Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2514 Fitzjames

The sound of gunshots, cannons, roars, explosions, bayonet clashes, savage cursing, dying pity...

Anda Zhong suddenly sat up from the bed, looked out of the window, the night was falling.It turned out to be his mother's dream!What a poor life, the rare rest is still dreaming of fighting!

After getting up and wiping the sweat off his forehead, Andazhong opened the door, and the sentinel standing guard outside the door stood at attention and saluted.Anda Zhong patted him on the shoulder. He knew this young man, the youngest son of the vice president of "Pravda". Good guards, meticulous.

When they were in China, many people used to ridicule that their regiment was as useless as the "distinguished children" of the former Ming Dynasty, but everyone responded with a resounding slap in the face with the facts.The battle to attack the famous city of Seville and the battle to annihilate the Granada Legion were all very beautiful and tough battles. They performed very well, and it can even be said that it was beyond the expectations of many people.

In fact, Anda Zhong is also a serious "son of honorable children".His grandfather, Anda Fifteen, was a veteran and important minister of the East Coast Army when it was founded, and later retired in Xinhua Island.Several sons are also very outstanding. One is currently the deputy head of the Seventh Mixed Regiment, the other is the county head of Da'an County, the capital of New China Island, and the other two are in business and have accumulated a lot of wealth.

Anda Zhong is the best in the third generation.When he was a boy, he was sent to Bingtuanbao to study by his father who was a businessman. After ten years of hard study, he graduated and served as the platoon leader of the Guards Corps in Luoyang Prefecture, the capital. Then he was assigned to the first-line troops—and then joined the First Mixed Regiment. He served successively as deputy company commander, company commander, training staff officer, deputy battalion commander, and battalion commander, step by step, very solid.

Anda Zhong is a typical East Coast soldier, cruel and indifferent to the enemy, and caring for his own people.The only shortcoming is probably that there is a little sense of loyalty and too much protection.The three soldiers who committed the big gang-rape case a while ago were his subordinates, and he even argued for them at the meeting, singing against the gendarmerie and the head of the regiment.In the end, the three were only sentenced to six months of hard labor, expulsion from the military, and deprivation of all provident funds. It must be said that he "struggled with reason" factors were included.

After these three people were sent to the artillery battalion for hard labor, one was killed in battle, one was wounded in battle, and the only one was still well.But judging by his appearance, he is probably quite depressed. He has lost all his reputation, and he will not be able to hold a government office after returning. He has no hope of getting ahead in his life.

The waves lapped gently on the shore.Andazhong climbed up a small high slope by the sea, looking at the stars on the sea.It was the lights on fishing boats or warships, which seemed a little vague in the deep night, just like the hazy situation in the Old Continent in front of us.

"After the war ended, the fishermen went fishing. The new immigrants in Jinghai County are of high quality." Anda Zhong lit a cigarette and grinned: "It's better to be an oriental immigrant. They say Gibraltar is It is a barren land, but it also depends on who owns it. When the Moors managed southern Spain, they created a large piece of pastoral scenery here. The output of wheat, vegetables, melons and fruits is extremely abundant, and cattle, sheep and horses are everywhere. It won’t take so long to compete with Castile and Aragon. Now that it’s in our hands, we don’t need to mention agriculture and animal husbandry. With modern seeds, fertilizers and field management techniques, it’s a joke if we don’t get it right Yes. The fishing industry can also be developed. The Moors are not good enough in this area, and the Spaniards are even worse. We are strong in this area. Business, but this requires urban area.”

Thinking of this, An Dazhong stepped on the land under his feet, guessing in his heart that the previous rumors were true, that is, Special Envoy Sheng did have ideas about expanding the area of ​​Jinghai County, and wanted to enclose the entire land around the Bay of Gibraltar .After all, the current area of ​​the county is only a few tens of square kilometers (the later British Gibraltar is only six or seven square kilometers), and there is nothing to do.If you want to engage in entrepot trade and various affiliated businesses, you really need a larger county area, let alone a few hundred square kilometers, right?The land on the east coast is vast and abundant. People are used to large areas and are not interested in dozens of square kilometers or even a few square kilometers. They call it "a place with a lot of booger."

In this way, expanding the occupied area has become inevitable.Although Andazhong hasn't received any definite news about this, he already guessed it from the fact that the First Mixed Regiment did not return to Jinghai County to station, but was stationed on the other side of the bay—if nothing unexpected happened, they The regiment's current residence is not going to be returned to the Spanish government.

