In the early morning of May 27, 1794, an advance team composed of more than 20 Spanish cavalry was conducting reconnaissance on the outskirts of the Guadalupe stronghold in San Jose, and found that all the Oriental troops in the fort had been withdrawn. Then they plucked up their courage to go to the Monastery of Santa Clara not far north, and found that it was also empty.

During this period, a soldier noticed something unusual. In the air about a mile away from them, a very strange "bird" was floating, and it kept buzzing. With his extraordinary eyesight, the soldier observed for a while and found that the "strange bird" was hovering in the air without moving. This was the first time he had encountered this situation after more than 30 years of living.

However, the lieutenant who led the team was obviously not interested in the monster birds, and he led his men to continue tracking northwest along the horse's hooves and wheel marks. When they arrived near a hill three miles west of Santa Clara, they finally had a small firefight with the people of the North Navy Overseas Corps.

The Spanish Advance Team was surprised to find that the weapons used by the enemy were also bows and arrows. Unlike the small bows and arrows used by the local Indians, the length of the arrows fired by the opponent was about four feet (1.2 meters). From this, it can be imagined that the bows used by the opponent must be powerful and powerful, with amazing lethality. After losing several subordinates, the Spanish Advance Team quickly retreated to Santa Clara. After noon, the Northern Navy did not attack here.

At dusk, in the Spanish army camp ten miles south, a lieutenant, after hearing the report sent by the advance team, came to the commander's tent and reported to him.

"Bow and arrow?" The officers in the tent all had strange expressions on their faces, and then suddenly burst into laughter.

A brigadier general picked up a crystal cup full of wine and raised his glass to the highest rank general sitting at the end of the long table and said, "Congratulations, General! The enemy retreated in panic, and we are in sight to win, and we salute you!"

This general is the commander-in-chief of the Western Province of New Spain and the commander of the attacking troops.

In 1776, in order to deal with the threat of expansion of Tsarist Russia, France and Britain in North America and the increasingly severe Indian resistance, strengthen the defense capabilities of the northern states of New Spain, and promote territorial expansion and colonization, King Carlos III of Spain ordered that four military regions be established within the jurisdiction of the Governor of New Spain, responsible for the vast areas from the Pacific coast to Central America. The commander-in-chief of each military region only nominally obeys the command of the governor of the province and governs all military and political affairs within the jurisdiction. The areas under which the commander-in-chief of the Western Commander-in-Chief included the entire provinces of California, Sonora and Sinaloa.

Although California Governor de Arilaga asked for help from the Governor's Office in Mexico City and the Governor's Office in New Spain also gathered troops through temporary recruitment, the Western Command was responsible for solving this matter.

While speaking, a captain came in and reported to Denava: "General, our people found a lot of iron tools in an Indian village. They said they exchanged them with fur and those Oriental people. The people and things were brought back."

"Let them draw lots, and everything will be decided by God." General Denava's tone was very plain, and he made up his mind to kill one to warn him. "Let them understand who is the real ruler of this land. Without our permission, trading with the invaders will be the end."

"yes."

The captain said goodbye and left. Not long after, a woman's cry, a man's shout, and a firing squad's drum sounded from an open space outside the military camp. When the drum sound as fast as a rainstorm suddenly stopped, with the officer's shout, more than a dozen muskets roared together.

Admiral Denava then ordered the troops to enter San Jose Guadalupe tomorrow morning, and after a long rest, they would continue to move towards San Francisco. Two days later, at 3 pm, thousands of Spanish troops arrived 7 kilometers away from the Kinmen Fortress to camp. The defensive positions set up by the Northern Navy were between two hills one kilometer north.

The reason why they are so close is that the actual combat distance between European troops was so far this year. In order to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, it generally does not exceed 300 meters from the starting position to the attack. Secondly, on the left wing of the Spanish army, a freshwater lake covering an area of ​​nearly 300 hectares, which is convenient for people to drink. In addition, this place is only three kilometers away from the west coast of California, and several Spanish warships responsible for transporting and replenishing supplies are very convenient for the army to provide support.

Well, in fact, the location where the Spanish camped was the San Francisco State University campus in another time and space, while that small freshwater lake was Lake Merced.

