While the battle in the manor began, the attack of the landing forces of the United Fleet against Manila City officially began.

Facing the landing enemy, Manila is ready to fight and is determined to hold on.

Don’t think that during the primary war of hot weapons, both sides of the war line up in columns to form an array, then approach the other side neatly, and then raise their guns to fight in a queue and shoot.

Although this kind of combat method is the best way to play the role of a musket and give the enemy direct strikes, the British Empire, which later claimed to be the Empire of Sun never set, used this tactic to sweep the world and be invincible.

But in fact, this tactic is only carried out in field battles. In offensive and defensive battles, especially in city defense battles, no commander would be so stupid that he would use this tactic to attack or defend.

Since there are strong city walls and fortresses as cover, who will use his flesh and blood to directly welcome the attacks of gunfire and artillery fire?

Just like now, Manila relies on the city walls and several fortresses to defend, and the Ming army opposite them will not rush directly. If there is a country in this world who can best grasp the essence of defense and siege, it is probably only the Chinese.

For thousands of years, the Chinese have reached the pinnacle of the theory and art of war. Coupled with the characteristics of the farming nation, the Chinese have made them more familiar with the defense and attack methods of cities.

As the head coach, Wang Dong was in charge of the rear, and the front-line commander was given full power to Zhang Fei. Although Zhang Fei was the admiral of the South China Sea Fleet, you should know that he was the general of the Taiwan water and land before and had rich experience in land warfare. Moreover, in the entire joint fleet, Zhang Fei was second only to Wang Dong, and it was most appropriate to be directed by him.

Hiding in a corner of the city, Rivera looked outside the city with a thousand-mile mirror. After a while, his face instantly showed an expression of extreme shock.

"This...how could this be possible...how could this happen..." Rivera's face turned a little pale, and she couldn't even believe her eyes.

When he was observing the army of the Ming Empire, he actually saw two flags that did not belong to the Ming Empire appeared in the opposite army, and these two flags were so familiar to Rivera.

The flags of the Kingdom of Portugal and the British, Rivera was sure that he would never read them wrong. After looking carefully, the soldiers standing under the two flags were clearly dressed differently than those of the Ming Empire. Isn’t that the outfits of the Portuguese and British soldiers?

It was not until this time that Rivera realized that this time the person who came to Manila was not just an opponent of the Ming Empire, but three opponents and three powerful opponents.

Let’s not talk about the Ming Empire for now. After all, Manila is not far from the Ming Dynasty. Rivera had long known the terribleness of the Ming Empire for so long in the Far East. Although the Portuguese Kingdom was once controlled by Spain, like Spain, Portugal was once the overlord of the ocean and one of the pioneers in the era of navigation.

In the previous Great Europe War, the Kingdom of Portugal did not join any war, but accumulated national strength under the leadership of the king, trying to revive the once glorious era of the Kingdom of Portugal. Unfortunately, after the Macau incident, the rise of the Ming Dynasty shattered Portugal's plans in the Far East, resulting in Portugal's loss of the Far East fleet and suffering heavy damage.

But this does not mean that the Portuguese Kingdom has declined. Judging from its current national strength, the Portuguese Kingdom is still considered a powerful country. And now the Portuguese have stood together with the Ming Empire, and their opponents have joined forces now, which is enough to show that Portugal has adjusted its strategic approach in the Far East and intends to return to its peak with the power of the Ming Dynasty.

And Britain is even stronger. Britain, a European messenger, has not surrendered even when the Sun King ruled Europe. What's more important is that after the Spanish failed in the earth-shaking naval battle with Britain, Britain stepped on the backbone of the Spaniard and became the winner. Now Britain is plundering colonies around the world, and its momentum is unstoppable.

Not to mention anything else, it was just the New World. Britain and France launched the Queen Anne War for the New World colonies. Even the proud Frenchmen were at a disadvantage. It was not until a few days ago that the war on the New World was concluded due to the signing of the treaty.

Such three powerful countries formed a fleet together and suddenly attacked Manila without any warning, which made Rivera frightened.

At this moment, he understood why the Luzon fleet was defeated so quickly. Even if the Luzon fleet was prepared in advance, it would be impossible for it to support such a powerful opponent for too long. Its failure was destined long ago.

Just when Rivera was shocked by what he saw, the Ming army had already begun to attack. In order to deal with the strong Manila walls and the fortresses, the Ming army deliberately unloaded the cannons from the warships and transported them outside the city with equipment.

As the sound of cannons sounded, countless shells carried huge kinetic energy and flew overwhelmed in the direction of Manila. For a moment, stones splashed everywhere on the city wall. The vibration caused by the shells hit the city wall was terrifying.

Although Manila has thick walls and perfect defenses, the Spaniards have been operating here for hundreds of years, they still look shaky in the face of such a fierce attack.

The soldiers guarding the city were all pale. Although they had the city walls as cover, they were not absolutely safe. Just like just now, a shell flew directly to the city. Several soldiers who could not avoid it even screamed and were beaten into meat paste by the shells. Countless corpses and flesh flew everywhere, which was simply terrible.

"Fire the artillery! Counterattack!" Rivera quickly ordered the messenger, and soon the artillery fire in Manila also roared and shot towards the Ming army's position.

However, compared with the powerful Ming army cannons, although the Manila artillery fire was on the top of the city and was also lively, it was actually not as powerful and effective as the Ming army.

The two sides were in contact with each other, but the losses in Manila were much greater than those in the Ming army. Faced with this situation, Rivera was extremely anxious.

"General, do you want to order to climb the city?" The artillery battle began to be fierce from the beginning. After half an hour, the Ming army had an advantage and had basically suppressed the Manila cannon. At this time, the adjutant couldn't help but whisper a soft reminder to Zhang Fei, who had been standing there without saying a word.
Chapter completed!