The Sun Never Sets In Spain

The war in this era usually does not end soon, and the two sides will be separated by several kilometers or ten kilometers, and politely shelled for a period of time.

Then pull on the battlefield in units of battalions, trying to occupy favorable terrain. An appropriate battle may take several days to dozens of days to complete.

But this is usually the case.

The leaders of Carlos clearly understand the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and us. They have not established a perfect mobilization mechanism. What makes them stronger than Catalonia is that they have more troops and rely on a large number of cavalry, so they are more mobile. powerful.

They spotted this point, knowing that they would not be able to fight hard, they decided to defeat Catalonia in one fell swoop while Catalonia had not carried out a more extensive mobilization.

Therefore, it is the best to come up.

The earth trembled and trembled, and the soldiers standing on the outer wall of the barracks could already vaguely see the shadow of Carlos cavalry jogging in the distance.

Although they have established an initial psychological advantage under the encouragement of the Progressive Guards and each other, few can be indifferent in the face of tens of thousands of hostile cavalry.

In the nervous onlookers of the soldiers of the Second Division, Carlos's army stopped and diverted.

Even though he was prepared to pay huge casualties, the other party did not intend to rush to the front line, so it would not be enough to catch all these tens of thousands of people.

The head of the city burst into noise:

"Why haven't you fired?"

"The shells were eaten by them?"

...

These voices were quickly suppressed by the Progressive Guards and army commanders, but they unmistakably showed the doubts in the soldiers' hearts.

They didn't know that the artillery was also involuntarily, considering that the distance to Carlos's army was still more than 8 kilometers, the officers had not given an order to fire the artillery for a long time.

This distance has initially approached the limit range of Armstrong’s 110-pound heavy artillery, but for these artillerymen who had no shooting experience, no battlefield experience, and no theoretical knowledge, the army chief refused to let them fire them indiscriminately to waste ammunition.

In addition to the artillery, it was obviously not a good idea to send people to harass an army that was dominated by cavalry and was far more numerous, so the cavalry of the 2nd Division did not dispatch.

At this point, Carlos's army was able to diverge calmly, and soon the barracks were almost surrounded.

"Are we doing nothing? Watching them complete the encirclement?" Torah, the deputy commander of the Second Division asked anxiously.

The division commander Assania looked solemnly, and said in a solemn voice: "What else can I do? Can I go out for close combat? Artillery positions can't be moved casually."

The pressure he was under at this time is unimaginable for most people. Carlos's army obviously does not understand the principle of encircling the three deficiencies, or that they understand, but they are disdainful to do it, and are determined to wipe out the second division.

This battle is not only related to his career, but also to the lives of more than 13,000 people in the barracks and the future of Catalonia.

He sat and watched the enemy encircle him. Fortunately, he won. If he fails, he will inevitably go down in the annals of history, and his family honor will be lost.

In fact, if Alfonso were here, he would definitely recommend him to fire a few shots to interfere. Let alone how many effects they have, courage is the most important thing. Didn't you see that some soldiers are about to collapse?

This tranquility before the onset of wind and rain is the most disturbing, as if waiting for the feeling of evil tigers to pounce, it almost penetrates their fragile psychological defense.

After all, many soldiers in the Second Division were still working on the same factory assembly lines more than three months ago, manipulating the several acres of Susukino at home.

Suddenly he was sneak attacked, and he had to fight with enemies who had far more numbers than his own, and they didn't know how many times they scolded Alfonso and the army commander in their hearts.

The Carlos army did not rush to attack after completing the encirclement. They were building simple fortifications while waiting for the follow-up horse-drawn artillery units.

The enemy is busy, and the Second Division is not idle. According to the distribution of encircled troops, they deployed all their artillery, including those in active service and those in warehouses, to their positions.

There are a total of 3 110-pounder guns, 15 20-pounder field guns, 27 12-pounder guns, 20 6-pounder guns, and some howitzers of various calibers.

As these big guys, ranging from several hundred kilograms to several tons, are ready for battle, the soldiers' fear has been dispelled a lot.

They even joked with each other:

"I remember the guy begging at the entrance of the village seemed to have been taken away by Carlos's people. I really hope I won't see him later."

"My former manor was Carlos's person. If he is charging, I will kill him!"

...

The officers noticed this, but they didn't stop it. Whether they were more cheerful, many of them might have seen the sun for the last time.

The sun gradually rose, and Carlos's army moved!

At the forefront are the artillery units, which may have been packaged and sold to Carlos by the United States. Basically, there is everything here in the Civil War.

Numerous Napoleon cannons and Whitworth field guns advanced slowly, obviously preparing to go into range and have another wave of routine confrontations.

But Armstrong’s guns had a much longer range than them. When the opponent had only reached a distance of 6 kilometers, the Artillery of the Second Division fired in the first round.

As the soldiers shouted excitedly and watched expectantly, three heavy guns distributed in two directions roared and opened fire.

Bring out a dull growl and large swaths of smoke.

The cannonball traversed a beautiful curve and landed heavily on the flat ground.

Not a single shot hit the enemy.

But it was not too far away. One of the big solid iron **** with the remaining power of potential energy rolled forward and crushed the calves of two fools who could not dodge.

"Okay!" "Huh!"

Although two calves may not be enough to recover the cost of these three guns, the soldiers still cheered, and the first drop of blood was shed by the enemy!