Chapter 1720: Mind-Numbing Behavior

On the American battlefield, the war between Britain and France officially began.

Longyan City was actively deploying troops at this time, also to prevent being drawn into the war between France and the Indians.

As the rear base for Longyan City, Yun City was one of the few peaceful places in America; at this time, Yun City was actively transporting supplies, preparing to reinforce Longyan City at any moment.

The various forces in America seemed to be preparing for this war between the French and the British.

But they seemed to have overlooked another behemoth force in America.

The Spanish Empire, which had once traversed the oceans and was the most powerful maritime colonial empire.

Although Spain was in gradual decline, it still had remaining strength and could be considered the fourth largest force in America.

However, for Spain, America was not as simple as just a colony.

Spain was no longer the powerful empire it once was; after losing too many colonies on other continents, the colonies in America became incomparably important.

Now France was expanding eastward, Britain was advancing westward, and Longyan City was developing steadily without expanding its own territory.

Such a chaotic situation was a great opportunity for Spain.

Once, the Spanish were the ones who dominated America; if not for the alliance between the British and the French, Spain would not have lost most of its American colonies, forced to shrink into South America and a small place in North America called Florida.

If Spain wanted to be powerful once again, it had to seize this opportunity of the war between Britain and France to expand its Colonial Area.

Seize resources!

Both the French and the British were fighting at this time, but the Spanish were not stupid enough to attack the territory of both.

After all, the Spanish homeland was still in Europe; if they encountered a reckoning from the French and the British, the Spanish homeland would surely fall.

The King of Britain had once competed for the Spanish throne.

Therefore, the Spanish leader in America made a decision that was mind-numbing.

They prepared to attack Longyan.

Over in Florida, there happened to be a territory belonging to Longyan.

They set their sights on that territory; the reason they chose to strike at this territory was that although it was Longyan territory, it was very far from Longyan City.

It was very difficult for Longyan to attack from there.

More crucially, although this was Longyan territory, Longyan did not have many garrison troops here, and the defensive strength was weak.

But the capital Longyan had poured into this place was not insignificant.

On the contrary, it was quite huge; according to their understanding, the Longyan were vigorously developing planting industries here, such as cotton and other cash crops, and had also opened ranches; it was highly likely that this was a horse farm for Longyan!

Although there were no factories built by Longyan here, the mere mention of a horse farm was enough to attract the Spanish.

After the Spanish Empire gradually declined, they could no longer afford to maintain cavalry, a branch of the military that consumed vast resources.

Let alone War Horse; such things, apart from those left over from before, almost only existed in fantasy.

For the Spanish, this was a fatal temptation.

Therefore, regarding the decision to occupy this Longyan city, the Spanish American side unanimously agreed; not a single person refused, and there was no reason to refuse.

This operation targeting the Third City of Longyan soon unfolded.

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At this time, on the European battlefield.

To thoroughly crush the Holy Cross Army entrenched in Hanover, Ling Chen sent out a cavalry team of thirty men.

He wanted to launch a surprise attack from the rear and cut off the supply line of the Holy Cross Army.

And he would take advantage of this time to launch a decisive battle and thoroughly crush the Holy Cross Army.

That unit of thirty men, following the route pointed out by Diana, soon arrived at the rear supply line of the Holy Cross Army.

Although there were a few dangers along the way, it did not affect their march.

Marching in the snow was not that difficult.

But their only difficulty was that they only had thirty people, thirty horses.

With such troop strength, it was absolutely impossible to destroy the Holy Cross Army's supply line head-on.

His initial plan was not a head-on clash, but to use explosives to blow up the transport route here.

Then they would use the advantage of the cavalry to engage in guerrilla warfare among the mountains and forests, delaying the time for the Holy Cross Army to repair the road.

But this action plan went bankrupt before it even unfolded.

Hanover belonged to the inland region of Europe and was located on mountainous terrain with a high altitude; such geographical environment caused the temperature here to be even lower than in other places.

Fearing discovery by the enemy, they dared not light fires to raise the temperature or dig into the ground here.

They had no Method to destroy the road; the ground in winter could not be dug open at all, and the Landmine they carried could not be placed.

They could only resort to attacking, intercepting the Holy Cross Army supply troops that came, but they were also unsure when these Holy Cross Army would transport supplies.

Several days passed.

These Longyan Cavalry lying in ambush on the mountain relied on strong willpower and dried Chili to resist the cold, along with a little bit of ice-cold water to maintain their vitality; they waited for five days, and just when they were about to be conquered by the Chili, they finally saw hope.

The supply troops of the Holy Cross Army were escorting supplies and passing through this route.

At noon, these Holy Cross Army were even lighting fires to cook here.

Seeing this scene, the Longyan Cavalry, who had been hungry for several days with eyes glowing green, immediately launched a surprise attack.

If you don't push people, no one knows how much courage they have or how much ability they possess.

At that time, the troop strength of the Holy Cross Army supply unit was not high, merely ten times that of the Longyan Cavalry.

A mere three hundred people, but the Holy Cross Army was equipped with a complete Musket Team, Infantry, and cavalry.

Facing a force with some disparity, the starving Longyan Cavalry quickly launched an attack.

They did not carry Musket this time, but brought Crossbow.

After the plan to use Landmine to destroy the Holy Cross Army transport line went bankrupt, the captain of the Longyan Cavalry team came up with a Method.

These landmines certainly could not be used to set traps and ambush the Holy Cross Army.

Rather than wasting them by carrying them around, it would be better to manufacture some usable explosives; this way, he could make use of waste while also achieving the effect of subduing the enemy.

Thinking of this, these Cavalry moved swiftly.

The Longyan Army had a very different aspect compared to other troops; after the reforms Liu Zheng had gone through, every Longyan Soldier needed to learn some knowledge.

Liu Zheng called them Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.

The Longyan Cavalry captain's whimsical idea was not without reason; he had seen Hand Grenades and had also seen Longyan's fireworks—Sky Rockets.

Thinking of one possibility, was it possible to combine Hand Grenades with the bows and arrows in his hands?

To create an explosive bow and arrow?

In order to verify his own thoughts and creativity, the Longyan Cavalry one by one transformed into craftsmen, and they started working as soon as they decided to. Recently, the transcoding is serious, which gives us more motivation to update faster. Please move your little hands to exit reading mode. Thank you.