On the Wanbei in the fleet, Major General Mo Shuhenghu, commander of the escort fleet, and a group of officers were looking at the port ahead with telescopes!
Speaking of which, this is the first time that the official ship of Datang Fox has arrived in Europe. Although Datang Western Trading Company organized several fleets before, it went to Spain through great hardships and brought back some valuable information.
But there is no detailed information that I can see with my own eyes.
I heard Major General Mo Shuhenghu watching with a telescope, and a Major Fox officer next to him said directly: "Gentlemen, if we want to attack Cadiz, how sure are we?"
"Using our fleet as a reference, there is no problem at all in directly blocking the port. However, I think they have a lot of forts, which pose a relatively large threat to the ordinary wooden ships in our fleet. But even so, we can
You can rely on the Wanbei and Tongzhou to directly enter the port, and then destroy their forts one by one!"
"Yes, once their forts are cleared, other ships will be able to follow. Then they will directly destroy the port facilities and then land. Didn't we also bring more than 800 embassy guards, plus the 500 we have with the ship?
With more marines and crews, there is no problem at all in gathering 2,000 people. Two thousand people can attack one port, which is enough."
"With our current strength, if we attack such a port city, the casualties in the attack on the port will not exceed ten, and the casualties in the landing operation will not exceed twenty!"
Major General Mo Shuhenghu did not participate in their conversation.
However, although Mo Shuheng did not interrupt, he was somewhat dissatisfied with his subordinates' arrogance.
Blockade of the port and destroying their port forts is not a big problem, but if a landing force of two thousand people patched together wants to easily capture this most important port for the Spaniards, then it is a matter of pride.
No matter how rubbish Spain is, they still know that Cadiz, the most important port, is heavily guarded and has bastion facilities, and these fortress facilities are several hundred meters away from the port.
At that time, the naval guns in the fleet will not be able to directly bombard other people's fortresses.
When the war breaks out, it will be impossible to capture this place at the cost of dozens of casualties.
It's best to be mentally prepared to pay hundreds of casualties!
While a group of Fox officers were planning how to attack this port city, Xu Zhenchuan had already approached the dock on a merchant ship of more than a thousand tons.
After the ship stabilized, a large group of Spaniards appeared on the dock to greet them.
After Xu Zhenchuan took a deep breath, he looked at his own attire. It was the standard attire of a high-ranking official of the empire. There was nothing rude about it, and then he disembarked one after another with a group of officials behind him.
As soon as they got off the boat, one of the Spaniards who greeted him was a red-haired barbarian who was dressed in a mess. Although Xu Zhenchuan could tell from the clothes of the man and the respectful attitude of others towards him, this was not the case with the Spanish nobleman who was responsible for welcoming him.
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As a decent Tang Dynasty official, he used to maintain etiquette.
But when things came to an end, he still couldn't care less about maintaining his dignity, then stretched out his hand to cover his nose, and then took a step back involuntarily.
Damn, I can’t stand this smell!
You didn't notice this person when you were far away, but when you walked in, waves of stench hit your face, which made Xu Zhenchuan, who had long been experienced by officials and had already practiced the art of keeping a straight face, unable to hold on.
Not only Xu Zhenchuan frowned and covered his nose, but many of his entourages also covered their noses.
But even though the smell was unpleasant, diplomatic etiquette still had to be observed. Xu Zhenchuan held his breath, took a step forward, and said some polite words.
Then I heard this smelly aristocrat talking a lot. The Spanish's tone was very strange. To Xu Zhenchuan, it sounded like the cry of a strange bird.
Fortunately, there is a translator, otherwise there would be no news.
After finally getting through the welcome ceremony at the pier, Xu Zhenchuan and others couldn't wait to get on the carriage.
This carriage is not a carriage provided by the Spaniards, but an official four-wheeled carriage brought by Xu Zhenchuan from China. Of course, the horses must be provided by the Spaniards.
After getting on the carriage, Xu Zhenchuan was breathing heavily!
Damn it, it’s really not easy to be on a mission to Europe. I have to prepare a lot of masks when I go back, otherwise I will catch some infectious disease sooner or later in this wretched place.
If he died in a foreign country, who would he talk to?
Xu Zhenchuan and other members of the mission, including more than 500 members of the guard who came ashore first, passed through the urban area of Cadiz, but their target was not in the urban area. The Spaniards were not willing to allow these 500 Tang Dynasty armed forces to be stationed
in their cities.
Entering the city now is just part of the welcome ceremony and is considered a sightseeing tour.
Just when passing through the city, Xu Zhenchuan and others, and even the accompanying guardsmen, all looked very ugly, and many people vomited all the way.
The smell in this city is so terrible, there is shit and urine everywhere!
Xu Zhenchuan saw with his own eyes that someone was pouring excrement and urine into the street below.
The scene was so terrifying that Xu Zhenchuan couldn't bear to watch it!
After the welcome ceremony was finally over, they headed straight to the embassy area, which was already in advance!
The embassy district is not in the city, but on the coastal areas on the outskirts of the city. The Spanish were very generous and directly allocated a large piece of coastal land to the Tang Dynasty as the embassy district, and also built a few simple buildings in advance.
