Hampshire for the English, Andale for the Spanish.
The Spanish used cement imported from the Ming Dynasty to build a strong city wall. Here, two armies were fighting fiercely.
"Dong dong~"
As bursts of white smoke continued to rise, cannonballs continued to fall towards the solid city wall, relying on the terrible inertia to land heavily on the city wall, making dents on it.
However, this did not cause fundamental damage to the solid city wall. The cannon used by the English was the most popular French artillery in Europe. It was a very small and flexible artillery, and its power was naturally very average.
In comparison, the artillery used by the Spanish on the city wall was much more powerful, at least louder than the English artillery.
The people who had the most contact with the Ming people were the Spaniards, and they more or less learned something from the Ming people. In terms of the manufacturing technology of artillery and muskets, the Ming people were unparalleled in the world.
The Spanish had a lot of knowledge, and although the artillery they produced was not as good as the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, it was much more powerful than the artillery of other European countries.
"Dong dong~"
On the city wall, there were also bursts of artillery roars, and projectiles roared in the sky, and then fell heavily into the dense English army camp, killing a few unlucky people.
"For honor!"
"Come on!"
Henry VII held a telescope in his hand. This thing came from the Ming Dynasty and could see everything on the battlefield clearly.
The Spanish artillery has a longer range and more power than its own artillery, but fortunately, these are still within the range of its own capabilities.
The siege army surged towards the city wall like a tide. Archers and musketeers were under the city wall to suppress the Spaniards on the wall. A large number of soldiers were climbing up the city wall with ladders.
At the same time, at the city gate, heavy siege equipment was pushed hard by many soldiers to the city gate and began to continuously hit the city gate.
However, Spanish resistance was also very strong.
On the city wall, muskets, bows and arrows, boulders, rolling logs, hot oil, etc. were poured on the city wall for free, leaving corpses piled under the city wall. At the same time, the burning corpses gave off bursts of stench.
The battle between the two sides was in a stalemate. England could not attack, and the Spaniards had no intention of leaving the city and fighting the English head-on.
"These disgusting Spanish dogs!"
Henry VII looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but cursed.
Ever since he led his army to attack Hampshire, it went unexpectedly smoothly at first. The people of Hampshire, who had been oppressed by the Spanish, turned directly to him. With almost no bloodshed, he successfully regained the place, leaving only the remaining survivors.
The city of Andal where the Spanish army was stationed.
The city of Andal is both a city and a port. The Spanish spent a lot of effort to build it. The city walls are very tall and strong, and the docks in the port area are also very large, enough to berth many ships.
At this moment, in the port area, Spanish ships were not only cruising, but also firing at their own army from time to time.
The small ships temporarily organized by Henry VII did not dare to approach here at all, and they did not have the courage to go to war with the Spanish regular navy.
Andal City is like a nail, nailed firmly into the heart of Henry VII.
As long as the city of Andal is not taken, the Spanish can occupy Hampshire again at any time, and even use it as a stronghold to go north again and directly attack London.
This was a thorn stuck here, making Henry VII feel like he had a lump in his throat and was extremely uncomfortable.
The Spaniards decisively abandoned other parts of Hampshire and concentrated their forces here. Although they had 50,000 troops, they faced Andal City with a solid city wall and 20,000 Spanish troops stationed there.
, he also seems very helpless now.
"I can only use it up slowly~"
Henry VII clenched his fists. This was the last thing he wanted to see.
His original plan was to drive Spain out in one go, then turn westward and go in to oppress Hong Kong. If the opportunity was right, he would take back Hong Kong in one fell swoop. If not, he could take this opportunity to re-propose the amendment to the Treaty of London, or at least refuse to continue.
Pay high war reparations.
However, the situation at hand was that he could not capture the Spaniards in Hampshire at once. The blitzkrieg turned into a tug-of-war. He could only rely on his troops to continuously consume the Spaniards and see who could not hold on first.
"I hope the French and Portugal will be more reliable this time and cut off the Spanish's maritime supply lines. Otherwise, they will never be able to drive Spain out if they have a supplementary record."
Henry VII looked at the cruel battlefield, but began to put his hope in the French and Portuguese.
…
In the English Channel, just over a hundred miles away from Andal City, more than a dozen ships supporting from Spain were being attacked by dozens of pirate ships at this moment.
