A burst of gunshots and angry bullets were fired at the Spanish army, knocking down five or six Spanish soldiers and more than ten natives.
The sudden blow also caught the Spanish soldiers off guard. There was a commotion, so they hurriedly turned around and found that the enemy had already reached their side. They were about to raise their guns to fight back, but it was too late. The Chinese army's shooting speed was obviously faster than the Spanish soldiers expected.
During the continuous shooting, the Spanish soldiers continued to fall to the ground and died. At this time, the sky had darkened. The Spanish soldiers did not know how many enemies appeared, so they immediately retreated.
As soon as Liu Jing came to the door of this house, he looked in and saw that there were at least a dozen corpses lying scattered inside. Then he got up. When he first arrived and persuaded everyone to leave, the owner of the house kept asking Zhang Gengqiu, looking doubtful.
But Zhang Gengqiu, who had not left yet and was lying on the soldier's back, also sighed and said: "Who told you not to listen to us?"
At this moment, there was a sudden burst of footsteps in front, and a group of Spanish soldiers appeared on the street, blocking the way of the Chinese army. When Liu Jing saw it, he immediately ordered to prepare for battle.
This Spanish army was brought by the Spanish soldiers who escaped just now. There are more than 60 people in total. There are now more than 800 Spanish soldiers in Manila, more than 500 waiting soldiers, and more than a thousand more.
Chacón, an indigenous soldier, divided the army into five squads, each consisting of 120 Spanish soldiers, 60 recruits and 200 indigenous soldiers, and launched a massacre of the Chinese in Balian District from five directions.
Now what the Chinese army encountered was one of the teams. After they entered the Chinese residential area, they immediately dispersed and massacred the Chinese who were still here. At the same time, they also searched for valuables from house to house. However, they did not expect to encounter the Chinese army here.
After receiving the report, Lieutenant Perez, the leader of this team, immediately gathered more than 60 Spanish soldiers around him, more than 30 subordinate soldiers, and more than 100 indigenous soldiers and rushed over.
The street in the residential area is not wide, only about ten meters wide, but Lieutenant Perez is a soldier with a standard academic background. He still arranged the entire army into a neat column, with 12 people in each row to attack the Chinese army.
But before entering the range of the musket, Perez discovered that the physiological soldiers did not line up to fight but hid in the houses on the left and right. Some stepped down in the streets and some actually climbed onto the roofs.
Perez also found it very funny. The physiological army was indeed a rabble. Although they also used muskets, they did not understand musket tactics at all. How did the soldiers on the roof reload their ammunition? Although they were protected by bunkers, they did not shoot in columns.
How to maintain continuous shooting tactics? Without continuous shooting, the power of the musket cannot be exerted. Therefore, Perez was also confident. At this time, he felt that the distance was close and immediately ordered to start shooting.
At the same time, the soldiers of the Chinese Army also started shooting. Soldiers from both sides opened fire together. Suddenly there was a loud sound of gunfire and the fight was very fierce. The two sides shot at each other for a while. Perez also felt that something was wrong because the Spanish soldiers had been killed and injured ten times.
However, the other side did not seem to have suffered much losses because the Spanish soldiers were standing neatly in the middle of the street with three bursts of fire. Therefore, soldiers continued to be shot and fell to the ground. The Chinese soldiers were protected by bunkers and suffered almost no casualties.
But judging from the intensity of the gunfire, the opponent's firepower seemed to be stronger than his own. This made Perez confused. Can the scattered firepower overwhelm the three-stage continuous firepower? Moreover, the soldiers who were lying on the ground and firing never stood up.
How did they shoot in succession?
Of course Perez didn't understand that all the soldiers in the 12th platoon were equipped with the latest rapid-fire type II breech-loading rifles. Not only did they fire faster, but they could also reload while lying down, crouching, or lying on their stomachs. Of course, it was better than being stuck there as a living target.
The range of the rapid-fire type II rear-loading rifle is longer than that of the rapid-fire type I, reaching 70 to 80 meters, but it is worse than the flintlock muskets used by the Chinese army. However, not all the Spanish army uses flintlock muskets.
Half of the soldiers also used matchlocks.
In this way, the range of the flintlock gun must be accommodated by the matchlock gun. As a result, the range is almost the same. Therefore, although the Spanish army's well-trained three-stage continuous fire is not inferior to the Chinese army, the Spanish army will still suffer from the two sides shooting at each other.
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Lieutenant Perez still didn't understand why he was at a disadvantage. He only saw a few objects with white smoke thrown down from the roofs on the left and right sides, and then only heard a few "boom" sounds in the formation of the Spanish army.
