"Reinforcements, why are there no reinforcements?"
At this time, Rona Pacheco not only hated the Paraguayans and the traitors in the city, but also resented the Perivia government.
If his father could sacrifice himself to protect the integrity of Perivia, why can't the president send reinforcements?
Even if you send out a few thousand people, it will be fine.
"Da da da……"
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of horse hooves echoed outside the city.
"Reinforcements!"
"Reinforcements are coming! Soldiers of Perlivia, hold on." Rona Pacheco shouted loudly.
At this time, there is no word "reinforcements" that can boost the morale of his men.
The rebels who attacked them did not retreat, but instead attacked more fiercely. They apparently also received orders to destroy the Bolivian army in the city.
Prevent being attacked from both inside and outside.
However, due to the arrival of reinforcements at this time, Rona Pacheco and his soldiers have restored their morale. As long as they can defeat these enemies, they will become the heroes of Perlivia.
Living in this city, who doesn’t have a heroic dream?
On the other side, Ma Shao led a regiment of Donghua cavalry, more than 10,000 Yin Di'an cavalry, and 2,000 Oruro City defenders and began to quickly move toward the southeast.
At the same time, the horse sentry also sent sentry riders to Sucre to collect information.
None of this affected the march of the horse sentry.
In the city of Oruro, the horse whistle not only received a windfall, but also replenished a large amount of supplies, especially some of the necessary feed for the war horses, which was an important guarantee for the war horses to be able to march continuously.
There is a small town called Vincia in the southeast of Oruro, and the road connecting Oruro and Sucre passes through here.
Fortunately, it is still under the control of the Bolivian army.
But there were only a few hundred troops here. The horse sentry asked about the garrison here and learned that Braguay's army was still besieging Sucre. This made him finally feel relieved.
However, he didn't delay much and only stayed here for one night to take a short rest.
Set off early the next morning.
The two thousand Oruro defenders, led by horse sentries, were left far behind.
Before reaching Sucre, the cavalry regiment of the horse sentry was discovered by the Braguayan army.
Fortunately, the Braguay army had just captured the southeastern side of Sucre and had not yet had time to set up a defensive line in the north.
…
"Commander of the Horse Guards, what should we do? Sucre seems to have been captured." They stood on a hillside on the north side and could see the Braguayan flag set up in the city.
"No, the city has not been lost yet. Qu Bing, look, there is still a Perivian flag in the city. The defenders must have retreated to the building to resist. It's not too late for us to come."
Lu Cang looked into the city and saw a tattered Perivia flag still flying on a white building.
The overall architectural style of Sucre is Baroque, somewhat like the structure of the ancient Roman city. Most of the buildings in the city are square or rectangular buildings with stone walls, and the walls are painted white. The buildings are surrounded by houses in a circle, with a
Patio.
The windows on one side of the exterior wall are generally narrow, giving these buildings a strong defensive capability.
Such buildings also make the city look very neat.
"Qu Bing, I will take the Yin Di'an cavalry to attack the north of the city. You lead our regiment around to the south..."
Ma Shao quickly completed the deployment of troops.
Now that he has an advantage in terms of military strength, the tactics he can use are more flexible.
He led the 10,000 Yin Di'an cavalry to attack the city from the north. The number of people would make the enemy think that this was the main direction of the reinforcements' attack.
Under normal circumstances, the cavalry wants to take the enemy by surprise and use the fast to defeat the slow. This is the tactic the cavalry should adopt.
The enemy thought that this was the main direction of the reinforcements' attack, so they would naturally deploy troops to support this area.
Qu Bing and his own regiment are the actual main force. Attacking Nancheng at this time can not only catch the enemy by surprise, but also deprive the enemy of their retreat and cause panic to the enemy.
In fact, Ma Shao wanted to lead his regiment to attack the south of the city, but he was worried that Qu Bing would not be able to restrain these Yin Di'an people.
The horn sounded, and the cavalry team adjusted their formation a little. After everyone behind them arrived, they formed a fan-shaped line on the hillside and pressed towards the city of Sucre.
This city has no walls because it is a religious holy city and the city is open to construction.
Its defense facilities are set up at the intersection into the city. In such a city, the surrounding buildings are defense facilities.
At this time, outside the North City, the Braguayan army did not even set up a defensive horse.
The momentum of a cavalry charge, especially one involving tens of thousands of cavalry, is very terrifying, like a scene from a blockbuster movie.
Soldiers in Braguay have begun setting up barriers at the intersection into the city.
The cavalry of the Yin Di'an tribe are still organized and commanded according to their original tribe. Otherwise, the horse whistle will not be able to manage this group of people.
