When Wang Linshan's men occupied Moquegua, Sun Qisheng led a special force of fifty-three people to reach the gates of Arequipa.
Arequipa is located in the Chili Valley in the foothills of the Misti volcano in southern Peru, with fertile land and abundant water.
It is the largest industrial center in southern Peru and has one of the few small steel mills and military factories in Peru. Therefore, Li Mingyuan attached great importance to Arequipa. While sending troops to sweep it, he also sent the newly formed special brigade to investigate Arequipa.
Pa's mission to prepare for possible future attacks.
"Vice Captain, the enemy's defense is very tight and it is difficult for us to enter the city."
A soldier reported in a low voice to Sun Qisheng that although Zhao Yongzeng was the captain of the special forces brigade, he also commanded the reconnaissance battalion and sniper platoon, and was considered the joint commander of several special forces. Therefore, Sun Qisheng was responsible for general combat operations of the special brigade.
"I had thought that the Peruvians would impose martial law. Anthony, Torges, you two put on Peruvian clothes, and the rest of the brothers put on the clothes of their former miners. Let's sneak in."
Sun Qi Shengdao.
Since the Chinese Independence Army uprising, tens of thousands of Peruvian troops have been captured, including many descendants of European immigrants.
After the Chinese Independence Army captured these people, they did not implement the so-called preferential treatment policy for prisoners. Whether the prisoners were Indians or white descendants, they were all treated equally and went to the mines to mine.
After Li Mingyuan occupied the Peruvian saltpeter producing area, he sent people to contact Prussia and sold saltpeter and other mineral resources to Prussia at a price one-third lower than the Peruvian price.
Apart from the Ruhr Industrial Zone, Prussia did not have many mineral resources elsewhere. Faced with Li Mingyuan's initiative to talk about business, the Prussians happily started doing business with the Chinese Independence Army regardless of whether the Chinese were rebels or not.
Therefore, the captive Peruvians lived a fulfilling life and experienced the life of Chinese workers in the mines.
Anthony and Tojes, on the other hand, were re-educated by the Chinese army in the mines, realized that working for the Peruvian oppressors was wrong, and turned to the embrace of the Chinese army.
Li Qisheng and others dressed up in disguise and waited for an hour. They saw a large group of Peruvians coming outside, including more than a hundred miners tied with ropes.
Obviously, this group of people were Peruvian mine owners who were hiding from the Chinese army. The Chinese miners were the laborers they bought with a lot of money and belonged to their private property, so they took the Chinese workers with them when they fled.
"Hey, did you escape from Moquegua too?" Anthony asked with fifty miners tied with ropes.
The person in charge opposite was a white man in his forties. When he saw Anthony and Tojis, he relaxed his guard and replied, "No, Moquegua has been occupied by Chinese labor rioters. I am here from Moyendo."
"This is really bad news. My uncle Yule is in Moquegua. I hope he can escape the clutches of the thugs." Anthony said pretending to be sad.
"May God bless your uncle," the middle-aged man made the sign of the cross on his chest, without doubting what Anthony said.
"Sir, let's go into the city quickly. If those thugs come here, we will be in danger." Anthony said with a different expression.
"Thank you for reminding me. I have already lost most of my property. If the Chinese army catches up with me, I will have nothing." The white man nodded in agreement.
Then the two groups walked towards the city gate together,
"Vice Captain, are you not afraid that Anthony and Toges will betray us?" Wang Chenglin, the sniper platoon leader walking behind the crowd, asked in a low voice.
Snipers usually cooperate with the special forces team to perform tasks, so for this investigation, Wang Chenglin personally led five snipers to work with Sun Qisheng.
"Platoon leader Wang is overly worried. The prince has long considered that these white ghosts are unreliable, so he only organized three hundred soldiers with family members in our hands. Anthony and Toges both have family members in our hands, and even if they
Even if you don’t care about your family’s safety, you still have to be confident that you can escape from us alive.”
Li Mingyuan has never recruited Peruvian prisoners on a large scale.
Because on the one hand, the combat effectiveness of Peruvian soldiers is not high. Except for a few white soldiers, recruiting others is a waste of weapons and equipment that are not abundant in the first place.
On the other hand, Li Mingyuan did not trust them. It would be fine if the Chinese army kept winning, but once the army was defeated, those Peruvians who were not of the same mind as the Chinese would definitely rebel and attack the Chinese army.
There are countless such examples at home and abroad. When Lanfang was destroyed, the most ruthless killers of the Chinese were the natives who had originally surrendered, so Li Mingyuan only organized a very small number of Peruvian prisoners.
Anthony was chatting and laughing with the middle-aged white man on the surface, but he was very nervous in his heart. He didn't want to join the Chinese army, but he really couldn't stand the suffering in the mine, so he agreed to work for the Chinese.
To say that Anthony also wanted to make a fool of himself with the Chinese army and take the opportunity to escape,
However, the guards of the Chinese army were too strict. Five days ago, three soldiers who joined the Chinese army were caught by the guarding soldiers within half an hour after they escaped. They were then shot to death in front of all the Peruvian soldiers who surrendered. Their families were also punished in the mines.
field work,
If Anthony escapes, let alone whether he can escape from Sun Qisheng alive, Anthony will feel scared when he thinks that the Chinese army will anger his wife Mary because of his escape.
Therefore, even if he had the idea of escape again when facing the city gate guards, Anthony did not dare to take action. He only hoped that the investigation would be successful and that the Chinese army would let him and Mary go.
"Vice Captain Sun, now that we have entered the city, what should we do next?" After entering the city without any danger, a group of people found a deserted place to discuss.
"The city gates are heavily guarded everywhere, and we can't get close to the garrison camp next to the city gate. There is no way to know the size of the Peruvian army." Sun Qisheng frowned.
"Vice Captain Sun, why don't you leave most of the people behind, and you and I will dress up as Indians and go out to check again," Wang Chenglin said.
"Okay, but let's take Anthony with us. He can help us with the inspection by the Peruvians," Sun Qisheng said.
"Anthony, a white ghost who knows his identity, didn't do any tricks when he entered the city just now, otherwise the short gun in my sleeve would kill him." Wang Chenglin said, obviously hostile to white people.
How could one not lower his head when he was under the eaves, and led a group of people around the city. Anthony, who had just rested, was called up by two people to accompany him to check the situation in Arequipa.
"Anthony, follow us and work hard. Your Majesty will not treat you badly," Sun Qisheng encouraged Anthony for his good performance today.
"It is my honor to work for the Chinese Independence Army. I dare not have other ideas. I only hope that after the mission is completed, Mary and I can be together." Anthony said carefully.
"It's good enough that the prince didn't reward your women to Chinese soldiers. You still want to do adultery with women. You are really going too far." Wang Chenglin said angrily.
Separating camps for men and women was a rule of the Taiping Army in the past. The reason why Li Mingyuan still implemented this policy was not because he agreed with it.
It's because the Taiping Army in South America is currently all men. If soldiers are allowed to seize women, military discipline will be destroyed. Even if an army with broken discipline can win the battle, it will be difficult to maintain lasting combat effectiveness.
Moreover, as the Chinese army fights on the move, bringing women will affect the mobility of the troops, which is not conducive to future operations.
"Anthony is not our old Taiping soldier, so there is no need to criticize him harshly." Sun Qisheng advised.
