Chapter 91: Siege

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In the northern city of La Paz, Medellin led a number of officers to inspect the defense of the city walls.
Beibei is the focus of the defense of La Paz. Half of the defenders in La Paz gather here, but after personally observing the morale of the defenders, Medellin was somewhat disappointed.
Melgarejo took 5,000 soldiers to fight the rebellion, the number of elite soldiers in the city was reduced by half, and the morale of the soldiers left was greatly affected as Melgarejo evacuated from La Paz.
Although Melgarejo ordered his subordinates to block the news of his departure before leaving, but how could 5,000 people retreat overnight without any movement. This morning, some informed officers were discussing Melgarejo's departure, and then the news It spread quickly, and by noon, almost half of the garrison soldiers knew the news.
When Medellin made a surprise inspection, he saw just two or two soldiers gathered around and discussing.
"The army's heart is floating, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the battle of defending the city cannot be optimistic!"
Medellin sent troops to punish several soldiers who spread the news and temporarily maintained the order of the garrison troops, but he had no better solution to the situation at hand.
When the news of Sucre's capture came, Medellin suggested that Melgarejo reconciled with the Chinese Independent Army and agreed to let them transit, but Melgarejo considered more. He was worried that his attitude would soften once he got there. , Will make the Chinese independent army aware of the situation they are facing, and then make more excessive demands,
Therefore, Melgarejo did not accept Medellin's proposal, but instead pinned his hopes on the timely suppression of the Adolfo rebellion, and then led his troops to support La Paz. As for his departure these days, it was up to Medellin and The garrison soldiers resisted the Chinese attack.
La Paz is easy to defend and difficult to attack, abundant armaments and grains, and it is not a problem to persist for two months under the attack of the same force, but no matter how good the city defense fortifications are,
以来 Since Bolivia's independence, some of the older generation's independence patriarchs are still alive, but forty years have not experienced great warfare, and the current Bolivian soldiers are not as effective as before.
Medellin knows clearly that the reason why the Chinese Independent Army outside the city did not launch a large-scale attack on La Paz is not that the Chinese troops were not capable of attacking La Paz, but that they were worried that the storm would cause major casualties to the army and did not take action However, this situation will not continue forever. Once the Chinese Independent Army is determined to take down La Paz, it will be a time when Medellin and his troops are facing severe tests.
麦 Medellin is glad now that the Chinese Independent Army has not made up its mind to fight with the La Paz defenders. In the past three days, the two armed forces have not confronted each other.
Medellin hopes that this kind of day can last for a few more days, and when Melgarejo leads his troops to return, his task will be completed. However, one day the good luck always ran out. Soon after Medellin's inspection of the garrison troops, the garrison officer quickly reported to him that the enemy forces outside the city were frequent and there were signs of an attack on La Paz.
Medellin hurriedly rushed to the wall with his guard and saw a scene he did not want to see.
Two kilometers away from Beicheng, thousands of Indian soldiers in various costumes gathered under the guidance of the Chinese officer, and the same scene was under East City, West City, and El Alto.
I saw with my own eyes that Medellin had to accept the fact that the Chinese Independent Army was aggressively attacking.
I saw through the telescope in my hand that there were about seven or eight soldiers outside the northern city, most of them were Indians in Bolivia, and the number of attackers on the east and west sides was not large, there were about 1,000 people on each side.
I lowered my telescope and combined with reports from other fortifications officers, Medellin felt that the main direction of the Chinese Independent Army was Beicheng. The other direction is to attack.
"Generals of all ministries are prepared to guard against enemy attacks and must not allow an enemy to attack the wall." Although the situation was very unfavorable to the side, Medellin still strictly ordered.
"Observe." A number of Bolivian officers responded.
