Fox of France

General Franco looked at the opposite position from a distance, because the commanding heights were all under the control of the opponent, he could not see the whole picture of the "rebel" position on the opposite side, but what he saw was already very impressive. Depressed.

"Whether it is a gold-plated shield, a gold-plated shield, or even a brass shield, we still have to fight to find out." General Franco thought. But now is definitely not the time to attack. First of all, everyone has been marching hard all the way, so we must let everyone take a break first, right?

So Franco arranged for the army to camp and rest first, and he brought a team of cavalry out again to observe in front of the fortifications of the "rebels". backed away.

Back in the barracks, Franco called a few officers over, studied it carefully, and then called a few officers over, studied it, and determined the next day's battle plan.

Early the next morning, the Spanish expeditionary force began a tentative attack on the defensive positions of the "rebels".

The first was bombardment. The expedition had thirty muzzle-loading guns and more than two dozen bronze six-pounders brought from Veracruz. The ping-ping fight was quite lively.

After two hours of intermittent artillery fire, the infantry of the Spanish Expeditionary Force began to advance in skirmish formation.

The first thing they have to face is the minefields. Before the Spanish Expeditionary Force set off, the French had sold them rocket mine-sweeping equipment. However, after research, the Spaniards determined that rocket minesweeping equipment can only be used in fortified battles, to be precise, only when attacking the "Joseph Defense".

The Spaniards knew that there must be landmines on the side of the "rebels"-after all, landmines are also common commodities in Louisiana weapon stores. It's even so common that if you go into any weapons store, you can easily find a large number of wild boar herd dispersers with the words "this faces the pig" printed on it. However, the Spaniards felt that the way the "rebels" used landmines must be Irish. Not "Joseph defense" type. After all, in their view, "rebels" or something, how dare they confront the regular army of the Kingdom of Spain uprightly? Although the Spanish Army is already a popular army in Europe, but if we can't beat the French, can't we beat you mudbloods?

In addition, the asking price of the French is a bit too high, isn't it just a rocket with a hose stuffed with explosives pulled from the back? It's such an expensive price! Calculated, a set of such things can be worth more than twenty conscripts. In this case, it is better to use artificial intelligence to solve the problem, which is cheaper. What's more, with the Spaniards, there is something cheaper than mobilizing soldiers

So the Spaniards rejected the French's sales. However, it turns out that when the French sell you some weapons, don't feel that you can't use it, because even if you really can't use it under normal circumstances , but if you don't buy it, there will definitely be abnormal situations that make you have to use it.

Since there is no rocket mine clearance equipment, it is natural to have to manually clear mines. Well, if it was the British, it would be to let the mercenaries rush forward. Of course, the British would secretly remove the sign of the minefield beforehand, or tell people that the minefield had already been cleared; if it was the Prussians, um , then let the mobilized soldiers charge directly. As for the Spaniards, when they set off from Veracruz, they conscripted a group of black slaves to carry supplies...

So after losing a group of black slaves, General Franco immediately made the first basic judgment based on the density of mines on the minefield: the position in front of him is definitely a gold-plated shield, if not a gold shield. up.

"Damn French, make money at both ends!" At this time, the Spaniards already knew about the Louisiana Development Bank lending money to the "Government of the Mexican Republic". No doubt, those rebels got money from the French, and then bought French weapons to fight against the king. Considering that the soldiers on my side also have French weapons in their hands-these French people are getting more and more depraved and shameless.

"I never heard that the Bonaparte family has Jewish blood. How did they make them more Jewish than the Jews!" General Franco couldn't help complaining.

Now that it was confirmed, the position in front of him was by no means a ostentatious "brass shield", so the first attack plan of quick attack was naturally rejected. Although Spanish soldiers are also worthless, if they are on the European continent, they will die if they die, no big deal. But not here, because the shipping cost to get them here from Europe is not cheap. With the addition of these shipping costs, these Spanish soldiers became much more valuable, and it became no longer easy to let them die. There is a proverb in a large oriental country, which is called "things are more expensive when they are away from their homeland, and people are less expensive when they are away from their homeland."

