The Spanish had many strongholds in Central America, and the central area was New Spain, which later became Mexico.

When the California colonies declared war on Spain, the American fleet and the American infantry brigade were already ready. The California Governor's Office immediately launched an attack and attacked the Panama underground.

More than 50 flying scissors from Shandong were also involved in the cooperation, all of which were recruited by Liu Yuan, and commercial trade was temporarily stopped, but instead used to transport troops and supplies.

The east coast of Panama isthmus is the Port of Dios, and Panama City is also the city of Panama.

The First Fleet captured the west coast of Panama Isthmus with lightning speed, and 20,000 troops landed on the shore.

The Governor of New Spain received the news that he was almost scared of a heart attack, but then began to dispatch troops from Central America to focus on defending Panama City.

However, the Spanish were very tight in their hands, and there were only more than 20,000 troops in the entire Central America, and they were still scattered in many strongholds.

In contrast, the California colonies have very concentrated troops. The American Infantry Brigade itself has tens of thousands of troops and 30,000 village soldiers. After further training, these village warriors have already had sufficient combat power.

The American Infantry Brigade, which landed in the Isthmus of Panama, quickly captured the Port of Dios with the assistance of more than 10,000 Township Yongs, and on the third day, the troops arrived at the city of Panama.

The Spaniards had not assembled the navy until the troops were at the city.

The American fleet firmly blocked the Panama Isthmus on the west coast. More than a dozen Spanish warships rushed to rescue after hearing the news and were ruthlessly sunk.

At this time, the American fleet no longer looked down on warships, especially the warships in Spain and the Netherlands. These warships were slow, cumbersome, and needed modification, so they simply sank them all. The local shipbuilding industry has already improved greatly, and it won't take long for new warships to be launched continuously.

With the right to control the sea, the right to land is also firmly controlled.

The American fleet then headed north along the way and continued to attack the Spanish ports along the way.

The Spanish established many ports on the west coast, and the strongholds accompanying these ports generally had some gold and silver mines refining gold and silver.

The California colonies had a wide range of troops. Except for more than 10,000 troops used for the defense of Yuchang, the other 30,000 troops were dispatched to fight.

Two thousand troops were invested in the Isthmus of Panama, and ten thousand troops were still in the Isthmus of Panama, which was responsible for capturing the Spanish strongholds in the Mexican region.

The Mexican Plateau has a mild climate throughout the year, with mountain basins at 24℃ and a higher terrain area of ​​about 17℃; the northwest inland is a continental climate. Most areas are divided into drought and rainy seasons throughout the year, and the rainy season concentrates 75% of the annual precipitation. The annual average precipitation in the northwest is less than 250 mm, the mainland is 750-1000 mm, and the central Gulf Coast and the southern Pacific coast are 1000-2000 mm. Because most of the land in Mexico has plateau terrain, there is no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer, and there is evergreen in all seasons. The natural conditions are extremely superior, and it is known as the "plateau pearl".

The Mexican region is also the main silver producer for the Spanish, and there are many gold mines. The Spanish seized precious metals for a century in Central America.

After the outbreak of the Central American War, the American Infantry Brigade quickly conquered Panama City and Port Dios, and seized gold and silver stockpiled here for nearly half a year, worth more than 8 million taels.

The five thousand defenders in Panama could not resist the offensive of the American Infantry Brigade. The attack was so fierce that the walls of Panama could not resist. The Spanish in the city had been at ease for a century and surrendered without any decent resistance against the enemy that was several times more than them.

After controlling Panama City, the American Infantry Brigade quickly mobilized troops to support the Mexican battlefield, leaving only one thousand defenders in Panama.

On the Mexican battlefield, the Spaniards were also retreating step by step, and most of them surrendered without much resistance.

Just as the California colonies focused on the Spanish Mexican region, the Spaniards on the east coast of America organized a 30,000 army to counterattack Panama City.

These 30,000 troops include native Spanish soldiers, indigenous colonies, and Portuguese soldiers.

Portugal and Spain concluded an alliance, and after the outbreak of the Central American War, the Portuguese also participated.

After more than a month of assembly, the two sides successfully assembled 20,000 soldiers to counterattack Panama City from Port Dios on the west coast.

There were only a thousand defenders in Panama City. The Spaniards immediately captured the Port of Dios and surrounded the City of Panama City. The Port of Dios has now become a ruin, with nothing valuable.

