Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 482 Battle of Pavia

The sound of the cannon was clear and full of morning energy, waking the Spaniard lying on the woman's belly.

John jumped up suddenly, lost his footing, and fell to the ground, and it was this unfortunate fall that almost saved his life.

The side where he slept just now was shattered with a bang, one wall of the house collapsed, and the bed was smashed to pieces. When John fell to the ground, he crawled like an anti-cannon. He survived, but he was also injured. Got some injuries.

"What's going on?!" He was shocked and wanted to call his soldiers, but at this time, no one could shut anyone up.

The small town of Pavia was so small that it only had three or four streets. As soon as the Spaniards came, they drove away the residents and lived in their houses.Even houses were not enough, some low-class Spanish soldiers had to live in tents.

After the Ming army arrived, they found that there was a woodland on the side of Pavia, which was a very good place to cover the artillery. So here, the Ming army set up an artillery position and fired fiercely at Pavia.

It was the first time for some Portuguese, British, French and Dutch military officers to see the display of Ming army artillery. This kind of scene was completely unimaginable to them.

A French military officer even sighed: "It's like a scene in purgatory. Countless shells fell from the sky like meteorites, carrying heat and death. The whole town was enveloped by artillery fire. I even Can't imagine what a horrible experience it was to be under that kind of gunfire."

Thomas Morgan's face turned pale. Before that, he was very opposed to obeying Da Ming's intention and handing over the New Netherland to Da Ming, but now, Baron Morgan thinks that it is simply absurd to hand over the New Netherland to Da Ming Could not have chosen wisely.

"Why is Daming's artillery so powerful? They are separated by thousands of yards, but they can make the bullets spread so densely. Their artillery technology is so good, not to mention the performance of the artillery. The world can withstand such a I am afraid that there is no army to bombard." Morgan thought to himself.

The ideas of military officers from various countries are different, but one thing may be the same -

"We must get Daming's artillery!"

All countries in Europe are spending a lot of time on military reforms, and they will take advantage of any progress. It can be said that the wars in Europe that have hardly been suspended for a moment are the ultimate reason for Europeans to continue to advance military technology.Now that an eastern country has powerful military technology that they don't have, it has posed a substantial threat to them, so acquiring these technologies has become more urgent.

Morgan thought more: "Even if we exchange more colonies and give them a year's financial income, Britain must figure out why Ming Dynasty has such technology and obtained all this!"

On the other side of Pavia, Menesis, who was maneuvering towards Pavia after receiving instructions from the headquarters of the five-nation coalition, also saw the scene of the sky burning the city.

He had already heard many Portuguese talk about how powerful the Ming Dynasty artillery and army were, but what he saw with his own eyes at this moment gave people a completely different shock.

Menezes did not speak for a long time.

The attendant beside him asked him: "General, why are you silent?"

Menecis said calmly: "In Europe, Portugal can only be regarded as a second-rate country, and European countries as a whole are not as good as Ming Dynasty. Sooner or later, the world will become dominated by Ming Dynasty. What I am thinking is that Portugal should How do you find your place in this world?"

In fact, a kind of cognition has gradually emerged in Portugal, which is similar to the mode of "distance and close attack".These people believed that the Ming Empire was far away in East Asia. Although it was extremely powerful, it was still far away, and there was no direct conflict of interest against Portugal.By making friends with Ming, Portugal obtained relatively favorable trade conditions at Ming's trade ports, and was able to use various convenient services provided by Ming.More importantly, Ming has conflicts with powerful European countries such as Spain, so Portugal should take good care of its relationship with Ming and use Ming to protect its own national interests.

And this view is actually being implemented now, and there have been certain deviations in the process of implementation, especially the merchants in the Far East, often kneeling and licking Daming desperately for their own interests. Portuguese people will find ways to achieve it.Not only will Portugal not tolerate any conflicts with Ming, but even when Ming calls, Portugal will stand aside and shout.

Finally, this situation has evolved into the current temporary military alliance.Everyone knows that the two most important players in the five-nation alliance are Daming and Portugal. What Portugal wants is Spain to recognize Portugal's independence, but what Ming wants is to defeat Spain in a very humiliating manner and force the other party to sign a contract in Madrid. Unequal treaties.But Daming proposed, Portugal still decided to participate.

As a senior general, Menecis has also thought deeply about the current Ming-Portuguese relationship many times, and he has also questioned whether the views of the cutting-edge nobles headed by Prince Pedro are correct.But at least after witnessing the grand occasion of Daming’s bombardment of the Spanish camp, Menezes knew that Portugal could not be the enemy of Ming, and must stand on the same front with Ming—even if it might mean betraying European countries and the Christian world , Portugal will do the same.

"It's almost time, the artillery of the Ming army is about to stop, ready to attack Pavia!" Menesis made the deployment.

After the shelling lasted for nearly two hours, the Ming artillerymen finally stopped their roaring, and a suffocating calm began to appear on the battlefield.At this time, a large number of Portuguese troops began to approach the Spanish-controlled town in a phalanx.

Menesis looked around and saw that the original town had turned into ruins at this moment. Almost no complete buildings remained. There was already a raging fire all over the place.Spaniards' bodies were everywhere, Spanish soldiers were crying, many of them had been bombed without arms and legs, some were crushed by collapsed houses, and some were running wildly on the street.In short, no one took up arms against the Portuguese. Instead, when the Spanish soldiers saw the Portuguese coming, they happily begged the Portuguese to take them captive, and they were willing to surrender.

In a corner of the ruins, the Portuguese soldiers dug out the trapped commander of the Western Army, John. John, who was full of wisdom and determination, lost his eyesight at this moment and couldn't even speak a complete sentence.

A considerable part of the Spanish troops fled outwards when they encountered shelling, and were intercepted by the coalition forces sent by Qian Erlang from the periphery.Most of the Spanish troops were annihilated here. This battle can be said to be the only tragic battle seen in Europe. In just half a day, the Spanish army suffered more than 7000 casualties.

(End of this chapter)