Chapter 897

No one expected that with just one shelling, the entire coalition army would fall apart. How does this make these people in the Marine Corps understand? The elites armed with modern military ideology were trained to be dogs when they were still in the new barracks, and the marines who grew up with the ideology poisoned to fight until the last moment, no one expected that when they launched an attack with bayonets and stepped on the mist of the early morning, except for the dead and wounded in the camp of the coalition forces, the rest fell on their knees and surrendered.

The assault teams of the two regiments, without firing a few guns, were wiped out by the coalition camp like a whirlwind. The commanders at the front did not dare to believe such a thing at all, and it was absolutely the principle of fighting to the death when it fell on the marines, and when it came to Europe, a place where the thinking of modern armies had not yet taken shape, there was no way to understand each other at all.

Everyone knows that the modern British Navy is powerful, and who knows that the modern British Army is also close to invincible. In the case of equal numbers, even Napoleon, a guy who opened the hanging, would not be able to take advantage in front of the lobster soldiers? Why? It is because they are a modern professional army, and the lobster soldiers who can fire a salvo of muskets on the opposite side and walk about 20 meters before firing are simply bugs in the era of smoothbore guns, in terms of army quality.

The 100,000 allied troops were defeated, and the final army of the Holy Roman Empire was basically German mercenaries with dull personalities. After withdrawing from the battlefield, more than 10,000 people became the most eye-catching target. The marines from all sides caught up with them and set them up in a field ten kilometers north of the town of Torente, determined to defeat these invaders from the east and defend the dignity of the European warriors.

Well, in fact, I know that I can't run away, but I refuse to surrender to the Ming army, if it's a war between European countries. Ichijon surrendered. After all, if you don't understand each other, the propaganda of the church is a "yellow peril" and a heresy or something. Anyway, it's a fear from the heart, for fear that if you surrender, you will go to hell. So, this is considered World War II for God.

Lined up in neat squares, the German mercenaries used the most advanced tactics in Europe at the moment. Linear queues, queues to shoot. The only thing they could rely on was the smoothbore guns in their hands, and the only European countries with a small number of rifled guns were the French army, and now they became fleeing rabbits all over the mountains, chasing their Ming marines.

A regiment at the top saw such a large mass of enemies, and quickly stopped its steps, and the news was reported layer by layer, and it arrived at the brigade commander, what? A group of more than 10,000 people lined up to face the battle? him!

One left and one right. The two regiments stopped the pursuit and formed an attack formation. No artillery? That's not a problem, the mortar is easy to carry, just set up and bomb. At this time, the Marines no longer played queue shooting, and the linear skirmish tactics were relatively mature. On one side are the German mercenaries who are clapping the right and the drums are striding forward, and on the other hand, they are slowly pressing on the skirmishers. Marines carrying mortars. Although there are only two regiments, they can't stand up to mortars and machine guns?

Boom, boom, boom. An unreasonable mortar shell smashed over, and at a distance of 500 meters, all the cannons on the opposite side were lost, and they could only be bombarded. Even if there are cannons, they may not be able to play much of a role. The dense formations were bitten open one by one by the shelling, and the formations were broken up one after another. But these mercenaries still pressed forward.

At a distance of two hundred meters, who will shoot at this distance? Surely no one in Europe does this, but where will the Marines be polite? When the platoon of the new rifle was playing rhythmically, a discordant sound appeared. This thing was originally equipped on a battleship, and the Marines were not too bulky. Each company has a fight, and the marines have no intention of fighting inland, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to supply ammunition. The style of the local tyrants was like this, and the German mercenaries were defeated. The rate of fire of this thing is 600 rounds per second, with the platoon gun sweeping over, it is like cutting rice, row after row of soldiers were shot and fell, more than 10,000 people did not last two hours, and few people even had a chance to shoot, the entire mercenary corps was scattered, the commander left the soldiers and ran away first, this battle could not be fought. Seeing the land stained red with blood and thousands of soldiers struggling in pools of blood, God could not let the soldiers continue to fight, and the tenacious German mercenaries held out for a little more than an hour and collapsed!

The roads into Madrid were crowded with carriages and horses, nobles and wealthy people to be precise. Ordinary people fleeing their homes might as well have been left behind. The redwoods and special hats of the British army were so striking that they were kept out of the city and had to camp temporarily. The commander, General Henry, witnessed the long procession on the road and wrote pessimistically in his diary: The Spanish Empire had fallen, and they were fighting in their homeland, but they were losing their territory at an alarming rate. It is incomprehensible that the natural advantage of Mount Morena has unexpectedly not played much role, our army lacks supplies, people are sleepy and lacking, and the frontline troops of the Ming army have arrived in Lintaver, and our army is likely to rush into battle. This is really not good news.

