"Everyone retreat from their positions and make way for the cavalry regiment." Zhang Ansong said loudly while looking at the advancing cavalry regiment soldiers through binoculars.
After the Peruvian artillery fired back, Zhang Ansong's soldiers had already broken away from the Peruvian army on the opposite side. After the order was given, the soldiers quickly retreated.
"All artillery fire immediately." Just as the cavalry regiment was attacking, Luo Dapao immediately ordered the artillery to bombard the Peruvian army positions in the west.
The Peruvian army in the western position was attacked with relatively low intensity, so the Peruvian soldiers on the position were constantly being transferred to reinforce other directions.
Suddenly, they were hit by a round of saturation fire from the Chinese artillery. The Peruvian soldiers on the position were instantly stunned and hid behind the bunker with their heads in their hands.
The soldiers of the cavalry regiment arrived in an instant and quickly passed through Zhang Ansong's defense line, raising a puff of smoke.
"You bullshit cavalry regiment, you dare to let me eat dust. I'll make you look good next time I meet you." A soldier was fascinated by the smoke and dust rolled up by the cavalry regiment's cavalry, and rubbed his eyes and cursed.
Other soldiers whose throats were choked by the smoke also cursed in the direction in which the cavalry regiment ran.
"Commander, our division only defends its position without attacking, and finally gives up the position to the cavalry regiment. Isn't this bullying?" Qiu Mingzhang, the commander of Zhang Ansong's first regiment, said dissatisfied.
"What's the use of you kid complaining to me? If you can, go complain to the Crown Prince. I'm still very angry."
Qiu Mingzhang did not expect that his usually gentle teacher would get so angry and lower his head without daring to speak.
Zhang Ansong was really angry. When the troops set out, he thought about a big fight with the Peruvians. However, before the attack, Li Mingyuan suddenly ordered that only the east direction should be the main attack direction, and the other two directions would be feint attacks, with the purpose of containing the troops in their respective directions.
Peruvian Army.
Zhang Ansong was dissatisfied, but in the face of a big battle, he had to keep his dissatisfaction buried in his heart. The complaints of his regiment commander ignited the dissatisfaction in his heart, so he lost his temper.
After scolding, Zhang Ansong felt better and said to Qiu Mingzhang who dared not speak in front of him, "What are you still doing? The cavalry regiment has attacked. Lead your regiment to attack with all your strength. Don't let the brats of the cavalry regiment take the limelight."
Already."
"Yes, Commander." Qiu Mingzhang was scolded by Zhang Ansong, and he was holding back his anger and preparing to take it out on the Peruvians.
The soldiers of the cavalry regiment charged at full speed, and they did not react until they were almost in front of the Peruvian position.
The artillery regiment of Luo Cannon fired a round of fire and stopped before the cavalry regiment rushed to the Peruvian position.
More than 900 war horses charged forward at full speed, making a huge earthquake rumble.
A Peruvian soldier hiding in the bunker heard the shaking and walked out of the bunker to see what was going on. He saw thousands of war horses roaring towards him.
"Enemy attack." The Peruvian soldier shouted a warning, raised his musket and was about to shoot, but was killed by a large man who ran towards him with a knife.
"The enemies on the position are left to the infantry behind. All the soldiers of the cavalry regiment should stop fighting and follow me directly to the artillery position." After killing an enemy, the commander of the cavalry regiment, Li Dawei, ordered loudly.
The Peruvian army in the western position did not expect that the Chinese Independence Army would launch a cavalry attack. They were in a hurry and the entire defense line was penetrated by the cavalry regiment.
The troops in the western position were the commander of the second brigade under Umato. Faced with a situation of inevitable defeat, he did not have the courage to accept death. He immediately led more than 200 soldiers around him to surrender, fearing that they would be killed by the Chinese if they surrendered too late.
Manslaughter by the Independence Army.
"Commander, the Peruvian defenders want to surrender to us."
"I don't have time to accept their surrender and let them surrender to the infantry behind them."
"But there is a brigade commander among them."
"Commander Zhang helped us a lot, so we gave up the Peruvian brigade commander to Commander Zhang. We still go and capture the leader of the Peruvian army." Li Dawei said generously.
The Peruvian brigade commander stayed there with more than a hundred soldiers, waiting to surrender to the cavalry regiment. However, when the cavalry regiment soldiers passed by them, they ran straight past them without stopping at all, which frightened the Peruvian brigade commander.
