Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2511 Yamen ([-])

On May 1704, 5, an army marched through the mountains.

This section of the road is very dangerous, and the Granada Legion has worked hard for fear of being attacked.This is not a fuss. In fact, many scouts have been lost in the wild in the past two days. My heart sank to the bottom.

The only question now is, where is the main force on the east coast?How far is it from here?

Carol is heartbroken over the loss of the Scout.These people are the elite selected from the thousands of armies, with tenacious will and excellent riding skills.Their combat skills are also very good. They are equipped with all kinds of equipment, including pistols, rifles (rifled guns), and knives. It is not easy to cultivate one.

Of course this is also normal.Scouts are the eyes of the army, and their importance cannot be overstated.Therefore, basically every major military power will spend a lot of money to train such top military talents, usually selected from hunters, supplemented by rigorous training, and finally assigned to various ministries for battlefield reconnaissance.

Therefore, the outpost of a battle is often a scout battle, because they will go out a few days away from the main force to scout and look out for the enemy's situation.When the scouts from both sides met together in the wild, the battle was very bloody and cruel, and when the scouts from one side were massacred and suppressed, it basically meant that they had problems obtaining information on the battlefield.What's more serious, the battlefield is one-way transparent to the enemy, and death is not far away.In history, when Song Liao and Song Jin confronted each other, they suffered repeatedly in this regard, because their scouts were massacred by the enemy, and the general had limited access to information, leading to wrong decisions.What's more, when the enemy's main force moved very close, they didn't know it, and their fate would not be much better.

The scouts of the East Coast people are undoubtedly very elite. They have been trained for many years, are well-equipped, and have a strong will. They are also one of the few soldiers in the First Mixed Regiment who did not come from residents of the capital. They are basically herdsmen recruited from the Southern Cone and Chilean mountains. and hunter.The quality of the scouts of the Granada Legion is naturally not bad, and there are a large number of them. After being released, they soon encountered the people on the east coast. The two sides launched a game of hunting and anti-hunting in the mountains of Granada.

After two days, although the Granada Legion lost a large number of Spanish and French scouts, the scouting platoon of the first mixed regiment also lost a lot of people. After all, in the game of cat and mouse in the wild, hunters can become prey at any time possible.

Knowing the news that the East Bank scouts appeared nearby, but unable to detect further news, this made Carol feel very bad.He was very heartbroken for the loss of the scouts, but he couldn't help it at this time. No matter how heartbroken he was, he would send them out and continue to scout for all kinds of precious information.After all, the scouts are the guarantee of the security of the troops. It is impossible for the Granada Legion to keep marching in battle formation forever, so that they do not need to be attacked by the enemy, and they will collapse after a long time.

"God bless everyone!" Carol made a sign of the cross on his chest, then looked at the dense forests and mountains on both sides, feeling a little heavy.This kind of terrain is more suitable for ambushes. If he is the commander of the East Coast people, he will definitely deploy the main force nearby, and then launch a surprise attack to defeat the enemy.Not now, that can only show that the soldiers on the east bank are less resourceful and resourceless. General Carroll was so happy that he wanted to laugh three times.

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"Quick! Quick! Keep up! The brave wins when we meet on a narrow road, and the main force of the Granada Legion has been captured. We can't let them go this time." About half a day away from the Granada Legion's march, the East Coast Army The [-]st Mixed Regiment was also marching fast.Both sides basically knew of the existence of the other side. The people on the east bank were better and knew the enemy's position and movements. The Spaniards were only vaguely aware of the existence of the army on the east bank, but the specific location was unknown.This line of difference determines many things!

"After this battle, the whole of southern Spain will be settled. Everyone is a man, a good man, don't miss the opportunity to make contributions." While marching, the junior officers encouraged the surrounding soldiers and mobilized on the battlefield.

Indeed, the Granada Legion was the only field mobile force in southern Spain.After defeating this force, the Spaniards everywhere can only stick to it, in other words, they will be passively beaten, and cannot stop the field troops of the East Coasters from driving straight in.People from the east bank march in the field, they can only watch; people from the east bank build military stations in the field, they can only watch; people from the east bank attack a certain strategic point, they still can only watch.What is passive?This is called passive!Passive to the end, that is, the remaining forces can't even defend the city, and are finally separated by the people on the east bank and cannibalized.

