Chapter 893

Everyone knows the importance of intelligence, and the commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps is Major General Li Ming, and at this time it can be seen that the tragedy of the ground forces on the naval side can be seen. The commander-in-chief is a major general, and the commander of a marine division is also a major general. This matter is not clear, in terms of military rank, at the level of general, the army has to overwhelm the navy with its life, who let you fall into the benefits?

The Navy's intelligence department bribed a few locals as spies, and the main force of the coalition forces went south to hide it from anyone. When Li Ming learned the news, his first reaction was to scoff at it and order another investigation. For the next two days, there was a steady stream of news that a large number of coalition troops were coming to Valencia, and the nearest forward was no more than fifty kilometers away.

This situation was finally confirmed, and Li Ming was also a little surprised. Originally, I came with the mentality of playing soy sauce, but I didn't expect to be the protagonist once. This guy is bad enough to order this news to be blocked, and no one is allowed to tell the army. Then let the various units shrink the defensive line, and the defense area, which originally stretched about 30 kilometers in all directions, was reduced to about 10 kilometers.

After completing the contraction, the Marines began to frantically dig trenches and pull barbed wire. The navy, which has a lot of money, has never been short in terms of materials, and it was originally landed in Valencia to defend, but now it has been directly built into a hedgehog array. In order to avoid scaring away the coalition forces, the troops were absolutely not allowed to fight too hard. The artillerymen were not allowed to open fire without an order, so they played with the coalition forces with platoon guns and machine guns.

This move is really lacking in virtue, Yin Jie's side is still steadily advancing, up to twenty kilometers a day, and being invincible is a prerequisite. Even the military plan was to arrive in Madrid within a month, forcing the European coalition forces to a decisive battle. To be honest, it's not that the army doesn't want to go faster, it's just that the roads in Spain are much worse than those in the Ming Dynasty, and even the roads in the colonies are not as good as them. Such a path. The pressure on logistical supplies is just too great. The army, which carried a large number of artillery, couldn't get up fast if it wanted to, so it could only grind forward slowly.

Li Ming waited until the coalition advance approached 30 kilometers from Valencia before he sent someone to inform the army side. Propose a new battle plan to allow the Army to detour behind enemy lines. Encircle and annihilate the main force of this coalition army. After receiving the information, Yin Jie angrily threw the enamel teapot three times. The first thing to do is to complain to your superiors about the disoblivious behavior of the Marines. On the ground battlefield in Europe, he was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and Li Ming's approach was to act as a substitute.

The lawsuit will definitely be fought for a long time, and the top priority is the development of the war situation. Yin Jie is very clear about the foundation of the Marine Corps. I know that these guys have hidden a lot of private goods, and the three marine divisions on the books are all army establishments before Nima's restructuring. It's even a lot bigger. The current army is a three-three system, and the previous army was composed of two brigades, four regiments, and eight battalions. The Marine Corps is more pitiful, and they are doing tricks and tricks in company-level units, all of which are reinforced companies.

The navy relied on being rich and favored, and did a lot of things that the army was dissatisfied with. However, now is not the time to settle accounts, as the commander-in-chief, Yin Jie can only adjust his tactics according to the changes in the battle situation. Send someone to deliver a message to Li Ming, asking him to be sure to hold back the enemy army. How to drag? Hehehe. It's that you kid has to pretend to be a grandson for me, so that the coalition forces can see the hope of victory, and you can't beat people down and scare people away.

Kong Dai, the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, has never seen the power of the Ming army, although he likes the weapons and equipment of the Ming Dynasty very much, but it does not mean that he understands the equipment of the current Ming army. Not to mention understanding the equipment of such a local tyrant as the Marine Corps.

The Marine Corps was the only ground force that had all been equipped with new rifles, and the Army in the Americas was still playing Desailly's singles rifle. Even the most cutting-edge European Expeditionary Force has only half of its troops reequipped. It's not that I don't want to change, but the production of rifles is so much. It is still in the process of expanding production capacity, and it has not yet begun to explode production.

"Where's the nearest unit?" Yin Jie asked patiently, from the time the news came here, it would be at least three days, and according to this progress, the fight on Valencia's side had already started. This Li Ming clearly wants to eat alone, and he must not let him succeed.

