Napoleon II Reborn Chapter 181

When Tudela was being violently attacked by the British army, the 4th Regiment of the 88th Army, which was responsible for defending Medinaseli, finally waited for their enemy, the 100,000 army led by the leader of the Spanish rebellion, Castagnos. .

The Iberian Mountains run north-south across the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula. If you want to reach the northeastern part of the peninsula, you have to cross the Iberian Mountains except for walking on both sides of the Iberian Mountains. In the middle of the Iberian Mountains, there is a relatively low-lying "corridor", which has always been a traffic artery connecting the two sides of the Iberian Mountains. And Medinaseli is right in the middle of this "corridor", and it is also the highest place in this "corridor". This place has always been a battleground for military strategists. Originally, this place was under the control of Castagnos, but in the last battle, he saw that the British army was defeated, so he hurriedly withdrew his troops, and this place was occupied by the pursuing French army.

According to the agreement with the British army, Castagnos led an army of 100,000 on the journey to attack Zaragoza. They set off from Madrid and came all the way to Medinaceli, but they were sent by the first army stationed here. The 4th Regiment of the 88th Army blocked it. Castagnos has never fought against the 88th Army. In his subconscious, he still regards the 88th Army as the 2nd Army that he defeated before, which is nothing special.

Medinaseli is the only way from Madrid to Zaragoza. If you want to go to Zaragoza, you must occupy it. "General, shall we fight or not?" one of Castagnos's men named Canel came over and asked.

"Nonsense. They are our enemies, do you think we can fight?" Castagnos said angrily.

"But didn't you say that we will take advantage of it when they lose both sides in the fight with France?" Kanel asked with some regret.

Castagnos sighed. He didn't know what to say about this subordinate. Canel was one of his generals. He was very brave in battle and took the lead, but the only shortcoming was that he was a little sluggish. , but he is very loyal to Castagnos, so Castagnos trusts him very much. "We have to get by if we want to pick up a bargain. Now that we are blocked here, we can't make it through. Even if there is a bargain, we can't get it?"

"Oh, so that's the case." Carnell suddenly realized.

"General, isn't the time a little early now? I guess the French and the British are fighting. If we show up too early, the situation will be a bit bad if France goes all out to deal with us." Castani Another general of Oss, Misend reminded. He and Canel are Castagnos' right and left hands. He has a very smart mind, but he is not very good at fighting, so he just complements Canel.

Castagnos thought for a while, and felt that Misend's words were very reasonable, so he adopted his opinion, ordered the whole army to rest for a day, and then continued to attack. Arthur Wellesley would never have imagined that Castagnos, whom he had placed high hopes on, would actually do this. His army was fighting a **** battle with the French army ahead, but his allies took advantage of this opportunity to think about how to take advantage of it. If Arthur Wellesley knew about this, he would probably be so angry that he vomited blood and died.

"Uh? What do you think Castagnos is up to? Why didn't he attack? Could it be that they brought so many troops to the Iberian Mountains for an outing?" Strong, the deputy head of the 4th Regiment, regretted. asked.

"I don't know, is there anything else they can't prepare for?" Bernal, the leader of the 4th regiment, was also very regretful. He knew that his task was very heavy and he had to block all Castagnos' troops. Here, he doesn't know how long it will take to be blocked. He only knows that the longer the better, it is best to wait until the 88th Army defeats the British Army. So he had to think carefully.

"I said, what are you doing with all this nonsense? Isn't it good that they don't attack? It would be great if they can keep off attacking." Schmidt, the chief of staff of the 4th regiment, yelled at the side.

yes! It's a good thing that Castagnos doesn't attack. Anyway, the longer the delay, the better for us. Why bother so much, as long as we guard Medinaceli and prevent a Spanish rebel from passing by.