, thinking that the Chinese troops would not accept their surrender. They did not feel relieved until the infantry troops behind them captured them.
"Division Commander, we caught a big fish. He is the brigade commander of the Peruvian army." A soldier said excitedly.
After the cavalry regiment broke through the western defense line, the Peruvian soldiers on the position surrendered to Zhang Ansong's troops under the leadership of the brigade commander without much resistance.
"Bring him here, I want to see what the Peruvian brigade commander is like." Zhang Ansong said with satisfaction.
There were originally 4,000 Peruvian soldiers on the western defense line. Later, more than 1,000 were gradually transferred, leaving 2,700 soldiers. The fighting on the western position was not fierce, so the Peruvian army suffered only more than 200 casualties when it surrendered.
All 2,500 people were taken prisoner.
"Ask him why he surrendered so quickly." Zhang Ansong said to a Chinese officer beside him who knew Spanish.
The officer asked him a question, and then relayed the words of the Peruvian brigade commander to Zhang Ansong.
After Zhang Ansong heard this, he immediately realized that the Peruvian brigade commander was given to him by Li Dawei.
Zhang Ansong has been fighting for more than ten years. When will he be able to live up to the unearned credit given to him by others? Now he left 500 men to guard the prisoners and led the remaining soldiers to attack the town.
"Commander, the enemy has broken through the western position. Let's retreat quickly."
The artillery battalion commander on the artillery position advised.
Umato stood on a high place and saw the scene of the cavalry regiment attacking.
Now that they are retreating, it will be difficult for the Peruvian troops from the east, west, and south to retreat. Umato was struggling fiercely in his heart.
"Commander, you can still retain some soldiers if you retreat now. If it is later, all the brothers will not be able to get out."
"Fegrandet, you retreat with me and order the artillery battalion and security troops to stop them on the spot."
Time was urgent, so Umato had no choice but to abandon his vehicle to save his commander and immediately issued an order.
"Follow your orders." Fegrandet handed over the sniper mission to the chief officer of the security force, and quickly escaped with Umato.
When Umato escaped, he left all the machine guns around him. When the cavalry regiment arrived, the Peruvian machine guns caused them a lot of trouble.
The cavalry regiment and the broadsword regiment were both Li Mingyuan's treasures. Li Dawei did not dare to consume too much cavalry. When a strong attack might cause considerable losses, he stopped and waited until Zhang Ansong's infantry arrived before taking the position.
"Where is your highest officer?" After the battle, Li Dawei grabbed the chief officer of the Peruvian security force and asked.
"Captain Li, he said their commander has escaped."
said the Chinese soldier who knew Spanish.
(Peru was originally a Spanish colony, and the official pronunciation is Spanish.)
"Brothers, mount up with me and capture the Peruvian leader."
Li Mingyuan told Li Dawei the information detected by the soldiers of the reconnaissance company before he attacked.
The Peruvian artillery battalion, like the Chinese Independence Army, is directly under the jurisdiction of the headquarters. When the artillery battalion plays a significant role in the battle, the Peruvian army commander will definitely place the headquarters not far from the artillery unit and direct the artillery unit nearby to provide support for other aspects.
The commander of the Peruvian army was let go, and the artillery unit was captured by Zhang Ansong's troops. Li Dawei did not gain any benefit from the long-term battle, and of course he was not satisfied, so the cavalry regiment pursued Umato in the direction where he escaped.
Umato deployed two thousand troops in the north direction, plus the troops who joined on the way to escape. When they arrived at the ambush site arranged by Liu Pu, Umato's army numbered more than 4,700.
After nearly a third of the army escaped, Umato breathed a sigh of relief. It was impossible to rescue the city of Arequipa. Now his first priority was to bring more than 4,000 people out safely.
"Commander, the road ahead is blocked by rebels." As soon as Umato sat down to rest, he was troubled by bad news.
"All of them." Umato fired a shot into the air and said loudly, "Brothers, the road ahead is occupied by rebels. Only by defeating them can we return home safely. Do you want to go home?"
"I want to," Umato's unit is known as Peru's elite. However, after two days of emergency march, they were fiercely attacked by the Chinese Independence Army before they could rest. The more than 4,000 soldiers who were lucky enough to escape now only want to go home safely.
Don't chase the enemy. In order to return home safely, more than 4,000 Peruvian soldiers exerted their last strength and attacked the positions of the Chinese Independence Army desperately.