"The question now is not what encircles the enemy, but what stands in front of us." With the chief of staff's words, Yin Jie's heart was completely cold. There is no way, the terrain of Spain is like this, and the obstacle in front of the army is Mount Morena. It is also the barrier of the current Spanish army to block the expeditionary force, and it is also the basis for Condé to dare to fight Valencia first.

"The terrain in central Spain is simply not suitable for large corps operations, and it seems that there are serious problems with the battle plan we have made before." Yin Jie began to think of bad ideas, but he really couldn't imagine that the coalition forces were sick in their brains, and they didn't use the natural defense line of Mount Morena in front of them, and actually went to Valencia. The previous judgment of the enemy army was also based on this, that is, Spain would defend this line of defense to the death, consume the troops and ammunition of the expeditionary force, and then seek an opportunity to fight a decisive battle. I never thought that it was estimated that I would still have to defend to the death, but it would be cheaper for the Marines' grandsons.

A group of operational staff officers were also there scolding, and Yin Jie listened and shouted: "Shut up, complain that you don't solve any problems, and hurry up with a strategy to deal with it." The Spaniards thought that Mount Morena would stop us, so they gave them a little color. ”

The Army's adjustment was to speed up and get into Madrid before the Marines could tackle the main forces of the coalition. In this way, the biggest obstacle in front of us is Mount Morena.

"The main forces continued to move north along the road, concentrating artillery on several nearby mountain passes. Send a partial division to the east, passing through Prince New Town, and if you are lucky, you may be able to block the main force of the coalition army. The chief of staff's suggestion was to treat a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and Yin Jie could only nod and say: "That's it, give an order, change the previous battle plan, the artillery will bombard me, and the large-caliber artillery will shoot out all the ammunition, and then you can go back." The rest of the troops, advancing lightly, with 75 caliber guns, could be disassembled and carried on horseback. All the cattle were given up for equipment and supplies, and each soldier had to carry seven days' combat rations. Don't talk nonsense with those people along the way, grab food first, you can throw away the money, but you can't delay. Any resistance, no matter what killing. ”

This order sounds simple, but it is actually full of blood. This is fighting in a foreign land. The language is not understood, many times you can't understand it at all, if you want food, the people will definitely not do it, and the result is hard robbery. Even if you leave the money, people won't understand it at first. Besides. These are all mountainous areas, and Huayuan may not be as effective as the coastal areas, and may be a piece of paper in the eyes of the people.

"Send two divisions to the east, one in front and one behind, and take care of each other." The chief of staff added a point, still a little unwilling.

"So we only have six divisions in our hands, do we want to let the troops on the east and west flanks take back?" Yin Jie didn't agree very much, but he didn't object, just questioned. The chief of staff smiled: "Isn't six divisions enough?" There are only a few regular troops in Spain, and we are fighting big cities along the roads, not to occupy Spain. After fighting Monte Morena, I don't think there is much to fight in the short term. Let the troops carry as much ammunition as possible, and the rest of the supplies will be dealt with on the spot. ”

This strategy is even more ruthless! Yin Jie gritted his teeth and said: "Then so be it, carry three days' individual rations, and rely on robbery for the rest." ”

Military orders are like mountains. It looks like it's just some text, but it's actually all about execution. When history is recorded. It may be a paragraph of text of dozens of words, but the details in it really can't be explained in detail. But this is war, and military orders must be carried out when they are issued, and how many people are there in Spain itself, and how many inhabitants are there in the entire Sierra Morena, how can they afford the supply of so many troops for the army. There's no reason to talk about it here. You've already entered someone's house.

Ci is not in charge of the army, not only on the basis of casualties among soldiers, but also because of the harm caused to civilians by war. But from the point of view of the European expeditionary force, these injuries must be counted on the head of the Spanish royal family, from the perspective of the people. This is the Ming Empire's army is invading, robbing, and killing.

After receiving the order, the independent artillery regiment had no other choice, and any way would affect the marching speed because of the bulkiness of the 150 guns, so all the shells had to be fired. At this time, the Spanish garrisons in the various passes of Mount Morena were miserable. They didn't know what anticlines were, and they didn't even dig trenches. The Spanish army, which was completely stuck in another era, encountered the Ming army, which was already much higher.

