July 4, 1810, this was the 34th National Day of the first democratic republic in modern times and the United States of America. This future is unique and super overlord in the world. At this time, in the eyes of European powers, it is just a barbaric country that is not much better than the wild land. One of the important reasons is that while the Central and Western European countries abolished slavery under the influence of the French Revolution, black slaves (smuggling) trade in the United States was still rampant.

At 4 pm, it had been more than 5 hours since the end of the battle in Caishi Town. In addition to General Bonai (5th Infantry Brigade) who stayed at the Fortress of Badajos, many senior commanders gathered in the command post of the division, including General Delney (1st Infantry Brigade), General Barba Hugo (3rd Infantry Brigade), General Desnuet (Caval Brigade), General Hugo (4th Infantry Brigade), Lieutenant Colonel Kle, Lieutenant Colonel Otsir, Major Pochi of the Gendarmerie, Major Passel of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and other senior leaders gathered in the command post of the division of Caishi Town.

While Duke Hruna and Chief of Staff Rusty had not yet entered the venue, many senior officers abandoned their tense and solemn expressions before the battle, talked enthusiastically with each other, and made jokes from time to time, laughed constantly, and were very excited in their words. That was the first victory of the Desai Division in 1810, and it was a complete victory.

On the venue, as a full-time military adjutant of the division commander, Major Mardan has submitted the results of the battle to everyone present in the form of documents.

In this battle in Caishi Town, the Desai Division used 3 infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, one strengthening engineer battalion, and one naval battalion with a total strength of 20,000 (including 4,000 cavalry and more than 30 artillery pieces). With the joint cooperation of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the military police, it surrounded and annihilated more than 6,800 Spanish troops in one fell swoop. If we count the military intelligence agents successfully provoked in Barros Town, and the more than 3,000 lost the two Spanish troops, the Desai Division actually wiped out more than 1,000 Spanish regular troops in the battle from June to July. The price it paid was only one person seriously injured (the left arm was cut off) and 40 people were slightly injured.

In this regard, as the "old people" of the Desai division, such as General Delney, Lieutenant Colonel Kle, Lieutenant Colonel Otsir, Major Pochi, Major Passel, etc., they all felt that this was a matter of course. They followed General Desai to fight half of Spain, from the second siege of Zaragoza, to the encirclement and annihilation of guerrilla rebels in the mountains of northern suburbs of Madrid, and to the bloodless capture of Hruna, and then annex the entire Catalonia, as well as the subsequent Aragon region of the north and south. These people had long known the distinctive personality of the supreme commander: either not to fight; to fight, they must make careful arrangements in advance and obtain the greatest victory at a very small cost.

As new members of the Desay Division, General Barbanegel, General Desnuet and General Hugo, these three were obviously too shocked by the post-war statistical communiqué. If they had not been the commanders who were on the front line to lead the team in the battle during this battle, it would have been clear that this battle report statistics were not mixed with a trace of false military information, I would probably be unbelievable until now.

After the outbreak of the Iberis Peninsula War, it was quite easy for the French camp to defeat more than 10,000 Spanish troops. Such brilliant battles are common, but it is very difficult to completely encircle and annihilate them. It basically happened during Napoleon's personal expedition to Spain. Usually, the enemy lost 10,000 and I was injured 3,000, not like this now.

General Barbanegel and General Desnuet may not think much, because their identities and ideas are gradually being integrated into the core system of the Desai Division, while General Louis Hugo, who exists as a friendly army, is different. He began to recall Madrid's brother, Count Leopold Sizisber, and Hugo, who once said to himself: If Duke Hruna's ability to turn the tide in the Grape War and made great achievements, he suggested that his younger brother Louis and his Fourth Brigade serve allegiance to the future Prince of Catalonia together, and not to be attached to "Madrid's Spain."

Although the Desai Division had not yet begun to go to the Portuguese battlefield, after the Battle of Quarter, General Louis Hugo was already optimistic about the future glorious victory, whether it was Evora, Lisbon, or even the entire Portugal, it would be a place where the Desai Division enjoyed great victory.

Inadvertently, General Hugo thought that the Duke of Desai once talked to a joke at a senior officer meeting, which was about the principles of team cooperation and employment in the army. Desai said that a person who is full of wisdom and lazy, such as the Duke himself, can be a commander; while a person who is wise and diligent, like General Rusty, should serve as a staff adviser; as for a foolish and lazy person, he should be an ordinary soldier, and he needs to be tempered in the barracks for a long time, so that he fears military discipline and obeys orders; if he is a stupid and diligent guy, the only thing the officers can do is to drive him out of the barracks as soon as possible.

While thinking about it, Louis Hugo heard the conversation between the commander of the Desay Division and Chief of Staff Rusty from outside the house. All the noises came to an abrupt end in the entire command post. The generals stopped talking and playing with each other. Several smokers quickly threw away the cigarettes in their hands. They all raised their chests and sat upright in their respective positions, putting up a serious look of sitting in their eyes, ready to look at their ears and face their lives.

When Desai entered the venue, he was happy, but he didn't like too restrained scenes, especially after winning. So he waved his hand and smiled heartily: "All right, my officers, please relax! Since the battle has been over, don't put this serious face on the venue. Because now, I will not consider promoting, awarding or bounty to you, at least before taking down the Evora Fortress."

After hearing this, everyone burst into laughter, and the quiet atmosphere in the venue became active again. Desai made a secret gesture, signaling Adjutant Mardan to send bottles of wine to the officers present, telling everyone to open the loop and drink freely.

"Gentlemen, cheer for this victory and more glory in the future!" When the red wine was filled, Desai was the first to stand up. He smiled and raised his glass. The officers at the meeting stood up one after another, raised their glasses to pay tribute to the Duke, and everyone drank them all in one go.

