Dominate the Country

The situation of the Spanish colonial army's attack on Xu State was not favorable, and the situation of the attack on Deng State was also difficult.

After successfully capturing a small town abandoned by the National Defense Army, the Spaniards set out from the town after resting. Their commander, Antonio Banderas, Lieutenant General of the Spanish Army, was no longer relaxed. The experience of the past two days has made him very worried. The elusive Chinese really gave him a headache. Banderas had a bad premonition in his heart!

But for his own honor, he could not lead his troops to turn around and escape before the troops encountered the "tenacious" resistance of the Chinese "large army".

From crossing the border line - the Spanish colonial army on the east road also left a small part of the troops, dividing and surrounding several military strongholds and defensive positions of the National Defense Army on the border line, and then they suffered the same fate as Santiago's troops.

The leading Spanish cavalry was defeated piecemeal by one or two hundred, and the morale of the cavalry was low, and they were even unwilling to stand in the front. After the infantry was transferred to serve as the vanguard, the vanguard began to encounter small-scale contact battles from time to time. It was no longer the cold guns of rifle shooters, but small-scale battles at the battalion and company level, and there were non-stop raids day and night.

One thing worth noting is that the Chinese seemed to be equipped with rifled guns.

This made the Spanish colonial army feel very uncomfortable, and Antonio Banderas also had no good solution. Just like Santiago, he also felt that the Chinese had an unusual number of rifled guns, and the idea of ​​a pure rifled gun unit reminded him of the British rifle regiment. But he was still unwilling to go home, which would make him be ridiculed.

"This is another mode of fighting." Antonio Banderas was still able to clearly understand the war. This tactic of the Chinese seemed very tasteless, like a despicable thief, but the results were not small, and the cumulative data made him shudder. So he was not angry about the actions of the Wehrmacht, but correctly gave a good evaluation.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General. The Spanish army does not need to learn this dirty method. Learning this tactic will only reduce the fighting spirit, organization and morale of our army." Many of the senior officers of the Spanish colonial army around Banderas did not agree with his view.

No one wants to face death. This seemingly effective raid actually disrupted the structural structure of the army. Chen Han can play like this because Chen Han's army was not a "volley shooting" army from the beginning, and now it has completely abandoned the few restrictions imposed on itself by the "volley shooting" model. Although they have not yet found the definition and model of a new type of army, they are a whole step ahead of the European army in the later volley shooting era.

If the same thing is popularized in the Spanish colonial army in the later volley shooting era, it will really have a counter-effect on the organization, discipline, morale and sense of honor that the soldiers have received before, and it will really have a certain impact.

The two great civilizations of the East and the West have very different understandings and perceptions of some things. For the current combat mode, the Chinese army, which has not been deeply influenced by the era of volley shooting, is obviously more adaptable than the Europeans.

Major General Igor Casillas Torres' words did not win Antonio Banderas' contemptuous eyes. "Yes, Major General. This tactic is not suitable for the Spanish Army." Banderas is also a veteran with a 30-year military career. It is easy to see that this tactic is incompatible with the current Spanish Army.

European armies are also getting rid of the constraints and influence of the era of volley shooting, but the influence of "volley shooting" on them is too great.

Today's European military generals, everyone has come from the era of volley shooting, and this range can even include Napoleon. In comparison, the French Revolution caused a large number of aristocratic officers to flee the army. The revolutionary self-defense forces organized by the majority of the people are inherently inferior to the regular armies of other countries in terms of discipline and formation. Instead, they have allowed the French to move forward on the road to getting rid of the old military constraints.

Antonio Banderas continued to mutter: "If the Russian Cossacks are willing to dismount and fight. This tactic is simply designed for them. Just lay mines in the east, west, south and north, and equip a small group of rifle shooters to block the enemy, so that the enemy can't tell how many troops are outside, and the enemy dare not make big moves." The problem with Spain is that they don't have brave Cossacks.

There are some cavalry recruited from the local area in the Spanish colonial army in America. These people are not as good as regular Spanish cavalry in training and discipline. They are very similar to the Russian Cossacks, but unfortunately they don't have the blood and fearlessness of the Cossacks. Without this, these South American cavalry and Mexican cavalry are just a group of rabble.

