Rebirth of South America as King

The political situation in Peru is chaotic, and the heads of state are frequently served by coup warlords. The current Peruvian interim president, Pedro Dies Canseco, relies on the coup d'état three times, and Thomas, who is not dealing with Pedro, is contacting the opposition to overthrow him. rule.

At a critical moment before the coup, Thomas would not sit by and watch his generals lose, so after receiving a telegram from Arequipa's defenders, he immediately ordered the army to rescue them.

Puno's defending chief Umato and Iquitoc belonged to the Thomas Gutierrez camp. After receiving Iquidock's help and Thomas' order, they made the decision to send troops as soon as possible. Scoo sent troops later.

"Master Luo, this is the order of Shizi, please take a look."

发明 The telegraph, invented in the 1830s, has been widely used in the West. Even the landlocked country Paraguay in South America has also developed preliminary industries and installed telegraph lines under the management of Lopez and his sons. However, Li Mingyuan's Chinese army is still in a state of mobile combat and can only use backward manpower to pass information.

"Master Li, Shizi thinks more thoughtful than us. We will help out and set aside halfway. It is much easier than storming the fortified city." Luo Linshan said after reading the letter.

"The son left me to contain and confuse the defenders of Arequipa. The task of eliminating the Peruvian reinforcements rests on Master Luo." Li Sandou said a little bitterly.

"The task of Master Li is the top priority. If the defenders of Arequipa find out our true purpose, they will not be fooled."

"Well, think about how to cheat the defenders in the city." Li Sandou nodded.

"Master Li, we have rescued almost 10,000 Chinese workers this time. We can arm them and arrange more tent camps outside the city to confuse Arequipa's garrison."

"It's not enough just to do this, Master Luo, I want your troops to cooperate with me before leaving." Li Sandou considered for a while.

"No problem. After the attack, I left the army directly."

Li Sandou and Luo Linshan discussed the countermeasures and started attacking Arequipa the next morning.

Iquitoc slept under the gate for half a night. In the morning, the soldiers woke up and told him that the rebels were preparing to attack the city. Iquitoc did not wash his face and went straight to the wall.

Li Sandou put 20,000 Chinese troops in front, and 10,000 Chinese workers who had just been rescued stood in the back.

As soon as there were 10,000 people, there were no boundaries, and 30,000 people were scattered around the city gate. Even before they attacked the city, the momentum was very scary.

"Commander, the rebels below the city are not like the vanguard, they should be the main force of the Chinese rebels."

Anderson, who was responsible for the defense of the city gate, pointed at the dense army.

Iquitoc looked in the direction that Anderson was pointing at. The smoke billowed behind the Chinese army, and countless soldiers with flags kept coming.

"Rebel reinforcements are coming, more than 30,000 people in front are not their full strength." Iquitoc observed later.

While Iquidok was observing the Chinese army under the city, the Chinese soldiers of the two divisions also lined up.

"Master Li, the troops are ready, they can order." Luo Linshan Road.

Li Sandou nodded, the officers around him knew, and quickly returned to their troops to launch an attack.

A roar of artillery sounded, and 10,000 rescued Chinese workers stood in the back. 20,000 Chinese soldiers scattered to brave the fire. There were not many artillery bands carried by the troops. When the soldiers marched 500 meters from the city wall, artillery under the city Only a dozen were still firing. The other artillery was either destroyed by excessive fire or was destroyed by artillery on the wall.

The artillery on the wall of Arequipa is a heavy siege artillery. One cannonball can kill five or six soldiers. The current artillery is a solid bomb. If it is a flower bomb, it will hurt the Chinese troops even more.

"Master Li, there are hundreds of casualties in the army, and you can order a retreat." The Chinese soldiers on the battlefield had not been within 500 meters of the city walls, and they lost two to three hundred people due to heavy artillery attacks.

"Retreat." Li Sandou ordered.

Since fighting in South America, the soldiers under Li Sandou and Luo Linshan have encountered such fierce artillery fire for the first time. Looking at the soldiers who were hit by artillery beside them, it was unbearable. Some newly joined soldiers could not help their legs to become weak. When the retreat was ordered, the siege soldiers left like tide.

"Master Li, there were 174 casualties in this assault, of which only 32 people could be rescued." After the troops retreated, Luo Linshan did not immediately lead his troops away.

"It is inevitable to fight casualties. If you want to keep Arequipa's defenders suspicious. You can only make sacrifices." Li Sandou also couldn't bear looking at the soldiers who were killed or injured, but if he wanted to complete Li Mingyuan's order, he would only Can do it.

"Master Li, if you want to hold the Arequipa garrison, a similar attack will take two days. If there are so many casualties each time, you will lose about 1,000 people in two days. Shizi knows that you have lost so many soldiers. Will be dissatisfied. "

Before leaving, Luo Linshan advised.

听 After Li Sandou listened, his brows frowned, and he remained silent for a few minutes.

"Master Li, there is no way to reduce the casualties of soldiers."

"What good is Master Luo?"

"Don't we capture two thousand Peruvian youths this time? We can drive them to attack the city at night, so that the casualties of the Chinese army can be reduced and the Arequipa defenders will not be doubted."

When the Taiping Army was on the mainland before, it had the tradition of driving the captured Qing army to attack the city. After listening to Luo Linshan's words, Li Sandou decided to adopt his suggestion without much consideration.

内 Within the city of Arequipa, after the first attack by the Chinese army was repelled, Iquitoc was more confident in being able to hold the city.

At night, under the city walls, Iquidock and Anderson stayed in the Tibetan soldier cave ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Commander. This morning, hundreds of enemy troops were killed by a shelling. It seems that they are not very powerful, " Anderson said after having a drink.

"A lot of the artillery of the rebels have been destroyed by us today. They want to occupy Arequipa. They can only storm." Iquidock didn't care about the dead hundreds of Chinese rebels. His focus was on the artillery of the Chinese army. The main cause of danger in Arequipa was artillery. In the morning artillery bombardment, most of the artillery of the Chinese army was killed. Although the Chinese artillery was not a heavy siege gun, after the artillery was destroyed, the Chinese army could only go to Carrying the artillery in the rear, between arrivals and departures, when the Chinese army brought in artillery, the reinforcement of the Peruvian army almost arrived.

"Sir, the rebels outside are starting to attack the city again." The two were drinking and a sentry came to report.

"The rebels were frustrated during the day, and the siege must be in the army at night. Anderson, immediately called for soldiers to defend the city."

"Yes."

The two stopped drinking and took the guards around to the city wall to direct the battle. At night, because the people below the city could not be seen clearly, the power of the artillery was not as great as in the day. A group of soldiers held cannons on their heads and the guns rushed to the city wall. Down the siege.

Unlike the thunder and heavy raindrops during the day, the attacks at night are more violent. When the Chinese army retired the next morning, more than a thousand bodies wearing rebel costumes were left under the city walls.

The next two nights, the Chinese army outside the city would attack, except that more than 2,000 corpses were left, and the defense of the Arequipa defenders was not shaken.

After spending two days on the city wall, Iquitoc was tired. In addition, the rebels outside the city did not threaten Arequipa and the reinforcements arrived immediately, so Iquitoc was tense and relaxed for two days. Come down and take your own guard home.