Dominate the Country

China has been in America for much less time than the Spaniards, but China has its own huge population base as a backing. The government has come forward to vigorously organize immigration, and the intensity of immigration is so high that Europeans are stunned. In addition, their attitude towards Indians is not like the early European colonists who deliberately made friends or even flattered them. The Chinese, who have abundant resources, have always faced the Indian tribes with a crushing attitude.

Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish.

The Chinese's approach in America is very consistent with this famous saying of their nation. All the Indian tribes that did not obey were driven away and eradicated, and all the Indians who surrendered were dispersed and resettled, which fundamentally solved the problem of "folk race".

And unlike the Spaniards, the British, and the French, in addition to immigrants from their own country, there are also many immigrants from other countries in the colonies. These people were honest when they first arrived, but when they took root in the local area and their ethnic groups gathered in larger numbers, there would be inevitable unrest factors - British immigrants and French immigrants would hardly get along; Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese were also born to be incompatible; Italians were even more so, and they could fight each other.

Anyway, European colonization was much worse than China's "colonization".

It can be said that fundamentally, the two were defined incorrectly. The former was for profit, and the latter was for expansion. This is fundamentally different.

It was precisely this difference in concept that made Europeans underestimate China's desire for expansion in the Americas.

During the continuous march, no one was seen from beginning to end, and the few settlements passed by were completely abandoned by the Chinese. Considering their continuous harassment and occasional small-scale exchanges of fire, this was too worrying.

The cavalry continued to advance northward with the vanguard, and then kept reporting the situation to Antonio Banderas.

The vanguard encountered a transit station abandoned by the National Defense Army on the road. It was a very good fortification, but the Chinese abandoned it.

Antonio Banderas's face became more and more serious. He didn't even look at the back of the cavalry galloping away, and looked around with a sharp eye...

He had a feeling that the Chinese's trump card was about to be revealed. Because his troops were already 200 kilometers away from the border between Dengguo and Mexico. Even if he wanted to withdraw his troops now, it would not be possible to withdraw to the border in one or two days.

But Banderas didn't know what was happening behind his side.

The Western Army, which had moved earlier than the Eastern Army, had been beaten up and its retreat had been cut off. In the middle of Mexico, far away from the border between the two sides, in the port of Acapulco, which was further south than Manzanillo, a siege was underway in this place, which had been the main port for the trade of large sailing ships between Mexico and the Philippines for more than 200 years.

When the Port of Manzanillo was occupied by Chen Han and refused to be returned, the Port of Acapulco, which had declined due to the Luzon issue, recovered a little bit in the era of peace between China and the West. However, it is obvious that the Spanish have since used the Port of Acapulco as a defensive military port, rather than an important trade port.

Mexico City is located in a plateau valley. It is not a flat fertile land that can be reached in any direction of the east, west, south and north. Although the western coastline of Mexico is vast, there are only a few places that can reach Mexico City at the fastest speed and the shortest distance.

The Spanish have been operating in Mexico for more than 200 years, and have only "walked" out a few routes.

The Port of Manzanillo is one, but its road is now blocked. The Spanish have arranged several fortresses on the road ahead, blocking this road.

The Port of Acapulco is another one, which is also defended by the Spanish.

The Spanish recruited the top military engineers in Europe from France. Just after the last Central American War, they planned the defense of this important port on the west coastline. The engineer handed over his design to the Spanish for execution. A year later, the initial coastal defense project of Acapulco Port was completed.

After that, the major general of the garrison in the port reinforced the coastal artillery positions and built tunnels and inland supporting defense bunkers. But when he was building the second phase of the permanent coastal fortifications of Acapulco Port, the French Revolution broke out, and Spain shifted all its energy to European issues. The garrison of Acapulco Port was forced to cut down, not to mention the second phase of fortifications that the major general of the garrison planned to build. He himself was transferred back to Spain.

This stranded, the project has been stranded until now.

Spain, which was completely attracted by the changes in the European continent, was exhausted. Not only did it fail to send troops to reinforce the Americas, but it squeezed more wealth from the Americas to support its war in Europe. The colonial authorities in Spanish America could not raise funds for the Port of Acapulco. The latter now relies on a coastal defense line and coastal artillery fortresses to support its defense.

