The Sun Never Sets In Spain

On September 18, the Carlos army, who had withdrawn from Lleida, supported Aragon and exchanged fire with the local government forces.

However, the Central Army and the Northern Army, which had just experienced a great battle, lacked troops, artillery, men, and even bullets. A large-scale rout occurred within 9 hours of fighting.

Then the government forces took the western part of Aragon, and the first division that came to support before took the eastern part of Aragon under the instruction of Alfonso, and the two sides faced off across the river.

Because government forces and Carlos wasted time in the exchange of fire, Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon, was controlled by Catalonia.

At that time, the total number of the First Division was less than 10,000, and it lacked heavy equipment, while the number of government troops on the opposite side exceeded 40,000. The situation was very dangerous.

But until now, Catalonia is still an autonomous region. It did not deny the Primm government, and the two sides did not enter a state of war. Therefore, the government forces did not launch an offensive in the end and acquiesced in this result.

The Catalan executives were overjoyed. It is great to control Zaragoza without fighting. This means that they control more than 1 billion tons of coal resources in the entire central and eastern Aragon, accounting for more than 1/6 of Spain's total coal reserves.

Although mostly lignite and bituminous coal are of low quality, they can still inject strong impetus into Catalonia's industrial production.

As for the operation in Valencia, it was not so smooth. The local Carlos army only occupied the north. Now it is separated from the large troops in the northern provinces. .

Without the delay of the war, the government forces grabbed the territory extremely quickly, and soon took over most of Valencia, including the "Pearl of the Mediterranean", the city of Valencia.

In the end, the territory of Catalonia only extended a small distance downwards.

On the other side, Carlos' army suffered two consecutive major failures under the command of Manuel. The faction insiders were impeached one after another, and Carlos also relieved his military power along the way.

Later, he delivered a speech in Basque, expressing that he would personally take the post of commander-in-chief of the army, with the rank of marshal, and lead the Spanish people to eliminate the Primm pseudo-regime.

But his rhetoric was soon thrown into the mud by Prim, and he stomped on both feet severely.

In the following week, Marshal Carlos and Marshal Primm started several clashes in La Rioja, Basque Country, Navarre and other regions, all of which ended in Carlos's disastrous defeat.

In fact, he is not to blame, Carlos does not have a solid turf and a solid financial source, the more the army fights, the less equipment it fights, and the less equipment it fights. In addition, he has never won a war, and his salary is extremely low, and his morale is also very low.

No mutiny is considered the Spanish people respect the monarchy.

After this week of discarding armor and armor, even if you count the untrained militiamen who have just been recruited from the northern provinces, Carlos has less than 30,000 people left.

Obviously, these people were unable to fight in the field. They returned to the tradition of their old predecessors, fought guerrillas in the high mountains of Spain, and continued to bleed the government troops.

Alfonso is happy to see this.

As of September 25, Catalonia's 65,000 people have all been mobilized, and they can fight at any time. Of course, it is good to be able to weaken the opponent before the war.

However, Alfonso never let go of his vision of peaceful reunification. During this period of time, he had a correspondence exchange with Prim, and he could feel the intention of the other party.

He wants to spare some time to communicate again.

He doesn't know if the opponent is delaying time, even if it does not matter. Inspired by the Battle of Lleida, Catalonia is urgently building a grenade production line and supplementing other armament production lines, and is also conducting large-scale national training.

When it comes to war, industrial nations that have entered a state of war readiness will only become stronger and stronger, so his current attitude is very tolerant and sincere.

Madrid,

Primm, who had just won a few consecutive victories, returned to the capital triumphantly.

In the past few days, the war has returned to the war, and he and Alfonso have never stopped communicating.

If you want him to say, Carlos’s level is far worse than the marshal who has been governor-general, commanded the Anglo-French-Spain military expedition to Mexico, and made two anti-rebels (and failed once before). Far.

Not to mention that the government has more soldiers, stronger soldiers, better equipment, and more available public opinion. It is simply an all-round crush.

The two sides fought against each other several times. Instead, the government's equipment increased, and the number of artillery and horses was higher than the pre-war level.

If he hadn't had more important things to do, Carlos's guerrilla warfare without popular support would be unsustainable and would have to start exile within a few days.

"I have talked with His Majesty Alfonso. He is willing to publicly pardon us. He will let me continue to be a marshal and let you be a member of the cabinet. The Minister of Finance, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Industry and Trade, etc. are at your disposal." Primm Persuaded.

Francisco was a little angry and drank: "This is starting to be called Your Majesty? He promised so much that he was afraid. We will have nothing in a short time. Over time, even if we don't exile us, it will be me to reduce power. unacceptable.

We are almost in control of the whole country, and we are fighting against a corner of Catalonia with the power of a country. We are sure to win. Wouldn't it be good to find a monarch with no power in the future to establish a constitutional monarchy? "

Seeing the other party's excited look and strong words, Primm was a little dazed. Isn't he afraid of my army? It's so horizontal now.

At this point, Primm didn't want to talk to the other party any more, and said directly: "I'm sorry, I want to lead Spain on the right path." After speaking, he was ready to walk out of the room.

Unexpectedly, Francisco sneered: "You went out to fight this week when I didn't do anything?

You are like surrendering the fruits of victory, but I am not the only one who is unhappy! "

Francisco clapped his hands and immediately rushed into a group of guards to control Primm, including two guards who had been with him for nearly five years.

There was still blood on their knives, apparently they had just killed the other 4 colleagues.

Primm was so frightened that he couldn't even speak for a while.

Francisco was very comfortable. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to you. Give me a few days to hand over the army and I will naturally let you go."

Primm hadn't seen any big winds and waves, so he calmed down in a blink of an eye: "My adjutant will definitely rush in if I haven't seen him for a long time. Can your guards beat an army of 100,000?"

"It's not difficult to find an excuse to delay for a few days." Francisco said lightly: "You can do your own thing, no one can't do it."