"Come on, everyone has chocolate candies." In a small village, the artillery battalion commander Lai Dashi grabbed a handful of candies from his bag and sent them to the Spanish children in the village one by one.

This is part of the goodwill plan for the occupied areas formulated by the Army. It is implemented by the front-line troops of the Army and supervised by the military police. The purpose is to reduce the hostility of the people in the occupied areas, reduce the cost of occupation and maintenance, and ensure the safety of the lives of soldiers from the East Coast on other countries' lands.

To be honest, this plan is still necessary. The ignorant and conservative Spaniards were very hostile to the East Coast pagans and were even more dissatisfied with their fantasy invasion of their hometowns. Although the quality of the East Coast soldiers was already very good, this was due to the sufficient logistics support that did not disturb the people as the soldiers of other countries in this era, the invaders were the invaders. In the later era of globalization, the people of various countries were very dissatisfied with immigration, let alone the invaders holding weapons.

According to the latest information sent by the State Administration of Intelligence, the English army currently fighting in the Catalonia region has extremely bad military discipline. Forced collection of food and tyrannical tyranny is a daily routine, and rape and plunder occur frequently. After all, they are an isolated army, and they are also implementing the strategy of raising wars. It cannot be said that the British did not spend money to purchase supplies. In fact, they also purchased a large amount of food, livestock, alcohol, etc. from Italy, but the quantity is seriously insufficient. This would be strange if they don’t scrape the ground in the occupied area!

Moreover, in this era, the standards for selecting soldiers in various countries in the continental country were also very problematic. Well, in fact, they had no standards. As long as ordinary soldiers could come and were not disabled, I don’t care whether you are a thief or a beggar and vagabond.◇Lingle Book Network◆All the rules would be accepted. In the past, the Netherlands lured poor Scottish farmers to come to harvest crops, and then refused to pay wages. Instead, they forced them to board the boat and become sailors in the form of kidnapping. Later, English people searched for beggars and pardoned criminals on the streets, and then forced these people to be in power. Such soldiers are really bad! The soldiers are poor and ignorant. They are not only in danger when they go to the battlefield, but are often owed military pay. So they keep burning, killing, looting, satisfying their various expectations.

On the other hand, the East Coast people recruit soldiers with a certain level of education (primary school) and a certain economic foundation. They are not so ignorant, understand certain principles, and try to restrain their own expectations. Most importantly, grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers have very high cultural levels (non-commissioned officers with insufficient cultural level will study in the camp school). They have knowledge and a sense of honor. Although they will distort their values ​​to a certain extent after going to the battlefield, they are always much better than grassroots officers like scumbags in the continental countries. Only middle and senior officers who are generally aristocratic are like some.

Furthermore, a very important point is that the logistics supply of the East Coast army is relatively sufficient. They have enough staple grains, canned meat products, dairy products, and tobacco, wine, sugar, tea and chocolates from time to time. The chief also has sufficient military expenditure to purchase vegetables, fruits and fresh meat locally. Others such as quilts, rain gear, cold-proof materials, and even straw paper for rubbing their butts are regularly distributed. Such good logistics support is enough to eliminate many bad things caused by shortage of materials. Therefore, many people say that the East Coast Army has good military discipline, but in fact they are all piled up with money. But no matter what, good military discipline means good military discipline, which is a fact.

Of course, we cannot forget the role of the military police. They are responsible for intelligence work in the field of military intelligence, and it is obvious that in theory, the State Administration of Intelligence cannot intervene. Although they often cross the line, they are also responsible for supervising military discipline and investigating spies and traitors. It is precisely because dozens of soldiers are put into prison every year and warn and punish more soldiers that the military police have a very poor reputation in the army and almost become synonymous with demons, so that some people even shoot their black guns on the battlefield. But in any case, the military police's hard work has basically maintained the moral lower limit of the army and has not allowed them to develop into a soulless beast army.

To sum up, the overall quality of the East Coast soldiers is still very high, and it is far from harming the people. It is even because military procurement can bring some benefits to the local economy. The huge changes brought by the Eagle Nest Base to the town of Campomorone can prove this. But when they entered Spain in large numbers, they were still inevitably faced with great hostility, both from the lower class, the upper class aristocrats, and even from religious people. Especially the latter, as the shepherds of God, they often enjoy great influence in the flock, and can say the black ones as white ones and the white ones as black ones, without any problem. It is obvious that they must be full of slanderous words of slander for the East Coast people.

