General Franco looked at the opposite position from a distance, because the commanding heights were under the control of the other party, he could not see the whole picture of the position of the "rebels" on the opposite side, but just what he saw was already very depressing.

"Whether it is a gold shield or a gold-plated shield or even a brass shield will only be known by a dozen fights." General Franco thought so. But now is certainly not the time to attack, first of all, everyone has been marching hard, so let's take a rest first, right?

So Franco arranged for the army to camp and rest, while he himself brought a group of cavalry out again, and observed the fortifications of the "rebels" until the rebels also sent cavalry, and then he retreated with his men.

Back in the barracks, Franco called a few officers and studied them carefully, then brought them over, studied them, and determined the battle plan for the next day.

Early the next morning, the Spanish expeditionary force began a tentative assault on the defensive positions of the "rebels".

The first was the artillery bombardment, with the expeditionary force having thirty front-loading rifled guns, as well as more than twenty six-pounder bronze cannons brought from Veracruz. The ping-pong bang was still quite lively.

After two hours of intermittent artillery, the infantry of the Spanish expeditionary force began to approach in a skirmisher formation.

The first thing they have to deal with is a minefield. Originally, before the departure of the Spanish Expeditionary Force, the French had sold them rocket minesweeping equipment. However, the Spaniards decided that rocket minesweeping equipment could only be used in the course of a storm, or more precisely only in an attack on the "Joseph Defense".

The Spaniards knew that there must be mines on the side of the "rebels" - after all, in the weapons shops of Louisiana, mines were also a common commodity. It's even so common that if you go into any weapon shop, you'll easily find a large number of boar herd repellents with the words "This for the pigs" printed on them. However, the Spaniards felt that the way the "rebels" used the mines must have been Irish. And not of the "Joseph defense" type. After all, in their opinion, how could a "traitor" or something, dare to confront the regular army of the Kingdom of Spain with dignity? Although the Spanish Army is already a popular army in Europe, we can't beat the French, can't we beat you mudbloods?

Plus the asking price of the French is a little too high, isn't it just a rocket with a hose stuffed with explosives in the back? It's such a high price! After all, a set of such things can be worth more than twenty mobilized soldiers. In this case, it is better to use artificial intelligence to solve the problem, which is cheaper. What's more, with the Spaniards, there is something cheaper than conscription

So the Spaniards refused to sell the French, but it turns out that when the French sell you something, don't feel that you don't need it, because even if you really don't use it under normal circumstances, if you don't buy it, there will be an abnormal situation that makes you have to use it.

Since there is no rocket minesweeping equipment, it is natural that only manual demining can be done. Well, if the British were replaced, they would have directly let the mercenaries rush forward, of course, the British would have secretly removed the minefield markers beforehand, or told people that they had already cleared mines; If the Prussians were replaced, well, then let the conscripts charge directly. As for the Spaniards, when they set out from Veracruz, they requisitioned a number of black slaves to carry supplies......

So after losing a number of black slaves, General Franco immediately made his first basic judgment based on the density of mines in the minefield: the position in front of him was, if not a gold-plated shield, a gold-plated shield.

"Damn Frenchman, make money at both ends!" By this time, the Spaniards had long known about the loan of the Louisiana Development Bank to the "Government of the Mexican Republic", and although they did not know what was going on here, there was no doubt that the rebels had gotten money from the French and then bought French weapons against the king. And then consider that the soldiers on their side are also armed with French weapons - these French people are becoming more and more depraved and shameless.

"I didn't hear that the Bonapartes were of Jewish descent, how did they make them more Jewish than Jews!" General Franco couldn't help but complain.

Now that it has been determined that the position in front of us is by no means a "brass shield" that is not on the surface, the first set of attack plans for rapid offensive is naturally rejected. Although the Spanish soldiers were equally worthless, if they were on the European continent, they would die and die, and it was no big deal. But not here, because the cost of sending them here from Europe is not cheap. With these freight, these Spanish soldiers became much more valuable and could no longer be easily let them die. There is a proverb in a certain oriental country, which is called "things are expensive when they leave their hometowns, and people are cheap when they leave their hometowns", but if you can treat people as people and treat them as something that can be valued, then after he leaves his hometown, it will also become more expensive.

