But retreating at this time and leaving your back to the machine gun is definitely the worst option.
Even if you lie down on the ground and hide, it is better than standing up and running away.
The reason why the Donghua Army had to put them a hundred meters away before shooting them was to deal with their escape problem.
At this time, at least more than 10,000 charging Tingen troops gathered within a thousand-meter range.
How many people can escape under the harvest of heavy machine guns?
At this time, the rumble of horse hooves came from the rear, and the servants who had already gathered in the rear began to move forward when the heavy machine guns started firing.
Zhu Mu had already thought that the other party would retreat.
Heavy machine guns would turn their retreat into a rout.
And what these servants have to do is beat up the drowned dogs. This is what they are best at.
Only by placing different combat strengths in appropriate positions can they exert their maximum combat effectiveness.
Just like these servant armies, if they are placed directly on the frontal battlefield as cannon fodder, then they may not be able to play a big role. Instead, they will cause a large number of casualties, thus affecting one's own morale.
But if they are asked to pursue and defeat the enemy, they can do very well, and it can also stimulate the fierceness in their hearts.
Those retreating Tingen people found that no matter how they ran, they were still within the range of the opponent's heavy machine gun.
With a large number of casualties, the retreat turned into a rout.
"Stop running away, fight back." General Milani chopped down a deserter, but did not stop his men from escaping.
The soldiers who were originally at the rear were also carried away and fled backwards.
By this time, the Donghua Army's machine guns had already stopped firing.
But the cavalry chasing behind them continued to put pressure on these deserters.
"Come on, don't stop, speed up!" The horse whistle did not take on the main task of blocking, but got the task of pursuing.
Naturally, you cannot rely solely on the servant army to pursue the enemy, as their firepower is still not enough.
Only the soldiers of the Donghua Army have specialized lances.
The short and powerful lance can be easily aimed and shot even when the horse is running.
"Bang..." The horse whistle raised his gun and shot a Tingen soldier who was escaping.
In such a narrow valley, they couldn't even disperse and escape, they could only huddle together.
The more he fled, the greater his panic, and General Milani retreated under the threat of his men.
He can no longer control his army.
He also gave the order to retreat. The order was not wrong at the time. Under such circumstances, no matter how many people went up, they would die.
But he didn't expect that the enemy had already deployed an army to pursue him.
He didn't know yet that his opponent was Her Majesty the Queen of Donghua.
If he knew, he would attack the opponent at all costs.
There is no greater feat than capturing an opponent's leader.
Of course, the news of the personal expedition to Zhumu has not spread yet.
Milani couldn't know yet.
The pursuit continued into the evening.
The Donghua Army did not listen until they reached the outside of Mendoza.
After General Milani entered the city, he counted his numbers and found that out of a legion of more than 20,000 people, there were now only more than 2,000 left.
When Milani was hiding in the city and shivering, the imagined siege did not happen.
But for several days, no enemy came to surround the city.
Only some wine estates outside the city were captured by the Donghua Army.
The wine in the manor was sold out.
Milani felt that the enemy must be looting outside the city, and after they had finished looting, they should attack the city.
But five days later, shocking news came.
The newly recruited regiment of the Tingen Federation, numbering 50,000, was defeated by the combined forces of the Mapuche and East Chinese on the banks of the Colorado River in the south.
General Pico was killed in the battle, and almost no one of the 50,000 people managed to escape.
It turns out that the Donghua Army left only a small group of servants outside the city to confuse Milani through robbery.
However, their main force continued to march southward unexpectedly.
Zhumu also sent people to get in touch with Yan Sen and Ulasi. Together, nearly 70,000 people from both sides surrounded the newly recruited regiment of Tingen who was camping on the banks of the Colorado River.
This legion was a militia recruited from various states later, and their combat effectiveness was not as strong as Milani's soldiers.
The appearance of the Donghua Army and the Mapuche caught them off guard.
Originally, the Mapuche people had been running away, and they really didn't expect that the Mapuche people would come to their doorstep.
Then they discovered the Donghua Army and realized that something was wrong.
Why did the Donghua Army appear here?
This is in the southeast of Tingen.
However, the strength of the Donghua Army is smaller.
The two sides met again on the grassland, this time it was a cavalry battle.
Most of Tingen's soldiers are ranch cowboys, and their riding skills are also excellent.
General Pico ordered everyone to mount their horses and kill the Donghua Army.
Instead of waiting for the other party to double-team you, it is better to attack one of them.
There is not much preparation time for cavalry battles on the grassland. Both sides charge with their horses and then start fighting directly.
