Because of the damned French, the first attack of the Spanish royal division suffered a heavy defeat. The "traitors" pursued Wang Shi until they entered the trench dug by Wang Shi, and then chased Wang Shi's buttocks, chased them out of the trench dug by Wang Shi, and then ...... If General Franco hadn't made a quick decision and immediately ordered the artillery to open fire with shotguns, knocking out the fleeing cowards and the pursuing rebels together, I am afraid that the army would have been defeated.

But even so, it was a great defeat, and according to the Mexicans later, the Spanish army left more than 300 corpses, more than 200 captured, and countless more wounded.

As for the Spaniards, according to their records, they did not die much, the number of dead was less than fifty, and they killed thousands of rebels, because they killed too many people, which caused many soldiers to have psychological problems, in order to appease the soldiers and comfort their good hearts, General Franco had to order a temporary retreat. It can be seen that the Spanish royal teacher is really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness...... Believe it or not, anyway, the Spaniards pretended to believe it.

After this defeat, the Spaniards were demoralized, and many soldiers felt that storming the opponent's trenches without trench guns was a complete death. The soldiers were talking about it.

"Herrera, let me tell you, that trench gun, it can fire in bursts, it can load eight bullets at a time, you can shoot one shot with one pull, each shot can shoot 12 bullets, each bullet, the power is similar to that of a revolver, boom, it's a big piece, that's really a dozen is very accurate, and if you hit it, you will die." Herrera, let me tell you, if you don't have this thing, you go into the trenches, and you meet someone with this, do you think it's a dead end? ”

"Oh, Romero, you don't know, I heard people say that these guns were originally going to be sold to us, but people in China said that this thing is too expensive, and our guns can't be used...... And then there was no buying. Then the rebels found out, and spent money to buy everything we didn't buy......"

"Huh? And this thing? ”

"Of course, I heard Guzmán say that his brother-in-law is a quartermaster, he should have listened to him......"

"If you want me to say, if we don't equip us with trench guns, we can't stupidly rush up and die......"

"If you don't rush forward, the chief will shoot you."

……

So because the morale was too low, Wang Shi failed to launch an attack for several days. But on the other side, the Mexicans, who had won the battle, were equally worried.

"In this battle, we used up almost half of our broadsword and a third of our melons, and we used up a lot of shells, well, we can't make our own rifled artillery shells, and we have to buy them. And the bullets from the trench guns...... "General Allende frowned and reported to President Hidalgo.

"That is, if the enemy comes back a few more times with such an attack, we will not have enough supplies?" President Hidalgo asked, "How is this consumption so much higher than previously planned?" ”

"We didn't take into account the situation of the soldiers when we made our plans, and the soldiers were so excited that they didn't have the restraint to use these things...... And the enemy's attack was not the same as we had anticipated. ”

So everyone fell silent.

It was a long time before President Hidalgo spoke: "Allende, my friend, you tell me, if the enemy attacks again, will we have enough supplies now to repel them?" ”

"Maybe,...... But the president ...... I think we still need more supplies. ”

Perhaps because of the anticipation of the difficulties of the revolutionary army, after two days of rest, the Spanish royal division attacked again, and this time, they attacked from multiple directions at the same time, although their attack was repulsed again, and the Spaniards once again paid a great price, but the material consumption of the revolutionary army was also greater than the last battle, and Allende had to urgently appeal to Hidalgo again, hoping that the president could find a way to get more supplies for himself; On the other hand, after the attack was repulsed, the Spanish soldiers even mutinied because of the heavy casualties, forcing General Franco to make a promise to suspend the attack without equipping the soldiers with trench guns.

In the spirit of not worrying about the debt, President Hidalgo, using the mining rights in the northern region of Mexico as collateral, once again asked the banks for loans. At the same time, the Spaniards also approached the Louisiana distribution office of the Bonaparte Arsenal, hoping to buy a batch of trench guns as soon as possible.

The Bonaparte Arsenal immediately agreed, telling the Spaniards that the military trench guns needed to be brought in from the mainland, so it would take at least two months. However, if they are willing to pay a little more, they can also sell them the pump-action shotguns that are used for civilian hunting for the common people.

"We have 3,000 pump-action shotguns for civilian use, but you know that civilian guns are much more expensive than military guns." "Although there is not much difference in performance between the two guns, civilian things will always be more refined, such as the butt, which is made of wood," explained Oult, the manager of the Louisiana distribution office of the Bonaparte Arsenal. But for the civilian version, you have to pay a lot more attention, and the butt is made of authentic black walnut, so the price is naturally different. If you are willing to order these guns, we will ship them to you immediately. ”

So as soon as the Spaniards summed it up, they urgently paid for the three thousand sticks in the hands of the French. Although honestly, the Spaniards didn't need so many trench guns, but if they bought only half of them, maybe the remaining half would soon be sold to someone else by the undisciplined French, right?

Therefore, in order to ensure that these civilian guns would not be sold to traitors, the Spaniards had to buy all these guns at the "preferential price" of the French.

"Alas, I knew this earlier, before the expeditionary force set off, it would be much cheaper to buy it directly." Governor Gomez lamented.

On the other side, the Bonaparte Arsenal deposited all the money it received into the Louisiana Development Bank. The money was deposited on the front foot, lent to the "Government of the Mexican Republic" on the back foot, and then turned around and turned into money for the Bonaparte Arsenal, and then deposited into the Louisiana Development Bank.

"My friend, we owe so much debt these days that I almost can't sleep at night with fear." President Hidalgo complained to one of his friends. But this friend smiled and comforted him: "Mr. President, you should be relieved now." You think, the French have lent you so much money, how can they allow your business to fail unless the Spaniards are willing to repay your loan? ”