The warships used to attack Manila's land turrets were mainly heavy patrols and shallow water heavy gunboats, as well as some light cruisers and destroyers guarding, but this was not the entire fleet sent by Lan Fang. The other half of them escorted two armies, the 120,000 Lan Fang Army, a little later than the artillery fleet. After the artillery fleet shelled Manila for 7 days, they arrived at the waters around the Philippines.

There are at least 30 light patrol ships and 40 destroyers, and there are even about 12 of them, which are similar or equivalent to the Haiqi. They all have main guns of more than 200 mm, and even if there is only one, they have a very strong ability to attack the ground.

The location where Lan Fang chose to land was exactly 55 kilometers away from Manila. It was not too far, but not very close. This was a plain area near the seaside. With Manila, it was almost a few thousand square kilometers, with a view of it and no danger to guard. There was only 2 kilometers away from the coast, and there were outposts, and the colonial troops were stationed.

At least 30 200mm artillery pieces, and more 155, or even 120 artillery guns were aimed at the outpost. At the command of the commander, countless shells flew up and almost flattened the outpost at the first time.

Within 15 kilometers nearby, the only armed force was pushed down under the first wave of attacks and no longer had the force to stop Lan Fang's landing. More than 80 troop transport ships and 8 special 1,200-ton landing ships were transported to the Philippines in 2 days, with the 120,000 Lan Fang army and supplies. At this point, Lan Fang's strategic intention to attack Manila was completed.

Almost all the US troops were stationed in Manila, and other places were just guarding some colonial troops. After the light patrol fire, they did not dare to approach the coastline at all. When Lan Fang's army had almost 120,000 troops landed, the Philippines' strategy really changed.

After obtaining the number of landings of Lan Fang's army, Richardson's face turned pale. He thought about the landing of Lan Fang, but he did not expect so quickly. With such determination, he would not be afraid of the US military's counterattack at once. He didn't think about going to fight back. He had only three divisions, one of which was. Because he was stationed near the land-based fort, he suffered heavy losses in the first wave of attacks of Lan Fang's Navy. Now no more than 60,000 people can be used. Such troops were defended by Manila with the help of the colonial army. If there were less, he would probably collapse without waiting for the Northwest Army to attack. The continuous artillery has very strong lethality. If the large army is concentratedly attacked by Scher's fleet, even 20,000 to 30,000 people can withstand the 14-inch large-caliber artillery.

Seeing the landing of the 120,000 Lan Fang army, Richardson knew that the situation was hopeless and he was waiting for the attack of Lan Fang army. For the US military, they still had a last chance.

Sure enough, at night, the fleet outside further bombarded Manila, not only the remaining turrets, but mainly key places in the city. This time, it was not 5 minutes. The artillery fire of warships lasted for at least 15 minutes, and countless shells tilted into Manila City. Fires ignited in many places.

After the attack of the naval guns was completed, the siege began, and the army artillery began the first round of attacks. Unlike the artillery fire with only more than 100 guns in warships, under the premise of clearing out most of the artillery batteries, the Northwest Army had a total of 20,000 large and small artillery pieces in the Northwest Army. Although half of them were less than 100 mm, tens of thousands of artillery more than 100 mm were still extremely powerful.

This wave of attacks of 20,000 artillery was even more fierce, and it took two hours of artillery fire preparations. This naval gun is different from the naval naval gun, and it is much more expensive. Once the gun barrel of a warship is fired enough times, it will be very dangerous to use it. Once the cavity explodes, the consequences will be very serious.

Land-based is different. First of all, there are spare gun barrels that can be replaced quickly even under field conditions. In addition, the number of artillery cannons is huge, and the lethality of 20,000 continuous bombardment is even greater. The entire Manila seems to be in an explosive ocean, with broken fortifications in front of 20,000 artillery, and the city is broken in front of 20,000 artillery.

Two hours of artillery preparation destroyed the main fire points and defenses in Manila. Half of the US troops were injured or killed in the shelling, and there was no way to continue fighting. Richardson was almost exhausted to put out the fire, but the number of casualties increased. Finally, the casualties reached a certain amount, becoming the last straw that overwhelmed the camel. When the shelling ended, Lan Fang's army was preparing to take advantage of the results of the shelling and forcibly siege the city, a huge white flag floated up over Manila.

Richardson had no choice but to surrender. Although the entire city defense of Manila had not been completely destroyed, one-third of it had been destroyed. In this case, only two hours of artillery bombardment were attacked. With the naval advantage occupied by the opponent, the large-caliber naval guns were very powerful. In addition, the army's 20,000 artillery pieces, if the attack continues, Manila can defend for up to a few days.

