Chapter 209 Master in Manila

With the military victories, the Dazhong Dynasty constantly reaped various war dividends, which made the officials of the Dazhong Dynasty begin to realize that war is not necessarily a bad thing. Although the dead are inevitable, the country can get more dividends in the war, so gradually the officials of the Dazhong Dynasty began to change. The view of the war changed the ostrich policy of that year, which made the whole large, medium-aged dynasties more aggressive and belligerent at the same time.

In the seventh year of Tianyuan, Xiao Tianjian also did a very important thing, that is, in the name of the royal family, he issued the first public report of the Chinese people in China, which was called the China Monthly.

Originally, Xiao Tianjian wanted to make a daily newspaper, but considering that the preparation, printing and distribution of newspapers are still very inconvenient in this era, and it is not realistic to make a daily newspaper, so he changed it to a monthly newspaper.

This newspaper is mainly based on current affairs reporting. The content is mostly to explain the various policies and decrees of the court in the past month. The issuance is not limited to the number of people. It is open to the public in various places. As long as you spend money, you can buy it.

So many scholars or people with a little money realized the importance of this newspaper to them. Through this newspaper, they can quickly understand the trend of the court, which is very useful for them to be in politics or business in the future, so many people immediately began to buy it enthusiastically.

A few months after the publication of this China Monthly, many people met and formed a new greeting, that is, have you read the newspaper today?

Through this newspaper, Xiao Tianjian sent people to collect a lot of information about the Spanish massacre of Chinese in the Philippines, and then carried out violence against the Spanish in a large space (this is also a forbidden word, and the novel can't be written in the future!) The long publication soon aroused a call for a crusade against the Spaniards in China.

Newspapers can completely influence the guidance of public opinion, and can also find a better reason and mass base for starting a war. Of course, Xiao Tianjian will not let go of such a good publicity platform.

Maybe many Chinese people don't know where Taiwan is or where Luzon is, but in the eyes of the Chinese, it is not a bad thing to open up territory to defeat the barbarians. This also shows that the current emperor is a capable emperor, so they don't care about who to fight and how to fight. He All we want is the news of a big victory.

In order to encourage people's hearts, Xiao Tianjian even wrote in person (of course, he has to have a wife to write for him), saying that overseas Chinese are also descendants of Yanhuang. As the emperor of Dazhong, these Chinese are also the people of Dazhong Dynasty and his subjects. No matter where the Chinese go, they will receive the attention of the motherland. Protect, never allow anyone or any country to infringe on their interests!

Xiao Tianjian's article, which has been published in the China Monthly, immediately caused an uproar in China. No matter who it is, they feel warm in their hearts. There is no emperor in Chinese history who value his subjects so much. The current emperor even those overseas Chinese pay so much attention to it. Will it be right? Are the people in China harsh?

Therefore, as soon as Xiao Tianjian's article was published, it immediately caused a sensation in China, especially the relatives of overseas merchants and sea merchants. Everyone was excited. Some people even took the initiative to find the government and asked for donations to help the court send troops to Luzon and fight against the Xiyi who massacred the Chinese.

Taking advantage of the trend in China, Emperor Xiao certainly would not miss a good opportunity, so he immediately called the cabinet to send troops to Manila to expel the Spaniards and restore Luzon's status as a Chinese vassal.

After discussion, the cabinet ministers unanimously passed the resolution on the crusade against the Spaniards, and the Ministry of War was ordered to formulate a combat plan to prepare for a cross-sea expedition to Manila.

The Ministry of War immediately ordered the Marine Division and the Army Division to jointly formulate a battle plan. After coordination and deliberation by the General Staff Headquarters, in just half a month, a detailed battle plan was put out in front of the cabinet and Xiao Tianjian.

This time, the plan to conquer the Spaniards is much larger than the battle plan to recover Taiwan Island. In addition to using the southern fleet, the northern fleet and large ships of the Sea Trade Group were also deployed to participate in this operation.

In addition to the navy, the Army Division will naturally not sit idly by. After the efforts of the Army Department, the Army Division has also transferred three army divisions from the Southern Military Region, the Southwest Military Region and the Southeast Military Region to participate in this expedition.

Xiao Tianjian smiled secretly at the fact that the military took out so many troops to fight against the Spaniards. In fact, he knew very well the military strength of the Spaniards in the Philippines. The navy and the army took out so many troops, which was really a bit of a fuss. This is not a punitive action at all. Their battle plan is to take down the whole Philippines.