Afterwards, the two sides immediately launched an artillery battle. The Spaniards were at a disadvantage in the artillery battle. When their artillery bombarded the city wall, they were always knocked out by the artillery in the city.

However, the Spanish soon discovered that there was a gap in the west wall of Panama City, and the gap was very large. The Far Eastern people did not seem to have the intention to repair this gap.

This gap was obviously left by the Far Eastern people when they attacked Panama City. Since that is the case, artillery battles are meaningless.

At the same time, there seemed to be very few defenders in the city.

After learning that the city was invisible and in fact, the Spanish commander did not hesitate at all and launched a general attack the next day.

"These Far Eastern people must be crazy, otherwise they are just idiots who have no battlefield to command the city defense. Do they think that just those two wire mesh can block us?" The Spanish commander mocked, then pulled out his sword and said viciously: "Tell me the order - all attack! The battle ended before lunch, and all the captured Far Eastern people would be hanged."

"Yes." The adjutant quickly issued an order.

With the order of the Spanish commander, the Spanish army lined up in square formations sounded military music. The military musicians beat and beat in front of the formation. The Spanish soldiers behind were arranged in dense formations under the command of the officers and rushed towards the gap in the city wall of the West City.

The gap was so huge that it was more than ten meters wide. At the gap, two strange firearms of Mo Yang were placed there, and there were two barbed wire mesh in front.

This was simply full of loopholes in the eyes of the Spanish. All Spanish soldiers saw the gap in front and their morale surged, thinking that this was a sure-win siege battle.

In Panama City, 1,000 soldiers from the American Infantry Brigade were stationed here. They were not afraid of the counterattack of 20,000 Spanish people. On the contrary, the soldiers still had many expectations in their eyes.

"Bang~!"

A large wooden box was pried open directly, filled with things wrapped in oil paper. When the oil paper was torn apart, the soldiers took out a long chain bullet from it.

They piled chain bullets next to the two machine guns, and the ammunition was already installed on the machine guns, and they were waiting for the Spaniards to approach and shoot.

The Spanish advanced with drum beats and kept moving forward... At this time, the Western army was still in a dense formation and believed that the war should be open and upright, and any sneak attack was not allowed. On the contrary, the Shandong army always emphasized sneak attacks if they could sneak attacks.

The cannons on the top of the city seemed to be mute, and there was no sound. When the Spaniards walked within 500 meters, the soldiers of the American Infantry Brigade stationed in Panama City did not even shoot guns.

The Spaniards invested 15,000 people, and arranged dense formations and continued to advance two hundred meters away, and the city was still silent.

This made the Spaniard feel a little weird.

However, it was still not the time to charge. When the soldiers ran over so far, they would definitely not have the strength. When they reached two hundred meters, the Spaniards felt strange, but they still launched an attack as usual.

The military music suddenly became louder, and several square arrays of the Spaniards lined up one by one, approaching the gap, and the spearmen were ready.

Soon, the Spaniards encountered a barbed wire 150 meters away from the gap.

"Everyone opened fire." The battalion commander stationed in Panama City saw that the Spanish army had entered the death zone of cross-fire, and quickly shouted loudly.

"Da da da da da da..."

"Da da da da da da..."

The two machine guns arranged crosswise immediately opened fire, and bullets flew out of the gun chamber one by one, firing at the Spanish soldiers who were destroying the barbed wire.

Just 150 meters, the first batch of more than a dozen machine guns equipped with the American Infantry Brigade still have huge lethality thousands of meters away, and 150 meters is simply too close.

As soon as two machine guns opened fire, the Spanish soldiers who were destroying the barbed wire fell down like they were cutting wheat.

The machine gunner fired directly at the Spanish phalanx without aiming. There was a bunch of people in front of him, sweeping back and forth in a line. No matter how he swept, there were people in front of him.

Two machine guns formed a death barrier, and the rushing Spanish soldiers fell in line with the sound of gunfire, and all the Spanish soldiers did not know what was going on.

I only knew that when the terrifying sound sounded, bullets shining like meteors shot out in front of me.

This is a massacre, a complete massacre.

The Spanish commander in the distance was stunned and stared at the sudden and amazing changes on the battlefield.

