1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 474, betrayed (8)

Aguinaldo waited for more than a week before finally waiting for Taft, the official representative of the United States government. During this period, the Philippine insurgents who had been waiting outside Manila could not wait any longer. If it hadn’t been for Aguinaldo to try their best to suppress them, I’m afraid those guys would have been unable to wait long ago and would cause some trouble. Speaking of Aquinado, it’s really not easy, because in addition to Aquinado’s direct line, the troops outside Manila also have a lot of other tribes’ armed forces. There are a lot of benefits about entering Manila. In general, it is “whatever I want, whoever I like is who I am”.

But who knows, when outside of Manila, the Spaniards were indeed defeated, but the United States were stubbornly occupying Manila, just not letting everyone in. Seeing that it has been so many days, the United States people have been there for so many days, I am afraid that everything has been removed, and I will drag it for a few days and wait for it to go in. I am afraid that there will be no less than two hairs left in Manila. Rooted, so these guys are clamoring to rush into the city. Not only those tribal armed forces, even Aguinaldo’s own descendants, were also affected by this idea and asked to enter the city many times. It took Aguinaldo a lot of effort to appease these abnormalities. If Taft comes a while later, he really doesn’t know how things will change.

Knowing that Taft was coming, Aguinaldo naturally went to him quickly to see what kind of answer he could give himself.

“You said that the Philippines established an independent country?” Taft seemed surprised after Aguinaldo explained Own’s intentions.

“Yes, don’t you propagate and oppose colonialism?”

“Of course this is true, but the conditions for your independence to establish a nation are not yet ripe.” Taft replied, “First of all, you should know that Spain sold the Philippines to the United States government for 20 million. If you want to be independent, this Twenty million U.S. dollars can’t let the United States government do it for you, right? Moreover, the humanitarian tragedies that have occurred before have also proved that you Filipinos lack the civilized qualities and have not yet the qualifications to establish an independent country. I think the Filipinos are now For the time being, you can’t exercise the ability to be the master of the country. Therefore, you need to be led by United States to train and teach your qualities to enlighten the people. So that you can become truly civilized people, and then you can talk about independence. The establishment of the nation. Besides, since the war is over, there is one thing we must deal with right away. Mr. Aguinaldo, in the war, we will lend you some weapons, right. Now that the war is over, these weapons It’s time to return it to us. And from the perspective of your performance some time ago, you had better not play around with dangerous things like weapons. It just so happens that your army is near Manila. As long as you return the weapons to us. Of course we will allow you to enter Manila…”

These words hit Aguinaldo’s head hard like a big stick, almost blinding him. He doesn’t even remember how he left the place where the United States guy lives. It seems that he was arguing with the United States guy and then he was thrown out. It also seemed that he didn’t dare to say anything. This was sent out. But in any case, one thing can be confirmed, that is, there once seemed to be a golden mountain in front of him, and when he ran over, he found that the golden mountain was robbed by another robber. Not even a single gold coin was left for him. Moreover, the robber actually wanted to confiscate their guns. Obviously, if the gun is really returned to those United States guys, God knows what will happen. These white people really don’t have a good thing!

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The news that Aguinaldo brought back naturally caused an uproar in the Philippine insurgents. No one would have imagined that after fighting for so long and sacrificing so many people, the final result was actually just a change of master. The Philippines are still those white people, and they are still slaves. Although most of those Filipinos have never studied English, and will not be full of “freedom or death”, but at this point, there is no reason to honestly go back to being a slave. So, it didn’t take long for the various rebels to form a unified opinion. This opinion is very simple, that is: fuck him!

While the Filipinos were discussing how to attack Manila, Taft and General MacArthur were also discussing how to eliminate the Filipinos.

