Although Spain is close to Portugal, Carlos III's three armies marched on land, and the mountains between the two countries are endless. Although he issued an order to march quickly, it is impossible for them who are still carrying heavy artillery.

On the contrary, Qitade and his party, who were marching at the sea, arrived at the western end of the Mediterranean in five days without using two steam engines!

At this time, the latest news about the war near Lisbon also spread to the ship.

In the Captain's Office of the Bogda, Qitad convened everyone to discuss.

Deng Ce said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Muxun and others have controlled Sebatuur, where there are a large number of family members of Prime Minister Malik, which immediately stopped attacking the palace. Since the palace is safe and the Spanish army is still on the way, and there is at least ten days left to arrive in Lisbon, so there is more room for us to operate."

"Oh?"

"The Spaniards did not dispatch their navy this time. They obviously knew that in front of our Truechin Navy, their navy was not enough, but we came from afar, and even if we were on a ship, we could not carry too much army and food."

"And if we come here in full, we will inevitably create opportunities for Russia, Austria and other countries. Therefore, it is estimated that in their pre-war analysis, there will definitely be no more than one army that can come here"

"According to Zhang Muxun's information, Carlos III dispatched about 60,000 people this time, plus 30,000 people from Portugal, a total of nearly 100,000. However, the Spaniards' weapons were not as good as those of Prussia and Britain. Their most proud weapon was to install flintlocks in front, and Portugal was also similar."

"It seems like a hundred thousand people, but it is actually not worth worrying"

"The question is, since we are coming, what is the ultimate goal we want to achieve? It is certain that William will succeed the King of Portugal, but since we join Spain, what goal we want to achieve?"

"According to what Your Majesty has been instilling in us before, the British are our great enemy, and Spain is the British's old enemy. If Spain is greatly weakened, will the British take advantage?"

"Also, if we successfully defeat the Spaniards, what do we hope to get?"

"What about your opinion?"

"Your Majesty, since you have come, it is certain that you will become the king of Portugal. However, for the Portuguese, although they have always been kind to us, they probably still regard us as nomadic tribes or pagans in their hearts. After all, they are not close to European countries"

"So, even if you become the king of Portugal, you have to benefit them. It is probably difficult to convince them orally, but it is still possible to get the benefits"

"You mean the Portuguese-speaking region of Ganesa in the north of Portugal?"

"Yes, the language there is very close to Portugal. It is estimated that in ancient times, it was the same nation as Portugal. It was taken away by the Spanish. If Ganesa could be incorporated into Portugal, the Portuguese would definitely be happy. Moreover, once Ganesa is taken, they can take the Port of La Cruña close to the UK."

"In turn, lay the foundation for implementing our plan to fight the British"

"Their Atlantic Fleet in Ganesia has been destroyed by Chen Muhan. If the army is also destroyed, it will be no problem to capture the entire Ganesia"

"What else?"

"This is for Portugal. As for us, we must definitely gain benefits. Since His Highness William wants to become the king of Portugal, we cannot let the country suffer too much, and we can only focus our attention on Spain."

Qitad laughed and said, "I roughly understand what you mean. Spain, the richest one is the Andalusia region, where the port of Seville accounts for almost half of the country's ocean trade. As long as you take this place, you can make a fortune."

Norbu also smiled and said, "The Governor of Andalusia has led his troops to Port Faro. According to our information, there are only 30,000 troops in the Andalusia region. Half of them were dispatched this time, which will inevitably cause emptiness there."

The ship passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and then drove straight into the Guadalquivir River!

The Spanish obviously did not expect the Truchens to directly attack their homeland, and the Guadalquivir River was the lifeline of the Spanish Marine Empire era, and large sea boats could lead all the way to Seville!

However, the Spaniards obviously would not be completely unprepared for such an important place. They had a total of one army in the Andalusian region. The Governor and Marquis Soroc took away half of the troops, and half of them remained in the local area. One of the divisions remained in Seville!

However, Qitade still drove here with all his men. This is the benefit of their possession of such a powerful weapon as a telegraph - they can use their intelligence personnel to monitor various places and send messages in time.

For the Truchens, the most important goal of the entire Andalucian region is the Soroc army. Obviously, under key surveillance, according to previous information, they have not yet arrived at the southern port city of Faro.

Once you learn that the local area is attacked, Sorok will undoubtedly return to the rescue, and fighter planes will appear.

The reason why Soroc will definitely return to the aid is that it has the largest material transfer warehouse in Spain in Seville - San Castillo!

San Castillo has materials transported from overseas, including Peruvian silver ingots, which the entire Spanish Empire has also been prepared to send materials to other than the Mediterranean islands. From then on, various materials will be sent to all parts of the country or abroad through boats or carriages.

The Empire established a minister for material transfer here, which was specifically responsible for handling this matter.

The fleet drove straight in and soon arrived in Seville!

The reason why Qitad is so confident is that the supplies are placed on the magical island in the Guadalquivir River, and naturally there are castle guards. For sailing warships, it is not easy to enter this place smoothly. You can only come here on a specific date when the wind direction is right.

