After the siege of the Gauchos, the situation in northern Argentina became increasingly chaotic. On January 7, a patrol of more than 70 people was ambushed by unknown armed forces and the entire army was wiped out.
On January 9, nearly a hundred Argentine soldiers were ambushed again and annihilated a hundred miles away from the last ambush site.
On January 10, more than 700 Indians took the initiative to attack the Argentine troops, causing more than 50 casualties to the opponent...
Within half a month of the beginning of the turmoil in the north, more than a dozen Argentine troops were attacked by rebel armed forces. More than 200 Argentine soldiers were killed in the turmoil, and another 300 soldiers suffered varying degrees of trauma.
During the rebellion in the north, the Argentine troops suffered a total of about 500 casualties. The number of casualties could not be compared with the losses in the frontline battles.
However, considering that the number of whites in several provinces in northern Argentina was less than 20,000 and the number of regular soldiers was 3,000, five hundred casualties was still a large proportion of soldier casualties.
There are nearly 100,000 Indians and Gauchos in several provinces in northern Argentina. Under the bloody suppression of riots launched by the Argentine army and the genocidal policy against Indians, more and more Indians have joined the resistance and actively looked for opportunities.
Fight against Argentine forces.
The total number of rebel armed forces exceeds 5,000. Among them, two armed forces are the most powerful and have repeatedly won against the Argentine forces. One is a mixed Indian and Gaucho force headed by Gaucho Davis.
There were about 800 people, and the Argentine troops launched several special operations to exterminate them without success.
Another force is the newly emerged armed force led by Indians, with about 600 people and more than 200 rifles.
Part of the rifles in the hands of this group of Indians were seized from the Argentinian Ministry, and the other part were obtained by them from unknown sources.
The number of Indian armed forces was smaller than that of Davis's armed forces, but they posed a greater threat to the Argentines. More than half of the more than 200 dead soldiers in Argentina died at the hands of this group of Indian armed forces.
The rebellion in northern Argentina has intensified, and the local garrison has basically lost control of the situation and can only retreat to a few important strongholds to seek assistance from the main Argentine forces.
The battle in Misiones once again reached a stalemate. At this time, a rebellion broke out in the north. Argentina naturally thought that the Paraguayans were behind it.
The northern provinces have insufficient troops and the number of local whites is limited. If it is just a simple Indian rebellion, Sarmiento and Miter are confident that the local garrison can hold the stronghold until the end of the Misiones War. However, once external forces intervene
, especially if a small military power close to the northern region like Paraguay sends some troops to support the rebel forces, the northern region is likely to be lost in a short period of time.
The Paraguayan war was defeated. The Argentine ruling oligarchs who had personally fought against Lopez Jr. knew the power of the Paraguayan army. Therefore, in the face of the fact that the Paraguayans were likely to support the rebel forces in the north, Argentine President Sarmiento and those in charge of the Federal District
Mitre, who was in military power, issued an order to Antlerios and dispatched two thousand soldiers under Derchi to reinforce the northern provinces and be responsible for suppressing the rebellion.
The northern provinces have high mountains and dense forests, and roads are difficult to access. The Gauchos and Indians took advantage of the complex geographical environment to resist the invasion of white forces. When Indians were being massacred in other countries and regions in South America, they reserved a piece of private land belonging to the Indians.
At the end of the 19th century, Argentina vigorously introduced European immigrants and carried out industrial reforms. The national strength of Argentina was greatly improved. Then the Argentine army used sophisticated weapons to first exterminate the Indians in the southern desert areas, and then used step-by-step immigration and armed encirclement and suppression to solve the problem of the northern Indians.
The Indian problem, however, is not the end of the nineteenth century. Not only has Argentina's national strength not been improved, but due to unfavorable factors such as the failure of the Paraguay War and the slow progress of the Misiones War, the country's development has stagnated or even retreated. Parmiento's
The order to dispatch troops became a hot potato in Delki's hands. He relied on Mitre's support to overthrow Urquiza and take charge of the province of Antlerrios. The other party was not only benevolent to him, but also held threats.
You must abide by your own evidence and troop dispatch orders, regardless of the overall situation or private interests.
Of course, Delki may not feel conflicted if he only sends troops to quell the chaos. There is an unspoken rule in Argentina that troops seconded by the central government will not be owned by local forces after the war, but will be placed under the name of the central government. This unspoken rule is not only
Between the central and local forces, local warlords and oligarchs also used similar methods to annex the troops of other forces. Therefore, Argentina's domestic population and army were not small. However, during the Paraguay War, the number of troops sent was limited because no one wanted to subordinate them.
The troops went abroad to fight, and then the meat buns beat the dogs and never came back.
