Animal husbandry is the pillar industry of the Tingen Federation. If these pastures are destroyed, the entire Tingen Federation will not be able to recover for many years.
News of Yan Sen and Urasi's invasion of the Tingen Federation soon spread to the front lines of Mendoza.
"General Montauban, I don't think we can spend any more time here." General Milani looked regretful and handed the information in his hand to Montaban.
The messenger looked very anxious when he arrived, and Milani looked surprised after reading the letter.
This aroused Montauban's curiosity. What exactly was written in the intelligence?
Montauban was a very pragmatic French general, unlike his colleagues who liked to talk too much.
During this time, the two collaborated to attack Tongguan and established a deep friendship with each other.
"General Milani, this matter is obviously a plan of the enemy. Are those Mapuche people very powerful?" asked Montauban.
He was not familiar with these Amelia natives. The former Mapuche people were not well-known either.
In his opinion, they are probably similar to the indigenous people in northern Africa.
Maybe they are not as civilized as the Arab natives in North Africa.
"How should I put it? These Mapuche people used to be relatively brave and good at fighting among the Yin Di'an people. But their weapons are backward and they are just ordinary sand. They do not pose a threat to us at all."
General Milani seemed to be recalling a bad thing. He frowned and continued: "But in recent years, they have had a leader named Ulasi, who unified the various ministries, and also obtained from Donghua
Some of the eliminated musketeers are gradually getting stronger. These people have no fixed place of residence, so it is more difficult to clear them out."
"However, their combat effectiveness is just that. After all, they are not a professional army and have no fighting skills at all. When fighting, they just rush forward and have no discipline."
"General Milani, you see, we have been attacking this pass for nearly a month. You should also be able to feel that the enemy's defense is gradually weakening. I'm sure that their troops are not many. They can't afford it.
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"But if we all leave now, all the previous efforts will be in vain." Montauban said.
He knew that it was impossible for Milani to completely ignore domestic affairs. It was his country, and it was impossible for him to ignore it.
"General Milani, how many troops do you need to suppress those Mapuche people?"
"General Montauban means we divide our forces?"
"Exactly, isn't this the best of both worlds?"
"Now the news from the northern front has been transmitted. We know that the Donghua Army on the northern front has at least 150,000 troops. According to the information we have received before, Donghua has about 200,000 troops. Their eastern front cannot be a little
If we don’t leave any troops behind, we can deduce that there will not be more than 10,000 people facing us.”
"This is a period of time. We have to consume at least half of the opponent's troops. As long as we continue to wear it down, their troops will be insufficient and loopholes will eventually appear."
As expected of France's famous general, Milani secretly praised in his heart. He was indeed a little panicked just now. Montauban's plan was obviously better than his own.
"General Montauban, I will only take 20,000 troops with me. How about leaving the remaining 20,000 troops to you?"
Milani brought back 20,000 people to fight against the Mapuche who had 50,000 troops. It was somewhat insufficient, but the Tingen Federation was a big country in South Amelia. Mobilizing 50,000 troops was not their limit.
If the Tingen Federation is fully mobilized, it can mobilize at least 200,000 people.
Of course, this is not the danger of national annihilation. It is impossible for those local states to use all their strength.
As mentioned before, the local forces in the Tingen Federation are also very powerful. Their federal government power is greatly restricted.
Just like Buenos, he can secede from the federation on his own, and the federation can't do anything to him.
Many people do not support war against Donghua, because Donghua's power is mainly on the west coast, while the Tingen Federation is based on the east.
In the eyes of many people, both sides can avoid conflict.
Even the victory that Donghua won was across the Andes Mountains.
Donghua can fortify the passes through the Andes Mountains, and the Tingen Federation can do the same.
But this time the Mapuche invasion was different. These people were too barbaric and basically burned, killed and looted everything they passed.
Not even a single sheep is left behind, which has violated the fundamental interests of those local forces.
So before Milani returned, the Tingen Federation had urgently recruited 50,000 militiamen from Cordoba, Paraná, Buenos and other areas to encircle and suppress the Mapuche people.
They met the vanguard of the Mapuche people in the city of Santa Rosa.
The two sides fought, and the Mapuche people were defeated.
Urasi retreated southward according to Yan Sen's suggestion, while the Tingen federal army pursued southward.
After this wave of recruitment, the northern part of the Tingen Federation is already empty.
At this time, a Donghua Army of more than 20,000 people entered the Tingen Federation from the south of Perivia.
