@Namayan I just placed more explanations, is it enough? or do I have to place more stuff here to make in more realistic, I dont really know stuff about the pre Republica Filipina Revolution, I have my experties on the return of Aguinaldo and the 1st republic

[1] The Filipino forces are more well equiped, as the USA gave 40,000 Nagant rifles, bought mostly from the American manifacturers who make Nagant, (as it was cheaper than the Krag and any alternatives, It was no different than the Russian made, than where it is made) including bullets during the Span Am war. Sun Yat Sen sent the 10,000 rifles to the filipinos earlier and Japan did the same and it arrived and did not get sunk(Mostly Remington roling blocks are sent by Japan and Sun, Totalling 20k rifles with bullets).
Equipment isn't also just rifles. It also ammunition. You have rifles but not enough ammo. Not one time delivery ammo. Those ammo are not enough for a long term assault.

The Philippine economy is larger than the Chile economy at this time. But the only direct control Aguinaldo will have is Luzon minus Manila, Baler. All of the other islands can be intercepted by the US Navy. The question you must put is if Aquinaldo is economically competent to squeeze taxes to buy this in short of amount of time from the Surrender of Manila up until Feb 1899.

[3] Aguinaldo handled the army personally, instead of placing Luna an inexperienced general. Instead he made him his aide. And Replaced Ricarte with Goyo as Chief Of Staff of the Army [As Goyo has more Loyalty and shown capable of command]. Though most issues are handled by Aguinaldo himself.
Always remember the one who had training to train an army is Luna. Remove Luna, Katipunan members wont be able to train them not unless they hire a lot of former Spanish army soldiers, Insulares who were members of the Spanish army. This important since you also have Filipinos dying, and you need a large reserve to fill up the slots of dead Filipinos.

Luna maybe inexperienced but is very well versed on Western tactics. Tactics which Aguinaldo isn't trained for.

In battles Aguinaldo won, numbers where 1:1 and casualty rate vs Spain is 1:1 wherein the Philippine side is on the defensive. But Spain also had irregulars at their side.

The casualty rate of the US is too high 10,000. in your February 1899 battle. US are on a defensive on a fixed position supported by heavy artillery from the ships. Without neutralizing the US navy, there is no way to win it due to firepower of the ships not unless Philippines started buying large artillery pieces which the US wont necessarily provide and more expensive than rifles and bullets. You can only deal 10,000 with enough artillery firepower.

Even with a trained force, the Filipinos can hold a certain line outside the range of Naval artillery. From their on, it is more equal due to training. Without neutralizing Naval artillery, Philippines cannot deal heavy casualties vs the US forces.

Like I said before, if you train and arm enough Filipinos to US army levels, the US diplomatic policy might change by December that your battle wont happen. US decided base on OTL that the Philippine army was weak, untrained, lacks equipment.

Now, if you wanted the battle to happen, US will win in Manila, but once you are outside the Naval artillery range it is a toss coin vs a well trained, equipped army. But that wont happen if you let a lot well trained Filipinos die in Manila. Remember Filipino trained manpower is lacking. By that time, it is a matter of attrition and propaganda. If Philippines loses the propaganda, US have so much resources that attrition to them wont matter. Propaganda means reporting high casualty rate in the US,etc.

I believe this same scenario happened vs the OTL British. British won in Manila but was dragged down once they reached Pampanga. At least around US 2 years they stay in Central Luzon. That would put the casualty rate of the US higher both vs trained army and tropical disease, give enough time for propaganda to hit US to give up on the war.
 
Equipment isn't also just rifles. It also ammunition. You have rifles but not enough ammo. Not one time delivery ammo. Those ammo are not enough for a long term assault.

The Philippine economy is larger than the Chile economy at this time. But the only direct control Aguinaldo will have is Luzon minus Manila, Baler. All of the other islands can be intercepted by the US Navy. The question you must put is if Aquinaldo is economically competent to squeeze taxes to buy this in short of amount of time from the Surrender of Manila up until Feb 1899.


Always remember the one who had training to train an army is Luna. Remove Luna, Katipunan members wont be able to train them not unless they hire a lot of former Spanish army soldiers, Insulares who were members of the Spanish army. This important since you also have Filipinos dying, and you need a large reserve to fill up the slots of dead Filipinos.

