!" the ordering soldier shouted.
The Hawaiian Queen.
"The white flag is hanging, I thought I could practice some!" Su Chang said.
Chen Zheng frowned and said, "The army hasn't arrived yet, do they want us to go ashore?"
Su Chang said: "Then take over the warships first and wait for the army when we get ashore. Anyway, it's useless now that George Dewey is here."
"Then just wait!"
After seizing several warships, Major General Montoho asked to see the commander of the Chinese Navy and was taken to the restaurant of the Queen of Hawaii.
"Major General Montoho!" Chen Zheng came over and said.
"Chen, Chen Zheng, you, you, you are actually the commander of the Chinese Navy! I always thought that the commander of the Chinese Navy was just a person with the same name as you, but I never thought it was you!" Montojo stood up and looked in disbelief. Said Chen Zhengdao.
"Hehehe!" Chen Zheng smiled and said,??: "Major General Montojo, are you okay?"
It turns out that after being told that he could not enter Beiyang to serve as a leader, Chen Zheng thought about serving the Spanish in the Philippines. As a graduate of the British Royal Naval Academy, he approached the Philippine Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Montojo, but was rejected by Montoho for the simple reason that Chen Zheng was of yellow race. In the Philippines, the average Chinese is worse than the natives, and the rich are better off. Moreover, most overseas Chinese are cowardly and ununited. The Spaniards look down upon the Chinese the most. Chen Zheng's dream of becoming a navy was shattered, so he just learned business at home until he went to Hawaii with his younger brother.
The reason why Montoho remembered Chen Zheng was because Chen Zheng's father, Chen Guang, had given him money to ask him not to accept Chen Zheng as an officer. Montoho felt very strange about the Chinese people's behavior, so he had a relatively negative impression of Chen Zheng. profound. It's just that after not seeing each other for more than ten years, my status is not as good as that of the person who begged me in the first place.
Montojo sighed and said, "Why did China declare war on our country? Is it because your family is here?"
"Family? The family's business has long been moved to Guangdong. There are just some clan members here. Declaring war on Spain is what our emperor wants." Chen Zhengdao.
"What's the reason for declaring war?"
"Does war need a reason?" Chen Zheng asked.
Montojo nodded and said, "I understand! Can you show me around?"
"Okay. Please!" Chen Zheng said politely.
South China Sea.
Taiwan number.
"Two o'clock direction! Five battleships found!"
"Hmph!" Qin Zhennan raised his telescope and looked at it, and said, "It should be an American, don't worry about him."
After receiving the telegram from the Navy Department in Hong Kong, George Dewey originally planned to wait a day before heading to the Philippines. However, soon after receiving the news that China had also declared war on Spain, he immediately led the fleet to the Philippines. Sixty or seventy nautical miles away from Manila Bay, observers spotted a Chinese Navy warship.
"Damn it!" George Dewey punched the rudder of the ship.
"Commander. What should we do now?" the captain asked.
¡°Continue to move towards Manila Bay and see what happens!¡±
"Thendo you want to prepare for battle?"
"You want to try the power of the 50-caliber 305 main gun?" George Dewey asked.
"Of course not."
The distance between the two sides became closer and closer, finally maintaining a distance of 50,000 meters. Then it sailed parallel to Manila Bay, but due to the speed gap between the two sides, George Dewey's fleet slowly fell behind.
After Qin Zhennan let the transport ship enter Manila Bay. He ordered the right rudder to be full, moved the battleship horizontally at the mouth of the bay, and then aimed the main gun at the outside of the bay.
"The Army is finally here! Hey? Where's the Taiwan? Signal Corps, go send a telegram and ask where Qin Zhennan is."
After a while, a telegram was delivered to Su Chang. Su Chang looked at it and smiled, then Chen Zheng walked in and asked, "Where is Qin Zhennan?"
"It's at the mouth of the bay! They met the Americans. Now this guy is putting the Taiwan across the mouth of the bay to warn the Americans."
"Oh? The Americans are here too, how slow!"
"By the way. Where's Montojo?"