It is actually not the best way to charge all at once now. It is better to divide the work and select outstanding forwards to open the entrance to the city first.
It's just that this group of stragglers can't make such precise tactical moves.
Of course, Ma Shao didn't expect these people to rush into the city all at once. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let Lu Cang lead his group around to the south.
Although their cavalry regiment only has 2,000 men, its equipment is much better. Each member has a lance, not only machine guns and chariots, but also mortars.
Yin Di'an warriors like to roar when they charge. Their screaming sounds combined with the sound of running horses are like an avalanche coming.
"Sir, there are so many Yintian people, we can't hold it anymore." Anatoly Feola is an ordinary Braguaian soldier.
His family owns ten hectares of land, two cows, thirty sheep and two horses, as well as a beautiful wife and three children.
He did not want to fight, Donghua had never attacked Braguay, and Perlivia had always been bullied.
Why did they come all the way to Sucre?
Along the way, most of the towns they passed had surrendered, and the officers restricted them from robbing these surrendered troops.
The soldiers didn't grab anything, so until now, Anatoly Feola still hasn't gotten anything.
"Shut up, you coward. If you try to shake the morale of the army, I'll kill you." The officer's voice was trembling when he spoke. He didn't know whether it was because of fear or the shock of the vast area.
Anatoly Fiora shrank back, clenched the rifle in his hand and stopped talking.
"Shoot!" the officer ordered.
At the entrance to the city, from a few hundred meters away, Braguayan troops began shooting.
"Bang bang bang!" The artillery set up on the street also began to bombard.
The equipment of Bragua's army is somewhat mixed, including front-loading rifled guns and breech-loaded guns newly supported by Britain and France.
Fortunately, they are all rifled guns, with a range of about 500 meters.
However, they did not set up a position outside the city, which resulted in the shooting area being too narrow.
The cavalry led by the horse whistle came over with a fan.
Having been provoked by horse whistles before, these Yin Di'an people now want to be the first to attack the city, and they all want to be the heroes of the Yin Di'an people.
"Oh ho~~"
"Warriors of the Mountain Eagle Tribe, charge at me." Eagle Eyes took the lead. Only warriors in their tribe can have the word "Eagle" in their names.
The horse whistle promised them that the first tribe to enter the city would be given the title of "Warrior Tribe" by the queen.
They were at the front of the charge, and Eagle Eye could already see the white soldiers.
They seem to be panicking!
Soldiers kept falling off their horses around him. But Eagle Eye didn't care. The Yin Di'an people did not have any rules in fighting, but they were not afraid of death.
As the charging team approached the entrance of the city, the fans gradually converged toward the center.
The depth of the cavalry is extending backward.
The Mountain Eagle Tribe grabbed the top spot.
Hawkeye also raised the muzzleloader in his hand.
They had previously obtained some obsolete muzzleloaders from Donghua, and later replenished some in Oruro City.
However, they are not professional lances and can basically only be used once during a charge.
The main weapons of most people are bows and arrows and spears.
"boom……"
Hawkeye fired a shot at the entrance to the city.
A lot of infantry has gathered there, including the Braguay army and the Perivian rebels.
There are also many infantrymen on the surrounding buildings facing the north of the city.
They kept firing at the approaching Yintian cavalry.
With so many cavalry, it was easy for them to hit them, but there were so many Yin Di'an cavalry that they seemed to be unable to kill them all.
The horse sentry did not charge forward, and the Donghua Army inherited the military discipline of the Fuxing Army.
Officers above the middle level cannot lead the charge.
The horse sentry rides on the horse and pays attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Hawkeye's team is afraid that it's going to be over, so he should send skirmishers up first to move the horses away.
Sure enough, before they could reach the entrance, Hawkeye fell, and almost none of his tribe's cavalry survived.
Being a hero is not that easy.
Fortunately, the following cavalry learned wisely, and they opened up their formation and lengthened the depth, so that the cavalry in front could block bullets for the cavalry behind.
The team finally rushed in front of Juma, and the Yin Di'an cavalry also raised their guns and fired. After shooting, they took out their bows and arrows and started shooting at the infantry on the opposite side.
Although the Yin Di'an cavalry suffered significantly more casualties, they did put a lot of pressure on the enemies in Beicheng.
The messengers around the horse whistle were sent out one by one.
Some Yintians received the order and began to gallop outside the city to disturb the white soldiers squatting on the buildings.
Others dismounted and moved toward the entrance, trying to remove the obstacles so that the cavalry could charge directly in.
The Braguay generals in the city finally began to send reinforcements to the north.
