"How is the exploration fleet ready?"

"Your Majesty, the personnel and supplies are almost ready. Just wait for the recycled weapons and equipment to come back and you can set off soon."

"Then let's set off on the 5th next month, and I will see you off in person. The exploration fleet in Beihai City will set off after it is thawed in the spring next year. The supplies can be prepared in advance."

"yes."

"All departments must strictly cooperate with the construction support work of the newly occupied land, and cities and infrastructure must keep up step by step, and build wherever they are occupied. After occupying coastal areas, they must immediately establish a dock shipyard, form a second offshore defense fleet, configure the same first fleet, and then form the Atlantic fleet, and configure the same Pacific fleet. The coastal defense artillery and castles must keep up with the construction in time. The Atlantic Ocean is now in the hands of Western countries. They must prevent their attacks at any time to ensure the safety of our new cities."

"As for your order, Your Majesty." All the ministers in the Ganqing Palace stood up and saluted.

On November 2, on the right side of the Sawani River in the Florida Peninsula, Peng Jianlei, who served as the vanguard again, had just crossed the river, and half of the soldiers were still on the river. Because the halberds and grenades had to change their clothes, it took several days to wait.

"Report to the company commander, Spanish troops were found 10 kilometers ahead, with 1,200 people, composed of 400 spearmen and 800 raiders, and 20 cannons. The brothers of the cavalry company have retreated."

Peng Jianlei, who received the report, quickly ordered: "Order the troops to speed up the crossing of the river. The troops that had already crossed the river went to dig trenches on the left hillside, and sent the troops to report to the battalion immediately."

"yes."

"Quick, the enemy is only 5 kilometers away from us. Dig at a speed. The cavalry company hides in the woods behind the hillside. Now we have no artillery support. We must block them before the battalion commander arrives. It is best to be able to annihilate them all." The soldiers of the 2nd Company who came to the unknown hillside were digging trenches frantically.

The unnamed hillside is only more than one hundred meters high, with some low shrubs sparsely distributed, overgrown weeds. No one expected that the troops who had just changed their clothes would usher in a head-on battle.

The golden dragon flag fluttered on the hillside, and the soldiers had already entered the trench. Because the time was too short, they could only accommodate half of their bodies. They had to squat and shoot, buckle the grenade they carried with them out of the lead and place it beside them.

The enemy was slowly approaching and stopped five hundred meters ahead of the position. The artillery was preparing for the launch, and the spearmen and riflemen were lined up.

Peng Jianlei, who was hiding in the trench, ordered: "Brothers, don't take off the newly equipped steel helmet. It can save our lives. Don't throw it aside because it's too heavy. Put the enemy in a hundred meters and then follow my orders before attacking."

"Blasting, be careful of concealment."

"boom……"

"boom……"

A shell hit the stone behind the soldier, and huge rocks shattered and rocks flew.

"ah……"

The warrior directly below was smashed, with blood rushing in his mouth, and he seemed to be unable to survive, and the warriors around him were also injured to varying degrees.

"Medical Soldiers, Medical Soldiers..."

The uninjured soldiers around summoned medical soldiers while crazily rescuing the injured compatriots. Fortunately, the Spaniards' artillery fired slowly, and there was enough time for the soldiers to rescue the wounded.

The other soldiers were not seriously injured and were only slightly injured. They could recover after recuperation. The soldier who was hit on the back by gravel had died after being rescued ineffectively.

"boom……"

"boom……"

With rounds of artillery bombardment, the casualties brought to the soldiers were not large, and the Spanish artillery had to stop because the gun barrels were hot.

The square formation composed of spearmen and infantry slowly pressed up.

"Notice,"

"beat……"

"Ba, ba, ba..." As a result of a burst of gunfire, corpses fell one after another in front of the Spanish phalanx.

The Spanish have excellent infantry qualities and will not panic because of the shooting of the compatriots in the front row. They steadily stepped forward to replenish the gap and then fell down. The mezzanine was also shooting at the second consecutive time in three-stage style.

"Soldier." Peng Jianlei shouted.

