Chilian, as the seat of the Chilean Provisional Government, has been semi-sieged since October last year. If the fortresses and trenches outside the city had not blocked the Chilean army's attack, the city might have fallen long ago.
In fact, its fall was just a matter of time - the Chilean army in the north mobilized nearly 40,000 troops to attack the city, while the defenders here only numbered a mere 10,000.
After several months of battlefield confrontation, the northern army also built a complex fortress trench outside Chilian City, with trenches more than one meter deep, forts higher than the ground, and black cannons pointing directly at one or two people.
Confederate Army positions kilometers away.
After several years of war, and enjoying the precise strikes of rifled rifles, trenches naturally became popular in Chile. After all, this is the experience gained by tens of thousands of lives.
The Chilean trenches were dug very deep, with a depth of more than one meter above the trench, and a trapezoidal parapet nearly one meter high. Staying in a trench with a depth of two meters is definitely the safest place, and there is no need to worry at all.
During the attack, while the sentries were vigilantly observing the outside world, the Chileans in the trenches were smoking and chatting. Since there were whites among these northern troops, there were also many mixed-race people called mestizos, but more importantly
Most of them are Indians. After all, at least half of the population in Chile is Indians.
Although the status of these Indians in the army is low, compared to the outside world, the army is fairly equal. At least the mixed-race officers treat them as human beings. At night, under the glass oil lamp, the Indian soldiers smoke cigarettes.
, using simple indigenous instruments to play traditional music, the melodious, low music echoed in the dark night.
The music sounds a little sad, as if it is telling the story of being conquered. They were indeed conquered. After the Spaniards came here more than two hundred years ago, they not only conquered this land, but also conquered the people here.
Even the Indians themselves are tending to disappear. Half a century ago, Indians accounted for 80% of the population of Chile, but now they only account for half. Those white immigrants continue to marry Indian women, and now the Mestizo people in Chile
, that is, there are more and more people of mixed race between white people and Indians. Maybe in a few decades, the Indians will disappear from this land.
The music of the Indians is deep, sad, and desperate. These Indian men who serve in the military are likely to be unable to marry a wife. After all, women are more willing to marry men with more land and wealth.
, that is, those white immigrants who have an economic advantage.
Poor people who cannot be poor for more than three generations, have no land, and no property will definitely not be able to reproduce. With most of the land in Chile being occupied by European immigrants, the Indian groups will only slowly disappear, eventually coming from Spain, France, Germany and other regions.
Europeans will achieve "national integration" with Indians...
Sad music echoed in the night sky, and at the same time, at the Confederate defense line kilometers away, groups of soldiers were entering the trenches through the traffic trenches.
Under the sky full of stars and moon, the soldiers of the two regiments entered the trenches. After entering the trenches, they held the Stalin 1862 rifles and looked up at the top of the trenches eagerly. Their expressions seemed calm, but it was inevitable that they would
Somewhat nervous.
In the tense atmosphere, an officer came over, looked at the soldiers in the moonlight, and Chen Yunsheng said loudly.
"Okay, there's going to be a battle today, so I won't say any more nonsense. On the battlefield, everyone just kills the enemy and serves the commander-in-chief. Even if you die, the commander-in-chief will not treat you badly!"
After saying that, he raised the letter in his hand.
"This is a list. You must fill it out carefully! If you are killed in action, your family will receive a pension of five hundred yuan! If you have no relatives, you can choose to donate it to the China Education Foundation. Everyone will
You must write a will and submit it to the squad leader for sealing."
During his explanation, the company and platoon leaders distributed the pension sheets and stationery to the soldiers one after another. At the same time, they repeatedly reminded the soldiers of the importance of the pension sheets. If they were killed in action, the security forces would provide them with a sum of money.
The generous pension is enough for their families to live the rest of their lives without worries after they are killed in battle.
Providing a generous pension will not only prevent the families of fallen officers and soldiers from being impoverished due to their deaths, but also has another effect. It is a prerequisite for ensuring the combat effectiveness of the troops, so that soldiers will have no worries.
A life-and-death battle on the battlefield.
As for honor and responsibility, of course they must be there, but the most important thing is to let the soldiers have no worries.
"Hey, I didn't expect that after crossing the ocean and arriving here, I still didn't escape the life of eating military rations. Fortunately, the rations are worth eating..."
Zhao Liu, who wrote the will, had served as a soldier of the Qing Dynasty and as a soldier of Changmao. He never wanted to be "sold" to Nanhua, but he still became a soldier. He had eaten military rations from two families, so of course he knew which family to serve as a soldier.
If you die, you will die. As for any pension or anything like that, you will get nothing.
But it's different here in Nanhua. When someone dies, the commander really gives money. Even if the person dies during training, he still gives money. Even if the person's family is far away in Tangshan, he will remit the money and remit the fee.
It’s still the responsibility of the commander-in-chief.
Marshal Renyi!
But after thinking about it for a while, Zhao Liu really couldn't remember who to hand over the insurance money and pension money to - his parents and brothers were either killed in the hands of the soldiers and bandits, or they lost contact due to the chaos of the war.
If you die, who should give the money to?
"Otherwise, just donate it to the education foundation."
As for what the Education Foundation does, Zhao Liu doesn't care. Anyway, it's just to run a school. It's a good thing to spend money on it.
Although Zhao Liu had never read any books, he always felt that reading was a good thing. He didn't feel aggrieved when he thought that after he died, he would be able to earn a sum of money to send his children to school.
In the quiet trenches, both officers and soldiers were lying there writing their wills and carefully filling out insurance forms. The immigrants in Nanhua were all literate - both men and women in the education camp were receiving basic literacy education.
As workers, they also have to attend literacy classes. There is an hour-long cultural class every day in the military camp of the security team. The long-term cultural education allows the soldiers to even read and read newspapers. As for filling out forms and wills, there is no need for others to do it for them.
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While the soldiers were making final preparations for the expedition under the lights, groups of soldiers carried heavy equipment into the front offensive trench and got busy under the moonlight.
This chapter has been completed!