■"Mom! I don't want to die here, save me!" A young Argentine man of seventeen or eighteen years old curled up in the trenches with horror on his face and cried. Many of the new recruits recruited by the Argentine government were ten
Young people between the ages of six and eighteen and those in their thirties who are about to enter middle age. Although Argentina has almost double the population than Chile, it is still difficult to recruit under heavy losses to the army.
There were enough troops. Most of the Argentines refused to join the army!
"God! The Chileans are too powerful. We are no match for them at all. We have been defeated. Run away quickly!" an Argentine soldier shouted, jumped out of the trench and ran back. But,
He had just run out a few steps, and a stray bullet from nowhere hit him, ending his life!
Under the fierce attack of the Chilean army, the Argentine army finally collapsed after lasting for a few days. The collapsed army fled to Mercedes in large numbers. The Chilean army took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack and captured many Argentine troops along the way.
.The commander of the Argentine army, General James, Chief of Staff, knew it was completely over the moment the army collapsed. He immediately took his guard and withdrew from the battlefield in advance and fled to Mercedes. The commander
The escape further aggravated the collapse of the Argentine army.
The pursuit of the Chilean army was in progress for three days and it almost stopped until Mercedes was chased. In this battle, the Chilean army completely defeated the Argentine army at the cost of less than 10,000 people and killed at least 50,000 people.
More than 100,000 people were captured. However, more Argentine soldiers fled. In order to escape, they even threw away their weapons, and then ran directly back to their hometown in the countryside, returning to the Argentine army in Mercedes, with 50,000 people
Neither is there!
"His Excellency President, we must leave now. The Chilean army striker Rimercedes is less than 30 kilometers away. He will arrive here at the latest tomorrow afternoon!" Admiral James fled back to Mercedes in a panic.
After Sz, he immediately suggested that the Argentine government withdraw to the southern region. Obviously, with the main force of the army being annihilated, Argentina no longer had the capital to continue to fight!
"Retreat to the south? Do we still have a chance?" Argentine President Jose = Figueroa = Arqueta said with a wry smile. Eighty percent of Argentina's population is concentrated near the Pampas grasslands in the north, and the south
There are many deserts and Gobi in the vast land, with only one million people. Even if they escape to the south, Argentina will not have the chance to defeat Chile again. On the other hand, Chile will gain greater strength after obtaining the vast territory of northern Argentina.
The stronger it is. Argentina has already lost all of it in this war!
"His Excellency President, now we have no other choice." General James said.
Jose = Figueroa = Arqueta nodded. Although the conditions in the south are worse, they are always better than being caught by the Chileans and sent to the gallows. Of course, the premise is that after they retreat to southern Argentina
The Chilean army will not send troops to pursue them. Otherwise, the remaining tens of thousands of defeated soldiers and defeated soldiers will be in short supply of weapons and ammunition. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to resist the attack of the Chilean army!
"Don't worry, Your Excellency the President. After occupying the north of Argentina, they will definitely fight against Brazil. At that time, we may have a chance!" General James comforted the senior officials in Argentina, for Brazil
Resentment is not less than Chile at all. If the Brazilians had not saved him, Argentina would not have suffered such a crushing defeat.
"I hope so! I hope the Chileans can fight against the Brazilians and both losers!" Jose = Figueroa = President Alqueta's eyes were full of hatred!
On the evening of January 2, 1908, the Argentine government evacuated Mercedes at night and withdrew to southern Argentina with the last tens of thousands of remnants of troops and government officials. At the same time, millions of Argentine civilians followed.
They retreated together. They were unwilling to stay in the north to avoid exploitation and enslavement by the Chileans in the future. However, from Mercedes to the southern inland city of Neuken, it was almost a thousand kilometers. When they arrived on a long journey, they arrived.
When I was in Neuken, I don’t know how many people could be left!
On January 3, 1908, the Chilean army captured Mercedes. Three days later, Buenos Aires was captured. With the capital being occupied, this marked the complete failure of Argentina in this war.
The Argentine government, headed by Jose = Figueroa = President Alqueta, has not yet admitted its failure. However, if there was no miracle, they would no longer have a chance to turn the tables!
