On this day, the festive atmosphere in Manila was even stronger than in previous years. Everyone believed that the more than 30,000 colonial troops led by Bolavixia would capture Cavite, the political center of the independence army, within a few months. After successfully suppressing the independence movement, waiting for the Philippines
People are definitely being exploited more crazily, and accordingly, the Spaniards in the Philippines can make a lot of money. So every Spaniard in Manila is smiling and seems to be full of confidence in the future.
This morning, several Spanish mansions began to be busy. Servants shuttled in and out, ingredients were delivered to the kitchen, tables and chairs were moved to the courtyard, and large shading cloths were opened one after another.
At noon that day, another regiment of colonial troops left Manila and headed west to support the offensive against Cavite. The defense of the entire city of Manila was further emptied. In the afternoon, the Spanish colonists in the city finally began to prepare to cross Santos.
On Lundin Day, at six o'clock, the curfew for Chinese and Filipino locals began to be implemented on the streets - an hour earlier than usual. The colonial troops with loaded ammunition began to patrol the streets, providing protection for the adults, women and young ladies who were having fun.
They provide protection.
They didn't know that the usually docile Chinese workers had already completed their assembly.
At nine o'clock, in the Manila port area, in the large warehouse sold by Heshengtang, a living rooster had its head chopped off. The chicken's blood spurted out and splashed all over the floor, and the chicken's head fell in the center of the blood.
The old man in Taoist robes held a compass in his hand and muttered something to the blood stains and chicken heads on the ground.
After a moment he shouted: "What a good omen! This is a great omen!"
Xiang Qiyi stood next to him, thinking that nonsense is of course a good sign, I have given money. After thinking about it, I still want to show off on the surface, thanked Mr. Qiyi, then walked up to the altar dedicated to Guan Erye, and went up.
Sticking incense. After doing this, he waved his hand, and his team first opened the canvas on the pile of goods in the warehouse, used crowbars to open the wooden boxes, and began to fire guns at the Chinese workers in the warehouse.
Xiang Qiyi looked at the excited Chinese workers calmly, holding his pocket watch in his right hand, and kept opening and closing the watch cover.
Although the surrounding environment was very noisy, the mechanical sound of the pocket watch was so clear to Xiang Qiyi's ears.
Suddenly, Xiang Qiyi sighed, looked back at the statue of Emperor Guan enshrined in the shrine, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Grandpa Guan, I have been wandering all my life, and to be honest, I have never done anything so risky.
I'm not sure about this matter. Please show mercy and help me to succeed in my quest for justice. When the time comes, I will definitely build you a large ancestral hall in this foreign land, which will be more magnificent than the church of Gui Lao. Please, Guan
grandfather."
As soon as Xiang Qiyi finished speaking, the ground trembled, and an explosion like rolling thunder also reached the warehouse. For a moment, the iron crowbars placed beside the wall and the iron windows of the warehouse shook together, making a buzzing sound.
A humming resonance.
Fortunately, the windows of this warehouse are not equipped with glass, otherwise the broken and flying glass shards may have caused the first casualties of the Nanyang Uprising.
Immediately afterwards, the shock wave caused by the explosion of ten tons of high explosives arrived at the port area. Due to the long distance, the shock wave had weakened into a strong wind, but it could still cause pain when it hits a person's face!
Xiang Qiyi pulled out the cannon box that Lin Youde gave him, jumped up on the table in front of him, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers! The ghost has been domineering for many years, and now the time has come to retaliate! Follow me.
rush!"
Xiang Qiyi shouted to play, and his close confidant Ma Zai followed up by shouting: "If you grab the ghost guy and get the ghost girl, follow Brother Xiang and you will have glory and wealth!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a large echo in the warehouse.
**
In the open space between the warehouses of Helang Yabo and Lin Kee Wharf, 1,500 brotherhood members lined up in five columns, and everyone put on the gray clothes sent from Guangzhou.
This military uniform was designed by Lin Youde, who invited the best Western-style tailors in Guangzhou. He also personally participated in the design of the clothing. The overall clothing has a handsome spirit as the first priority, taking into account mobility, and has not considered the concealment issue in the war environment for the time being.
The overall design style of the military uniforms seems to be a hybrid version of the military uniforms of the US military at the end of the 20th century and the German military uniforms of World War II, and the design of some small accessories on the military uniforms reflects Lin Youde's skills as a model stylist.