Under heavy artillery fire, the Spanish garrisons in the various mountain passes suffered heavy losses, and Carlos II deployed elite Spanish troops in this area, numbering about 30,000 people. I hope to be able to stop the Ming army here for more than a month. The fortified fortress of the past is an ornament in this era. Unless it was the pervert of the Belgian fortress of Liège, the average fortress was in front of 150 guns, and only one resulted, and it collapsed with a bang. Of course, there are some forts that are very strong, but there are not many of them, and only one or two forts cannot stop the advance of the army.

The expeditionary force launched a fierce attack from three directions and more than a dozen mountain passes, and in just one day, a comprehensive breakthrough was achieved. The 30,000 Spanish defenders did put up a stubborn resistance, but this resistance was similar to the historical battle at the Bali Bridge, where the Spanish army, armed with backward weapons, collapsed. Three thousand defenders were killed and more than fifteen thousand wounded, and the rest fled in all directions, leaving everything they could and fleeing northward.

Noble officers ran on horseback, and ordinary soldiers ran on two legs. The expeditionary force took three days and crossed Mount Morena in its entirety. At this time, the Valencia side has been fighting for five days. It can be seen how immoral Li Ming is.

On the first day of the battle, Condé threw the elite German troops into battle, carrying the smoothbore guns bought by the French at a high price, lined up in a neat line, and followed the beat of the drums. The French artillery kept firing at the forward positions, and the soldiers hiding in the trenches did not suffer any casualties at all. What six-pounder cannons, twelve-pounder cannons, these things are all leftovers of the Ming army.

There were not many troops deployed in the forward positions, only two regiments, and they did not even pull the barbed wire, so they hid in the trenches, waiting for the opponent to approach, and a row of guns fired fiercely. In just one day, the tenacious German legion, at the cost of 3,000 casualties, captured the position of the Ming marines. Captured a small town about ten kilometers from Valenciva. Fierce fighting ensued between the two sides in several nearby villages, and the marines hiding in the villages, fighting only with rifles, fought for another day, and lost the villages one after another.

As far as the results of the battle are concerned, Condé can still be satisfied, the only thing that he is not satisfied with is that not a single enemy corpse has been caught, let alone captured prisoners of war. The Ming army fought during the day and took the initiative to withdraw at night, which shows that they did not have many troops. Condé ordered the whole army to accelerate its advance, and it was necessary to take Valencia as soon as possible and drive the enemy out into the sea.

However, before the third day of the battle, the commander of the Holy Roman Empire quit, and for two days, his troops were fighting, and the other troops were assisting in the attack, and the casualties of 30,000 elites were close to one-fifth, who could stand this.

Condé had no choice but to make adjustments and let the Swedish and French legions fight together and advance head-on. The armies of the Holy Roman Empire served as reserves, while the Spanish and Portuguese armies flanked to contain the defensive energy of the Ming Empire. As a result, this adjustment found that it was actually adjusted in vain, and this time the retreat of the Ming Empire's army was more resolute, and it retreated directly to an area less than three kilometers around the city of Valencia. When the armies of various countries carefully occupied the enemy's positions, they found that the opponent had run out. On these positions, a large number of Valencia were found desperately, and after careful inquiry, it was learned that the Ming army had retreated, and these people were driven out of the city, and they did not care about taking them with them when they left.

The coalition forces cheered, and it seemed that victory was within reach. At this time, even if Condé wants to retreat, other armies will not agree, the Ming Empire has a lot of good things in its hands, and it may be possible to make a fortune if it enters Valencia, as for the casualties of civilians in the previous heavy artillery fire, it has nothing to do with them. The French army even carried out a raid on these civilians under the pretext of checking for any spies, and as a result, a large amount of Chinese dollars were found from them. This greatly excited the French soldiers, and the Chinese dollar was well used in France, and the Dafa Bank had branches in the major cities of France, and as a result, after the two countries became at odds, Louis XIV ordered the seizure of these banks. confiscated nearly five million Chinese dollars, and made a ruthless payment. Of course, this move also completely angered some nobles, whose money was kept in the bank, and Louis XIV didn't care whether you had a passbook or not. (To be continued......)