Luna maybe inexperienced but is very well versed on Western tactics. Tactics which Aguinaldo isn't trained for.

In battles Aguinaldo won, numbers where 1:1 and casualty rate vs Spain is 1:1 wherein the Philippine side is on the defensive. But Spain also had irregulars at their side.

The casualty rate of the US is too high 10,000. in your February 1899 battle. US are on a defensive on a fixed position supported by heavy artillery from the ships. Without neutralizing the US navy, there is no way to win it due to firepower of the ships not unless Philippines started buying large artillery pieces which the US wont necessarily provide and more expensive than rifles and bullets. You can only deal 10,000 with enough artillery firepower.

Even with a trained force, the Filipinos can hold a certain line outside the range of Naval artillery. From their on, it is more equal due to training. Without neutralizing Naval artillery, Philippines cannot deal heavy casualties vs the US forces.

Like I said before, if you train and arm enough Filipinos to US army levels, the US diplomatic policy might change by December that your battle wont happen. US decided base on OTL that the Philippine army was weak, untrained, lacks equipment.

Now, if you wanted the battle to happen, US will win in Manila, but once you are outside the Naval artillery range it is a toss coin vs a well trained, equipped army. But that wont happen if you let a lot well trained Filipinos die in Manila. Remember Filipino trained manpower is lacking. By that time, it is a matter of attrition and propaganda. If Philippines loses the propaganda, US have so much resources that attrition to them wont matter. Propaganda means reporting high casualty rate in the US,etc.

I believe this same scenario happened vs the OTL British. British won in Manila but was dragged down once they reached Pampanga. At least around US 2 years they stay in Central Luzon. That would put the casualty rate of the US higher both vs trained army and tropical disease, give enough time for propaganda to hit US to give up on the war.
I'll make sure to implement more changes to make this more realistic,
 
Chapter 7A: Semi Functional Army
Chapter 7A: Aftermath: Semi Functional Armed Forces

Though the economy is great and progressing, but the Philippines had a somewhat dysfunctional military. That was the result from the purge that happened a year and a half, after the failed coup of Antonio Luna. Where he and other officers complained about why the government sold Palau and the recent budget cuts from the military. Though the purge did a few good things like keeping the loyalty of the Army, and clearing the corruption which plagued it. Most popularly the corruption of Luna where his soldiers looted a few towns during the American war, and the embezzlement of 10,000 pesos, as the government modernize the Army. .

Stand up for the Philippine Anthem, The video also contained the state of the Philpppine Armed Forces, and their performance during the American War


Presenting, the top clowns, ahem I mean top brass of the Philippine army.
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Emilio Aguinaldo, President, Commander in Chief, Generalisimo, Field Marshall, Captain General of the Philippine army

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General Baldomero Aguinaldo Army Chief of Staff

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Admiral Mariano Trias Navy Chief of Staff

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Gregorio Del Pilar Chief of Staff of the National Guard

State of the Armed Forces
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The world class Filipino Army
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The Pride of the Philippine Navy (A former Tobacco cargo ship, captured during the revolution) one of the few ships of the Armada Republicana Filipina (Philippine Republcan Navy) Popularly known as PRN or ARF.

Emilio Aguinaldo might look like straight up incompetent on paper for a reason that he ordered the execution of one of the few people in the Army who know modern western warfare. Though he actually tried to successfully send his generals to America and UK to get a proper Military training, and hired a tutor for himself about this, as he rules the country. He mostly took the innitiative on building the infrastructure and promoting the military industries and connected industries needed by the nation, which is quite successful. And he accepted a lot of British, German, and American Military Missions before ww1, that greatly improved the state of the Military. Sadly incompetence of the military officers and higher ranking commanders would be a thorn at first. It would prove to be a successful project at 1914 as he resolved the incompetence and improved the army's state, because he sent them to America and UK a few years ago to get them trained.

