After successfully capturing the second line of defense, the attacking Chinese soldiers rested for half an hour before launching an attack on the Bolivian third line of defense.
The third line of defense is close to the mountain city of El Alto. The number of Bolivian soldiers defending the city reaches 800.
The attacking Chinese Independence Army soldiers cooperated with each other and used the tactics used in the morning to gradually reduce the number of Bolivian soldiers. After an hour of fighting, the Bolivian troops with 200 casualties had no choice but to withdraw from the defense line and evacuate into the city in order to preserve their strength.
Three lines of defense were taken down in one day. The rapid offensive capabilities of the Chinese Independence Army shocked Melgarejo who arrived in La Paz. He personally ordered the El Alto city guard general to guard the mountain city strictly and not to go out to fight with the Chinese Independence Army.
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After losing the first battle, the weaker side often took the initiative to attack the enemy by means of night attacks. However, after receiving strict orders from Melgarejo, the El Alto defender gave up his plan to go out to the city at night to retake the defense line, and launched the Bolivian Youth in the city.
The strong man helped defend the mountain city and repelled the subsequent attack by the Chinese Independence Army.
For two consecutive days, the two sides conducted more than ten battles around El Alto, but no progress was made and the situation entered a stalemate.
After the forceful attack failed, Li Mingyuan gave up his plan to capture El Alto City in a short time and sent troops to block the passage between La Paz City and El Alto. At the same time, reconnaissance cavalry was sent out to inquire about the movements around La Paz.
The night was dark and the cold moon was high. Two figures sneaked out of the woods and headed towards the mountain road to La Paz City.
"Deng, Deng, Deng," the sound of rapid horse hooves sounded from far to near, surrounding the two of them in a moment.
"He who is sneaking around in the middle of the night must be a spy delivering news to the city of La Paz. Tell me honestly, who sent you here?"
The leader of the Chinese cavalry pointed his saber at the two men and shouted loudly in Chinese regardless of whether they could understand.
It had been a few days since the Chinese Independence Army attacked La Paz. Small groups of troops ordered by Melgarejo continued to move towards the city of La Paz. In the past two days, soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion discovered seven Bolivian troops coming to support. The small number of troops
There were four to five hundred people, one or two thousand more, but they were all annihilated by the Chinese troops deployed on the periphery. In addition to adding military exploits to the Chinese troops on the periphery, the supporting Bolivian troops failed to defeat Melgarejo in La Paz.
Provide useful help.
"No, we are not the president's subordinates. We were sent by General Adolfo to cooperate with your army."
Contrary to the expectations of the cavalry officer, the surrounded Bolivians could actually understand what he said.
"Squad leader, are they lying to us to survive?" A cavalryman asked uncertainly.
The cavalry officer nodded, feeling that what his subordinates said made sense.
He approached two Bolivians on horseback, raised his riding crop, and was about to teach them a lesson.
"No, I didn't lie. I am really the messenger sent by General Adolfo." Seeing that the whip was about to hit him, the Bolivian hurriedly defended himself.
"Who is General Adolfo? Why does he want to cooperate with us?" the cavalry officer put down his whip and asked.
"I can't tell you. I can only tell you when I see your leader."
Worried that the news would be leaked, Adolfo waited until four days after Melgarejo left Sucre before joining forces with the central army to launch a rebellion and fight the remaining troops loyal to Melgarejo.
Melgarejo supported the city of La Paz and took away most of Sucre's troops. Later, when the war went unfavorably, Melgarejo continued to draw troops from Sucre, resulting in insufficient strength for the Sucre defenders. Adolfo suddenly launched a rebellion and succeeded.
Adolfo took one day to seize Sucre, and in the early stage, he spread the traitorous treaty signed by Melgarejo in the city of Sucre. Therefore, he did not encounter many obstacles when launching the rebellion, and quickly suppressed the counterattack of Melgarejo's forces in the city.
