On this day, the South Chinese army that invaded Buenos Aires carried out a final sweep of the city. Before they launched the final general attack, Argentine President Sarento left the presidential palace and met with Argentina's dignitaries.
They boarded the warship together and left the city in a hurry.
That night, the last main force of the Buenos Aires Provincial Army also left together. They boarded a requisitioned merchant ship. It was difficult to hide the whereabouts of tens of thousands of troops, and it was their retreat that
This led to the complete collapse of the Buenos Aires defense line. The armies and civil defense teams from other provinces all abandoned their defense lines.
For a time, the city was full of deserters and fleeing civilians. While everyone was fleeing, many looters appeared in the city. Among them were deserters, as well as many thieves, hooligans and vagrants in the city.
These thieves and hooligans, who usually did not dare to act recklessly under the constraints of the police, ran in small groups to the streets where rich people lived. Although there were many rich people on the streets who were preparing to flee, they saw these guys.
But it didn't stop them.
At this time, everyone was living for themselves, and the people who were running away turned a blind eye and watched the thieves, who broke into the empty houses on the roadside unscrupulously.
When thieves break into houses on the roadside to rob, they will occasionally encounter the owner of the room in the house. After a burst of rapid gunfire, the robbers' wanton shouts will be heard in the room. Soon, another sound will be heard.
The cries and screams of women were heard.
The thieves and vagrants who turned into robbers ransacked the houses in wealthy areas without restraint. At this time, the law had disappeared.
As for the police, the police have gone somewhere long ago, and there is no one to maintain order here.
"Who can help me, who can help me?"
Christina didn't even know how she escaped.
She was running on the street in her pajamas and had been hiding in her bedroom. The rumbling explosion made her feel extremely nervous and scared.
Only by hiding in the bedroom could she find a sense of security. However, she did not expect that robbers would break into her home, rob and kill her servants.
Christina was awakened by the gunfire. Before she could figure out what was going on, she heard the obscene laughter of the men in the house and the cries of the maids. In order to avoid the robbers, she jumped downstairs from the window.
.Then I ran barefoot on the street.
The once peaceful streets were now noisy and noisy, like slums. People driving carriages were everywhere. Although she kept calling for help, no one paid attention to her.
There are carriages parked in front of some houses, and people are carrying things there, such as tables, chairs, and even pianos. They are all being moved onto the carriages.
It seemed someone heard Christina's cry for help.
Then someone walked towards her, and she ran over and shouted excitedly.
"Sir, please, come and help me, my home... ah."
When she saw the person walking towards her clearly, Christina screamed in horror. The man walking towards her was dirty, not only was he dressed in shabby clothes, but he also had a pistol on his waist.
Seeing Christina running over, the man grinned, revealing a smile with a few teeth missing.
"Hey, beauty, how can I help you?"
Seeing Christina's frightened look, the man looked at her greedily.
"Beauty, stay with me soon, I promise to make you ecstasy..."
"You, you, don't come over."
Christina screamed in horror, but the man who came over ignored her scream at all. Just when she turned around and wanted to run away, the man had already ran over and grabbed Christina's hand.
"Help!"
When Christina was calling for help, she was struggling and trying to get away from the man, so she turned around and kicked him in the vital part.
"Ah! You damn bitch!"
The man who was kicked screamed in pain, but his hand did not let go of Christina, still holding her wrist tightly like an iron pliers.
"You fucking bitch!"
When Christina struggled, the man with a ferocious face slapped her twice in the face.
In an instant, Christina felt like stars were popping up in her eyes, she screamed and fell to the ground.
"Help, who can come to save me?"
Christina fell to the ground and cried. The ferocious-looking man stared at the woman lying on the ground like a prey, and said with a lewd smile.
"You stinky bitch, I'll let you know how powerful I am in a moment..."
Although Christina could not stand up when she felt the danger, she still struggled and tried to escape backwards, crying while running away.
"God, help me!"
Christina's cry was replaced by men's unbridled laughter. At this time, a few more men even ran over. They stared at the woman who had no way to escape and laughed unscrupulously.
"Damn bitch!"
The ferocious-looking man completely ignored Christina's plea for help. He took off his pants as he walked.
Just as he bent down, a gunshot suddenly rang out.
The man who was taking off his pants saw his accomplice lying on the ground. When he raised his head in confusion, gunfire rang out again. The man fell to the ground. When the others saw this, they all ran away in fear.
After Christina, who was crying for help, heard the gunfire, she looked in the direction of the gunfire and saw a group of soldiers running towards her.
"Help me, please help me!"
Christina ran towards the soldiers desperately.
Running and calling for help.
"Please, there are robbers in my house, there are..."
As soon as she ran in front of the soldiers, she was exhausted and fell down. When she fell down again, someone helped her.
"Please, help me, save Sophia and the others..."
Only then did Christina realize that the appearance of such a person was completely different from theirs.
They are intruders...
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When the invaders entered Buenos Aires, the whole city was in chaos. Soldiers were running away, and so were the residents.
The soldiers swarmed towards the Rio de la Plata like a tide. When they reached the river, they saw the wide Rio de la Plata in front of them, and the pursuers who were about to kill them behind them.
In order to escape Buenos Aires, the soldiers who came to the port swarmed onto any available ship. Many people even jumped into the water, swam to the ship and boarded the ship along the ropes.
, some jumped on the boat and tried to paddle to the other shore 50 kilometers away, towards Uruguay on the east coast.
Fifty thousand Argentine soldiers fled to the river, boarding any available ship.