Lai Dashi and others realized this when they were camping in this village last night. Some people hid in panic in a small church at the entrance of the village, begging for the priest's comfort; some people closed the door tightly and did not let anyone get close; some people did not escape, but hid their wives and daughters in the cellar, fearing that they would be harmed. People on the east coast wanted to laugh, but they were too lazy to pay attention to them. After sending infantry to set up posts on the periphery, their troops, which were left behind by the main force, were scattered at the homes of farmers, intending to deal with the wind and rain outside all night, so they could not camp in a tent.

There was nothing wrong all night. Early the next morning, Lai Dashi called the artillery brothers to rush forward while taking time to give candy to the children in the village. Unfortunately, the children seemed to be scared, and their parents held their hands tightly, so although they were saliva in their mouths, they did not dare to lean on them. Lai Dashi regretfully put away the candy, stopped delaying, and followed the team.

They are now about one day behind the main force. According to the news from the messenger last night, the light-moving main force is moving quickly, and it is currently less than two days away from Sevilla. In this way, it is still the speed after fighting a group of Spanish cavalry on the road, otherwise it will be faster.

Speaking of this Spanish cavalry, it has to be said that their behavior is very heroic, but to no avail. Their number is more than 1,500, but less than one-third are professional soldiers? Perhaps it is more accurate to call it part-time soldiers, because they obviously cannot support themselves with unguaranteed military pay alone. The rest of them are spontaneous militias. This is actually normal in Spain, which is rich in horses, cattle and sheep, because many people have horses and related equipment, which is very convenient to organize.

The commanders of this army were originally full of confidence because they were cavalry and had a population of more than 1,500. As for the East Coast people, there were only 3,000 people, and most of them were infantry (there were only 550 cavalry). Even though they had the advantage of weapons, they did not have no chance of winning.

But the facts gave him a blow. First of all, the rainy weather for several days greatly limited the cavalry's charge, making them unable to effectively exert their speed and impact. Secondly, the range of the East Coast rifles far exceeded their imagination. Of course, the most important thing is that the East Coast soldiers were not panicked at all. They were busy but not chaotic, calm and precisely fired. Without the help of powerful artillery, they gave the Spanish cavalry huge damage and eventually collapsed.

In the wild, without any cover, facing the whistling cavalry, the people on the east coast can only use some slope terrain, and the soldiers are not confused at all. What kind of elite are they? Have they faced countless cavalry attacks?

Congratulations to the Spanish commander, you answered correctly! In fact, an important training subject of the East Coast Army is to engage in encounters with enemy cavalry in the field. For this reason, the cavalry battalions of each regiment and several independent field cavalry battalions often gather to conduct impact drills on defense forces mainly composed of infantry. The drills are very realistic. In addition to not really rushing and shooting, the rest are no different from the battlefield. The infantry were also pale at the beginning and sweating profusely. Some even don’t believe in two battles. There is a way that you can stop a high-speed motorcycle or tricycle on the street. But after much experience, this sense of fear will be reduced to a considerable extent and your heart is not so nervous. This ensures that various tactical actions will not be severely deformed and formation changes can be quickly changed.

Officers will also be concentrated to assess the situation. The superiors will simulate various situations, such as the enemy cavalry coming from the front, the enemy cavalry coming from the rear, the enemy cavalry coming from the flank, etc. The officers asked must answer the response plan loudly within the maximum time, and then the superiors will simulate some changes based on their plan to create some accidents. The secondary assessment of their ability to adapt to the situation is very important on the battlefield, because the enemy will not perform according to your script, and there are even many unexpected situations that both sides cannot imagine.

Such rigorous training is undoubtedly very expensive. However, the people of the East Coast have always liked to build elite army and navy, so they spent a lot of money at any cost. Now they have finally played their role: the Spanish cavalry with uneven qualities completely collapsed under the fierce and precise rifle firepower, and the commanders from the small aristocrats in the countryside even fell off the horse in the first round of shooting, which directly accelerated their failure and made you uneducated and did not understand the development of various things. Now they have paid their tuition with their lives, which is pitiful and lamentable.

After defeating this cavalry, the East Coast Army defeated two small armies in succession under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Guang, but did not pay much money. Andalusia and Granada's troops were basically taken away by Carol, and the internal emptiness was really surprising. Therefore, after a short rest, the East Coast people did not delay too much, and soon marched outside the city of Seville, an important city in southern Spain.
Chapter completed!