Daming Military Empire

Chapter 688 Assisting Allies in Mexico City

The British colonists never expected that the Ming army would suddenly appear from the west. It was approaching the European New Year, and they were preparing to celebrate the New Year.

As a result, the Ming army has not arrived yet, but the Ming army has arrived. Two Ming armies, 20 horses, suddenly appeared in the northwest of the Maryland colony and the southwest of the Connecticut colony. The attack begins.

The low city walls and ordinary castles were like paper in front of the artillery and armored vehicles of the Ming army. Basically, after a few rounds of artillery, the armored vehicles were used to dig a few gaps in the city wall. The British and armored vehicles inside The colonists were terrified and surrendered.

The British army in these colonies is actually equivalent to the militia of the Daming guards. They can also bully the Indian tribes without gunpowder weapons. In front of the well-equipped Ming army, they have nothing to fight back at all.

The Ming army was so powerful that it crushed all the way without encountering any decent resistance. In less than ten days, all the towns and ports in the six colonies were basically occupied by the Ming army, and a large number of British troops and ordinary colonists were captured. Among the prisoners, only a few people got on the British warships that came after hearing the news and escaped.

The whole of North America was occupied by the Ming Empire in this way. The local Indians were running and celebrating each other, but the British colonists wanted to cry but had no tears.

It's not that they don't have regular troops, and the strength of the British Army is not as strong as this. It's just that they didn't expect the Ming army to appear suddenly, so they didn't take any precautions at all.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect to defeat the British army so easily, they didn't even send any reinforcements, everything was like a child's play!
In fact, it’s not that the UK doesn’t want to send support. At the moment, the main force of their army is attacking the colonies of Spain and Portugal. They can’t adjust it even if they want to. Is it possible to use the navy to be tough with the army of the Ming Empire?That's like delivering food to the Ming Empire!
Regardless of the reasons for the lack of support from the British army, Lu Xiangsheng was not negligent. After he occupied all the colonies, he immediately ordered the vassal state army to repair the railways to the ports on both sides. Build a bastion to prepare to resist the counterattack of the British army.

One winter passed, and the entire east coast of the North American continent was already lined with bastions, impenetrable. However, the British army never came to counterattack, and they couldn't find out why they interrogated the prisoners.

What is going on here?
Just when he was puzzled, a telegram from the emperor came from Jinshan City on the west coast, ordering him to continue to lead two legions of 14 infantry to defend on the east coast, while Yang Zhong drove [-] cavalry back to Jinshan City by train. , waiting to be dispatched.

Lu Xiangsheng was inexplicable, he couldn't figure out what was going on at all, but he still didn't dare to disobey the emperor's will. After receiving the telegram, he immediately ordered Yang Zhong to lead [-] cavalry on the road. As for what to do on the west coast, The emperor didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to ask.

The purpose of Zhu Cijiong asking Yang Zhong to lead the cavalry back to the west coast was actually to let him assist Spain and Portugal in retaking the American colonies.

Of course he knew that the British army could not be so good, and he also knew that the British army could not have such a small army. Judging from the information sent back by Lu Xiangsheng, the British should have used all their main forces to snatch the colonies of Spain and Portugal.

The main purpose of Ming’s marching into the Americas was to drive the anti-Habsburg alliance powers out of the Americas and cut off their supply of overseas resources. Now that the North American continent has been easily captured, the allies’ colonies will naturally help them regain or hold on to it. .

Otherwise, driving them out of the North American colonies, which were relatively scarce in resources at this time, but allowing them to occupy Central America and South America, which are relatively rich in resources, would not be worth the candle!

As soon as Zhu Cijiong informed his allies Spain and Portugal of his idea of ​​recovering the American colonies, they immediately received an enthusiastic response. Philip IV and John IV both expressed that they would send troops to cooperate with the Ming army.

The three discussed briefly in the telegram, and finally decided to send pure cavalry troops to support their respective colonies. Spain sent 3 cavalry, Portugal sent [-] cavalry, a total of [-] horses, from the Mediterranean Sea, across the Eurasian Canal, They rushed to Daming, and then followed Daming's fifth batch of colonial fleets to Jinshan Port.

At this moment, [-] cavalry from Spain and Portugal are waiting at Jinshan Port, waiting for Yang Zhong to lead them to the governorate of New Spain to deal with the British troops there.

Most of the so-called governorships of New Spain are in the Americas, including Mexico, the southern United States, and Central and North America in later generations. Luzon was also under the jurisdiction of the governor of New Spain. Of course, it has now belonged to Ming Dynasty.

The Spanish colonial fleet arrived in America as early as 1509 and occupied some islands in the Caribbean Sea. Later, they gradually expanded to Central and North America, successively occupying the entire Central and North America, Mexico, the Florida Peninsula, Texas and Louisiana. That and so on.

The Viceroyalty of New Spain can be said to be the most important part of the Spanish colonial empire. At this moment, due to the blockade of the Atlantic Ocean by the anti-Habsburg alliance, Spain has lost contact with the Viceroyalty of Spain for nearly a year. What is the situation there? What?
After Yang Zhong arrived at Jinshan Port, he listened to the officials of the Ministry of War to introduce the situation, and according to the emperor's will, he took a total of [-] cavalry from the Ming Empire, Spain and Portugal, and took [-] armed blessing boats to go south along the west coast of America. To the Governorate of New Spain.

Their first stop was Mazatlan, the port closest to Jinshan Port on the west coast, because a bastion happened to be built there, and there were nearly 3000 people stationed there, so it should be unlikely to be conquered in a short time.

The fleet sailed south along the coastline for about two days before arriving at the port of Mazatlan. Sure enough, the red cross flag of New Spain was still flying there, and there seemed to be no traces of battle, as if it had never been suffered at all. British attack.

What is going on?

Thinking that he couldn't figure it out, Yang Zhong directly ordered the fleet to enter the port, and then took the Spanish liaison officer to find out the situation.

The port of Mazatlan was originally an important seaport connecting Mexico and Luzon. Since Luzon was assigned to Ming Dynasty, there have not been many ships coming and going here, because Spanish ships have to cross the Atlantic Ocean and go around the bottom of South America. To come here is very troublesome.

Unexpectedly, hundreds of large sea ships would appear outside the port on this day, which shocked the Spanish guard here.

Fortunately, he still knew the Sun Moon Dragon Banner of the Ming Empire, so he didn't launch an attack when the fleet entered the port.

After Yang Zhong disembarked, he learned more about it before he realized that the main force of the British army was currently besieging Mexico City, the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

After losing the support of the navy, the Caribbean coast of the Governorate of New Spain near the east has been completely occupied by the British army. The local British army has not yet conquered, and the British army in Mazatlan on the west coast has never even come.

(End of this chapter)