The camp was destroyed, and most of the Indians who were attached to Sun Qi's Sanctuary were lost. The few Indians who escaped the encirclement and suppression by the Argentine troops were also scattered in various places, and it was difficult to regroup them in a short time.
Facing the current situation in northern Argentina, if Li Mingyuan wants to continue to implement his original plan, he not only needs to open the situation from scratch, but also invests more troops to intervene.
Argentina and Paraguay have been fighting for more than half a year. No matter how the two parties end the Misiones dispute, the rebellion in the northern region will become a top priority for the Argentine government.
In the battle of the base, more than 4,000 troops were mobilized to deal with Sun Qisheng's troops. With the ceasefire agreement on the front line fully reached, more troops will enter the northern region. At that time, they were guest troops and had no local defense forces.
The days will be more difficult.
The strategy Li Mingyuan formulated for the troops entering northern Argentina was guerrilla warfare, using the Indians in the jungle as a basis to launch long-term attacks on the Argentines. In fact, the Argentines were not Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War. The Argentine troops fought on the mainland and reinforced the troops.
They can be continuously dispatched from the rear. It is very difficult to destroy the Argentine troops in the same way as the Japanese.
On the other hand, the cultural customs of the National Defense Forces and the Indians living in the northern region are different. Obtaining their recognition by pretending to be Indians is not as simple as imagined in practice.
War is a contest of comprehensive strength. The reason for losing the base is not only Sun Qisheng's carelessness in underestimating the enemy on the surface, but the final result of the comparison of forces between the two parties.
When the battle failed, Li Mingyuan was also responsible for negligence in overall planning. He underestimated the determination of the Argentine troops to eradicate the rebellion and overestimated the impact of the National Defense Forces on the Indians.
The majority of Argentineans are whites, who are descendants of criminals and poor farmers at the bottom. Compared with the Brazilian army, which is composed of middle- and upper-class whites, the Argentinian army has a stronger fighting capacity, and its will to resist is stronger when the homeland faces danger.
It was difficult for the Indians and the National Defense Forces to maintain unity, and more than half a year of fighting had consumed a lot of their strength. When they entered the northern region again, the only people the National Defense Forces could rely on were the Chinese themselves.
Having a clearer understanding of the complex situation in northern Argentina, Li Mingyuan tried to find effective ways to solve it in his mind.
"Mobile warfare, blitzkrieg, frontal decisive battle between large corps..." Classic war modes emerged in his mind one after another, and then were rejected one by one by Li Mingyuan.
Half an hour passed quickly, and the senior officers staying in Xinjing came to the National Defense Forces meeting hall one after another.
Seeing all the generals gathered and sitting in three rows, Li Mingyuan stopped thinking and briefly introduced the situation in northern Argentina, hoping to get useful solutions from them.
War is never something that can be controlled by one person. Because of the insight of later generations, Li Mingyuan can use the advantage of a prophet to point out the direction in the grand strategy. However, in terms of specific tactical execution, he still needs his officers to execute it level by level.
He glanced over the faces of the officers in the meeting hall one by one, and most of them he saw were expressions of fruitless contemplation. He felt a little disappointed, but after thinking about it for a moment, "I don't have a suitable solution to the situation in northern Argentina.
Where can these officers have better plans in such a short period of time?"
Not treating his officers harshly, Li Mingyuan continued to observe their expressions. At this time, Luo Linshan, who was sitting in the first row, broke the calm in the hall and said, "Your Highness, is it a military mission that our army must perform to intervene in the situation in northern Argentina?"
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"The only places on the South American continent that are suitable as the foundation of a great power are the La Plata region and the Brazilian Plateau. Other regions either lack sufficient suitable arable land or have harsh natural environments that cannot support the long-term development of the country. Therefore, if the Chinese want to gain a foothold in South America,
To become an independent country, it is bound to expand externally."
There has been no large-scale military operation in Rio Grande do Sul for a year, and the infiltration and intervention in northern Argentina has only been carried out secretly. The questions raised by Luo Linshan probably represent the questions in the minds of many military officers.
The country's external development direction is a core secret, and senior military officers also need to make targeted plans for military operations on the premise of knowing the country's development strategy.
The people sitting in the hall were all senior officers of the National Defense Forces. Li Mingyuan was not worried that some of them would betray Rio Grande do Sul's foreign expansion strategy to hostile countries. Therefore, in response to Luo Linshan's question, he explained very clearly, "The Brazilian plateau is densely populated.
, and as the core area of rule of the Brazilian Empire, with the development speed of Rio Grande do Sul, there is no possibility of annexing the Brazilian Plateau, and the La Plata region is vast and sparsely populated. If our army can occupy the core of the La Plata region
The region will truly gain a foundation that has been passed down for thousands of years and will be in a strategically advantageous position."
The pointer in Li Mingyuan's hand pointed to the location of Rio Grande do Sul on the map. "The three states in southern Brazil are geographically located in the north of La Plata and are innately geographically isolated from the Brazilian plateau. After our army occupied the two states, the limit of northern expansion was southern Brazil."