Baldomero Aguinaldo is a bit of a mixed bag, though his innitiatives created the industries and other stuff needed by the army, His progress on the tactical and strategic matters of the Army is almost nonexistent, thankfully, some crisis in Europe had the Armed forces had more budget than ever the budget in 1911 being a million pesos (As budget cuts happened in 1908 to fund the railroads) fearing for invasions. Creating the coastal defenses, digging trenches and planned a battleplan in case the European powers try occupy the country in the middle of Chaos. His achievements would mostly be the infrastructures and industries and defenses created as he spearhead the innitiative in congress. He would often brag about the conquest of Mindanao which ended in 1909 about how his innitiative helped them unite the country. Which the Philippine army faced up against a group of tribes living in Mindanao who wont cooperate with them often armed with spears, swords, shields, and bows, rarely with firearms.

Mariano Trias is somewhat competent, as he successfully revived the Shipbuilding industry in the Philippines, as the Philippines opened to Foreign investments, Shipbuilding sites were reopened and new sites are created mostly with foreign investments on the country. Most of his achievements would be on the infrastructure and industries. Though he is a mediocre naval commander, he has his skills as he went to Britain to be trained in naval tactics and strategy.

Gregorio Del Pilar has his charm, a womanizer and a good chief of police. He would constantly made sure crime is low and the Philippines have it's streets with constant patrols of Civil guard checking by, which resulted into backlash about the Philippines being a police state. The constant patrolling was cancelled, and it became the helping hand of the military during wars, as part of his innitiative.
 
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@Namayan how is my top brass in chapter 6,
Chapter 6? Coup?

It depends on what you want to do? Civil war is matter of politics, who gets more support from local elite. If support is coming from the peasants, a matter of logistics since the peasants will lack the funding, materials for war.

Even if the best general is on the losing side, without the material support, the best general may lose from time to time.
 
Chapter 6? Coup?

It depends on what you want to do? Civil war is matter of politics, who gets more support from local elite. If support is coming from the peasants, a matter of logistics since the peasants will lack the funding, materials for war.

Even if the best general is on the losing side, without the material support, the best general may lose from time to time.
I mean 7
 
Chapter 7B: Economic Miracle
Chapter:7B Massive investments and Projects, Loans and Economic Prosperity and Miracle

It started in 1909 when the Philippines started taking loans and slowly opening investments. They started to fund its ambitous industrialization projects inside its first five year plan in 1909. Though huge progress had been made pre 1909 levels compared to pre indepedence period, now the Philippines have the money for them to expand massively, as Germany just gave them 12M Pesos in exchange for Palau to drop its claims there. Starting in 1909, the Philippines is spending massively to industrialize itself, and as they slowly open to investments, the economy grows, Manifacturing, raw materials extraction grew and agricultural production grew at a very rapid rate. Then in December 15 1909 Andrew Carnegie, visited the Manila, to stroll around and check how much progress the Filipinos had been made, seeing the Potential and, he donated a huge fraction of his wealth to the Philippine Government Almost a quarter of it to be exact a hundred Million dollars. As a part of his charity work to help the people of the world.

"The people of the Philippines, are determined to succeed. Knowing that they worked hard and perservered in order to create a better nation, a place where freedom and democracy is kept alive, upheld and strenghtened. As you will now reach the era of relative peace and prosperity, here is a little help from me to make this world a better place"

-Andrew Carnegie in December 1909 delivering a speech in the Philippines after he donated almost a quarter of his wealth to the Philippine government for Philantrophic reasons, and other reasons

With a hundred Million dollars, 200 Million in pesos the Philippine government goes investment spree heavily on infrastructure, industrialization, and modernization of the country. They Spent an average of 40 and more million pesos annually as the years progress pesos from 1910 to 1915 during the pre great war period, mostly on that stuff written up here.

Wanting to capitalize and grow more the Philippines took up the open door Policy in January 12 1910, so investments would splur the country with money. This caused the Mining output of the Philippines to triple before the Great war, as alot of Mines had been opened. The industrial capacity tripled and agricultural production doubled, as settlers went to Mindanao and unsettled and unpopulated areas in tens of thousands once every a few couple months to get the land given to them. by the government freely (Mostly veterans of the PH AM war and revolution) mostly in Agusan river basin, and Rio Grande Basin, and Zamboanga Peninsula, In Mindanao. The government subsidized them to plant cash crops and other crops and gave them modern Equipment and taught them modern farming to Maximize production and profit though this also happened everywhere in the PI.

