The Sun Never Sets In Spain

There were three people on the trip, but Alfonso was the only one in the carriage on the return journey.

Needless to say, Garcia is a general, and certainly cannot leave the army for too long.

And Adolf returned to his artillery company to continue his service.

That's right, the artillery company. Alfonso was walking around the barracks just now, but he didn't see more than 10 artillery pieces. This brigade was actually the artillery brigade on Garcia's mouth.

Alfonso felt a little angry and helpless when he thought of this.

According to Garcia, the original Spanish infantry division had been underpaid for military expenses, and the artillery did not reach the predetermined share.

After the artillery was allocated to the newly formed "Barcelona" division and the "Tarragona" division of the two infantry divisions, the artillery brigade had no guns.

They urgently purchased a batch of the latest "Napoleonic cannons" from France, namely the M1857 12-pounder field guns, which were hit by Prussian Krupp steel cannons during the Franco-Prussian War a year later.

If they could buy it, it would be okay. The problem was that after they got the first batch of cannons, there was still a problem with the supply of the latter.

The reason still lies in the issue of law popularization. Nowadays, law popularization is desperately searching for arms to arm itself, and foreign orders have to be slowed down appropriately.

Originally, it was just slow, the French are still more contractual.

But the French Minister of War Marshal Neil is trying to establish a mobilization mechanism similar to Prussia, injecting a little fresh blood into France's poor reserve manpower.

He is forming "Mobile Guards" all over France, with an estimated size of 400,000.

The formation of the guard must have weapons, and Catalan artillery will be given priority to supply the country...

As for when the order can continue to be completed-wait for France to kill Prussia.

Because they have already paid the deposit, Garcia and the others are really waiting eagerly, waiting for the day that France wins...

Alfonso is very speechless about this. Although after the end of the Franco-Prussian War in two years, a large number of artillery that has retreated from the battlefield will enter the market cheaply, but Catalonia obviously cannot wait that long.

He was going to talk to Campos about this later.

In a blink of an eye, the Governor's Mansion arrived, and it was already evening.

Knock on the door and enter, Campos is working at the desk behind the desk.

"Is Minister Enrique gone?" Alfonso saw that the governor was the only one in the office.

Campos nodded: "Well, I have already talked to him, Your Highness, Enrique is still very supportive of you-anyone with a discerning eye can see that you will be an outstanding king."

"The Minister of Finance is a good man, I know..." Alfonso smiled slightly: "I'm here to talk to you about some of the issues that I see."

"Of course, of course, it's dinner time, how about let's have a few pieces of bread and have a chat while eating?" Campos replied.

After Alfonso agreed, he rang the bell, and soon his assistant sent a few servings of jam, bread and milk-these things seem to be what the governor usually eats.

Seeing Alfonso eating it with relish, Campos couldn't help feeling that he had met the Lord, at least not as corrupt and picky as other nobles.

The two simply filled their stomachs, and Campos put his hands flat, in a manner of listening, ready to hear what the prince has to say.

Although Alfonso is only 12 years old, given that he is not inferior to an adult male's height and his past deeds, not even the elders would treat him as a child.

"The problem with the army, you know... the artillery brigade doesn't have guns, and the infantry divisions are not full of guns. I haven't visited the cavalry regiment yet. I don't know if there are horses."

Alfonso came up and talked about the most important issue, how to fight with others like this.

"Oh, this, because there was no war plan before, so the armament was not particularly important, but now it is indeed time to find a solution.

In addition, the cavalry regiment has horses. There are a lot of horses. Don't worry..." Campos frowned and thought of this problem. It was indeed difficult to solve.

"The French broke the contract first. We can naturally buy guns from other countries. How about Armstrong guns?" Alfonso put forward his own plan.

The Krupp cannon is naturally the best solution, but now it is impossible to buy in this situation. It can only be second best. The British Armstrong cannon is also a well-known and well-known cannon.

"It's very good, but the patent right of this gun is in the hands of the British government. It is not only quite expensive but also forbidden to export... Will they sell it?" Campos was a little worried.

"It will sell, Governor, your information should be updated. The UK stopped making Armstrong rear-mounted cannons four years ago. They are now more inclined to front-mounted cannons." Alfonso was confident:

"I have a friend in the UK, he is in the middle of the contact, we should be able to import a batch of old goods seven or eight years ago at the right price...

Although there are laws restricting exports, the British government will not prevent them. For them, the Bourbon royal family is a better acquaintance to deal with, and is currently the weakest of the three parties. "

Campos was overjoyed, with a cannon in his hand to speak: "Then I will trouble you with this, what else?"

"I hope to talk back to Minister Fidel on agricultural issues. As far as I know, you are also from the military, so I won't talk about it with you."

Alfonso talked about the current military system: "You see, even the powerful France is learning from Prussia, and we have to establish a multi-level reserve service system.

Otherwise, once the 36,000 people in our hands have been lighted up, what remains is just a group of civilians waiting to die, and we must find a way to mobilize them. "

This is currently one of the deadliest gaps between France and Prussia.

The army of the Second French Empire is highly professional. The seven-year service period and the continuous re-employment system make France hardly have reserve personnel.

When the war came, half of the soldiers in the French army were recruits—serving for between seven and twenty-one years.

In Prussia, through the three-year military service system, all men over the age of 20 are put into the army. After they retire, they will serve in the reserve for another four years and serve as a reserve soldier for another five years.

This allows Prussia to mobilize at different levels depending on the situation. If necessary, adult males in the entire country will be a reserve force and have received basic military training.

Campos was shocked: "You think the French professional soldiers can't beat the army of Prussian lawyers and ophthalmologists!"

When Alfonso heard this, he knew he was a professional military supremacist again.

If it was someone else, he didn't bother to care about him, but Governor Campos was the one he had to persuade.

He patiently said: "The establishment of a short-term military service system is the general trend. History has proved that whoever can give full play to the strength of the people can win.

Napoleon was the vanguard of his era, so France has been fighting to Moscow, and the vanguard of this era is Prussia, we must learn from him.

The two of us are our own, so I told you directly that France will definitely be beaten, so don't tell anyone.

It’s best to establish this system early. After Spain is integrated, there will be greater resistance..."