It turned out that Zhumu came over with reinforcements. She brought two cavalry regiments to support, and a group of transfer reserves came with her.
She had three Donghua Cavalry regiments in her hands, and recruited a group of Yin Di'an people along the way. Fighting with the Queen was an honor for many Yin Di'an people.
Linares also handed over 5,000 Abbas's garrison to join the coalition forces in Zhumu.
Originally, the horse guard was preparing to enter Brague.
However, Zhumu felt that Braguay was just a small country. Even if it was destroyed, it would not have a great impact on the coalition forces. Instead, it would make Donghua border the southern region of Busi, threatening the balance here.
This is likely to arouse the vigilance of the Busi people and even force them to join the coalition.
So Zhumu decided to send people to negotiate an armistice with Paraguay, and the large number of Praguay prisoners in her hands were the bargaining chips.
It doesn't matter whether the negotiation is successful or not, at least we need to stabilize them first.
Then she led the main force to kill the Tingen Federation.
Because the information from Yan Sen has been passed on.
The opportunity was fleeting, and the Mapuche could only attract the other party's people, but they could not hold them back.
Those Mapuche people are not stupid and will not use their lives to buy time for the Donghua Army to counterattack the Tingen Federation.
Salta City in the northwest of the Tingen Federation is now occupied by the Donghua Army, and Zhumu has designated it as its headquarters.
Because here you can retreat to Chili through the Vaidijna Pass to the west, and there are two roads back to Perlivia to the north.
It is a place where you can advance, attack, retreat and defend.
There is a tall white building in the city, which was the original state government building.
Zhumu was wearing a military uniform and was guarded by a group of tough Yin Di'an female soldiers inside and outside the building.
The looks of these female soldiers are basically out of line with ordinary people's perceptions of women, and all of them are powerful.
This is specially selected by Zhumu from various tribes.
Their treatment is very high, and the weapons they use are also the best in the Donghua Army. The instructors who train them are from the special forces, as well as retired internal guards around Dong Shuheng.
Ordinary male warriors may not be as good as them.
Ma Shao took Lu Cang into the building together.
A female officer came over and got off the horse post to grab him.
"Sister Lina, did you miss a gun before firing it?" Ma Shao put on a naughty face.
"Really? Do you want me to help you get rid of it? My sister's knife skills are very good, fast and accurate."
"There happens to be a shortage of male chamberlains in the palace. You are so smart, you must do a good job."
The Yin Di'an female officer, who was called Lina, was happy and stretched out her hand to take out the gun from the crotch of the horse sentry.
The horse whistle was so frightened that he jumped away quickly.
He grew up next to Zhumu and is very familiar with these female soldiers.
The horse whistle was short and had been teased by these female soldiers a lot in the past.
"Hurry in, everyone else is here, and the military meeting is about to begin." Lina stopped teasing him. Time was running out now, and they originally entered the Tingen Federation to catch them by surprise.
Mr. Ma walked into the lobby of the building. There was a long table covered with a linen tablecloth.
This is the long table used by white people for dinner parties, and now it has become the conference table in Zhumu.
Zhu Mu was dressed in military uniform, with a dashing and heroic appearance, and a military cap on his head, sitting at the top.
Everyone knows that Her Majesty the Queen was an outstanding female warrior in the past, and the Lord Consul was a wise scholar.
They are truly a match made in heaven.
The horse whistle simply bowed and took his seat.
"Okay, everyone is here, I'll keep the story short."
"Currently, the regular army of the Tingen Federation is besieging Tongguan. Their south was attacked by the Mapuche. They recruited another 50,000 troops from the north and went south. This is why we were able to capture the city of Salta so quickly.
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"But now the news of our attack must have spread to the south. They will naturally take precautions."
"The purpose of today's military meeting is to discuss what we should do next. Should we withdraw now or continue to look for fighter jets?"
After Zhumu finished speaking, he looked at everyone.
She probably had a plan in mind, but she still wanted to ask for everyone's opinions.
Donghua lacks generals who can take charge of their own affairs. Most of the officers are transferred from the Renaissance Army, and most of them are young officers. They learned tactics well in military academies, but they lack strategic vision.
Military discussions are an opportunity for these people to improve. It allows every officer to think about issues from an overall perspective.
"Your Majesty, the Tingen Federation is now under attack from the north and the south. I think they should withdraw their troops from Tongguan. They originally had 60,000 troops there. Counting the number of casualties in the past month, there should be 50,000 more.
