In fact, what Dong Shuheng is most concerned about is the battlefield in South America.
This is the battlefield farthest from Xinjing.
Because of the message transmission, he was always unable to get the news there in time.
Calculated according to time, the Nanyang Navy should have arrived in Peru.
It's been half a year since the war started, and I don't know how the war is going there.
This long time is enough to fight a major battle.
The defeat of the rebels in India was unexpected by Dong Shuheng.
But this time the rebel army was not defeated so completely. Although the Tamils retreated into the jungle to fight guerrillas, their strength was still there. Robert and his 30,000 British troops were temporarily dragged there.
Although the Northern Alliance was also defeated, this defeat allowed Queen Bayi, who was determined to fight, to take command of the coalition forces.
This may not be a good thing.
The Holy Army's ability to unite with the Northern Alliance will also be beneficial to their development in the Indian region.
It looks like it can get Aiwuhan and the Nepalese to take action.
Just as the Renaissance Army was discussing the arrangements for the coming year in a small meeting at the conference.
Mara, a port town south of Lima.
A battle that has been considered large-scale in South America in recent years has begun.
Mara City, like many small coastal cities in Peru, is located on a narrow coastal plain.
To the east of the city are low mountains, which are the skirt of the Andes Mountains.
There is the sea more than ten kilometers west of the city, but there is no port here. There are only some wealthy people's holiday estates outside.
The two sides combined have an army of nearly 100,000 people. However, the population of this small town is only a thousand people.
There are too many 100,000 people, so the battlefield can only be placed in the southeast of the city.
Against the background of so many troops, it seems that this small town can be completely ignored.
The commander of the Peruvian army was General Losier of the government army.
But in fact, the 30,000 troops led by Clinio remained relatively independent.
As a warlord, little Clinio strictly adhered to his father's teachings and firmly grasped his military power.
No problem!
Only this actually restricted General Rothschild's command authority.
The military is a place that requires absolute authority, and orders are more important than anything else. If there are multiple authorities, the commander's orders may not be issued.
In order to fight the decisive battle on the southern front, Rothschild brought almost all the government troops from Surco. Most of the people left at the bridgehead positions were citizen volunteers.
Although the number of government troops is not large, they are already considered elite in Peru.
The Peruvian army deployed in the southeast of Mara City, and only here was there enough room for expansion.
The formation of the line infantry is not complicated. The artillery position is arranged at the rear, and in front of the artillery is a large horizontal formation composed of small infantry arrays.
Each small array is composed of a small regiment or battalion and is commanded by its respective commander.
"Commander, the enemy's right wing should be the Northern Regional Army of Peru, and the left wing is their government army. You can see that there are some differences in their military uniforms," the staff officer reported.
Tian Fang raised the telescope in his hand and looked at the enemy's line two kilometers away.
This is indeed what it looks like. Although they are all military uniforms issued by the government army, little Crinio asked his men to wear sleeves with his family crest embroidered on them.
What kind of operation is this? Maybe he wants to remind his subordinates who they belong to.
All the troops on Tian Fang's side wore green uniforms.
Of course Donghua does not have the financial resources to produce so many military uniforms.
This kind of military uniforms in the style of the Renaissance Army militia uniforms are always delivered by the arms smuggling fleet.
Donghua has probably hundreds of thousands of such military uniforms in his hands. They have always been prepared as strategic materials.
Dong Shuheng believes that a good set of military uniforms can increase the combat effectiveness of the army by at least 5%.
Many times, the only difference between the militia and the regular army is the uniform.
Military uniform is the "skin" of a soldier and represents the honor and dignity of a soldier.
So when the Huaihai Navy formed an army, the first thing Dong Shuheng did was to get a set of military uniforms for his army.
Whether it is half-baked camouflage, regular uniforms, or militia uniforms, the main color is green.
Anyway, he thinks military uniforms should be green. He has some obsessions with colors. For example, the flag should be red and yellow, and the police uniform should be navy blue.
The combat effectiveness of the militiamen of the Renaissance Army is largely due to this military uniform.
In the era of Manchu rule, a new set of clothes could be regarded as an important property of the family.
Many militiamen of the Renaissance Army do not regard themselves as militiamen at all when fighting because of their green uniforms.
Originally, the skin color of Indians was darker, and there were still some differences between them and the Chinese.
But after these Chinese stayed here for a few years, they found that their skin color seemed to be no different from that of Indians.
Because of the low latitude and strong sunlight here, not to mention those who live on the plateau, they enjoy the best sunbathing in the world.
In fact, even those white people's skin color has become darker after living here for several generations.