It's over. With such an understanding, Richardson thought of running away at the first time, but the other party's warship group was always on the periphery to protect him. It seemed that on the one hand, it was ready to support him at any time, and on the other hand, it also meant to be on guard against them to escape.

The gap between the two destroyers, against the other side, is almost in the sky and the ground. Unless the other side relaxes their vigilance, the two destroyers are enough to transport most of the officers away. Since there is no way out and cannot win, surrender becomes the only choice.

"Surrender!" This is the only thing the representative sent by the US military after the ceasefire. Whether it is Xiao Jianfeng or the army commander, when he sees the results in front of him, he always feels unreal. In this way, he captured Manila. According to previous information, as long as he captured Manila, the entire Philippines is within his control. The US military has only scattered troops outside Manila, and more of them are colonial troops. It is clear that the strength of the native colonial army in Southeast Asia is Lan Fang, and it is estimated that it can easily capture the entire Philippines.

The less than 80,000 US troops on the island, suffered artillery fire and previous attacks and lost almost 25,000 yuan, and finally chose to surrender. 55,000 US soldiers, plus 15,000 wounded, unconditionally put down their weapons. Except for the traces of several rounds of artillery fire, Manila was handed to Lan Fang in a relatively complete manner. After occupying Manila, Lan Fang began a large-scale landing with the help of the Manila port, preparing for the complete capture of the Philippines.

In fact, it was faster than expected. The landing of hundreds of thousands of troops to the Philippines had already scared the natives. The Philippines itself is not far from Indonesia, and I have heard of what happened in Indonesia, for fear that this incident would fall on them. Every place would almost pass down. In the seven days after the capture of Manila, there was no war in the entire Philippines, and the battle in the Philippines was completely over.

Compared with the US prisoners of war, more prisoners of war were captured in the colonial army. Often, before the Lanfang army approached, the Philippine colonial army packed up their things, gathered guns, ammunition and other things together, and waited for the arrival of the Lanfang army, and surrendered to them. Many times, what the Lanfang army had to do was to accept cities and weapons and equipment, and the rest was done by the colonial army.

How big is the Philippines? It is just a larger island, and at most some sporadic archipelagos are there. Lan Fang can put those things first. As long as you take down the main island of the Philippines, everything will be settled.

The news came back to Honolulu. Wagri, the commander of the US Pacific Fleet, looked depressed. When Richardson's letter of help was sent, he knew that the Philippines could not hold on, but he didn't expect that it was so fast. It was only a few days. Is there a month? Is the US military all made of paper? Also, it wasn't that sent two destroyers to come back, and at the last moment, why didn't they come back on the destroyer? Richardson's last message showed that he could not escape and led his troops to surrender, which was a real gang of waste.

The telegram forwarded by Wagri was finally sent back to Washington, USA. Those who were able to receive this information were shocked. The United States was captured by others in its largest overseas colony. This was a shame for the United States. Unfortunately, the US Army was dragged into the quagmire of Europe and could not draw back more troops. It could only watch the Philippines being occupied. This should not be the norm. The United States needs stronger strength.

The European war has already caused the US military to suffer. The US military has made great efforts to improve it and strive to catch up with Europe's advanced footsteps. However, in Asia, the strength of the Lanfang and Sher fleet once again sounded the alarm for them, and the United States is still too weak.

This failure caused a huge blow to the United States, and the United States completely lost the Philippines. This result made the United States accelerate the transformation to military in the United States. The shipyards that were already fully produced were expanded in one go. In the expansion of the scale, the United States has discovered that in the army, perhaps the United States will never be able to compare with Germany and China. The former has strong combat power, while the latter has a large number of soldiers. However, the United States' biggest advantage is its huge industrial production capacity. In the navy, the United States can also explode a sea of ​​warships and use skilled high pressure to China. In Southeast Asia, and even the coast of China in the future, as long as the number of people suddenly rises to a certain level, it will inevitably achieve effect.

With the push of those who are interested, the US Congress quickly revised its previous naval laws, no longer expanding its navy at the previous speed, but significantly accelerated its speed. In other words, the United States started to build 12 main battleships in 1913, and in 1914, it started to build 16 more ships with such a scale and such a work. At the same time, 28 ships were started, and only the United States has such a massive and professional dock. A relatively alternative arms race started. (.) Mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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