"Hold the spear straight!"
"Fire the bayonet!"
"God bless Spain... Onward!"
As Spanish military orders sounded, Duke Charles V of Lorraine and Cardinal Philip, who were riding tall Andalusian horses, saw the pikemen in front of them first leveling their spears, and then The fusiliers silently put their bayonets on their muzzles, and finally the pikemen were in front and the fusiliers were behind. When the leading officers saw that their soldiers were ready, they asked the messengers around them to light torches, then shouted the command and strode into the forest.
The soldiers were also led by the firelight and followed the officers' commands, taking steps toward the woods ahead. Accompanied by a burst of soft footsteps, another brigade of the Spanish Royal Army disappeared into the night-shrouded forest.
Then, another brigade of the Spanish Royal Army came forward in a mighty manner, and formed a horizontal line where the brigade that had just entered the forest formed its formation...
It was already early morning on August 13, 1692. Although it was midsummer, the night breeze was slightly cool and very comfortable. Moreover, from last night to now, the weather has been fine with the bright moon in the sky and starry stars, and the visibility is quite good. It is indeed a good time for night attacks and sneak attacks. Encouraged by Archbishop Philip and his priests, the Spanish imperial troops who participated in today's sneak attack were all in high morale. Everyone believed that the good weather and the comfortable temperature must be holy. The miracle brought by the spear is to facilitate everyone's marching and sneak attacks!
With the holy spear in hand and God's blessing, this battle will be won!
Under the moonlight, another three to two thousand bayonets and spear points undulated slightly under the moonlight, and then disappeared into the forest.
A German officer rode up to the Duke of Lorraine and Archbishop Philip, and then reported loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Archbishop, all the infantry have entered the forest, and the 1st Infantry Brigade has successfully passed through the forest! And the Inca's The camp is still quiet and there is no reaction... The surprise attack has been successful!"
"Thank God!"
"God bless Spain!"
"God bless Emperor Leopold!"
The Duke of Lorraine and Archbishop Philip were immediately surrounded by "God bless", and although these two real bosses still maintained a certain degree of reserve, their faces were already full of winner's smiles.
The Duke of Lorraine smiled and said to the officers and messengers around him: "Order all 3-pounders, mortars, signal rocket launchers and cavalry to pass through the forest!"
"yes!"
Immediately, several messengers accepted the Duke's order and galloped to give orders to the accompanying artillery and cavalry. The Duke of Lorraine then said to Archbishop Philip beside him: "His Royal Highness, it's our turn!"
"good!"
Archbishop Philip reached out and took out a glittering spear from an attendant beside him - this is the Longinus Spear, the holy spear of Christianity!
I saw this red archbishop just raising his holy spear and shouting loudly: "In the name of Jesus, destroy all devils and devil believers! Jesus is with us... March towards the devil's camp! God bless Us, amen!”
"Amen!"
Amidst the sound of "Amen", the cardinal, holding the holy spear high, drove his horse forward towards the forest ahead. The moonlight shines on the "golden spear" in the hands of the bishop and the red robe on his body, which really gives people a sacred and solemn feeling.
The Duke of Lorraine made the sign of the cross on his chest, then rode forward and followed Archbishop Philip into the woods ahead.
The woods had long been cleared by the skirmishers of the Spanish Royal Army, and there was no danger. The Duke of Lorraine and Archbishop Philip, led by a German officer who was holding a torch and clearing the way on foot, took less than half an hour to cross. This forest is at least half a Spanish mile (2.5-3 kilometers) wide. Before they walked out of the woods, the German officer leading the way had put out the torch in his hand to avoid exposing his target. Outside the woods, there was a very wide grassland. The infantry who had already passed through the woods had already set up an offensive formation under the command of the officers. The soldiers of the eight brigades formed two large horizontal formations, one with four brigades in each. The infantry were divided into battalions and formed four rows. Among them, the fusiliers have been adjusted to the first three rows, and the pikemen are placed in the back row.