Therefore, it is indeed very important to have a reliable field force to prevent or interfere with the various tactical actions of the east bank army.And this is also the main reason why Xiao Guang must destroy the Granada Legion.

By noon, the infantry on the east bank was already very close to the enemy, and the artillery and supply troops followed behind sweating profusely, running desperately.In this battle, there is no doubt that artillery will play the leading role!In this narrow mountainous area, there is no better weapon to kill the enemy than artillery.The staff officers on the east bank have long established this principle, that is, to use intensive artillery fire to disrupt the enemy's command, break up their formation, and then squeeze the main force of the infantry to give the enemy the final blow.

In fact, at the beginning, they were planning to hide behind the woods and mountain ridges to ambush the enemy.But later it was found that it could not be done, because a brother in the reconnaissance platoon was killed by enemy scouts and escaped successfully.As long as the enemy commander Carol is not mentally retarded, he will know that there is a tiger that chooses to eat people nearby, or it is a few days away, or it is close at hand. In short, it is enough to make him vigilant.

And since he couldn't easily ambush to win, Xiao Guang didn't think too much about it, and directly pressed the whole army, intending to use a hearty surprise attack to defeat the enemy.So, you can see that the boys of the first mixed regiment marched quickly, without giving the enemy time to react.They encountered enemy scout cavalry from time to time on the road, but at this time no one cared about them at all, and everyone ran forward with their heads buried.And these enemy scouts were stunned when they saw the East Bank Brigade, and then rushed back at a fast speed, intending to pass the information back.

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Carol has received several calls of scouts to warn him one after another.At this time, he was a little flustered. The distance between the two sides was so close that his troops had lost the chance to retreat.Otherwise, the retreat will easily turn into a rout, which will be a huge disaster, similar to being defeated by the enemy.

He has no choice now but to face it head-on!More than 5000 people, three times the army on the east coast, should be able to win, right?As long as their artillery shells are not so many.Carol made up his mind, and when he was about to give an order, there was a sharp whistling sound in the air.Before he could react, several shells had landed in the marching queue, causing terrible casualties immediately.

"Enemy attack!" An officer shouted suddenly, but he looked around, but did not find the enemy's artillery positions.

"Boom! Boom!" Another two shells fell, and more than ten Spanish soldiers died instantly.This time they finally found the direction the shells were coming from. It turned out to be behind a small slope with a rising balloon next to it!

"Bastard! So cunning!" Carroll finally found out where the east coast artillerymen were hiding. They hid behind a small dirt slope, guided by observation balloons, and attacked the Spaniards in a curved way.This novel method is hard to imagine for the artillery of the old continent, which mainly shoots directly, so it didn't react for a while, and suffered a big loss.

The shells continued to fall, all of which were high-damage special shells.Because of the shooting angle, even if the Spaniard hid behind the rock, he would still be killed.What's even more desperate is that their muskets and cannons couldn't cause any damage to the artillery of the East Coast people, and they were so aggrieved to death.In desperation, Carol sent half an infantry regiment to rush over, intending to eliminate the small group of artillery on the east bank first, or let alone hurry, it would be good if the troops didn't bomb the camp.

"Boom! Boom!" Just as hundreds of Granada soldiers rushed towards the chicken thief's east bank artillery position, on the other side of the mountain road, two east bank artillery also fired.Multiple consecutive shells landed on their formation one after another, causing a lot of casualties, and the entire offensive was also stagnated.

Carol looked around, but saw an observation balloon rising over there.He suddenly hated, what is this scout doing, he didn't even detect such a close-range hidden artillery emplacement!To tell the truth, the lethality of these artillery is just that, it will not do much to the 5000-strong army, but considering that they are now marching in the narrow mountain road, the chaos caused by this is more deadly.Considering that the East Coast Army is coming at a high speed, if they can't get rid of the chaos quickly and prepare to meet the enemy, then they are likely to be crushed by the East Coast people and cannot be recovered.

"Tristan, attack the mountain ridge on the left and destroy the enemy's artillery emplacement as quickly as possible, otherwise my soldiers will continue to be in fear and confusion." Carol quickly gave the order, and then stepped back calmly. , away from the center of the East Coast bombardment.He was a little eye-catching. If he was discovered by the artillerymen on the east coast, if the shells were not kept intact, he would make a peerless feat. He didn't want to give the enemy such an honor.

(End of this chapter)