Deep in the Lleida barracks, Asania, who was ready to be captured, suddenly found that the enemy had stopped the charge.

Carlos's army, which was originally on the attacking side, retreated very quickly, and in just a few minutes only the sound of covering artillery shelling remained.

The soldiers of the 2nd Division looked at each other and did not know what to do now.

Asania was stunned for a moment before reacting, he forcibly suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and said loudly: "Don't pursue, stay vigilant!" ”

After sending someone to keep an eye on the actions of Carlos's army and confirm that it was really withdrawing, he suddenly relaxed: "Win!" We won! ”

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Soon, news of the Battle of Lleida spread throughout Europe, and other countries were still confirming and writing about it, and France directly published it in many newspaper headlines.

Although who became king of Spain did not have much influence on the French people, they rejoiced in Alfonso's victory.

The young and good-looking "French" prince staged a standard prince's revenge in a foreign country, which happened to poke at the romantic feelings and national pride of the French.

Na Sandu sent a telegram directly, saying that he would personally attend his enthronement ceremony at that time.

No wonder they are so optimistic, it's really a bit beautiful to fight this battle.

The exact casualties of the battle are still being counted, but it is tentatively estimated that one Catalan soldier replaced at least three Carlos soldiers.

With the civil war of the same country, and not the colonial war, there is such an exaggerated war loss ratio, I believe that every detail of this battle will be carefully observed and analyzed with a magnifying glass.

"Your Majesty, the losses of Carlos' army need to be further confirmed, but our casualty figures are already there.

Of the 13,455 people, 6,107 were killed and 1,436 were missing, almost all of them were injured, and nearly 1,000 were seriously injured. Garcia reported to Alfonso.

After he succeeded to the throne in Paris, the names of his subordinates also quietly changed.

"The mortality rate is more than 50%......" Alfonso was quite shocked by this number, as for what is missing, just listen to it, the battlefield missing are basically dead.

He said solemnly: "In order to properly do the post-war work, it is necessary to follow the predetermined standard, and the pension of 1,500 pesetas for each soldier who died in battle must be guaranteed to be distributed to their relatives."

If it lasts for ten years in the future, 10 pesetas per month will be paid for condolence, and supervision and management should also be done. ”

This pension is not outrageously high, but it is quite a good figure in the major countries, costing at least £104 per soldier killed, and only more for officers.

This alone would cost close to £1 million, and even if it were not to be paid all at once, it would still be a heavy burden on the national finances.

There is no way, many of the people who died in the second division this time were short-term service soldiers, and they died after only training for more than three months, and if they did not improve their salaries, there would definitely be a phenomenon of refusal to serve in the future, especially after entering a full-scale civil war.

Forced conscription against the will of the people is not impossible, but the recruitment of soldiers in this way will not only demoralize, but also shake the foundation of his rule, and the wave of Catalan independence will not long subside.

"Yes." Campos nodded, obviously understanding the urgency of the matter, the first wave of pensions was only a few hundred thousand pounds, and it was not too difficult for Catalonia to make it up.

Garcia was very satisfied with this, and he said another good news: "We negotiated with the United States some time ago about the introduction of machine gun production lines, but fortunately it has been shipped, otherwise the United States may break the contract." ”

Alfonso and Campos both smiled when they heard this, this time the machine gun showed its skills in Lleida, and the rest of Europe will definitely seize the time to install it, and at the worst, they will also purchase a batch on an experimental basis, and deal with it before their own machine guns are developed.

The United States has eaten the bulk of this trend, but Catalonia can still drink soup with a production line.

Campos took a sip of coffee, he was in a good mood today, as long as he won the battle, a few thousand people died in the hearts of qualified politicians and did not care at all.

He smiled and said: "The American ambassador has just approached me, and most of them want us to sign an export ban agreement, so I don't care about him, without us, their machine guns are not cared for at all......

Campos is right, although Gatlin was born during the Civil War, it is due to heavy logistical pressure, and second, it requires the shooter to have strict training and excellent psychological quality, otherwise it will easily get stuck, and it was not taken seriously in the past.

It was in the hands of the Standing Army, trained day and night in Catalonia, that they burst into a force that attracted the attention of the world.

"Of course, this kind of agreement can't be signed, and their temptations should not be ignored." Alfonso affirmed this approach and turned to the army and asked: "How long will it take to mobilize?" ”

Campos and Garcia glanced at each other and smiled bitterly: "There are too many things to do in a short period of time, so we need to coordinate production, replenish troops, and repair roads...... Mobilization was slightly affected.

The actual mobilization was about a week later, when we had 65,000 field troops. ”

After a week of mobilization, Prussia was ashamed of itself, and it stands to reason that it should not be so embarrassed.

But it can't be counted like this, because Catalonia is a "small country", the smaller it is, the faster it will mobilize, and the time of the week is really not satisfactory.

Considering that Catalonia had little experience in war and no **** tradition, Alfonso reluctantly accepted it.

"It's a week, and there shouldn't be any battles to fight for a while."

He looked at the map of Spain hanging on the wall, thought for a moment, and said, "Send troops to take eastern Aragon and northern Valencia, and leave the rest alone for the time being." ”

Facing the surprised eyes of the two, he explained:

"The northern interior is already relatively poor, not to mention that it has just been sacked by Carlos, so it is better to take the rich areas of the Mediterranean coast first, and take Aragorn only for strategic depth.

Not to mention that with our current army, we simply can't hold too much territory. ”

The two reluctantly accepted the statement, though it didn't quite fit their philosophy.