Chapter 1278 A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger

Chapter 1278 A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger

On the other hand, when Gablenz was at his wits' end, several students from the Barcelona Military Academy approached him.

"Your Majesty General, why should we stop the attack?"

"I'm sorry, young gentlemen. I can't use your lives to do meaningless things. You all saw the attack just now. We lost three hundred people in one go.

The enemy even launched a counterattack against us. I'm not sure how many more people we will lose if we continue to fight like this.

Three thousand, five thousand, or even more. As long as we stay here, they will have no choice but to surrender in a few days. "

Gablenz was very polite to these military students. After all, the Barcelona Military Academy was established by the Austrian Empire to train military talents to become local backbones.

In Gablenz's view, these military cadets are his descendants, and they are his own people.

These Spaniards also did not regard themselves as outsiders, they immediately retorted.

"Are you afraid of sacrifice, or are you unable to defeat the enemy in front of you?"

Gablenz hated these young boys the most, but he couldn't take it out on them. After all, he was an officer after entering the military academy. He spread his hands.

"It's up to you! The cowards in the city refuse to cooperate with us. If we launch an attack alone, the casualties will be huge.

Even if we win this battle, it is meaningless. Instead, it will slow down our process of liberating the entire Spain. "

In order to cover up his embarrassment, Gablenz could only put forward the so-called overall view.

However, the reason why young people are young people is because they have the drive to fear nothing. Except for a few who are selected into the Barcelona Military Academy, most of them have outstanding qualities. , at least his intelligence and reflexes are outstanding.

In addition, the reason why these people are so aggressive and dare to point fingers at their superiors is that, apart from the courage of newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers and their absolute confidence in themselves, they have not been beaten severely.

To be precise, it was because the school had only been established for such a short period of time that they had not had time to be severely beaten, making them appear to be unruly.

"I remember there is a saying in the textbook that fighting with the heart is the top priority and fighting with soldiers is the bottom priority. Why do you always think of annihilating the enemy by relying on superior strength and equipment?"

A cadet named Olmer asked rhetorically.

Gablenz was stunned on the spot. How could this sentence be included in the textbook when he was in school? But he seemed to have seen it somewhere, but couldn't remember it for a while.

Just when Gablenz was puzzled, another military cadet named Santiago said again.

"You surrounded the enemy like this and left no one alive. It would be strange if the enemy didn't fight with you."

"Yes! Yes! You are simply a standard negative teaching material."

A group of military cadets strongly agreed with this. Gablenz's face had darkened. He didn't want to be pointed out by a group of little brats. They couldn't explain why they were going to do it today. Everyone had to frog-jump around the military camp. One lap.

"Then tell me what to do?"

"We can persuade them to surrender. Tell them that they can surrender. As long as they surrender, they will avoid death."

Olmer said.

“We can also give them a passage or designate a designated area, and as long as they put down their weapons, we will ensure their safety.

As soon as someone starts running away, their morale is over. Those who didn't run away would definitely be more anxious and panicked when they found out that their companions had escaped. This emotion would definitely lead to the further disintegration of their military organization.

At that time, whether you want to attack them forcefully or kill them, you will get twice the result with half the effort. ” ˆ ˆ ˜Gabrenz has been in the war for so many years, and he still has some knowledge, but he doesn’t understand how these young people can think so far-reaching.

However, as a general and a senior, Gablenz still had to maintain his dignity.

"Then try your method."

At this time, although the positions of the two armies were not hundreds of meters apart like during World War I, they were still nearly a hundred meters apart. Although the shouting could be heard, it may not be clear.

So Olmo, Santiago and other military cadets decided to let soldiers disguise themselves as priests and go to the front to shout. In fact, they originally planned to let the priests who accompanied the army go, but they were ruthlessly rejected.

So they can only pretend to be priests themselves

This didn't seem like a very clever trick but it was very effective. Since both sides used Catalan, there was no problem in communicating. On the contrary, Girton and the officers he brought from Madrid were a little confused in understanding.

When they figured out the situation, a large number of soldiers began to flee, and morale seemed to have dropped to freezing point.

"Kill! Kill all those traitors!"

Galton roared that this might be the only way at this time, otherwise if the soldiers continued to flee, he might not even be able to wait until nightfall.

However, what Galton didn't expect was that his behavior, as well as the arrogance and disdain for the Spaniards outside Madrid that he inadvertently showed along the way, completely ignited the anger of the Catalonians.

"What good would it do if we could catch Gelton?"

shouted a Spanish government soldier, and Olmo immediately answered.

"There is a reward of 100,000 reais for the capture of Gerton, dead or alive. Every officer in the Spanish government army has a reward!"

The reward of 100,000 reais was of course nonsense from Olmer. The Spanish commander-in-chief in Catalonia, Varner, only offered a reward of 20,000 reais, not to mention Olmer, who was unknown to Austria.

But the soldiers didn't care. The news spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. The shouts became one. This time, even the Barcelona Legion couldn't hold back.

No one really wanted to die, but 100,000 reais was a fortune that most Spaniards couldn't spend in their lifetime.

"General Gabrentz, let's charge again!"

The soldiers were restless. Gabrentz was a little confused when he saw the soldiers who were inexplicably going to fight the enemy. After all, just now, these guys were still hiding behind and refusing to show their heads.

While Gabrentz was still hesitating, the Spanish government army's position had become a mess.

The soldiers selected by Varner were indeed very cruel and had a fierceness, but they could only wake up when they were tempted by huge profits, just like at this moment.

There was a serious internal conflict within the Spanish government army. The soldiers frantically hunted down the officers, especially Gelton himself, who became the number one target of those soldiers.

Although Gelton's direct troops were elite from Madrid, they had no way to deal with the desperate Spanish soldiers in front of them.

The most terrifying thing was that Gelton could not tell who were the loyalists and who were the traitors. The safest way was to kill them by mistake rather than let them go.

However, Gelton's behavior further aroused the bloodiness and hatred of the Catalans, and some soldiers who did not want to rebel were forced to join the ranks of the rebels.

At this time, the young officers of the Barcelona Legion did not forget to add fuel to the fire.

"Kill a platoon leader for 20 reais! Kill a company commander for 100 reais! Kill a regiment commander for 1,000 reais!"

Soon the Spanish government army's position was in chaos, and a bloody battle royale was staged in front of the Barcelona Legion. There were even soldiers of the Spanish government army who came to collect the reward with the heads they had just cut off.