Just as Commander Sandoval, who was trapped in the lonely city, was trying his best to cheer up his subordinates, who were already a little distracted, and persuade them to organize resistance, on a high ground not far from the fortress of Veracruz, Navaez was also discussing the battle strategy with Director Ma, who claimed to be the "Prince of the Great Ming".

“…… Your Royal Highness, this fortress in Port Veracruz is not easy to attack, although it is not large! Although Cortez is lawless, he seems to have a bit of a level in building fortresses......"

Navaes, who had deliberately dressed in a new silk robe with a peony flower pattern and sprayed a lot of freshly bought Chinese perfume (a bargain for 20 yuan a bottle in a small supermarket), pointed to the fortress of Veracruz in the distance, and said with his years of experience in warfare.

“…… You see, the fortress is located on a hill, and although it is not in a high position, it is too far from the beach for my ships to bombard it from the sea, and because of the steepness of the mountain, my cavalry cannot rush up at all. If the infantry were allowed to rush directly over the wilderness, they would have to be exposed to the fire of the defenders, and they would have to attack slowly towards the hill, and suffer heavy casualties from the repeated fire of artillery, muskets, and crossbow arrows......"

Prince Ma smiled as hard as he could, nodding slightly, and covering his nose with a handkerchief sprayed with flower water, trying to keep his sense of smell from being ravaged by the strong smell - the Spanish nobleman, who loved to wear perfume, but like most Europeans these days, had no habit of bathing, and as a result, the smell of cheap perfume mixed with body odor to form an even more disgusting smell......

Despite the disgusting smell that permeated Navares, his battlefield analysis was accurate.

When he scuttled the ship and cut off the retreat half a year ago, because the heavy artillery was not easy to carry over long distances, Cortés used most of the dismantled naval guns to strengthen the defense of Velacruz - behind the wooden fence facing inland, the defenders deployed ten heavy guns and some small eagle guns, firmly blocking all possible offensive paths, and also clearing all vegetation within range.

Any troops intending to attack head-on could only face rows of guns and muzzles, brave the deadly rain of shotguns, and march on the corpses and flesh of their comrades, and must pay a terrible price before they can rush to the wooden fence.

In general, if you are willing to fill in people's lives, with the 30,000 troops gathered here, this small village in front of you will definitely be able to take it today no matter what. But the problem is that the attackers will have to pay the price of at least hundreds, if not thousands, of dead and wounded.

Of course, Navaez was reluctant to let his Spanish soldiers be cannon fodder, but he did not dare to fool the Indian Confederates to fill this hole at will, lest the other party become angry and hurt the peace after coming to his senses, and affect the construction of the treaty port in the future - just like a well-fed tiger, after the goals of becoming rich and famous have been achieved, no matter how murderous the colonists will become somewhat humane.

So, he threw out a suggestion that he thought was reasonable.

“…… Anyway, the defeat of the rebels has been decided, so why don't we send someone over to persuade them to surrender first? I have a priest who had a good relationship with Sandoval, the leader of the rebels in the stockade, when he was on the island of Cuba, and if he went over to persuade him, maybe he would be able to open the stockade and come out and beg for mercy! ”

- In fact, already the night before, a small group of men who did not dare to be traitors had escaped from Puerto Veracruz with their baggage, and had fallen to their knees at Navaez's feet, begging for his forgiveness...... That's why Navaez is so confident. …,

However, this bloodless way of capturing the city is completely in conflict with Jihua, which the traverser attempts to show force, kill chickens and monkeys, and deter collaborators.

“…… Your attention is indeed very thoughtful, but there is really no need to go to such trouble and delay our time. ”

Director Ma politely declined Navaes's extraneous branches, and then stuffed him with a bottle of Erguotou to appease, "...... Although there are many artillery pieces arranged on this fortress, we Chinese are the ancestors of playing with gunpowder. Sit back and enjoy the best fireworks display! ”

Seeing that his kindness was not understood, Navaez shrugged his shoulders and sat down on a rock.

However, after a while, he was so shocked by the terrifying scene in front of him that he jumped on the spot.

“…… This...... Could this be the heavenly fire in the Bible that destroyed Gomorrah and Sodom? ”

“…… No, it's just a fireworks show with Chinese characteristics! Director Ma shook a finger and smiled weirdly......

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At the same time, behind the banners and queues of the attacking troops, a shadowy jungle of steel had been erected...... Well, judging from the height, it seems that it should be described as a "steel bush", which is a more accurate and appropriate statement.

“…… Just a few water pipes...... Can you really fly to the mountain bag over there? ”

Wen Deji knocked on the rows of shoddy iron pipes in front of him, and asked in disbelief, "...... That's more than two kilometers away! ”

“…… Rest assured! No problem! A range of just two or three kilometers is a hairy one! I've done something similar in the Middle East, bombarding Jerusalem from the Gaza Strip! Not much worse than the Tomahawk cruise missiles of the Americans, the Jews could not intercept them even if they tried their best! ”

Maimaiti turned around and grinned, revealing a mouthful of dazzling white teeth, "...... Don't underestimate these flying water pipes! ”

-- Comrade Maimaiti, a "remote blasting expert" who had many years of practical exchange experience with local resistance organizations in the Palestinian area, was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a thin head, dark complexion, slightly curly black hair, a pockmarked face, and a small white hat, who looked very much like Uncle Bayi who bought Lanzhou ramen on the street in front of Wang Qiu's house.

However, although this comrade's appearance is relatively shabby, he really has nothing to say about the kung fu in his hands, and he is worthy of being an expert in carrying out overseas tasks from time to time. This dense mass of "rockets for long-range blasting," or "flying water pipes," was assembled in just half a day by Comrade Maimaiti and dozens of Indian craftsmen who did not understand the language, and they simply gestured to each other and communicated with each other, although prefabricated parts were used.