"I took him on a tour just now, and he has left now." Chen Zheng said.
"Oh, where is the best place for the army to land? Is it in Cavite?" Su Chang asked.
"No, go directly to Manila, which is far away from the Spanish Governor's Palace. You may encounter Philippine rebels on the way, and most of the Spanish troops are in Manila. There is no need for the army to go so far." Chen Zheng said.
Su Chang said: "If you didn't still have tribesmen in the city, just bomb it directly. Just like the bombing of Tokyo in Tokyo Bay last time, it can be done without the need for an army." Su Chang didn't care about the casualties of civilians. War will definitely cause civilian casualties, which is unavoidable.
"Things on land still have to be resolved by the army. After all, the range of naval guns is still limited." Chen Zheng said.
"What does it mean?"
"Oh, it's too late!" George Dewey sighed.
¡°Are we just going to watch the Chinese take over the Philippines?¡±
"Then what do you want to do? We also get involved in the Philippines? The Chinese are just as crazy as the Russians. The war with Russia has not ended yet, but they actually declared war on Spain! Emperor Qin is an unreasonable war madman, I I don¡¯t want to provoke him,¡± George Dewey said.
"Then what should we do now?" the captain asked.
"Go back! We will go to Hong Kong for supplies, and then return to China. We have nothing to do in the Far East." If we come too late, we are destined to not gain any benefits.
After destroying the forts in the port, the transport ships began to dock to allow soldiers to land. Haji is the commander of these Hawaiian soldiers. He knows Chinese and has listened to Qin Ge's lectures.
"Hurry up! Get in position and prepare yourself to prevent enemy attacks!" Haji shouted from the boat.
Then Haji also came ashore. After the five artillery pieces also came ashore, Haji said to everyone: "Our target is the Spaniards! But when you see someone who threatens you on the march, shoot decisively. Don't hesitate! You Your hesitation may cause casualties to your comrades! Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
"Okay! Load the guns! Let the artillery team walk in the middle! Move forward!"
The troops began to advance slowly and orderly. There was no aerial reconnaissance, and they could only send out scouts. After walking for a while, Haji saw many people with dark skin like himself. He sighed in his heart: "This place is controlled by Western powers just like the motherland a few years ago. However, the motherland is now a completely independent country, but this place will become a colony of China in the future. He has never been to China. , only arrived in Taiwan. But Taiwan is already several times larger than the motherland, and Taiwan is just a big island in China. He can imagine how big China is.
Postjevil deployed all eight thousand troops in front of the Governor's Mansion without being attacked by naval guns. The remaining two thousand men were deployed on the wall outside the Governor's Mansion. This was a city wall built more than two years ago. It could not withstand modern artillery attacks. He had already told the defenders of the city wall. If the enemy's fire is too heavy, fall back. It made him feel that the Chinese still made things clear. These 8,000 soldiers were all elite and were drawn to fight the rebels. It¡¯s no problem to fight 30,000 people. Everyone has a German-made GEW88 rifle, and the weapons are much better than those of the rebels. It's a pity that there are too few artillery, only three Krupp 75mm field guns. Each cannon is accompanied by 24 rounds of shells, and then there are some old-fashioned muzzle-loading cannons, which use solid bullets. The blooming bullets have long been gone, and they are probably of no use. They can only be used as large guns. The Governor's Palace is on the south bank of the Pasig River, and the enemy has also landed on the south bank. I believe we will see the enemy soon.
"Commander, the castle in front is the Governor's Mansion. The Governor of the Philippines seems to have concentrated all his troops in the Governor's Mansion." A scout came back and reported.
"Artillery. Blast that wall to pieces!"
"Yes!" the artillery commander responded, and began to aim the artillery. Because the distance was relatively close, the artillery fired only after the infantry in front dispersed. Because this city wall is basically made of stones. The power of the high-explosive bombs seemed a bit insufficient. The five artillery pieces fired a total of 80 shells before blasting a large gap in the city wall.
"Keep going!" Haji said.
After the artillery stopped attacking, the Spanish in the castle began to counterattack.