But Xiao Tianjian didn't see through it. He did not put forward any objection to such a plan, because this is the first battle for the development of overseas colonies in the future. Keeping more conservative, the Ministry of War is not wrong, and Luzon's geography is actually not far from China. If it is so close, Dazhong If the North Koreans can't produce enough people to carry out occupation and expeditions, how can they continue to expand globally in the future?

So even if it is a military training this time, it is not wrong to let the navy and army cooperate to launch a maritime expedition and gain some experience in fighting in different places.

After reading the battle plan, Xiao Tianjian put forward some amendments. He doesn't care about how to fight this battle, because the battle plan of the Ministry of War has been formulated quite detailed. With the plan of the Ministry of War, if so many people can't repair the Spaniards, then the main general of the Expeditionary Force should Find a place to jump into the sea and fall down.

The amendments he proposed mainly focused on logistics and medical treatment. In the last attack on Taiwan, the military ignored the issue of medical security. After arriving in Taiwan, it paid much attention to the prevention and control of local epidemics. After the war, it caused a certain degree of non-combat communization. Xu Many soldiers lost their lives in vain because of unconvinced and infected with malaria.

This time, the large and medium-sized army will cross the South Sea to fight in the hotter area of the Philippines, and the epidemic prevention problem will be more serious.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian's military department should attach great importance to this, and ordered the Pacific Hospital to dispatch a large number of medical officers to participate in this operation, and prepare sufficient drugs in advance, especially sufficient adult drugs and some anti-heatstroke, diarrhea and deworming drugs to support the army. It is best to prepare a large-scale The field hospital went out with the army and carried out on-site security with the army.

Of course, the Ministry of War immediately accepted and immediately revised the battle plan. As for the cabinet, Xiao Tianjian did not understand the situation, so he could only agree to this battle plan.

So in February of the eighth year of Tianyuan, when the Philippines was in the dry season and there were relatively few storms in the South China Sea, the Great Central and North Korea launched an expedition to Manila.

This expedition was set out in Guangzhou. The southern fleet, which had just completed the battle to recover Taiwan at the end of July, immediately began to prepare for the expedition to Manila.

In a few months, dozens of large splint ships, the Galen ships, were delivered to the Southern Fleet in various shipyards, and dozens of commercial large splint ships were also delivered to the Sea Trade Group for use as maritime trading ships. This situation is very common after six years.

In recent years, Western shipbuilders have trained a group of boatmen who can build Western-style sailboats for various shipyards in China and China. The wisdom of Chinese craftsmen can never be underestimated. These Chinese craftsmen have strong learning ability. Although they are not well educated, they are good at remembering and summarizing. They are better at combining all kinds of things they have learned, so these learned craftsmen will soon be able to build large sailboats comparable to Westerners in major shipyards, and even after the manufacturing technology of many Chinese sailboats are more easy to use than Western-style sailboats.

So this era can be called the era of China's explosive sailing ships. Shipyards in coastal areas are launched almost every day and delivered to users.

Therefore, some old-style sailboats built by the navy in the early years have begun to be eliminated in large numbers. Some ships have been resold to fishermen as large fishing boats or ordinary coastal cargo ships because they can still be used. By this time, the Royal Navy of China and North Korea has basically achieved the westernization of warships. The maritime combat ability has been greatly improved, and a large number of pirates continue to enter the navy after receiving training, so that there is no longer a shortage of naval sailors, and the combat effectiveness has become unprecedentedly strong.

This operation is not only a matter of the southern fleet. The northern fleet has also dispatched more than 50 large warships and troop carriers to participate in the war. In addition, the Sea Trade Group has also gathered nearly 100 armed merchant ships under the company to participate in the war.

War is a great thing for the Sea Trade Group. They have already coveted Manila, a good port. In addition, all kinds of materials produced in the Philippines are the goods needed by the Sea Trade Group, especially the copper mine, jute and other goods produced in the Philippines are in high demand.

The essence of launching an overseas war is plunder. The sea trade group seems to have to pay ship manpower to help the court fight. However, after the victory of the war, the court will definitely authorize the sea trade group to supervise the port of Manila. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong, the governor of the sea trade group, is very excited about this and will use it. Almost all armed merchant ships were sent to the navy for use.