The strange thing is that the Donghua Army stopped where they were and waited.
A deep uneasiness arose in General Pico's heart.
Sure enough, after the cavalry broke through the opponent's artillery firing range, the Donghua Army's heavy machine guns roared again.
This time Tingen's cavalry encountered its own terminator - the heavy machine gun.
The sight of people flipping on their backs made the people of Tingen dumbfounded.
The attack lasted for a long time, killing and injuring a large number of soldiers, and there was no sign of a breakthrough.
Finally, the machine gun even extended its fire to the rear.
Most of this Tingen army are new recruits, and they have never seen such a tragic scene.
The heavy machine gun fire actually didn't last long, and the Tingen people still had 30,000 to 40,000 troops left.
But their mentality collapsed.
They no longer have the courage to fight, even the Mapuche can chase them and fight.
This army was defeated. Originally, Zhumu was planning to use up all the machine gun bullets and prepare to consume them all in this battle. Unexpectedly, there were still a lot of bullets left in the end.
Most of the Tingen people eventually died at the hands of the Pucong army and the Mapuche people.
After this battle, the Mapuche people also saw how powerful Donghua was.
Ulasi originally considered himself a hero and did not take Queen Zhumu into his eyes.
In fact, most Yin Di'an people still have the idea that men are superior to women.
But this time Ulasi was completely convinced. As long as they had that kind of machine gun, a few thousand Donghua troops could almost defeat the Mapuche people.
Wulaxi made a decision and followed the Donghua Kingdom from now on.
The effective forces of the 50,000 Tingen Federation were wiped out.
The outcome of the southern battlefield has basically been decided.
On the first day of September, Zhumu led an army that swept across almost the entire southern part of the Tingen Federation, and then the army arrived at Paraná City, the capital of the Tingen Federation at that time.
The siege of the city began. At this time, there were only 20,000 new troops recruited temporarily in the city.
The current president of the Tingen Federation is Urquiza.
The politics of the Tingen Federation have always been relatively loose. For a long time, there was no president at all. It is more appropriate to call it a confederation.
Confederation and federation are two different concepts. Confederation is not a country in the strict sense.
The states are loosely united together, and Buenos is in charge of the diplomacy of the entire federation. To a certain extent, the governor of Buenos State performs the functions of the head of state.
When a war breaks out, they will elect a representative to govern, usually the governor of a certain state.
Because the Buenos Navy was defeated before, and then returned to the federation, each country revised its constitution, and the Tingen Federation had just elected a president.
This Urquiza is the newly elected president.
At this time, Paraná was besieged, and many states in the south had been occupied by Donghua. Only the eastern state of Buenos was still intact.
But without the defensive forces, all states could not stop the Donghua Army.
On the fifth day of September, the Donghua Fleet appeared in the Port of Buenos and bombarded the port.
This became the final straw for the Tingen Federation.
Representatives from each state gathered in Buenos City to vote and finally decided to surrender to Donghua.
This war has been going on for two months.
In the midst of the chaos, a ray of light finally emerged.
As the most important force in the southern part of the coalition, the Tingen Federation's surrender at this time will undoubtedly tilt the balance of war toward the Kingdom of Donghua.
Donghua currently does not have the ability to occupy the Tingen Federation.
Some benefits can only be obtained through treaties, including the cession of the Jujuy and Salta regions of the Tingen Federation to Donghua. There are no white people in these two regions, and people from other provinces will not care about them.
As long as you still have your own territory, that's fine.
This time the Tingen Federation lost at least half of its young male population, and its potential for war was greatly weakened.
Moreover, it was severely damaged locally, and the economic foundation of many provinces was destroyed.
In addition to these two pieces of land, the Donghua Navy will also be able to freely dock at Buenos ports in the future.
In addition to some ports on the Mapuche territory, the Donghua Navy has penetrated its power into the Atlantic through a series of military ports.
In addition, economically, the Tingen Federation's market must be completely open to Donghua. At the same time, they are willing to compensate the Donghua Kingdom for 20 million yuan in war losses.
The Donghua Army promised to withdraw from Tingen provinces after receiving 50% of the compensation.
There was a lot of luck in this southern battle, and Zhumu's bold military strategy played a key role.
Of course, the role of new equipment cannot be ignored.
The loose political model of the Tingen federal provinces was also an important reason for Donghua's victory.
In addition to these compensations and land, the Donghua Army also made huge seizures in various cities.
This is definitely a profitable war.
The Mapuche people also gained a lot. The looted property and cattle and sheep were enough to give every warrior a considerable amount of wealth.