As they were talking, a dull explosion and a series of gunshots came from the southeast.

Antonio Banderas even knew that it was not the sound of artillery or grenade explosions, but the explosion of mines produced by the Chinese.

Yes, mines, this is another new thing.

Although this weapon has appeared in Chinese and European history for hundreds of years, the mines at that time were completely different from the mines today. With detonators and fuses, the mines made in China have a much higher explosion rate and are also very sensitive.

The terrifying weapons were not complicated or sophisticated, nor were they very powerful. The largest mine was only about the size of a small watermelon. But a blast could only knock down four or five people next to each other, although none of them might actually be killed, and even those who stepped on the mines might only have one leg broken.

But this weapon was very frightening. They were so hard to defend against, and their ability to inflict casualties was really disgusting. You have to know that during the march, each casualty required one-third to one-half of a carriage, or the "burden" of two soldiers.

"Cowards, cowards, shameless, despicable cowards!" Captain Jose Bugaral cursed at the National Defense Forces harassment troops that disappeared into the darkness.

"Captain, we should catch up. Kick the asses of these hateful yellow monkeys." An old soldier shouted.

Anyway, in the dark, as long as they left the fire, the rifled gun was not much more accurate than the smoothbore gun.

"That's right, Captain, that's what we should do. Kick the Chinese hard. These damn cowards keep harassing us, and our response is too passive." The Spanish officers in the company started to clamor.

Soon, a team of 70 or 80 Spanish colonial soldiers ran out of the guard position without anything, and chased in the direction where the Wehrmacht harassing soldiers left. They didn't have many people to deal with, otherwise they wouldn't have only lost four people. But they soon entered the minefield set by the Wehrmacht scouts in advance in less than a quarter of an hour.

A small spark suddenly sprayed out from the ground. This was the detonator fuse of the mine. Some mines were buried shallowly, and the spark sprayed directly onto the ground.

A Wehrmacht scout who was ambushing in the distance saw a ball of fire suddenly burst out from the ground, and then several black figures were pushed to the ground by gunpowder, and a shrill scream followed.

When the hard ceramic spherical shell was fired, a mesh-shaped engraving was specially left on the outside. There were iron sand and iron pieces inside, and with the air waves, countless fragments flew around in the air. They either penetrated deeply into the human body, or cut off a large piece of flesh, or even penetrated the body. The lethality was even greater than that of a simple explosion. Although it would not kill people on the spot, unless the throat, lower body, or artery was injured, it was very unlikely that the wounded would survive in the Spanish field hospital.

Many of those iron sand and iron pieces were rusty or soaked in urine and feces, and were contaminated with too many unclean things, and the wound inflammation rate was extremely high.

The Spanish colonial army never thought that they would encounter such an attack. In the dark, weren't the Chinese afraid of accidentally blowing themselves up? A landmine blew up five or six people. If they were really killed, it would be quiet; but if they didn't die, it would be miserable. Many uninjured Spanish colonial soldiers were also terrified. The Chinese were really bold.

Some of them were so scared that they ran back like headless flies, and triggered another mine.

When they came over before, they didn't know why the mine was not triggered at that moment, but now it exploded.

After a loud bang, several scouts of the National Defense Army took the opportunity to shoot, anyway, they shot at the shadows. Adding fuel to the chaos of the Spanish colonial army.

In such a sudden attack, this team of 70 or 80 Spanish colonial soldiers was in a mess. There were as many as ten dead and wounded. Just a few scouts, with two mines and a few shots, eliminated an enemy with far more people than their own. Such a record was not too easy.

No one went to clean up the battlefield. Whether it was the colonial soldiers who were hit in the chaos or the injured colonial soldiers, whether they were dead or alive, whether they were seriously injured or slightly injured, they were all left to the Spanish. And there were really more than two mines in that area. Don't be careful to step on them in the dark, otherwise you will be laughed at.

