The Chinese Independence Army stormed the city of El Alto and formed a frontal suppression situation against the city of La Paz. However, due to the isolation of the Real Mountains, the Bolivian troops in La Paz could retreat from the back city without being known by the Chinese Independence Army.
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The next morning, when Li Mingyuan met with the two Bolivians, Melgarejo had led 5,000 soldiers and had been setting out for nearly eight hours.
After learning that Adolfo had captured Sucre, Li Mingyuan speculated that Melgarejo would probably go back to put down the rebellion in person.
So they sent troops to launch exploratory attacks on El Alto and La Paz, and sure enough they discovered anomalies.
The generals left by Melgarejo once again searched for the residents in the city and defended the city. Although the number of people was slightly larger than before Melgarejo left, the overall defense capability of La Paz City had dropped a lot.
"I have some bad news for you. Your president left with his troops tonight and should be on his way to Sucre now."
After confirming that Melgarejo was not in the city, Li Mingyuan said to the two Bolivia messengers.
The purpose of the two Bolivians contacting the Chinese Independence Army was to hold Melgarejo back and buy time for Adolfo to integrate Sucre's army.
But now that Melgarejo suddenly led his troops to Sucre, the pressure on Adolfo suddenly increased.
"General, Melgarejo traveled all night, and he will definitely not be able to get far. I beg the general to send troops to intercept and destroy Melgarejo's army."
"Your Excellency, coming from Sucre, should know the terrain around La Paz. If we don't capture the city of La Paz, it will be impossible for our army to send a large force to pursue Melgarejo's troops."
Due to the terrain restrictions around La Paz, if you want to bypass the city of La Paz, you have to go more than 300 miles and cross the Real Mountains to find the road to Sucre.
Before attacking La Paz City, Li Mingyuan sent 500 soldiers to check the surrounding terrain and look for a way to attack La Paz City from behind.
But it is a pity that although a mountain road was found that bypassed the city of La Paz, it was too steep. The road was narrow and could only accommodate one person. Moreover, the mountain road was located on a cliff. If you were not careful, you would fall off the cliff and not survive.
possible.
After discovering this mountain road, Li Mingyuan personally led a hundred special forces soldiers to check it out. Whether it was from his special forces officers or based on Li Mingyuan's own experience, he finally came to the conclusion that the large forces wanted to bypass this road.
It is impossible to get to the back of La Paz. Although the special forces soldiers can use temporary mountain ropes and other tools to pass through the mountain roads, the number of special forces soldiers is limited. It is conservatively estimated that there are no more than a hundred special forces soldiers who can reach the opposite side safely.
It is too dangerous to pass through the mountain road, and even if a hundred special forces soldiers are sent, without the help of heavy weapons such as machine guns and artillery, a hundred special forces soldiers will not be able to take the city of La Paz. Therefore, after the on-site inspection, Li Mingyuan refused to command the special forces.
The battle plan behind the officer’s proposal to bypass La Paz through mountain roads.
Adolfo took the initiative to contact the Chinese Independence Army to seek cooperation, which would be beneficial to both parties. Li Mingyuan did not want to watch Adolfo be defeated by Melgarejo, so he spoke again: "If you want to help General Adolfo rescue the siege, you must first do
The most important thing is to take the city of La Paz, and I need General Adolfo to show sincerity for this."
It is not easy to attack the city of La Paz from the outside, but if there are troops to cooperate from inside the city, it will be much easier to attack the city of La Paz from both inside and outside.
Since the Chinese Independence Army stationed outside the city of Cabas, the Bolivian army in La Paz has closed the city gates and strictly monitored all the trails leading outside the city. If the two Bolivians can get out of the city safely, they will definitely get inside La Paz.
The military leader secretly gave permission, so Li Mingyuan speculated that there were Adolfo's people in La Paz.
Li Mingyuan's intention was to let the two Bolivians act as messengers again, get in touch with the Bolivian officers in the city who released them, and cooperate with each other to capture the city of La Paz.
Li Mingyuan's guess was very close to the truth, but it was a little different from the facts.
Before the two Bolivias set off, Adolfo not only verbally promised to cooperate with the Chinese Independence Army, but also gave them a blueprint wrapped in leather. Adolfo told them to hand it over when they met the leader of the Chinese Independence Army.
Just now Li Mingyuan told the news that Melgarejo led the troops to attack Sucre. Because they were nervous that Sucre would be captured, they did not hand over the drawings immediately. Now that they heard Li Mingyuan asked Adaofu to show sincerity in cooperation, they thought about the drawings.
He carefully took out the drawing that was close to his body and handed it out respectfully: "General Adolfo asked us to give this drawing to the general. It should be able to provide help to your army."
The two Bolivians misunderstood what Li Mingyuan meant, but Li Mingyuan didn't care. He took the drawing and started to look at it.
This drawing is the fortification layout diagram of El Alto and La Paz. The fortification structure and troop deployment in each place are carefully marked at the bottom of the drawing.
A smile appeared on Li Mingyuan's lips. With the complete fortification maps of La Paz and El Alto, and the corresponding cooperation from the city government, he was 90% sure of conquering the city of La Paz.
"Thank you General Adolfo for me. I am very satisfied with the drawings he sent." Li Mingyuan chuckled and then thought: "However, these should not be all General Adolfo's bargaining chips. There should be his internal agents in La Paz.
Otherwise you won’t get here smoothly, I’m right!”
"The general is wise. The guard officer of the south city of La Paz used to be a subordinate of General Adolfo. We only passed the inspection with his acquiescence."
"Yes, with the cooperation of the city gate guards, it will be easy to capture the city of La Paz. Tonight, I will send two squads of soldiers to escort you into the city of La Paz, and then get in touch with the city gate guards and agree on a time to let our troops enter the city.
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There were Adolfo's subordinates in the city of La Paz. Li Mingyuan guessed this well, but what happened next was far from what he imagined.
"General, the Nanchang Guard Officer is indeed a subordinate of General Adolfo, but when we left the city, he had already received the task of going out to collect food, and now he has also left La Paz City. It is difficult to contact him.
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A Bolivian explained.
"Going out of the city to collect food?" Li Mingyuan couldn't help feeling amused. The Nancheng guard officer helped the two messengers leave the city and sold Adolfo a favor. At the same time, he used the excuse of going out to collect food to leave La Paz, a place of right and wrong, and stay out of the matter.
Please both sides.
Heroes emerge from troubled times. In this chaotic period of warlord rule in South America, a middle-level city defense officer knows how to judge the situation and seek to maximize his own interests. Melgarejo and Adolfo fight. If Adolfo wins,
, he will remember the favor of the city garrison officer for helping him, and if Melgarejo wins, he will also reward the south city garrison officer who raised food for the city garrison. No matter who wins or loses,
The guards in Nancheng will not suffer any loss. As expected, those who can survive in troubled times are not fuel-efficient lamps.
The Nancheng guard officer's calculations were ringing, but Li Mingyuan's calculations failed.
Without internal cooperation, even if they get the fortification map, the Chinese Independence Army will have to pay a certain amount of casualties if they want to quickly capture El Alto and La Paz. Therefore, what Li Mingyuan has to consider now is how to learn the opponent's fortification configuration.
Under the circumstances, minimize the number of casualties of the Chinese Independence Army.
