Chapter 2991
Chapter 2991
Chapter 2991
In the deep mountains and dense forests in the central part of Cebu Island, there are quite a few temporary settlements like this, and the construction history of some of the buildings can even be traced back more than ten years ago.
At that time, the Haihan army went south to attack Cebu for the first time. The Spaniards realized that they were invincible, so they moved their minds to build more settlements on the island, so as to avoid the edge when the Haihan army attacked here, and reduce the number of people and loss of property.
However, there is no time pattern for the Haihan army's offensive. It may come several times in a year, or there may be no warning signs for many years in a row.
This has also led to intermittent construction of temporary settlements, and when the situation is not good, they rush to work, hoping to complete the construction overnight.But once the days of peace have passed for a long time, these facilities will not be useful for a long time, and people have to be sent to maintain them. It will be very uneconomical to build too many, so related projects will inevitably fall into a state of suspension.
Moreover, in order to prevent the Haihan army from taking over the settlements in the mountains and forests, the scale of a single settlement will not be very large, and it can accommodate hundreds to thousands of people.There are no roads built between the various settlements, only mountain trails are connected to prevent the enemy from advancing quickly along the road.
However, the inconvenient transportation has also caused problems for the operation of each settlement. In order to facilitate the acquisition of materials and information from Cebu City, the location of these settlements should not be too far away from the urban area. In addition, there are certain requirements for the living environment such as water sources. Therefore, most of the settlements are located in the area between the east and west coasts in the middle of the island.
The purpose of the Spaniards in building these settlements was not for a decisive battle with the Haihan army, but to drag the Haihan army to evacuate Cebu Island by avoiding fighting and preserving their strength.For this purpose, almost no fortifications were built in these settlements, and only some outposts were set up on the periphery.
All these designs of the Spaniards are based on the concept that the Haihan Army will not occupy Cebu Island for a long time, let alone go deep into the mountains and forests to wipe out the entire island. Once the actions of the Haihan Army break through this old concept, the Spaniards will have nothing to do. Further contingency plans are in order.
If you want to continue to escape, there is no place to escape. If there is no suitable living conditions and stable supplies, even if you escape to farther mountains and forests, it will be difficult for most people to survive.
Moreover, the Haihan Navy has controlled all the ports on Cebu Island, even the fishing village. Now there are no ships that can leave the island.If you want to escape from Cebu Island, the only way to go is to cut down trees and make rafts yourself.However, the survival rate of escaping at sea in this way may not be much higher than going directly to the battlefield.
The almost desperate Spaniards launched a counterattack at the second settlement attacked by the Haihan army. They knew that there were only two ways out for them, either to die in battle, or to surrender or be captured as hard labor.In essence, there is no difference between the two results, it is nothing more than a quick death and a slow death.
The Spanish's dying struggle did not bring about a miracle. The Haihan army had already expected such a situation, and easily defeated the Spanish charge.
The fighting lasted only a short time. Under the intensive firepower, more than 150 Spaniards were killed on the spot, and almost everyone who survived was injured.
After the battle, the settlement of the Haihan army captured hundreds of old and weak women and children who were not capable of fighting.The adults among them were gathered to clean up the battlefield in exchange for a chance of survival.
"Let them dig a hole at the designated location, three feet deep, and they must dig it before tomorrow morning, otherwise they will all die!"
Zheng Agui angrily gave instructions to the Spanish translator, asking him to tell the cowering captives in front of him.
The reason for arranging such a task is firstly to consume the physical strength of these captives and dispel their thoughts of resistance, and secondly to facilitate the disposal of a large pile of corpses here after the pit is dug.
But even if it is threatened by death, there are still people who are not afraid of death.An old man took the initiative to stand out and told the translator that he would rather die than obey the orders of the Haihan people.
Zheng Agui didn't bother to talk nonsense after listening to the translation, so he asked the old man to be dragged to the front of the prisoner queue, picked up the rifle and executed the stubborn old man himself.
"Tell them, either bury their dead relatives, or be like this guy, waiting to be buried by someone else!"
