The Sun Never Sets In Spain

The Regent Empress Eugenie first communicated with the emperor Nasan on the front line, and then held a meeting with high-level government officials, and finally told Spain that France could not lend them ships for the time being.

Replied to the letter, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs, Grammon, spoke earnestly about his own difficulties. The French forces are already stretched. Once Italy is angered, the southern line of defense may be in a hurry, which will have a chain reaction to the entire war.

Finally, he also suggested that Spain go to the Austro-Hungarian Empire to borrow its navy. The Austro-Hungarian navy is not very strong, but it is enough to profoundly change the power balance between the two countries.

After receiving the reply, Alfonso laughed blankly. Can the Navy borrow this thing casually? I borrowed it from you because we are a quasi-alliance.

This France really just wants to take advantage, and doesn't want to be a model of obligation... But if you can't borrow it, you can't borrow it. The French Navy is just icing on the cake. It doesn't matter if it doesn't.

At the same time that Alfonso received Eugenie's reply, Cialdini launched the first wave of attacks outside of Rome.

The artillery used by the Italian army is also the Napoleon bronze cannon. This cannon can be said to be a perfect balance of cost, craftsmanship and power. At this stage, only strong and rich countries such as Britain and Prussia have the motivation to develop their own artillery. The age of bronze cannons is possible. Only after the end of the Franco-Prussian War can it pass.

The conventional field guns of both sides have the same range, but Spain still has a slight advantage in artillery battles because of the mixing of some Armstrong guns.

But this advantage is extremely weak, because the two sides are shooting across the city wall, and they can't see the other side's position.

Even if there are reports from other soldiers, the accuracy is erratic. In the face of the Italian army arranging in a skirmish line to act cautiously, the damage it can cause is extremely limited.

The damage to Italy is extremely limited, but there is no damage to Spain.

In order to reduce casualties, the Italian army was always stuck at the edge of the range and fired. This distance was destined to be incapable of hitting the howitzer. They could only use field guns to shoot at low elevation angles. Due to the angle problem, all the shells either fell in front of the city wall. On the ground, it is either worthy of hitting the city wall, or in short, it can't hit the Spaniard.

The artillery shooting stage looked lively, but there were few casualties.

But this stage passed very quickly, because the city wall had been blown apart.

The modern city wall is really useless. The once strong stone city wall is now resistant to at most 1-2 shells and it will be broken.

In just two hours, at least three huge gaps for the passage of the army were created.

Cialdini was very excited to see this situation, everything is going according to plan, Rome is already in his pocket!

Conqueror of Rome! He saw his future!

However, the happy time is always so short. He is about to issue an order to charge, but the messenger brings Garibaldi's warning.

"Ha, don't charge, be careful of ambushes, Spanish machine gun." Cialdini sneered at this. Did he not know that there was an ambush behind the city wall?

However, the ambush is also made up of people. How much firepower can the opponent deploy in a small position. As long as the continuous influx of soldiers, the opponent will sooner or later fail to maintain the firepower. Once a gap appears, the opponent's line of defense will be immediately destroyed.

With the speed of rifle replacement in this era, this gap will come very quickly.

As for the machine gun Garibaldi said, they had studied it a long time ago. The rate of fire is very fast, but it will jam after a few turns, which is not to be feared.

The number is absolute! Cialdini firmly believes this.

Walking out of the command post, he did not forget to take a binoculars and glance at the volunteers' positions-nothing happened.

There was even more ridicule in his heart. Garibaldi might have been very strong, but he was old and lost his spirit. He couldn't beat Rome for a few years.

Now he shrinks and is afraid of casualties. Yes, the casualties of active charging are definitely not small, but so what, as long as they win, no one except history lovers will compare battle losses.

"The order continues. After 10 minutes, the charge will start as planned, and the artillery will cover." Cialdini ignored the warning and gave the order vigorously.

On the Rome side, seeing the Italian army moving, they moved too.

"Quickly, check the bullet and confirm the angle!" "Apply grease, grease!"

Such shouts in the army are endless.

If there are modern people here, they must be able to tell at a glance that this is a classic crossfire shooting tactic.

Each gap is surrounded by dozens of machine guns, aiming at the same plane.

And sandbags were placed around the machine guns as a cover, and a large number of engineers were moving them higher and higher, and soon they passed Gatling's two large wheels, only the barrels were exposed.

These sandbags are powerless in the face of artillery, but the charging infantry will have nothing to do with them.

The sandbag will of course limit the machine gunner’s field of vision, but it does not require the field of vision, nor does it need to aim, just shake the handle accurately.

This was one of Primm's pre-determined plans, but it really came in handy.

In fact, Italy only needs to continue its shelling for a period of time to increase or expand the gap. Although it will also be hit back, at least it does not have to face such intensive firepower.

It is a pity that they are not patient enough.

In addition to the machine guns, there are many grenadiers around the gap to supplement firepower, in order to trap Italy in the first time.

As long as the opponent loses his composure, the battle will turn into a slaughter.

Primm came to the front and watched all this on the spot:

"I always feel that there are still shortcomings..."

He pondered hard: "What are the shortcomings... if you want the other party to not fight back, it's best to keep them invisible."

Imagine that in the darkness, the surrounding companions fall down one after another, and you don't even know where the enemy is, let alone effective counterattack...

However, Prim had only one imagination and didn't know how to realize it.

If he tells Alfonso his idea, Alfonso will definitely tell him that smoke bombs can meet this need.

Then...then there was no more. The smoke bombs didn't appear until World War I. Alfonso didn't know how to do it, so he could only submit this demand to the research institute.

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Ten minutes passed before the Italian soldiers rushed towards the gap in a loose formation.

The face of the soldier rushing to the front was full of entanglement and fear, and fools knew that there were countless enemies inside.

I don't know if this charge will succeed, they must be dead.

They wanted to keep a safe distance and shoot instead of rushing up like a reckless man, but the military order is here, no matter how reluctant they are, they can only bite the bullet.

Although Italy does not have a Progressive Guard and cannot control the disintegration of the army, there is no problem in shooting a few disobedient soldiers before the battle.