Just after midnight on May 1, 1898, when the U.S. squadron did not hit any mines and almost all sailed into Manila Bay smoothly, several shore guns opened fire, but the U.S. warships' gunfire soon hit them.
In order to suppress it, the fleet in a "one" formation entered the bay without any damage.
At dawn, Dewey's squadron had approached Manila and began to search for the Spanish fleet. The artillery in the city opened fire, but unfortunately they all missed. In order to protect Manila from the bombardment of American ships, Montojo deployed his fleet
In Cavite. Dewey found them here. Because there was no ammunition supply place, the American ships approached until they were only 5,000 yards away from the Spanish fleet in order to save ammunition. At 5:40 in the morning, Dewey gave an order to the captain of the "Olympia"
: "Ready to fire, Gridley." The U.S. warships resumed sailing toward the Spanish warships, firing continuously, which is reminiscent of Dupont's battle in Bay Royal. Several Spanish warships,
Including the "Reina Cristina", several attempts to attack US ships were severely damaged, and they were either sunk or repelled.
At 7:35, Dewey decided to temporarily evacuate after receiving a false alarm of ammunition shortage. At 11:00, Dewey rejoined the battle. An hour of bombardment destroyed the entire Spanish fleet. When Dewey ordered a ceasefire, all the ships of Montojo appeared.
Thick smoke means they were buried at the bottom of the sea or abandoned.
The Spanish suffered 381 casualties in this battle, while only 7 people in Dewey's fleet were injured. The US ships with formal shooting training hit at least 170 rounds, while the Spanish sailors who lacked shooting practice only hit 15 rounds.
Since the Spanish navy had lost all its strength in this area, Dewey anchored off Manila to protect the Philippines from external interference.
The arrival of five German warships complicated the problem. The Germans have been looking for opportunities. Once the Americans are no longer interested in the Philippines, they are ready to plunder it as their own colony. Unfortunately, the Americans are very interested in the Philippines.
Interested. Eleven thousand soldiers quickly set out from San Francisco to besiege the city of Manila and occupy the islands.
At the same time, the Philippine rebels took active actions, controlled the outskirts of Manila, occupied many important islands and towns, and established e.
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The national government headed by Aguinaldo landed the newly arrived U.S. Army with the support of the fleet on August 13. At the same time, it used the Philippine Rebel Army to force the Western Army in Manila to surrender.
The Philippines became American, and they stayed here for a long time....
Then, the Chinese appeared in the Philippines again, and they were unstoppable. Manila was already in sight!
However, the Chinese Navy, which had a very fierce attack momentum, encountered the most formidable enemy in Manila - the Marine Corps.
Commanding the U.S. Marine Corps is Major General Marcus. The troops in his hands are mainly two marines from far away, as well as some navy sailors whose ships were sunk. More than 3,000 soldiers from the army stationed in Manila also volunteered to join him.
Under the command of the Chinese, when the Chinese approached Manila, there were about 30,000 American defenders in the city together with Filipino troops.
In order to fight the Chinese to the death, Marcos ordered the destruction of the buildings in Manila, and sent engineers and artillery to destroy the majestic St. Augusta Church, Manila Cathedral, Post and Telecommunications Building, the bustling Santa Cruz shopping street, and the poor Toendo
The slums, post and telecommunications buildings, etc. were all razed to the ground and all the bridges on the Pasig River, including Chinese-style wooden bridges, Spanish-style stone bridges, American-style cement bridges and steel bridges, were blown up.
He deployed his troops in permanent fortifications and basements throughout the city. Barriers were set up at every major intersection. The streets were mined. Thousands of buildings were booby-trapped.
He was dragged to the fortifications on the shore. A brutal and bloody battle was inevitable.
Jiang Baili once again used Sun Liren, who had just arrived in the Philippines, and told the brave general: "Drive into Manila. I don't care how you drive in, just drive in, and do it quickly. To avoid casualties. You can bypass the Americans."
, but we must march into Manila and occupy Malacañang Palace and the Capitol Building.”
Sun Liren organized a 1,000-man assault force. They marched toward Manila day and night in jeeps, trucks, and light tanks. They were so fast that the enemy had no time to detonate the bridges that had been buried in advance. In just 6 hours,
It advanced 120 kilometers and rushed into downtown Manila before dusk on November 28.
The neighboring 91st Division also rushed slowly along Highway 3 and entered Manila early the next morning.
The battle is still brutal.
Initially, the Chinese ** light tanks did not encounter much resistance when they rushed into the city of Manila!
However, when the Japanese troops rushed to the bank of the Pasig River, countless American troops emerged from the cracks in the ground like ghosts and opened fire on the Chinese people from behind the rubble piles in the remaining buildings. Relying on 12 meters
The thick, 8-meter-high walls and Gothic towers of the old city of Manila also caused considerable damage to the Chinese.
