Chapter 105: Oliva battle

"Yesterday morning, Lopez deployed 10,000 fortress defenders to attack the Brazilian army behind him. The fighting lasted for an afternoon. Eventually, due to the containment attack of the main Brazilian force, Lopez had to withdraw his 10,000 troops to the Tiger Fortress. , Paraguay ’s attempt to break the siege of the Brazilian army failed.
Asuncion still has 5,000 defenders, but because of the defense of the capital, these 5,000 troops will not be assigned to us. The next 5,000 Brazilian troops can only be completed by the Chinese Independent Army. "
On the Paraguay River, Li Mingyuan introduced the military situation to his officers.
"The Brazilian army marches in the mountains. The number of heavy weapons carried by the army should be small. The 40,000 field troops of the Chinese Independent Army are overwhelmed by the army. It is not difficult to solve the 5,000 Brazilian army."
Li Sandou said.
"We haven't played against the Brazilian army and we don't know how effective they are. However, according to the record of the Brazilian army, 10,000 Paraguayan forces did not take down their defensive positions for a long time. Presumably these 5,000 Brazilian troops have a good combat effectiveness. They are very likely It is the elite of the Brazilian army. I do not recommend that the entire army fight against the enemy without knowing the enemy's combat effectiveness. "
Zhou Guozhu and Li Sandou did not deal with peacetime, but what he said was very reasonable.
Garcia hopes to cut off the retreat of the US Tiger Tower fortress and determine the victory of the Paraguayan War. As a core part of this battle deployment, the 5,000 troops on the side of the offensive attack must be selected from the Brazilian coalition. Fighting against such forces would be a big loss for carelessness.
"Brazilian troops are elite and do not fake, but fighting with 10,000 Paraguayan troops for a day, their casualties will not take advantage of their exhausted military forces at this time, the main forces attack, I believe that the fighting will be resolved soon.
If a small number of troops are sent to test the opponent's actuality, it is likely that the enemy will not be able to defend it, making it more difficult to defeat the enemy. "
Both Zhou Guozhu and Li Sandou said something reasonable. Li Mingyuan put forward his own views based on the thinking of the two: "Paraguay is vacant in the rear. Little Lopez wants to seize the position occupied by the 5,000 Brazilian troops and must return from the front. These conditions should have been known by the Brazilian coalition forces, so they will be assured to send 5,000 troops boldly to block the back road of Humei Tower Fortress. "
"The Brazilian coalition and Paraguay have fought for several years. Paraguay's strengths are clear to each other. Asuncion's garrison is insufficient. Once it is deployed from Asuncion to attack the positions occupied by the Brazilian circuitous forces, it is likely that the Asuncion garrison will be defeated and After all, Asuncion without enough troops at this time will certainly not be able to withstand the attack of 5,000 Brazilian troops, and the winning Brazilian army will not give up a good opportunity to occupy Asuncion. In this way, the capital is occupied, regardless of the main force in Paraguay Whether the troops have been destroyed or not, and lost the small Lopez, which is the core base of the capital Asuncion, will become a grasshopper after the fall, and it will not be long. "
Wang Dashan agreed.
Wang Dashan, Zhou Guozhu, and others fought many battles with Li Mingyuan, and everyone stated the strategic purpose of the Brazilian army in a few words.
Knowing the enemy's strategic goals is one thing, but how to crack it requires concrete practice.
"According to news from Paraguay, Brazil occupies a place sixty miles south of Puerto Aregre, in the town of Oliva on the eastern bank of the Paraguay river."
After several people discussed, Li Mingyuan took out the map provided by Paraguay and spread it on the table, explaining that "Oliwa Town is on a high ground, and there are three fortresses built by Paraguay on the river. There are about 14 meters of on the left and right sides. , Backed by mountains and forests, no matter which side you attack from, it is not easy to occupy. "
"The town of Oliva is easy to defend and difficult to attack. How can the Paraguayan army take the geographical advantage and be captured by the Brazilians?"
Oliva's defense system is complete. It was originally a good base for defense, but now it falls into the hands of the Brazilians. This means that if you want to capture the town of Oliva, the Chinese Independence Army will have to pay a small price. Wang Dashan, who was sitting still, couldn't help complaining about the behavior of his teammates in Paraguay.
"Paraguay gathered the Tiger Tower fortress, and Lopez Jr did not expect that the enemy would bypass the frontline Paraguayan army and go straight into the town of Oliva.
It's no use complaining about Paraguayan people now, but think about how to solve the enemy in front of you! "
Li Mingyuan left the problem to the officer below. He rubbed his eyes and lay down in a chair for a while.
Liu Pu was not around, Sun Bin was also left behind and was busy absorbing Paraguayan women to join the Chinese Independence Army. All sorts of tedious things were on Li Mingyuan alone. He hadn't slept once in a few days, so Li Mingyuan had to Take a short time to rest for a while, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to face the next war command.
The following officers continued to discuss, and after half an hour, they still did not find a good way to confront the enemy.
The discussion time was not short, and it was difficult to get a good way to continue the discussion. Li Mingyuan stopped the discussion and decided to adopt a traditional offensive plan, surrounded the Brazilian army on all sides, and then sent some soldiers to take turns to attack.
In the early morning of May 26, 1868, the Chinese Independent Army launched an attack on the town of Oliva.
The town of Oliva was narrow on all sides. One attack could not accommodate too many soldiers. For the first attack, the Chinese Independent Army separated 5,000 soldiers from the shore, left and right, respectively.
The attack from the left and right was to disperse the forces of the Brazilian army ~ EbookFREE.me ~ to share the pressure for the Chinese soldiers attacking from the river bank.
Three thousand soldiers gathered in the direction of the river bank, and were commanded by the stable Wang Dashan himself to launch the first round of attack.
"Boom boom" fierce artillery shells hit the town of Oliva, a cloud of smoke stirred up from the fort, the Chinese Independent Army traveled long distances, and most of the heavy weapons remained in the rear, so most of the artillery carried by them was small and not powerful Artillery, these artillery can only leave some small pits on the fort, as for breaking the fortress of the city wall, it is still impossible.
After a round of artillery fire, before the smoke was cleared, Wang Dashan's first mixed brigade soldiers attacked the Brazilian army position.
Most of the first mixed brigade soldiers were veterans. During the initial stage of the charge, they slowly accelerated. When they were within 100 meters of the enemy's position, the experienced veterans rushed quickly and ran for a few seconds to the top five positions of the Brazilian army. A distance of sixty meters, then spread out immediately, hiding behind the cover and firing at each other.
Although the distance of fifty to sixty meters is not far, the Chinese soldiers in this position would have a hard time trying to advance to the front of the enemy.
Fifty or sixty meters in front of the Brazilian army's position was a bare open field. Four machine guns formed a cross-blocking surface on both sides of the position. Wang Dashan commanded six unsuccessful attacks and instead lost more than two hundred soldiers.
The sound of gunfire and artillery continued, and the battle lasted for three hours before gradually ending. The first attack of the Chinese Independent Army ended in failure.
On May 27, the second mixed brigade replaced the first mixed brigade.
A newly equipped grenade launched an attack on the Brazilian army,
Chinese soldier using hand
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