In addition, the three army divisions sent by the army division also began to gather at the end of the seventh year of Tianyuan. They arrived in Guangzhou by land or waterway or even sea. With the cooperation of the navy, they chose several islands in the coastal zone and began the preliminary preparation training.

In February, more than 300 large warships and armed merchant ships, as well as large troop carriers, were all assembled in the area of Guangzhou Bay. With an order, tens of thousands of people began to board the ship one after another, and all kinds of materials were loaded on the ship. After the replenishment, the huge The boat master immediately fired Yang Fan and began to sail out of Guangzhou Bay.

It took half a month for the fleet that set sail from Guangzhou to reach the port of Manila, which is still the result of a large number of Western-style fast sailboats. If you use old-fashioned Chinese sailboats, even if it is a relatively fast lucky ship, it will take at least more than 20 days.

On the way, the fleet also encountered a relatively large storm. Three ships collided, causing capsizing and losing hundreds of sailors and soldiers. However, even so, Liu Yanming, the commander of the battle, did not waver in his determination to move forward. Finally, half a month later, he led a huge ship. The team appeared in Manila Bay.

The Spanish patrol boat also quickly found the fleet of the Great China and North Korea. Looking at the fleet of the Great China North Korea like dark clouds, the Spaniards were suddenly scared.

There is almost nothing to say about this battle. In the face of the absolute superior forces, the Spanish resistance was as pale and weak as the Dutch were in Taiwan. Now Spain is no longer as strong as it used to be. After their Spanish fleet was defeated by the British, the Spanish maritime power became It has been seriously weakened, and now it is only barely maintained in the colonies in Asia. They are still reluctant to deal with the Dutch, but in the face of tens of thousands of troops, thousands of soldiers and the colonial army composed of local indigenous monkeys equipped with only some crude primitive weapons, It's not enough for the Dazhong army to see.

So the battle lasted less than ten days, and the Spanish governor of Manila announced his surrender. After handing over all their weapons and their belongings, the remaining hundreds of Spaniards were caught up with two broken boats by the Dazhong army, and they drove away. As for whether they could return to Spain or not. Or somewhere else, it depends on their luck!

The Great Middle Dynasty then carried out a large-scale purge against the local indigenous people who tried to resist near Manila. This kind of purge can also be said to be a massacre! All colonists will not be kind to the local indigenous people, especially these black monkeys who have participated in the massacre of local Chinese. The generals and medium-sized soldiers have long been ordered to be polite to them. Therefore, in a month, the large and medium-sized army slaughtered the local black monkeys almost within a hundred miles near Manila. Tens of thousands.

Such violence immediately made these black monkeys understand a truth. When the Chinese are angry, they are far more cruel than the Spaniards. Either they submit to the feet of these new Chinese, or they can only be slaughtered.

Perhaps violence is not the best solution, but it is undoubtedly a very effective deterrent. In just a month, the resistance of the local indigenous people has been extinguished. The surviving black monkeys have become very docile. As long as they see Chinese appear along the way, they will know Kneel on the roadside to show their submission. Even if what they saw was only the overseas Chinese who lived here before, they immediately showed great obedience.

After the arrival of the Dazhong Army, the local Chinese people cried excitedly and took out the best things at home one after another to entertain these Chinese soldiers who had come thousands of miles to "protect" them. They had been looking forward to this day for too long, and even they were already desperate. Even they themselves thought that they had been abandoned by the motherland, but on this day, they suddenly found that their motherland remembered them again and sent an army to protect them and get justice for them. All the Chinese living in Manila were excited and excited.

They came out one after another, served as guides for the Dazhong Army, took the generals of the Dazhong Army, marched into the inland of Luzon, took over the fortresses set up by the Spaniards, controlled the villages of black monkeys, and controlled the mines.

After the news was sent back to Beijing, Xiao Tianjian immediately announced in Beijing that the Greater China Dynasty would take over the interests of all Spaniards on Luzon Island, and officially announced that Luzon would be merged into the Greater China Dynasty and become a province of the Greater China Dynasty, including the entire Philippine Islands, which will be merged into Luzon Province and become the leader of Greater China. Land.

Just as the whole country celebrated the opening of the territory again, and when everyone rushed to tell each other the good news, Xiao Tianjian quickly recovered his composure from the joy of victory.

Once again, he gathered the cabinet and members of the military, and began to look further away in the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City.

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