Sun Liren was furious and demanded that bombers be sent to drop gasoline and incendiary bombs on those places, suffocating them with strong air waves and blazing flames, and burning those Japanese who were hiding in strong city walls and towers.
Jiang Baili did not agree to this request. He felt that the bomber bombing was too inaccurate, especially the napalm bombs that would burn down the centuries-old ancient buildings in the city. However, he agreed to use heavy artillery.
Therefore, the artillery used 155 mm and 105 mm caliber howitzer battalions and 75 mm guns assigned to the army team to carry out devastating bombardments on various US military strongholds in Manila that resisted to the end.
The 155mm howitzer was the most powerful artillery at the time. When it fired directly, a single shell could cut off a concrete building. The entry of the 155mm artillery into the war accelerated the destruction of the US military and also caused the destruction of Manila.
Street fighting became more brutal.
Most of Manila's urban area was engulfed in flames, and most public buildings were completely destroyed.
The flame is 1000 meters high¨
On November 30, the remnants of the US military retreated to the dock area of the South Marina District and hid in hospitals, government buildings, the Army and Navy Club, La Salle University, the Manila Hotel and the Fort Santiago, trying to rely on the large amount of weapons and ammunition that had been stored in advance.
Food and water for the final fight.
On December 1, the Chinese Communist Party's battle to seize the Manila Hotel began.
On the 2nd, seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, the US military commander Major General Marcus chose to surrender.
On the 3rd, three weeks of fierce fighting in Manila came to an end. 20,000 American and Filipino soldiers were killed, and the Chinese army suffered 3,500 casualties. The greatest losses were unarmed civilians, with the death toll reaching 100,000.
Only four public buildings in the city survived, but they were blackened by thick smoke.
Before the gunfire in Manila had subsided, Jiang Baili had already turned his attention to the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island. Strong defensive positions were built on the Bataan Peninsula, and the Chinese estimated that there were about 6,000 to 8,000 people defending there.
Corregidor Island controls Manila Bay. Without capturing it, you cannot use the Manila Bay anchorage and the ports of Cavite and Manila. Moreover, these two places were also the last positions held by the US military in the Philippines a few years ago, until the Chinese flag
Before the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island are plugged in, the battle in Luzon is far from over!
On December 4, the battle to regain the Bataan Peninsula began. The troops under Sun Liren landed on the west coast of Luzon Island. This force cut off its connection with the main island of Luzon from the root of the Bataan Peninsula. Another regimental battle group
, then landed on the southwest coast of the Bataan Peninsula and jointly attacked the US military located in the center of the peninsula.
At first, the Chinese commanders thought that there were only more than 900 people on Corregidor Island, so they tried to use airborne troops and amphibious troops to jointly occupy this strategic point in one fell swoop. When the battle started, they realized that this was not the case at all.
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A few days later, the Chinese Navy’s transport fleet successfully docked at the pier and began to fully operate Manila.
Seeing that Fortress Corregidor was a big thorn stuck in the throat of Manila Bay, Jiang Baili was determined to capture the island at all costs. His specific plan was to send the 9th Paratrooper Regiment to airdrop on the island and send amphibious troops to land on the coast.
.Because the beach on Corregidor Island is long and narrow, you will face towering cliffs after landing, which is extremely disadvantageous to the landing troops. The Chinese ** team decided to use the airborne troops as a surprise force. However, the island lacks a suitable airborne field, and only the eastern part of the island
There is a slightly flat ground at one end, and the other is a two-hole golf course near Topside Parade Ground, but it is surrounded by cliffs.
General Sun Lianzhong, who commanded the battle of Corregidor, made a bold decision: airborne on the golf course.
The only reason for this is that Americans would never dream of paratroopers falling from the sky.
On December 6, 2,000 paratroopers landed on the green grass of the golf course, while more than 1,000 infantrymen landed on the narrow beach at the bottom of the cliff.
This attack completely caught the Americans by surprise.
Unexpectedly, there were also Chinese soldiers. They found that the enemy they faced was not a small force of a few hundred people at all, but nearly 5,000 dead soldiers hiding in solid tunnels and caves. They were determined to defeat the enemy to the death.
Prepare to die with the Chinese!
Sun Lianzhong hurriedly reinforced 1,000 paratroopers to the island, and sent heavy bombers to use napalm bombs to almost level most of Corregidor. Navy destroyers also sailed as close to the island as possible to attack the caves and tunnel entrances on the island.
Direct shooting at any place.
What Jiang Baili was most worried about was that the Americans were too fanatical and confident and would not come out of the tunnel. In that case, the battle would drag on for a long time and would not end for several months. Fortunately, a few days later, the US military commander decided to rush in and pass.
Several tons of ** were ignited early.
On December 8, 1940, the battle on Corregidor was basically over!