I want to ruin the country

After eliminating the Spaniards, they continued to fight northward, and Yijinshan sent people to clean up the aftermath.

Their mission is to establish local governments and recruit militia to maintain local security.

The five new army units advanced in unison, like a whirlwind that swept away everything in their path, and reached Lucena after more than a month.

Some soldiers complained,

"Damn it, I haven't even fired a single shot in a month!"

As a soldier, you only speak with your military achievements. How can you have any military achievements if you don’t shoot?

Lucena is about two or three hundred miles away from Manila, where Governor Juan is based.

Juan had already gathered the remaining Spanish soldiers in northern Luzon in Manila, where he was going to make his last stand.

Now, Juan has less than 8,000 men under his command.

He didn't know how many days Manila could be held, but he knew that as long as the soldiers in the country couldn't fly, they would not arrive within a month.

An idea once popped up in his mind, that is, surrender without fighting.

But in the end, I gave up the idea. Eight thousand people surrendered without firing a shot. It was such a disgrace!

It’s better to grit your teeth and hold on, and see how long it takes.

As Juan waited anxiously, the Chinese army arrived.

An Yiquan and his men began to attack from the south, and the Spaniards, armed with flintlock rifles, found that they had no power to fight back.

Before they even saw the enemy, 120mm mortars came down like hail.

No bunkers or shelters were of any use. The entire area within twenty miles was covered and people and horses were blown to pieces.

When they got closer, there were Type 89 heavy machine guns and rocket launchers. But before they even saw the Chinese soldiers, 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets came pouring down like the wind.

Just one hit can basically cut a person in half. Like in the movies, where people can run and jump after being hit by machine gun bullets and refuse to die, that's basically nonsense.

Closer, it is the stage for the light machine gun performance.

Each squad has a light machine gun, and a company has twelve light machine guns. Who can withstand it?

Under such firepower coverage, soldiers who can still hold on and not run away can truly be considered iron warriors.

If there are those who really don't run away, just wait for those anxious soldiers to rush over.

They hated themselves for running too slowly. The enemy was so small that they were all killed before they could get close to them.

Some die-hard Spanish soldiers hid in the bunker and resisted stubbornly. Soldiers carrying flamethrowers came up and begged those carrying rocket launchers to

"Brother, brother, please give me some face and let me try this thing. I haven't opened the shop yet!"

The result was that in a few seconds, the people inside were burned to charcoal.

Everyone was surprised.

"Okay, man, this thing of yours is pretty good, just cremate it!"

Deng Yongchang was not willing to be outdone, so he drove his warships to the west of Manila and launched a bombardment, destroying all the few artillery positions on the entire dock.

The Spanish soldiers didn't even see the shadow of the Chinese warships.

Then the navy landed, but when they reached the shore, they found that they were still a little late.

An Yiquan's army had already attacked from the land in the south, and the soldiers surrounded Juan's governor's palace tightly!

Before they could actually attack, a white flag was raised above the Governor's Palace and Juan surrendered.

Once you surrender, you can't fight anymore. You killed the emperor's prisoners. The emperor will be very angry and the consequences will be serious!

Juan really didn't expect that the defense line he had painstakingly built, which he thought was impregnable, was so fragile in front of the Chinese army. It barely lasted for a morning before being completely destroyed.

If there had not been an order from above to protect the Governor's Palace building, Juan would probably have been blown to pieces.

The soldiers outside were shouting with loud speakers. Juan thought about it for a few minutes and decided to surrender. There was no other way. He was really defeated.

If Juan surrendered, the entire Luzon would be safe.

After Juan and most of the Spaniards handed over all their property, Yining drove them away.

No matter how much he wanted the captives, he had to send a few of them back to report to Queen Isabella II of Spain!

This time, more than 200 million taels of silver and many real estate, shops, etc. were confiscated from the Spanish.

It has been two and a half months since we set out from Tianjin and recovered Luzon and Sulu.

Yining breathed a sigh of relief. There would no longer be a country called the Philippines in the world!

There is no longer any dispute in the South China Sea. The United States has no excuse to come and sow discord, as this has become China's inland sea.

Ah, no, not quite yet, but hey, it won’t be long!

When Juan returned to Spain and saw Queen Isabella II, he prostrated himself on the ground and cried bitterly.

When the queen saw Juan's miserable appearance, she became furious and immediately wanted to gather an army to attack Daqing.

But Espartero, who truly holds the power of the country, firmly disagrees.

His reason is that Spain’s current national strength does not allow it!

Isabel said viciously,

“Is our entire fleet and the entire Philippines gone just like that?”

Espartero said,

"There's no other way. No matter how many of us go there, we're all going to die!"

Isabel didn't believe it at all.

"How is it possible? They can't be that powerful!"

Espartero said,

"It's not that they are too powerful, it's that we are too weak now. If you want to conquer Daqing, you must at least have the strength of England. Do you think you have it?"

Isabel knew that the current Spain could not compare with the British Empire, but she still felt unwilling to accept that it could not even defeat the Great Qing Kingdom!

As for when the Spaniards will come to a conclusion, let’s not talk about it for now.

After taking back Luzon and rescuing Sulu, what was needed next was reconstruction.

Based on the overall plan in his mind, Yining designed a path for rapid development for them.

There is a lot of land in the entire Luzon that is suitable for rubber planting, and the rubber industry is not only urgently needed in Yining now, but also has very good development prospects in the future.

Therefore, the first approach Yining designed for them was to vigorously develop rubber planting.

Ordinary people today do not know the huge benefits that rubber can bring, so they need guidance.

And the best way to guide is to give money.

The second development path designed by Yining for them was the steel industry.

Yining did his homework and found that Luzon and Sulu Islands are very rich in mineral resources.

The copper reserves here are 48 billion tons, and the main production areas are in the northern Luzon mountainous area, accounting for 67.5% of the total metal reserves.

There are gold mines here. Yining knows the specific production areas and reserves.

?6?8Luzon's nickel ore reserves are approximately 11 billion tons, accounting for 15.5% of the total metal ore reserves.

There are also rich reserves of 6 chromite ore, which will be a golden rice bowl in the future.

Secondly, Luzon and Sulu also have various non-ferrous metal mines. These mineral resources are not only rich in variety but also have considerable reserves.

It is not a problem to develop these mineral resources to make local residents rich.