In general, these "flying water pipes" are basically the same as the rockets of the Hamas resistance groups in the Palestinian areas, and the appearance is probably even more rudimentary - produced by small handmade workshops, seamless steel pipes from Laiyang, Shandong Province, and propellants prepared with agricultural fertilizers, and two kilograms of warheads tied to the front. Specifically, it can also be divided into high-explosive bombs stuffed with cluster miniature detonators, incendiary bombs filled with "Molotov cocktails", fragmentation anti-personnel bombs wrapped with iron nails and steel balls, and so on...... And the cost is unusually low, much cheaper than the price of military rocket artillery.

If they really use military rocket artillery to shoot at the port of Veracruz, according to the current export prices of arms in the international market, Wang Qiu and his family are afraid that they will immediately go bankrupt, not to mention a series of extremely difficult procedural problems.

“…… Alas, that's how powerful industrial society is! Many civilian items only need to be slightly modified, and they will be super killers to dominate the battlefield in ancient times! Even in modern times, it can make people feel frightened! ”…,

After watching from the side for a long time, Wang Qiu, who was convinced, couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, "...... If not, how could the Palestinian Resistance have been able to fight the strong Israelis for half a century without being almost wiped out by the Europeans, as the Indians did? ”

Realistically speaking, in the midst of more than half a century of arduous life-and-death tests, the Palestinian resistance organization, which has been dealing with the Israeli army for many years, can be said to be the leading expert in the manufacture and use of cheap civilian weapons in modern Shijie.

These Arabs, who originally did not have much industrial talent and were not good at military manufacturing, under the pressure of the cruel life of being accompanied by death anytime and anywhere from childhood to adulthood, forced out countless unbelievable civilian explosives transformation experience, claiming to be able to stuff bombs into the belly of a donkey and make the chimney fly in the sky! As for the use of gasoline, magnesium powder and sugar, Molotov cocktails were made of Molotov cocktails; Ammonium nitrate fertilizer is mixed with a certain amount of sawdust and diesel fuel in proportion to make a paste explosive...... That's even more of a pediatric pediatric.

However, our Chinese courage in the manufacture of civilian weapons also seems to have a special merit - for example, when Wang Qiu saw that Comrade Maimaiti actually brought a large truck of detonators, he couldn't help but ask the other party whether it would cost a lot of money to purchase so many detonators at one time, whether it would take a lot of approvals and so on. Next, he actually got a dumbfounded answer from Maimaiti's mouth.

“…… Hehe, these detonators are all illegal products seized by the public security, and they didn't spend a penny! Not to mention anything like approvals. ”

With a bright smile on his face, Uncle Maimaiti said to Wang Qiu, "...... A while ago, there were a few fierce men in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, who actually assembled 50,000 detonators in their own apartments in a residential area, and they were not here to engage in any terrorist activities, but only to sell them to make money. As a result, the detonators were not sold well, there was a serious backlog, and then they were not properly kept, and half of the house was blown up, so they were approached by the police.

Your Director Ma happened to hear about this before he left Beijing, so he used a little connection and personal connections to pull over all the remaining 40,000 detonators confiscated by the public security organs...... Oh, by the way, the Spanish expedition you're dealing with this time seems to be less than 400 people at full capacity! At this time, an average of 100 detonators can be spread out per person, and even an iron man should be blown into iron filings. ”

Speaking of this, he also smacked his lips rather regretfully, "...... Tsk, it would be nice if you were so generous when you were in the Middle East! ”

-- Illegal detonator workshops were set up in residential areas, and 50,000 were set up as soon as they started!!

Wang Qiu was terrified for a while, thinking that in the urban village where his house is located, I wonder if there will be a few fierce people lurking like this who don't take their lives seriously...... I hope not, or it would be too scary.

After arranging the firing position and connecting the remote control igniter, everyone hurriedly began to retreat.

-- The biggest horror of the improvised rockets invented by the Palestinian resistance, or "flying water pipes," is that they are shoddy, have a simple structure, and have no trajectory at all. When launching, you can only roughly aim in the general direction, decide whether to hit east or west, and the rest can only be counted where it goes, and no one knows where it will fall.

Therefore, in actual combat in the Gaza region of the Middle East, it often happens that Israel's "Iron Dome" interceptor missile has just been ignited and lifted into the air, but the rockets fired by Hamas have not yet reached the position where the interceptor missile is ready to meet them. …,

It can't be helped, this thing has a strange trajectory, and you can't tell where it's going to fall if you stare at it. Unless each "Iron Dome" interception system is equipped with a prophecy archmage, it can completely intercept these rockets that make irregular Brownian motion in the sky.

After running for half a kilometer in one go, Maimaiti stopped and took a few breaths, turned around and took out the detonation remote control in his pocket, opened the safety bolt, and turned around to suddenly see Ma Tong and Wang Qiu next to him with sparkling eyes and eager expressions, so he smiled and handed over the remote control.

Senior Sister Ma Tong, who was quick-eyed, hurriedly took over the remote control and nodded gratefully at Maimaiti, while Wang Qiu, who was one step behind, could only pout in disappointment. Then, Senior Sister Ma Tong put on a posture that she thought was very handsome, and then pressed the only round button on the front of the remote control, and at the same time shouted loudly:

“…… Destroy! The scum who dare to build a house illegally without approval! I'm going to gamble on the reputation of the chengguan now and sanction you with bombs! The first level of human cannon preparation...... Level 2 Preparation ...... BoooM！！！ ”

Our protagonist, Comrade Wang Qiu, was once again embarrassed by Sister Ma Tong's super dynamic complaint.

Then, brilliant sparks and gunpowder smoke rose together with a piercing scream...... Lunge towards the fortress in the distance!