After initially taking control of Sucre, Adolfo sent three groups of messengers to contact the Chinese Independence Army, and the two Bolivians they encountered were the first group to set off.
The cavalry officer interrogated the Bolivians again for a few words. After getting no useful information from them, he handed them over to his superiors.
Adolfo's capture of Sucre could not be hidden from Melgarejo. After receiving the news, Melgarejo immediately summoned his generals for an emergency meeting.
"Adolfo and Frias launched a rebellion. General Sama was caught off guard and ambushed by the rebels. The remaining troops were wiped out. Sucre has now fallen into the hands of the rebels. What should you all do?
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After Melgarejo finished speaking, he stared at the dozen Bolivian generals in the hall.
The news of Sucre's fall was so sudden that if Melgarejo hadn't announced it himself, they would have thought it was a prank.
"President, General Sama has two thousand soldiers and one thousand security forces to assist him. How could he be defeated by Adolfo!" A fat man with a fat face said angrily.
"Humph, this idiot Sama, half of his two thousand soldiers were instigated by Adolfo to rebel. He was shot to death by a black gun from behind when he was leading the troops to counter the rebellion." Melgarejo said angrily.
Samar died so cowardly that none of the Bolivian generals sitting here sympathized with him. They all blamed him for the fall of Sucre and called Samar a fool who couldn't even control his own subordinates.
"President, the rebels have just occupied Sucre. We should take advantage of the rebels' unstable footing to quickly send troops to retake Sucre and minimize the impact of this incident."
As Melgarejo's younger brother, Balivian's current status and power are all due to Melgarejo. Therefore, while other generals were still wrangling in discussions, he was the first to put forward his own suggestions.
It is necessary to go back and quell the rebellion. The key is what to do about the defense of La Paz after taking away the army.
The number of Bolivian troops is insufficient. The previous president reformed the economy and laid off a large number of troops. After Melgarejo came to power, he has been busy appeasing the generals of various factions in the country and has not had time to expand the army, which has led to the current dilemma of stretched troops.
Melgarejo glanced at the Bolivian generals in front of him and frowned deeper.
The thirteen generals, except for his younger brother and three trusted generals, all of them had angry expressions but sat firmly in their seats.
Melgarejo understands what they are thinking. After all, they are all big warlords with real power. Whoever comes to power must win over them. Otherwise, without their support, neither Melgarejo nor Adolfo can hope to secure their seats.
The presidential throne under your butt.
Melgarejo hated these losers who fell in trouble, but he himself was the spokesperson selected by these Corodis.
If he offended them, he would be jointly ousted from office without Adolfo's crusade. Therefore, even though he was dissatisfied with them, Melgarejo did not dare to take action.
Brothers in war, this sentence applies everywhere. It is impossible to expect the warlords who are firmly seated in their respective positions to help them fight Adolfo. Moreover, with these warlords on the battlefield, Melgarejo is worried that they will turn around midway.
Shui, shot himself in the back with a black gun, and ended up with the same fate as Sama.
After careful consideration, Melgarejo decided to dispatch 3,000 of Balivian's soldiers and 2,000 of his own to counterattack Sucre and put an end to the rebellion launched by Adolfo.
"Everyone, the situation is urgent. I have decided to take away five thousand troops to counter the rebellion, and the remaining troops will defend La Paz City and El Alto. The specific matters will be discussed and decided by Medellin and the generals."
La Paz is an important base for Melgarejo. After transferring Balivian, he must leave a trustworthy subordinate to guard La Paz. Therefore, Melgarejo left his trusted subordinate Medellin to lead him.
The troops remaining in La Paz.
The transfer of five thousand troops had some impact on the defense of La Paz, but after mobilizing the residents of the city to assist in the defense, the troop gap was completely filled, so the general sitting here nodded and agreed to Melgarejo's arrangement.
The matter was critical. After Balivian selected 3,000 soldiers and handed over the remaining troops to Medellin,
Meet up with Melgarejo and rush to Sucre overnight.