Chapter 6: Duraya mine

Soon after the shotgun sounded, Li Mingyuan heard the news from Wang Xiaoshan.
"Order, Chen Guozhu, Zhang Ansong immediately attacked the mine door."
The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. A little hesitation may bury a troop. As the gun fires, the army in the mine will surely flock to the city gate for reinforcements. The more the enemy is reinforced, the more difficult the Taiping Army will occupy the mine. After paying heavy casualties, Li Mingyuan could only order decisively.
明 The reason why Li Mingyuan was preparing to lead the riots in two months was actually a decision made after careful consideration.
的 The Paraguayan war that began in 1864 has been going on for more than three years, and the warring parties paid a lot of casualties in more than three years.
As the initiator of the war, Paraguay suffered more than half of its casualties, from 520 thousand before the war to 200,000 at the end of the war, and there were only more than 10,000 adult men. Paraguay almost destroyed the country.
The current President of Paraguay, Lopez Jr., is still confronting Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, but a few months later, the Paraguayan army was defeated and the capital was occupied by Brazil.
明 Li Mingyuan wants to bring together more than a hundred thousand Chinese workers in Peru while Paraguay can still support it, and form an alliance with Paraguay at a critical moment.
The three-year war not only suffered heavy losses in Paraguay, but also the three countries in Brazil. According to the memory of Li Mingyuan's previous life, Argentina and Uruguay will withdraw from the war because they cannot bear the losses, leaving only the Brazilian army to attack Paraguay. .
At this time, Brazil was the weakest, because although Brazil is huge, the twenty states that make up Brazil have great independence. As the central government leader, the emperor of Brazil has little control over the states below. If history does not change, The Brazilian emperor will be overthrown by Brazilian states in more than ten years.
有人 The Paraguayan war was supported, and of course there was opposition. When the Brazilians started the war, they did not expect it to be so difficult. In order to conduct the war, Brazil killed and injured tens of thousands of people.
Unlike the 21st century, the current South American state is dominated by white immigrants, and all white people who can participate in the army are local whites. In order to maintain white dominance, every country in South America will leave enough troops to deter Indians and black slaves.
If the white casualties are too large, it will shake the foundations of the country's rule, then the oppressed Indians and blacks will rise up and rebel.
The reason why the war can continue is because the advocates of war have seen the hope of victory, and now the war is stopped, and the Brazilians can not stand it. The materials and other necessities consumed by the war are bought from the European powers to mortgage their national interests. If they cannot win, then their losses will be too great.
In fact, the Paraguayan war can be described as a war that was doomed to failure. After the war, Paraguay was in a slump, and Brazil's economy suffered a huge blow. Before the war, Brazil's economy developed rapidly and its per capita income reached the average level of European countries. However, after the war, Brazil In addition to some land, huge human casualties were also paid. The modernization process of the country was interrupted. The originally rich countries carried a large amount of foreign debt. Brazil missed the golden time for development and became an economic colony of European countries. .
European powers do not want to see a strong Brazil rise. Li Mingyuan used this opportunity to help Paraguay eliminate the main force of invasion of Brazil, and then occupied Brazil's southernmost Rio Grande do Sul as a base. The powers will not interfere too much.
European powers hope that Brazil will become more chaotic. As long as the Taiping Army led by Li Mingyuan resists the counterattack of the Brazilian army and proves their strength, the European powers will also be happy to succeed.
With the presence of Li Mingyuan's power, Brazil will rely more on European powers. European countries have been fighting for thousands of years. The best thing is to strike a balance. If Li Mingyuan behaves obediently and safeguards their interests, they will not fight against the Taiping Army.
"Shizi, the enemy's firepower is very fierce, and Uncle Chen asked to slow down the attack." The words of Ling Ling interrupted Li Mingyuan's thinking.
"Go, follow me to the front." Li Mingyuan waved, and the reserve soldiers behind him quickly followed.
In front of the battlefield, five or six cannons made of stone blocks attacked the Taiping Army soldiers below the city, and soldiers hit by artillery and muskets continued to fall on the attacking road.
"Shizi, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, and a storm will cause huge casualties." Chen Guozhu's face was blackened by artillery fire, excited.
明 Li Mingyuan looked at the artillery that did not break the fire, and he turned to the artillery platoon without turning his head. "Cannon, are you sure you gave me six cannons on the gate?"
"Shizi, the gates are too far away for our artillery to reach."
"Damn" Li Mingyuan cursed, there was a feeling of humiliation,
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"Uncle Chen, can't wait any longer. The longer the delay, the more bad it is for us. I order everyone to prepare for the attack immediately."
"Shizi ..., the brothers will not have much left in this way." Zhang Ansong advised.
明 Li Mingyuan exhaled softly to keep his brain sane,
"Uncle Zhang, Uncle Chen, and the Taiping generals who are sitting are all my brothers. I know that a strong attack will cost a lot of casualties, but if we do n’t do this, we will only have a dead end. Between life and death, we ca n’t tolerate women, right away. I will personally lead you to the siege. If I fail, I will accompany you to death. "
"Seiko, ..."
"I'm done, don't persuade."
"Dashan, check the weapons, my pistol rang, and all charged"
"Yes" Wang Dashan, shouted, staring firmly at Li Mingyuan.
"Shizi, look, the Peruvians fought on their own." Li Mingyuan took out his pistol and was about to order all the members to attack. He heard an excited voice and looked up. There was a fierce crossfire in the rear of Peru. The door slowly opened to reveal a dozen Chinese figures.
"Brothers, the Chinese brothers in the city opened the gates of the city, everyone rushed with me." Li Mingyuan shouted, the General of the Taiping Army nearby noticed the changes on the city wall and rushed up.
The city gate was opened, and the Peruvian army on the city wall was obviously disorganized. Hundreds of soldiers were dispatched to support it. At this moment, the Taiping generals quickly rushed up, a row of bullets passed, and the Peruvian army near the city gate was wounded. More than a dozen, the remaining Peruvian soldiers looked hopeless and ran back.
Because of the help of the Chinese in the city, the Taiping Army captured Duraya without huge casualties.