ps: I have to review for the exam recently, so there won’t be many updates, please forgive me.
"Boom boom boom"
The three defensive artillery fired for the first time, and the shells hit the dense attacking crowd, causing more than 20 casualties.
The first test firing of the three artillery pieces achieved good results, adding a lot of confidence to the Bolivian soldiers on the city wall.
"After the test firing, all units are preparing for the first salvo, targeting the enemy's siege ladder."
The city-defending artillery officer directed his artillerymen to prepare for firing, and then suddenly lowered the command flag in his hand.
"emission"
When the order came down, eight heavy artillery pieces and a dozen light artillery pieces fired shells one after another.
The sound of artillery roared, and more than twenty large and small artillery shells hit the formation of the Indian army attacking the city, immediately disrupting their offensive formation.
The open space outside the north city is relatively east, and the open space outside the west city wall is wide. However, more than 6,000 Indians and Chinese soldiers launched an attack together, which still made the open space appear not very wide.
"Don't be chaotic, maintain the offensive formation, and charge forward another hundred meters. The enemy's artillery shells will be of no use! Brothers, charge forward with me."
The shells roared, and the Chinese officer commanding a ladder shouted an order.
"boom"
A shell landed seven or eight meters to the left of the Chinese officer, directly destroying a moving ladder, and most of the Indian soldiers holding the ladder were lost.
"Platoon leader, are you okay?" The wave caused by the shell knocked the Chinese officer to the ground. The soldiers behind him quickly stepped forward and helped the Chinese officer up.
"Don't help me, keep moving forward, I'll just be a target if you stay here!" The Chinese officer stood up and ordered loudly, ignoring the roar in his ears.
"yes"
Realizing that the commander was fine, the Chinese soldiers quickly returned to their positions and pushed the ladder forward.
On the city walls of La Paz, Medellin observed the battlefield situation from a high position.
Advancing against the enemy's artillery fire, the attacking force arrived within 80 meters of the northern city of La Paz at the cost of 500 casualties, less than 100 meters away from the city wall. The threat to the attacking force from the Bolivian defenders' artillery weakened. At this time, the two
Fang soldiers shot at each other across the city wall.
Fifteen Chinese soldiers holding shields formed a team and guarded both sides of the ladder to protect the soldiers below the ladder from enemy threats.
Sixty meters, thirty meters, ten meters, the huge ladder and logs finally reached the edge of the city wall. The ladder was lifted up and placed on the city wall with a clang. The Chinese soldiers below began to climb up the ladder.
On the city wall of La Paz, Medellin, who personally supervised the battle, looked increasingly ugly. Are these the same uncivilized Indians as before? Normally, the Bolivian army would just fire a burst of musketry, and these Indians would break up and run away.
But these Indians in front of them, led by a few Chinese officers, not only dared to attack the Bolivian army, but they were able to persist in the attack even though they suffered five or six hundred casualties. Could it be that the Chinese army was really so powerful?
Can a cowardly Indian become brave in just a few days?
The more Medellin thinks about it, the more he becomes afraid. Now it is difficult for the Indians under the Chinese army to deal with it. If the Chinese independent army were to attack with the main force, how long can La Paz City hold on?
Ladders were erected one after another on the city wall, and the Bolivian soldiers hiding behind the shooting crenels felt increasingly powerless.
"General, there are more and more enemies, and my men are almost unable to withstand them. I kindly ask the general to send reinforcements for support."
Leaving the task of defending the city to his deputy, the chief defense officer of the North City ran to Medellin to ask for support.
"There are no reinforcements. There are enemies attacking both the east city and the west city. The last one is ready to be sent to support the west city. Now I have no troops to send."
Medellin Road.
"General, the enemy's offensive power in the east city is weak. It would be a waste to place a large number of troops in the east city. I kindly ask the general to mobilize reinforcements from the east gate, otherwise the north city will not be protected."
The battle in Beicheng is fierce. Although there are enemies attacking from the east and west, the intensity of the attack and the number of enemies cannot be compared with Beicheng. Therefore, Medellin believes that the main attack direction of the Chinese Independence Army is the North Gate, and at this time, the troops will be wasted on other areas.
The place was not conducive to defending the city, so Medellin agreed to his subordinates' suggestion and mobilized troops from the East City to support the North City.
