“Bring all the light weapons!”

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

"Where is this kind of tube?"

"Of course I took it! That pipe cannon is still the key point!"

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

Half a month later, twelve warships carried a division of the empire, including weapons and equipment, supplies, and arrived at Sapopan near Guadalajara. After arriving here, they finally encountered some resistance and finally saw a decent building.

After the warships were shelled, the French army hid in the castle very cleverly. You can’t say that there are quite a few castles in this place.

"Your Majesty, according to the locals, it is Molina Castle, the one in the distance is Zuolita Castle, and then there is Siguenza Church..." Ocassi took the map and pointed at the distance while pointing on the map.

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

However, seeing the scenery here is very good and the buildings are magnificent. Although they cannot compare to the high-rise buildings in the future, they are much better than the previous Puerto Vallarta. Guadalajara is worthy of being a major city!

Such a heavy constellation will definitely not be easily abandoned by the French army. Then the military power here must be very strong. How can we defeat this?

Li Mengyang and Okashi finished introducing the introduction, and then came to the front of the map.

"Comrades! Let's look at it now. There are many castles in the entire Guadalajara area and scattered in many areas. We now have only one division of troops. If we attack separately, it will be unfavorable to us. So, I decided now that we might as well do it step by step."

So how do you do it step by step?

"all-hail-lee!" No matter how many people are, I will say a slogan and feel refreshed.

Li Mengyang smiled and signaled. Everyone relaxed, and then he said: "It's very simple. This Molina Castle can be captured according to our strength. But we don't want to capture it!"

"Don't capture?" The generals didn't say this, but they were muttering in their hearts.

Li Mengyang knew what they were thinking when he saw the expressions of these people. He didn't care and continued, "Although we won't capture, we will encircle Molina Castle. And remember to cover three sides and leave one side. That side can be the road to Zuolita Castle or the road to Siguensa Church. Anyway, we can do it. After that, we will choose a place to establish a position on both sides of the road..."

Simply put, Li Mengyang's method of siege is in four words.

Fly around the site to help!

This was a common tactic used by the Eighth Route Army back then. It can be said that it is always invincible, with one strike and one accurate one. But the current situation is just right, because there are many castles in Guadalajara, so for each castle, we can regard these castles as the Japanese artillery towers. We are now the armed forces team behind enemy lines and district teams... Don’t care about so many details.

Anyway, it should be no problem to capture Guadalajara, an important city in central Mexico, according to the Eighth Route Army's method back then.

"Your Majesty. High! It's really high!" When the old Taoist Wufeng heard this tactic, he gave a thumbs up.

"..." Li Mengyang felt ashamed. Why is this word so familiar?

Then next...

"all-hail-lee!" The generals saluted in unison, and felt refreshed again...

Li Mengyang naturally had to serve as the head coach for the temporary special forces division, but he was not stupid, so he brought Okashi and Wufeng to the scene, just to be afraid of unknown circumstances.

The composition of the special forces division is mainly composed of the first unit of the first army and the second unit, which means Ireland and Chinese. Therefore, Li Mengyang brought the military supervisors on both sides, and this choice was quite good.

Anyway, he, Li Mengyang, has done everything he should consider and prevent, and now there should be no problem with the tactics, so next, it will naturally start fighting...

If you surround the points and attack the aid, you can't just surround it. You have to put some pressure on the French army. So, after the special forces division set up the positions, they took out their own artillery units!

Artillery? So fast?

Logically speaking, the cannons of this era were very slow, especially when they came by a boat, they had to move them down from the boat, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive, but our imperial army now has new weapons.

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

Mortar!

But now, soldiers in 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. It has only more than 100 new styles to the entire Expeditionary Force. Because this thing looks too easy to make, it is just a steel pipe, but the shells of this thing are not easy, so there are only 1,000 shells now.

But the Imperial soldiers were a little confused about this thing because the tube was too thin!

You know, the cannons are very thick nowadays. Although such cannons are difficult to transport, they also give people a sense of security. Everyone knows that weapons are not very safe these days, and cannon explosions happen often. Didn’t Erikson kill the US Secretary of State in one shot before?

