Rebirth of South America as King

Gao Yi's loss ratio of 7.5 was a big victory, but when the data of the casualties of the Chinese Independent Army were in front of Li Mingyuan, he was not happy.

战斗 More than 2,000 people were lost in one battle, followed by ambush by Moyendo, Cusco, and Arequipa. According to this casualty ratio, 3,000 or 4,000 people were lost.

It is difficult for the Chinese army to replenish, and Li Mingyuan was not assured to recruit South American natives to serve as soldiers, so he felt headaches in the face of the casualties of the Chinese Independent Army.

After the battle of Modudut ended, Li Mingyuan called Liu Pu and wanted to hear if he had a good way to reduce the casualties of the Chinese Independent Army.

"Shizi, the loss of our army in this battle is indeed not small." Liu Pu has been responsible for the statistics of the battle. After listening to Li Mingyuan's words, he directly acknowledged the fact that the Chinese Independent Army suffered losses.

不过 "However, there were reasons for the casualties of more than 2,000 people in this battle. The good combat effectiveness of the Peruvian army is one aspect. The rapid expansion of our army and the decline in the average combat effectiveness of soldiers are also factors that must be considered."

"The Chinese independent army's rapid expansion is indeed a big problem. After the capture of Arequipa, all the troops must be repaired for some time." Li Mingyuan nodded.

"Shizi, I have a question, I don't know if I should say it," Liu Pu tempted.

"You know who I am. If you have any questions, just say, I won't be angry."

"Since Shizi intends to use southern Brazil as a base for our army, why should he delay time in Peru? As far as I know, the three Brazilian countries are stepping up their attack on Paraguay. I am worried that the Paraguayan people cannot resist the three countries' surrender and surrender. Adding tens of thousands of troops will not defeat the three nations. "

"The Paraguayan army is fighting tenaciously. It is not easy for the three Brazilians to let Lopez Jr. surrender."

It is now January 1868. There is still more than four months before Lopez Jr. breaks out from the Tiger Fortress fortress, so Li Mingyuan didn't rush in.

"Son, after annihilating the three-way reinforcements, Mo Yando, Puno and Cusco, do you want to send troops to occupy?"

"Three-way reinforcements have been eliminated. These three places have not been heavily defended. Of course, they must seize the opportunity." Li Mingyuan said subconsciously, not understanding what Liu Pu said.

"Shiko, aside from the loss of our army after this battle, after occupying these three places, we need to station a total of 25,000 troops, plus Arequipa and Barang who need to defend. In Ca, Duraya and other places, the defensive forces in the occupied area alone will occupy about 50,000 troops. In this way, there will not be many troops that can be assembled to respond to the Peruvian counterattack army. "

明 Li Mingyuan frowned, he ignored the problem of garrison defense. Now the area occupied by the Chinese Independent Army belongs to a small number of mineral areas, so leaving some second-line troops can deter Peruvians in the area.

随着 However, with the victory of this battle, the Chinese Independent Army will definitely expand its sphere of influence and occupy a large area of ​​maneuver. At the same time, the Chinese Independent Army will have to leave enough troops to defend the place and prevent the Peruvian rebels in the occupied area.

"Decentralizing the garrison is not a good way. Our army has always been able to achieve victory, relying on flexibility and mobility, and decentralizing the garrison will limit our limited army to all towns and give the enemy every opportunity to break."

明 Li Mingyuan conceded after considering it.

"Shizi, after annihilating the Peruvian reinforcements, and then searching for Chinese workers in the newly occupied area, the total number of Chinese people in our army can reach 120,000. At this time, even if there are Chinese workers in other parts of Peru, there are not many Chinese workers left, so I recommend the rescue of General After the Chinese workers in Nuo, Moyendo and other places, our army quickly withdrew from the occupied area and turned into southern Brazil after a month of repair in Arequipa. "

Originally, Li Mingyuan did not intend to occupy Arequipa and other areas in southern Peru, so he considered enticing the enemy to go deeper and exchange captive Peruvian soldiers to exchange Chinese workers. Now the situation has changed. There are not many Chinese workers in Peruvian hands, and they wait to exchange Chinese workers with them. It's a little bit worth it.

"It is necessary to withdraw from the occupied area, but it is too cheap for Peruvians to free up the occupied area," Li Mingyuan said.

"We took away the supplies from the occupied area, and the Peruvians got nothing but empty cities, and they couldn't get much cheaper."

"Well, after this battle, all the seized goods will be shipped to Arequipa in batches, and the other occupied areas will gradually be abandoned."

虽然 Although the city of Arequipa is still in the hands of the Peruvians, it is only a matter of time after winning the largest Peruvian reinforcements.

When the battle of Hermodut was over, Chen Guozhu's soldiers were attacking Mo Yando's reinforcements.

