The Sun Never Sets In Spain

In the depths of the Lleida barracks, Assania, who was ready to be captured, suddenly found that the enemy had stopped charging.

The Carlos army, which was originally the attacker, retreated very quickly, and in just a few minutes, only the sound of cover artillery was left.

The soldiers of the Second Division looked at each other, not knowing what to do now.

Assania was stunned for a moment and then reacted. He forcibly resisted the ecstasy in his heart and said loudly: "Don't chase, stay alert!"

After sending someone to stare at the actions of Carlos's army and confirm that it was really withdrawing, he suddenly relaxed: "We won! We won!"

...

Soon, news of the Battle of Lleida spread throughout Europe, and other countries were still confirming and writing articles, and France directly published it on the headlines of many newspapers.

Although whoever became the king of Spain did not have much influence on the French people, they still rejoiced in Alfonso's victory.

The young and good-looking "French" prince played a standard prince's revenge in a foreign country, which is just right on the romantic sentiment and national pride of the French.

Take Sandu directly to telegraph over, saying that he will personally attend his enthronement ceremony when that time comes.

It's no wonder they are so optimistic, it's really that they fought a bit beautifully.

The specific casualties of the battle are still being counted, but it is preliminary estimated that a Catalan soldier replaced at least three Carlos soldiers.

The civil war in the same country is not a colonial war. There is such an exaggerated war loss ratio. I believe that every detail of this battle will be carefully observed and analyzed with a magnifying glass.

"Your Majesty, the loss of Carlos's army needs further confirmation, but our casualties are already there.

Of the 13,455 people, 6,107 were dead and 1,436 were missing. Basically, all of them were injured. Nearly 1,000 were seriously injured. "Garcia reports to Alfonso.

After Paris took the throne, these subordinates' names for him also quietly changed.

"The death rate is more than 50%..." Alfonso was shocked by this number. As for what went missing, just listen. Most missing on the battlefield are dead.

He solemnly said: "To properly do the post-war work, we must follow the pre-determined standard. The pension of 1,500 pesetas for each soldier killed in battle must be guaranteed to be paid to their relatives.

For ten years in the future, 10 pesetas of condolences every month, we must also do a good job of supervision and management. "

This pension is not ridiculously high, but it is also a pretty good figure in major countries. Each soldier killed in battle will cost at least 104 pounds, and officers will only be higher.

This alone will cost close to £1 million, and even if it does not need to be paid all at once, it will still be a heavy burden on the national finances.

There is no way. Many of the people who died in the Second Division were short-term service soldiers. They were sacrificed after only more than three months of training. If the salary is not improved, there will be resistance to military service later, especially into a full-scale civil war. This is even more so afterwards.

Compulsory conscription against the will of the people is not unacceptable, but the soldiers recruited in this way will not only be demoralized, but will also shake the foundation of his rule, and the wave of Catalan independence has only subsided soon.

"Yes." Campos nodded to the side, clearly understanding the importance of this matter. The first wave of pensions was only a few hundred thousand pounds, and it was not too difficult for Catalonia to get it together.

Garcia was very satisfied with this. He also said good news: "We have negotiated with the United States some time ago about the introduction of the machine gun production line. Fortunately, it has already been shipped, otherwise the United States might break the contract."

Alfonso and Campos smiled when they heard this. This time the machine guns are showing their talents in Lleida. The rest of Europe will definitely seize the time to install them. At the worst, they will purchase a batch of them on a trial basis, and deal with them before their own machine guns are developed. write.

This wave of turmoil in the United States eats big heads, but Catalonia has a production line and can still take a bite of soup.

Campos took a sip of his coffee. Today he is in a good mood. He just needs to win the war. It is not a problem for qualified politicians to die thousands of people.

He smiled and said: "The American ambassador just called for me. Most of them want us to sign the export ban agreement. I don't care about him. Without us, no one cares about their machine guns..."

Campos is right. Although Gatlin was born during the Civil War, it is one of the heavier logistics pressures, and the other is that it requires rigorous training and excellent psychological quality for the shooter, otherwise it will easily get stuck. In the past Not taken seriously at all.

It was in the hands of the standing army trained day and night in Catalonia that they burst out of power that attracted the attention of the world.

"Of course this kind of agreement cannot be signed, and their temptations are ignored." Alfonso affirmed this approach and turned to ask about the army: "How long will it take to mobilize?"

Campos and Garcia glanced at each other, and both laughed bitterly: "There are too many things in a short period of time. It is necessary to coordinate production, replenish soldiers, and repair roads... The mobilization has been slightly affected.

The actual mobilization is about a week later, when we will have 65,000 field troops. "

After all the mobilization in a week, Prussia was ashamed, and it shouldn't be so embarrassing.

But it can’t be calculated, because Catalonia is a “small country”, the smaller the country, the faster the mobilization, and the week’s time is indeed not satisfactory.

Considering that Catalonia has no war experience and no **** tradition, Alfonso still reluctantly accepted it.

"One week is one week. There shouldn't be much battle to fight for a while."

He looked at the Spanish map hung on the wall and thought for a while: "Send troops to take down eastern Aragon and northern Valencia, and leave the rest alone for the time being."

Facing the surprised eyes of the two, he explained:

"The northern inland is already relatively poor, let alone being ransacked by Carlos. It is better to take the rich areas along the Mediterranean coast first. Aragon is only taken for strategic depth.

Not to mention the fact that our current army simply can't hold too much territory. "

The two reluctantly accepted this statement, although it was not in line with their ideas.