The last of the three states has cut off the possibility of continuing to annex the Brazilian plateau, and to the south and west are northern Argentina and Uruguay, both in the La Plata region.
Uruguay is a small country with a small population. As long as it defeats the Argentines, it can be annexed. To defeat Argentina, what is needed is a careful and long-lasting battle. First, separate the northern region from the Argentine territory, and then support the southern desert.
The Indians in the area fought with the Argentines. After excluding the two territories in the south and south, Argentina had less than half of the remaining territory. What our army had to do at that time was to concentrate the power of the whole country to eliminate the main force of Argentina in one fell swoop and achieve the goal of swallowing up the whales.
Act of.
Everyone, governing a big country is like cooking small vegetables, and building a big country is like cutting down big trees.
Domestically, we can get a steady stream of people from the mainland and Southeast Asia, and eventually the number of citizens will exceed that of white people in Argentina. Although Argentina has a vast territory and seems difficult to deal with on the surface, it is actually internally divided, and the central government is unable to integrate domestic forces.
develop.
I have some data. In July last year, the President of Argentina issued a decree to encourage white Europeans to immigrate to Argentina. One year later, the population of Argentina was 1.51 million.
What was the population of Argentina a year ago? Let me tell you, it was 1.57 million. In the past year, Argentina lost about 20,000 young people due to the war, and the remaining 40,000 people left the local area and migrated because of the war.
Go to Chile, Paraguay and other countries that lack white people.
Argentinian white people do not belong to the same ethnic group like the Chinese. When life at home becomes difficult to maintain, in addition to resisting, they can choose to leave and start a new life in another country. What we have to do is to eliminate those who resist and deter more white people.
He didn't dare to resist, so he chose to leave Argentina, and finally achieved his goal of monopolizing Argentina."
Li Mingyuan clearly conveyed the message of occupying Argentina at all costs. After Luo Linshan understood it, he said cautiously, "Your Highness, I agree with your idea. Rio Grande do Sul is small in area and lacks various resources for industrial development. It will not be carried out."
If we expand, our army will be increasingly at a disadvantage in the subsequent confrontation with the Brazilian Empire, until we finally lose the land that our brothers have worked so hard to acquire. Failure to expand and being content with the status quo is a recipe for death. Only expansion can break us.
The unfavorable strategic situation faced by the military."
"Since General Luo agrees with my idea, do you have a general response?"
"Your Highness, the Argentinian troops have taken away our army's camps in the northern region. The conflict between the two armies has become public. At this time, following the previous guerrilla warfare model and constantly adding small groups of troops to the northern region is useless. Our army should change its combat mode.
On the one hand, they sent out organized field troops disguised as Indians to fight against the Argentine troops. On the other hand, they sent civilians, mainly retired soldiers, to fill the land occupied by the troops. They used military-civilian cooperation to gradually encroach on the land in northern Argentina and completely eliminate the occupied areas.
Digestion."
"General Luo, if our army takes the initiative to attack northern Argentina, wouldn't it be an open declaration of war on Argentina?"
As soon as Luo Linshan finished speaking, another officer immediately questioned.
"Our military's military operations in the north are undoubtedly a real war. Why the Argentines did not declare war on Rio Grande do Sul is not because they don't want to, but because Argentina is temporarily unable to resist the military pressure of Paraguay and Rio Grande do Sul at the same time, and our military
Once again sending troops disguised as Indians, as long as we do not admit that the rebel forces in northern Argentina are the National Defense Forces, what excuse does Argentina have to declare war on us?"
"Well, the Brazilians have not recovered from the Paraguay War. Without the support and cooperation of the Brazilian Empire, the Argentines will not go to war with our army without authorization."
Li Mingyuan nodded in agreement and turned to look at Luo Linshan with admiration in his eyes.
"The size of the field army marching into northern Argentina must be controlled within a certain range. If the number is too small, it will not be effective. If the number is too large, our army will be unable to withstand the logistical pressure of long-distance cross-border operations. Moreover, too many numbers may stir up the nerves of the Argentinians and cause
They went out of their way to directly declare war on our army.
General Luo, how many troops do you think is appropriate to send?"
After Li Mingyuan analyzed it, he posed the question to the other party again.
"Northern Argentina is covered with mountains and forests, and large-scale heavy artillery units and cavalry units are not suitable for fighting there. Therefore, without provoking the bottom line of the Argentine government, I thought that two thousand field troops should be sent as a vanguard force to test the reaction of the Argentine troops, and then
Based on the results of the first phase of operations, a corresponding number of retired soldiers will be dispatched to perform the task of enriching and digesting the occupied areas."
Luo Linshan didn't dare to finish his sentence, so he answered after careful consideration.
"Two thousand people is a bit too low. Let's say 3,500 people. A mixed brigade of 2,500 people and a guard regiment of 1,000 people will form an advance army. As for the commander of the army, you, General Luo, will be the commander. General Luo,