Since the first plan of rushing is not feasible, then the second plan can only be used, which is to gnaw slowly.

"Stupid traitor, do you think the 'Joseph Defense' is so useful? I'm afraid you don't understand why the 'defense of Joseph' is also called 'gold shield' in Europe. That's because, with this way of fighting, you are smashing people with money! General Franco thought, "Of course, there are only two ways to attack the 'Joseph Defense', either to throw money or to smash human lives." But in any case, whether it is more than throwing money or people, can't Spain still be able to smash the rebels? ”

To weaken the lethality of the "Joseph Defense", the most common way is tunneling. That is, by digging trenches, digging all the way into the opponent's trenches, and then close to the distance hand-to-hand combat to solve the battle.

This is time-consuming, and when the trenches of both sides are close to each other, the "Bonaparte melon" can cause a lot of damage to both sides. However, General Franco felt that he should be able to take advantage of this "Little Melon Campaign" because they copied the "Little Melon Launcher". Few of those who bought a "Bonaparte melon" for civilian purposes would be willing to buy something that would significantly increase the projection distance of the melon, but also greatly reduce the accuracy of the melon.

For the rest of the day, there was a temporary lull on the battlefield. The Spaniards are digging and the Mexicans are preparing. Because before that, the losses of the blacks were too great, so the matter of digging the soil had to be done by the soldiers themselves, however, Mexico City was on the plateau, although the altitude was not particularly high, but it was also more than two thousand meters. Under normal circumstances, the effect of such altitude is not too large, but once heavy physical work is performed, those who come from lower altitudes immediately feel extremely tired. As a result, the efficiency of excavation has plummeted. By the time it got dark, the tunnels dug by the Spaniards were still a long way from the Mexican trenches.

At night, the Spaniards did not dare to light torches and dig overnight. Because at night, the visibility is poor, and the rebels may sneak over and throw "little melons" into a bright place. So they withdrew to their camp and waited until tomorrow morning to continue digging.

The next day, when the Spaniards, carrying hoes and shovels, were moving forward along the trenches dug on the first day, ready to continue digging forward, the explosion of mines suddenly sounded in the trenches - the Mexicans had sneaked in the previous night and had planted mines in the trenches.

So half a day was wasted on demining again. So when it was about to get dark again, the distance between the two sides was still not close enough to express condolences to each other with "little melons".

This time, the Spaniards learned their lesson, and before returning to the camp, they themselves planted quite a few mines in the trenches. Then in the evening they heard explosions from the other side of the trench......

After two days of making a fuss. By noon on the third day, the two sides finally approached the distance where they could greet each other with "little melons". The Mexicans were the first to attack with the "Little Melon", and this shows that it was not just the Spaniards who had the Little Melon launcher.

After throwing a "little melon", under the cover of the smoke of the explosion, the Spaniards jumped out of the trench and rushed towards the Mexican trench that was close at hand, and the Mexicans immediately detonated the "pigs facing this side" erected in front of the trench, and one guy knocked down a large row of Spaniards, but more Spaniards rushed into it.

"Steady!" General Franco, who was watching the battle with a telescope in the back, said to himself, "Rush up!" ”

In General Franco's opinion, the rebels were a rabble, how could these guys resist the king in hand-to-hand combat, which required the most courage and organization? If they can withstand it, I'll eat the telescope for you!

However, in the blink of an eye, he saw that the Spanish king ran out of the rebels' trenches and ran back desperately, while the rebels chased after him, constantly shooting at the fleeing Spanish soldiers with a short gun, and almost every time he fired, the soldiers of the king division would be knocked to the ground.

"Damn the French, it's a trench gun! They, they actually sold their trench guns to those traitors! General Franco's face turned pale.

As with rocket minesweeper equipment, the French also recommended their "trench guns" to the Spaniards. The Spaniards also thought that this thing was too expensive, and there was no trench warfare here, so this thing was of little use, so they did not buy it. Now it seems that as long as the French sell you something, whether it is useful or not, you must buy it!