The distance between the East City and the North City is not far. After receiving the order from Medellin, the East City garrison immediately sent out a thousand soldiers to reinforce the North Gate. With the addition of a thousand new troops, the North City garrison immediately attacked the Chinese soldiers and Indian soldiers who climbed the city wall.
Launched a counterattack, constantly pushing them towards the city wall, temporarily reversing the unfavorable situation of the La Paz defenders.
During the battle between the two armies, not only did Medellin personally come to the battlefield to command, but Li Mingyuan was also behind the attacking troops observing every move on the battlefield.
The false attack is real, the real is false. Feint attack does not mean to show off, it is just to attack a wave and then retreat. Feint attack can also be fought with the intensity of the main attack. After mobilizing the enemy's effective strength, a little breakthrough is made, and then the enemy's defense line is destroyed.
At the right time, all the combat power will be deployed, and it will bloom in all directions. Every direction of attack can become the main direction of attack.
"Your Majesty, the enemy's strength in Dongcheng is empty. Our army has been waiting for an opportunity. Should we order the troops to attack immediately?"
Liu Pudao.
"Well, tell them they can take action." Li Mingyuan put down the telescope and said with a smile: "We have been under La Paz for a few days, and now it's time to pull out this nail."
"With La Paz taken, there should be no large-scale fighting before fighting the Brazilian army."
Liu Pu sent a messenger and then continued.
"The attack on La Paz consumes a lot of ammunition. I will have to take more compensation after entering the city."
Before the battle in La Paz, Li Mingyuan did not plan to plunder the Bolivian city. However, after the conflict with the Melgarre country, Li Mingyuan changed his mind.
After all, La Paz is one of the largest cities in Bolivia. The only city in Bolivia that can equal La Paz is Sucre. It would be foolish to let such a big trophy go.
Li Mingyuan spoke very straightforwardly, and Liu Pu naturally understood.
"Forget about the ordinary residents in La Paz. After all, the troops have to march a long distance in Bolivia. If the soldiers are allowed to rob Bolivian residents, it will have a negative impact on the march behind the troops."
"Well, after entering the city, the troops only confiscated the Bolivian government's property. As for ordinary residents, as long as they are not enemies of our army, we will leave them alone."
Li Mingyuan said.
…
Before the city of La Paz was captured, Li Mingyuan and Liu Pu began to discuss the issues after occupying the city. However, the issues they considered were not redundant. After the order was issued, the troops attacking the east city quickly launched an attack.
Two light artillery were placed on the mounds built outside the East City. Because the distribution map of La Paz's fortifications was obtained by the Chinese Independence Army, the two artillery had a place to use. According to the data marked on the map, they launched an artillery bombardment on the East City.
The accurate artillery fire of the Chinese Independence Army destroyed the defenders' artillery hidden behind the city wall. Shortly after the attack began, several artillery pieces of the Dongcheng defenders were destroyed by two artillery pieces of the Chinese Independence Army.
There was no artillery support, and the Dongcheng defenders were insufficient. Half an hour after the attack was launched, the Chinese offensive troops stormed the east city wall. As for the Dongcheng defenders, except for a small number who escaped, the rest were either killed by Chinese soldiers or raised their hands.
surrender.
The East City was defeated, and there were loopholes in the entire city defense system of La Paz. When they first learned about the fall of the East City, Medellin tried hard to gather 800 people to go to support, but in less than ten minutes, less than ten reinforcements were sent back.
Half, and they were followed by more than two hundred Chinese soldiers.
The last effort to defend La Paz failed, and Medellin gave up hope and quickly fled toward the south gate, escorted by hundreds of soldiers around him.
As soon as Medellin escaped, the other warlords in La Paz, not to be outdone, pulled down the city walls and fled through the south gate.
The Chinese Independence Army had only a limited number of people to attack the city wall at the beginning. In addition, they had to divide their forces to encircle and suppress the remaining defenders on the city wall, so they had no chance to prevent the enemy from escaping through the south gate.
The Bolivian soldiers ran away, and Li Mingyuan didn't care much about it. What he valued was the wealth and materials in the city, because these things were the most helpful to the Chinese Independence Army.
The sound of a cannon brings a thousand taels of gold. War is the best way for a force to develop and grow.
The Chinese Independence Army was very poor in the early days of the uprising. It relied on constant fighting to seize Peruvian minerals, weapons, and wealth to become the elite force it is today. Therefore, Li Mingyuan did not object to wars in which the gains outweighed the costs.
