Next is the time to clean the two docks.

With sporadic shore artillery, the New Iron Craft fleet completely cleared the docks on both sides of the strait in just one hour. At this moment, the defenders on Mactan Island in the south bank showed off their white flag.

Since Cebu City is still four miles away from the north coast, Qitad did not rush to board Mactan Island, but instead first let a brigade of infantry climb to Cebu Port and established a position there.

Soon, people came to the Mactan Island port.

A burly man with a bearded face, but he looks like a Chinese at first glance.

"Your Majesty, my name is Jiang Tieshan, the guardian of Nanban Castle"

It turned out that Fernando did not place the main force on the south bank, but in Cebu City. The south bank only sent a platoon of white soldiers, plus the Chinese camp.

"Who are you from Li Hucheng from Krabi?"

"I am his brother-in-law"

Qitad nodded, and he took Harach's personal guard camp to settle in the small fort on the south bank. When he entered the city, he found that there were corpses of white soldiers everywhere. Obviously, in the earth-shaking competition between naval guns and shore guns, the Chinese battalion suddenly counterattacked and annihilated the white platoons here.

"Why?"

Although I already knew about Krabi, Qitade still asked.

"Your Majesty, have you seen it? Cebu City was built by us Chinese. In the past, the Deputy Governor also asked us to live in the city, but since the incident in Krabi, he drove us out. I used to guard the inner city, but now I have been arranged to guard the South Island."

"Look at it again, just like the Eighth Company in Manila, most of the buildings outside the city are Chinese, but the Spanish do not allow us to build walls, they can only build a fence"

"Then why did he ask you to station in the South Island? Are you not afraid of you coming out to attack the artillery on the other side?"

"This..., Your Majesty, my property is on the South Bank..."

"Industry?"

"Yes, Fernando gave me the pier on the South Bank. I guess he believed that I would not risk losing the pier on the South Bank"

"Okay, let's talk about the situation in Cebu City"

"Okay, Your Majesty. Cebu City has more than 30,000 people, second only to Manila. Among them, there are about 5,000 Spanish people, all of whom live in the city and in large estates outside the city. There are gold mines, copper mines, iron mines, and coal mines in the northeast of the castle. They are all private industries of Fernando and also have strongholds."

"There is also a white battalion and a native battalion in the city. They knew that His Majesty's fleet had arrived early in the morning. Therefore, the white farmers and mine owners on the entire island moved to the city. These people had muskets, so at least one more white brigade could be found."

"There are many artillery on the top of the city, but it is not as big as the shore artillery. Your Majesty is worried that you will not be able to hit the dock."

"The city wall is about three zhang high and about one zhang thick. It is made of neat square stones polished by Chinese stonemasons. It is very strong. The castle was built for fifty years before completion. It is surrounded by castles. Each castle has a row of white people and a company of native people."

"Since you have a dock, you must have a fleet."

"Yes, my brother-in-law is the largest Chinese businessman in Krabi and the only Chinese businessman in Lu Song who can trade in Guangzhou. After I get the goods from the Qing Dynasty from him, I will transfer them to the southern archipelago and Makassar Island, mainly ironware, fabrics and other items"

"Then what are your plans in the future?"

Qitad glanced at him, and saw his calm expression and a fat face. He knew that he was definitely not as simple as an ordinary Chinese businessman.

Sure enough, when he heard this, Jiang Tieshan immediately knelt down on one knee.

"Your Majesty, if you can take down Cebu City, please stay here"

"You just think our country can stay in Cebu Island?"

"Your Majesty, I have heard of your country's demeanor in Southeast Asia in recent years. I don't know about others, but I know that if there is still a force that can compete with the Spaniards, then it's your country!"

"Then let me ask you, how many Chinese are there south of Cebu Island? How many Spanish defenders are there in the south?"

"Report to your Majesty, there is also a deputy governor on Mindanao, who was the real deputy governor who received the orders of Manila. There is also a white brigade, a Chinese brigade, a native brigade, a white brigade is stationed in Davao City, and a native brigade is stationed in Kagayan City to the north"

"The Chinese brigade is stationed in Zamboanga City to the west"

"Is there anything special?"

"Your Majesty, Davao City is like Cebu City, with the most Chinese, Zamboanga City has the most Muslims, and Kagayan City has the most natives who converted to Catholicism"

"How can three brigades survive in Mindanao?"

"Your Majesty, don't underestimate Mindanao. There are gold and silver mines everywhere. Except for the white brigades who need to pay for the deputy supervisor of Mindanao to provide money, the native brigades and Chinese brigades are all supported by themselves. Both brigades are Spanish as commanders, and the positions above the battalion commander are also Spanish"

"Only Chinese or natives are at the battalion commander or below, they allow natives and Chinese leaders to occupy one or two gold and silver mine sites and duty-free trade in Mindanao and Makassar to support each brigade..."

"Makassar?"

"Yes, there are also many Chinese people on Makassar, almost monopolizing the trade on the island and trade between the Philippine Islands, but most of them live in Makassar City"

Qitad nodded, "I heard that there are still many pirates entrenched in the nearby Sulu Islands?"

Jiang Tieshan's face changed as soon as he heard this, and Qi Tade understood when he saw it.

"If Chinese people want to gain a foothold in foreign lands, it is impossible to rely solely on doing business. According to the Intelligence Bureau, there are more than one million natives in Luzon, Mindanao, and Makassar, and there are at least 500,000 people in the three islands including Cebu. Although the local natives are lazy, they are numerous and powerful. If they don't have a chance, they will not be able to watch Chinese merchants traveling through the countryside and doing business in the forest."