Therefore, the barrel of the current gun is so thin. Although in Li Mengyang's eyes, the current mortar is thicker than that of later generations and is quite bulky, in the eyes of the imperial soldiers, it is too thin and too unsafe.

But, it must be used now, and you must know that this is the invention of His Majesty Clint Lee I!

So, when the 30 mortars were neatly placed and ready to give the Molina Castle in front, the imperial artillerymen...

“all-hail-lee!”

“all-hail-lee!”

They were operating the mortar while shouting slogans!

Why?

Give yourself courage, the current slogan "all-hail-lee!" is almost the same as God's blessing.

"Aim!" The artillery commander who was waving the little red flag was called Jiang Yun. He knew that he was a Chinese, and he was a Chinese who came from the Qing Dynasty after the founding of the empire.

It should be said that after such a person joined the army, he has become a commander now, and it seems that he has been promoted too quickly. However, there is a reason for him to be promoted, that is, he will aim this mortar!

The artillerymen stretched out one hand, then raised their thumbs, and closed one eye at the same time.

This is aiming, this is the standard aiming action of the mortar, and this is Jiang Yun’s contribution!

Why can he find this method?

It's very simple. Jiang Yun has worked in the accounting room before. He knows how to calculate and aim. This method of ranging is actually the Pythagorean theorem. Although the shooting of a mortar is a parabola, according to this Pythagorean theorem, the parabola can be regarded as a triangle, so that the bullet point of the shell can be roughly calculated!

So, with such a great contribution, of course it will be faster.

We Chinese may be very poor in mathematics theory, but we are indeed not as good as the West. But our Chinese mathematics is very practical, all for practical applications. We are a pragmatic nation.

"put!"

The artillerymen adjusted the mortar, and the bulletproof hands pointed the shell at the tube. Then they let go and slid, and the shell slid in, and then...

“all-hail-lee!”

This is the key! Blessing!

All...there was such a sound, and a burst of white smoke appeared on the artillery position, but in the white smoke, 30 black lights rushed out, rushed straight into the sky, and then fell quickly and smashed towards the Molina Castle!

Molina Castle was built by Spanish colonists, but it was helped by French craftsmen, so the French army really felt like they were going home when they hid inside. Although this castle is not too big, for example, compared with Moro Castle in Havana, it was much worse, but it was also very good in central Mexico.

There are two tall buildings in front of this castle, and the shape is really like the artillery towers of later generations. However, after all, it is a castle, and it is not a bare-pole building. There is a yard behind it, like a small square, and the French army is waiting for it at this time!

"Arson!"

The observation angle of the two city towers is naturally gone, so the French army discovered the enemy's movements very early. Although these guys made a bunch of strange things, Bai Yan obviously set off firecrackers after that!

The French army was not stupid. They knew that it was in war now, so the troops in the square were actually gathering on the side of the city tower, that is, standing under the wall, so that they could avoid shells.

but……

Boom boom boom boom boom...

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

In the castle of Molina, there was a sea of ​​fire in an instant. After the shells were smashed, shrapnel flew everywhere. The French army was standing at this time and suffered a serious blow. Some people even were hit by shrapnel and couldn't believe it. They covered their wounds and sprayed blood out of their mouths...

Molina Castle is in chaos, with the French army suffering heavy casualties!

"Preparation!" Jiang Yun raised the small flag again.

The smoke dissipated, and the second round of artillery was coming soon. In the plan, two rounds of artillery were about to be done, so if you fire another cannon, you can finish work, but...

"Look!"

"There is a white flag on the top of that wall!"

"Ah?" When Jiang Yun heard this, he looked up and saw a white flag rising from the tower of Molina Castle!

This... Could it be that the French army surrendered?

This is too hard to help but fire? Is it just a round of cannons!

To be honest, Jiang Yun felt that he was not satisfied, but...

“all-hail-lee!”

“all-hail-lee!”

The imperial artillery was very happy, but this time the slogan did not seem to mean anything to be blessed... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!