Chapter 349: Battle of San Jose

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The fire burned like blood, and the smoke rolled like ink.

As the sun set, countless Spaniards began to evacuate from the northern regions of Mexico. Ruins can be seen everywhere, and the ruins are dotted with crosses, and crows playing mourning music fall on them.

Once upon a time, wherever the cross went, it was the territory of the Spaniards, a symbol of glory.

Now, the era of the enclosure of the cross is over, and under the crosses that can be seen everywhere, there is no longer glory, but a corpse of the dead.

Perhaps, these Spaniards did not believe that anyone would dare to challenge their authority until they died.

However, living Spaniards have become aware of the severity of the problem. They began a massive retreat, retreating to large cities heavily defended.

The Spaniards were not mobile enough to defend all the towns, and the Arrogance of the Spaniards made it impossible for them to organize effective defenses after being attacked by the Chinese Empire's jaguars and leopards.

Faced with the jaguars and leopards riding in the wind, the Spanish army made several sorties, and after searching for them to no avail, they had to retreat to important cities.

At this time, the Spaniards already knew that it was the cavalry of the Chinese Empire that had been robbing them, so the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the troops sent by the Chinese Empire in the Americas, were no longer sneaky, and there was no need to hide their own needs, so they simply made the colonial war open to legalize and normalize the looting.

The Chinese Imperial Jaguar and Leopard Rider was responsible for this, and when the Spaniards learned about it, they seemed to have no problem except roaring and vomiting blood.

The war between the Chinese Empire and the Spanish Empire began on the day the Spaniards lost their Philippine colony, and the two countries were in a state of war tension, but the Spanish Empire was unable to separate itself because of its involvement in the European War. This led the Spanish Empire to declare war on the Chinese Empire, but there was no substantive military action.

Now, the Chinese Empire is taking advantage of the Spanish Empire's inextricable war in Europe to seize the opportunity to plunder Mexico and compete for the American colonies.

In fact, the same was true of France, the Netherlands, and England at war with Spain. Several countries established colonies in the Americas, from New Netherlands in North America to the coast of Brazil in South America, all three of them were vying for Spanish territory. It's just that most of their armies fought in Europe, and very few were assigned to the Americas.

Compared with the Chinese Empire, the British, French, and Dutch countries in the Americas were like tickling the Spaniards, and they did little to play. Therefore, the Spaniards didn't care about them at all, except that the Chinese Empire sent formed troops into North America, and the extremely mobile jaguars and leopards rode to exhaust the Spanish army.

One or two small towns disappear from the face of the earth every day, and the Spaniards are now talking about tigers and leopards.

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A small river in the southwest of Albuquerque meanders like a snake and flows quietly south.

On the west side of the river are rolling hills, and to the east are grassy plains.

The Spaniards, who had fled, lined up in a long line, dragged their families with them, drove the carriage, and slowly advanced.

The carriage was full of luggage, bulging with clothes or treasure.

Judging from the marks of the wheels, it should be a treasure or other heavy object.

On the other side of the line, there was a group of Spanish soldiers carrying muskets, about two hundred people.

They had been ordered to patrol, but when the fleeing Spaniards spotted them, they immediately asked for their escort.

Of course, only if there is a tip to be earned.

Taking a puff of his cigarette pouch, the Spanish squad leader found a rock by the river and sat down.

Smoke a cigarette and rest at the same time, and the day will soon be over.

The guards made a glass of water and put it on the stone next to it, and the Spanish team leader looked at the water in the cup and suddenly felt strange.

There is no problem with the cup and the water, the problem is that the water in the cup should have been still a long time ago, but at this time it is rippling.

The Spanish team leader suddenly felt that something was wrong, and there was going to be an earthquake

There was a tumultuous thud in the woods on the other side of the river, and in no time then a flock of birds soared into the sky, and the screams of the birds immediately made the passers-by look sideways.

The Spanish squad leader's eyes were round, staring closely at the woods on the opposite bank, but his body slowly stood up, slowly retreated, and his hand subconsciously touched the holster.

Experience has shown that it was not an earthquake, it was a large group of cavalry on the opposite side.

Soon, the earth trembled, and the distant roar grew louder and louder, gradually becoming clearer.