"This person is mostly both business and thief. I think of Mojiu, who has been from Guangdong, can only survive in Hexian Town by relying on a casino. It can be seen that normal businessmen cannot gain a foothold here and must rely on something."

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Then he said, "Very good, our army will take over this military fort. Your people will retreat to guard the city."

"Yes..."

....

On that day, the Truqin army did not immediately attack Cebu City, but set up positions near the other three gates of the city, and each was stationed by a regiment of soldiers. After completing all this, it was already dark.

The next morning, Qitade said to Jiang Tieshan who came to serve with sincerity: "The thunder strike in our country is about to begin, so watch it carefully."

Jiang Tieshan also smiled and said, "Just be about to see his power"

Truchen's eleven centimeters and fifteen kilograms of howitzers began to slowly approach the east gate of the dock under the cover of the infantry, and stopped when they approached about three miles. According to the observation in the telescope, although twelve pounds of cannons were arranged at the head of Cebu City, according to the ability of the Spaniards, this kind of cannon cannon cannons can only be hit three miles at most.

Sure enough, when the soldiers on the city wall saw them approaching, they began to bombard, and the farthest shells barely landed nearby.

If the Truqin Army's twelve-centimeter cannon is lifted to a maximum elevation angle, it can hit four miles away.

The test shot has begun.

The attack mission was carried out by the First Regiment of Kang Xiaozi Brigade. The regiment released all twenty cannons from the artillery battalion. Directly opposite the city gate was an obvious heavy field gun that the Truqin army rarely used. However, the artillery near this artillery was obviously not ready to bombard the city wall with the others.

"Boom..."

The test shot has begun.

If you want to accurately hit the city wall that is only three meters wide from three miles away, it will not be possible to complete just a few rounds of test shots.

The test shot took five rounds!

Then twenty artillery guns began to set up formal artillery positions, excavate the artillery positions, nailed them with huge wooden wedges, adjust the elevation angle, and the distance between the artillery guns was about ten meters, which was exactly the range that a twelve-pound grenade shotgun could cover.

"Boom..."

The bombardment at this time was one after another. At this time, a high lookout table had been erected behind the artillery position. Qitade stood on it and observed. After the five formal bombardment, the city wall was in a mess. Not only were the soldiers killed and injured in large quantities, but the artillery arranged was also tilted.

The infantry carrying the mortar began to move under the cover of artillery fire and stopped about 300 meters near the city wall. The cannon behind did not move, only the 15-mm and 30-pound heavy (for field guns, this kind of artillery is already considered heavy) slowly followed the infantry under the pull of two pack horses.

"Boom..."

The debugging of the mortar has also begun. Compared with field guns, the debugging of the mortar is much smoother. After only three rounds of test fire, the gunman issued new parameters, and all the mortars began to land.

The bombardment of field artillery stopped. At this time, the enemy began to return to the city walls one after another, preparing to deal with the enemy's siege, but at this time the bombardment of mortars began!

The enemy had to run again.

At this time, the 30-pound field cannon aimed at the city gate with the smallest elevation angle (five degrees).

Unlike Manila City, Cebu City does not have a moat!

This is a rifled field gun, which is different from the smooth bore solid bullet commonly used by Europeans. When it shoots the shell at a five-degree elevation angle at a nearly straight attitude, within the first 300 meters, the shell only drops half a meter every 100 meters, and only one meter five meters in three hundred meters!

The European smoothbore cannon, solid bullets can quickly drop by three and a half meters at a distance of three hundred meters!

Therefore, it is obviously not easy for such a cannon to hit a gate with a flat shooting attitude at such a distance, but the Truchens' rifled field can do it!

Of course, the cooperation of the mortar is required.

Europeans obviously do not understand these secrets.

A weighing thirty kilograms, with a shape that was almost the same as the shells of later generations. It also brought a grenade from the armor-piercing part and whistled straight towards the wooden door that was as high as one and a half feet tall, made of heavy sandalwood and covered with iron sheets!

At such a distance, you can hit it accurately by aiming the field gun at the middle of the gate slightly higher, and there is no need to debug!

At this time, if the heavy armor-piercing grenade hits the gate in slow motion, it will be:

The manganese steel conical warhead cuts into the position between the two doors. The door wrapped in iron sheets quickly sinks in an instant, and huge pressure spreads rapidly to the surroundings. The fragile part of the wooden door is squeezed and immediately sprays out wood chips!

The armor-piercing part quickly passed through a gap of twenty centimeters thick. However, the obstacle of the door still caused the striker inside to hit it violently, and immediately ignited the rear bullet part. At this time, the bullet body was just between the gates!

"Boom..."

After a loud bang, the entire gate was destroyed!

A huge, jagged-shaped round hole appeared!

There is still a reverse bastion inside the gate, and the second armor-piercing howitzer appeared!

Then the third, the fourth, the fifth!

After four consecutive armor-piercing grenades bombarded, they fell in response to the reverse bastion facing the city gate. Previously, the soldiers located between the gate and the bastion naturally fled, injured, and died.

A company of Truchen soldiers pushed a three hundred pounds and wore a short-barrel cannon with armored partitions slowly towards the city gate. At the same time, the soldiers of the two companies had already climbed the city wall with portable ladders!
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