Afterwards, the Chilean army sent part of the army to sweep the northern provinces of Argentina, and the main army went north along the La Plat River. Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian troops entrenched in the two provinces east of the La Plat River came to Chile.
It is a very big threat. Even though Brazil's military strength advantage is more obvious, after defeating Argentina, the Chilean army has already surged. In their eyes, the Brazilian army seems to be no longer worth worrying!
In January, Rio de Janeiro is almost at its hottest season. However, the Brazilian capital now seems a little quiet. Because the Chilean navy launches shelling Brazilian coastal cities from time to time, most of Brazil's coastal cities are empty
No one was there. A large number of Brazilians fled to a place fifteen kilometers away from the sea to avoid the shelling of the Chilean Navy!
Brazil's presidential palace also moved to the western suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, far away from the coast. Although this caused Brazil to suffer a lot of losses, there was no way to do so when the navy was annihilated! The Chilean army quickly defeated Argentina,
This shocked Brazil. Originally, Brazil did have the idea of watching the tiger fight, causing both Chile and Argentina to lose both sides, and then Brazil came forward to clean up the mess and win at the lowest cost. However, they all have ten thousand.
Unexpectedly, the war that took place around Mendoza in just a few days was over, and the Chilean army had defeated the Argentine army at a weak price. This immediately made the Brazilians hesitate about whether they should enter Argentina and Chile to fight,
He was also a little hesitant. Subsequently, the fierce attack of the Chilean army made the Brazilians feel the danger. Therefore, Brazilian President Alfonso Pena finally followed the advice of Army Minister Patrick and ordered the Brazilian army to follow Laplat
The river is built, rather than crossing the La Platte River to fight against the Chilean army.
Now, Chile has basically destroyed Argentina. Next, whether the Chilean army will attack the Brazilian army has become a problem that has troubled Brazil's top leaders.
After all, the two countries have already declared war and are now in a state of war. Moreover, the Brazilian navy was annihilated by Chile. The Chilean navy's artillery bombardment of Brazilian coastal cities during this period caused at least more than 100,000 casualties to the Brazilians.
.In this case, it is almost unlikely that Brazil will live in peace with Chile.
After learning that the main force of the Chilean army was heading north along the La Platre River, Brazilian President Alfonso Pena held an emergency meeting!
"Everyone, Argentina is over, the Chileans have completely defeated them. Now, the Chilean army is heading north along the La Platre River and will soon arrive on the other side of Parana. And, the Argentines have just defeated the Argentines
Chileans are very angry. Therefore, it is foreseeable that they will attack us soon. So, what should we do now?" asked President Alfonso Pena!
"His Excellency President, we have deployed thirty divisions along the La Platre River. The Chileans lost 60,000 to 70,000 people in their battle with the Argentines, and their troops stationed elsewhere,
The Chilean army we have to face is only 250,000 at most. In addition, with the obstruction of the La Platre River, it will be very difficult for the Chileans to attack us! The army is confident that they will block the Chileans.
West of the Laplat River!" said Army Secretary Patrick.
The mainstream view of Brazil's top leaders has now changed from assisting Argentina to defeat Chile to taking advantage of the opportunity to occupy three provinces in Argentina on the east bank of the La Platte River to make up for the losses suffered by Brazil in this war. However,
Although these three provinces are under the control of Brazil, Chile does not seem to have any plans to default to the status quo. Therefore, if Brazil truly turns these three provinces into Brazil's territory, it still needs to resist Chile's attack.
That's fine. Otherwise, everything will be in vain!
"His Excellency President, we may be able to contact Chile to discuss the possibility of a peaceful settlement of disputes. The Chileans suffered a lot of losses in the battle with the Argentines. Brazil is several times stronger than Argentina. Chile wants to
It is simply impossible to defeat us. So if we can agree with Chile's occupation of northern Argentina and exchange for Chile's agreement to our occupation of three provinces east of the La Platre River, perhaps the Chileans would agree!”
Foreign Minister Mullen suggested.
"If this is the case, it is undoubtedly the best. The two countries divide the north of Argentina. Although the Chileans occupy more, they pay more. We easily occupy three east of the La Platre River.
A province is a reward!" President Alfonso = President Pena nodded. He personally does not want to fight with Chile. After all, Chile is no longer the same as before. Even if he defeats Chile, Brazil may also