It was a small city, and most of the Spaniards in the city had fled, leaving behind 10,000 defenders and about 20,000 strong men. It's not that these people don't want to run, but behind them is Madrid, Carlos II asked for repeated strict orders, must hold on, buy time for Madrid, buy time for the main force of the coalition army, Carlos II at this time, did not know that the main force of the coalition army has been surrounded and annihilated. One can only hope to hold Madrid and wait for the return of the main force. After a steady stream of bad news, the only good news was the timely arrival of the British army, Carlos II, who was packing his bags and preparing to run north, asked his ministers to do their best to meet the demands of the British army, and quietly left Madrid with his wife and children at night.

In fact, at this time, the vanguard division of the Ming army was still in Aranjuez, and it was only a platoon of troops that arrived at Lintaver, which circled around the city, fired a few shots casually, and then retreated. And the main force of the Ming army is still in Villacanias. The main force of the Ming army, which has been marching rapidly, must stop for a short rest at this time, gather the various troops, and clench them into a fist, and then talk about marching into Madrid. The Ming army fought and had its own rules and regulations, and the staff had great rights, and at their request, Yin Jie made a decision to rest for a day.

Henry felt that he was lucky, there was a mistake in his previous judgment, and the Ming army did not break through Lintaver quickly, but stopped thirty kilometers away. Although it was only three days, it gave the Spanish and British troops a chance to breathe. After the exhausted British army recovered, they cooperated with 50,000 Spanish troops to build fortifications on the Lintaver line and prepare to meet the Ming army.

At this time, the Spanish army and the British army, although tactically still lined up to shoot, but as a defensive side, they also began to build strong fortifications and dig trenches. This is a trick learned from the hands of the Ming Empire, and it has been found through practice that the effect is quite good. With the cover of trenches, soldiers can minimize casualties caused by shelling.

Yin Jie didn't know that because of the three-day rest, a fierce battle was about to be ushered in. Before leaving, Carlos II decided to make Madrid an undefended city, hoping to protect the city and its people to the greatest extent. Well, it's all the hypocrisy of the rulers. For this reason, the general who stayed behind specially sent someone to the headquarters of the Ming army to convey this meaning. The decisive battle is on the Lintaver line, and after this battle, Madrid is equal to hand.

It was precisely because of this incident that Yin Jie and the staff department misjudged, believing that the upcoming battle would not be too fierce, and the whole army was optimistic. After all, the strong defense line of Mount Morena collapsed under the blows of the Ming army. In fact, this judgment was not a unilateral judgment of the Ming army, and the Spaniards also judged it this way. But they didn't have a choice, in front of Madrid, they had to fight, and they did everything they could to buy time, that was their goal.

Carlos II had already sent envoys to various countries asking them to increase their assistance. There can be no doubt that this ill-intentioned French aid is no longer in jeopardy. It was even hoped that France would be dragged into the quagmire of war as a result. Spain was not actually suitable as a battlefield for large-scale operations, but neither of the warring sides understood this. Another difference in perception is that the purpose of the Ming army was to force Spain to surrender, and there was no intention of long-term occupation. The purpose of the coalition was that countries other than Spain wanted the war to be confined to this area. The problem was that after the Prime Minister of the Ming Cabinet signed an order, a plan for a large-scale war against France was drawn up.

The Navy would send warships from all over the country to reinforce the Mediterranean, and at the same time send five more divisions to the Afrika Korps, and the General Staff believed that the key to the war lay in Europe. The Ottoman Turkish Empire was not in a hurry, and the transfer of five more infantry divisions from the Afrika Korps to open up the French battlefield was conducive to ending the war as soon as possible.

The strength of the navy lies in the formation of a new steam armored fleet, which is characterized by a strong endurance. With a standard displacement of 3,500 tons and a cruising range of 5,000 nautical miles, the fleet was able to sail to the port of Alexandria in one go, after replenishing coal from Bombay. The fleet consisted of eight new cruisers, armed with 105 guns, and was the fastest warship in the world today, with a cruising speed of 13 knots and a maximum speed of 16 knots.

The question of how to transport troops to Africa was left to the civilian fleet. Troops were drawn from all over the Ming Dynasty and transported to Bombay to be loaded on ships, then disembarked in Suez and then embarked in Alexandria. This is the pain of the Suez Canal not being built, and the cabinet hopes to catch no less than 100,000 "laborers" in the war in Europe. (To be continued......)