Yu Daren's composure and composure are of course justified, he is a hero who has overcome difficulties in Tianjin, has been in the army for more than ten years, has also attended martial arts lectures, studied cram schools, not only proficient in the oriental art of war, but also very familiar with the military of Western countries, especially Spain.

The Spanish army was dominated by infantry phalanxes and had strong combat effectiveness, but because it relied on artillery to provide fire support during the battle, the mobility of the troops was poor, and it was difficult to march long distances in places where there were no roads and waterways.

In addition, the Spanish military has little ability to survive in the wild, so it is difficult to cross large areas of no man's land without logistical support.

To the south of the riverside fort that Yu Daren mentioned is a large area of impassable mountains and forests, with no roads or waterways.

If the Spaniards were to march from here, they would first have to open roads and build forts along the way—a movement that could not have been unaware of Yu Daren's defenders at the riverside fort.

The location of this riverside fort is about the area of Eugene, Oregon, USA, on the edge of the Willamette River - the Willamette River is now called the Big Valley River (meaning there is a large river valley), the Columbia River into which it joins is named the Big Bay River (because there is a big bend), and the confluence of the Big Valley River and the Big Bay River is set up as a three-way estuary county, and a fort is built to guard the waterway.

The Sancha River Estuary County Fort and the Riverside Fort, plus the Bay Fort located at the mouth of the Dawan River, basically held the waterways of the Dagu River and the Dawan River.

As long as there are no problems with these three small fortresses, Peanutun County will be able to sit back and relax!

And the Spaniards went from their vanguard approaching the riverside fort to occupying the county fort at the mouth of the Sancha River...... It will take at least a year!

So Yu Daren had enough time to ask for help from the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Yu Daren was able to calculate the things that his opponent Tang. Huang. Of course, Jose can count it!

Tang Dynasty. Huang. Jose had wanted to hire Indians to take the lead, attract the main force of the Chinese, and then kill the Gulf of America by sea.

But after figuring out the exact location and topography of the Gulf of America, he already knew that he could not drive the Indians to death.

Because the Indian tribes he had access to were all located in the southern part of the Great Plains, how could they go so far to the Americas?

And the province of the Americas is surrounded by mountains...... Who knows how to cross the mountains from the east into the Americas? Lian Tang. Huang. The Indian merchant group sent by Jose only traveled north from California, walking at least 75 Spanish miles (equivalent to 412 kilometers) to reach a Chinese colony, and then taking a Chinese river wooden boat and another 55 Spanish miles (300 kilometers) to reach their headquarters (in fact, Tang. Huang. José's Indian merchant group only reached Fort Bay, the mouth of the Great Bay River (Columbia River) in Sancha Estuary County, but not to the Gulf of Americas.

That is, if you want to go overland, Don. Huang. José's expeditionary force had to travel at least 130 Spanish miles (more than 700 kilometers) to reach its destination. Not a year or two, Don. Huang. Jose's army simply couldn't get through it - they had to build roads, then take the riverside fort, and then build wooden boats at the riverside fort......

In addition, the army will be able to win when it reaches the Gulf of Americas?

The news from the East Asian side made Don. Huang. Jose is full of doubts about the Chinese who won the victory over Fort Americas!

In his opinion, there are two particularly powerful forces in the current Celestial Empire army sequence, and once they are sent to the New World, they are enough to pose a huge threat to the army of the Kingdom of New Spain.

One of them was the "Young Guard" of the Ming army. This army seems to have been modeled after the Turkish Sultan Guard, and is particularly adept at night and skirmishers!

The other is the Japanese "Nagasaki Hematite Artillery Army". This army made the Don even more. Huang. José felt pricked because this was an army of madmen who dared to fire within 30 yards of enemy bullets......

If the Young Guards of the Ming Army and the Nagasaki Hematite Artillery Army of Japan appeared in the Americas, then the Don. Huang. I'm afraid José will have to think about defending Mexico City!

So beginning in the spring of 1660, the Don. Huang. José was on the verge of abandoning his northward march and began to study the issue of defense in California — he wrote to de Velasco that he had arranged for the Japanese exiles to go to California for the purpose of defense.

After all, California is a poor country that wants nothing, and not many white people are willing to go there and get some Japanese "Catholics" (the people of the Shimazu family are not Catholics yet, but the Don family. Huang. José thinks that sooner or later they will convert) It is also good to go up.

And at this moment, De Belasco and Barbossa, who came from California, brought him a shocking good news!

The samurai who followed Mitsuhisa Shimazu to California can also be adapted into a hematite artillery army!

"Can they really do it?"

In the splendid Doge's Palace in Mexico City, Don. Huang. Jose was still a little skeptical, "If they can do it, how can they lose?" ”

"Duke, the reason why they lost was because of political factors," said de Berasco, "and the Queen of Japan married Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the elder of the Tokugawa shogunate, so that the shogunate and the dynasty became one, so the Toyotomi regency completely lost its appeal." ”

"So that's ...... that," Don. Huang. Jose pondered, "Then how can you be sure that the people of the Shimazu family can also organize a hematite artillery army?" ”

"Because the Japanese samurai generally despise death!" "And the tactics of the hematite artillery army bordered on suicide...... This is the best way to play for Japanese samurai! ”

"Near-suicidal ......" Don. Huang. Jose took a breath, "That's right, that's suicide!" So how many Japanese samurai are there in California? ”

"There are about 3,600 people." "A company of 90 men can form 40 companies, and each battalion has 2 companies, so it can form 20 battalions. ”

At the time of leaving Kyushu, there were more than 4,000 samurai in Japan, and 3,600 arrived alive in the Americas......

"90 people in a row? Is it a little less? ”

"That's a lot," Deberlasco explained, "and the Ming army had only 120 flintlock pikemen per company, 30 of whom were pikemen. We should imitate their formation, with 3 flintlock platoons plus 1 pike platoon, to form a company of 120 men. Thirty of them were pikemen from the whites of New Spain, and the musketeers were Japanese samurai. ”

"And then form a battalion with 2 companies of 120 people?"

"No, it should be 4 companies," said de Berlasco, "2 companies of flintlock pistols and 2 companies of arquebuses...... In both the Battle of Nishisaka Castle and the Second Battle of Funai Castle, the Tokugawa army first fired at a longer distance with ordinary arquebus units and artillery to create smoke to cover the approach of the hematite artillery troops to the Toyotomi army. ”

"I see......" Don. Huang. Jose smiled, "Then we do have 20 battalions, and if we add some cavalry companies and artillery companies, we can form one or two divisions." ”

"Duke," De Belsco suggested, "I think the army infantry of the New Western Kingdom should be adapted from the 'Hematite Battalion,' which may be called the Fusilier Battalion. If there are 80 such battalions, it will not be a problem to defeat the Ming army and capture the Gulf of Americas! ”

"That's a very good suggestion!" Tang Dynasty. Huang. Jose smiled and nodded, of course he knew that he couldn't defeat the Gulf of America with 80 flintlock battalions, because what really bothered him was the logistics of the army!

He thought for a moment and said, "Ambassador, I can appoint you as the governor of California and authorize you to organize 20 flintlock battalions in California...... I'll send you as many white troops as you need. And your mission is to settle those Japanese in California and make them the vanguard of our expansion into the Gulf of the Americas! ”

"Duke, when are we going to attack?" De Bellasco asked.

Tang Dynasty. Huang. Jose said, "It's coming, it's coming...... Soon a fleet will come, and then it will be able to attack! ”