New Ming Empire mixed in America

The defeat of the forward troops prompted Zaragoza to respond quickly, which was to speed up the digging of traps and deeper trenches.

And another trench was dug in front of the defense line to serve as the first line of defense.

The open space filled with traps between the two trenches became a buffer area.

Of course, due to time constraints, there was no connecting passage between the two trenches for the soldiers to retreat.

The soldiers at the front wanted to withdraw only by passing through those traps with the bullets of the Easterners.

And the soldiers on the first line of defense are all those from the Central Mexican Army mobilized from Mexico City.

He led the armed forces who had participated in the battle with Nasan to defend the second line of defense and the woods between the camp and the line of defense.

For Zaragoza, who wanted to take over Yingtianfu after capturing it, those soldiers who directly obeyed orders from the Mexican government were an obstacle.

Don't think that just because the Mexican government exists, Mexico is a whole. This is simply impossible.

Let’s not talk about the conservatives who tried to split Mexico. Even in later generations, the chaos in Mexico was well known, and the military taking power was commonplace.

Because Zaragoza's reputation increased during the battle with the Nazi army, his being sent to the Xinming Empire this time was the result of discussions between some people in the Mexican government.

The master is so powerful...

However, the offensive of the National Defense Forces continued. Apart from the intrigues among the main force, the rest of the Mexican troops were almost fighting on their own.

These troops who were temporarily recruited together could be made more obedient if they were personally led by Mexican General Juarez.

But now that the nominal commander is Zaragoza, don't even think about making these guys with the same military rank as the commander obey.

Warlord is talking about the current situation in Mexico. Of course, Li Mingqi is also a warlord in the eyes of some Westerners, but he is just stronger.

It is not enough for Tsarist Russia to recognize the Xinming Empire as a country unless Li Mingqi can get personal recognition from Dai Ying or Na San.

Otherwise, the Western media will continue to call him an executioner or a butcher, and those who despise him as a warlord will still not change their views.

The National Defense Forces successfully eliminated these Mexican armies fighting each other one by one, but they encountered some difficulties when they encountered the well-prepared defenders led by Zaragoza.

The guy who pretended to be in charge of logistics for his own benefit actually left most of the artillery in the hands of his own troops.

This is also the reason why the National Defense Forces have been so unstoppable along the way.

He also set up artillery positions in the woods. It was really difficult to accurately find the artillery positions that were constantly changing through the vast woods.

What's more, the Mexican soldiers here are no longer the Mexican Central Army who have never experienced combat. These are the 'star' troops who withstood the three-point attack.

Therefore, Sun Laifu ordered the forward troops whose attack was frustrated to suspend the attack and wait for the arrival of follow-up support troops.

Except for the first attack, when Sun Laifu personally commanded the front line, Sun Laifu was not on the front line in the remaining attacks.

Now, in addition to dealing with the Mexicans, he also has to set up defenses outside Yingtian Mansion.

Not all the United Route Army troops who came with the British Expedition Fleet were wiped out at sea.

Many troopships ran away when the melee started.

Because the British fleet in the melee failed to take care of the logistics fleet, many transport ships were sunk, causing the remaining transport ships to flee in all directions.

Some troop transport ships are also among them, and no one knows where those troop transport ships will land.

The armored gunboats wandering along the coastline near the battlefield did not find these ships at all.

That's why Sun Laifu was so cautiously prepared for the sudden appearance of these United Route Army troops.

At this time, Song He was also looking for the whereabouts of those transport ships. Not only the transport ships, but also the remaining battleships of the expedition fleet had disappeared.

After the second successful raid on the flagship of the British Expedition Fleet, Song He returned to the military port on the Baja California Peninsula with the captured warship.

Just towing the Black Prince cost Song He a lot of time.

The rest of the warships were no longer in such trouble. The damaged wooden warships were towed by the warships of their original comrades and sailed into the naval port honestly under the gunfire of the Song He fleet.

The naval soldiers who led the British expeditionary fleet were disarmed and imprisoned.

Li Mingqi would not do anything to show his elegance and civilization by letting the enemy's navy stay on his warships.

Prussia's "Operation Rainbow" made Li Mingqi deeply understand the consequences of letting the enemy's surrendered navy stay on his own battleships.

Therefore, Song He was directly ordered to imprison those naval soldiers together, waiting for the final verdict.

But what Li Mingqi didn't expect was the Nasan battleship that raised a white flag and quit the battle at the beginning of the melee.

The captain of this battleship believed that flying the white flag meant that he was captured. So he stayed in place after the war and was not 'escorted' back to the military port by an armored gunboat until the next day.

This kind of brain circuit makes Li Mingqi simply unimaginable. If it were him, he would definitely sneak away before it gets dark.

It was precisely because of this incident that the captain of the third battleship and the navy soldiers on the warship received some preferential treatment. They were agreed to keep their personal belongings except weapons.

As for the observers from various countries who wanted to follow the captured warships to the military port the next day, everyone knew their purpose.

In the name of preventing the Xin Ming Empire from mistreating prisoners, they all wanted to explore the navy's military port.

So for such a request, Song He directly agreed with a wave of his hand.

As a result, the Xinming Empire acquired six more captured merchant ships.

"Didn't you say you wanted to observe the lives of the captives? Isn't it okay for you to live and eat with them now?"

Facing the observers who came to protest, Song He was unmoved and directly gave the above answer.

It's such a bad habit. It's already the limit for them to watch the naval battle from the side. Now they want to push it even further. Do they really think that the Xinming Empire is easy to bully?

Why didn't they ask Dai Ying and Na San or Tsarist Russia to go to the military port for observation?

Although the prisoners were well arranged, the escape of the Dutch and Argentine navies also made Song He frown a little.

Originally, Song He did not pay attention to these stragglers, but these warships sank two armored gunboats while escaping, which made Song He angry.

The whereabouts of the Daiying battleship happened to be lost, so these guys who were still in the reconnaissance sight of the armored gunboat became Song He's next target.

The Mexican port closest to the battlefield was under martial law at this time, and only two British warships were stationed here that were seriously damaged and could not sail far.

What's left is that the Dutch and Argentinian warships that escaped are still here.

The naval officers of the Netherlands and Argentina were very dissatisfied with the British fleet's move to leave them and evacuate alone.

In addition, after hearing the news that the British fleet had evacuated to other ports before they arrived at this port, they became even more angry.

Although nothing could be blamed on the surface, in private it was not uncommon to ridicule and exclude the soldiers left behind by the two British warships.

At this time, six days had passed since the naval battle, and these people also received news that Daiying's flagship had been captured.

Along with this news came the sad news that Song He's fleet was not far from this port.