Capítulo 37: The Price Of Freedom
Sonny's POV
A few hours ago
After that meeting with Crispulo and his men, I was immediately promoted by General Mauricio as a regiment commander and the temporary leader of the western front revolutionaries, To be honest I didn't think that my abilities are up to par with my position and I don't think I'll be able to lead them to victory but I'm here now, If I fail, thousands of filipinos will die and General Mauricio will definitely be disappointed.
So using the time that was given to us to relax and prepare, I used it by not just preparing myself for the war but to also prepare myself to lead, all I hope is that I can be adequate enough and bring out whatever General Mauricio saw in me to put me in this position.
Present Time
10,000 people are currently sieging the fortress walls with the help of artillery and explosives, the walls are almost nonexistent and a huge chunk of it is now rubble that the revolutionaries are stepping on.
Around 15,000 people swarm the fortress like moth to fire, with each second, countless filipinos die due to the various chokepoints and defensive positions that the Spaniards have held unto, clinging for that last bit of hope that they'll outkill and outgun the raging sea of meat and blood that is continuously shooting and charging at them.
Little by little, piece by piece, the revolutionaries are slowly gaining ground as the Spaniards are getting exhausted by the sheer amount of people that they have to deal with, couple with the fact that their morale has been low these past few days, some fainted on the spot before being hacked to death by the marauding Filipinos, some had a mental lapse that cost them their lives, their bodies ending up either being riddled with bullets or turned to mush by explosives.
For the most part though, they were shot by unknown snipers from afar, these are the former orphan soldiers personally trained by Renaldo, they numbered around 5000 people scattered all over the battlefield from the west to east, they were ordered by Renaldo to be the swiss army knife of the army, they are being led by a man named Elizear, the best sniper of Renaldo's orphan army and one of his candidates for his future Super Soldier Project.
As the war rages on, the Spaniards are slowly being overrun, most of them despaired at the fact that they don't have any power to end this battle!
On the other hand, although the filipinos had sustained heavy casualties due to the strategical advantage of the Spaniards, they were still ecstatic by the fact that freedom is by their doorstep! They felt that the more of them died, the more their goal is at hand! So they pumped up themselves and charged through the bullets that are raining upon them! Most of them returned fire while charging while others threw their grenades towards the Spaniards.
This was the straw that broke the camel's back as most Spaniards immediately surrendered when their last bastion of hope was overrun by the Filipinos, they were defeated, but relieved by the fact that they won't ever experience the rabid reaction of these people, they looked at the wounded Filipinos on the ground who had smiling faces, as if mocking them, some of those wounded people, those who still had some energy left spat on the Spaniard's positions and laughed hysterically, they were happy!
The Spaniards doesn't understand this! They were extremely baffled by this scenario! They felt like the people that they fought are not humans! They're like rabid dogs in a human's body!
Then they heard someone spoke;
"I know what all of you are thinking, all of you are thinking that we have some kind of screw loose am I right?" said the man as they heard the clanging of metal striking through mud, they looked up and saw an old mestizo wearing some kind of steel armor while carrying a machine gun, they want to speak but their cowardice prevented them from doing so.
"300 years, to you that is just a number, but to most of these people, from the day they were born they were slaves, they were born as the lowest of the low, the bottom rung while all of you stepped on them like the ants that permeate your house, they toiled while you siesta'd almost half of your lives, they ate rice sprinkled with some salt while you eat your quesadillas and your chicharron, they have their families to suffer if they ever lose this war! They're used to hardships! They're used to death! Because your people killed and maimed those of their kind like there's no tomorrow! Your friars and your tribute collectors raped and extorted them all their lives! They have nothing to lose and everything to gain if they win this war! They are dogs because that's what your deeds made them out to be" Mauricio spat on the Spaniard's faces as he stepped on the random Spaniard's face and proceeded to smash his skull in! He then turned toward the people and said;
"Today marks the end of our northern campaign! Today is the day that all of you paid a blood debt to yourselves! Today is the day that each and everyone of you elevated your status from indios to Filipinos! Today is the fulfillment of the Supreme Sovereign's promise! TODAY IS THE DAY EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU EARNED YOUR FREEDOM!"
Mauricio slowly raised his fists up in the sky and yelled at the top of his lungs;
"AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!
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