Chapter 940: Showdown

North of Manila.

When the Portuguese soldiers in front of the coast were under bombardment.

Under the command of Pan Chang, the Marines broke through the weak defense in the north of the city and directly entered Manila.

Unlike the desolation of Bambu, Manila is obviously much more prosperous.

In addition to many thatched houses on the periphery, the more brick and stone houses there are as you go in.

There are even Portuguese-style buildings near the coast in the center.

"Quick, quick, quick, occupy important streets and intersections in the city, find cover, and set up obstacles." Standing on the main road of Manila, Pan Chang kept ordering the generals passing by.

Because they did not expect the main force of the Marines to attack from the north.

The Portuguese only deployed a small number of soldiers in the north of the city and stockpiled heavy troops on the front coast.

So when they arrived, they easily broke through their defenses and entered Manila.

"General, a large number of Portuguese and native soldiers are pouring into Manila from the coast."

At this moment, the Marine general in charge of reconnaissance sent the latest situation on the battlefield.

"How many people are there?" Pan Chang asked.

"There are more than 8,000 Portuguese soldiers, and the rest are native troops." said the general in charge of reconnaissance.

Pan Chang nodded and immediately said to the messenger, "Pass on my order, focus on attacking the Portuguese soldiers."

According to the intelligence he received, the Western Tu army in the southern region is currently equipped with a lot of muzzle-loading rifles.

Compared to flintlocks, these muzzle-loading rifles are naturally more threatening.

So, they must first annihilate the Western Tu army equipped with line-loading rifles.

As for the native army, he really doesn't care at all.

He doesn't think these natives can fight for the Portuguese.

Their morale is probably not as good as that of the powerful army.

After his order was issued, the Marine generals immediately led their soldiers to the direction of the Portuguese soldiers.

The distance between the two sides gradually narrowed to 500 meters, and the Marines who were originally marching on the street immediately dispersed.

Some soldiers squatted in front of a pile of wood, aiming at the Portuguese soldiers, and some soldiers entered the houses and aimed through the windows.

Some soldiers climbed onto the roof and looked down from above.

Before the Marines arrived, the Portuguese soldiers also entered the city.

After discovering the Marines, they also adopted the tactic of scattered soldiers.

One by one, the Portuguese soldiers also looked for obstacles, relying on obstacles to prevent the Marines from rushing to the coast and outflanking them.

For a while, the two sides were deadlocked in the west city of Manila.

"Go!"

After the native army arrived, Colonel Valenza waved his hand, signaling the native army to charge, and they took the opportunity to shoot and kill the Dasong soldiers.

Under his command, the brown-skinned native soldiers rushed to the defense area of ​​the Marines with a howl.

"This group of bandits, even fighting the same way, bah!" Pan Chang couldn't help spitting when he saw this.

The Northern Di liked to send their vassal troops to the front of the battle.

This was clear to every Dasong soldier, so when they saw the Portuguese's tactics, they naturally thought of the Northern Di.

"Bang, bang, bang..." At this moment, dense gunfire rang out, and the Marines leaned out from all corners and shot the natives who rushed over.

The soldiers on the roof also took out grenades and threw them into the middle of the natives.

The charging natives suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

This group of natives was obviously frightened, and the first wave of soldiers retreated less than 50 meters after rushing out.

"Get ready." Just as the Marines were shooting, the Portuguese general asked his soldiers to keep a close eye on the roof in front of them.

They sent out the native army to verify an intelligence provided by Britain.

That is, the Dasong army was equipped with a musket that could be loaded from the back.

If this was true, the Dasong army would not stand up and shoot from the roof and behind obstacles.

After waiting for a while, the Portuguese general's mood became solemn.

Sure enough, after the dense gunfire, they did not see a Dasong soldier stand up to reload bullets, and everyone was still hiding.

"What a terrible fact." Balensa's heart sank.

He knew about muzzle-loading rifles, but he did not know the performance of Dasong's army's muskets.

The British only said that in the Dasong civil war, the Shi clan and Beidi were beaten badly by the Yan Wang army's muskets.

As he was thinking, he suddenly noticed that when the Dasong army was repelling the indigenous army, the front-line soldiers quickly came out of the alley, rushed forward into the alley in front, and kept approaching.

These soldiers moved very quickly, and when they left their hiding place, the Portuguese soldiers immediately shot at them.

However, before they had time to pull the trigger, they were attacked by other Dasong soldiers as soon as they exposed their bodies to the wall of the alley.

Even when they were hiding on the roof, they were attacked.

They were obviously covering these soldiers to rush forward.

In an instant, at the entire front of the confrontation, the Dasong soldiers approached more than ten meters forward.

Because of the attack, many Portuguese soldiers fired without taking aim.

These soldiers were now in an awkward situation.

Especially the soldiers lying on the roof, they had to stand up to reload their muskets.

And standing up meant that they were exposed to the enemy's guns.