Even though he was reluctant, Delki finally made the decision to send out two thousand troops. Antrerios used to be the base camp of Urquiza, and there were many of his old subordinates in the government and the army. In order to maintain the stability of the situation, everything went smoothly.
During the handover of power, Delki promised to keep the positions of key officials and generals in the government and the military unchanged during the early days of taking power. Then, during the six years he took power, he used various means to weaken the power of the Urquiza faction and support his close men in power.
After six years of continuous suppression and weakening, Urquiza's remaining subordinates in the army were only more than 30 officers, led by Colonel Sert, and the task of reinforcing the northern provinces smoothly fell to Sert.
In the spacious military camp, more than 20 officers, large and small, walked into a heavily guarded military tent one after another.
"Is everyone here?"
A tall and thin officer in his forties said in a deep voice.
"Major Grant, Lieutenant Colonel Wright, and Major Cole said they wanted to carry out General Delkey's orders and did not come."
"Haha, execute Delki's order? Didn't Delki assign us to reinforce the northern provinces to suppress the rebellion? Can they still make Delki change the order?"
An officer in his thirties mocked.
"If you take refuge in Delki, others may not necessarily accept them. If you don't drive us non-lineage officers out of the army, how can Delki make room for his cronies?"
"They want to defect to Delki, and we can't stop them. Now let's discuss what to do. Should we follow orders and go to the north to quell the rebellion?"
Selt stopped the argument among his officers and spoke.
"Sir, there are eight thousand regular troops and militia under Delki's command. Why do we have to be sent there to counter the rebellion?
Everyone has heard that the Indians and Gauchos in the north are fierce and difficult to deal with. The three thousand local regular troops and one or two thousand militiamen cannot control the situation. Just two thousand of us will be of no use."
"The rebel armed forces in the northern provinces are huge. Delki pushed us to the front line to use us as cannon fodder. No matter whether you are willing to go to counter the rebellion or not, I won't go anyway. At most, it is better to take off this military uniform and go home to farm, than to be used by others."
The gunman eventually died in the mountains and forests."
The order to send troops to counter the rebellion stirred the nerves of the officers in the military tent, and the previously suppressed dissatisfaction with Delki suddenly burst out.
Selter looked at the officers venting their dissatisfaction in the military tent with caution on the surface, but he was very satisfied in his heart.
"Everyone, listen to what I have to say."
Feeling that the fire was enough, Sert said: "Six years ago, President Urquiza voluntarily gave up military power in exchange for Delki's recognition that our positions in the army would remain unchanged. However, Delki fell out when he became the governor of Antler Rios.
He refused to admit his debt and used some small excuses to drive brothers out of the army and reduce the pay of the remaining troops.
Now we control less than one-third of the troops we had six years ago, and our troops are the worst equipped among all the troops in Antler Rios Province. Delki is not satisfied yet and wants to kick our brothers to the northern provinces and Indians.
People are fighting for blood, brothers, we can no longer tolerate it, support President Urquiza’s comeback, and drive Delki out of Antler Rios!”
Sert's last words calmed the officers in the military tent. It had been six years since Urquiza stepped down and he had left the province of Antler Rios. How could Sert move him out?
The officers' questions were answered when a man came out from behind the tent.
Teslenco was connected to the province of Antler Rios by water. After Urquiza quietly returned to the province of Antler Rios by boat, he secretly contacted his former subordinates and arranged a plan to come back to power.
Selt had a thousand regular troops under his command, and another thousand militiamen adapted from Urquiza's troops were also under his command.
Selt controls two thousand troops, and winning his support is an important part of the implementation of the plan.
Delki's order to send Celts to send troops to the northern provinces gave Urquiza an opportunity. The originally hesitant Celts fully surrendered to the opponent after receiving the order. The scene in the military tent was also a performance arranged by the two in advance.
Urquiza came forward, inciting the officers' dissatisfaction with Delki, and at the same time winning over people's hearts with promotions and generous salaries. With both preparations, the officers in the military tent returned to Urquiza's command.
"Delki has placed many cronies in the army. Please return to the army first, control Delki's people, and then assemble the troops for action tonight."
Urquiza simply arranged the task, and more than 20 officers returned to the station and began the operation to eliminate Delki's cronies.
One afternoon, all the more than ten officers from Urquiza's 2,000 old troops arranged by Delki were under control. At one o'clock at midnight, the assembled troops arrived outside the city, and with the cooperation of internal support personnel, they took down the city gate.
Before his troops could react, they captured Derchi and hundreds of officials belonging to Derchi's family, and the province of Antlerrios fell back into Urquiza's hands.