About half an hour later, artillery and cavalry also came over. The heavier 6-pounder had not come over yet, and the 3-pounder cannon, mortar and rocket launcher, which could be dismantled and carried by mules and horses, all passed through the woods smoothly. Then they were assembled on the edge of the woods. Among them, the 3-pounder cannon and the mortar had a relatively short range, so they were pushed or carried forward by the artillery, and a group of skirmishers and cavalry followed to cover them. Several rocket launchers are used to launch signal rockets, which are tools for soldiers rather than weapons for artillery.
In Texas summer, the days are long and the nights are short. It's almost two or three o'clock in the morning, and you can already feel that the sky is slightly brighter. Most people on the Spanish Royal Army's battle line held their breath and stared at the Inca camp two to three thousand yards away, which was lit with many torches and hung with many lanterns.
Seeing that the Inca camp was unusually calm and seemed unaware that the enemy was right under their noses, all the Spanish royal officers and soldiers could hardly suppress their excitement. Some of the guys who were particularly devout to God were so excited that their eyes filled with tears.
This is not because the Incas were too careless, this is because the "Holy Spear" is showing a miracle!
The Duke of Lorraine is also a devout Catholic. At this time, he was making the sign of the cross on his chest and muttering words, as if he was reciting the "Psalm of Mary" - as an experienced battlefield veteran, of course he has I found something was wrong. The Incas on the opposite side were too insensitive and careless... and through the moonlight, the light of torches and lanterns, the Duke could also see that the large camp opposite was very organized! Even if such a camp is concentrated with a large number of artillery and bombarded with sugar and explosive bombs, it will take several days to destroy it.
The ability to build such a camp shows that there must be many very professional soldiers among the Incas who are familiar with the tactics and tactics of the sugar medicine era!
How come the professional officer corps didn't place enough open and covert sentries outside the camp... It's really surprising that the enemy can almost touch it right under their noses without knowing anything about it.
According to the Duke of Lorraine's original prediction, his army might encounter the Inca's hidden sentry when passing through the forest to the west of the Inca camp in the river bend. When the formation was deployed outside the forest, it would definitely be discovered by the opponent - so The Duke of Lorraine asked Lieutenant General Churchill to lead a brigade of the English Expeditionary Force and march to the east bank of the Colorado River with many rocket launchers. This was so that when fighting broke out on the west bank, Churchill could launch rockets into the Inca camp. bombs, disrupting their military morale.
But now, there is no movement from the Incas!
If Archbishop Philip hadn't been protecting him with the Holy Spear, he would have suspected that those cunning Inca devils had already noticed that the Spaniards were coming to attack, so they had prepared a trap... But now there is the Holy Spirit with boundless power. Spear, it is normal for those Inca people who believe in the devil to die in their sleep.
At this moment, one of the Duke's adjutants came over quickly: "Report, the artillery is ready!"
The Duke of Lorraine looked up at the sky. It was a little brighter again. It was time to attack!
"God bless, God bless..." The Duke silently recited two more words of "God bless", then looked back at Archbishop Philip and whispered: "His Royal Highness, you can start!"
Upon hearing this, Cardinal Philip raised the holy spear in his hand high and shouted loudly: "Jesus bless us! Amen!"
Then he pointed his spear forward again!
As the spear in the cardinal's hand pointed forward, a signal rocket was pushed up into the sky with the power of the detonation of sugar pills, and then exploded!
Equipped with rifled guns and grenade skirmishers, as well as the cover of Spanish light cavalry, the 23-door 3-pound regiment had been pushed to the front by artillery, less than one-sixth of a Spanish mile away from the west gate of the Inca camp. The cannon had already been aimed at the tall wooden door. There are also twelve mortars, all neatly placed and ready to fire at any time.
Seeing the rockets exploding in the air, a German officer in charge of commanding the artillery team suddenly raised a signal flag, and then waved it down heavily: "Let it go!"
Twenty-three 3-pound regimental cannons lined up first spit out tongues of flame, and then twelve 12-pound mortar cannons fired out explosive shells filled with brown sugar gunpowder. The explosive shells also landed around the gate. A ball of fire exploded!