“Our goal is to make the Philippines rebel. After a long battle with the Spaniards, the Filipinos who are more capable and more determined have died a lot. And those who did not die. , Have also shown their prominence. These people are capable and ambitious. As long as they still exist, United States will not be able to rule the Philippines securely. Even if we reach a compromise with them now, it will only bury hidden dangers in the future. So, taking this opportunity to eliminate them will be very beneficial to the future rule of United States in the Philippines. Because any nation, at least for a long period of time, there will be a limited number of people like this. So After annihilating them, within at least a few generations, the Filipinos will no longer be able to rise up against our rule. The Philippines is an archipelago with dense jungles everywhere. This will make us want to eliminate those Filipinos. It’s very difficult. The Spaniards are therefore unable to completely eliminate those who resist. Because once they are defeated, they will escape into the jungle, and then lick their wounds inside, and then come out to make trouble. So, the general, for this kind of Do you have any ideas about the situation?” Governor Taft was speaking to General MacArthur.

“Mr. Governor, these people are now concentrated near Manila. However, to be honest, I have the power to defeat them, but I lack the power to destroy them. As you said, they will easily escape into the jungle. . My fighters are ten at any time, but our number is too small to prevent them from escaping. Therefore, Mr. Governor, I have this idea. The Filipinos are not very clear about our combat effectiveness. Although they were friendly with us some time ago, the cooperation between us is very small. Because the gap between us is too big, we can’t cooperate at all. Ignorance can bring fearlessness, especially in the front. When Manila is such a tempting target. So, I plan to do this…”

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The tension between the United States Army and the Philippine Rebel Army was finally ignited by a small spark. On April 17, 1898, a group of Filipino soldiers wearing old-fashioned Spanish military uniforms appeared in front of a barracks of the Philippine Rebel Army. Alleged that they were ordered to come and collect the weapons lent to the Philippine insurgents.

The soldiers of the rebel army recognized who these Filipinos in Spanish military uniforms were. They were all the so-called “security forces” that were pulled up when the Spanish were still ruling the Philippines, and their income is more clear, that is, the Imperial Army of the Philippines. When they followed the Spaniards, it seemed that the Spaniards were about to win (before the United States entered the war, the Spaniards had suppressed most of the insurgents in the Philippines), so they acted unscrupulously and did bad things. The Spaniard has no bottom line. (Since ancient times, traitors and the like are worse than devils are a universal tradition.) Therefore, when the United States entered the war, when the situation reversed, these traitors were immediately dumbfounded. They also knew that if those insurgents were really allowed to take power, all of them would have to die without a place to bury them. Fortunately, God blessed, the people of United States did not allow the Philippines to be independent, nor did they even dissolve them. Instead, they continued to maintain their organizational system and even replaced some of their weapons to keep them responsible for maintaining law and order.

On this day, Garcia, the head of the Manila Security Forces, received an order from the United States. The United States ordered them to take up arms and go outside the city to collect the weapons of the rebel Filipinos. Garcia knows that this is definitely a task of death. Maybe the people of United States want it… But he also understands that if he disobeys his orders, he will only die faster. So he had no choice but to take someone to do the task of dying.

Sure enough, after expressing their intentions and asking the Philippine insurgents to surrender their weapons, the fighting broke out. Garcia, who had prepared well and had been hiding behind, immediately ran away. The insurgents chased from behind and approached Manila.

The US military in charge of the defense of Manila fired warning shots at the Filipinos, but this did not stop the Filipinos, and they continued to advance towards the city of Manila. And the United States’ blockade was not resolute. As a result, the Philippine rebels easily rushed into the urban area. Only when they were approaching the core area, they gradually felt some resistance. The United States seemed to have only come to this time. Gradually, he reacted, using machine guns, direct-pointing artillery, mortars, and directional mines to form a line of defense that didn’t seem to be too solid. The Filipinos even felt that as long as they worked harder, maybe they could attack Manila City directly.

Originally, these Filipinos were a little afraid of the US military, but now it seems that the US military is just like that. In addition, the previous fight has been fierce. To paraphrase the words of the United States people, “The strong wind blowing from the north has clearly brought the clang of weapons. Our compatriots are already on the battlefield. Do we still have to fix it? Are you on the sidelines?” And more importantly, the previous battle seems to be very smooth, and perhaps as long as we work harder, the dream of establishing an independent nation can be realized. So the leaders of the Philippines, including Aguinaldo, made the decision to continue to increase their troops and strengthen the offensive.