Even the rebels who attacked Rona Pacheco were transferred to a part of the north.
The parliament building that was about to be breached suddenly seemed to feel much more relaxed.
There is a valley outside the city. Lu Cang took a detour with two thousand horses, so he would not escape the eyes of the enemy.
But the enemy also uses the number of people to judge the focus of the reinforcement attack.
"Xu~" When he arrived at the south of the city, Lu Cang did not attack immediately. He observed the enemy's defensive position.
The defensive positions in the south are more complete than those in the north, but the number of defenders is much smaller.
"Go up as a company and use skirmish formation to harass the opponent and find out the opponent's firepower arrangement."
"The mortars and tanks moved into their attack positions, ready to break through the enemy's defenses. The others were ready to charge."
Lu Cang quickly issued orders based on the opponent's deployment.
Their goal is not to capture this city, but to annihilate this army. They also want to fight back to Braguay to occupy this small country. At the very least, they want to completely cripple and scare it.
Just like defeating Perivia before.
After this war, the situation in Perlivia will also change.
Even the entire Donghua will be transformed in this war.
This is Donghua, a country born out of war. She will eventually grow up in war after war.
…
The battlefield of South Amelia touches the hearts of many people.
But Europa at this time, because of a piece of news.
exploded!
"The main force of the Great Empire Navy collapsed in the Straits of Magellan!"
This news was relayed back to Europa in a very short period of time and made the headlines of major newspapers.
…
"Prime Minister, the House of Commons has held a question meeting and requires you to attend immediately." The secretary came in.
He saw that the always energetic Prime Minister seemed to be much older all of a sudden.
We just received the news that the naval fleet was defeated, and many people could not accept it.
In their opinion, the two huge ironclad ships are almost invincible in this era. Because the armor of the "Warrior" takes into account the armor-breaking ability of the largest naval gun currently available.
They are called unsinkable battleships.
This was their first voyage and their first actual combat, but the result was that one ship sank and the other ran aground. The accompanying Caribbean Fleet and the Grenada Combined Fleet also suffered heavy casualties.
Out of more than 30 warships, only five small warships escaped from the strait.
This was because the Donghua Fleet had been operating for a long time and was severely short of coal and ammunition, so it really had no way to pursue it any longer.
The Donghua Fleet only dispatched three warships, and their combined tonnage was not as large as that of the "Warrior". There were also some small boats of more than 200 tons.
"I understand, you should go out first." Temple said calmly.
After the secretary left, Temple tore up the report on his desk and threw it on the ground.
Here's the detailed report that just arrived.
The fleet of the Great Empire was actually wiped out by a group of two-hundred-ton boats, and torpedoes. Why haven’t the torpedoes of the Great Empire been manufactured yet?
Temple asked his secretary to call the Lord of the Admiralty. He could not always bear the responsibility of the navy alone.
The rotunda of the Parliament was as noisy as a vegetable market.
Those well-dressed congressmen sat together according to their own factions, discussing with each other how to attack the prime minister.
Even Temple's Liberal Party began to be dissatisfied with him, or they were dissatisfied with the failure.
No one likes to fail.
For such a huge failure, only the Prime Minister is qualified to be the scapegoat, otherwise how could the people agree.
"Hey~" When Temple walked into the hall, there was a burst of boos. These congressmen used this method to humiliate the failed prime minister.
"Everyone, I feel sad for the news of the failure that just came back, and I feel sorry for those naval soldiers who lost their lives." Temple said with a heavy heart, seeming to be repenting.
"This is all caused by your incompetence. You should go to the gallows and use your life to atone for your sins."
…
There were shouts from the stage.
"You all feel that this is my responsibility, and it is indeed my responsibility."
"I was wrong. I was wrong because I did not use my own power. I took action against that big country in the East despite the opposition of the parliament. So far, the other party has already extended its hands to the Strait of Magellan. I believe that their power will penetrate soon.
Come to the Atlantic Ocean.”
"I was wrong. I failed to get enough funding for naval research and development so that the enemy can now attack us with weapons we don't yet have."
"I was wrong. I was not able to mobilize enough soldiers, so that we could only send troops to the colonies little by little, and let an Indian colony hold us back."
…
Temple admitted his mistake, but the people on the stage didn't know how to attack him.
Many people have begun to reflect on why the Great Empire fell to what it is today.
Is this still the enterprising nation?
When they were so weak, they dared to rely on a group of pirates to challenge Spain, the maritime overlord.
When they were weak, they dared to fight bloody battles with the sea coachmen who owned half of the world's ships for decades.
Once upon a time, they were the first to defeat the big country in the East and let them open the country.