Major General Henrys and Edward Thornton had never seen such chaos before, as they looked at the people scrambling to escape Buenos Aires, Major General Henrys said.
"Perhaps this is the scene of a subjugated country..."
"Who knows?"
Edward Thornton shrugged helplessly. He turned his gaze to several Argentine warships that were converging with the British fleet. He looked at the well-dressed Argentine dignitaries on the deck and said.
"Even if Argentina dies, it will not have much impact on them. They will continue their lives in luxury houses in London or Paris. Their lives will still be luxurious..."
But what about those poor people?
Looking at the Argentine soldiers struggling in the river who were squeezed into the river on the bank, even if they were lucky enough to escape to Uruguay, what would be waiting for them?
A life of poverty without any change.
Perhaps, this is the sorrow of ordinary people!
Sarnto and others seemed to turn a blind eye to all this. All he cared about was the troops in Buenos Aires and of course the gold in the National Bank.
"Has all the gold been loaded onto the ship?"
In the commander's cabin of the warship, Sarento asked the president of the central bank.
"Yes, all the gold and silver coins in the treasury have been loaded on the ship. Mr. President, all we leave them now is an empty city."
In the past few days, they have been quietly transferring gold and silver coins from the treasury. Not only did they transfer gold and silver coins from the treasury, they also loaded all the silver coins in the bank onto the ship.
"Well, that's good. The money determines whether we can continue to fight. Uruguay has already approved our entry. Ask the British and they will say that we hope to form a fleet with them to go to Uruguay."
Why act with the British?
Because everyone knows very well that the Argentine navy is no match for the South China Navy. It is better to stay with the British fleet. Only by pretending to be powerful can we have safety guarantees!
It has to be said that Sarento, as a politician, may not have successfully defended Buenos Aires, but his instincts were still extremely sensitive. In order to ensure safety, he ordered the fleet to join the British and then went with them.
Depart Buenos Aires and sail to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, located on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata.
However, when Sarento and the British fleet sailed towards Montevideo, they did not know that because of misjudgment - they did not expect that Buenos Aires would collapse so quickly, Nanhua's fleet
We haven't reached the mouth of the river yet.
When the main force of the First Fleet, two 1,600-ton "Fubo-class" and two 2,800-ton "Shanxi-class" armored ships, led 26 small gunboats of about 100 tons, arrived at the mouth of the river, what they encountered was unexpected.
There were hundreds of civilian ships, large and small—those ships were all packed with soldiers and civilians trying to escape.
"Order them to stop the ship immediately!"
Standing on the command tower of the flagship "Shanxi", Lin Yuehu put down his telescope and ordered.
"We remain vigilant in the rear and the gunboats carry out the mission!"
Following the order, those small 100-ton gunboats sailed towards them like sharp arrows. Although these small gunboats were equipped with a thousand-horsepower steam engine and could travel at a speed of more than 23 knots, the reason why the Coast Guard was so equipped
It's such a small gunboat because it can become a torpedo boat with just a few modifications.
In fact, they are torpedo boats themselves, they just don't have torpedo tubes installed.
"All ships stop immediately!"
Although the officers and soldiers on the gunboat issued warnings to the escaping ships through semaphores, the Argentine officers and soldiers in control of the ship threatened the captain and crew with weapons.
"Enter the river against the current and don't listen to them. If they seize the boat, they will kill us all..."
The officers made such a judgment because the river was littered with boats of all sizes, and Nanhua had so few boats that even if there was a fight, they would still have the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos and escape.
When the deserters were shouting, some deserters saw that the small gunboats seemed to have only Gatling guns and no cannons. They didn't know who gave them the courage to fight. They even picked up their rifles and fired at the sailors on the gunboats.
shooting.
The moment the gunfire rang out, the battle started.
"Fire!"
After being attacked, the sailors were enraged by these daring enemies. They immediately set up four 20mm Gatling machine guns on the side of the ship. Although it was a machine gun, it had been fired a few years ago in order to increase its power.
, the arsenal in Nanhua specially developed explosive warheads for it.
As the sailors cranked the handles, gunshots rang out like firecrackers on the wide La Plata River, and small cannonballs hit the fleeing ships like a storm. The cannonballs hit the hull, not only destroying those
The old wooden-hulled ship exploded with sawdust, and cannonballs exploded in the ship's planks. In the successive explosions, book-sized holes were blown out of the ship's side. When the raging river water poured into the cabin, people on the deck,
The Argentinian soldiers were also fired upon by machine guns. For a time, blood spattered on the deck, and broken limbs continued to fall from the deck and onto the river, which turned red.
The twenty-six gunboats were like twenty-six sharp arrows. Their small hulls were traveling on the river, and the machine guns on both sides of the boats were like the scythes of death, firing recklessly, even though their weapons were of very high caliber.
It is small, but for a wooden-hulled ship, explosive projectiles are extremely deadly. They can easily shatter the hull and make bowl-sized holes in the seemingly solid hull.
The battle on the Rio de la Plata was completely one-sided, not even a battle, but a massacre.
Sometimes, they even used their strong hulls to directly collide with some small boats trying to escape. All the Argentine soldiers on board fell into the water, and all the Argentine soldiers floating on the river were eventually buried in the belly of the fish.
"Sir, there is a ship flying a white flag!"
"Did you see it?"
There is no doubt that no one saw a white flag. Since there was no surrender, the battle should continue.
When it was all over, the wide La Plata River was filled with burning boats...
This chapter has been completed!