There will be a large number of property owners in various tribes throughout the Mapuche.
It is precisely because of this that the Mapuche people are willing to allocate several ports on the east coast that are nominally theirs to the Kingdom of Donghua.
Wulaxi was also shocked by the combat power of the Donghua Army.
The Mapuche only want grasslands and are not interested in harbors.
This time, in addition to the supplies they looted, they also occupied a large area of grassland in the southern part of the Tingen Federation.
Zhumu did not clarify the ownership here during the negotiations.
This paved the way for the conflict between the Tingen Federation and the Mapuche people.
Although the strength of the Tingen people was greatly reduced, they lost nearly half of their original population.
But it was precisely because of such killings that the seeds of hatred were planted in the hearts of the Tingen people.
It will ultimately be a safety hazard in the future.
Some people may ask, why didn’t the Donghua Kingdom take the opportunity to destroy the Tingen Federation?
It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t do it now.
The Yin Di'an cavalry gathered by Zhu Mu can still fight with the wind in the field, but attacking tough battles is not their strong point.
It is precisely because of this that Zhumu besieged the city of Paraná for more than ten days without attacking.
Because as soon as they launch an attack, their weaknesses will be exposed.
Most of the federal states of Tingen also stick to their own state cities.
Zhumu did not have the ability to capture these state capitals one by one.
So negotiation is the best option.
As long as the threat from the Mapuche people persists, the Tingen Federation will be under Donghua's control.
In addition, most of the bad things were done by the Mapuche people, and most of the Tingen people were killed by the Mapuche people.
Most of their pastures are also occupied by the Mapuche people.
The land that Donghua delimited was only the plateau in the northwest corner, where the Yin Di'an people were originally the majority.
So why does Donghua want this place? If you look at the map, you can find that there is a plain from Salta to the east, which is the so-called Pampas, and it is a flat plain.
As long as this corner land is occupied, the Kingdom of Donghua will be able to cross Perivia from the north to the south, threaten Bragua to the east, and dominate the Tingen Federation to the southeast.
News of the defeat in the south soon spread to the north. The northern coalition forces in the Napo River Basin finally began to withdraw.
There is no point in continuing this battle.
After the coalition forces withdrew, the Donghua Army was unable to continue to attack the areas west of the Andes.
With Donghua's ability, even the logistics can't keep up.
However, the northern coalition forces did not withdraw because the Great Empire promised to send 50,000 troops to support the Amelia region and would also send a new fleet over.
Although the Great Empire only made a promise, several Grenada states in the north believed it.
In October, the war between the two sides had basically stopped. In the north, the Donghua Army still occupied the coastal areas of Ecuador and western Columbus.
The armies of these two countries faced each other across the Andes Mountains.
The Donghua Army stationed nearly 100,000 troops here.
They moved some of the scattered population to the south and then controlled some major cities along the coast.
Yangtze Security returned to the Bonapart area and controlled this small country.
Trinidad was still part of the Empire of Great Britain at this time.
In Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad, a conference was held here, with almost all the countries in the north of Grenada sending people to participate.
At the meeting, the Great Empire struggled with France, Spain, the Netherlands and other countries to launch an aid plan for Grenada.
Large quantities of weapons will continue to be shipped from Europe to improve the equipment of the army here.
Countries in Grenada also expressed their intention not to surrender. Countries decided to impose economic sanctions on the Federation of Braguay and Tingen, which had made peace with the Kingdom of Donghua.
Of course, all countries are not stupid. They will no longer attack for the time being, but will maintain their troops at the ceasefire line.
The Donghua Kingdom was not idle either, a conference was held in Cusco.
In addition to the Kingdom of Donghua, participants also included Perivia, the Republic of Chili, the Tingen Federation, the Mapuche and Tehurche people...
The main issue of this conference is to elect Zhumu as the empress of the Donghua Empire.
It was further clarified that the Republic of Perivia and the Republic of Chili became vassals of the Donghua Empire.
Two principalities were established in the areas controlled by the Mapuche and Tehurche people, and Urasi became the principality of the Mapuche. Both of them surrendered to the Donghua Empire.
The federal provinces of Tingen and Braguay also nominally honor the Queen as their principal.
In exchange, they will all be eligible to join the Greater China Economic Circle and enjoy the free trade dividends brought by the Greater China Economic Circle.
Donghua inadvertently expanded Dong Shuheng's circle of friends again.
Donghua is no longer a vassal of the Renaissance Army, but has become a local overlord in its own right.