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Chapter 56 Bloody Battle of Xinxiang River

"Order the artillery to bombard these natives hard." Mansour gave the order for the bombardment.

In his eyes, anyone who is not white is considered an indigenous person.

This is also the current common understanding of white Europeans towards the outside world.

In their eyes, Europe is the center of the world, and the entire world was discovered by white people.

It's like a game, they are the protagonists of the game, and everything else is a copy.

Other areas on the earth were slowly revealed to people through their exploration.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Mansour's order had just been issued, and before the ordering soldiers had made any move, the sound of cannons had already started.

what's the situation?

The ordering soldier subconsciously looked around to find the source of the gunfire.

It turned out that artillery was being fired in a small forest on the river beach, and bursts of smoke were rising from the small forest.

The Lamontagna coalition forces never expected that the enemy's artillery would be hidden in the woods.

What a clumsy tactic!

"No, these damn East Chinese people." Mansour also saw the smoke in the woods beside the river beach.

At the beginning, Mansour carefully used his binoculars to explore the enemy's positions on the river beach.

The terrain by the river is even lower and flat.

Mansour did not see enemy artillery.

He was still laughing at himself, how could these natives have artillery? Even if they had artillery, they wouldn't know how to use it.

In Mansour's view, these indigenous people's ability to learn to use muskets is the limit.

Their brains haven't been developed yet.

But as soon as the war started, he was slapped in the face by these natives, who actually hid the artillery in the woods.

The artillery regiment took cover in the woods early in the morning.

The commander of the artillery regiment, Ma Guangqin, is an artillery officer who graduated from the Gaoyou Army School and has rich practical experience. In the Renaissance Army, he has already served as a company commander.

He came on an ocean-going ship at the end of last year along with the artillery support sent to Donghua.

Ma Guangqin chose to come here because he was alone and had no worries.

Moreover, he is also a staunch supporter of the Great China Theory proposed by the President, and he hopes to use actions to realize this ideal.

No one expected to go so far away and break away from the Renaissance Army system.

But Ma Guangqin doesn't think so. He likes to take risks, and he understands that the officer system of the Renaissance Army has basically been formed.

Moreover, the middle and high-level officers in the Renaissance Army are very young. If the army is not expanded, it will be difficult for the lower-level officers to have room for advancement.

However, when the Donghua Army in Peru was founded, it was full of opportunities just like when the Huaihai Army was first established.

Sure enough, when he arrived in Donghua, after selection, he directly became the commander of the artillery regiment.

And this is the only artillery regiment of the Donghua Army.

Although the artillery officers who came with him did not become the current supreme commander of the Donghua Artillery, they all became the commanders of the fortress.

The general commander in a fortress is often served by the artillery commander, because artillery is the main force of the fortress defense.

The artillery gun in Ma Guangqin's hand is the first-generation breech-loading gun used by the Huai Navy.

The air-locking structure of this artillery has been improved by Dong Shuheng, and a new type of explosive bomb can be used.

At that time, not even the Prussians could do this.

Together with the breech-loading gun, this artillery that is ahead of the current era has also been the invincible magic weapon of the Renaissance Army.

It's just that the technology of smokeless gunpowder has not yet been unlocked.

The artillery exported to Peru still used black powder technology.

But this is enough.

Mansour was shocked by the sudden shelling by the indigenous people. The indigenous people used explosive shells that were extremely precious and difficult to operate.

It was as if God was playing a joke on Mansoor.

"Oh, hell. Isn't this Donghua a force composed of Indians and Chinese? How can they have such powerful artillery?" Mansour couldn't help cursing when he saw the continuous explosions on his artillery position.

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The artillery positions on the coalition side have just been prepared, and the powder barrels used as propellants have not yet been placed.

The Donghua Army's artillery fired at exactly the right moment.

Explosions of explosive shells occurred one after another on the artillery position of the La Montaña coalition. Immediately afterwards, the gunpowder barrels on the position exploded.

As a result of the chain reaction, the entire artillery position was almost completely scrapped.

The wheels on the artillery cart were thrown to the bottom of the small slope by the shock wave of the shell explosion.

The scene was tragic and messy.

The explosion on the artillery position also caused bursts of commotion in the infantry formations preparing to attack.

These infantrymen of the La Montaña coalition have now formed horizontal formations under the leadership of officers.

