Li Huamei had no objection to this proposal and immediately expressed her agreement, but she refused the request to command the entire army, believing that the battle should be commanded by Song Xiechang. Because Li Huamei knew very well that she was good at naval warfare rather than land warfare, and the same was true for his pirates, so the attack on Del×Monta Monta Monta was still based on the 15th and 23rd battalions of the Chinese Army, and the pirates could only serve as auxiliary forces.
In addition, Li Huamei was not aware of her actual identity as a fleet commander, because in Chinese tradition, the navy's status was very low. Li Huamei never expected that he was considered a senior officer in the Chinese army.
Seeing Li Huamei say this, Song Xiechang did not refuse. After all, there is still a big difference between the Navy and the Army, and he also admires Li Huamei even more. The support army arranged by Shang Yi for himself was indeed nothing wrong.
So Song Xiechang immediately prepared and first asked Li Huamei in detail about the pirates' weapon assembly, combat effectiveness, daily training, practical experience, etc. After he made a decision, he dispatched all the 15th Battalion and two companies of the 23rd Battalion, with a total of six companies, about 1,200 people, and also brought twelve artillery pieces and some thunder rockets. One side of the pirates dispatched 1,500 people, including 500 musketeers; 800 people were also drawn from the militia to fight. The total force was about 3,500 people.
According to observations during this period, in the Monastery of Del×Monta, the total force of the Spanish army was about 5,000, but the only ones who were truly combative were Spanish soldiers, and the rest of the indigenous soldiers were not worth worrying about. Moreover, the Spanish army did not have many musketeers. Except for six or seven hundred Spanish soldiers, there were only about two or three hundred musketeers in the country's indigenous soldiers, and they all used old-fashioned coercion guns. In the Chinese army, Lao Gu understood that he had been eliminated for many years. Now he is a pirate army and a flintlock gun.
Therefore, although the Spanish army has a large number of troops, they are all mobs and are not strong in combat. Song Xiechang also has full confidence that this time he will definitely be able to defeat the Spanish army and achieve another great victory.
At this time, in the Monastery of Del×Monta, the Philippine Governor Kong had received news of the navy's defeat, which meant that the reinforcements of the physiological personnel had arrived in Manila, and the defeat of the navy made it impossible for the Spanish army to attack the Nanjing Shopping Mall through the Pashi River. The physiological personnel could concentrate their forces to deal with the Monastery of Del×Monta. At this time, the reinforcements of the state-Spanish ministry, which the governor and the Archbishop most were most anticipated, would have to wait until three days before they could arrive at the monastery.
Chakong was not sure how many reinforcements were coming from the physiological reinforcements, but if the combat effectiveness of the reinforcements was the same level as the current physiological army, even if only one thousand people came, it would be a very powerful force. Even if the indigenous soldiers from the country arrived, they might not be the opponent of the physiological reinforcements, and not to mention that there are not only one thousand reinforcements from the physiological reinforcements. Chakong now is no longer as proud as he was at the time, and he dare not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army.
Therefore, Chacon also suggested to the Archbishop that he believed that now that the reinforcements of physiological men should be brought down, and the Del Monta Monta should be immediately abandoned and retreated to the city of Manila, because the defense of Manila is much stronger than that of the monastery. He first stationed in Manila, gathered all the Spanish troops in the Philippines, and then fought against the physiological men. However, in the heart of the governor, he was considering whether to rescue the Mexican colony.
However, the governor's suggestion was strongly opposed by the Archbishop, because now more than 4,000 local natives gathered in the Monastery of Del Monta, and they were fooled by the Archbishop to carry out jihad wars to defend the Catholic Church. However, after all, even the Archbishop himself was surrounded by it. He even believed that this was really a jihad war to defend the Catholic Church, so of course he did not agree to retreat. On the contrary, he also asked Chakong to send troops immediately to attack the Chinese refuge area and kill all the pagans.
As a result, the Archbishop and the Governor, who had already had a great reconciliation, had a fierce quarrel. Chakon refused to go to war, but instead threatened the Archbishop. If the Archbishop did not agree to retreat, he would take the Spanish soldiers back to Manila. However, the Archbishop was unmoved at all and immediately stated that if the Governor was unwilling to fight, he would recruit soldiers to fight himself.
However, this time the two did not argue for too long, because the Chinese army's attack had begun.
After Chakong learned the news, his heart couldn't help but sink. He was a person with rich military experience. Of course, he knew that the physiological person must have made sufficient preparations and grasps to launch an attack at this time. This attack must be difficult to deal with. Therefore, Chakong also had a bad premonition in his heart. However, Francesco was flirting with a flirting look. Before he could do it himself, the pagans came to his door to die. It was really great.
At this time, there was nothing to argue. After all, the enemy had already fought, so Chacon and Francisco shook hands and made peace again and prepared for the battle together.
Facts have proved that Chakon's premonition was correct, and the Chinese army's attack was very fierce. Because the Spanish army's troops are increasing now, it is impossible for them to live in monasteries. Therefore, most of the indigenous people are actually stationed outside the monastery, and they also form a protection on the periphery of the monastery.
Because the indigenous people have been fooled by the archbishop for this period of time, they are all in high spirits and are full of fighting spirit. Faced with the attack of the Chinese army, the indigenous people actually took the initiative to launch an attack on the Chinese army. However, in the face of the powerful firepower of the Chinese army, the attack of the indigenous soldiers quickly collapsed. After all, there are not many indigenous people who are willing to die for religion.
The Chinese army took advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the indigenous soldiers' positions outside the monastery. Under the fierce attack of the Chinese army, the indigenous peoples outside the monastery were no opponents at all. The Chinese army was like urging withering and killing, and almost without much effort, it broke up the outer defense line composed of the indigenous people. If the indigenous people were returning, perhaps more people would be willing to fight to the death. Unfortunately, the indigenous people indigenous people did not come yet. Once the indigenous people discovered that the enemy was too powerful, they were not the ones at all, so they immediately threw all the defending God and holy wars behind their heads. It was important to save their lives first, so they soon scattered.
With the defeat of the indigenous soldiers, the courtyard wall of Del Monta Monta Monastery was also exposed in front of the guns and guns of the Chinese army.