The Spanish squad leader suddenly understood that it must be those elusive Chinese cavalry.

"Enemy Attack"

With a loud shout, everyone's brains suddenly short-circuited. It wasn't until several shouts that the Spaniards woke up.

When it was too late, black shadows emerged from the woods, and under the pitch-black helmet mask, only a pair of murderous eyes appeared—it was the jaguar and leopard rider of the Chinese Empire.

As the small towns on Mexico's northern border were uprooted by jaguars and leopards, the Spaniards began a massive migration south, taking refuge in nearby large cities.

The looting gradually penetrated into the territory of Mexico, but the Spaniards in many small towns were wrapped in the transfer of property, so that the jaguar and leopard riders obtained less and less property, so Ma Guangyuan and Shi Tingzhu decided to go deep into the territory of Mexico to continue the looting operation.

However, the two men had strictly enforced the rules of the Dispatch Force of the Americas Command that cavalry should not be used to attack large towns with fortifications and garrisons.

As a result, although the jaguar and leopard riders penetrated deep into northern Mexico to plunder, they still aimed at small towns and did not touch the heavily guarded big cities.

The countryside surrounds the city

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It can be understood that the Command of the Americas Dispatch Force has a comprehensive strategic calculation. That is to take advantage of the high mobility and combat effectiveness of the jaguar and leopard cavalry, first clear the small and medium-sized towns of Mexico, and then drive all the Spaniards into the big cities, and then send infantry divisions to besiege them.

The horses galloped, and the tigers and leopards rushed out of the woods.

"It is the Chinese cavalry"

"Run"

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When in danger, people always shout and run for their lives in panic. This is a common disease all over the world, and perhaps human beings are inherently fragile.

Can you run more than four legs?

The answer is clearly no

The Spanish squad leader hurriedly gathered his subordinates, formed a circle, and then lined up to defend.

At the instigation of its master, the ferocious war horse rushed into the river quickly, and then fluttered into the water.

The river is shallow, and tall warhorses can cross it.

"Fire"

The Spanish squad leader gave an order, and his subordinates immediately opened fire.

Bang bang bang

The heavy Spanish Mushkert arquebuses emitted their characteristic guns, white smoke and lead bullets at the jaguar and leopard riders who were crossing the river.

At a distance of only thirty or forty meters, the lead bullet was fired into the river and suddenly exploded, splashing in all directions.

Occasionally, lead bullets hit the steel armor of the tiger and leopard rider, making a crisp sound of metal clashing, and some of them were mixed with echoes.

The Spaniard's Mushkert arquebus, although heavy, was so powerful that it could normally penetrate a person's body at a distance of 100 meters. Although the toughened armor of the tiger and leopard rider is very protective, at close range, even if the opponent's lead bullet cannot shoot through the armor, the huge recoil can easily knock the soldiers on the horse away. If hit in a critical position, the impact force generated by the huge kinetic energy of the bullet can also cause injuries to soldiers, ranging from falls and coma, to internal organs being shocked or killed.

The Spaniards' lead bullet was very lethal, and the armor protection of the tiger and leopard riders was against cold weapons, and the protection of muskets could only protect vital points, and after the other parts were injured, they also caused severe damage.

The horses neighed, the cavalry's target was too large, and many soldiers had already been shot and fell off their horses.

However, the Spanish army was hastily prepared and not sufficient, and after a volley of guns, a group of tiger and leopard cavalry had already rushed up from the flank.

The fierce horses were on a rampage, and the Spanish army had no spearmen in the musket array, and the muskets had no bayonets, so they were instantly rushed away by the armored horses and were in chaos.

"Kill"

The leader of the tiger and leopard cavalry squad shouted loudly while picking up his saber and slashing left and right.

With a bang, a Spanish soldier subconsciously raised his musket with both hands to block, and the sharp saber slashed at the arquebus, instantly cutting the arquebus into two sections, and the remaining blade cut a deep blood mark on his forehead.

As the body fell, the Spanish soldier could not believe that his saber was so sharp.

The Spanish musketeers, unprotected by spearmen, were like lambs to the slaughter.

The panicked shouts of the Spaniards did not gain sympathy and pity from the tiger and leopard cavalry, and as the screams came to an abrupt end, the remnants of the severed arms and flesh flew everywhere, and the blood instantly stained the ground red.

