In landing operations, the most important thing is to be fast and to be unexpected. Once the defender reacts, the opportunity will be missed.
In this era when crossing rivers relied on small wooden boats, soldiers could easily become the enemy's trap when crossing the river.
After the reserve company of the second regiment came up, more than a thousand people could only be blocked on the beach, unable to move forward or retreat.
By morning, the landing coalition regiment of more than 1,500 people had almost been wiped out, and only a few people escaped back.
In the morning, the coalition forces began to shell the Donghua Army's positions across the river.
The casualties on the Donghua Army's side gradually increased.
However, the artillery of the Third Division was quickly mobilized, and targeting the coalition's artillery positions was a violent retaliation.
Then the battle began across the river.
The Donghua Army hid in the trenches that had been dug long ago.
The coalition forces used artillery fire as cover and once again organized manpower to force the crossing.
This time, the Donghua Army directly put the enemy on the beach so that the coalition's artillery could not continue to fire, otherwise they would hit their own people.
The Donghua Army hid in the trenches and continued to kill the enemies who landed ashore.
The battle became intense, and the entire tidal flat became a Shura field.
On the other side of the river, the coalition forces took advantage of their own people to board the shore and began to build a pontoon bridge as quickly as possible.
This time, the Donghua Army did not prevent the opponent from building a pontoon bridge.
They are just constantly harvesting the lives of the coalition soldiers who landed ashore.
Bodies of coalition soldiers can be seen everywhere on the river beach.
The river water on the bank was dyed red. There were also a large number of corpses floating in the river.
Some coalition soldiers became timid when they saw such a scene.
But driven by the officers, they could only continue to rush forward.
The Donghua Army on the defensive side also suffered a lot of losses, but it was much smaller than that of the coalition forces.
These losses were mainly caused by insufficient defensive firepower when the troops were at a disadvantage at the beginning.
Wait until reinforcements arrive one after another.
After the machine gun positions on the shore and the artillery positions in the rear were erected, the attacking coalition forces felt the terror of the Donghua Army's firepower.
Some landing ships were shot to pieces by rotating machine guns while still in the water.
However, the coalition forces were very determined to cross the river, and a mere few thousand casualties could not stop them.
The battle continued until noon, and the pontoon bridge on the river was finally built.
The Donghua Army's artillery never blew up the pontoon bridge.
Huang Xing, commander of the 3rd Division, has already arrived at the landing point, and soon an artillery regiment from the 11th Division will come to support.
According to the plan formulated by the staff, they must hold on to the first line of defense for at least five days, otherwise they will not be able to attract so many enemy troops.
Five days later, the troops attacking on the western front will be able to launch a general offensive. At that time, they will have to let the enemy cross the river.
"Division Commander, would it be a bit risky to let them set up the pontoon bridge like this?" Mao Caide, the division chief of staff on the side, asked slightly worriedly.
"Old Mao, this river is so long. If the enemy doesn't build a pontoon bridge here, they will build it elsewhere. It's better to let them build it here. At least we have a ready-made defensive position here." Huang Xing explained.
road.
The enemy now has more people crossing the river
The enemy now has two crossing points, and one is at Port Alfonso, more than 100 kilometers away to the east.
Both landing points have been discovered by the Donghua Army.
Now the enemy hopes that it will be a good thing for the Donghua Army to forcefully cross the river.
The enemy did not know that there were only 50,000 Donghua troops on this side of the river.
They felt that if the Donghua Army was comparable in strength to their own, setting up too many landing points would actually disperse their own strength.
If there are insufficient troops, the landing troops may even be made dumplings by the Donghua Army.
So they prepared to force a landing under the cover of artillery.
Most parts of the Putumayo River are only a few hundred meters long, and the other side of the river is within the range of artillery.
This time the Grenada coalition had more than 500 artillery pieces.
This was of course supported by Britain and France. Otherwise, the artillery pieces these countries could muster would only be 200 pieces.
The Donghua Army does have some shortcomings in artillery. There are currently seven divisions on the Eastern Front, each with one artillery regiment.
In total, there are only about 350 artillery pieces. However, the regiment also has a lot of mortars. However, the range of the mortars is not enough. They can only be used to attack the landing infantry.