The soldiers in the square fell in rows, and the soldiers were blocked outside the barbed wire. Spanish soldiers gritted their teeth and persevered under fierce firepower. In this era of European war, soldiers must have great courage. They faced shooting against the enemy at every moment. If they were cowardly, they would be defeated!

"Roll! God is always on our side." The priest in the Spanish phalanx shouted loudly.

Accompanied by the sound of military music, Spanish soldiers rushed forward bravely.

If they win, they will be more determined to be God's faith on their side, but if they fail, they will not have the opportunity to reveal how false this slogan is.

In the gap in Panama City, the main shooter Yang Zhen looked at the Spanish soldiers who were standing one after another in surprise. He knew that he had encountered the Spanish's main combat force in Central America, and he also admired the courage of the Spanish soldiers.

According to his post-war recollection, "I have never seen such a tough enemy army. Even the Battle of Changping, the landing war in Zhenjiang, and the Liaodong winter offensive, the foreign races in the northeast performed extremely poorly. They would never persist for too long under the fierce artillery fire of our army. I don't know if we are so tenacious, because we have always mastered the most advanced weapons..."

The massacre continued. In addition to machine guns, other soldiers also began to shoot with muskets, and the cannons on the city wall also started to fire.

Finally, the Spaniard retreated like a tide.

Looking at it, I saw that many corpses had fallen in front of the barbed wire. Some experienced veterans looked at it for a while and concluded that the Spaniards had lost at least 3,000 people.

The defeated Spaniards had been trimmed for nearly an hour, and then their commander ordered another charge against Panama City.

The Spanish commander did not understand what new weapons the Far East used, but the strength of this weapon made them more determined to take Panama City and seize some of these new weapons.

This time, the Spaniards still used the square formation to charge, but there were some cannons in front of the square formation. At this time, the Europeans had no use for howitzers, mostly some cannons, and most of the light cannons had a range of only a few hundred meters.

These cannons were soon exposed to the lookout hand on the top of the city, and the cannons on the top of the city bombarded the cannons in the Spanish phalanx.

It was just that the Spaniards covered some cannons very well, and let the cannons push them in front, and they aimed the cannons at the barbed wire.

Under the bombing, several gaps appeared in the barbed wire.

Then the Spaniards launched a charge, and the soldiers no longer advanced with the rhythm of drum beats, but rushed forward with weapons. There were only a thousand defenders in the city, and as long as they rushed over, they would win.

The machine guns mounted at the notch sounded again, and this time the machine guns opened fire into four, and the other two were mounted on the top of the city, firing violently at the Spanish soldiers pouring in from the gap in the barbed wire.

The role of barbed wire was once again fully played. The Spaniards, who only destroyed part of the barbed wire, had to concentrate on rushing through the gap, but the few barbed wire gaps became death pockets.

In an extremely dense situation, machine gunners kept shooting at the Spanish soldiers who were pouring in the gaps. Spanish soldiers fell in rows, and the gaps became insurmountable obstacles.

With the shooting of four machine guns, the slaughterhouse was simply a slaughterhouse.

The Spanish soldiers rushed forward stoically, but the Spanish commander behind was frightened. When the charger fell down one-third of the distance had not yet advanced, the Spanish commander could no longer bear it and had to order a retreat.

Another wave of offensive was repelled, and the morale of Spanish soldiers became extremely low.

The Spanish commander counted the losses and learned that more than 5,000 people were killed in the second charge, plus more than 3,000 people died in the front, and more than 8,000 soldiers were lost in just two charges.

The Spanish commander was crying but without tears, but under the huge losses, the Spanish commander no longer wanted to continue the war.

Even if they can defeat Panama City, they will not be able to defend it.

The artillery of the Far Easterners would blow the walls of Panama again, and then it would just fall again. As for obtaining the powerful new weapon, it seemed too expensive to him, and it might not be possible to obtain it. The Spaniards retreated that afternoon, and they retreated from the Port of Dios to Cuba Island on a boat.

The Central American War was still going on, but when the main Spanish troops were repelled, the New Spain governor who fled to Cuba no longer had the idea of ​​continuing to fight.

The power of the Light Empire in the Far East was not something that Spain could resist. Whether it was the navy or the army, the Far East's navy in the Americas had already grown tremendously, and even the maritime coalition of Britain, France and the Netherlands were repelled by them. The Spaniards believed that they were not their opponents.
To be continued...