At this time, Xiao Xuan finally made up his mind and ordered: "Order all divisions to prepare to carry out the maximum blasting attack operation"

"During the day?"

"Yes, in the daytime!"

In China, prisoners of war and prisoners were used to conduct daytime blasting experiments, but the result was that this kind of attack was often very different in actual combat because of the different levels of the targets, and even the different evasion ability and evasion awareness. No one could guarantee what the final effect of this blasting attack would be, so Xiao Xuan gave the order to maximize the blasting attack operation.

Of course, there are quantifiable specific criteria for this order, which is to throw all the projectiles that have been prepared and even use all the gunpowder. Since the expedition to Europe, the entire team has continuously consumed millions of catties of gunpowder in successive attacks. That is, because lead bullets are recoverable and easy to process, it still seems that there is still no major bottleneck in terms of ammunition. However, when the army was in trouble, Xiao Xuan felt that compared with the capture of Central Europe, the team should still have the capital to squander gunpowder and ammunition.

Obviously, the decisive battle north of Madrid is likely to be the last decisive battle of the Great Army. Later, coastal raids or insurrections in various places are likely to be the main threats and combat missions that the army will need to face. Therefore, at this time, Xiao Xuan did not hesitate to order the team to launch a blasting attack with all the remaining ammunition. If it doesn't work out or eventually fails, the whole team should still have some gunpowder to use in Nuremberg and even in the Milan area.

The team that gathered under the city of Madrid and also carried a lot of chariots and horses carried a lot of explosive attack ammunition at this time was indeed not a small amount, together with the lead bullets recovered before, the scale was about 2 million catties, including about 500,000 catties of gunpowder that could be used. During the previous rest and march, all the projectiles fired were reworked with sufficient human capacity.

While the gunners and even firearms on the front line were engaged in a series of fierce fires with the Spaniards, the officers and men in charge of the blasting attack also carried out earthwork and ranging operations as quickly as possible. The reconnaissance hot air balloon in the air also provides a lot of convenience for fast and accurate ranging operations. Therefore, when the fierce artillery battle on the front line lasted for more than half an hour, more than 2,000 blasting attack points were gradually excavated in the rear of the front.

Through the exchange of cavalry and reconnaissance, Philip IV at this time also began to have some bad premonitions, so when he was about to organize an attack, he suddenly issued an order for the whole army to prepare to withdraw into the previous fortifications. In this case, the blasting attack, which was launched as quickly as possible, had to be launched in advance.

The walls of smoke from the successive explosions stretched for miles, and soon there was a sound like a tidal wave, and the Spanish army did not expect that in such a daytime, the opponent would finally make up their minds to organize a blasting attack of this scale.

More than 2 million lead bullets weighing up and down 10 taels flew into the sky like a series of black clouds under the impetus of the explosion of 500,000 catties of black powder, and rushed towards the position of the Spaniards like black clouds, as if there was no way to avoid it.

Perhaps because of the haste with which the blasting attack was carried out, the seized gunpowder was not carefully and fully tested. At least nearly half of the projectiles are missing. However, after the heavy lead bullets of about ten taels fell from a height of more than half a mile, they produced a terrifying ricochet on the hard ground, and it seemed that they had a much better effect than expected.

When the continuous projectiles and even ricochets had not completely subsided, and the danger of accidental injury still existed, the horn of the charge sounded, and the main force of the volunteer army led by Xiao Xuan and even the first, second, and third armies of the revolutionary army took this opportunity to launch an overwhelming offensive. The previous experience of actual combat shows that only the effective coordination of the blasting attack and the infantry attack at the risk of a certain amount of accidental injury can bring the maximum combat effect.

The Spaniards also seem to have learned how to attack with explosives, but they obviously fell behind because of the late attack, not only because they were not prepared with such skill, but also because they did not expect the attack to start so early, so at least more than half of the projectiles missed. To a large extent, a near-missed heavy projectile will also cause ricochet killing, while a long-lost projectile will undoubtedly greatly reduce the threat of a projectile. After the infantry assault began, the cavalry also covered the flanks and flanks of the infantry and launched a full-scale attack on the Spaniards.

The smoke from the blasting, along with the smoke and fragments from the grenade blasting attacks that were constantly approaching the enemy's position, gave a great deterrent to the enemy troops who had just been hit by the blasting attack. The attacking team soon approached a close distance from the Spaniards and launched heavy close-range fire and fire.

The decisive blasting attack that had killed or injured at least a tenth of the Spanish army had killed or so the attacking team, and although the attacking team did not have the same advantage in the subsequent assault as the fleeing enemy, it also had a great advantage in morale and even confrontation formation to a large extent.

The Spaniards, who had not yet completely collapsed, were finally unable to withstand the onslaught of the ensuing army, regardless of casualties and losses, and collapsed. At this time, the cavalry corps, knowing that they were largely inferior to the Spaniards in cavalry warfare, launched a fierce attack to contain the Spanish cavalry. The attacking team launched a strong attack like a tide without fear of casualties and losses, and reaped the results of this battle to the greatest extent.

Many defeated Spaniards fled to Madrid City in a panic, and seeing this situation, Xiao Xuan's previous worries gradually relaxed. Began to order the troops to be properly retracted and prepare for the final assault on the capital of Madrid.

This time the decisive battle in the north of Madrid, still did not suffer a tragic bloody battle as many people expected, the team in the attack because of the threat of accidental injuries and even the Spanish cavalry, as well as the loss of the previous firepower battle, still suffered from the battle attrition of about 10,000 people, but compared with the results of the loss of as many as tens of thousands, this battle undoubtedly laid the expedition team after this battle really got rid of the existential crisis, and the dawn of victory has appeared. As for the remnants of the army that had fled into the city of Madrid as ground opponents in other directions, it seemed that there was no longer a heavy group that could pose a real threat to the reunited forces.

(End of chapter)