While his soldiers and civilians were repairing fortifications and building fortresses, General Denava and his generals observed the enemy positions opposite. He expressed deep contempt for the Northern Navy's troops huddled in the chest walls and trenches. According to the practice of war between European countries in this time and space, he decided to send someone to give an ultimatum first and order the other party to surrender.

Half an hour later, a team of cavalry with about 30 people came to the North Navy formation. At a distance of one hundred meters from the position, the cavalry stopped, and then an officer rode out of the team with a famous flag bearer. When the two of them came to the fortification of the chest wall, they did not dismount. The officer directly opened a paper tube full of handwriting and started to recite it at it.

Although everyone in the overseas corps has been here for half a year, they can't do anything to Spanish except for a few words like "Hello", "Thank you", "Goodbye", etc., so the Spanish officer who came to read the war book had no idea that he was playing the piano to a cow.

After he finished reading the content on the scroll, he saw a guy who looked like an officer behind the chest wall opposite, showing his yellow teeth and said with a smile: "De acuerdo! De acuerdo! I have been waiting for you for several days, and this time I can't even go back!"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! As soon as this statement came out, the officers and soldiers of the Shanghai Corps on the position burst into laughter. The Spanish officer was a little confused and thought to himself that you kept saying yes, okay, should you surrender or not? Our General gave you an hour.

The company commander of the overseas corps who had just spoken saw that the two Spanish did not respond, and then remembered the gesture that Ruchi taught him, so he raised his hand and raised his middle finger at the opposite side. Now the Spanish officer would become a fool if he didn't understand!

The middle finger originated from the "Hundred Years of War in Britain and France", which is a rumor, but it has actually existed since the ancient Roman era, and even earlier. According to historical data from ancient Rome, the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes gestured to the orator Demostini in the fourth century BC.

There was no need to say anything else. They were ashen by the other party's rude face, and they immediately turned around and went back.

When receiving the report, General Denava and his Spanish generals were drinking coffee leisurely. When he heard that the group of Chinese people opposite him had ultimatums to him, the general was silent for a moment and suddenly burst into laughter. Seeing this, the officers looked at each other in front of him. After a while, Denava had enough laughed and asked the generals under his command: "Gentlemen, have you drunk the coffee?"

After a moment, a brigade general hesitated and said, "Very good, general."

Denava said expressionlessly: "Then everyone, go and prepare quickly. Use the cannon to show our attitude first, launch an attack tomorrow morning, and completely eliminate them!"

Half an hour later, a red cross with a diagonal cross on a white background, and a battle flag with the Bourbon crown emblem on four corners was erected in the Spanish camp. It was the Burgundy cross, and the red "X" above represented the cross when St. Andrew, one of Jesus' disciples, was sentenced.

At dusk, a brass army band of more than a dozen people walked up behind the Spanish artillery position. After they stood up, they played a very fighting music under the command of the scepter holding the scepter.

"Oh! He actually brought a band! What are they doing?"

Ruki, who came to hear the news, looked at it for a moment with his telescope, and then listened for a while, and was sure that he had never heard it. What he didn't know was that the opposite was playing a cavalry march called "Desangro", which was originally derived from the Moors, meaning "throat cut".

"Chief, the enemy is going to fire!"

Hearing the officer behind him speak, Lu Qi turned around and quickly walked into the semi-underground command center made of wood. Sure enough, on the picture sent back by the drone, more than a dozen cannons were loading at a distance of 700 to 900 meters, and heavy iron balls were being stuffed into the muzzle by the Spanish artillery.

Ruqi was about to order his artillery to open fire, but he heard someone behind him say, "Wait a minute!"

He turned around and saw that the person who was speaking was a battalion commander of the overseas corps, named Li Changyu. Before Luqi could ask, he heard the other party say in a deep voice: "Chief, the sun is about to set. I thought the enemy fired fire only to show off his might, not to attack us. They just arrived today and would not attack immediately. If our party fired fire too early and exposed its strength, if they retreated overnight, wouldn't their previous plan fail?"

When Ruqi heard something, he hurriedly said, "What do you think?"

Li Changgeng said: "Immediately notify everyone to evacuate the chest wall, enter the trench to hide, and withstand this round of cannonage! Our chest walls are built with sandbags, and then they are built up after they collapse."

Ruchi looked around the other officers around him and asked, "What about your opinions?"

"I thought Battalion Commander Li said very well."

"Then do it! Order everyone to enter the trench and hide!"
Chapter completed!