"Fire!" The soldiers who were not harmed by the shelling began to fire back with their rifles, but from a distance of several thousand meters, they fired even at an elevation angle of 45 degrees. Bullets can't hit the enemy either.
"Oh, are these Spaniards crazy? Shooting with rifles at such a distance?" Haji shook his head, "Keep moving! The bullets can't hit this far! Let the artillery attack here! Sasser! Take out two of your regiment A company to protect the safety of the artillery!"
"Yes! Seven companies and eight companies! You stay to protect the artillery. No one is allowed to come near. If anyone comes close, shoot to death!"
"Yes!" The two company commanders took the order.
"Bang!!" The artillery began to slowly aim and fire, and then continued to extend the fire.
Hearing the sound of cannons, Bosjevil walked out of the Governor's Palace and took a gun himself to prepare for battle. Seeing the soldiers outside firing continuously, Bosjevil said angrily: "What are you doing! Shooting without even seeing a human being? Oh, I'm scared to death from the shelling!"
¡°Howl~~~~Bang!!¡± An explosion sounded behind him, startling Bosjevil. When I looked back, I saw the house behind me was in a mess!
oops! Fortunately, I just walked out! Posjevir felt happy in his heart and said: "How can this cannonball hit so far?"
"When they saw soldiers with dark skin like Filipino natives approaching, the soldiers thought they were dazzled. Didn't they say they were Chinese? Why are they all the same as the native Filipinos?
After approaching eight meters, some soldiers started shooting. The Hawaiian troops were not using AK75 carbines, but the AK-75 that Qin Ge first shot. The barrel length was 640 mm and equipped with a bayonet. Qin Ge was not that extravagant yet. Each of the troops in Hawaii was also equipped with a revolver. Some soldiers have very good marksmanship and can still achieve a hit rate of about 10% when shooting from a distance of 800 meters.Simply aiming with the naked eye, this is already amazing.
The defenders on the city wall began to retreat, because shells continued to hit the city wall and they couldn't stay at all.
Postjevil asked: "How many artillery pieces did the Chinese bring?"
"I didn't see it clearly, but judging from the intensity of firepower just now, it should be fifteen doors. But"
"But what?"
"The people I saw attacking just now don't seem to be Chinese." The soldier replied.
"Not Chinese? Are they Americans?"
"No? Those soldiers look like they are Filipino rebels, but"
"Come on, tell me, why are there so many!"
¡°Their military uniforms are all uniform and well-equipped.¡±
"Like the natives of the Philippines, but with uniforms and well-equipped equipment! There is no such army in the Philippines! If there is, we will fight here! We still have to wait until now, no matter what, Deller, hurry up and fire at the gap in the city wall! Those people want to Come in!" Bosiyeville can no longer control what troops are attacking him. These are all meaningless. How to win is what he wants to think about now.
"Bang!!" The artillery in the castle opened fire, and the shells flew towards the advancing Hawaiian army.
"Get down!!" Hearing the roar, all the officers ordered the soldiers to get down to reduce the possibility of the soldiers being hit by shrapnel.
"Send a telegram to the artillery! Ask them to shoot down the artillery in the city!" Haji said to the telegraph operator.
After receiving the telegram, the artillery commander was depressed. The enemy's artillery shells were all hitting the front line. He could not judge the location of the enemy's artillery based on their ballistics.
"No matter what, this small castle isn't that big, it should be no problem if the firepower covers it once!"
"Bang!" "Bang!" Posjevir felt that there were suddenly more shells falling around him, so much so that he could not hear the voice clearly. Posjewell wanted to ask Deller to shoot down the enemy's artillery. When he turned around, he saw two explosions on the artillery position. It was the enemy's artillery shells that hit his own artillery position.
"Oh, damn it!" Postjevil ran over and asked a soldier: "Where's Deller?"
"What?" The soldier's ears were really buzzing from the firing of his own artillery, and he couldn't hear what the governor was saying.
"Where is your commander?" Postjevil shouted in the soldier's ear.
"Sir, he died just now!" (You are welcome, your support is my greatest motivation.)
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