The smoke dispersed and the fighting ceased. The Argentine civilians who remained in the city were organized by the National Defense Forces to clean up the houses destroyed by artillery fire. Groups of soldiers attached to the Gendarmerie Headquarters patrolled the streets in the city to monitor possible dangerous situations.
After the battle in Mas City, the headquarters of the 3rd Division and the 3rd Mixed Brigade left 300 lightly and seriously wounded soldiers. A team of 500 second-line guard soldiers were stationed in Mas City. The main force set off for the next morning.
An attack target.
On the evening of April 15, the 3rd Division and 3rd Mixed Brigade Headquarters encountered a group of Argentine militia troops reinforcing De Zamora while marching. Wu Fengdian immediately ordered the troops to launch an attack and wiped out more than 800 Argentine militiamen in the wild.
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At noon on April 16, the National Defense Forces arrived outside the city of De Zamora. After some repairs, the National Defense Forces pulled out groups of captured Argentine militiamen to demonstrate to the public, threatening the defenders of De Zamora to surrender.
The garrison strength of Dezamora was only a little over a thousand. After seeing the reality of the captured militia reinforcements and the power of a round of artillery shelling by the Wehrmacht, they reluctantly opened the city gate and surrendered to the Wehrmacht.
Desamos surrendered without a fight, and Wu Fengdian's officers and soldiers worked together. In addition to leaving another 300 troops to guard the Argentine prisoners, a large force of 10,000 people marched overnight to Florence, and then after a two-day siege,
Captured the fortified city garrisoned by more than 3,000 Argentine troops.
The war progressed step by step as Li Mingyuan expected,
On April 19, Chen Zongbai's 12,000 troops occupied Mercedes, compressed the Uruguayan troops to the vicinity of Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, cut off the communication channel between the Uruguayan troops and the Argentine Federal Army, and launched an attack on Buenos Aires.
A threatening situation has formed in northern Sri Lanka.
On April 22, 7,000 National Defense Army troops, carrying more than 40 large transport ships, and with the cooperation of two main navy ironclads, landed in Dolores, south of La Plata.
La Plata is a strategic fulcrum of Argentine President Miter's defense-in-depth plan. Not only are more than 3,000 regular troops deployed there, but Argentina's only remaining main naval fleet is also docked in the La Plata military port.
The La Plata Military Port is sunken inward and has complete defense equipment. It can dock ocean-going ships and warships with a displacement of 10,000 tons. It is an excellent deep-water port.
A frontal attack on La Plata from the sea is vulnerable to a joint attack by the local garrison and naval forts, and the attack is difficult. Therefore, the National Defense Forces landing force did not forcefully land on La Plata directly as Argentine President Mitre envisioned, but instead bypassed
A circle set the landing site at Dolores, two hundred kilometers away, and used the northern plains of Dolores to launch an attack on the city of La Plata from land.
On April 27, after five days of repeated attacks, the defenders of La Tarata City were captured by the National Defense Forces. That afternoon, without the cooperation of the army and the cover of the fort, the Argentine Navy forcibly broke through the attack from the land fort and waited outside the port.
A war broke out between the Wehrmacht and the Navy.
The main force of the Argentine Navy was seriously damaged in the transportation battle to transport troops and supplies to Buenos Aires. The two remaining ironclads and more than a dozen modified steam warships were defeated by the dominant National Defense Force naval fleet. After an hour of fighting, the two sides
One ironclad was sunk, one was severely damaged and lost steam power and was captured by the Wehrmacht Navy. The remaining dozen or so modified steam warships were also sunk as the battle continued.
At around 7 p.m., except for three or four modified steam warships, which managed to escape the battlefield under the cover of darkness at sea, the other Argentine warships either accepted the request of the National Defense Forces Navy and surrendered, or faced the attack of warship gunfire and sank to the bottom of the sea.
The latest battle reports were delivered to the National Defense Forces Headquarters through maritime and land channels. Li Mingyuan sat at the army headquarters and constantly adjusted specific combat deployments by analyzing the progress of the war.
The Buenos Aires General Offensive was a millstone of flesh and blood. From the moment the general offensive order was issued, heroic troops entered the battlefield one after another. They would soon have to be withdrawn and replaced with another due to heavy casualties.
A troop rotates.
Half a month of offensive and defensive operations tested the patience and perseverance of the commanders on both sides of the war. Facing the rows of casualty figures on the military report and the young faces in the wounded camp, Li Mingyuan's patience was being worn away little by little.
Four thousand were killed, 2,000 were seriously injured, and 7,000 were slightly injured. The total casualties of the Wehrmacht had reached nearly one-tenth of the main force, but the war was difficult to end with an overwhelming advantage.
Every soldier of the National Defense Force who has been tempered by war is a valuable asset. Reporting nearly a thousand casualties every day is something that Li Mingyuan cannot bear.
In the large tent of the military camp, a group of senior generals of the National Defense Force were sitting around the table, with solemn expressions on their faces, and no one dared to vent their anger loudly.
"Zhu Xiliang, commander of the 1st Division and 2nd Regiment!"
"I'm here."
As Li Mingyuan spoke, an officer in his thirties stood up cautiously.
"If the attack on Anulis is not successful, the commander of the second regiment of the first division will be relieved immediately and demoted to the commander of the first battalion of the second regiment!"
"I obey my orders."
The regimental commander was dismissed from his position and his military rank was lowered one level to that of battalion commander. Upon hearing Li Mingyuan's decision, Zhu Xiliang broke into a cold sweat and silently accepted the demotion without daring to complain.
"Tan Pingshan used improper tactics and caused heavy losses to his subordinates. He was immediately dismissed from active military service and assigned to the garrison..."
Seven officers who were unsuccessful in combat were dealt with in a row, and the sullenness that had been pent up for a long time was somewhat released.
"Luo Linshan."
"I'm here."
"The frontline troops' siege tactics are rigid, and you, the frontline commander, have an unshirkable responsibility!"
"I am guilty of my crime."
"Humph, confession! What I want is not a light confession. You should understand what I mean."
"Yes, I will learn from the lessons learned from previous sieges and ensure that there will be no more unnecessary casualties!"
Luo Linshan lowered his head and expressed his stance.
"As a frontline commander, if the war is not going well, you have joint and several command responsibilities. Luo Linshan, I will add another division to your strength. If you still can't control the number of casualties, I will take it upon you!"
"As ordered, I dare not disappoint His Highness."...
After singling out Luo Linshan and reprimanding him, Li Mingyuan looked around at the dozens of officers and continued, "The number of casualties in the army is too large. The frontline commanders are responsible, and I and you all are also responsible.
The casualties of 13,000 soldiers have become a fact. The results of the early war will not be mentioned for the time being. Regarding the subsequent war deployment, I think it is necessary to make changes."
"Your Highness, although our army suffered heavy casualties in the offensive and defensive battle of Buenos Aires, the number of casualties suffered by the Argentine army will not be lower than our army. I believe that changing the established combat plan midway may lead to unexpected consequences.
, please give your Highness more consideration."
After Li Mingyuan finished speaking, an officer expressed a different opinion.
"The battlefield situation changes rapidly, and our army must also learn to formulate corresponding strategic improvements as the enemy's situation changes."
Li Mingyuan put his hands on the table, leaving no room for anyone to object, and said with a final word, "Starting from April 29, the offensive troops will withdraw from the western encirclement of Buenos Aires and return to the city of Buenos Aires."
The defenders left a retreat path leading to the inland provinces, and at the same time, other troops stepped up their frontal offensive efforts, absolutely not leaving any chance for the Argentine defenders to breathe!"