You can never leave your back to the enemy, and this topic has been going on for a long time from ancient times to modern times. But on the battlefield, when fear triumphs over reason, no one remembers it.

The horses galloped and chased the Spaniards who had fled into the desert.

The knife rose and fell, and the blood spurted like a column.

Only a thousand-strong team participated in the operation, and the five-mile-long road was full of shouts and killings.

The battle lasted for half an hour, and all but a few Spaniards with carriages in front and behind fled to their own land.

Due to the plundering deep into Mexican territory, the Imperial Jaguar and Panther Cavalry would not fight for more than an hour at a time, preventing the arrival of nearby Spanish troops. As a result, many times a large number of Spaniards fled.

The Imperial cavalry cleared the scene, took the valuable treasure that was easy to carry, and burned the rest.

After another hour or so, all the belated Spanish troops had been left with scorched earth and invective from the survivors.

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Faced with the plundering of the heavy cavalry of the Chinese Empire, the Spanish-Mexican colonial government opted for a defensive policy.

Mainly because in the Spanish army in Mexico, the cavalry had been slackened for a long time and could not be used to fight the jaguars and leopards of the Chinese Empire.

For this reason, the Mexican colonial government restarted the formation of cavalry units against the heavy cavalry of the Chinese Empire.

There are many horse farms in Mexico, and in less than a month, Lieutenant General Tiqueiras prepared 30,000 horses in Mexico City, although the horses are of different grades, but their mobility as cavalry is still good.

The Mexican cavalry was formed a month later, drawing from the original infantry and recruiting a large number of Hispanic youths from the civilian population to form a cavalry force of 30,000 men.

However, Tiqueiras did not dare to allow this cavalry to engage the Jaguar and Pantherans of the Chinese Empire directly, because the opponent was a heavy cavalry, with excellent equipment and good military combat skills, and the newly formed Mexican cavalry unit was not enough to take on the heavy duty.

At the very least, the equipment needed for cavalry will take some time to manufacture.

Tiqueiras was formed by light cavalry, and the weapons only needed to be armed with sabers and cavalry guns. Because of the light weight of the cavalry gun, only the infantry arquebus was the only one in the Mexican army, which was not suitable for cavalry combat. Therefore, the cavalry was abolished, and only the saber remained, as a light cavalry of the era of pure cold weapons.

The creation of the saber takes time, and it is carried out in the major blacksmith shops in Mexico City.

Taking advantage of this time, Tiqueiras stepped up training the formation and tactics of the Mexican cavalry, and actively prepared to fight the cavalry of the Chinese Empire.

Of course, Tiqueras knew that the light cavalry could not compete with the heavy cavalry. He also did not expect these 30,000 light cavalry to defeat the 20,000 jaguars and leopards, he only hoped that the jaguars and leopards would not plunder in the division of troops after learning that the Mexican cavalry had survived. Because if the jaguar and leopard cavalry dispersed the action, the Mexican cavalry could concentrate the main force and eat the small group of tiger and leopard cavalry.

It can be said that this Mexican cavalry is more deterrent than combat.

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In the spring of the eighth year of Shenwu, with the advent of spring, the ice and snow melted.

After a winter's stay, the jaguar and leopard riders went out again and continued to plunder the towns of northern Mexico.

At this time, the Chinese Imperial Jaguar and Panther Cavalry were no longer acting alone, but the Jaguar Heavy Cavalry and the Jaguar Heavy Cavalry formed two huge attack arrows to carry out a large-scale attack on the Mexican colony of Texas.

During the previous year's raids, the Spaniards had opted for defense, abandoning small and medium-sized towns and concentrating their forces to defend large cities and strategically important points.

To this end, the Mexican colonial government abandoned almost three states, including California, to the plundering of the troops of the Chinese Empire.

The Spaniards suffered huge losses, but this strategy has to be said to be a good strategy. Because of the initiative to abandon several northern states, the Spaniards can concentrate their forces and manpower to defend the central and southern regions, because the central and southern regions are the richest areas in Mexico, such as the jaguar and leopard cavalry robbed a year's wealth, worth more than 100 million silver dollars, but compared to Mexico City, a Mexico City can create a wealth of nearly 200 million silver dollars a year. Because Mexico's largest silver mine is in Mexico City.