Immediately after the explosion, the Spanish soldiers, soldiers, and indigenous soldiers were all injured and killed. Even Perez suffered four or five injuries.
In fact, the Chinese army has far more experience in street fighting than the Spanish army. They know how to make full use of the favorable terrain, but their weapons are not like the Spanish army. They stupidly stick to the three-stage continuous fire tactic and stand in the center of the street.
Are you waiting to get shot?
With the explosion of the grenade, the Spanish army's three-stage continuous firing formation was immediately blown apart. This time, it was even more defenseless. The Chinese army also took the opportunity to launch a charge towards the Spanish army while shooting. Moreover, the Chinese army was not blind.
To charge with a bayonet, first use a grenade to explode, and occasionally fire a few shots. This is the advantage of a breech-loading gun. You can reload while advancing, wait until the Spanish army is dispersed, and then rush forward for hand-to-hand combat.
Because before the two sides engaged in battle, the Spanish army was violently beaten by the Chinese army, killing and wounding many people, and the formation was in chaos. The Spanish soldiers, waiting soldiers, and indigenous soldiers were mixed together and became chaotic. Therefore, after a burst of soldiers from the Chinese army, they rushed up.
The bayonets stabbed many soldiers to death.
By this time, the Spanish army's muskets had not yet been equipped with bayonets, so everyone carried a short sword for close combat. However, the short sword was obviously much inferior to the muskets equipped with bayonets, and they were mostly defeated in battle. Luzon
There were many natives who used spears, but the size and strength of the natives were obviously not on the same level as the soldiers of the Chinese army. Almost all the native soldiers who fell after the two sides fought were attacked by the Chinese army and the Spanish were defeated.
The army retreated after repeated beatings, and dead bodies lay all over the ground.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lieutenant Perez quickly ordered the Chinese army to retreat and then pursued the Spanish army for a while until they exited the residential area before stopping. At this time, other soldiers who were killing and robbing in the residential area also joined several other Chinese soldiers.
The military battle was also completely defeated, and they dispersed out of the residential area to join Lieutenant Perez.
After the people were almost gathered, Perez counted the number of people. At this time, there were only 73 Spanish soldiers left to join the army, and only 38 people were left. The maximum number of indigenous casualties was less than a hundred. This result also made Perez great.
Is the army that shocks the physiological man so powerful? But at this time, Perez still felt
He was a little confused and didn't know where he was losing. His tactics were correct! However, Perez had to admit that judging from the previous battle, the physiological army was indeed proficient in shooting, and the individual combat capabilities of the soldiers with fierce firepower were also good.
It's very strong. Even in Europe, this is definitely a strong army.
After defeating the Spanish army, Liu Jingyi hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stop the pursuit, and then took a brief count of the number of soldiers. In the battle just now, the 17th company only lost eight soldiers in total, and more than 20 soldiers were injured, four of whom were seriously injured.
It looks like a comprehensive victory
However, Liu Jingyi did not dare to stay here any longer and immediately ordered to take the bodies of the dead soldiers and the wounded to evacuate immediately.
But at this moment, one or two hundred Chinese and an old man came from nowhere and came to the soldiers of the Chinese Army and begged: "Sister, please save us! Don't leave us here." There were many others.
A few people came around and begged, and some were kneeling on the ground and kowtowing. The more people gathered, the more people gathered. After a while, four to five hundred people gathered.
Zhang Gengqiu looked angry and sad and stamped his feet: "We have informed you a long time ago to leave quickly. Why don't you listen and stay here? Now the Gansu La people are coming to kill them." Because this Chinese residential area is their first
The place I was notified of is also the closest to the shopping mall. If I had evacuated earlier, I am afraid that I would have crossed the Pasig River and reached the shopping mall by now.
Everyone was speechless. They were all a group of people who had a sense of luck. Therefore, they still did not leave after Zhang Gengqiu informed them. Some people made sarcastic remarks. However, after the Spaniards launched a massacre, their last trace of luck was shattered to this point.
What else could be said? At this moment, the gunshots seemed to be moving here again. Many people were ashamed, ashamed and afraid and couldn't help crying.
At this time, Liu Xiao said: "Don't cry, everyone. If you have the energy to cry here, why not use it to escape? The Gansu La people will come back soon and kill them again. We can't stay here for a long time, so you should run to the Nanjing Commercial Center as soon as possible."
Maybe if you still have time to stay here, you will be dead." After that, the soldiers from the 17th Company turned around and said: "Let's withdraw."
The soldiers of the 17th company set off immediately, and the Chinese who stayed here also hurriedly started to follow them in the direction of the business building, leaving this Chinese residential area behind them in the blink of an eye.