The reason why he started to solve the problem of military uniforms first when the weapons and equipment were not fully implemented is because Lin Youde believes that uniform and handsome military uniforms play an important role in the formation of the collective spirit of the army. Handsome military uniforms can subtly influence the formation of the army.
It creates a sense of honor in people, and a group of people who wear common military uniforms and have the same sense of honor can create a sense of belonging together. It is precisely because weapons will not be solved for a while that it is necessary to use military uniforms in places where they can be done now
Work hard...
In addition, Lin Youde put a lot of effort into the setting of military ranks. Before, he always felt that the military ranks of the Tubei Army, which had a bar and stars for officers at any level, were too monotonous and did not reflect our grand Chinese tradition at all.
Look at the military ranks of foreign countries. Although it’s so diverse that people can’t help but complain, they have their own characteristics, don’t they?
Therefore, Lin Youde's set of military ranks also strives to move closer to a distinctive direction. In terms of military rank classification, it still imitates the Western army, but the symbols of officers at all levels are based on Chinese mythical beasts: the dragons are used uniformly at the general and marshal levels.
And following the principle that the orthodox dragon is higher than the sub-dragon, and the flying dragon is higher than the sea dragon, the marshal uses the five-clawed golden dragon, the general to the major general are the candle dragon with a fire tail, the winged dragon and the dragon with sea patterns; the colonel level
The birds and beasts with wings are uniformly used. From the senior colonel to the major, they are Suzaku, Bi Fang, Gui Che, and Chong Ming; the lieutenant is a four-legged walking beast, and the captain to the second lieutenant are Qilin, White Tiger, and Xuanwu.
At this time, the corps commanders of the Chinese labor force all wore Xuanwu collar badges and became second lieutenant platoon leaders. They wore large caps on their heads to distinguish them from ordinary private soldiers who wore boat-shaped caps.
The weapons of the platoon leaders are also different from the ordinary soldiers holding old-fashioned rifles provided by the United States. They hold the Dingyou-1 flower machine gun produced by Lin Youde's Guangzhou Arsenal - a submachine gun. This is what Lin Youde asked Carter to do in July last year.
Developed by Linna.
At that time, Lin Youde just felt that the world's first real submachine gun - the German MP18 - was developed in 1918. The technical conditions at that time should not be much different from those in 1897. After all, there were no changes in the intervening twenty years.
What a big technological leap, at most it is just more expensive due to process problems. The reason why no one has built this thing is because there is no large-scale and high-intensity war, so there is no demand for it, and the military's tactical thinking is still limited to large corps.
In multi-wave attacks, infantry penetration tactics that require extremely high individual firepower have not yet been born.
So Lin Youde took the initiative to take advantage of the time traveler and told Catalina about the general idea. Originally, he thought it would take three to five years or even more to develop, but he didn't know that the Nordic girl would take out the trial product in less than half a year.
The gun fully met Lin Youde's requirements, but there were two shortcomings: first, the process was too complicated, and the stamping and molding technology was still too rough at this time to produce accessories that met the standards. The master had to manually cut the parts, and the serious Germans went too far.
The pursuit of performance has resulted in a too long production cycle and difficulty in mass production; second, the cost: some parts of this gun need to be processed by alchemy to make up for the production technology gap of about twenty years.
After Lin Youde tried firing one round himself, he felt that the gun was really good, so he ordered the improvement of productivity to achieve mass production at a low price as soon as possible, and at the same time asked the factory to produce small batches for use by elite troops and commanders.
Another weapon that Lin Youde developed by taking advantage of the time traveler is called "rocket-propelled direct bomb". The development of this is much simpler than that of a submachine gun. This time, the rebel troops in Helangyabo are equipped with nearly thirty Iron Fist rocket launchers.
to attack fixed firepower points.
Back to the dock.
The corps commanders of the Chinese labor force put on different military uniforms and held better weapons in their hands. It was really difficult not to have the consciousness of officers: in fact, these people are very prestigious in their own corps, and they are responsible for the
They also have the consciousness of being the leader. Military uniforms and guns only reinforce their subconscious consciousness of being the leader.