When the war broke out, the main warships of Chen Han's American fleet immediately set sail from Tokyo, passed the port of Manzanillo without entering, and went directly to the sea off the port of Acapulco. Without much effort, they swept away the few small boats of the Spanish that were left in the port.

The destroyers, led by four clipper warships, were the ones who attacked. Their decks were equipped with 75-caliber hexagonal cannons, which sent several small boats built by the Spanish to the bottom of the sea at a distance of two kilometers. The shipyard near the dock, which should be the birthplace of these Spanish boats, was also smashed to pieces.

Compared with the muzzle-loading smoothbore cannons of this era, the hexagonal cannon is a bug. Although the hexagonal cannon shells are still solid, even the trick of hot shells cannot be applied to the hexagonal cannons, what if something goes wrong.

However, the cylindrical twisted shells are just effective against ships and buildings.

Even the turrets in the port are crumbling under the continuous attack of the hexagonal cannon.

Fortifications that can withstand spherical solid bullets are not necessarily able to become a copper wall and iron wall when facing the shells of the hexagonal cannon.

The brick breastwork and the church-like stone buildings, under the attack of the hexagonal cannon, it is hard to say how much stronger they are than the paper-made ones. The penetrating power of cylindrical shells is much stronger than that of spherical shells. The Spaniards were full of strength but could not use any of it. The ultra-long range of the hexagonal cannons left them with no power to fight back!

So in front of the attack of Chen Han’s army, just three days later, the port of Acapulco, which gathered half of the defense force of the entire coastal area of ​​the west coast of Mexico, became precarious.

It was dawn. The clipper ships on the sea, countless cannons aimed at the ruined port of Acapulco and began to bombard it again. Puffs of black smoke rose from the warships.

With dust columns rising, shells fell in the city of Acapulco. The effective range of the hexagonal gun is at least 3,000 meters. Large targets such as cities can be placed within the maximum range of the gun - 4,000 to 5,000 meters.

Broken wooden beams flew straight in the port of Acapulco, and stones and bricks made a "clattering" sound. The screams in between represented the blood of the Spaniards and the indigenous people.

The entire port of Acapulco was shattered in the bombardment. The thin buildings seemed extremely fragile in front of the hexagonal guns. The houses collapsed, the whole city was howling, and the whole city was completely wrapped in a cloud of dust.

Major General Gonzalez, the military commander of the port of Acapulco, closed his eyes in pain. How could he resist the Chinese?

Their new cannons were too abnormal.

They could shoot so far and with such high accuracy. Compared with them, smoothbore cannons were garbage.

Facing an unbeatable opponent and an invincible enemy, what could be more depressing for a soldier than this? Gonzalez is just holding on now. If he misses three meals a day, when his army and militia can no longer hold on, he can choose to retreat or surrender with dignity.

Major General Gonzalez does not have the idea of ​​dying in battle. As a Madrid noble, he loves His Majesty the King and Spain, but he undoubtedly loves himself more.

The so-called command no longer exists. The current resistance in Acapulco Port is completely spontaneous or mechanical.

More than 3,000 shells have given Acapulco Port a complete baptism.

The transport fleet of the American Fleet, which arrived at Acapulco Port the day before yesterday, delivered the last batch of supplies and military supplies for the army. This is the second batch of supplies they have transported since the war began, even though the army and the marines had not arrived before.

Two days ago, on the first day that the Marine Corps of the American Fleet officially launched an attack on the Port of Acapulco, they seized a landing site northwest of the dock of the Port of Acapulco. That night, thousands of Spanish colonial soldiers and local peninsula descendants launched a counterattack on the position, and more than 200 people were taken prisoner.

The transport fleet that had just left took away all the prisoners of war, and at the same time took away hundreds of captured Spanish farmers.

These people behaved the same way as their ancestors did when they came to America, crying and crying; howling and wailing. But this did not work at all. Instead, some of the outstanding people would be severely punished by the sailors of the American Fleet with whips, or directly dragged aside - left on the battlefield to do hard labor.

