Chapter 635, the sadness of the Buddha Lang machine
In this era, not to mention that the artillery technology of the Fo Langji people is not the best in the plane, even the artillery of the Helan people is impossible to hit a thousand meters away.
As the Tu'ao fleet formed a line of battle outside the port, Governor Lu Song, who was watching the battle from high in the castle, felt a little uneasy for no reason.
The next moment, hundreds of artillery pieces pointed in the direction of the port opened fire.
Densely packed shells fell towards the fort like raindrops, turning into bursts of fire, turning the fort into a sea of flames.
In just five minutes, more than a dozen forts were completely turned into ruins, and there was no more movement.
Seeing this scene, Governor Lu Song felt as if someone had grabbed his heart so hard that he fell down on the spot.
There is absolutely no room for resistance.
As the troop transport ships sent groups of soldiers to the coast, the Xinghai Army also immediately showed its style.
Intense gunfire will open the castle door and knock down the Franco soldiers who come out to the beat of drums.
The Folangji phalanx, which the Folangji people have dominated for a lifetime, was thrown into the abyss of history without even meeting the enemy.
With more than 1,000 elite Franco machine musketeers and more than 2,000 Franco machine spearmen completely destroyed, Mani La Castle fell into crisis.
Because Governor Lu Song was unconscious, the remaining senior officials of Franji were not unanimous in their opinions.
Some high-level officials want to negotiate with the enemy, while some high-level officials insist on the noble tradition of Franco and resolutely refuse to negotiate with the enemy. Some high-level officials suggest sending people to other colonies for help.
After all, in the Lusong area, there is more than just a castle like Mani La in Folangji.
But they didn't wait for them to reach consensus and discuss the results.
The Xinghai strategic battleship approaching the port used its 180mm main gun to directly pry open the castle gate.
No way, Mani La Castle is too close to the port, only a few hundred meters away.
For a 180mm main gun, this distance is almost as easy as shooting at the forehead.
As the first group of Xinghai infantry rushed into the castle, the senior officials of Franji no longer needed to continue arguing. All they could think about now was how to end the war decently, including surrender.
As usual, the Xinghai Tu'ao Fleet did not make things too difficult for these senior executives of the Franji, and promised to let them leave after taking over the castle's defense, and allowed them to take away some personal property, but only ten suitcases.
Well, for an ordinary Frenchman, ten suitcases are enough to carry all his belongings.
But for these high-level officials, a hundred suitcases are not enough, because they have ruled here for so long that the wealth they have accumulated is quite considerable.
But these senior officials have no choice. Their lives are in their hands. No matter how dissatisfied they are, they can only keep it in their hearts.
When the senior executives of Fo Langji left and the Eighth Division took over the properties left by the senior executives of Fo Langji, not to mention the title deeds of the properties in the castle, they only talked about the mountains of gold and silver bars in the open public warehouse of the castle.
, which made the soldiers couldn't help but squirm in their throats and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
This was the silver and gold that the Fo Langji treasure ship had brought from South America before, and was used in exchange for spices, porcelain, silk and other Ming Dynasty commodities.
These Ming Dynasty goods have returned to China on treasure ships and headed to the homeland of Folangji to be enjoyed by the nobles of Folangji.
There are also a lot of gold and silver bars piled up in the secret vaults of high-rise homes.
Although Fang Xiaoyue's metallization ability can produce a large amount of gold and silver, this ability is currently not under Fang Xiaoyue's own control.
He doesn't have to say when non-metals can be converted into silver or gold, luck has to do.
In addition, the amount of reserves required by Xinghai Kingdom to issue stainless steel coins is too large, and in foreign transactions, many bulk commodities and immigration consumption must be paid with gold and silver.
Under such circumstances, Xinghai Kingdom's gold and silver stocks are actually not sufficient.
If Xinghai products were not enough to attract those merchants, the stainless steel coin payment system would have collapsed long ago.
After the capture of Mani La this time, the gold and silver directly confiscated exceeded 70 tons, with a total value of 1.8 million yuan.
It's almost a huge profit.
Not to mention anything else, the real money and silver consumed in building the Tu'ao fleet can be regarded as recovered.
It would not cause some elders to resist the expansion of the navy.
However, if you want to consolidate the Xinghai Kingdom's sphere of influence in Lu Song, it is not enough to simply capture Mani La Castle.
After leaving a regiment and several warships to garrison Mani La, the Tu'ao fleet repaired for two days and then set sail, heading straight to the Folangji port under Lu Song.
Well, the most important strongholds of Folangji in Lusong are these two ports, and the rest are some small supply ports, which are not of much significance at all.
This is not surprising. Most of the great powers in this era followed this approach. They chose a few places with the best locations to build ports, and then used the ports to radiate to the surrounding areas to obtain benefits.
In fact, they don't have much influence on many places outside the port.
From the Xinghai people's point of view, they simply have a good hand and don't know how to use it.
Those Flemish people who had just escaped back to Fuluo Dagang had not even had a comfortable rest for two days when they were shocked to hear that the Xinghai people were knocking on their door again!
My hair!
Are you a devil?!!
Compared to Manila Castle, the Port of Florida fell faster.
There are many reasons for this, but the most important one is that although Flora Port is the second largest port after Manila, it is a younger brother compared to Manila in terms of defense system and military strength.
If Manila is an adult, then Flora Dagang is a young lady under ten years old.
This description is extremely appropriate.
The strategic battleship only fired two rounds of artillery, and the governor of Flordagon raised the white flag and announced his surrender.
After all, the Xinghai people's previous performance in Manila Castle was very trustworthy, which also weakened the resistance of the Francois a lot.
However, after the Francois were released this time, they had no other castle to stay in and could only take merchant ships to return to their distant ancestral homeland.
But the problem is that many Folangji people were born locally, and this is their hometown, not the distant homeland of Folangji.
Under such circumstances, except for those high-ranking people, most of the Folangji people are still willing to stay. Although the sky has changed since then, the previously noble Folangji people have fallen to the bottom of society, making them look down on them.
Mingren suddenly rose to the top of society.
This is not surprising. Although the Xinghai Kingdom is the Xinghai Kingdom, in fact the local people do not regard the Xinghai people as outsiders. After all, everyone has similar skin color and appearance. Even the vast majority of the Xinghai people looked at each other a few years ago.