Each horizontal formation has about a battalion of 500 people.

This independent small horizontal array is easier to command.

The training of these infantrymen is not in place, and it would be difficult to command them if they were all put together into a large formation.

The artillery was finished, which gave Mansour a bad feeling.

The other party seems to be much stronger than I imagined.

However, now that the arrow is on the string, he cannot retreat because of the loss of artillery.

Fortunately, the opponent's artillery cannot keep firing.

The artillery of this era has not completely solved the problem of barrel heat dissipation.

The attack on our own artillery position just now probably overheated the opponent's artillery barrels.

This was indeed the case. At this time, Ma Guangqin was already ordering the artillerymen to clean up the artillery.

Artillerymen used damp brushes to help the artillery dissipate heat.

At this time, all the enemy's artillery had been silenced. No, it should be said that their entire army was basically destroyed before they even opened fire.

Originally, Mansour was planning to attack with all his troops and use his numerical advantage to drive these Donghua people into the river in one fell swoop.

Now that he saw how sharp the opponent's artillery was, Mansour hesitated.

But he didn't have to wait long. The battlefield was changing rapidly, and Mansour quickly made a decision.

"Send the order for the third and fifth infantry regiments to advance and attack." Mansour ordered.

He decided to send two regiments of troops up first to test it out.

The two infantry regiments of the coalition have a total strength of about 3,000 people.

Such a number of people is easy to expand, and even if it is lost, it will not cause too serious consequences.

Also, the smaller the number, the more flexible it is when retreating, which will not cause the entire army to collapse.

Following Mansour's order, the two regiments were divided into six horizontal formations, formed a horizontal attack front, and pressed forward.

"Commander, the enemy seems to be more cautious than we thought." A young staff officer said beside Tian Fang.

"Haha, it's not like that guy Ma Guangqin showed off his power just now and scared others." Tian Fang said with a smile.

"Where is the cavalry regiment? Are they in place?" Tian Fang asked.

Before the staff officer could answer, several cavalrymen galloped over on horseback along the river bank. It was the horse whistle and several of his men who came.

"Commander, the cavalry regiment is in position and has not been discovered by the enemy." The horse sentry jumped off his horse and reported.

This is Tian Fang's trump card.

The Southeastern Allied Forces did not have much cavalry. The Peruvian cavalry was basically on the southern plateau.

Tian Fang knew that the morale of the temporarily recruited rabble like the Lamontagna coalition was not high, and they were most afraid of the impact of the cavalry.

"Ma Shao, please stay with me for the time being. It's easy to be exposed if you go back now." Ma Shao came from Dong Shutong's side and everyone knew him.

This Indian young man can now speak fluent Chinese and is very lovable.

"Okay, Commander, but during the general attack, I want to join my people in the attack." Ma Shao said. He was afraid that the Commander would keep him here and not allow him to participate in the attack. When he came out, he would be with the tribesmen.

I said, we must kill more than five white bandits.

"Okay, don't worry. It's your right to kill the enemy, but you must obey the order first." Tian Fang said with a smile, subconsciously going to touch the horse whistle's head, but thinking that it was in the army, he stretched it out

He took his hand back again.

"beat!"

Seeing that the enemy had advanced to a distance of a hundred yards, the officers of each company gave the order.

Just now he saw that the enemy had only sent 3,000 men. Tian Fang knew that the enemy wanted to test his firepower.

With such a small number of people, the Donghua Army did not need to take advantage of the distance advantage of muskets.

Tian Fang ordered to mobilize 6,000 troops in front of the enemy, forming a local strength advantage.

At the same time, each company was required to put the enemy within the range of the flintlock gun. However, their rifled guns could shoot at a distance of two to three hundred yards.

But that might cause these La Montaña coalition forces to retreat.

In this way, this war is not perfect. Tian Fang fights like his name, he is an officer who pursues perfection.

This is the first battle for the Donghua Army to establish its power, and it must be fought beautifully.

Only the battle of annihilation can be considered perfect in Tian Fang's heart.

If you want to fight a war of annihilation, you must hang up the enemy, consume the enemy's effective strength, and when the enemy is about to retreat, combine with the cavalry hidden behind the enemy to launch a general attack.

"Bang bang bang..." Gunfire from both sides rang out almost simultaneously.