They are still very confident in Medinaceli's defense. Medinaceli has very steep mountains on both sides, and it is difficult for manpower to pass through. However, for insurance, they still sent a platoon to the dangerous mountain on both sides. place defense. This is not the same as Tudela, where you need to defend in all directions. Now the 4th Regiment only needs to defend the west, so the 4th Regiment deployed a battalion directly to the west, and the other two battalions are used by the reserve team. The city walls of Medinaceli are not tall, but they are very strong. They are all made of boulders quarried on the Iberian Mountains. A 37mm mortar hit it, and there was basically no damage. Now defending the position is the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Regiment. They not only built many fixed firepower points on the city wall, but also built many firepower points on both sides of the mountain, which can cooperate with the firepower points on the city wall to completely block the road.

The next day, Castagnos ordered the troops to attack. Since the road was relatively narrow, it was impossible to send too many troops at once, so for the first attack, Castagnos only sent one It's just a group, in order to test Medinaceli's defense.

Before the attack, they did not make any artillery preparations. This is not to say that Castagnos's army lacked cannons. On the contrary, they directly purchased more than 500 cannons from the British because of the support of the Spanish aristocratic class. , although they are all old-fashioned cannons, and they may be the ones that were eliminated by the British army, they are still quite powerful. Just because the road is very difficult, these cannons need to be disassembled before they can be shipped. In order to avoid trouble, Castagnos only brought 40 cannons this time, and there are not many shells. Each cannon only has 50 rounds Just shells.

Only the first batch of people in Castagnos' army were brought out from the former Spanish army, but a large part of that group died in the battle with the French army. The current soldiers have Many of them are newly recruited recruits. Some of them were farmers, some were workers, and some were homeless before they became soldiers. Found in the armies of Neos. They have not undergone systematic military training, and most of them use the time when there are relatively few battles to train casually. Many people can only shoot. As for whether they can hit the target after shooting, they can only ask for God's blessing.

Therefore, such a messy group of people, driven by the officers, rushed towards the French army's position without any formation of combat pairs. Their attack stunned all the officers and soldiers of the 4th Regiment. God, had the great French army been defeated by such a group of people before? Everyone finds it incredible. In particular, more than 20,000 people from the 2nd Army were surrounded and surrendered later. Although there were 10 people surrounding them, if the 88th Army was surrounded by such 100,000 people, it would probably take less than an hour to break through. It can even kill all these so-called "soldiers". Could it be that the combat effectiveness of the 2nd Army has dropped to the point that even such an army can't beat it?

Although everyone thinks so, no one underestimates these people. Because he is a soldier and they have guns in their hands, they are very dangerous. Only by killing them all, then they will not pose a threat. All the soldiers of the 88th Legion have been indoctrinated into the idea that there is no distinction between weak and strong enemies when dealing with them. All enemies are very dangerous, and they must be wiped out, so that they can be safer.

Therefore, facing this regiment of the Spanish chaos, they were not relentless at all. As soon as the rebel army rushed to their strike range, all kinds of light and heavy firepower fired together, and immediately knocked out the rebel army. The firepower of the French army was very fierce, and the mortar shells kept smashing into the chaos, blowing up stumps and broken arms. The heavy machine guns also shot wherever there were many people, tearing all the chaotic troops into pieces. The snipers are also looking for their own targets, and all the ones they see are sent to see God~www.mtlnovel.com~ Only other soldiers with rifles have nothing to do, the distance is too far, They couldn't hit it, and the grenade couldn't throw it that far, so they could only watch and pray that those **** Spanish rebels would come closer.

But those rebellious soldiers were all frightened by the powerful firepower of the French army. They either lay down on the ground in fright, buried their heads deeply on the ground to pretend to be turtles, or ran back as fast as they could. Although the officers tried their best to stop them, I wanted to chase them away and continue to attack, but after being knocked down several times by the snipers in a row, no one dared to be arrogant anymore, and they all lay on the ground pretending to be turtles.

The members of the 4th Regiment were all happy. It was the first time they encountered such an enemy, and they all felt that this battle was really easy to fight. If the enemy were like this, it would not be difficult to hold here for ten or eight years.

After seeing the performance of his soldiers, Castagnos was very angry. He knew that his face was lost by these useless soldiers, but he was still looking for an excuse, that is, the enemy's firepower was too strong. Too powerful, that's why his "heroic" soldiers are like that. "Damn it, bully us without guns, right? Pull up all the guns and blast him a son of a bitch." Castagnos yelled frantically.

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