Daming Military Empire

Chapter 689 Assisting Allies in Lightning Raid

Yang Zhong learned from the general guard of Mazatlan in the Governorate of New Spain that since last year, the British army has mobilized about [-] troops to land on the Caribbean coast and began to rob the colonies in the Governorate of New Spain. Due to the loss of sea support, The Caribbean coast was soon completely occupied by the British army.

Governor Cortez saw that the British army was strong and the local reinforcements were still missing, so he retreated to Mexico City and ordered the Spanish defenders to stand on the spot and wait for support.

Now, the main force of the British army, 3 horses, is besieging Mexico City, the capital of the Governor-General of New Spain, while the other 2 horses are besieging other bastions on the east coast to rob colonial resources, while the British army on the west coast has not set foot.

The [-] army is nothing in Yang Zhong's eyes. Even without the Spanish and Portuguese allies, his [-] cavalry alone can easily take down the [-] British army.

The main problem now is the marching route, because there is no railway in the governorate of New Spain at this moment, and they can only run on horseback.

You know, a [-] army can't carry a month's food and supplies and [-] war horses, not to mention weapons, ammunition and artillery. Without railways and trains, it can't move at all.

According to the current situation, the only way to quickly turn the tide of the war is to quickly attack the main force of the [-] British troops outside Mexico City and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

If you procrastinate and march slowly, not to mention the waste of time, you will be easily noticed by the British army. If the main force of the [-] British army outside Mexico City is allowed to run away, then it will take a long time to clean up the situation in the entire Governorate of New Spain. .

Mazatlan is not an ideal starting point for raid tactics, because it is more than 1000 miles away from Mexico City, and there is no ready-made path in the middle. It takes at least four or five days to travel across mountains and rivers.

After four or five days of continuous running, the men and horses will be exhausted, and the food and grass they carry will be exhausted. If the enemy cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, the own side will collapse because of the exhaustion of food and grass. This is obviously not advisable.

After carefully checking the map near Mexico City, Yang Zhong chose Acapulco, a small port only about [-] miles away from Mexico City. It is also on the west coast, and there is a small road leading directly to Mexico City. Arriving at the outskirts of Mexico City, the time spent on the road is not a lot.

After reaching the outskirts of Mexico City, hide and rest for a night, and launch a raid early the next morning. Even if the raid fails and then retreat, there is no problem.

The generals of Spain and Portugal, including the guard of Mazatlan, naturally had no objection to this.

The next day, Yang Zhong led the fleet to continue to set off to the port of Acapulco, accompanied by several officers selected by the Mazatlan guard, who were familiar with the situation there.

The fleet sailed along the coast for less than a day, and the port of Acapulco was already in sight. There were also no traces of battle here, and more than a hundred Spanish defenders were still there, but they were a little panicked.

Now that the Ming Empire led the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms to come, they were naturally ecstatic. After waiting for nearly a year, they were almost desperate. If there were no reinforcements, the British army would definitely come to deal with them after they captured Mexico City.

After resting in the port of Acapulco for one night, Yang Zhong led [-] cavalry in the early morning of the next day. Under the leadership of the local defenders, he rode straight to Mexico City.

Because it was a surprise attack, they didn't even bring their camp tents, they only brought five days of dry food and quilts to keep out the cold, and all other food, grass and supplies, including artillery, were left on the ship.

The area under the Governorship of New Spain covers 500 million square kilometers. It is naturally impossible for [-] British troops to disperse everywhere. Their main attention is still concentrated on Mexico City and the Caribbean coast. If Mexico City is further west, they will have little energy. Considered.

In other words, there are actually no British troops on this road. The only thing to pay attention to is not to make too much noise after approaching Mexico City. After all, there are [-] British troops assembled there. But all previous efforts were wasted.

With the local defenders leading the way, there was naturally no problem during the march. They even ran to investigate the situation of the British army, and even figured out the general layout of the British army. , Yang Zhong ordered the whole army to dismount and rest, so as not to be noticed by the enemy.

The British army in this period is not as powerful as the empire on which the sun never sets. In fact, their hot weapons have just developed, and their national power is far from strong. In terms of the navy, there are hundreds of super battleships at the bottom, and their combat effectiveness is not bad. Yes, as for the army, it is far behind the Spanish army, and even worse than the Portuguese army.

Besides, the more than 1 main forces in the Spanish Viceroyalty are now surrounded by them in Mexico City, and the Spanish defenders in other places have also been scared to hide in the bastion and dare not come out. Enemies appear.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Yang Zhong ordered [-] cavalry to slowly disperse into a huge circular arc with their horses, surrounding [-] British troops faintly, and slowly approaching the British troops until they were close to them The sentry post then mounted the horse and launched a surprise attack.

After all, the British army is not a rookie. They still know about the arrangement of guard posts on the periphery. However, since the Atlantic Ocean has been blocked by the anti-Habsburg alliance, they have no idea that the enemy will have reinforcements at all. Therefore, the arrangement of sentry posts It is not very dense, and the farthest place is only about four or five miles away from their camp.

At a distance of four or five miles, it only takes a few minutes for the cavalry to charge. When their sentry found out the situation, it was too late. What's more coincident is that their [-] troops have just lined up at this moment, ready to attack the Mexican city. The Spanish defenders were conducting routine artillery bombardment, and they didn't pay attention to their backs at all.

Ever since, in an instant, [-] cavalrymen suddenly appeared behind the British army, pressing up overwhelmingly, and the British army was submerged by the tide of cavalry without even turning their guns.

The cavalry of the Ming army and the cavalry of Spain and Portugal were equipped with revolver rifles and grenades to help, while the British army had single-shot front-loading flintlock guns. The weapons of the two sides were not on the same level at all.

If their artillery can turn the gun head in time, maybe there is still a chance. Now, the coalition cavalry charged down in one round, and the British army collapsed directly.

3 grenades, hundreds of thousands of bullets, poured on [-] people, the result can be imagined, many British troops were sieved before they even understood what was going on, and most of the rest Those who were bombed by the grenade rolled on the ground, and even if they were lucky enough not to be bombed, they threw the gun away in fright, and dared not move when they lay on the ground.

Just kidding, I didn't see that those who just raised their guns to shoot were smashed into a sieve by the raindrops of bullets. They don't want to become a sieve!
This was a textbook raid. The [-] cavalry of the three-nation coalition led by Yang Zhong was as fast as lightning. It took less than a quarter of an hour from the start of the charge to the end of the battle. In the resistance, [-] cavalry were killed, and not many were injured.

The British army was miserable, a round of bullets killed and injured tens of thousands of people, plus a wave of grenades, there were only a handful of people who were not injured!

(End of this chapter)