Although the Ming army took the initiative to counterattack, and the vigorous soldiers attacked the Triple Alliance in two directions, the three countries of Britain, Spain and France, which had completed the alliance, were not afraid, because their strength was three times that of the Ming army, even if they knew that the Ming army was strong, they still had a trace of confidence that they could defeat the Ming army.

"The 30,000 Great Ming Emperor ** team heading south is attacking us, and we must be ready to fight!" In the southern part of the thirteen states of North America, the 85,000 troops of the Anglo-Spanish coalition army, under the leadership of the Duke William of England and the Duke of Tribweise of Spain, began to prepare for the attack of the 30,000 Ming army led by Yan Yingyuan.

"There are only 10,000 Emperor Daming ** team in the north, and it must not be the opponent of my 30,000 French army!" In the northern part of the thirteen states of North America and the border with Canada, the Marquis of Orrand of France smiled with confidence, because the French ** team under his command was three times that of the Ming army in the north.

Under the leadership of Orran, the 30,000 French army was also ready to meet Feng Houdun's 10,000 Ming army.

In the twenty-fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, on May 26, the 30,000 Ming army led by Yan Yingyuan first met in the southern part of the thirteen states of North America and the 85,000 Anglo-Spanish coalition army in the southern part of the thirteen states, and the two armies were the first to start fighting.

The Ming army was undoubtedly the attacker, while the Anglo-Spanish army was the defender.

The strength of the Ming army, the general configuration of weapons, and the way of fighting, the commander of the British army, Duke William, had already learned a lot from the soldiers of the colonial army who had fled.

Therefore, Duke William knew very well that with their only flint guns and weapons of less than three hundred pound guns, if they directly faced the Ming army, they must not be the opponent of the Ming army, and their only hope of victory was to hide in the trenches.

The trench defense was made clear by the British army.

In the battle between two armies of flint guns and firearms, the purely defensive side, the soldiers hiding in the trenches, can reduce the probability of the enemy hitting their own soldiers, greatly reduce the casualties of their own soldiers, in recent years, the British army is relying on this way of fighting, several times thwarted the attack of the French army and the Spanish army with superior numbers, not only played the prestige of the British army, but also expanded the sphere of influence of the thirteen states, so that the British army can transform from the initial defensive posture into an offensive in the past one or two years, if it were not for the Ming army suddenly appeared in the Americas 6, The British army was also preparing to take the initiative to attack the French and Canadian colonies and the Spanish and Mexican colonies to increase the sphere of influence of the thirteen states.

Let's not talk about these now, let's defeat the Ming army first and keep the thirteen states! Duke William sighed inwardly.

"Lord Duke, the Ming army is here!" Some British soldiers saw the banner of the Ming army through binoculars from a high place, as well as the figure of the Ming soldiers, and the Ming army had already advanced into the defensive positions of the coalition army.

"Order all the soldiers to get ready for battle at once!" The Governor of the Thirteen States, the Commander of the British Army, Duke William, ordered with a serious face.

"Fight, defeat them!" The Governor of Spain, the Duke of Tribweis, also gave an order to the Spanish army under his command.

With the emergence of the Ming army, the sense of urgency of the war suddenly spread over the entire Anglo-Spanish coalition army, and every allied soldier was nervous.

On the side of the Ming army, the spies also sent back the news of the Anglo-Spanish coalition army.

"Report ------"

"Marshal Qiyu, the Anglo-Spanish army has dug a trench in front and prepared a defensive position to meet our army!" The Ming army spies reported the news to Yan Yingyuandao, the commander of the Ming army.

Yan Yingyuan nodded and sneered disdainfully. Although the Anglo-Spanish alliance army of 85,000 was nearly three times that of the Ming army, Yan Yingyuan did not take the Anglo-Spanish alliance army seriously.

The Anglo-Spanish coalition army dug trenches in order to offset the rifle range advantage of the Ming army, but unfortunately they forgot that the rifles of the Ming army, in addition to having a longer range, also had a much faster reload than their backward flints.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty also had field artillery and machine gun grenades and other weapons of great destruction.

It can be said that the Anglo-Spanish coalition army is already too backward compared with the Ming army, just like the nature of a cold-armed army being bullied by a flint and artillery army, and the gap between the Anglo-Spanish coalition army in the face of the Ming army is no different from the difference between a cold-armed army and a flint-gun all-firearms army, and the Anglo-Spanish coalition army is the backward cold-weapon army.

No matter what method the Anglo-Spanish coalition army used to resist the defense, it would be useless under the attack of the absolute strength of the Ming army.

The morale of the Ming army was high, and after advancing about 500 meters, Yan Yingyuan stood on a high slope and watched the defensive formation of the Anglo-Spanish alliance army with a telescope for a while.

"The artillery battalion is ready on the spot to bombard the Anglo-Spanish army!" The distance between the two sides was about less than 500 meters, and the defensive positions of the Anglo-Spanish coalition forces were all within the range of the Daming field artillery.

The Ming army carried 150 field cannons, which were lined up in many rows, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the defensive positions of the Anglo-Spanish forces.

"Bang!" Shells into the chamber.

"Fire!" The general of the artillery battalion had a solemn look on his face, his expression was full of cold murderous intent, and he brazenly ordered to fire artillery at the defensive positions of the Anglo-Spanish coalition forces.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom --------" one hundred and fifty field artillery salvos.

With the sound of piercing the air, the shells flew sharply towards the defensive positions of the Anglo-Spanish forces.

Artillery shells continued to explode in the defensive positions of the Anglo-Spanish forces, almost turning the entire defensive positions of the Anglo-Spanish forces into a sea of fire, and a large number of stumps, severed arms and corpses of Anglo-Spanish soldiers were swept out by the blazing waves of shells.

The interweaving of blood and fire, the entire defensive position of the Anglo-Spanish army seemed to be shrouded in cruelty and blood, and it was extremely tragic.

"Nope! God ----- "When a British soldier crawled out of the dirt and grabbed a bloody severed arm with his hands, he immediately cried out in horror, his will instantly collapsed, and his body trembled in the artillery fire.

The artillery fire of the Ming army was so fierce that the soldiers of the Anglo-Spanish alliance had never seen such powerful artillery fire.

Although the Ming army only had 150 field cannons, the Ming army's field artillery used percussion shells, and the reammunition degree was extremely fast, at least four times that of the pound guns used by the Anglo-Spanish coalition army in the past, and the power of the Ming army's shells was also greater, which can show that the power of the army's 150 pound guns is by no means less than the power of 1,000 of the most advanced 14-pounder guns in Europe.

What kind of concept is this, the territory of European countries is not large, and at most tens of thousands of people participate in each battle, except for naval battles, there is almost no record of more than 300 cannons appearing on the battlefield.

It can be said that the soldiers have not yet begun to attack, but the powerful artillery fire of the Ming army has almost destroyed the morale of the Anglo-Spanish army.

"Nope! We can't go on like this, we must fight back at their artillery at once! Duke William, the commander of the British army, shouted with a look of horror.

"Yes, we must fight back against the artillery of the Ming army and destroy their artillery!" The commander of the Spanish army, Duke Tribwes, was also full of fear, shocked by the strength of the Ming army, and shouted with a hideous face.

The Anglo-Spanish coalition army had about 280 pound guns, which were hidden in the center of the defensive position early in the morning, and at this moment the position of the Ming artillery camp was exposed first, and their artillery could be directly aimed at the artillery camp position of the Ming army.

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