However, these buildings can only be used for seating in the early stage. In the later stage, Datang will definitely need to build the embassy area, including embassy, garrison barracks, docks, etc.
After entering the embassy area, Xu Zhenchuan was breathing heavily. This was the suburbs of the city, and the embassy area had been circled by Spain in advance. Naturally, they would not be kind enough to help Datang build a wall or something, they would just simply build it.
Just a wooden fence.
But no matter what, there is no longer a Spanish person in the embassy area, so Xu Zhenchuan can breathe easy.
After arriving at the embassy area, Xu Zhenchuan and the others did not immediately move to the simple building built by the Spanish to work. Instead, they first set up tents for temporary residence. Then they saw a large group of people wearing white rubber protective gear, carrying wooden barrels.
The entire embassy district’s buildings and areas have begun to be disinfected.
Hygiene is the top priority, everything else has to be pushed to the back burner!
After cleaning up for most of a day, the people of the mission finally settled down temporarily!
Next, their main task was to reorganize the embassy area and build simple fortifications to prevent the Spaniards from going back on their word and harming the embassy.
And the ships in the port have also begun to unload their cargo!
Most of them are the supplies, food and weapons, and building materials needed by the mission itself.
In addition, some of them were ordnance sold to the Spanish as a symbol of Sino-Spanish friendship.
The Spanish obtained half of the first batch of ordnance shipped to Europe by the Tang Dynasty, enough to equip an infantry division with various weapons and supplies.
As for the remaining half, according to the original plan, the Portuguese will buy part of it, and the other part will be sold to France and other European countries.
However, all ordnance and weapons will only be sold to countries or nobles who send troops to resist the Tatars.
At least the English will not get any army ordnance, because they have no plans to send troops to Europe for the time being to help the European continent resist the Tatars.
The current top priority of the English is to attack Spain. The Portuguese have a naval blockade. They have no interest or strength to land on the European continent and participate in the fight against the Tatars.
In addition, they are actually more willing to see the Tatars attack France, Spain and the Portuguese to weaken their strength.
As for whether the Tatars will pose a threat to England after they occupy the entire European continent.
Hawkins has given the aristocrats in England a reassurance: if the sky falls, there will be a tall man to hold it up!
Who is the tall man?
Who else could it be? It must be someone from the Tang Dynasty!
The people of the Tang Dynasty are the biggest enemies of the Tatars, right?
In order to fight against the Tatars who have occupied the entire European continent, the Tang people definitely need England as a bridgehead. Whether it is a counterattack or containment, the Tang people will not sit back and watch England be conquered by the Tatars.
And with the powerful maritime power of the Tang Dynasty, they could block the entire English Channel in minutes!
Based on various circumstances, the English had little interest in resisting the Tatars. Instead, they were happy to see France, Spain and other continental European countries fighting the Tatars to death.
Based on the attitude of the English, the Tang Empire would naturally not sell the ordnance materials used by the army to the English.
However, it is limited to army weapons, but Fox's warships and the like are still for sale. Fox is also hoping that the English will continue to take advantage of them and buy a few more of their scrapped wooden warships.
Xu Zhenchuan arrived in Spain and continued to maintain close contact with Spain and the Portuguese. The ordnance supplies he shipped were also sold to Spain and the Portuguese one after another. In addition, France and other European countries also purchased a lot.
When the ordnance shipped to arm two infantry divisions was sold out, the time also entered the 28th year of Xuanping.
At this time, Xu Zhenchuan also received news that the 30,000 Eastern Expedition Allied Forces organized by nobles from France and other Central European countries had suffered a disastrous defeat on the front line a month ago.
A total of 30,000 coalition troops lost more than half, and none of the infantry and artillery escaped, and only more than 2,000 cavalry escaped successfully.
This news is even more shocking than the previous fall of Moscow and Kiev!
News, there is always good news and bad news. The defeat of the coalition forces is bad news, but the good news is that the Ottoman Empire won a victory in the Balkans!
After the Tatars occupied the Ukrainian plains, in addition to marching toward Central Europe, they also sent troops to march toward the southwest, that is, the Danube River Basin, so they naturally faced off against the Ottomans.
This is not the first time that the two sides have fought. In the past few years, the two sides have fought several times in West Asia!
In this battle that took place in the Danube River Basin, the Tatars themselves were not well prepared, but the Ottomans had long been aware of the threat from the Tatars, and adopted the method of luring the enemy deep into the country, killing about 7,000 to 8,000 Tatars who underestimated the enemy.
The troops led to the Danube River Basin, and took advantage of the mountainous terrain of the Balkan Peninsula to organize five or six times the strength of the troops to engage in an encirclement and ambush battle with the Tatars.
In this battle, although the Ottomans took the initiative to lure the enemy and carried out an ambush with several times their troops, killing more than 3,000 Tatars, their own losses were still huge.
It is said that the Ottoman Empire lost at least tens of thousands of troops in this series of battles.
The ambush battle was fought to such an end, which shows how powerful the Tatars are!