With the order of Gong Da Zhenren, the main force of Tawanting, which had been prepared for a long time, went straight to Laredo.

At the beginning of the war, someone once complained to the emperor that an artillery division of the Holy Court army was equipped with 300 heavy guns beyond the norm, and he was beaten out of breath.

At that time, Huang Fuji replied: "The problem of artillery can be solved immediately, and Gong Dazhen is already concentrating scattered artillery in various places to form a large-scale artillery group, unified dispatch, unified command, and it is expected that there will be more than 1,000 guns." ”

This is not perfunctory, but it is true.

However, Gong Fu mobilized more than 1,000 artillery pieces not to defend the city, but to attack, until now, the more than 1,000 cannons that have been prepared for a long time have finally come in handy.

Transported by rail, more than 1,000 pieces of artillery appeared outside the city of Laredo, and the density of the artillery arrangement exceeded the regulations of the drill code.

Thousands of artillery pieces, aiming at the same target, firing at the same time, such a situation is not seen in the Central Plains.

It's not that Daomen doesn't have such strength, but there is no such opponent who can make Daomen treat it so solemnly, whether it's the war in the Western Regions or the war in Fenglin Continent, there has never been one.

Only the Holy See has such qualifications.

But the Holy Court is too far away from the Daomen and does not border. The only record of the two sides fighting each other was in Si Po Sao, which ended in a great defeat for the Holy Court. However, the situation at that time was complicated, and the five generations of the Great Palm Sect personally led the army to land behind enemy lines, which was a surprise attack, and it was impossible to carry large-scale heavy artillery, so there was no such situation.

Since then, there has been no record of large-scale confrontation between Daomen and the Holy See.

The fundamental reason is that the distance between the two sides is too far, no matter which side launches an expedition, the other side can wait for work, and the side guarding the door can occupy a huge advantage, and there are extremely close trade ties and economic and trade exchanges between the two sides, and both sides have great interests involved.

In this case, it is difficult for Daomen and the Holy Court to have a chance to go head-to-head.

The only exception is the New World, strictly speaking, it is not Yujing and the Holy See, but their respective branches, the Steam Gospel and the West Daomen, which are still evenly matched in general, because with the support of their respective "own families", they are far from being comparable to ordinary small countries, which shows the highest level of artillery warfare at this point in time.

At the time of del Rio, it was the Steam Gospel who attacked with the superiority of artillery. Now it was replaced by the West Gate, which attacked Laredo with the advantage of artillery.

The artillery position, which was endless, was ordered at a moment, and in an instant, thousands of cannons rang out in unison, and the ground shook. It was like a rain of iron, a sea of fire, and it was overwhelming.

Compared with the more than 1,000 artillery pieces prepared by the West Gate, the defenders of Laredo only have more than 100 artillery, a huge gap of ten to one, there is no suspense at all, just a round of cannons, the artillery defending the city was dumbed down for most of the time, and the artillery covered for a full hour, almost making the North Laredo on the other side of the Rio Grande turn into a sea of fire, under the cover of artillery fire, the main force of Tawantine began to forcibly cross the river and start street fighting.

The defenders of the Holy See were not mentally prepared for the arrival of the main force of Tawantin, and they were extremely panicked, and they were unable to organize an effective counterattack at all. After a day and a night of fierce fighting, that is, twenty-four hours of Western time, the main force of Tawantine successfully took Laredo with the momentum of a goshawk fighting a rabbit.

Although the Holy See placed a steam legion between del Río and Laredo, it was too late to come to the rescue.

In this way, the southern gate of the San Antonio Mission is already open, and the road from Laredo to San Antonio is a plain that can be defended.

Gong Fu's strategic intent has been halfway realized.

Gong Fu gave the order not to stop, but to go straight to the San Antonio mission.

In the face of the menacing main force of Tavantin, the steam army, which was only a lone army, was unable to rescue Laredo and did not dare to stop it alone, so it had to retreat to San Antonio and join forces with the defenders of San Antonio.

At this time, at the temporary headquarters of the Evangelical Ministry of San Antonio Mission, a furious Milton once again smashed the desk that had just been changed into ashes.

"The 'Cuckoo Bird' has defected! All the information sent is false, and the whole 'Miss Monroe' bears unshirkable responsibility. Milton roared loudly, "What is attacking Del Río, what Monterey and Brownsville personnel are assembled to cover their main movements, they are simply to attack Laredo, and Del Río's side is to cover their main movements!" ”

Alex was very calm: "Lord Milton! I warned you a long time ago, but you can't listen to it, and you insist on going your own way, and it's too late to say anything at this time. ”

Milton glared at Alex and seemed to be about to make a move at the slightest disagreement.

Alex said lightly: "Lord Milton, Lord Cardinal, please come over. ”

Milton's face turned pale in an instant, and his lips trembled.