Chinese, Indian, Javanese and Japanese Immigrants started to pour, as they are contracted by the Filipino land owners and farmers to work as The government is now giving its unused government land to landless farmers and stopped breaking up huge estates. Most of the Philippine farmers had an average of 4 Hectares of Farmland each, while the richer and others have higher and bigger estates. This was successful, as the unpopulated regions get populated, Filipino farmers getting land and making it productive, while having immigrants to work for them.

The Philippines would buy machines in exchange for their goods as they industrialize more and more to further up their industrial capacity.

This was the period of Growth, relative peace and prosperity, With the economy Growing 20% annually due to investments, and other factors, like diplomacy and strategic location where the Great powers try aid them to align with them, as they are at a very strategic location and they have a big interest on the region, and the Aid given by Carnegie.
 
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Chapter 7C: National Tragedy
Chapter 7C: National Tragedy

As Mabini is speaking in the crowd, as he is being innagurated as the Vice President of the Philippines, then having his speach in June 1910

"I Believe this nation will strive, compete and remain free and live in prosperity, as I must say and Believe that we are meant to be free, from tyrranny, foreign yoke domination, after 300 years of foreign rule, we are now free. Thanks to the cooperation from the poorest of society to the richest of this nation, united in one goal of independence, and to strive for...."

His speech was cut short, as a gunman appeared and shot him at the chest multiple times. He died couple moments later, he arrived on the hospital dead. A day later, Pedro Paterno, President of Congress assumed vice presidency. Everyone even his rivals paid respects to him.

"A well respected man killed by a radical socialist madman, as the government stopped the land reform to break up huge estates."

A description of the assasin
 
I really like how things are going well for the Philippines. With the country making the right choices and going on the right track, I wonder what will happen if Japan tries to invade in WW2(assuming it will still happen ITTL), will they get stomped? Will the Philippines invade Japan in retaliation? I also want to ask when will someone bring up Aguinaldo executing Bonifacio? How will that affect the public's perception of the President? Please keep up the good work!!!
 
I really like how things are going well for the Philippines. With the country making the right choices and going on the right track, I wonder what will happen if Japan tries to invade in WW2(assuming it will still happen ITTL), will they get stomped? Will the Philippines invade Japan in retaliation? I also want to ask when will someone bring up Aguinaldo executing Bonifacio? How will that affect the public's perception of the President? Please keep up the good work!!!
Hmmm We'll see, Im doign my exams so no updates for a while, If I find spare time, And I am actually thinking about Japan in ww1. And the Public already know that execution stuff, thats all I can say for a while. RIGGED ELECTIONS
 
It seems that My exams would not be over until next week, I will try doing this on the free time I have. ASAP, and can you guys suggest me what can happen next
 
Does the Philippines speak Spanish?


Have the Muslim islands of the south been assimilated?
Yes it is the official language of PI

The Philippine government is placing setlers there and doing land grabs to the muslim and other areas and buying land to natives to the local population and other stuff and also promoting catholicism to the Mindanao natives, And Opening plantations and Mines to make mindanao not a drain to the Economy and to wank it up for a bit, But the Christian Muslim tensions are high, but many are converting to catholicism. to protect their status quo. Oftenly peasants and former slaves of the moros and muslims, to show their allegiance to the Central Government to hope that they would have privellage against the ones who still did not convert to Catholism. Part of it being the catholic church had a deal with PI to make the Filipinos literate in exchange for some privellage. Basically like what happned to the Native Americans IOTL but in PI
 
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Yes it is the official language of PI

The Philippine government is placing setlers there and doing land grabs to the muslim and other areas and buying land to natives to the local population and other stuff and also promoting catholicism to the Mindanao natives, And Opening plantations and Mines to make mindanao not a drain to the Economy and to wank it up for a bit, But the Christian Muslim tensions are high, but many are converting to catholicism. to protect their status quo. Oftenly peasants and former slaves of the moros and muslims, to show their allegiance to the Central Government to hope that they would have privellage against the ones who still did not convert to Catholism. Part of it being the catholic church had a deal with PI to make the Filipinos literate in exchange for some privellage. Basically like what happned to the Native Americans IOTL but in PI
This will improve relations between Latin America and the Philippines
 
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