Zheng Agui would not have any sympathy for people in the opposing camp.And this attitude of refusal to cooperate, Zheng Agui can only understand it as resistance in disguise, and for the resisters, the headquarters has a clear order, and any treatment method including shooting is not an exaggeration.
Even if the old man didn't have the ability to take up arms and fight, Zheng Agui would never sit back and watch him incite other prisoners' resistance in front of him, and resolutely kill them to prevent the situation from getting out of control.
This trick really worked, those prisoners who were still muttering suddenly quieted down, and several crying children were immediately held down by adults.
After conquering this settlement, the Haihan army's next actions were even more overwhelming. From the dispatch of troops to the completion of the rendezvous of the two armies in the predetermined area, it took only five days.
At this time, there were very few settlements under Haihan's control, and it seemed that the one month that Xiao Liang requested would not be enough to end the suppression of the remaining forces in Spain ahead of schedule.
The only disappointing thing is that the Governor of Cebu probably still failed to be captured.To be precise, the governor is currently missing, and no one knows his whereabouts, so there is no way to arrest him.But the general trend of Cebu Island is set, even if this person is not dead, there will be no chance of a comeback.
With the clearing of these settlements in the mountains and forests, the defensive pressure on the periphery of Cebu City has also been greatly reduced.Some time ago, attacks occurred near the defense line almost every day, but these days have gradually calmed down, and multiple outposts have not issued any alarms for many consecutive days.
On December [-], a team from the Subic Battalion killed the Spanish commander Cres hiding in a cave sixty miles away from Cebu City.
This person is the deputy of the governor of Cebu, responsible for organizing and commanding the local armed forces, but since the Haihan army attacked Cebu port, his whereabouts have not been found.Only from the confessions of some of the captives can it be known that Kress is still hiding somewhere on the island, commanding the local resistance by remote control.
When the Subic Battalion tracked down the cave, they did not know the identity of the cave dweller. It was not until the end of the battle that they discovered that the enemy personnel killed in the exchange of fire turned out to be a senior military officer, and quickly verified their identity.
Although it is a pity that he failed to capture this person alive, it is also a great achievement, and the Subic Battalion, which performed poorly in the previous battle, has saved some face.
(End of this chapter)
In the deep mountains and dense forests in the central part of Cebu Island, there are quite a few temporary settlements like this, and the construction history of some of the buildings can even be traced back more than ten years ago.
At that time, the Haihan army went south to attack Cebu for the first time. The Spaniards realized that they were invincible, so they moved their minds to build more settlements on the island, so as to avoid the edge when the Haihan army attacked here, and reduce the number of people and loss of property.
However, there is no time pattern for the Haihan army's offensive. It may come several times in a year, or there may be no warning signs for many years in a row.
This has also led to intermittent construction of temporary settlements, and when the situation is not good, they rush to work, hoping to complete the construction overnight.But once the days of peace have passed for a long time, these facilities will not be useful for a long time, and people have to be sent to maintain them. It will be very uneconomical to build too many, so related projects will inevitably fall into a state of suspension.
Moreover, in order to prevent the Haihan army from taking over the settlements in the mountains and forests, the scale of a single settlement will not be very large, and it can accommodate hundreds to thousands of people.There are no roads built between the various settlements, only mountain trails are connected to prevent the enemy from advancing quickly along the road.
However, the inconvenient transportation has also caused problems for the operation of each settlement. In order to facilitate the acquisition of materials and information from Cebu City, the location of these settlements should not be too far away from the urban area. In addition, there are certain requirements for the living environment such as water sources. Therefore, most of the settlements are located in the area between the east and west coasts in the middle of the island.
The purpose of the Spaniards in building these settlements was not for a decisive battle with the Haihan army, but to drag the Haihan army to evacuate Cebu Island by avoiding fighting and preserving their strength.For this purpose, almost no fortifications were built in these settlements, and only some outposts were set up on the periphery.
All these designs of the Spaniards are based on the concept that the Haihan Army will not occupy Cebu Island for a long time, let alone go deep into the mountains and forests to wipe out the entire island. Once the actions of the Haihan Army break through this old concept, the Spaniards will have nothing to do. Further contingency plans are in order.
