"Bring all the small arms!"

"Don't want that kind of heavy artillery!"

"What about this kind of pipe?"

"Of course! That pipe cannon is still the point! ”

"Also, don't forget to hang more grenades!"

Half a month later, twelve warships carrying a division of the Empire, including weapons and equipment, and provisions, came to Zapopan near Guadalajara, and when they arrived here, they finally met a certain resistance, and finally saw decent buildings.

After a burst of shelling from the warships, the French army was very clever and hid in the castle, not to mention, there are really many castles in this place.

"Your Majesty, according to the locals, that's the Castle of Molina, the one in the distance is the Castle of Zorita, and then there's the Church of Siguenza......" Ocassi held the map, pointing on the map and pointing into the distance.

To be honest, when he came to Mexico, Li Mengyang really felt like a blind man touching an elephant, this place was too strange for him, a traverser, there was no way, there were too few things in this area in China.

However, seeing that the scenery here is very good, and the building is magnificent, although it is not as good as the high-rise buildings in the future, it is much stronger than the previous Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara is worthy of being an important town!

Such a heavy town will definitely not be given up by the French army, so the military force here must be very strong, how can this be defeated?

Li Mengyang waited for Okashi to finish his introduction, and then came to the map.

"Comrades! We now see that the whole Guadalajara region has many castles, and they are scattered in many areas. We now have only one division. If you split up. It's not good for us. So, I've decided now, let's just take it one step at a time. ”

So how do you do it step by step?

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！” Don't care so much about it, come to a slogan, and be refreshed.

Li Mengyang smiled and signaled, everyone relaxed, and then he said: "It's very simple, this Molina Castle is according to our strength. It can be captured. But let's not take it! ”

"Don't take it?" The generals didn't say this, but they all muttered in their hearts.

Li Mengyang knew what they were thinking as soon as he saw the expressions of these people, he didn't care, and then said: "Although we don't take it, we have to surround Molina Castle, and we must remember that it is surrounded on three sides, leaving one side, and that side can be the road to Zolita Castle." It could also be the road that leads to the church of Siguenza, or anything else. After that. We're on both sides of that road, choosing a place to set up a position......"

To put it simply, Li Mengyang's method of attacking the city is four words.

Siege point reinforcement!

This was a common tactic used by the Eighth Route back then, and it can be said that it is invincible and unfavorable, and one hit is accurate. And the current situation is just right, because Guadalajara has many castles, so every castle, we can see these castles as devils' turrets, and we are now behind enemy lines, and we are the district squad...... This, don't care about so many details.

Anyway, according to the method of the Eighth Route back then, it should not be a problem at all to conquer Guadalajara, an important town in central Mexico.

"陛xià. High! It's really high! As soon as the old man heard this tactic, he gave a thumbs up at that time.

"......" Li Mengyang was embarrassed for a while, why is this word so familiar?

So what's next......

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！” The generals saluted in unison, and they were refreshed again......

Li Mengyang naturally wanted to be the coach of the temporary special division this time, but he was not stupid, and brought Okashi and Wufeng over for fear of unclear ownership.

The composition of the special division is mainly composed of one part of the First Army and one part of the Second Army, that is to say, Ireland plus Chinese, so Li Mengyang brought the military supervisors on both sides, and this choice is still very good.

Anyway, what should be considered and prevented, he Li Mengyang has also done it, and now there should be no problem in terms of tactics, so the next step is naturally to start fighting......

Encirclement points to send reinforcements, that can't just surround it, you have to put some pressure on the French army, so after the special division arranged the position, it shot its own artillery unit!

Artillery? Is it so fast?

It stands to reason that the cannons of this era are very slow, especially when coming by boat, and they have to be moved down from the ship, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but however, our imperial army now has new weapons.

It's just a tube, and then the shell of this thing is interesting, not a round ball, but a pointed front, fat in the middle, and four wings behind the buttocks.

Mortar!

But now, however, the soldiers of the empire like to call this thing a cannon, because it is indeed a cannon.

It should be said that this weapon is the latest in the empire at present, and there are only more than 100 new weapons in the entire expeditionary force, because this thing seems too easy to make, just a steel pipe, but the shells of this thing are not easy, so there are only 1,000 shells now.

