No one knew who fired first, but the moment the gun rang out, gunshots like firecrackers echoed in the open grassland. When Si Dongjie fell from the horse, Vicente also fell from the horse.
Fall down immediately.
The battle lasted only ten seconds. After Vicente fell from his horse, another Argentinian soldier fell down. Seeing this, the others immediately withdrew.
"Dongjie, Dongjie..."
The moment the gunshot rang out, Si Dongli got off his horse and fired several shots while leaning on the saddle. Although he luckily escaped, the horse was injured.
But at this moment, he didn't care about the horse, but ran directly to his brother to see how he was doing.
"I, I'm fine..."
Panting heavily, Si Dongjie held the edge of his belly and chest, blood dripping down his fingers. His face was pale, without a trace of blood.
"What, what's going on..."
"No, it's okay, it's just a skin injury..."
Looking at the two Argentinians who stayed behind, Si Dongjie said.
"Quickly, take a look at their situation..."
Although he didn't know what was going on, Si Dongjie could realize... something big was going to happen!
A few hours later, after brothers Si Dongli and Si Dongjie returned to the settlement, Si Dongchuan took the news to the farm on horseback.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up, Pizi, go to the telegraph station and report it. Others will copy you, and I will go to the tower to sound the alarm!"
As the farm manager, Zhao Gongming gave orders while taking out a copper hand-cranked alarm from the drawer.
Due to the limitations of the times, since there were no telephones in this era, it was impossible to spread telegraphs to every farm. In order to ensure the safety of farms and settlements, each farm was equipped with a hand-cranked siren. This siren is closely related to later generations.
The principle of the hand-cranked air defense alarm is the same. It does not require a power supply. You only need to manually shake the handle at a speed of 50 to 80 revolutions per minute to make a powerful sound. Its structure and principle are very simple. When working
The rocking handle is turned manually, which accelerates step by step through the gearbox transmission, and then drives the buzzing wheel to run at high speed through the transmission block, forming high pressure on the absorbed air, and extruding the gas out of the fixed window of the fixed wheel to produce a buzzing sound. The higher the speed, the louder the sound.
Large, although this kind of alarm is small in size and light in weight, under ideal conditions, the coverage radius of the hand-cranked alarm can even reach 2,500 meters.
It is precisely because of this that it has been widely used in Nanhua.
After reaching the roof and plugging in the alarm, Zhao Gongming took a deep breath and turned the rocker. As the rocker turned, the piercing alarm sounded over the farm.
The sound of the alarm resounded through the sky. In the settlements within a few miles, people who were busy in the pastures were stunned for a moment after hearing the alarm. Then, they all rode their horses to gather at the station, and in the station
The men have also taken up arms, and every farm has a civil defense team. The civil defense team conducts one day of training every week, which is simple training such as walking, shooting, and marching.
Long-term training has long formed an instinct for people to gather at the station immediately after hearing the siren. Soon, more than a hundred civil defense team members arrived at the station carrying weapons and dry food.
On the way, they didn't know what happened.
But an alert is a command!
During the gathering, those who came first would tell those who came later what had happened. Although they all seemed a little nervous, they still stood there, waiting to set off.
"Okay, I won't say any more nonsense. The foreign devils crossed the trench, wanted to occupy our place, and injured our people. Our station is located on the border. Now we have only one task, to serve in the security forces
Before you come here, guard this place! Guard our home!"
Without any hesitation, under Zhao Gongming's order, more than a hundred civil defense teams rode towards the border. As they rushed towards the border, the telegrams sent from the train station dozens of miles away had also been sent.
Sent to Zhu Xianhai's house.
"Argentina invades!"
First he was stunned, and then Zhu Xianhai said excitedly.
"This is a good thing! Our people are injured. This, this is a proper armed invasion!"
Almost in an instant, Zhu Xianhai determined the nature of the matter - armed invasion!
Yes, it is an invasion, not a border conflict!
For Zhu Xianhai, who deliberately wanted to find a reason to start a war, and the most important thing was to seize the highest moral point and overwhelm Argentina in public opinion, this was the news he had been waiting for!
In fact, he has already made up his mind - if there is no excuse, he will make one. If it doesn't work, he can even act.
But what about now?
Now they bring the reasons to your doorstep!
Border conflicts, accidents, it's all nonsense.
For the strong, even if there is an "accident" involving smuggling of soldiers, it is still an excuse to start a war.
Besides, now the Argentines have invaded South China with arms!
"Argentines are violent and cannot be neighbors. In the past few years, they have invaded our borders and hurt our people. If they are not severely punished, their ambitions are clear and will lead to a massive invasion in the future..."
After saying these words, Zhu Xianhai looked at Zuo Zongtang and asked.
"Ji Gao, what do you think?"
"This man is cruel and should be severely punished!"
Whether it is cruel or not, the most important thing is that the Argentinians gave the reason to the door.
Zuo Zongtang smiled. With this reason, the rest is no longer a problem.
"But, Lord, before that, we must issue an ultimatum to them, require them to compensate for their losses, and put forward certain conditions, and this condition must be something they cannot accept!"
For a party that is deliberately planning to start a war, what needs to be done now? Of course, the lion opened his mouth and made a condition that the other party must refuse.
Once the other party refuses, it is a complete rejection of peace!
Peace?
What is peace?
In essence, this peace was for war from the beginning, or in other words, it was a peace condition established to seek war.
"Well, although their people died, our people were injured after all, and they were the ones who invaded our territory, so..."
After thinking about it, Zhu Xianhai said.
"The compensation cannot be less than 2 million pesos. Also, regarding the ownership of the Pampas, they must recognize our sovereignty over the land outside the trenches,"
Since the original intention is not for peace, now only the lion is opening his mouth. In fact, this is not a lion's opening, it is just setting a condition that the other party cannot accept.