The artillery positions on both sides of the river came and went, constantly consuming the other side's artillery with shelling.
The shouts of killing were loud on the river beach. The Grenada coalition troops stepped on the corpses of their companions and continued to attack the Donghua Army's line.
The Donghua Army's defense line seemed very thin, but it could never be broken through.
Post No. C in the East Third District had been reduced to ashes in the artillery fire, and only less than half of Cao Shifu's squad remained.
However, they still held their ground.
The soldiers of Donghua all know that Donghua cannot be defeated. If defeated, both the Chinese and the Yin Di'an people will be purged by those white people.
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At the same time, the coalition forces on the southern front also launched an attack on Donghua on this day.
Five thousand Paraguayan troops launched a surprise attack on Perivia from the southeast.
Prior to this, Donghua had notified Polyvia to take precautions.
However, after the battle between Puriviya and Donghua the year before last, its strength had been greatly weakened.
Later, Perivia surrendered to Donghua, and the credibility of its government was further weakened.
Local warlords stepped up their efforts to seize power, and warlordism became more serious than before, especially in the plains of eastern Bolivia, where there were more white people.
After the Paraguayans invaded, many local forces surrendered after only a brief resistance.
In the opinion of many people, it is better to join the Grenada Alliance than to join Donghua.
In this way, the Paraguayan army set out from the Prince of Rivarola Castle and captured Villamontes in the southeast of Peruvian without any blood.
Then heading north to Sucre, President Linares reduced the troops under his control to La Paz.
Then he kept sending people to Donghua for help.
He was already prepared to retreat to Donghua with his family if something happened.
He is a white president who surrendered to Donghua. Without Donghua's protection, those white people might hang him.
Now the enemy's attack has become clear, and the deployment of enemy troops on several fronts has been gathered in Cusco.
Dong Shutong still had several cavalry regiments in reserve. Due to the severe situation in Polyvia, he still sent a cavalry regiment to support Polyvia.
The leader of the team was Ma Shao, a young man from Yin Di'an who had just been promoted.
Zhumu gave him an Inca battle flag when he set off at the post.
With this flag, the horse whistle can recruit warriors from the Yin Di'an tribe to fight.
It was still difficult for the cavalry regiment, which originally had only 2,000 men, to defeat the Paraguayan army of 5,000 men.
But if he can recruit enough Indian warriors, the power he controls will increase exponentially. Gu Kuang
You should know that there are hundreds of thousands of Yintian people living in Polyvia southward from Lake Titicaca.
They make a living by herding, and almost all young men can ride horses.
In the past two years, under the protection of Donghua, the Peruvian government did not dare to continue to oppress them.
The land originally occupied by white people was also returned to them.
The alpacas they breed can also be exchanged for a large amount of supplies from Donghua.
So these tribes still care about Donghua.
It is not impossible for the horse sentry to gather 10,000 to 20,000 Yin Di'an warriors when they arrive there. These people do not need to be the main force, they just need to follow the horse sentry to build momentum.
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Further south, the 50,000 troops of the Tingen Federation and 5,000 French Foreign Legion troops, led by Montauban and Milani, attacked the Chili area.
The reason why we chose the Chili area so far south was to lengthen Donghua's front.
After occupying Chili, the territory in the north and south of Donghua was stretched.
Dong Shutong could not have so many troops to defend all places.
However, you have to cross the Andes Mountains to enter Chili from the Tingen Federation.
And not every place can be climbed, there are only two paths they can choose.
The northern passage is the Vaitikina Pass connecting the city of Salta in the Tingen Federation with the Atkatama Desert in the Chili region.
The possibility of the Tingen federal army choosing this passage is very slim.
Because as soon as their army leaves the mountain pass, they will enter the driest desert in the world.
For an army of nearly 60,000 people, the coalition forces probably would not choose this place.
The southern one is located on the south side of Aconcagua Mountain and connects the original capital of Santiago to San Martin, the city of Tingen.
There are other small passages that can connect the two sides, but they can only penetrate a small group of people.
Because logistical supplies could not be transported, large troops could not be allowed to pass.
In the Chili area, Donghua's mistake was to strengthen the walls and clear the fields.
The population here is relatively sparse.
By gathering these people together, the defensive surface can be reduced.
