Chapter 1009: What God-like Confidence!
The guerrillas are now on the outskirts of the small port of Ube. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThis port is a passage for the transportation of resources in La Paz, an amphibious wharf, because of its high importance, the Spaniards are also extremely well defended.
Wang Ping's initial idea was to quietly get closer and fire a cannon of flying thunder -- in such a difficult situation, the only thing the guerrillas could guarantee in terms of heavy weapons was simple and lightweight flying thunder guns. Then set up a blocking position on the road outside the town, and when the enemy rushed out of the town in pursuit, he beat him hard. As a result, the scouts found that there seemed to be a bit more boats at Ubbe Pier tonight.
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Of course, Chen Ming in the city of Nanjing did not know what Wang Ping, an inconspicuous little man, did during the war, and he was now scolding Napoleon for being a pig with the news that had just been sent back by the European Office.
It's god-like confidence.
Controlled the Spanish royal family by deception, and then immediately made his brother the king of Spain? Napoleon was a good brother who treated his relatives with no second words.
He doesn't care about the mood of the Spanish people at all. He played with the dignity of the Kingdom of Spain, which in itself hurt the feelings of the Spaniards, would they still think that the people would obediently let him continue to play?
To say that Napoleon was also a man who came out of the French Revolution, he should understand the power of the popular uprising. At the beginning of the Revolution, hundreds of thousands of foreign intervention troops came overwhelmingly, how did the French resist their offensive and finally turn defeat into victory? That's the tens of thousands of ordinary people in France.
The Spanish Bourbons were so naïve that they fell into the trap that Napoleon took the Iberian Peninsula without firing a single shot. It all went so well. It went so well that Napoleon got carried away.
When Chen Ming scolded Napoleon for being a stupid pig, he was not cursing Carlos IV of Spain in his heart, compared to Napoleon, this is the number one stupid pig in the world.
Although the news received by Chen Ming was only here, Chen Ming did not know what trouble Napoleon would face in the future. But 'history' told him that Napoleon's great trouble had come. Napoleon, though the master of the European continent, defeated the armies of Russia, Austria and Prussia, with their artillery groups, cavalry, infantry, emperors, marshals and generals, and fled with a single word, which could shake the borders of a great power on the map, and he might not have given a second glance at the 'rebels'. But in fact, it was the peasants and citizens of Spain who were the first to dig up the graves of his great empire.
In the distant city of Nanjing, Chen Ming was angry at Napoleon's arrogance and arrogance, and even if Joseph became king of Spain a year later, Napoleon's situation would be much better. But now everything is moving back the way of the original plane.
Chen Ming didn't plan to try to stop Napoleon's crusade against Russia, and China would take the opportunity to plug in the catastrophe of Russia. But judging from the current situation, it is difficult for Chen Ming to stop Napoleon.
Chen Ming did not know Napoleon's true thoughts, did not understand his eagerness to integrate the whole of Europe, if Chen Ming resolutely dissuaded Napoleon, he might be regarded by Napoleon as ill-intentioned. Moreover, Chen Ming did not know that Napoleon was in trouble now, and the Russians were going to regret it.
Austria, a traditional European power, was deeply hurt by the humiliating defeat in the previous war against France, and Franz II wanted revenge against France after the Austrian army had recovered some of its strength. He had been on the verge of moving, but he was intimidated by Napoleon's army. Now Napoleon needed to transfer his 200,000 experienced veterans in Germany and Italy to suppress Spain, he needed Alexander I to put pressure on Austria on the Russian-Austrian border, and it would be better if the two countries went to war. But Alexander I was reluctant to go to war with Austria.
Napoleon already had in his heart the idea of destroying Russia, but his main focus now was to suppress Spain and drive out the English who had landed in Portugal.
It's just that for the current China, the most important thing is the war in South America, and at the same time as launching an offensive against Colombia on land, the warships and garrisons of the American Fleet gathered on the east coast of Mexico and the southeast sea of North America also launched a fierce attack on the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean.
Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula was an offensive base for Chen Han's quest to conquer the Caribbean, which was as close to Cuba as the Florida Peninsula in the southeastern corner of North America.
The two peninsulas wrap around the Gulf of Mexico like a pair of gatekeepers, corresponding to the Caribbean Sea.
The garrison's offensive against the Caribbean Sea was indeed launched from these two peninsulas.
Needless to say, the situation in the Yucatan Peninsula is far more chaotic than in the Florida Peninsula, and the garrison's war of eradication has never stopped in the years.
Just as Chen Han would send 'correspondents' to the hinterland of the Spaniards, the Spaniards were not just beaten and would not fight back, they also sent many people into Mexico to contact the local resistance forces, send arms supplies, and send low-level officers with certain combat experience.
Yes, despite the fact that the Yucatan Peninsula is now heavily armed, the war here is never broken. The two sides are too close.
And when the fighting on land has not been completely cleared, the movement of the garrison troops is also slower than that of the Florida peninsula.
In response to the threat posed by the Florida peninsula, the Spaniards began a massive reinforcement of Key West two years ago, turning the small island into a good sea fortress.
Key West is about 15 miles long, 6.5 miles wide, and only about 2 meters above sea level. It has a tropical maritime climate with many hurricanes in summer. However, these shortcomings do not hinder its enormous strategic value in today's situation.
Because this small island is only 400 miles from the Florida Peninsula in the northeast and 340 miles from Havana, the capital of Cuba, in the southwest, its strategic position can be imagined in this situation.
