As the smoke cleared and the fighting ceased, the Argentine civilians who remained in the city were organized by the IDF to clear their houses destroyed by artillery fire, while teams of soldiers attached to the Gendarmerie Headquarters patrolled the streets of the city to monitor possible dangers.

At the end of the battle at Lomas, the headquarters of the 3rd Division and the 3rd Mixed Brigade left 300 lightly and seriously wounded soldiers and a team of 500 second-line garrison soldiers to garrison the city of Lomas, and the main force moved to the next target in the morning of the second day.

On the evening of 15 April, the headquarters of the 3rd Division and the 3rd Mixed Brigade encountered a group of Argentine militia units reinforcing de Zamora, and Wu Fengdian immediately ordered the troops to launch an attack and wiped out more than 800 Argentine militiamen in the field.

At noon on 16 April, the Wehrmacht arrived outside the city of de Zamora, and after a little repair, the Wehrmacht pulled out a group of captured Argentine militiamen to show the public and threatened the defenders of de Zamora to open the door and surrender.

De Zamora's garrison was only in his early 1,000s, and after seeing the reality of the reinforcements being captured and the power of the Wehrmacht's artillery bombardment, he reluctantly opened the city gates and surrendered to the Wehrmacht.

In addition to leaving 300 troops to guard the Argentine prisoners again, 10,000 troops marched overnight to Florenci, and then after a two-day siege battle, they took the fortified city garrisoned by more than 3,000 Argentine troops.

The war proceeded step by step according to Li Mingyuan's prediction.

On 19 April, Chen Zongbai's 12,000 troops occupied Mercedes, compressing the Uruguayan troops to the vicinity of Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, cutting off the Uruguayan troops' communication channel with the Argentine federal army, and forming a hostage posture in the northern part of Buenos Aires.

On 22 April, 7,000 Wehrmacht Army troops, carrying more than 40 large transport ships, landed in Dolores, south of La Plata, with the cooperation of two main ironclad ships of the Navy.

La Plata is a strategic fulcrum of Argentine President Mitre's defense-in-depth plan, where not only is there a regular army of more than 3,000 people, but also the last remaining main naval fleet of Argentina is docked in the military port of La Plata.

The port of La Plata is concave inward, well-defended, and can dock ocean-going ships and warships with a displacement of 10,000 tons, making it an excellent deep-water port.

A frontal attack on La Plata from the open sea was vulnerable to a joint attack by the local garrison and naval batteries, and the attack was difficult, so the IDF landing force did not force a direct landing on La Plata, as Argentine President Mitre envisioned, but went around in a circle, set up the landing site in Dolores, two hundred kilometers away, and used the northern plain of Dolores to launch an attack on La Plata from land.

On 27 April, after five days of repeated attacks, the defenders of Lattarata were captured by the Wehrmacht, and in the afternoon of the same day, the Argentine Navy, having lost the cooperation of the army and the cover of the batteries, forced a breakthrough from the attack from the land batteries, and a major battle broke out in the waters off the port with the Wehrmacht navy waiting for the rabbit.

The main force of the Argentine Navy was seriously damaged in the transportation battle to transport troops and supplies for Buenos Aires, and the remaining two ironclad ships and more than a dozen converted steam warships were defeated by the superior Wehrmacht naval fleet, and within an hour of engagement, one of the two ironclad ships was sunk, one was seriously damaged and lost steam power and was captured by the Wehrmacht Navy, and the remaining more than ten modified steam warships also sank as the battle continued.

At about 7 o'clock in the evening, except for three or four converted steam warships, which escaped from the battlefield by taking advantage of the cover of night at sea, the other Argentine warships either accepted the request of the Wehrmacht Navy and surrendered, or they met the attack of the battleship's guns and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The latest battle reports were transmitted to the National Defense Forces Headquarters through sea and land channels, and Li Mingyuan sat at the headquarters of the National Army, constantly adjusting the specific operational arrangements by analyzing the progress of the war.

The general offensive of Buenos Aires was a grinding wheel of flesh and blood, and from the moment the order was given, a group of valiant troops entered the battlefield, and soon because of heavy casualties, they had to be withdrawn and replaced by another unit in rotation.

Half a month of offensive and defensive operations tested the patience and perseverance of the commanders of the warring sides, and in the face of the casualty figures on the military report and the young faces in the wounded barracks, Li Mingyuan's patience was being consumed little by little.

Four thousand were killed, two thousand were seriously wounded, and seven thousand were lightly wounded. The total number of casualties of the Wehrmacht has reached nearly one-tenth of the main forces, and the war can hardly end with overwhelming superiority.

Every soldier of the Wehrmacht who has been tempered by the war is a precious treasure, and the number of casualties of nearly 1,000 people every day is reported to Li Mingyuan, which is something that Li Mingyuan can hardly bear.

In the big tent of the barracks, a group of senior generals of the Wehrmacht were sitting around the table, each with a solemn look on their faces, and no one dared to speak out.

"Zhu Xiliang, commander of the first division and the second regiment!"

"I'm here."

As Li Mingyuan spoke, an officer in his thirties stood up cautiously.

"It is not good to attack Anulis, immediately remove the commander of the second regiment of the first division and demote him to the commander of the first battalion of the second regiment!"

"Obey orders."

The regiment commander was dismissed, the military rank was reduced to the battalion commander by one level, and when he heard Li Mingyuan's decision, Zhu Xiliang broke out in a cold sweat on his head, and silently accepted the demotion punishment, not daring to complain about his dissatisfaction.

"Tan Pingshan, improper use of tactics, resulting in heavy losses to his subordinates, immediately expelled from the active military and assigned to serve in the garrison ......"

The company disposed of seven officers who had been unfavorable in battle, and the sulking that had been accumulated for a long time was given some catharsis.

"Rollin Mountain."

"I'm here."

"The siege tactics of the front-line troops are stiff, and you, the front-line commander, have an unshirkable responsibility!"

"Convicted of sin."

"Hmph, guilty! I don't want a flirtatious confession. You should know what I mean. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will learn the lessons of the previous siege and ensure that there will be no more unnecessary casualties!"

Luo Linshan bowed his head and said.

"As a front-line commander, the war is unfavorable, you have joint and several command responsibilities, Luo Linshan, I will add another division of troops to you again, if you still can't control the number of casualties in the troops, I will ask you!"

"Obey the order, and dare not disappoint His Highness." ……

Singled out Luo Linshan and reprimanded him, Li Mingyuan looked around at the dozens of officers around him, and continued, "The number of casualties in the troops is too large, and the front-line commander is responsible, and I and you are also responsible.

The casualties of 13,000 soldiers have become a fact, and the results of the previous war will be mentioned for the time being, and I think it is necessary to make changes to the subsequent war deployment. ”

"Your Highness, in the offensive and defensive battles of Buenos Aires, although our army has paid heavy casualties, the casualties of the Argentine troops will not be lower than that of our army.

Li Mingyuan's voice fell, and an officer opened his mouth to raise a different opinion.

"The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and our army must also learn to formulate corresponding strategic improvements as the enemy's situation changes."

Li Mingyuan put his hands on the table, not leaving room for everyone to object, and said with a decisive word: "From April 29, the attacking troops will withdraw from the encirclement west of Buenos Aires, leaving a retreat path to the inland provinces for the defenders in Buenos Aires. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" ……

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