The deafening sound of the steam whistle echoed outside the city of Viedma, and the earth trembled under the four iron wheels of the tractor. Although the speed of the steam tractor was not fast, it was still very intimidating in the eyes of Philip and others.
"What kind of monster is this?"
While the soldiers were shouting, they kept firing rifles at the steam tractor.
The lead shot fired from the musket hits the iron plate, except for making a crisp sound, which means nothing at all.
Finally, the gunners finished loading. They used wooden sticks to lift the breech of the gun, aim, and shoot...
"Boom!"
A loud sound like a bell resounded in the cannon fire. The nine-pounder cannon shells also had no effect when they hit the front of the steam tractor. In front of the front of the steam tractor was an iron bulldozer. This tractor was
Used for flat ground at Nanhua construction sites.
"Oh, God!"
With screams of terror, the soldiers guarding Viedma were finally frightened.
When the steam tractors were advancing with unstoppable momentum, the more fatal blow was the cannonballs fired by the grenadiers. Those small cannonballs, which weighed only one kilogram, although not very powerful, could hit wooden walls and undefended soldiers.
The damage is extremely fatal.
In just a few minutes, hundreds of artillery shells rained down inside and outside the city of Viedma. In the billowing smoke, the wooden walls that were once insurmountable in the eyes of the Mapuche people were blown down, and houses one after another were blown down.
It was blown to pieces in the explosion. The flames of the explosion ignited the wooden houses in the city, and the houses burned one after another.
"Oh my god, what did they bring?"
Philip looked at everything around him in despair. The soldiers around him were constantly being blown to the ground, and they didn't even see the appearance of the enemy clearly.
What's even more terrible is that the steam monster has already rushed over with unstoppable momentum.
Does God want to destroy this city?
Finally, the steam monster that could not be stopped by guns and guns rushed over. Amidst the roar of the steam engine, the billowing black smoke, and the creaking sound of the wooden wall, the bulldozer pushed open the wooden wall by dozens of centimeters.
The wooden wall at the back looked like tissue paper under the bulldozers of steam tractors.
At the moment of impact, there was a "boom" and the wall fell down!
While tearing through the wooden wall like paper, the machine gunner standing in the coal bunker on the right side of the steam tractor shook Gatling.
Continuous machine gunfire echoed in the city of Viedma, and those Argentine soldiers who were lucky enough to survive the explosion continued to fall to the ground like wheat...
When the living people saw this scene in front of them, they all raised their hands in shock.
surrender!
There is no longer any suspense.
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[At 11:12 a.m. on May 9, the siege of Viedma ended successfully, taking 28 minutes, of which 18 minutes were spent on marching...]
[At 9 a.m. on May 10, Carmen surrendered on the right bank of the Rio Negro...]
[On May 10, the news that Viedma and Carmen were invaded by Nanhua reached Buenos Aires, causing a sensation. All parties blamed each other's political struggle for leading to the invasion of Nanhua...]
[On May 14, negotiators from the Province of Buenos Aires arrived in Carmen and delivered an ultimatum from the Province of Buenos Aires, requiring Nanhua to evacuate the two places, otherwise they would wait for them to destroy Buenos Aires.
An attack on the Province of Leith. You flatly rejected the proposal of the delegates.]
[In June, the civil war broke out in Buenos Aires Province, and both parties in the civil war were unable to take care of South China.]
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[On June 17, the arrival of the "Annis" and eleven mercenary ships brought 28,500 immigrants. Although the arrival of a large number of immigrants was unexpected, causing Nanhua to face material supply problems, it relieved Nanhua.
Due to the shortage of manpower, in order to cope with possible attacks, you expanded the South China Self-Defense Force to 2,000 people and reorganized it into a police force...]
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"call……"
After sitting up and returning to reality, Zhu Xianhai frowned and seemed a little unhappy.
Although everything that happened in the life simulator was what he expected, the facts proved that even using the Self-Defense Forces to attack Viedma was overkill.
But what happened next was basically what he expected - perhaps the fall of the two "towns" of Viedma and Carmen caused a sensation in Buenos Aires, but for the internal fighting in Buenos Aires,
To the politicians in Enos Aires, this is just another "barbarian invasion". They are focused on internal fighting and don't care at all.
It is impossible to send troops, the generals are fighting a civil war!
But the reason why Zhu Xianhai had this expression was entirely due to another seemingly inconspicuous thing - the telegraph line was cut off!
"He actually dared to cut off my telegram!"
Zhu Xianhai touched his hair with both hands and said to himself.
"How can I ask the offices in London and France to purchase supplies if you send all these telegrams!"
After the capture of Viedma, Nanhua fell into another dilemma-the external communication channel was cut off. Although the telegraph line currently crossing the Atlantic had been successfully laid three years ago, the cable itself that was successfully laid in 1858
But it was short-lived: its signal became increasingly weak and was completely interrupted. After three weeks of use, it broke down in the Atlantic Ocean due to high-voltage current breakdown.
However, there has long been a telegraph network in South America and North America. This wired telegraph network, funded by a number of British and American companies, was the best way for Zhu Xianhai to communicate with the outside world. First, he used telegraphs from Viedma to
Buenos Aires, and then forwarded to New York, a process that takes two days. Then the telegram is transported by mail bag from New York to London via a cruise ship, a process that takes 18-22 days.
For people who are accustomed to the network-connected world of the 21st century, it is unimaginable that it takes such a long time to send a telegram, but it is already a miracle in this era. After all, ten years ago, from Bui
A letter often takes 1-2 months between North Aires and London.
Of course, the "miraculous" speed also means that it is expensive. Ten letters cost one peso.
Although it costs a lot of money, it saves a lot of time. Many newly ordered equipment are completed in this way.
In the life simulator, as the telegraph company in Buenos Aires cut off the telegraph line, Viedma's external communication was also interrupted.
What an unexpected turn of events!
Although he did not continue the simulation, Zhu Xianhai was very clear about what happened next - it directly affected the construction of Nanhua. After all, Nanhua needed to import machinery from Europe and the United States.
This matter is difficult to handle!
At the same time, the virtual light screen flashes.