Convening a meeting of senior officers after the war is one of the traditions of the Desai Division. It is both a summary of winning experience and an internal self-examination. Originally, this military affairs meeting was to gather all first-level officers of the regiment, but this battle was rewarded with great success, which led to a wide range of affairs at all levels, including resettlement of prisoners of war, determining the list of meritorious personnel, promotion and reward plans, etc. Therefore, Desai only requires the first-level brigade chief officer to attend the meeting. Afterwards, the brigade commanders will be transferred to the staff officers sent by the staff and announced their specific responsibilities.

After experiencing this exciting battle, self-examination obviously belonged to the defeated Spaniards, and the experience summary required Chief of Staff Rusti to take charge. From the beginning to the end, Desai himself was only in the role of a bystander in this battle.

After briefly reviewing the process and results of this battle, General Rusty talked about the many reasons for the victory of the division: including the combat qualities of the officers and soldiers on both sides of the enemy and us; constructing a position defense system with barbed wire, infantry (cavalry) trenches and chest walls as the core; using powerful flowering (grenade) bombs in artillery; chemical telegrams that have been successful in field communication; the chief of staff highly praised the Joint Intelligence Department (MINIS and Gendarmerie), especially the outstanding contribution of Lieutenant Jacques (a operative of the Military Intelligence Bureau, not the Irish attendant with the same surname next to the Duke of Desay), etc.

Speaking of his enjoyment, General Rusty then waved his arms and said loudly: "...You all know very well that both the infantry and cavalry in the Spanish army showed great strength and bravery throughout the entire battle. Even after suffering half of the major casualties in their queue, the Spaniards still maintained high combat qualities and good adaptability, but in the end they made no achievements and could only accept the fate of being surrounded and annihilated by our army.

Therefore, the biggest mistake of the Spaniards was that General Galician lacked an efficient team and no forward-looking leader in the command system. This made him and his army choose the wrong opponent at a wrong time and in a wrong place and join the wrong battle. So, please remember that the key to winning this battle was that the enemy's commander could not withstand the temptation and failed to make quick decisions, which led to a series of mistakes in succession. Secondly, we set the battlefield in advance, deployed everything in advance, and effectively controlled the entire process of the entire battle at the strategic and tactical levels.

After tomorrow, the Desai Division will officially enter the Portuguese war that is about to begin. On the surface, from Evora to Lisbon, the British are choosing battlefields for us. Based on this, the division commander and the staff agreed that they must do their best to weaken and break the enemy's geographical advantages and strategic deployment, and not fight within the location range or time set by the coalition forces. The most important thing is that the coalition's Eastern Front commander, General Bellsford, must misjudgment the actual attack direction of our army.

At the request of the Desai Division Commander, after I finish my summary of the battle of Caishi Town, I will introduce you to the next strategic deployment formulated by the General Staff. Due to the fact that it is top secret, you cannot explain it to your subordinates for the time being before the Desai Division Commander officially signs the combat order."

Before the Chief of Staff finished his last paragraph, Major Mardan had hung a military map on the white wall on the side of the temporary command post.

Drinking a glass of red wine to moisten the throat, General Rusty picked up a wooden stick, and walked to the map and continued: "From 18 pm tomorrow, all participating troops will end the short-term training after the war, and will all be in the state of war...

After General Barbanegel's Third Infantry Brigade returned to Badajoz, he immediately joined General Bonai's Fifth Infantry Brigade to form the Northern Line Detachment, and General Barbanegel served as the supreme commander of the detachment. After the defense of Badajoz Fortress was transferred to the defenders from the city of Melda, the two brigades immediately disguised as the main forces of the Desay Division, heading west, crossed numerous rivers along the incomplete highway, and went deep into the eastern part of Portugal, threatening the Evora Fortress from the northwest. Lieutenant Colonel Otsir will lead most of the engineering regiment to cooperate with the operations of the Northern Line Detachment.

The main task of the Northern Line Detachment is not to kill or injure the enemy, but to lure the enemy. It is necessary to attract as many blocking troops from the British and Portuguese coalition forces around them as possible on the premise of ensuring their own safety and not exposing the strategic intentions of the division. I believe that after the British learned about the battle of Caishi Town, they will also cooperate well...

The division command, the first and fourth brigades of the infantry, the cavalry brigade, as well as the gendarmerie, artillery brigade, and the rest of the engineering regiment will form the southern line detachment. The above-mentioned troops will secretly board the ship from the city of Melda or Badajos fortress. Under the cover of the naval battalion, they will sail west along the Guadiana River, and then sail south to the town of Moran, and make a short stop here, waiting for the news that the Northern Line detachment has successfully lured the enemy...

The ships carrying the troops on the southern line will continue to sail along the western tributary of the Guadiana River and land in the city of Port, less than 30 kilometers away from the city of Evora. After getting ashore, the brigades on the southern line will arrive at the city of Evora within 4 hours by forcing the troops, and will surround without attacking. As for the cavalry brigades, they will turn to the northeast direction, cut off the retreat of the coalition forces blocking the North Line Detachment, and wait...

In addition, the joint intelligence department formed by the Military Intelligence Bureau and the military police team obtained a very valuable piece of intelligence. On both sides of the road leading to the Evora on the border between Portugal and Spain, there are many planted manors, living at least 70,000 black slaves. The information shows that although the Portuguese have basically evacuated the above-mentioned war zone, most of the black slaves are still responsible for guarding the various manors for their masters. Therefore, in the name of liberating black slaves, these poor people should be fully launched to cooperate with our just war.
Chapter completed!