The war has entered the stage of bayonets, siege warfare has always been a war that soldiers try to avoid, in the original plan, the news of the victory in the Oasis of Ossaka will definitely make the defenders of Iquique fearful, with the quality of the soldiers of the Peruvian army, they will not hold out for too long.

With the momentum of great victory, with the power of the navy, the pressure of the army, let the north live!

With a four-pronged approach, the Peruvian defenders would not collapse until one or two forts were stormed, and when one or two forts were stormed, Cirapizzo could negotiate to let the defenders live, ensure the safety of their property and lives, and allow them to withdraw their troops from the north and return home.

What a brilliant plan, but unfortunately it was disrupted by the sudden arrival of the fleet, and the Chilean intelligence agencies were simply incompetent representatives.

The burning Esmerdale on the sea boosted the morale of the Peruvian army, and all the commanders rushed to the front line and roared and ordered the soldiers to fight back: "The naval battle is settled! The balance of victory is ours, and the naval artillery will soon be able to support us...... Hold on! We'll soon be able to wait for the support of large-caliber artillery!"

Boom Boom Boom ...... Before the Peruvian Navy could open fire, some of the coastal defense guns along the coastline had begun to turn their muzzles and fire inland.

Generally speaking, shore defense artillery rarely rotates at a full angle of 360 degrees, especially for giant guns with a caliber of more than 200 mm, and it is rare to be able to shoot at all angles, because it requires a special design of the fortress, and the process is very complicated.

However, some small-caliber coastal defense guns are much lighter, and most of the 120 mm caliber guns can shoot at all angles, and when the threat of the Chilean army disappears on the sea, these small-caliber guns have turned their muzzles to fire at the charging Chilean army.

The size of the so-called caliber is also relatively speaking, and the 120 mm caliber is also a giant cannon compared to those field guns with a caliber of sixty or seventy millimeters. Such shells exploded in the crowd, and the fragmented shrapnel was enough to create a death zone of more than a hundred square meters.

Boom Boom Boom ...... The explosion was extinguished in the dense crowd, the smoke was so thick that the remains of the corpses were scattered everywhere along the earth, the deafening soldiers screamed, and the soldiers who were bleeding from seven holes were paralyzed on the ground and their internal organs had already been injured.

The defenders inside the fortress are also crazy at this moment, everyone forgets time and forgets life and death, reloads, aims and fires like war machines, and then repeats the cycle endlessly.

The field guns placed high above the fort had already turned their barrels red, and the soldiers were still reloading them at the risk of exploding, and the choking smell of gunpowder stinged all throats.

The soldiers who rushed up and down like a tidal wave, and the dead bodies poured all over the ground, and many Chilean soldiers could not even bear such pressure, and they were obviously mentally broken when they screamed on the battlefield.

"Retreat again! Can your Chilean army still fight? This is the first time you have abandoned friendly troops and fled? Three or four times......" Tang Lei rushed to Cirapizzo and roared frantically, spitting all on his face.

Silapizo's face darkened, and the situation on the battlefield made him anxious: "What can I do? The enemy's firepower is so fierce, flesh and blood against large-caliber artillery, what do you want us to do? These brave young men can already go down in history!"

"Damn! What kind of bullshit are you talking about? Gone down in history! Damn, the soldiers who had just reached the fourth level of battle damage and retreated actually said something that went down in history!" Tang Lei directly kicked over the ammunition box used as a table next to him.

Silapizo blushed and shouted, "I know you can fight, and I know that even if you are wiped out, there will not be a single deserter...... But this is Chile, and that's all I can command is the highest quality army, and it's a miracle that they can watch 40% of their brothers die in front of them without collapsing!"

"Don't you notice that when they retreated, they did not flee, but gathered more troops from the ground up and charged again, some of the soldiers had already charged three times in a row, they were brave young men!

Tang Lei was already mad with anger: "Brave? You tell me to be brave! What we want is victory, what we want is to uproot the enemy's fortress in one go, not to play tactics to add fuel to the fire! Are you all sick in the brain......

The other Chilean officers were not happy, in their eyes the Chilean soldiers who had fought to this point were really very good, no matter how good they could be.

They rushed up and quarreled with Tang Lei, and the fiery veteran behind Tang Lei stretched out his hand and pushed the nearest officer who rushed aside.

"Bold! Soldiers dare to attack officers! I'll shoot you......"

"Fuck, I think you dare! Lao Tzu rushed back and forth in the enemy's bullet rain for four times and didn't die, you dare to shoot me......?

The two groups of people stretched out their hands to use force, pushing and shoving into a mess. At this moment, one of the guards on the periphery suddenly shouted, "Look at the sea...... The Peruvian naval warships outflanked them, and they rushed towards the coast!"

The group of people subconsciously let go of their hands to stop the fight, grabbed the binoculars and looked in the direction of the sea, and sure enough, on the southern edge of the naval battle, a total of six sailed wooden warships bypassed the main battlefield and headed straight for the near sea.

"It's broken! The enemy's warships are going to shell! Don't care so much, keep attacking! We don't have time to waste!"

At this moment, the battle on the sea has been decided, the Esmerdalee has not sunk, but all the weapons systems that can fight have been blown up, and he is floating helplessly on the sea like a coffin.

Perhaps for humiliation, or perhaps because there was no threat, the Peruvian ships behind did not fire at the crippled Esmerida, but instead attacked the rest of the Chilean ships, beginning to divide and encircle the small ironclads.

With the enemy outnumbered and the command line decapitated, the warships had no hope of victory, and the Chilean warships on the edge of the battle had chosen to flee south, taking advantage of the fact that the injuries were not too serious.

It was when the situation was very good that those sail battleships, which were supplemented by the battlefield, gave up the battle at sea by order of the commander and began to approach the near sea.

The Peruvian army in the fortress was jubilant, watching the roar of the victorious cannon fire sprayed by the sail battleships resounded in all the fortresses, and at that moment the fire of the defenders was densely intensified.

Weng Derong looked at the siege battle that was getting more and more sloppy, and he was so angry that he suddenly kicked away the guard flag bearer next to him, and snatched the pennant embroidered with the word Taiping and rushed into the crowd of attackers.

"Life and death are now! There is no way back...... The President of Chile has agreed to lease Iquique to us for 150 years! This is our home, and from now on this is our homeland!"

"Brothers, fight for our own home...... Beat Iquique!"