"Sir, the enemy has an ambush." ​​Manuel lay on the ground to avoid the shelling of the Chinese army.

"Fool, fool knows there is an ambush."

Lustuart cursed.

"Manur, I will give you a regiment of troops to resist the enemy's attack and cover the retreat of others."

The soldiers of Lustuat's equipment and combat capabilities are not comparable to Umato's troops. The Chinese army retreated less than 20 minutes after the attack, and some Peruvian soldiers surrendered directly.

"Sir, there are too many enemies. I can't resist their attack. I still retreat with the large troops to protect your safety."

Just said that let me be your successor, and now let me block the gun in case of danger, I will not be so stupid, Manuel cursed in his heart, but made excuses for not resisting the enemy.

国 The number of Chen Guozhu and Zhou Daniu is four times that of the Peruvian army. When Lustuat's army is not ready, the Peruvian army has no power to fight back.

Seeing the defeat of the soldiers, Lustuart was unable to organize a counterattack, and he ran to the west without hesitation.

I have what kind of officer and what kind of soldier. As soon as Lustuart runs, the rest of the Peruvian soldiers have everything to learn and spread out to run around.

"Chou Brigadier, you lead the soldiers to defend on all sides. You cannot let another Peruvian soldier run."

Also, let's not say that the soldiers under Lustuart can't fight, but escape is very good. Taking advantage of the Chinese army's charge, more than 100 Peruvian soldiers escaped the encirclement through the gap left by the Chinese soldiers on the charge.

"Yes, three regiments, four regiments follow me." Zhou Daniu shouted, the three regiments of the charge were stopping, the soldiers of the four regiments immediately stopped, turned and ran towards the original defense position.

After the release of more than 300 Peruvian soldiers, Zhou Daniu led the army to block the exit of the Peruvian army.

"Sir, all enemies are all around, and we can't run away." Because Luz gathered more than 500 soldiers around him, Zhou Daniu specifically blocked his team, which caused Lustuyat to not run away.

"Don't run, Manuel, if you go and tell the Chinese rebels, you will say that we are willing to work for them and ask them not to hurt our soldiers anymore."

Lulus stopped and gasped, and said.

"Sir, I don't know Chinese, so let other people go." Manuel faced hard, fearing that the chief of the Chinese army would be killed by ordinary soldiers.

"I have a soldier who knows Chinese, let him go with you."

Manuel had to quit, seeing Lustuart's unsatisfactory complexion, and hurrying to stop the exit, he obediently brought an interpreter to the Chinese troops to negotiate.

"Division, the Peruvian army sent two people with white flags. They said they would rely on us to serve the Chinese Independent Army."

"Haha, this is the first time I have encountered a Peruvian army willing to serve us," Chen Guozhu laughed.

"Go tell them, put down your arms, we accept their refuge"

"Chairman Chen, Shizi did not allow the accepted Peruvian army to take effect. It is not good to do so."

"Lev. Zhou, you do n’t understand this. Let them lay down their weapons and surrender first. As for the effect, we report it to Shizi, and it will not matter to us what the Shizi decides at that time.

"The soldiers are not tired of cheating, or Chen Shichang is tall." Zhou Damiu said suddenly.

Because Lustuart took the initiative, the ambush in Moyendo ended in an hour.

A total of 98 people were killed or injured by Chen Guozhu and Zhou Daniu, of whom only seven were killed.

However, the results of the war were much richer, with a total of 3,600 enemies annihilated, of which more than 3,300 volunteered to surrender, and fewer than 200 died.

"Haha, Shizi will be very happy to see our battle report." Chen Guozhu laughed at the compiled post-war data.

"Destroyed 3,600 people, and there were less than 100 casualties in our army. Although there are reasons for the enemy to take effect, the results are still dazzling." Zhou Daniu said happily.

"Yes, I'm sending someone to send the results of the war to Shizi, and please make Shizi happy."

Chen Guozhu Road.

"Sir, we promised to trust them, but why did we treat us like prisoners?" Manuel asked, staying in a fence surrounded by wood.

"It's all a good thing that you did. I asked you to talk to them about it. You said that they agreed to us, and I ordered the troops to drop their weapons. But now they are holding us. Who do you blame for this? Lustuart said, still not deflated, and kicked Manuel with a kick. If he had no pistol in his hand, he would have killed Manuel.

The captive Peruvian soldiers around Gao stared at Manuel in anger, all thinking that he and the Chinese did not talk well before they ended.

Manuel couldn't tell the truth. At the time, Lustuart forced him to negotiate with the Chinese independent military. The matter was well negotiated. The Chinese did not confess the account. All Peruvian soldiers put the blame on him again. In response to an old Chinese saying: young people should be deceived if they have no experience.