Therefore, in the Chili area, the Donghua Army deployed a total of more than 20,000 troops.
The 20,000 people were divided into two parts. Two thousand of them were placed at the Waitikina Pass in the north.
The terrain here is typical of one man standing at the pass and ten thousand men unable to open it. As early as the period of the Chili Republic, a fortress was built here.
The relationship between the original Chili Republic and the Tingen Federation was not very good.
Military conflicts often occur.
After the Donghua Kingdom took over, and even more so here, the first thing they did was to strengthen and expand the fortress on the mountain road.
Because Donghua does not have many troops to defend the Chili area.
Dong Shutong also felt that rather than stationing a large number of troops, it would be better to use money to develop the navy.
The Chili area is a narrow strip of land along the coast. As long as there is a strong navy to block the sea.
Then use a small number of troops to block several important passages in the Andes, and then Chili will basically be safe.
At this time, nearly 60,000 southern coalition troops were gathered in the Mendoza area.
Montauban has fought in many places around the world, but this is his first time in South Amelia.
The five thousand French Foreign Legion he led landed at the port of Buenos, and then headed west to Mendoza.
Along the way there are vast and fertile grasslands.
Occasionally, you can see cowboys driving large herds of cattle wandering on the grassland.
Spain controlled such a good colony in the past, but it has declined to this extent. I really don't know how they manage it.
Until they arrived in Mendoza, the vast grassland disappeared.
Looking to the west are all towering peaks.
The city of Mendoza is the capital of the Mendoza region, with a population of more than 10,000. Wine is the pillar industry here.
To the west is the Paramillos Mountains, where the melted glaciers form the Mendoza River, which nourishes this land.
Soft sandy soil can grow high-quality grapes.
As a Frenchman who is very picky about wine, Montauban had to admit that the wine here is indeed good.
"General Montaban, on February 20, 1561, Colonel Pedro Castile led a group of colonists who crossed the Andes from Chili and arrived in the Vitata Valley to establish a city. Frequent sandstorms here made
The colonel thought of the loose sandy soil suitable for growing grapes, and eventually a city called "City of Mendoza" was established, and the wine industry here began." Milani, commander of the Tingen federal army, introduced to Montauban
road.
"Oh, this is such a nice place."
"Yes, this is the land given to us by God. Over the mountains to the west, there is a rich coast, but now it has been robbed by the Chinese." Milani said regretfully.
"General Milani, there is no need to feel sorry, we will soon take it back and drive those yellow-skinned monkeys into the Pacific Ocean." Montauban said, he is a racist.
When fighting in Algeria, his army ruthlessly massacred the local blacks and Arabs.
"No, they should all be driven into the mines," Milani retorted.
"Hahaha..." The two looked at each other and smiled.
"General Montauban, we will win this battle, because the Andes Expeditionary Force established by the hero José Martín was based here, crossed the Andes and liberated Chili and Milu. Now we must set out from here again to liberate Chili and Milu."
Lee and Milu.”
"I understand that it is indeed a very meaningful thing for the general." Montauban said.
According to the plan, the army on the southern front will also launch an attack on July 10.
No one noticed that in a vineyard outside Mendoza, a homing pigeon flew westward quietly.
The intelligence personnel of the Donghua Kingdom have already established their own intelligence network.
Zhang Dongxu is a veteran in intelligence after all. He is now in charge of the Donghua Kingdom's intelligence network.
On the mountain road to the west, there is a mountain fortress named "Xintongguan". The leader of the garrison named Feng Yuan soon received news that the coalition forces were coming.
His regiment only has 2,000 men, but the other side has nearly 60,000 troops.
There were even French troops among the coalition forces.
However, they guarded a strong fortress, which was made of cement and boulders. The mountain road was narrow, and although the enemy's troops were numerous, there was no way to deploy them.
"Xintongguan" fully demonstrates the Chinese city-building wisdom.
It is not just an independent pass.
In addition to the Guancheng guarding the mountain road, two forts were also dug out on the mountainside on both sides.
Even the strongest alpacas can't climb any higher.
With such a defensive fortress, the enemy has no loopholes to exploit and can only fill it with human lives.
Of course, if they have an air force...
This is of course impossible.
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