The Chinese troops were not the only ones who couldn't sleep tonight. Iquidok, the commander of Arequipa's garrison, was also woken up by his adjutant.
"You're disturbing me from resting so damn late."
"The commander is in trouble. A large group of unidentified troops have come outside and have surrounded Arequipa."
"What does Anderson do for a living? I don't know if he is surrounded by others." Iggy Doc cursed.
"What are you doing here? Why don't you bring me my gun?" Iggydok cursed and kicked the adjutant.
Igidok was furious, and the adjutant did not dare to offend him, so he resigned and retreated.
Getting angry can't solve the problem. After getting angry, Igidok had to face the problem in front of him.
The army besieging the city must be rebellious Chinese laborers. Although their specific number is unknown, they dare to besiege Arequipa, and there must be at least 40,000 to 50,000 people.
"Bullshit President Black, I reported two days ago that the rebels might attack Arequipa, but he still didn't believe it, so I was surrounded by the rebels." Iquidok looked at the map on the wall and cursed secretly.
It can be seen from the map that all the saltpeter producing areas in southern Peru are occupied by the Chinese army, and the city of Arequipa is on the front line of bordering with the Chinese army.
Iquidoc was able to become the top military commander of an important town in Peru because he did not know anything about military matters.
When asking for help from the President of Peru, he also mobilized workers in the city to build city fortifications, but the Chinese army moved much faster than he expected. Before the city defenses were completed, the Chinese army had already attacked.
Ijidok has been paying attention to the movements of the Chinese army. Yesterday, he also heard reports from his subordinates that the Chinese rebels' mopping up troops were shrinking back and preparing to retreat, but tonight they suddenly laid siege to the city. There must be something fishy in it.
Ijidok pondered hard, and suddenly thought that Duraya should have fallen because of the Chinese in the city.
"Could it be that there are also Chinese spies in the city?"
Arequipa is the industrial base of Peru. All local Peruvians live in the city. After Chinese workers come to work in the city, they will be moved out of the city at night. Therefore, Iquidoc rules out that the city workers collude with the Chinese rebels.
possible.
"Since it can't be a local Chinese worker, it must be a Chinese rebel spy who sneaked into the city and got the truth about the garrison in the city."
The more Ijidok thought about it, the more he felt that this was a possibility. He looked away from the map and shouted, "Check if there are any suspicious people entering the city recently, and immediately send three groups of messengers to Moyendo, Puno, and
Cusco garrison calls for reinforcements."
"Yes" the guard replied and quickly ran away.
Realizing that there might be rebel spies sneaking into the city, Iquidok left 500 soldiers to maintain order in the city and led 1,500 people to reinforce the city gate.
When Ijidok led the troops to march in the city, Sun Qisheng and others hidden in the corner were looking for opportunities to strike.
"Platoon Leader Wang, are you sure you can kill the officer riding in front of you?" Sun Qisheng pointed at Ijidok and said.
"The distance is too far." Wang Chenglin shook his head.
With Cai Jiu and others as guides, Suo Qisheng and the soldiers of the special brigade lurked on the only road leading to the city gate, preparing to kill Iquidok and take advantage of the leaderless chaos of Arequipa's defenders to attack the city.
The troops outside create opportunities for siege.
Unexpectedly, Ijidok was heavily guarded, and Sun Qisheng and others could not get close to him at all.
"Let him survive for a few more days, and we will evacuate first."
When the special forces brigade was established, Li Mingyuan gave them several days of lectures, telling them that the main core of special operations is to flexibly change strategies to achieve goals.
Therefore, Ijidok could not be killed this time, so Sun Qisheng retreated decisively and prepared the next ambush plan.
Ichidok was riding on the horse, unaware that he was almost killed by someone else.
The soldier just reported to him that a group of Indians had bought injured laborers who were building city fortifications. After listening to the soldier's report, and combined with previous speculations, Iquidok had determined that the injured laborers were bought by rebel spies who sneaked into the city.
, the spies obtained some information about Arequipa's defenders through the mouths of the workers, and then passed it on to the rebels outside the city.
To understand this, Ikidok detached two hundred soldiers, led by a battalion commander, to search for the whereabouts of the Chinese spies.
"Captain, the city is under martial law. There are hundreds of Peruvian soldiers on the street arresting Chinese people. Some Indians who look like Chinese have been arrested by them." In a dilapidated residence, Wang Chenglin said to Sun Qisheng.
"Captain Sun, Iquidok must have discovered our traces." Cai Jiu, who had lived in Arequipa for several years, was the first to react.
"Haha, the chief guard of Arequipa is very vigilant, but if he wants to search us out like this, he would be looking down on us." Sun Qisheng sneered, and then said, "Brothers, lead Iquidok.
With most of the reserve team gone, the guards at his home must be relatively empty. We sneak into his home first and take him down in one fell swoop when he comes back."
The security forces that protect Igidok are always by his side. If Igidok goes to the city gate to support him, his troops will not stay at home, so now Igidok's home is the most defenseless.
The most dangerous place is often the safest place. When the Peruvian army was searching for Chinese spies throughout the city, they would never have thought that the spies were hiding in the home of the commander of the city defense.
Countless torches were densely lit outside the four city gates. Because it was midnight, the defenders on the city wall could not see the number of troops outside the city and did not dare to attack rashly. They hid on the city wall to guard against the attack of the Chinese army.
"Anderson, what did I tell you? Pay close attention to the movements of the Chinese rebels, but it's good for you. The enemy surrounded Arequipa. Only then did you know how you said I should punish you." Iquidok
He pointed at the general guarding the city gate and cursed.
"Commander, I am not derelict in my duty. I sent five reconnaissance teams before and after my duty, but none of them came back. When I was about to send people to check the news, I found the rebels appeared in front of the city gate. As soon as I discovered the enemy's situation, I hurriedly reported to you.
Reported," Anderson explained.
After hearing what he said, Igidok's expression softened a little and asked, "Have you sent troops to explore their true and false status?"
"I couldn't see clearly the number of rebels at night, so I didn't rush to send troops."
"The total number of Arequipa defenders is only 7,000. Sending troops before knowing the strength of the enemy will only lead to unnecessary losses. You were right not to send troops this time."
"Commander, I'm worried that the enemy will attack the city with heavy artillery, so even if we have 7,000 men, we won't be able to defend the city," Anderson said.
The Chinese army had captured heavy artillery, and the defenders of Arequipa also knew it, so Anderson was worried that the city could not be defended.
"This rebel army should be marching overnight without having time to carry heavy siege artillery. For now, the city of Arequipa is safe, but their reinforcements will arrive almost tomorrow, and then it will be really difficult, so we must stick to Arequipa.
Three days in Kipa City until reinforcements arrive."
"Commander, please rest assured that I will not let go of a single rebel soldier in my humble position." Anderson promised.
"This battle is the biggest crisis that the city of Arequipa has ever encountered, so I will defend the city with you." Iquidoc didn't want to stay on the city wall and suffer, but if the city was broken, he wouldn't survive, so
Only then did he take the initiative to defend the city and boost morale.
"Commander, as long as I'm at the city gate, you'd better go back and rest."
"I've already decided, you don't need to say more."