Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 480

The Ming army won a complete victory in the first battle of Penamarkle. The Western army suffered more than 800 casualties. The coach, Duke Carasena, was captured. The entire army was wiped out. Only a few 200 people escaped. Surrender.

The Portuguese were very happy about this battle. Although the Portuguese army won more in the Portuguese Royal War, they never had such an overwhelming victory.Under the hands of the Ming army, the Western army was shot and killed in groups like sheep, and finally surrendered to the Ming army in panic, for fear that they would be slaughtered if they were too slow.

The Portuguese commander enthusiastically took Qian Erlang's hand and said, "I am full of confidence in this battle now. The Ming army is simply invincible. I am already looking forward to drinking celebration wine in Madrid!"

For Qian Erlang, victory is the most natural consequence.However, Qian Erlang also knew that the five-nation coalition's plan to attack Spain so bluntly would not only discredit the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, but also completely destroy Spain's status as a European power.Even if Spain is weaker than Daming, they will do everything possible to prevent these things from happening.

This is Spain's cornered beast.

Qian Erlang explained: "We can't underestimate the enemy's determination to resist because of our own strength. The Spaniards may use any method to hinder us, or even disgust us. Therefore, we must take precautions where we can. For example, logistics is our top priority. This time the Spaniards actually learned in advance that we will put the supplies in Penamarker. Not enough has been done. It is very stupid and unacceptable to allow the Western Army to act like this on the territory we control."

The Portuguese commander nodded again and again, showing that he was only looking forward to the horse.

After the man left, Gao Ning came to Qian Erlang's side and said, "I'm afraid this group of 'allies' will still make mistakes. We have become accustomed to our work mode and our work efficiency, and these allies are far away from us. It can’t meet our standards. For example, if there is no new model we provide for the purchase and transfer of supplies, and Commander Wang is in charge of it himself, I’m afraid there won’t be even 20% of the supplies now.”

Qian Erlang praised: "Our Commander Wang is still very powerful. As a rear admiral, he is also very proficient in handling matters such as logistics and command system. He is worthy of being a person valued by the emperor."

Gao Ning did not express his opinion, because he can actually do these things.Of course, Gao Ning himself is a model of a famous coach recognized by Bai Mingxiu, and he is the key promotion target.

Gao Ning said: "In fact, the most likely situation to happen now is that the Spaniards use the situation outside the battlefield to hold us back."

"You mean to persuade other allies to give up this war? It's impossible. Britain and France have been helping Portugal for a long time, and they have sent troops here. And the Netherlands is a former colony of Spain. It will step on it. If we withdraw from the alliance at this time, it will be a slap in the face of our Daming, and it must be the one that will be cleaned up next."

"It may be difficult to directly persuade these countries to leave the alliance, but I can think of more than a dozen ways to make us feel troubled, including using special operations to attack our supply lines, scorched-earth tactics, alienating alliances, and so on."

Qian Erlang said with a smile: "At least our determination to punish Spain is very strong. Even if other countries want to retreat, we will not retreat."

Gao Ning continued: "In addition, the Spaniards may want to attack us one by one. If I were the Spanish coach, I would first avoid the sharpest Ming army and seek the first Weaken the strength of the Portuguese army or the British, French, and Dutch armies. In more extreme cases, I may directly destroy some areas in Portugal and hinder our offensive."

Qian Erlang thought for a while, and felt that Gao Ning's strategy was indeed a little dangerous, but he was still relatively optimistic: "It's still the same sentence, we want to destroy Spain, even if the five-nation alliance of Lao Shizi is gone, we will continue to do it As for the unlucky situation that the Spaniards turned Portugal into, we don’t care. Menecis has led the Portuguese army to resist Spain for so many years. If the Spanish army breaks through in one day, then Portugal deserves to be unlucky.”

Gao Ning's guess soon became a reality. When Qian Erlang led the Ming army in Pena Marker and waited for more supplies and other coalition forces to gather, the Spaniards launched an offensive against the Portuguese army.

As the main commander of the Spanish army before, John of Austria, the illegitimate son of the current King Felipe IV (because he is an illegitimate son, he does not have a surname, he is called John of Austria, respectfully called Don John), because he was appointed by the Spanish Queen Maria Anna He lost his command due to fighting in the harem. At this critical moment, he was requisitioned and sent to the battlefield.

John's Spanish army was worse than the Spanish army he had led against Portugal in the first place.Soldiers lacked the latest equipment, supplies, and even their salaries were not paid in full, and their morale was low.However, John doesn't have much time to deal with these issues. He knows that if effective results cannot be achieved, Spain will be completely destroyed.

Although he had no claim to the throne, he was a Spaniard, the natural son of King Felipe IV, and responsible for the kingdom.

John gathered almost all the troops that Spain could gather. At this time, his total strength was 27000. In addition to the Spaniards, he also included many mercenaries from Germany and Italy.Spain handed over almost all of its combatable soldiers to this general who enjoyed the reputation of a hero in Spain, and the rise and fall of Spain was in his hands.

John led the army to Portugal, and in the first battle he found his old opponent, Menecis. Compared with Menecis's 16000 men, his force had an absolute advantage, and the attack was sudden and fierce.The troops led by Menecis were originally supposed to be the Southern Route Army of the Allied Forces of the Five Nations, to cooperate with the main force of the Ming Army led by Qian Erlang.Although in terms of deployment, Qian Erlang was more inclined that this army could join him, but considering the defense of the Portuguese border, this army was not transferred to the Ming army.

Menesis soon discovered that John was determined to fight, and the Western Army also had a great strength advantage, so it would be unwise to rashly engage in a head-on confrontation.So Menesis made a choice to give up the area he was stationed in and lead the troops to retreat.

(End of this chapter)