Because Texas is completely wild, the roads are difficult to travel, and there are no bridges across large rivers and streams. The heavy cannons cannot be maneuvered at all, so the Spanish royal family of the Duke of Lorraine brought 3-pound cannons, 6-pound cannons and Several launchers for firing signal rockets, and a mortar capable of firing 12-pound explosive shells.
At the same time, on a position on the other side of the Colorado River, more than twenty rocket launchers were lined up. Lieutenant General Churchill was guarding the position, craning his neck and looking there. Seeing the signal rocket exploding in the sky, he raised his right hand high and waved it down heavily: "Let go!"
Following his order, all the sugar-powder rockets placed on the thirty or so rocket launchers were ignited - these were not signal rockets that only heard the sound and saw the light, but carried sugar-powder explosives. The rockets fired all dragged long tail flames, roaring towards the Inca camp on the other side of the river! Although the Spaniards did not have a more reliable mercury fuse, most of the rockets either did not explode or exploded in mid-air before landing, and could not hurt the enemy at all. But the rockets exploding in the air are very scary to watch, and those ignorant Incas will definitely be scared to death...
...
"Boom boom boom..."
When the spectacular rockets exploded over the Inca camp, as if they were about to start a prairie fire, Borzigit Cering was standing behind a parapet with his arms folded, observing the battlefield. Of course he was not panicked at all. ...how could you panic? He also attended the Xiaolingwei Lecture Hall in Nanjing, where he studied artillery. He has personally played with rockets equipped with mercury fuses that are much more powerful than this!
Moreover, the Yin family also has a small rocket launcher team... Although it is only equipped with six six-unit rocket launchers, because of the thunder mercury fuse, its power is incomparable to the Spanish rocket launchers.
But now is not the time for these rocket launchers to show their power, because all six rocket launchers were taken away by Celing Dundobu, and Borzigit Celing only had... snipers using rifled guns. and Yin family warriors equipped with revolvers.
Thinking of this, Borzijit Celing looked around. Five battalions of Yin family warriors were now standing with him behind the parapet on the west side of the camp, smiling at the "fireworks" in the sky. Or watching the Spaniards use cannon to blast apart the west gate of their camp - they were two fairly strong wooden doors, but they still couldn't withstand the bombardment.
After three or four rounds of Spanish cannon fire, only a loud "bang" was heard. The two thick and large wooden doors finally could not withstand the hammering of the cannonballs and fell to the ground.
The moment the gate fell to the ground was when the Yin family warriors attacked. Borzijit Celing took a red-yellow dragon flag from the hands of a Yin family warrior beside him, and jumped onto the flag in front of him. Then he waved the flag vigorously and shouted: "Yin family warriors, move forward!"
The Yin family warriors standing behind the parapet also shouted loudly: "Go forward! Kill the enemy!"
Borzigit Celing jumped directly from the parapet, then held the big flag and walked outside the camp at the lead!
Behind him, about two thousand Yin family warriors also climbed out of the wall without hesitation, followed Borzigit Celing, pushed open the gate on the wooden fence in front, and then jumped out of the ditch. He walked through the reserved passage and ran directly outside the camp!
After leaving the camp, these Yin family warriors did not form any horizontal or column formations. They just pulled out two loose lines of skirmishers, and then walked towards the array facing the Spanish Royal Army.
This scene immediately stunned the Spanish royal soldiers opposite.
What kind of play is this? Why does it look like sending someone to death? There were so few people, and they didn't form a formation, and there were musketeers and archers (everyone carrying scimitars) mixed together, and they came up in a loose manner... No wonder Pizarro used more than 200 people to Just destroy the Inca Empire. These barbarians who believe in the devil really don’t know how to fight!
"The 3-pounder...turn the muzzle and aim at those devil's believers!"
The German officer commanding the artillery reacted immediately and quickly directed the 3-pounder guns that had been bombarding the camp gate just now to turn their muzzles and aim at the Incas who were walking quickly.
The Duke of Lorraine, who was watching the battle from behind the battle line, was also stunned by this scene. He laughed for a while and said to Archbishop Philip beside him: "Your Highness, we encountered a group of fools who don't know how to fight... ..We have won!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the 3-pounder gun group in front had already adjusted its direction and roared again!
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