"Here." The soldier is named Wang Dabin, and he is the best soldier in the entire company's shooting skills.

Peng Jianlei pointed to the rear of the infantry phalanx and said, "See, that guy dressed very sexy is their commander, about 200 meters away from here. Can he be killed? They will suffer a great loss before the enemy understands the range of our weapons."

"Company Commander, please be killed."

"Okay, you are ready to shoot immediately, and the orders are sent, and all the soldiers are ready to grenades. When their commander falls down, they will throw them out immediately. The cavalry company is ready to rush straight to their artillery positions from the foot of the mountain on the right, and when the artillery is resolved, they will immediately penetrate the rear of the enemy formation."

The continuous shooting made the Spanish quaternary become bumpy. Now their commanders are in a dilemma. They must advance or retreat. They can only fight once to speed up the advancement of the troops.

The soldiers stared at the enemy commander attentively, and the gun slowly moved with him.

"Bang," the enemy commander fell down.

"Grenade, throw."

"Boom, boom, boom..." Unprepared from the precaution, the Spanish soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and the other soldiers could no longer hold on and collapsed, throwing away all the things that hindered their escape, such as a clamp gun and a spear, running wildly backwards.

"Cathedral Company, Charge." Lao Liu commanded the cavalry troops to penetrate the enemy's artillery positions in time.

"2nd company advance."

The soldiers of the 2nd Company rushed out of the trench, and in groups of three, they quickly pursued. One group of shooting, one group of cover, and one group of pursuit, cooperating with each other to harvest the enemy's pieces.

"Snatch the gun and don't kill it," a soldier shouted in Spanish.

The Spanish soldiers who fell to the end immediately knelt down and surrendered, and those who knelt slightly slower had already gone to see God.

The cavalry troops also rushed into the enemy artillery positions, and the rapid collapse in front made them run away to the rear when they saw the cavalry coming towards them.

When Lao Liu saw that the Spanish soldiers kneeling on the main position no longer needed his back support, he ordered: "Brothers, we continue to pursue the enemy's remaining soldiers."

"drive……"

As the sound of horse hooves faded away, the gunshots of the entire battlefield slowly calmed down, and only the strong smell of smoke and blood filled the entire battlefield. The soldiers of the 2nd Company who had cleared the battlefield occasionally gave the wailing enemy wounded soldiers to help them escape from the sea of ​​suffering. The prisoners who were squatting in a circle were frightened and trembling.

"How is our casualties?" Peng Jianlei asked worriedly.

"Company Commander, we have 6 soldiers killed, 23 soldiers were slightly injured, and 9 soldiers were seriously injured." The deputy company commander after statistics reported.

"789 enemy soldiers were killed and 355 were captured, and about dozens of them ran away. The situation of the enemy artillery is still unknown. It depends on Lao Liu's victory." The deputy company commander continued to report.

"It seems that St. Augustine has only militia left. After a day off, the battalion commander should be able to arrive in the afternoon. We rushed to the last fortress of Spain in Florida as fast as possible and reported our battle situation to the battalion commander."

"yes."

Two hours later, the soldiers of the cavalry company came back one after another and brought back only more than twenty prisoners. It seemed that the Spaniards were very brave, and the number of prisoners was reduced due to the death resistance.

"Old Liu, is the enemy's resistance too fierce, leaving you with only twenty prisoners? How many enemies have escaped?" Peng Jianlei, who knew the inside story, teased.

"Uh, it's true that the Spanish revolt too fiercely. The soldiers had to take a heavy blow. They probably ran away without more than thirty people. They hid in the woods and couldn't continue chasing them."

Peng Jianlei gave Lao Liu a thumbs up, "How are your cavalry company casualties?"

"Hehe, there is only one serious injury and five minor injuries. Where are you?"

"We have reduced our staff by almost one-fifth. After all, we have too few people and we don't have artillery, most of them are caused by artillery bombardment."

On November 7, the second company of the battalion unit was joined to capture St. Augustine, and the Florida Peninsula fell into the hands of the Chinese Empire.
Chapter completed!