Lin Youde woke up and found that four more artillery bunkers suddenly came out outside the east wall of Dingyuan Fort. In addition to this, the artillery bunkers destroyed in the previous battles seem to have been restored. The Spaniards' six cannons lined up outside the city, and the muzzles of the black holes were facing the city walls.

"It's persevering." Lin Youde lamented, "I don't sleep at night, and they do their best to dig holes and build walls." Do you want to rely on these six cannons to collapse Lao Tzu's city wall? Thinking of this, Lin Youde's heart was really moved, he remembered that he had seen this kind of plot in a local stall military literature before. This can't be, right?! He recalled it carefully, and vaguely remembered that it seemed to be the offensive and defensive battle of the Sevastopol fortress between the Russian Empire and Britain, France, and Turkey. At that time, the British and French forces seemed to use artillery to collapse the Russian city wall, but it was a big scene of hundreds of cannons, and there were only a few cannons in front of them, and they were used for eggs! Thinking of this, Lin Youde was relieved again.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the two sides again began an artillery battle. This time the guns on both sides were evenly numbered, six against six, and the Spaniards seemed to have a slightly larger caliber of artillery. Fierce artillery battles continued from morning to noon, and the positions of both sides were in disarray.

The Spanish artillery positions were destroyed in three places, two of which collapsed and the other was completely destroyed. Two towers on the eastern wall of Dingyuan Fort were also badly damaged, and a 12-pounder gun was hit by the Spaniards, which not only scrapped but also caused casualties among four members of the artillery crew.

By 12 noon, the two sides had tacitly stopped shelling each other.

After a morning of artillery battles, Lin Youde and Niu De's faces no longer had the previous ease and eagerness. In just a few hours, the Spaniards' artillery hit the two towers several times, and although they did not cause any great casualties, they also knocked the brethren of the second artillery post to the ground, and the walls were damaged in many places.

The Spaniard's performance has been a notch up from when he only had two guns. Alas, Lin Youde lamented, he could no longer find the crushing pleasure of the two cannons that day when the Spaniards were beaten. Thinking that maybe tomorrow the Spaniards would have a few more cannons, Lin and Niu couldn't help but have a little headache. The Spaniards were already faintly unable to suppress only six cannons, and a few more cannons would not let people live. What did the Executive Committee and the War Department do? Cut off the Spaniards' transport lines! It's good to reduce the pressure on some of the old men, and if it goes on like this, this battle is really hard to fight!

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The muffled sound of horses' hooves gradually sounded like thunder on the ground ahead, and as far as the eye could see, a thin dark line appeared on the horizon, and it was none other than the Spanish cavalry.

The mount snorted uneasily, and Xu Yu realized that he had won the lottery and had actually collided with the main cavalry of the Spaniards while tracking down their transport troops. suddenly changed from a hunter to a prey, and Xu Yu was a little confused psychologically for a while. In fact, he also knew that since the Executive Committee and the War Department decided to increase their investment in the South Bank battlefield, their collision with the Spanish cavalry was inevitable. In this small area, it would be strange if the two sides, both of whom were extremely mobile, could not meet for a long time.

The two sides on the Dingyuanbao front line have been caught in a protracted confrontation, and the two sides have no other programs every day except for some "painless" artillery battles. As an attacker, the Spaniards will not be comfortable and bold in their next move without pulling out the nail in their back. Therefore, the War Department's staff officers, who had little experience in warfare and were purely on paper, discovered from China's ancient military wisdom the operational idea of "you fight yours and I fight me", which was embodied in the specific combat plan, that is, the War Department's decision to put its main energy on the transportation line harassing the Spaniards on the south bank of the Dayu River. By attacking and blocking the transportation routes of the Spaniards through a large number of mobile troops, the morale and will to fight of the Spanish officers and soldiers were weakened, and their combat capability was reduced. In order to achieve this goal, it is even possible to continue to send additional troops to the south bank of the Dayu River if necessary, with a view to achieving greater results.

Cavalry, as a highly mobile and powerful army, naturally acted as the vanguard of this harassment. Correspondingly, in order to protect the transportation line, the Spaniards also scattered most of the cavalry strength at hand. In this way, the collision between the two sides is inevitable.