After the formation of the Chinese Independent Army, the black force pushed forward towards La Paz. There were thousands of people, boundless and boundless. In the direction of the North City, 7,000 or 8,000 soldiers covered all the open space outside the city. The pressure of the huge offensive forces gave the defending city. Of Bolivian soldiers bring fear,
"Bang" Before the enemy forces outside the city entered the attack range, a Bolivian soldier missed and opened fire because of tension.
The offensive forces outside the city did not stop with a gunshot, but continued to advance.
不要 "Don't be nervous, take a closer look at the enemies outside the city. Most of them are Indians who have just stepped out of the forest. Ladies, are you still afraid of the civilized indigenous people?"
Medellin stood in the North City to personally stand in front of him, and saw the soldiers in the city keep emotional, so he encouraged them.
One day the three lines of defense outside El Alto were defeated. The Bolivian soldiers have seen the power of the Chinese Independent Army, but the Indians are different. For hundreds of years, there was no white descendant who pressed the Indians. In ordinary Bolivian soldiers, In the eyes, the Indians are completely their prey to be slaughtered, and there is no need to fear them.
After Medellin's reminder, the defensive soldiers looked down and found that it was nasty. More than a thousand soldiers holding simple shields in front of them were Chinese, while the black ones in the back were Indians.
Among them, Bolivian soldiers also saw many Indian youths with feathers on their heads. These people were warriors of various clans. Only they could cause some harm to Bolivian soldiers in close combat.
However, forcing a siege, the Indian warriors' bravery was very difficult to play. Some Bolivian soldiers who were inspired by Medellin to recover their courage even planned to shoot at the Indian warriors with feathers in their heads during the war.
In addition to the 5,500 Indians, there were also 1,500 Chinese troops attacking the North City. One thousand Chinese soldiers lined up in front of the offensive forces, holding shields to block the shooting of Bolivian soldiers on the city walls. The remaining five hundred Chinese The soldiers temporarily broke up and mixed with 5,000 Indians. They will serve as low- and middle-ranking officers of Indian soldiers, and guide Indians' offense.
The Tatar Indians were oppressed by white European descendants. After seeing the Chinese Independence Army killing Bolivian soldiers outside El Alto, the Indian leaders urged Li Mingyuan to send soldier officers to help them train the tribe.
Considering the need to use Indians to assist the siege, Li Mingyuan agreed to their request and sent five or six hundred soldiers and officers to help them train young and strong ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The officers and the chief of the army determine the combat effectiveness of an army The key point is that during the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's army collapsed immediately, but surrendered the Manchu dynasty, and replaced several officers. The originally loose army suddenly became a fierce wicked ghost, and the fighting force rose straight.
Although the Indians are different from the Nanming army, their combat effectiveness is the same. In just a few days of training, although the specific individual combat capabilities have not improved much, the fighting spirit of these trained Indian soldiers has improved a lot.
The most obvious change is that under the command of Chinese officers, Indians who had no rules knew about coordinated attacks, and faced with Bolivian soldiers, most of their inner fears disappeared.
"The front team stopped, the ladder and the log are moving forward." The Bolivian soldiers were about to enter the attack range, the leader's Chinese officer ordered.
The order was passed to the front and back teams. A thousand Chinese soldiers in front stopped immediately, and the shield stood on the ground to form a defensive posture. The soldiers behind spread out a dozen channels, and then a squeaky noise sounded, a dozen tall ladders. The Wakagi siege came from behind.
In the nineteenth century, the development of firearms was used. Cold and hot weapons were used alternately on the battlefield, while traditional siege weapon ladders and round wooden siege vehicles still played an important role on the battlefield.
The city walls of La Paz are solid, and the main body of the city walls is made of megaliths. Ordinary artillery hits the city walls just like tickling. It can't cause fundamental damage to the city walls. Trees cause siege equipment such as cloud ladders.
Jin Yunti has been active in the history of Chinese war for two thousand years until the Anti-Japanese War period. Due to the lack of heavy weapons, the Chinese army also used cloud ladders to attack the Japanese defending counties. Now, the ancient siege equipment has to play its residual heat in foreign countries.