Since the first plan of rushing is not feasible, then the only option is to use the second plan, which is to eat slowly.

"Stupid rebels, do you think the 'Joseph Defense' is so useful? I'm afraid you don't understand why the 'Joseph Defense' is also called the 'Golden Shield' in Europe. That's because, with this method of combat , is throwing money at people!" General Franco thought, "Of course, there are only two ways to attack the 'Joseph Defense', either by throwing money or by throwing lives. But in any case, whether it is more than throwing money or Compared with smashing people, can't Spain beat the rebels?"

To weaken the lethality of the "Joseph Defense", the most common method is to dig tunnels. That is to rely on digging trenches, digging all the way into the opponent's trenches, and then close-range hand-to-hand combat to resolve the battle.

This is time-consuming, and when the trenches of the two sides are close to each other, the "Bonaparte Little Melon" will cause a lot of damage to both sides. However, General Franco felt that he should be able to gain an advantage in this "little melon battle" because they copied the "little melon launcher". Among those who buy "Bonaparte melons" for civilian purposes, very few people would be willing to buy this kind of gun, which can significantly increase the throw distance of the "bonaparte melons", but it will also greatly reduce the accuracy of the "bonaparte melons". s things.

In the following time, the battlefield temporarily calmed down. The Spaniards are digging, and the Mexicans are preparing. Because the blacks suffered too much loss before this, the soldiers had to do the digging themselves. However, Mexico City was on a plateau, and although the altitude was not particularly high, it was still more than 2,000 meters above sea level. Under normal circumstances, the impact of such an altitude is actually not too great, but once heavy physical labor is performed, those who come from low-altitude areas will immediately feel extremely tired. As a result, the efficiency of excavation also plummeted. Until dark, the tunnels dug by the Spaniards were still a long way from the trenches of the Mexicans.

At night, the Spaniards did not dare to light torches and dig overnight. Because the visibility is poor at night, the rebels may sneak over and throw "little melons" in brightly lit places. Therefore, they withdrew to their camp and continued digging after dawn tomorrow.

On the second day, when the Spaniards carried their hoes and shovels and moved forward along the trench dug on the first day, ready to continue digging forward, there was a sudden explosion of landmines in the trench—last night, the Mexicans secretly sneaked in and planted mines in the trenches.

So a whole half a day was wasted on demining again. So when it was getting dark again, the distance between the two parties was still not close enough to express condolences with "little melons".

This time, the Spaniards learned their lesson. Before returning to the camp, they planted a lot of mines in the trenches themselves. Then at night they heard constant explosions from the trench...

After two days of such fuss. At noon on the third day, the two sides finally got close enough to greet each other with "little melons". It was the Mexicans who were the first to attack with the melons, which also shows that the Spaniards are not the only ones with melon launchers.

After throwing the "little melons" around for a while, under the cover of the explosion smoke, the Spaniards jumped out of the trench and rushed towards the trench of the Mexicans who were close at hand. The Mexicans immediately detonated the "face pig" erected in front of the trench , a guy knocked down a large row of Spaniards, but more Spaniards rushed in.

"Steady!" General Franco, who was watching the battle with a binoculars behind him, said to himself, "Rush up!"

From General Franco's point of view, the rebels were a mob. How could these guys resist the king's division in close quarters combat, which required courage and organization most? If they can really hold up, I'll eat the telescope for you to see!

However, in a blink of an eye, he saw that the king of Spain ran out of the trenches of the rebels and ran back desperately, while the rebels were chasing after him, pointing at the fleeing Spain with a short gun. The soldiers of the Wang division fired, and almost every time they fired, some soldiers of the Wang division were knocked down to the ground.

"Damn the French, it's trench guns! They, they sold trench guns to those rebels!" General Franco's face was livid.

Like rocket minesweeping equipment, the French also recommended their "trench guns" to the Spaniards. The Spaniards also felt that the price of this item was too expensive, and they would not encounter trench warfare here. This item was of little use, so they did not buy it. Now it seems that as long as the French sell you something, whether it is useful or not, you must buy it!