The night was dark and the fighting was raging. Groups of Argentine soldiers lined up in dense formations to attack, but were immediately driven back by artillery fire and machine gunfire.
More and more corpses were left on the battlefield. As dawn approached, dead Argentine soldiers were scattered all over the perimeter of the two to three mile long defense line.
Under the firepower of the National Defense Forces, the desperate breakout became a naked act of suicide. At about 5 o'clock in the morning, seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, Argentine President Mitre was unwilling to suffer the humiliation of being captured and ended his life with a pistol. However, Argentina, with less than 2,000 people left,
The soldiers, led by Colonel Blester, laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Wehrmacht.
As the largest armed force in Buenos Aires surrendered, most of the other stragglers who spontaneously resisted the National Defense Forces chose to give up their meaningless resistance and surrender after learning about the death of President Mitre, while a few stubborn ones
The remaining armed forces were wiped out one by one under the targeted attacks of the National Defense Forces.
After the war ended, except for the civilians who fled out of the city, the Argentinians who were reluctant to part with their property in the city stayed trembling in their homes, praying devoutly for God's blessing and that the National Defense Force would not kill them and rob their property, wives and children.
If the big city of Buenos Aires seemed to have turned into a dead city after the war, the corpses of uncollected Argentine soldiers and the ruins of collapsed houses were everywhere. Some corpses that had been killed for a long time were not buried in time.
A putrid stench filled the turbid air.
Luo Linshan carefully avoided the dead bodies at his feet, walked forward for more than thirty meters, and came to a slightly clean street entrance. He told the officers beside him, "His Royal Highness will inspect the situation in the city at nine o'clock in the morning. Please notify those who enter the city."
Follow the army doctor and ask them to carry the prepared disinfectants to the main streets in the city and carry out necessary disinfection and sterilization on each street."
"General He and his brothers in the garrison are assisting Dr. Sun in the military hospital in treating the wounded. I estimate it will take some time before they can get to the city."
"Our army has conquered the city of Buenos Aires and has suffered many casualties. It seems that the doctors at the military hospital will be busy for a while."
Luo Linshan recalled the several months of siege warfare and somewhat understood the difficulties faced by military hospitals.
"General, there are a group of sergeants in the division's logistics support team who have received simple disinfection training. How about bringing them up first to carry out preliminary disinfection and sterilization in the city?"
"Well, let's arrange it this way for the time being."
Luo Linshan nodded, and then said, "There were eight or nine thousand young migrant workers who entered the city with the army yesterday. With my warrant, you can temporarily assemble a group of young migrant workers from the city to be responsible for cleaning up the enemy's corpses and rubble."
This matter needs to be settled before His Highness’ inspection, so go and recruit people now.”
“Let’s do it now.”…
After handing over the tasks of cleaning up the ruins in the city and protecting Li Mingyuan's safety, Luo Linshan was about to return to the military camp when he saw Wu Fengdian leading the troops into the city in a hurry.
"Commander Wu, I haven't seen you for a few months. How are you doing?"
"General Luo."
Wu Fengdian recognized the identity of the person in front of him, reined in the reins, stood up and dismounted and greeted Luo Linshan, "I just arrived outside the city and heard that General Luo led his soldiers to annihilate the army of Argentine President Mitre. It really makes me envious!"
"Haha, it all depends on the Crown Prince to strategize and win the battle. Mr. Luo just mobilized the troops according to His Highness's instructions!"
As everyone carried the sedan chair, Luo Linshan made a modest polite comment and then asked about the other party's situation.
"Brigadier Wu sent someone to report five days ago that the Third Mixed Brigade would arrive in Buenos Aires yesterday. Why was it delayed for one day?"
"The situation changed midway. Our unit was attacked by local armed forces in Argentina the evening before yesterday, so it was delayed for a day."
"Can Brigadier Wu figure out the identity of the enemy? The strength of the third mixed brigade is nearly 10,000. The strength of the troops that can delay Brigadier Wu for a day must not be underestimated."
"It was the Argentine reinforcements from the direction of Cordoba. In order to complete the task of gathering in Buenos Aires, our troops had a face-to-face encounter with the enemy. The two sides fought and fought until they marched to the town of Balleste.
Nearby, we will meet the first unit of the garrison, and the Argentinians will give up entangled with our unit."
"The enemy troops Brigadier Wu encountered should be Urquiza's troops. After the Argentine federal army was wiped out by our army, the only force that could confront our army head-on was Urquiza."
"I also think so. The city of Buenos Aires is about to be defeated. Urquiza and its affiliated forces are aware of their own crisis and have repeatedly recruited young men from the rear to support the frontline troops in combat. The third brigade
Based on the combat experience experienced in the past half month, it is estimated that the total number of Argentine militiamen recruited from various places may reach 50,000."
"Fifty thousand people?"
Luo Linshan predicted the accuracy of the number of Argentine militiamen in his mind, and then smiled and said, "The main force was completely wiped out. Urquiza must have tried his best, but he could only squeeze out 50,000 to 60,000 people at most."...
The Battle of Buenos Aires was over, and what was left to Li Mingyuan was not only a broader future for Han in South America, but also a series of complicated things that needed to be dealt with personally.
The National Defense Forces suffered 6,100 killed and 7,400 wounded, the garrison suffered 2,000 killed and 4,000 wounded, and the young migrant workers suffered 3,000 casualties. The National Defense Forces annihilated more than 90,000 Argentine Federal Forces at a total cost of about 23,000 casualties. If we include
The local warlords in Argentina were wiped out, and the Argentine side lost more than 100,000 troops.
The personnel loss of more than 23,000 people is completely valuable in the face of the war results achieved. Excluding the troops lost in battle, wounded, and non-combat attrition, the frontline troops of the National Defense Forces, supplemented by young people in the rear and supplemented by militia, have always maintained a strength of about 220,000.
The number of soldiers that can be recruited in the Han Kingdom ranges from 500,000 to 700,000. The Songun political system that lasted for ten years provided a large number of reserve soldiers for the National Defense Force. However, compared with the size of the country with a total population of 6 million, it is very small.
At the critical juncture of national genocide, Li Mingyuan would not choose the extreme method of squandering all the resources to fight against the great powers.
Based on the future development of local industry and economy and the logistical supply pressure on frontline troops, maintaining a regular army of 220,000 will almost reach the limit of the Han Dynasty. If the number of troops increases further, not only will it be difficult to guarantee logistics supplies, but also the weapons and equipment of each army will be difficult to maintain.
Ammunition supplies will also face a crisis of collapse.
After more than two months of overload operation, the war materials stored in the country were consumed at an alarming rate. More than 200 large and medium-sized artillery pieces were used, 170,000 rounds of artillery shells were consumed, 7 million rounds of rifles and machine gun bullets were consumed, and 7,400 war materials of various types were consumed.
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The rapidly decreasing material reserves limit the combat capabilities of the frontline troops. At the same time, in order to cope with the intervention of the British Expeditionary Force and the Brazilian Army, the National Defense Forces must adjust their organizational structure after achieving their main combat objectives, decentralizing and concentrating the main forces.
For several large combat units, use multi-point operations to clear out the armed forces of local warlords in Argentina and achieve the strategic goal of keeping the enemy outside the country.