But this thing, the imperial soldiers are a little bottomless in their hearts, because this tube is too thin!

You know, the current cannons, that are very heavy, although such cannons are more difficult to transport, but also give people a sense of security, everyone knows, these years of weapons are not very safe, cannon blowing up this kind of thing happens from time to time, before Erickson didn't kill the US Secretary of State with one shot?

Therefore, the current barrel of this cannon is so thin, although in the eyes of Li Mengyang, the current mortar is thicker than that of later generations, and it is quite cumbersome, but in the eyes of the imperial soldiers, it is also too thin and unsafe.

But you have to use it now, and you know, it's the great Clint. The invention of His Majesty Li I!

So, when the 30 mortars were neatly stacked, ready to give the castle of Molina in front a little bit of power, the imperial artillerymen ......

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

They were operating mortars and shouting slogans!

Why?

Embolden yourself, now this slogan "ALL-HAIL-LEE!" ”。 It's almost like God forbid.

"Aim!" The artillery commander who commanded with a small red flag was called Jiang Yun. Just by the name, you know that he is Chinese. And he was a Chinese who came from the Manchu Qing after the establishment of the empire.

It should be said that after such a person joined the army, he has now become a commander, and it seems that he has been promoted too quickly, but however, he has a good reason for being promoted, that is. He will engage in the aiming of this mortar!

I saw that the artillerymen stretched out a hand, then gave a thumbs up, and at the same time closed one eye.

This is aiming, this is the standard action of aiming for mortars, and this is Jiang Yun's contribution!

Why did he find this way?

It's very simple, Jiang Yun has worked in the account room before, and he can count. This method of ranging and aiming is actually the Pythagorean theorem, although it is said that mortar shooting is a parabola. But according to this Pythagorean theorem, the parabola can be seen as a triangle. In this way, you can roughly calculate the impact point of the shell!

So, with such a big contribution, of course, it will rise quickly.

We Chinese may be very poor in mathematical theory, and indeed inferior to the West, but our Chinese mathematics is very practical, all for practical application, and we are a pragmatic nation.

"Put!"

I saw that the artillerymen adjusted the mortar, and then the bulletproof men aimed the shell at the barrel, and then as soon as they let go, the shell slipped in, and then ......

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

That's the key! Bless!

All ...... There was a burst of white smoke from the artillery position, but in this white smoke, 30 black lights shot out, soared into the sky, and then fell rapidly, smashing towards the castle of Molina!

Molina Castle, which was built by the Spanish colonists, but with the help of French craftsmen, the French army really felt like home when they hid inside. It's not too big, it's not much worse than Havana's Moreau Castle, for example, but it's pretty good in central Mexico.

In front of this castle are two tall buildings, and the shape really wants to be a turret for future generations, but after all, it is a castle, it is not a bare pole building, there is a courtyard behind it, like a small square, and the French army is waiting there at this time!

"Shelling!"

The two towers, the observation angle is naturally not said, so, the French army discovered the enemy's movement very early, although these guys put a bunch of strange things, but the white smoke after this is obviously a cannon!

The French are not stupid, they know that it is a war, so the troops in the square are actually gathering on the side of the tower, that is, standing under the wall, so that they can avoid the shells.

But......

Boom Boom Boom Boom ......

Ahhhh......h

Inside the castle of Molina, there was a sea of fire in an instant, after the cannonballs fell, shrapnel scattered in all directions, the French troops were standing at this time, suffered a severe blow, and some people, even hit by shrapnel, couldn't believe it, covered the wound and spurted blood out of their mouths......

Molina Castle is in shambles, and the French army has suffered heavy casualties!

"Ready!" Jiang Yun's small flag was raised again.

The smoke cleared, and the second round of shelling came immediately, and in the plan, two rounds of shelling were about the same, so, one more shelling, and it was a call for it, but ......

"Look!"

"There's a white flag on the wall!"

"Huh?" As soon as Jiang Yun heard this, he also looked up, only to see a white flag rising from the tower of Molina Castle!

This...... The Mohamo army surrendered?

This is too hard to fight, right? I just put a round of cannons!

To be honest, Jiang Yun felt very uncomfortable, but ......

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

“ALL-HAIL-LEE！”

The artillery of the empire was very happy, but this time the slogan did not seem to mean a blessing...... (To be continued......)

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