"Dong dong~"
On the sea with a hint of mist, both sides -->>
The artillery fire between them made you come and go, accompanied by both sides
As the ships got closer and closer, they could clearly see the figures on the other side's ships.
"These shitty French and Portuguese people are obviously their navy, but they are pretending to be pirates here."
The Duke of Almeida looked at these pirates on the sea and couldn't help but cursed.
The Spaniards hate pirates the most.
I don’t know how many ships, ports, and villages have been plundered by pirates. The English are even more proud of pirates. The king is a pirate and directly participates in dividing the pirates’ spoils.
The Portuguese and French were not much better. Now they no longer dare to confront the great Spaniards head-on, and have begun to play the game of pirates again.
Spanish colonies in North Africa and West Africa, merchant ships, and even ports and villages in Spain were often attacked by these hateful pirates.
This turned the Spaniards into angry bulls, eager to send all these disgusting pirates to the gallows.
He was angry, but given the situation in front of him, he might be sent into the sea by these hateful pirates before he reached Andal City.
These people also hate the Spaniards.
In the war between Spain and the Three Kingdoms the year before last, the Three Kingdoms were originally in sight of victory, but the Spaniards, who had an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, just relied on the help of the Ming Dynasty to turn the tide of the war.
He cut off a large piece of flesh from the Portuguese and English people, which made the English and Portuguese people always hold grudges and think about revenge all the time.
Now, the covenant between the Spaniards and the Ming people has expired, and they can finally let go and teach the Spaniards a lesson.
The Spanish are traitors to Europe, traitors who colluded with the Ming people.
This is the consensus of various Western European countries.
If the Spanish had not colluded with the Ming Dynasty, Western European countries would have owned a large number of colonies and land on the east coast of America.
Because of the Spanish betrayal, the Ming Dynasty quickly eliminated European colonies and colonial strongholds in the Americas, and quickly established a foothold on the east coast of America.
Otherwise, the current Golden Continent would not belong exclusively to the Ming people, but the Europeans would also have a share.
At that time, the Ming people had no colonies on the east coast of America and had not yet established a firm foothold.
It was the Spaniards who betrayed the interests of everyone in Europe for their own interests. The Spaniards were traitors, traitors to Europe.
"Damn traitor!"
The angry pirates kept swearing and waving their swords, ready to rush forward and kill the Spaniards as soon as possible.
"Dong dong~"
While Spain was fighting, it was also sailing towards Andal City. The difference in the number of ships was too big, so a head-on fight would definitely not work.
However, the French and Portuguese, who had been prepared for a long time, would never let the Spaniards go so easily. Dozens of ships besieged more than a dozen Spanish fleets, with the purpose of annihilating all the Spanish ships and preventing Spain from letting them go.
Support Andal City.
England, France, and Portugal reached an agreement. This time they would give Spain a hard lesson, defeat the Spaniards, and carve up Spain's colonies in the north and West Africa.
Rolling white smoke accompanied by bursts of roars continued to resound through the sky. As the battle progressed, the Spaniards' situation became worse and worse. They did not have any advantage in numbers. If this continued, they would inevitably be eaten.
"Boom~Boom~"
However, just as the two sides were fighting in a stalemate, loud noises came from the distant sea, and then shells roared in the sky, forming a dense rain of bullets.
Soon, huge water columns rose up next to each pirate ship. The huge water columns were dozens of meters high, raising a large amount of sea water and soaking the French and Portuguese people who were pretending to be pirates on the ships.
"Daming people!"
They looked at the sea in the distance in horror, and soon saw the figures of huge warships and the Great Ming Dragon Flag hanging high on the mast.
Only the artillery of the Ming Dynasty could shoot so far and possess such terrifying power.
"Haha~"
"Our Spanish allies have arrived~"
"Brave matadors, kill!"
Compared to the desperate mood of France and ordinary people, the Spaniards laughed happily.
The people of Ming Dynasty did not abandon them. They were still willing to help them at critical moments. Looking at the giant ships on the sea, they seemed to have seen a savior.
The people of Ming Dynasty came at the right time.
"Dong dong~dong dong~"
There was another dense burst of roaring cannonballs. The cannonballs fell heavily between the pirate ships, raising water columns and smashing huge holes in each ship.
"Pretending to be a pirate?"
"We are here to destroy pirates. If you reveal your identity directly, it will be difficult for us to interfere!"