"Wait a moment and put all the main forces on the right wing. We will mainly attack the side of the Peruvian government army. We will only make a feint attack on the Peruvian Northern Army on our left." Tian Fang already had a plan in mind.
The Donghua Army is the main attacking party, so it naturally has to take the initiative.
The equipment of both sides is actually similar. There is not much difference. It is impossible to crush the opponent through equipment. This is destined to be a hard battle.
The Donghua Army and the Peruvian Army were mainly equipped with rifled guns, and both were also equipped with some breech-loaded guns.
The Peruvian army's breech-loading guns were also recently purchased from those British and French businessmen.
Those people were optimistic about the war in Peru and were preparing to make a lot of money, so they kept recommending their equipment to Jose.
Jose wanted to get the support of these European powers, so he naturally wanted to buy some equipment to please them.
This actually allowed them to close the weapon gap with the Donghua Army.
Tian Fang arranged soldiers with breech-loading guns behind the horizontal formation of the line infantry to be used as skirmishers.
Pure skirmishing tactics are not suitable for use here, and the people under Tian Fang are not elite.
The level of Chinese soldiers is only slightly higher than that of the Renaissance Army militia.
This is achieved through continuous practical training.
After all, the current army under Tian Fang set out from Juning, first fought eastward to the current Hedong area, and then southward to Lake Titicaca.
Then he moved west and captured Arequipa.
Now they are heading north again. Many soldiers have experienced no less than three large-scale battles.
There were countless sporadic battles.
Excellent soldiers are trained in battle.
Just like the current American Army is definitely the type to fight against the fifth scum, it can only bully Mexico, which is not even as good as the fifth scum.
But in later generations, they were able to become a powerful military force in the world, not because of two world wars.
"Go and ask General Clinio to send two regiments over." Rochiel called for a messenger.
Then he felt that this was inappropriate and asked one of his officers to follow the orderer.
From the beginning, the Donghua Army launched a fierce attack on one side of the position defended by its own government troops.
They basically concentrated all their artillery fire here.
Because it was a decisive battle in the wild, according to the usual fighting methods of these Peruvian troops, they did not set up fortifications. They would only set up some parapet positions.
At this time, these simple fortifications had long been in pieces. The armies of both sides were already facing each other, and the firing of the line infantry was extremely fierce. No one knew whether they would be hit in the next second.
It's a bit like loading a revolver with a bullet and taking turns shooting it in the head.
On the slope to the west of the infantry, the cavalry from both sides also fought together.
However, through the telescope, Rothier could see at a glance that the enemy's attack on General Clinio's side was obviously much weaker.
The two sides seemed to be fighting tepidly.
The number of Donghua troops on that side was also smaller, at least much smaller than that of little Clinio's men.
In fact, Tian Fangfang's people there are not only few, only about 20,000, but they are mainly newly formed mixed groups.
The proportion of Indians in the mixed regiment is higher, and many Chinese soldiers are new recruits. Therefore, the combat effectiveness is slightly inferior.
The nearly 30,000 people Tian Fang placed on the right wing to attack were all elite veterans in his hands.
That's why Rohir found it so difficult.
Because the soldiers he had were only elite from the original Lima garrison of less than 10,000 people. How could the volunteer army composed of citizens be able to withstand such an intense battle?
If it weren't for his suppression, several small horizontal formations would have almost collapsed.
"The soldiers of the Peruvian government army seem to be uneven." Tian Fang also discovered this problem.
Several legions near the bush area seemed to be about to collapse just now.
The opponent sent a legion to support them, and the formation was stabilized.
"Commander, I heard that there are many volunteers in the Peruvian government army. They were just ordinary citizens. Do you think they are these people? Their formation is also a bit messy."
"That may be the breakthrough." Tian Fang said to himself.
Next, Tian Fang asked his legions to launch a strong attack in the weakest direction of the Peruvian government army.
On the other side, little Clinio also received orders from General Rothschild.
"What? Let's send people to support. Didn't you see that all my troops have engaged the enemy? Which regiment should we dispatch?" Little Clinio did not give the officer who sent the order any face.
He said in front of the herald, pointing to the battlefield.
He was right, the entire right-wing front was indeed engaged.
It's just that the two sides have agreed to shoot at each other from a distance.
So it is obvious that the intensity of the battle is not high.
"General, you can take a look at how fierce the fighting is on the left wing, and the enemy's troops on the left wing are obviously much larger than those here."
While little Crinio was arguing with the ordering officer, Tian Fang had already ordered a fierce attack on several of the enemy's relatively weak horizontal formations.
"rush!"
"Kill!"