Just as Robert had predicted, Tawantine's main force was on the outskirts of San Antonio in the blink of an eye. However, Robert was not in San Antonio at this time, and as the deputy commander-in-chief, he was outside Monclois, commanding the main force of the Steam Gospel.

Suddenly learning that Tawantine's main force had crossed the Rio Grande and rushed straight to San Antonio, Robert was not shocked, but had a feeling that a big rock had finally landed. He made an unexpected decision, instead of returning to the division to help, because it was too far to be in time, he chose to storm Moncloix and put all the chips on it.

Now the situation is already obvious, once Moncloix is lost, then the next Monterrey is almost an empty city, as long as Moncloix is taken, even if San Antonio is lost, it is not unacceptable.

It's nothing more than a change of home!

On the other side, Gong Fu's headquarters was less than two hundred miles from the city of San Antonio.

This also means that the old rivals of Gong Fu and Joseph are going to fight again.

Huang Fu Ji was not idle, and before leaving, Gong Fu appointed Huang Fu Ji to personally garrison Moncloix to ensure that Moncloix was not lost, at least until the main force of Tawantin took San Antonio.

When Huang Fu Ji first heard the news, he still couldn't believe it, and after confirming that this was Yinque's resolution, Huang Fu was extremely happy.

I was finally able to go to the battlefield in person.

Look up to the sky and laugh and go out, how can my generation be a Penghao person!

But this has nothing to do with Qi Xuansu, he is still in charge of intelligence. It's just that at this time, the significance of intelligence is no longer great, because the two sides have already shown each other's cards, both know each other's strategic intentions, and have also made their strategic intentions clear, no one can deceive anyone, and the next thing is to see their respective performances.

Robert was already desperate, concentrating three artillery divisions and pressing all the shells on hand at all costs.

The main force of Tawantin once directly beat the artillery of Laredo's defense of the city to dumb fire, at this time it is the same reason, Moncloix side was also beaten dumb by the Holy See, and the main force of the Holy Court broke the outer defense line and wall of Moncloix in a desperate gamble, and entered the city.

Under the extension of artillery fire, Robert unleashed an extremely precious puppet corps, also known as the puppet army.

The most important feature of this legion is that there are no living soldiers, and all soldiers below the officer level are puppets.

At the beginning of the success of the Steam Revolution, a fairy tale was written, in which a carpenter slept and dreamed that a blue apostle gave life to his beloved puppet, Pinocchio, and the puppet began his adventure, which must pass the tests of courage, loyalty, and honesty in order to become a real man.

In the process, the little puppet sells his textbooks because of his greed, gets five gold coins from the kind boss in the puppet show class, and is deceived by the fox and the cat and robbed of the gold coins. Because he stole grapes and became a guard dog, he helped his owner catch weasels and regained his freedom. He also became a donkey because of skipping school, but he eventually returned to the right path and became a real person.

The reality of this story is based on the steam dolls under the development of steam, unlike the puppets in the story, the dolls are made of machinery and given a "steam power core".

Of course, the "Steam Power Core" of ordinary dolls is definitely not comparable to Audrey's "Steam Power Core", just as ordinary "Stone Heart" or Righteous Heart cannot be compared to "Immortal Stone Heart".

However, the advantage is that it can be mass-produced and equipped with a large number of troops.

The legion, composed entirely of puppets, also dressed in the uniforms of the Holy See's army, moved stiffly, but without fear, ignoring death, and marched all over the sky towards Moncloix, engaging in fierce street battles with the defenders of the city.

Robert stood on a high ground and looked out over the battlefield.

"Laredo is lost, San Antonio is in danger, we are blocked in Monclois, and if we don't take Moncloix as soon as possible, then the consequences will be unimaginable." Robert sighed.

The general of the puppet legion was full of confidence: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency, my puppet legion has never been defeated. Nahuatl's proud Tigers and Eagles are no match for us at all, and now these Tigers and Eagles are no longer loyal to Nahuatl but to Tawantine, but their essence will not change, and the end is doomed. We were a generation ahead of them. ”

Robert did not let this determine, as a qualified commander, he has always kept a cool head, but some people within the Holy See have not been able to stay awake, and this has become the current situation.

But even now, there are still some people who are full of confidence and think that they will win. This is a good thing, of course, but it also has some side effects.

Robert was familiar with the military writings of the East, and couldn't help but sigh: "In the Oriental "Six Taos", it is said that do not underestimate the enemy by taking the three armies as the public, do not take orders as the most important and must die, do not be noble and cheap, do not disobey the public with unique opinions, and do not take arguments as inevitable. This method means that the main body of strategy cannot despise the enemy because of its large army and strong strength. But it seems to me that we have made all these mistakes that we should not make. We underestimated Tawantin from the beginning. ”

The general of the puppet legion was still unimpressed: "Your Excellency, Commander! I also respond to Your Excellency with the words of the Orientals, don't grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige. From the day I took over the puppet legion, I became one with my puppet legion. Anyway, I'm full of confidence, and the advantage is mine! ”