As for more places, it should not be asked for, as the stimulation and damage to the Kingdom of Spain will be too great, which is not conducive to the overall strategy.The biggest possibility is to occupy a part of the area-Cadiz, the most important port in Spain-and then use it as a bargaining chip in exchange for Madrid's concessions in the Gulf of Gibraltar.The Kingdom of Spain had no choice but to agree to this condition, otherwise they would not be able to deal with the attacks of both the East Coasters and the British.

Speaking of the English offense, according to the latest news, they seem to be in a little trouble.After the Austrian Habsburg family also participated-they sent thousands of people and landed in Barcelona with the help of the Dutch fleet-the Spanish nobles woke up like a dream, and they had money to contribute money, some people , with fierce resistance.

Countries such as England, Holland and Austria were a little confused by the sudden fierce fighting, and they didn't know why such an incomprehensible thing happened.However, the fact is that the nobles and people of Spain hate the Habsburg family's rule of Spain very much, because they still fight wars besides fighting. Distressed.Therefore, they did not want to be sucked by this hateful family anymore. When they heard that the Habsburg family in Vienna was trying to establish rule in Spain, they all went berserk and tried every means to resist.

Anda Zhong had just read this part of the information, and learned that the nobles in northern Spain had formed an astonishing number of volunteer troops, and the priests had also spent a large amount of money to pay the soldiers and buy supplies. The morale of the troops was very high.Although combat skills seem to be lacking, this can be partially made up by fighting enthusiasm.

At present, the total number of the Spanish Volunteers has reached tens of thousands. Their weapons are taken from the retreating Spanish government army, and their salaries and supplies are borne by the church and nobles. The military commander is James Fitz James from France, Berwick Duke.

This gentleman was of extraordinary birth, the illegitimate son of the former King James II of England in exile, and his mother was the sister of Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.After he went into exile with his father in France, he participated in many battles, successively fought against the anti-French coalition forces in the Southern Netherlands, the Rhine and Ireland, and even participated in the war against the Ottoman Turks, and performed well.Therefore, Louis XIV selected hundreds of experienced non-commissioned officers from the French army and let Fitzjames bring them to Spain to serve as the backbone of this volunteer army.

It should be said that the arrival of hundreds of French veterans and officers greatly made up for the shortcomings of the Volunteer Army.Just like the peasant army who was originally chased and beaten by the imperial army in later generations, its combat effectiveness increased rapidly after absorbing the imperial court's surrender, the Spanish Volunteer Army also experienced a sharp increase in combat effectiveness under the guidance of experienced French veterans.Moreover, their morale is more than an order of magnitude higher than that of the official army of the Kingdom of Spain. All kinds of supplies are very sufficient, and there is no payment in arrears. Therefore, the fighting power of this originally mob army is getting stronger and stronger. The kingdom's regular army is comparable.

The last time Fitzjames appeared on the desks of big shots was when he defeated an Anglo-Dutch coalition force outside Zaragoza last month through deception and ambushes, annihilating nearly 3000 of its troops. The kingdom's biggest victory in several months dealt a blow to Churchill's arrogance.

Fitzjames then asked Zaragoza's "cowardly defenders" to let them enter the city.The defenders refused to comply, but the guy actually set up a cannon to threaten him, and was finally allowed to enter the city to supply supplies.It can also be seen from this that this gentleman's style of work is very tough, and the troops have been pinched into a rope under his leadership—they dared to face the regular army with swords and guns. It can be seen that they are full of confidence, and they don't have much respect for the king in their eyes. .

Such a daring team is enough to arouse the interest of intelligence officials on the east coast.At present, the Directorate of National Intelligence has mobilized a large number of resources and began to closely investigate everything about FitzJames and his forces.After all, no one can guarantee that they will not be transferred to the south to fight in the future.Although the fighting quality and tactics of the East Coast Army are undoubtedly superior to it, but in line with the principle of not underestimating any opponent, it is very necessary to conduct a detailed investigation of Fitzjames. They are Spain's countless muddle-headed troops Sheng Dehong even suspected that its combat power was comparable to that of the army of the Northern Italian Federation, or even higher.

"Troubled times are really the best stage for heroes. How many people will stand out in this grand war." Anda Zhong sighed: "However, if you don't come to the south to mess with us, you may still be able to continue to live well. As long as you go south, our modern army will let you know what is the strongest army. Fitz James, hehe, that's it."

(End of this chapter)