Xu Yu raised his binoculars and looked, only to feel that the Spanish cavalry seemed to be all here. This made him hesitate a little, he only had about 100 cavalry at hand, and the number of mounted infantry was less than half, so this battle was not easy to fight. Thinking of this, Xu Yu felt that it was not wise to fight hard with the Spaniards, and decided to retreat. The direction of the retreat was the gentle slope of the hills on the right, where the terrain was not suitable for cavalry attacks, and they could rely on the terrain and the large number of firearms in their hands to contend with the Spaniards. In short, it is important to preserve the strength first, and it is not worth it at all to consume the precious cavalry here.

So, while there was still time, the Cossack cavalry, reprimanded by the officer, began to quickly retreat up the gentle slope. The mounted infantry post also slowly retreated, maintaining a certain distance from the cavalry battalion. At this time, the Spanish cavalry was also picking up speed, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. It is clear that the Spaniards were at the forefront of the charge with gauchos, dressed in rudimentary leather armor and thin clothing, wielding sabers in their hands.

The cavalry battalion retreated smoothly to the halfway slope of the mountain, where the terrain was so steep that if the Spaniards charged hard, the horses would quickly lose speed and fall behind. The mounted infantry posts, which were tasked with holding back the enemy, had just withdrawn to the edge of the gentle slope, and were still some distance away from the cavalry battalion.

Some of the fast-moving gauchos were already within range of the 32-B flintlock rifles, and they seemed to feel that they had an advantage to take advantage of them, and they galloped around the thin formation of the mounted infantry posts, and they were arrogant.

"Phew! Barbarians! It's really hard to write every year, and this year is especially a lot. Come, brethren, give these barbarians a little surprise! A row of half-sided left turns... Raise your gun... Ready, put! The second row is in a kneeling position, the third row is in a straight line, and the two rows are in a volley... Ready, put! Four rows, right turns, guns raised... Ready, put! Wei Aiwen, the sentry commander of the mounted infantry outpost, was also a veteran of the last war, and he knew that if he let these gauchos continue to toss in front of the position like this, he was afraid that he would not be able to retreat smoothly. So he commanded several platoons of his soldiers to fire volleys in turn, knocking down some of the gaucho riders who were the closest to him and who danced the most happily. These gauchos were not regular soldiers after all, and when they saw that the Tatars had rifles with such a long range, they cursed the Spaniards and hula and scattered in both directions at once, flying away from the range of the flintlock rifles.

The mounted infantry posts that had eliminated the interference all turned back, barely maintaining their formation, spreading their feet and trotting through. Finally, before the arrival of the main Spanish cavalry troops, they successfully retreated to the gentle slopes of the hills, and then lined up again in a tight formation.

Captain Torres, with a total of nearly 400 Spanish cavalry, stopped on the grassland about a few hundred meters from the gentle slope. He looked up the hillside with his telescope, and saw that the Tatars on the hillside numbered nearly two hundred, more than half of whom were on horses, barely maintaining a loose formation on the gentle slope; Less than 100 men dismounted, sabers at their waists and muskets in their hands, and appeared to be the more popular mounted infantry in Europe.

The relatively small number of Tatars chose to avoid the battle, which was expected by Torres, after all, no commander in his right mind would fight with a superior enemy with a weak force before the mountain was exhausted. Captain Torres had the intention to seize the fighter and take the initiative to attack, but found that the Tatars were on a gentle slope, which was very unfavorable to his own attack.

This time, he managed to catch the cavalry of the Tatars, but he could not take advantage of the opportunity to destroy them, which made Captain Torres a little frustrated. He knew that the cavalry of the Tatars were armed with flintlock pistols, and that the mounted infantry seemed to be armed with the latest flintlock rifles, which were very powerful. If their cavalry can't outnumbered each other on the plains with sabers and lances, they won't have any chance, because their firepower will ensure that most of their cavalry, armed with cold weapons, can be easily routed in foot combat.

So, the two sides confronted each other like this. And this is fully in line with the current strategic situation between the Spaniards and the Crossing Crowd, and the Spaniards may have the upper hand on the surface, but it is difficult to say how solid their advantage is, and maybe one day the tide of the war will suddenly change dizzyingly.

Half an hour before nightfall, the two sides, who had been blowing in the cold wind for a long time, seemed to have discussed it, and at the same time disengaged and turned around. The Spaniards felt that they were not sure to defeat the other side in this situation, and Xu Yu's side also felt that it would be difficult to counterattack. As a result, the first meeting between the two sides ended in such a way.

PS: I've been out on a business trip on weekends these days, and I'm in a hurry when I come back. The update time is uncertain, but I try to update it every day, I hope you will forgive me, I have been really busy lately.

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