The fragile walls of the Port of Acapulco had been torn apart by shells. After the Marine Corps seized a landing site, the heavy hexagonal cannons were transported ashore one by one, and then the walls of the entire Port of Acapulco were subjected to the most direct test.

The defense of the port of Acapulco is indeed very strong. It is not that the American fleet cannot break through it, but it will take a long time to break through it. Therefore, the Marine Corps left the port section aside. After landing on the shore, the transportation of materials was certainly much more difficult, but the way forward for the attack was also smooth.

As soon as the bombardment stopped, a left lieutenant waved his hand, and a battalion of infantry soldiers bravely rushed to the town ahead.

This town is located in the north of the port of Acapulco, forming an isosceles triangle with the landing site of the Marine Corps and the port of Acapulco.

Before launching an attack on the city of Acapulco, this town must be taken.

Gonzalez is not a very brave person. Although he knows that if he appears on the front line at this moment, it will give great encouragement and courage to the soldiers who insist on resisting. But the moment the gunfire stopped, he immediately fell asleep.

Instead, his chief of staff, Colonel Cordada, led his guards to the north of the city.

The distance from the headquarters to the north front line of the city is very short. Counting the turning of the street and house, it is only 500 to 600 meters at most. Acapulco is a very important port, but it is not a big city with only 10,000 people at its most prosperous time. But it took Cordada more than a quarter of an hour to walk this short 100 meters.

The whole city has completely changed, really. Cordada, who has lived in Acapulco Port for five years, really can't recognize the city in front of him. The shelling has brought irreparable damage to Acapulco. The solid building was smashed into ruins, with only a broken wall still standing. It is difficult to find a complete house on the bustling streets in the past, and there are large and small craters everywhere on the ground. Although it is not big, nor deep.

St. Mary's Church is a stone building. It has stood in Acapulco for more than 200 years. This is a place that everyone in Acapulco loves. What about now? The whole building is like tofu dregs that have been hit hard, rotting and collapsing.

Major Rafael was commanding his soldiers and militia to organize a defense line in a small town north of the city to resist the Chinese attack. Only the bravest people dared to repair the gap in the defense line in the hail of bullets.

The Spanish also have warriors, and their bones and blood are also fierce, otherwise the Spanish would not have conquered such a large colonial empire. Now is the time when they are facing a crisis. Some peninsula immigrants and descendants picked up muskets and sabers and stood with the Spanish colonial army.

Although there are many reasons for this, nationalism may really be burning.

"Boom boom boom..."

The hot air balloon floated up, and the Chinese artillery that had stopped for a while seemed to have discovered something and continued to sound.

The attacking force in the town north of the city withdrew. This was only the first round of exploratory attacks today. Because of the artillery, it ended hastily. Lieutenant Zuo ordered people to count the troops, and twelve people were killed and twenty were injured.

"There are still enemies in the town resisting. We should continue to bombard until they completely lose their combat effectiveness." Lieutenant Zuo asked someone to pass the message to the command center behind him.

Compared with shells and gunpowder, he cherished the lives of his soldiers more.

The American fleet has a large number of arms and ammunition, and the carrying capacity of the transport fleet is much stronger than that of the carriages on land. In the hearts of every Wehrmacht officer, the value of a soldier's life is far higher than the value of ammunition.

As long as conditions permit!

Seeing that the Chinese army outside the city had stopped attacking, Rafael quickly asked his men to help reinforce the broken fortifications and count the casualties. But after a moment, they were hit hard by the sudden return of the artillery position.

"Fortunately, they went to the city again."

Rafael muttered irresponsibly in his heart. Many of his soldiers were killed and wounded, but Acapulco never sent reinforcements. Rafael cursed Gonzalez to die quickly in his heart more than once. Cordada is more like a soldier than him!

Raphael had already called on people to work, using materials from collapsed houses, such as bricks, stones, and logs, to reinforce scattered fortifications and build bunkers that could withstand bullets.

The second attack was no different from the first. There was no key target in the town at the moment. It was just a large ruin.