The Donghua Army has two advantages. One is the protection of the parapet.

Because the artillery was wiped out, the Lamontagna coalition forces were unable to destroy the Donghua Army's parapet position.

Breast walls were often used in the era of line infantry. The chest-high earth walls could not only block most of the enemy's bullets, but could also be used as a gun rack for the infantry when shooting, reducing the physical consumption of infantry shooting and improving accuracy.

However, it can only be used in this kind of blocking battle where the battlefield is selected in advance.

The annihilation tactics of defensive counterattack are the most used by the renaissance military.

Tian Fang certainly understood the essence of it.

The first thing is to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, holding the enemy back and constantly consuming the enemy's vitality.

Finally, wait until the time is right before delivering the final blow to the enemy.

This tactic is just like a pack of wolves hunting large prey, which must first continuously consume the prey's physical energy.

The two sides exchanged fire, and although the Donghua Army's side also suffered damage, it was obviously much less than the enemy's.

After all, it is difficult to shoot accurately with a flintlock gun, which relies on the density of the salvo.

The shooting exchange between the two sides has lasted for half an hour.

"Your Excellency General, we are lacking in numbers. I think the whole army should be pressed forward. The Donghua people on the opposite side just transferred a lot of infantry on the two wings to the front." Among the La Montagna coalition forces, a colonel dressed as a colonel

The officer in military uniform said.

The Donghua Army's mobilization on the opposite side cannot be hidden from this side.

Therefore, this officer felt that at this time, they could use the tactics they had originally planned and press the entire army forward.

This will prevent the Donghua Army from taking care of both sides.

As long as one point on their defense line is broken through, it can easily cause a chain reaction. This is the shortcoming of this very long defense line.

"Okay, give the order to the entire army to attack and execute it according to the original plan." Mansour thought for a while and finally gave the order, his eyes fixed on the battlefield.

On the distant battlefield, three thousand infantrymen he sent were shooting against the enemy's parapet defense line.

It seems that it is possible to break through the enemy's defense line at any time.

It seems that the enemy's infantry is not that strong!

What they relied on was the parapet in front of them.

This is a parapet, not a city wall, and it is not insurmountable.

As Mansour's order was issued, in front of the one-kilometer-wide defense line, the horizontal formations of the La Montaña coalition marched forward step by step under the guidance of the drummer.

"Haha, the fish finally took the bait." Although the force on the opposite side was almost twice his own, Tian Fang didn't seem worried at all.

This battle was actually fought over the intelligence gap between the two sides.

Donghua is well aware of the situation of the LaMontania coalition.

However, the Lamontania coalition knew very little about the Donghua Army. In addition to unifying various Indian tribes and launching some small-scale wars, the Donghua Army had not launched any decent wars with foreign countries.

Before taking up the post of commander of the coalition forces, Mansour's understanding of the Donghua Army even had to be summarized from the Indians.

Well, maybe they looked down on the Chinese and Indians from the bottom of their hearts, and these people did not spend more time investigating the intelligence of the Donghua Army.

"We will start fighting when the enemy's reinforcements reach a distance of 300 meters. Send someone to ask Ma Guangqin if his cannon can still fire. It's their turn to take action," Tian Fang said.

"The signal hand will prepare the signal bomb and be ready to launch a general attack on the enemy at any time."

The choice of the time of the general attack most tests the commander's ability.

Although Tian Fang is from the special operations team, he doesn't like to use strange weapons in battles.

He prefers to calculate the strength comparison between the two sides and defeat the enemy in an upright manner.

Just like this battle, he did not arrange an ambush on the road. Ambushing the enemy in the jungle here would result in too many non-combat casualties.

There are dangers everywhere in tropical rainforests, especially in less developed places like South America.

The rainforest itself is a huge source of danger.

So Tian Fang chose to wait here for the enemy to arrive.

Moreover, marching here in Peru is also extremely difficult. Especially in the tropical rainforests in the east, vegetation damages the roads too seriously.

On the contrary, the roads in the Andes are extremely developed. The kings of the Inca Empire had a hobby of building roads.

They built a large network of roads across the Andes, which are still in use today.

This is why the Incas were built on mountains and were able to rule the entire empire.

Dong Shutong's establishment of his base camp in Huning Lake did not affect his future expansion because of the road network in the Andes Mountains.

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