Chapter 725 (1/2)

In the stone bear's previous life, there was a border wall of more than 1100 kilometers between the United States and Mexico, which separated the border between the United States and Mexico in an artificial way.

But in this time and space, no matter from Tijuana to El Paso, or on the Bank of the Rio Grande, there is no border wall, so the two and a half divisions of the bear army easily pushed into the new Spanish viceroy.

Four star general bonspear led the second division southward along the flat area of the west coast to the west of the West Madre mountains. Kuaima, commander in chief of the army, led the first division and the eighth division of the five regiments to March southward from the east of the West Madre mountains and became the East Route Army.

On the fifth day after entering the territory of Mexico, the eastern route army moved to the city of Chihuahua.

Chihuahua is the capital of Chihuahua, the largest state in Mexico. This former Indian tribe was transformed into an important city by the Spanish in the early 18th century.

It used to be the trade center between the new Spanish Viceroy and the Yanhuang tribe, but now it has become the first obstacle for the East Route Army.

In fact, it's a bit exaggerated to say that the city, which is formed by two fortresses as the center, is far from comparable in scale with later generations. Now the population of this city is only more than 10000 people, most of them are from domestic traders in Spain.

However, because the city is a major trading town in the northern part of the new Spanish viceroy, there are about 1200 Spanish army troops stationed in the city.

The two fortresses in Chihuahua are about 1.5km apart from each other and are built on two hills. These two fortresses are also the garrisons of the Spanish army.

Between the two fortresses were markets established by ordinary residents and Spanish merchants. The main fortress in the north is called Colonel de Carroll fortress, which is built on a hill with a relative height of more than 200 meters.

When the East Route Army came here, more than 1200 Spanish soldiers were trapped in the fort.

Compared with the South sub fort, the height of Colonel de Carroll's fort is higher, the terrain is more dangerous, and the defense effect here is better. Therefore, Chihuahua's garrison, under the command of its commander, decisively abandoned the South sub fortress and concentrated all its forces in the main fortress.

If the East Route Army does not have powerful artillery, it will be a big problem to win the fortress which is located on a hill more than 200 meters high. But now, the Spaniard's practice of guarding against danger looks more like a battle of trapped animals in the eyes of Kuaima.

For such a situation, the experienced fast horse has a hundred ways to deal with it.

So without hesitation, he ordered the artillery regiments of the first division and the eighth division to set up artillery positions.

In the face of such a precipitous fortress, Kuaima would not be foolish enough to fill it with his own life. To deal with such a fortress, powerful artillery and mortars with extremely high trajectory arc are the best.

Before the founding of the people's Republic of China, the weapons and equipment of the stormy bear army were once again upgraded. In particular, the artillery units of the stormy bear army have been greatly improved.

In the past, the division artillery regiment of the baoxiong army mainly used 105mm and 76mm guns, but now, with the formation of 122mm howitzers, this kind of heavy artillery with an effective range of more than 12km is the main artillery of the division artillery regiment of the baoxiong army.