If you want to continue to escape, there is no place to escape. If there is no suitable living conditions and stable supplies, even if you escape to farther mountains and forests, it will be difficult for most people to survive.
Moreover, the Haihan Navy has controlled all the ports on Cebu Island, even the fishing village. Now there are no ships that can leave the island.If you want to escape from Cebu Island, the only way to go is to cut down trees and make rafts yourself.However, the survival rate of escaping at sea in this way may not be much higher than going directly to the battlefield.
The almost desperate Spaniards launched a counterattack at the second settlement attacked by the Haihan army. They knew that there were only two ways out for them, either to die in battle, or to surrender or be captured as hard labor.In essence, there is no difference between the two results, it is nothing more than a quick death and a slow death.
The Spanish's dying struggle did not bring about a miracle. The Haihan army had already expected such a situation, and easily defeated the Spanish charge.
The fighting lasted only a short time. Under the intensive firepower, more than 150 Spaniards were killed on the spot, and almost everyone who survived was injured.
After the battle, the settlement of the Haihan army captured hundreds of old and weak women and children who were not capable of fighting.The adults among them were gathered to clean up the battlefield in exchange for a chance of survival.
"Let them dig a hole at the designated location, three feet deep, and they must dig it before tomorrow morning, otherwise they will all die!"
Zheng Agui angrily gave instructions to the Spanish translator, asking him to tell the cowering captives in front of him.
The reason for arranging such a task is firstly to consume the physical strength of these captives and dispel their thoughts of resistance, and secondly to facilitate the disposal of a large pile of corpses here after the pit is dug.
But even if it is threatened by death, there are still people who are not afraid of death.An old man took the initiative to stand out and told the translator that he would rather die than obey the orders of the Haihan people.
Zheng Agui didn't bother to talk nonsense after listening to the translation, so he asked the old man to be dragged to the front of the prisoner queue, picked up the rifle and executed the stubborn old man himself.
"Tell them, either bury their dead relatives, or be like this guy, waiting to be buried by someone else!"
Zheng Agui would not have any sympathy for people in the opposing camp.And this attitude of refusal to cooperate, Zheng Agui can only understand it as resistance in disguise, and for the resisters, the headquarters has a clear order, and any treatment method including shooting is not an exaggeration.
Even if the old man didn't have the ability to take up arms and fight, Zheng Agui would never sit back and watch him incite other prisoners' resistance in front of him, and resolutely kill them to prevent the situation from getting out of control.
This trick really worked, those prisoners who were still muttering suddenly quieted down, and several crying children were immediately held down by adults.
After conquering this settlement, the Haihan army's next actions were even more overwhelming. From the dispatch of troops to the completion of the rendezvous of the two armies in the predetermined area, it took only five days.
At this time, there were very few settlements under Haihan's control, and it seemed that the one month that Xiao Liang requested would not be enough to end the suppression of the remaining forces in Spain ahead of schedule.
The only disappointing thing is that the Governor of Cebu probably still failed to be captured.To be precise, the governor is currently missing, and no one knows his whereabouts, so there is no way to arrest him.But the general trend of Cebu Island is set, even if this person is not dead, there will be no chance of a comeback.
With the clearing of these settlements in the mountains and forests, the defensive pressure on the periphery of Cebu City has also been greatly reduced.Some time ago, attacks occurred near the defense line almost every day, but these days have gradually calmed down, and multiple outposts have not issued any alarms for many consecutive days.
On December [-], a team from the Subic Battalion killed the Spanish commander Cres hiding in a cave sixty miles away from Cebu City.
This person is the deputy of the governor of Cebu, responsible for organizing and commanding the local armed forces, but since the Haihan army attacked Cebu port, his whereabouts have not been found.Only from the confessions of some of the captives can it be known that Kress is still hiding somewhere on the island, commanding the local resistance by remote control.
When the Subic Battalion tracked down the cave, they did not know the identity of the cave dweller. It was not until the end of the battle that they discovered that the enemy personnel killed in the exchange of fire turned out to be a senior military officer, and quickly verified their identity.
Although it is a pity that he failed to capture this person alive, it is also a great achievement, and the Subic Battalion, which performed poorly in the previous battle, has saved some face.
(End of this chapter)