The opponent may not withdraw all their troops. If we march southward along the eastern foot of the mountain range and penetrate directly behind the enemy, can we catch them by surprise?"
When no one spoke, Ma Shao spoke first.
"Captain Ma Shao, we don't have intelligence, so we can't be so arbitrary. If the enemy doesn't withdraw, we will hit the enemy's guns. If all the enemies withdraw, won't we be in vain?" After Ma Shao finished speaking, there were people immediately.
Pick up the conversation.
"Well, what Commander Liu said makes sense, but we don't seem to have time to verify it now."
"Now we can't waste even a day or two." Ma Shao said.
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Everyone started to discuss it.
Zhumu listened carefully, hoping to find useful information from the discussions of these officers.
Going south along the eastern foot of the mountain range is indeed a good choice.
Even after arriving at Tongguan, all the enemies withdrew.
They can also choose to continue south, or even join the Mapuche people, and then it may not be impossible to fight a big battle with the Tingen Federation.
Constantly raiding its rear like this does not seem to hurt the Tingen Federation.
This time she also came out with a big killer weapon.
The fifty new heavy machine guns shipped from the Renaissance Army are her trump card.
Considering that Zhumu operates on the move on the grassland, it is not very convenient to carry a heavy and unstable rotating machine gun.
Dong Shutong gave the first batch of new heavy machine guns to his wife.
In this way, this machine gun can fire stably even on a moving tank.
Because this is the first automatic firearm to recycle the gases from the combustion of smokeless powder.
Its rate of fire is five times that of a rotating machine gun. It is also more stable.
The heavy machine gun that Donghua got has a water-cooled structure, and the barrel is wrapped in a ring-shaped bucket. It looks very strong.
However, this one is easier to maintain than other air-cooled heavy machine guns, and the failure rate is lower when used.
Not many people know about this matter.
On the battlefield in Donghua, this kind of automatic heavy machine gun has never shown its face.
The coalition forces only knew that the Donghua Army had a rotating machine gun.
This type of revolving machine gun does not exist in the coalition forces yet, but it has already appeared in Europe. But it is still the original black powder model of the Renaissance Army.
All countries in Europe regard it as a treasure, and it is impossible to sell it to the coalition forces now.
But there was no such concern between the Renaissance Army and Donghua.
The Renaissance Army has nothing to fight now, so it just happens to put some advanced weapons on the battlefield of Amelia to verify its stability.
The military discussion lasted for two hours, and Zhumu finally made up his mind.
The army went south and took all the seized beef and mutton dried flour with them as logistical supplies on the road.
In this way, they don't have to worry about food supplies for almost a long time.
The only thing to worry about is ammunition supplies.
Fortunately, most of the Indian servants use muzzle-loading guns, and supplies can be obtained on the spot in the Tingen Federation.
After the military meeting, each military chief returned to his own team. The three cavalry regiments of the Donghua Army were the main force in Zhumu's hands.
The remaining Perivian army and Yin Di'an servant army can only be regarded as supplements.
The Bolivia army carried the main artillery of this army. These field artillery brought from Bolivia were placed on artillery carts and pulled by four pack horses. They could basically keep up with the marching speed.
Most of the army's rations consisted of live cattle and sheep, and a dedicated army of Yin Di'an servants drove them behind the army.
They attacked small towns along the way, and the Perivians and Yintian servants were responsible for cleaning them up.
Zhumu did not issue any orders, but no one kept prisoners because they had to march in a hurry and could not carry prisoners.
The only role of these small towns is to provide supplies for the army.
The entire army only has 20,000 people, and the main force only has 6,000 people.
He dared to go deep behind enemy lines. Dong Shutong was really worried about his wife when he found out.
Outside Tongguan City, Meng Toban was launching an siege as usual.
His style of play was very stable and he did not use crowd tactics.
He had already determined that there were not enough troops in Guancheng and it was impossible to take the initiative to attack them.
So as long as he stays out of range of multiple parties, Montaban can do a lot of things.
Digging tunnels and blasting is not applicable here. The bottom of the valley is also made of rocks.
Then we can only play with artillery. When it comes to artillery, in the whole of Europe, I am afraid that no country’s army is better than the French.
Aren't the Donghua Army's artillery set up on the cliff?
Mentoban also followed suit and found a place to pretend to be artillery.
He actually found such a place.
After the artillery bombardment, the Donghua Army quickly fell into a disadvantage because the Donghua Army had few people and a small number of artillery pieces.