The Spaniards did not completely abandon the north, and important large cities such as Santa Fe, Colorado, and St. Louis remained under their control. Originally, the plundering of northern Mexico by the Chinese imperial army made the entire north a burden to Mexico. With the Mexican colonial government abandoning the north, leaving only a few important cities, the Chinese imperial army had to pull out a few big nails in the north if they wanted to go south to plunder the towns in south-central Mexico. Invisibly, the offense and defense were transposed, and the north became a burden to the Chinese Imperial Army.

As the jaguars and leopards tried to move south to the towns of south-central Mexico, the Spanish troops in the northern cities were in the way, as they were likely to attack from behind, which was a no-no.

For this reason, for a whole winter, the jaguar and leopard riders stopped their looting operations. The Command of the Americas Dispatch Force focused on this issue.

As the headquarters of the American Dispatch Army, the Fog City Fortress is already very vibrant at this time. As a large number of immigrants arrived in Golden State, residential houses were erected under the fortress of Foggy City, and more recently, a market was set up near the bay.

After a year of exploring, the American Dispatch found a ravine in the mountains northeast of the fortress of Foggy City. This canyon is known as the Sacramen Grand Canyon in the language of the Indians. This Grand Canyon cuts through the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the desert to the east to the Texas Prairie.

The discovery excited the Command of the Americas Dispatch Force, which had until now had to reach Fort Seattle to the north by sea, and from there into the Mexican desert and Texas prairies.

The base of the army's infantry division was in Fog City, and if you wanted to attack Mexico, it would be worth the loss to go around Ru so far. While the main force of the navy went to Peru to participate in the Peruvian colonial war, the infantry division of the American Dispatch Army did not dare to land on the west coast of Mexico without the help of the navy.

Today, the discovery of the Sacramen Grand Canyon allows the Infantry Division of the American Dispatch Corps to pass directly through the Grand Canyon and emerge on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains into Texas, Mexico.

However, the roads in the Grand Canyon needed to be repaired to facilitate the hauling of artillery by the horses of the infantry divisions. At this time, the Royal Army infantry division and artillery division were integrated, and the Shenmu cannon was wheeled, which was lightweight and brought a reform to transportation, that is, it was best to transport on a flat road.

For this reason, the colonial government of the Golden State had to recruit workers to build the Grand Canyon official road first. Most of the imperial immigrants were in a hurry to pan for gold, the army had to send logistics troops to help, and the regular army needed to step up its training to prepare for war against Mexico. The colonial government could not find manpower, so it continued to bribe the chiefs of the Indians to build the roads by several thousand Indians.

The official road of the Grand Canyon began to be repaired at the end of the sixth year of Shenwu, and it was not fully completed until the spring of the eighth year of Shenwu, but it could transport the infantry division through the mountains of Nevada to the eastern prairie.

In the spring of the eighth year of Shenmu, the Dispatch Force of the Americas Command asked the Jaguar and Panther Cavalry to conduct a final sweep of several northern Mexican states, and determined that all Mexican troops were concentrated in a few major cities in preparation for an attack by infantry divisions.

To this end, Ma Guangyuan and Shi Tingzhu led the Jaguar Cavalry Division and the Jaguar Cavalry Division respectively to form two huge attack arrows and sweep from the Texas prairie to a radius of several hundred miles.

After a month of sweeping, it was finally determined that only four major cities in northern Mexico, including Santa Fe, San Louis, Colorado, and San Jose, had a large number of Spanish troops, and the Spaniards in other places had been evacuated and were desolate.

In March of the eighth year of Shenwu, the 3rd Infantry Division and the 4th Infantry Division of the Royal Army of the American Dispatch Army of the Chinese Empire drove out of the fortress of Wucheng and arrived on the Texas prairie in the middle of the year.

According to the plan of the Dispatch Force Command, the 3rd and 4th Divisions were to capture San Jose first, as it was the closest city to the fortress of Foggy City, and it was also a coastal city. Taking San Jose would allow the Imperial army to attack Mexico either overland from the Grand Canyon or by sea from San Jose.

At the end of March, the 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions surrounded San Jose, and the Battle of San Jose began. E