Antonio Banderas soon learned the fate of Captain Jose Bugaral. The troops on night duty were all elites selected by him from the 20,000 troops. As a result, half of the troops of this elite company rushed out, but were beaten to a mess in less than two quarters of an hour, and fled back in embarrassment. This made him very sad.

At this time, gunshots were heard outside the camp. These Chinese just hid in the dark and kept firing. The Spanish colonial army would suffer heavy casualties if they went out with torches. If they went out without torches, they couldn't even find their shadows. This night was really passive!

In the daytime, the situation of the Spanish colonial army was much better. The harassment troops of the National Defense Army were more likely to face the Spanish cavalry and the vanguard of the colonial army, and had no great impact on the main force in the center.

And as far as his own situation was concerned, Antonio Banderas' prestige in this army was really good.

The neat formation means the discipline of the troops. The absence of any other voices except the footsteps also means the strict military discipline of the troops. Moreover, people are not wooden stakes that will not move if they are placed there. If the soldiers do not have enough energy and physical strength, they cannot maintain the neat formation for a long time. The sufficient energy and physical strength of the soldiers means the level of training. The firm will contained in the soldiers' eyes means the morale and fighting spirit of the army. If this point is not done well, the soldiers will think too much, and their eyes will naturally become scattered and complicated, and then the spirit will be gone.

Only when the morale of the army is high and the soldiers are full of confidence in the war, what is left in their eyes is only a very simple and concentrated look.

As a general who emerged in the suppression of the Seven Years' War, and then experienced the North American War and the First Central and Western American War, although Banderas was not a famous general with high prestige, he was like a veteran who experienced the entire process of the colonial army from its establishment to its formation. Antonio Banderas still had a relatively high status in the minds of the soldiers.

When the Spanish colonial army went to Dengguo, the sound of the footsteps at the beginning of the army's march was so exciting that the hair stood up like a thunderbolt. The army's spirit was full.

This is the role of a good and suitable commander for an army. Just like the Fu Han Army under Chen Ming's command, they marched forward bravely on the battlefield, and the soldiers did not consider the possibility of failure at all.

When the war just started, the role of spirit ran through the body of every Spanish officer, and they had a heartfelt pursuit of victory.

Moreover, Banderas did not command his troops to attack fiercely on the border of Deng State. Instead, he ordered them to divide and surround at the beginning, leaving a small part of the troops to surround the defense army and Deng Army on the fortifications and positions, and then the main force continued to move forward.

But what about now? In the continuous harassment, the Spanish colonial army was approaching the immigration bureau of Deng State little by little. And the closer they were to the immigration area, the lower their morale was, and the harder their life was.

Because it is very simple, where there are immigrants, there is agriculture and economy, and more farmland means more food; more food means more population; more population means more prosperous cities. The more prosperous this land is, the more it can support the garrison of many troops.

This is like the Russians in Siberia. Without cities as a foundation and good agriculture and animal husbandry as a foundation, it is impossible to station too many troops for a long time. The Chinese are much better at business than the Spanish, and the Spanish also have their own sources of intelligence. They know that Deng State has changed a lot in just a few years.

As the commander of the eastern route of the colonial army, Antonio Banderas knows a lot about the current Deng State. The Chinese colonial government strongly encouraged the construction of water conservancy and the reclamation of farmland. They allocated land to the landless poor who migrated from the local area, loaned them loans to start a new life, and encouraged horse farming in agriculture. The changes in the hinterland of Dengguo were really made by the Chinese little by little over the years.

In the past, Antonio Banderas would still look down on the "construction of water conservancy". In his eyes, the Indians in America were as stupid as those black people in Africa and could not be educated.

They should work hard in the Spanish plantations, obey the orders of the Spanish, and work hard under the guidance of the Spanish to create the wealth of the Spanish.

But in fact, it was the Spanish who colonized America. The contradictions between them and the Indians were too sharp to come together. And it is difficult for immigrants from the Spanish country to spread out in the Americas on a large scale now. The "foundation" is far less solid and pure than that of the Chinese in North America. They also introduced a large number of black slaves, and the strategy would be completely different.