The officers' loud orders were intertwined with the soldiers' charging cries.
Several horizontal formations of the Donghua Army gave up shooting and launched a charge against the enemy's horizontal formation facing them.
These points were carefully selected by Tian Fang and his staff.
It is not easy to pick out these weak enemy formations from the slight gap.
Sure enough, when the battles turned into brutal hand-to-hand combat, the inner cowardice of these people was finally exposed.
There were even some horizontal formations that did not survive hand-to-hand combat. They collapsed just because of the wave of grenades thrown by the Donghua Army as they charged forward.
This is the first time the Peruvian army has seen this kind of wooden-handled grenade.
Like the stones thrown by the Indians, they didn't take it seriously at first.
When these grenades exploded in the crowd, the horizontal array exploded.
Of course, the Donghua Army's charge also caused a large number of casualties.
Fortunately, now it seems that these results are worth it.
After these breakthrough points are opened, a series of chain reactions will occur.
Through these breakthrough points, the Donghua Army can attack other Peruvian horizontal formations on both sides or from behind.
Because of the rout of these volunteers, Rochiel was in a state of panic. The most important thing was that he no longer had a reserve force in his hands.
He had already sent all the reserve team up just now.
That's why he sent people to mobilize troops on his right wing.
Judging by the time, reinforcements should have arrived, but why can't they even see a shadow?
Thinking about the behavior of those warlords, Rohirr had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Order all horizontal formations to shrink their defense lines in an orderly manner and move closer to the right wing." Rocher knew that if he moved the army at this time, it would be possible for the entire army to retreat.
But if you don't move, you are waiting to die.
The most fearful thing about a line formation is being flanked by enemy troops.
He could only grit his teeth and issue such an order.
Several horizontal formations near the right wing took the lead in moving.
Every commander of the horizontal formation does not want his horizontal formation to be flanked.
Since then, those horizontal formations far away from the right wing have been surrounded by the Donghua Army.
"Eat the cut-off part first." Tian Fang put down the telescope and said.
Together with the Citizen Volunteer Army that was defeated just now, the Donghua Army wiped out more than 10,000 of the opponent's troops in one fell swoop.
The balance of the war is tilting towards the Donghua Army.
"Little General Clinio, you don't need to send any more reinforcements now. Don't you know that we are on the same boat?" the officer who sent the order said angrily.
If this little General Clinio hadn't been waffling and sent reinforcements earlier, the left wing wouldn't have been defeated so quickly.
"You..." Little Clinio was speechless.
"Hmph, you still say that you are a government army. What a bunch of cowards. They were defeated so easily. Why are you so arrogant here?" An officer behind little Crinio did not need to take the overall situation into consideration like him, so he opened his mouth and said sarcastically.
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"What did you say?" The officer who gave the order was so angry that he almost pulled out his pistol.
He turned around and took the people away without even saying hello.
Not long after walking on the road, the ordering officer met General Rothschild who was coming towards the right flank.
The ordering officer told General Rothschild what had just happened.
The old general was so angry that his beard stood on end.
Unfortunately, the battle is still going on.
There was no way he could touch little Clinio. After all, he only had more than 10,000 people in his hands now, but the army in the hands of little Clinio basically maintained its strength.
The right wing, which had not experienced a fierce battle, suffered little loss of soldiers.
"Let's gather the army first and then talk about it!" Rohir said helplessly.
After the battle just now, the number of Peruvian troops was reduced by one-fifth.
Coupled with the shrinking of the defense line, the Donghua Army suddenly assumed a semi-encirclement situation towards the Peruvian Army.
On the battlefield, such a situation would make the Peruvian army very passive.
Especially during the transfer process just now, they lost part of their artillery.
The firepower of artillery has also been reduced a lot.
After some time, the cavalry battle also ended.
Perhaps seeing the defeat of their left wing, the morale of the Peruvian cavalry who originally fought on the slopes on the west side of the battlefield was greatly affected.
During the retreat, they were bitten and defeated by the Donghua Army's cavalry.
Most of them surrendered, but only a small number escaped.
This allowed the Donghua Army's cavalry to attack the Peruvian infantry from any direction on the battlefield.
"Let the cavalry go around the hill outside and look for opportunities to attack the Peruvian artillery position." Tian Fang saw the Peruvians adjusting their artillery position.
They moved their artillery to the northeast toward Mara City.
In Mara City, there were no Peruvian troops stationed at this time.
This small city is not large enough to accommodate such a large army, and Rohirrim will not divide its forces.
Therefore, the cavalry had the opportunity to go around and attack the Peruvian army's artillery.
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