The old man who said he wanted to touch the foreign girl's piggy in the Guandi Temple two days ago also became the second lieutenant platoon leader. The old man originally wanted to refuse, but couldn't resist the enthusiasm of his brothers, so he put on his military uniform and buckled his hat, and then followed
Chen Xiucai's boat went out to sea for two days, learning how to use the flower trap, and fired five rounds of bullets at the sea.
Lao Liu's real name is He, but his name is so unpleasant that he hasn't used it since he came out to hang out. Now he has forgotten about football, so he follows everyone's wishes and calls himself Lao Liu. What does a man in his fifties think about the world?
He has seen them all. He even worked as a porter for Liu Yongfu and Liu Junmen's troops in Vietnam. He has seen the French Maxine cut down the brothers of the Black Flag Army like wheat. But this trick, Lao Liu really obeyed.
It looks much smaller than the big black dog-like Maxine, but it is not ambiguous at all when sweeping. When Liu Junmen's Black Flag Army had this thing, the French would have been fooled by it long ago.
I heard that this thing was invented by Shopkeeper Lin in Guangzhou. Every time I scanned the shuttle, I admired Shopkeeper Lin a little more. Originally, I thought Shopkeeper Lin was a good person, with high wages, short working hours, and a lot of work.
He was also given extra money for the work. After working at Linji for half a year, Lao Liu had enough money to send his nephew to Nanyang. He thought that if he and his nephew worked hard together, maybe a grandson would be born.
When I was young, I had enough money to send my grandson to school. But now it seems that shopkeeper Lin is not only a good person...
"Maybe the time has really come for a change of dynasties." Lao Liu touched the flower organ and murmured in a low voice, "Throughout the dynasties, after the founding of the country, there will be a hundred years of prosperity. It's my grandson's turn to enjoy the blessings."
The second half of this murmur was heard by several young men behind Lao Liu. One of them immediately laughed and said: "Come on, Uncle Liu, your little nephew has never even touched the hand of the eldest daughter."
"That's right, Uncle Liu, you'd better quickly find a foreign girl for your little nephew to touch!"
"Shut up!" Lao Liutou lowered his voice and yelled angrily, "Chen Xiucai said that it is unambitious to rob foreign girls! We are not such cowards! We are revolting so that all Chinese people can hold their own.
Stand up, when the peaceful and prosperous times come in the future, China will become the center of the world like the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Why don’t the foreign girls from other countries wash themselves clean and send them to your door? Look at your future. Look at Shopkeeper Lin, let me tell you,
Shopkeeper Lin is in Hong Kong, but..."
Lao Liu was able to become the team leader not only because he was well-informed, but also because he could talk and tell stories. He could tell trivial things about the Zhang family and the Li family as brilliantly as storytelling. Now he was able to tell stories again.
I used my expertise to tell the young boys about the affair between Lin Youde and the leader of the French Knights that I heard on the boat at sea. Unexpectedly, He Yuzhao discovered him as soon as he started.
"What are you talking about?"
The old man reflexively wanted to bow, but he suddenly remembered that he had learned on the ship to stand at attention and shout a report, so he hurriedly changed it. It was so embarrassing.
"Reporting, doing political mobilization!"
He Yuzhao was stunned for this new word that came out of the old man's mouth, and then shook his head helplessly.
"He Lao Liu, He Lao Liu, you can do it."
After speaking, He Yuzhao turned around, took out his pocket watch, looked at it, and then said to Chen Hongda who was not far away: "It's almost time, Brother Chen, let's start."
Chen Hongda nodded and jumped onto the temporary platform set up in the middle of the open space. Behind him, an eighteen-star flag fluttered in the wind. On the edge of the flag were the words "Nanyang Army First Town" written in large characters.
"Brothers! This is the military flag awarded to us by Brother Lin. From today on, we are the first town, first association and first standard of the Nanyang Army! The future Nanyang Army will be our descendants! Look at this flag, red and black
It is the color of blood and iron. The eighteen yellow stars represent the descendants of Yan and Huang in our eighteen provinces. We have suffered enough humiliation and oppression, and it’s time to use iron and blood to rebuild our self-esteem! Defend the barbarians externally and drive away the Tatars internally.
Prisoners, this battle starts from me!"
After Chen Hongda finished speaking, he jumped off the high platform, and at the same time He Yuzhao shouted: "Target the Spanish military camp, the whole army will attack!"