With this small island, Havan is equivalent to an extra layer of solid shell. And Spain's American Fleet also pooled considerable forces in the Caribbean. At least ten capital battleships, combined with many times more small and medium-sized warships, rely on their own colonies in the Caribbean for hundreds of years, forming a large network of iron cables. After all, if the Chinese fleet wants to go south, it must pass through the Caribbean Sea.
But in fact, the Spaniards devoted more energy to the Yucatan Peninsula to the west and north of Cuba. Don't look at the fact that they invested heavily in building a naval base on Key West.
The naval base in Key West was a purely financial investment, but Spain's investment in the Yucatan Peninsula was unimaginable. Not only do they have to worry about the survival of the resistance there, but they also have to calculate the 'rewards' they receive.
For example, Namerida, a city founded by the Spanish on the basis of the Mayan city of Teo, is the political center of the entire Yucatan Peninsula. Even if the Yucatan Peninsula fell into Chinese hands, Mérida's political position did not waver.
To the north of the city, Pu Harbor, also known as the Spanish-era Puerto Progreso, is one of the most important ports on the Yucatan Peninsula and is now home to the Gulf of Mexico Squadron of the Chan-Han American Fleet.
At least five remotely controlled rebel guerrilla detachments were active in the vicinity of Mérida, and one of their most important missions was to raid everything that came and went between Mérida and Pu Ang.
Many of the materials are not transported from Merida to Pu Harbor, but are transported to Pur Harbor, which is easily accessible by sea.
While Watteau was planning to attack Ube, a guerrilla force of white descent and mulattoes, led by a Spanish officer, was ambushing in the mountains not far from Pu Harbor. Their target was a convoy of troops from Pu Kang.
The ambush point was only one or twenty miles from Pu Harbor, which was not far from the cavalry battalion in Pu Harbor. But the Spanish officers still took the risk to bring their troops here, and the war had begun for more than half a year, and the Spanish colonies on the frontal battlefield were losing one after another, and they could only play the trick of space for time again. As a patriot who would not have come to the Yucatan Peninsula to lead a guerrilla force, all that Watteau could do was to seize every opportunity desperately.
"Tell everyone to lay an ambush, and the business will come to the door!" Watteau said happily. He didn't think about what would happen if they were caught up by the Chinese after the battle began, and all he could think about now was ambushing the enemy. It's just that Watteau's face changed after a few minutes of being happy.
Because the convoy that came out of Pukang was ambushed in advance, "Someone is bolder than himself?" Watteau was shocked. His ambush point was only one or twenty miles from Pu Harbor, which was dangerous enough. China should not have imagined that anyone would dare to touch under their noses to cause trouble, but it is unexpected, there are people closer to the ambush than him.
The crackling gunfire rang out in a chaotic manner, and the armed guards accompanying the convoy immediately set up their weapons and fired back. After fighting for a long time, it was the attackers who were in ambush who couldn't bear it first, so they turned around and got into the mountains first.
These people must have been in ambush earlier than Watteau, otherwise Watteau wouldn't have found out at all. It's just that the combat effectiveness of these people is too weak, and there is absolutely no flying thunder cannon - this thing is very low-tech, and the Spaniards have learned it - this kind of must-have weapon for the guerrillas to knock the sticks at home is easily chased by the convoy escort force. Watteau secretly slandered "waste wood" in his heart! The attack is not a counter-attack***, this group of scum with worrying combat effectiveness.
Subconsciously, Watteau felt that there must not be an officer like him in that guerrilla force, otherwise they would not be so weak. The Yucatan region is almost a plain, and the coastal area is a few hills, and the enemy where the guerrillas hide is more of a vast grass. It was like the 'green gauze tent' of later generations, giving them great protection. Regardless of whether the attack was successful or failed, the resistance forces hid in the grass, and it was difficult for the Chinese to catch up. Nor can they set fire to it without limit.
The two forces chased and fled, but Watteo secretly laughed. Although the former's combat effectiveness is somewhat useless, it is not useless.
Looking at the convoy in front of him, which had been reduced by half of the guards, Watteo did not hesitate at all, and beckoned people to lean quietly with a wave of his hand.
The ambush circle is no longer needed, and they want to take the opportunity to attack. As for whether the Chinese in Pugang will quickly come to reinforcements in the dark and then touch one squarely, Watteau has not thought about it. Now that he had come to the Yucatan Peninsula, he had already realized death. And even if he dies, he can drag the Chinese to hell together, and he can also burn the material of a convoy of Chinese, which is enough.
The Spaniards are not without warriors who dare to die and sacrifice their lives for their country!
Attacking a convoy, if there is an ambush circle, it is the most suitable way to hit the head and pinch the tail, and hand over the heavy firepower in the middle. But now the ambush circle is no longer needed, and even if the flying thunder cannon is dug out and taken away again, it is likely that it will not be able to care about rehousing when it arrives there. Watteau: All they could do was grenades and gunpowder packs.
"Boom ......"
After a while, the explosion sounded violently in the shouts of the guards accompanying the convoy.
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Two days later, early one morning, Watteau, who was last surrounded by Chen Han's pursuers, and the last few soldiers around him were hit by a rocket, and Watteau's whole body flew up from the half-human trench as if it had been hit hard, and the upper half of his body was torn to pieces and blood was splattered everywhere.
The Spaniards really have brave people, just like those national and military soldiers and middle and low-level officers who fought bloodily on the frontal battlefield during the Anti-Japanese War. But just like the corrupt high-level of the national army, the top of the Spaniards is also completely corrupted. They no longer see the slightest trace of blood in their bones.