Therefore, although European countries, especially the British who have been coveting the supplies here for a long time, were still unable to carry out raids.

But for the Truchens whose steam engine technology is fully mature, it is a trivial matter. The wide and deep Guadalquivir River can operate the Spanish treasure ships, and naturally they can also walk all the Truchen ships!

However, in such an important place, in addition to the army guards, there are also warship guards. In addition, artillery is densely covered with artillery walls and docks!

There is also a stone bridge between the Magic Island and the City of Seville. If there are police in the Magic Island, the army in the city will definitely come out to support it. The artillery on the City of Seville can also hit the Magic Island. Even if the Truchens take the Magic Island, they will be attacked by the City of Seville artillery.

But for Kitard, he had no choice. Only Seville could attract Soroc back, and only the magical island could attract the Spanish defenders in Seville!

As the fleet entered Seville, Qitad couldn't help but frown.

It turns out that Seville is a major land in Spain and a very large population. There are more churches here than Madrid. In the past few centuries, due to Spain's strange religion and land policies, a large number of farmers would rather live a wandering life than beggars.

They flocked to Seville, either begging along the streets, living with churches, or helping to carry a large amount of supplies on the magical island, or following the fleets sailing overseas to make a living. This is also the place with the most gypsies in Europe. During the period when thieves and robbers were flooded, a large number of small boats were also filled with the river!

Qitad carried a wooden squadron this time. Once the enemy used these small boats to attack fire, the consequences would be unimaginable!

However, since they were thinking about this place, the information here was obviously handed over to his desk early in the morning. When they were crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, they sent a telegram to Shen Muhan to ask his ironclad fleet to arrive as soon as possible.

Sure enough, when they were about to enter the river surface of Seville, there was also a rumbling roar behind them.

Shen Muhan's ironclad fleet has arrived!

At this moment, the fleet moved out of the river and let Shen Muhan's ironclad fleet enter first, while the wooden squadron, which originally belonged to Bogda City, sailed away from Sevilla. Its mission had been completed and needed to sail to Lisbon or Sebatull to take over the defense.

Nowadays, Truchen is not the only one with the steam fleet. There are also British people occupying Gibraltar, but they are just mixed fleets. The steam engine is not mature and is still at the early stage of the Truchen Empire. After running for a short period of time, they have to replace the parts of the steam engine.

The reason why they hurriedly boarded the steamship was not only to test to catch up with Truchen's needs as soon as possible, but also to make the ship enter and leave the port. Because pure sail warships, if they do not have strong wind power, they obviously do not have the ability to quickly sail out and leave the port, and can only wait for the wind direction.

Once you arrive at the sea, except for the equatorial windless zone, the sea breeze is howling everywhere. Whether it is a tailwind, crosswind, or headwind, you can use many sails to form different angles for navigation.

Therefore, according to the nature of the British pirate kingdom, there are steamships, and they know that there is a huge amount of materials hidden here, they will not miss this opportunity.

Nowadays, in addition to historical grudges, the Spaniards also belong to the Bourbon dynasty as France and are enemies of Britain. If the British conditions allow, they will not miss this opportunity.

As a pioneer ship, the giant axe Batulu is not only thick in bow armor, but also used as a collision and icebreaker. In order to balance the hull and perform the role of the pioneer, the armor on the stern and hull are also very thick. Nowadays, in European countries, important ports are often protected by strict protection, and castles are also supported by each other.

The Truqins obviously considered this point early in the morning. At that moment, Shen Muhan felt at ease to let the Batulu continue to walk in front.

However, there are too many ships parked on the dock here. In addition to merchant ships, there are also a large number of private boats and gypsy ships that have flowed here from all over the country, which almost surrounded the surroundings of the Magic Island. The docks of Seville City near this side of the Magic Island are almost covered with ships!

At this time, if there is a famous general here, he will definitely not hesitate to implement the fire attack strategy. However, using the fire attack strategy is easy to say, but it is even more difficult to implement.

First of all, you need a large number of people to row these boats, and these boats have their own owners. In addition, planning this matter also takes time.

What's more, when you see such a huge steam fleet coming here, you can tell that it is the Truchens who are coming. The castle and the magical island are already scared to hide in the city or escape elsewhere, even if you want to use fire attack, you can't get it.

However, although the Marquis of Soroc left here with his army, he still left a general he trusted very much.

This person is named Reading. He is only twenty-five years old this year. He is a Swiss. He joined the army at the age of fifteen. This year he has become a regiment commander. Although there are division commanders in the city, he is a relative of Sorok. He usually does nothing but spends money and drinks. Instead, Reading has been diligent in his work.

Moreover, Reading performed well in the battle between Soroc and the Kingdom of Morocco for Tangier and Ceuta. If he hadn't been too young, he would have been more than enough to be a division commander.

But in that North Africa battle, the troops under Reading already had the reputation of "Reeding Regiment" and were praised by the king.

The teacher obviously knew about this, so he often discussed with him and followed his advice. Therefore, the defense of the city of Seville was actually the responsibility of Reading.
Chapter completed!