Waves rolled up on the calm sea, and huge warships sailed out of the mist and sailed on the vast sea.

"Sir, urgent telegram from London!"

In the command room of the Monarch-class battleship, the attendant officer picked up a telegram and hurried to Gordon.

"Reading"

"The situation in Argentina is critical, the expeditionary force must arrive in Buenos Aires within a week, the London government telegraphed!"

The telegram contained only a few crosses, but through the telegram, Gordon could feel the urgent pressure on the Argentine federal government, otherwise Mitre would not have contacted the British government several times a day to exert political pressure on the British Expeditionary Force.

"Sir, do you want to call back to London at once?"

"Replying to the Prime Minister's Office, our department is now located in the waters of the Gulf of Guinea, and is expected to arrive in the capital of Brazil in four days, hoping that the imperial government will coordinate with the Western Empire to provide the necessary logistical supplies and maintenance for our expeditionary fleet to dock and repair on the way. Imperial Sapper Major General Gordon, May 8 (UPI) -- ”

"Sir, the three thousand colonial troops sent by the Governor of South Africa have arrived."

The attendant officer noted the call back and left, and another white officer, who was in his forties, walked up to Gordon and reported.

"What about the South African Army? How many native white soldiers were there in the 3,000 colonial army? ”

"Sir, the situation is a bit bad, General Chelmsford used the pretext of the shortage of the South African army, only sent 3,000 indigenous black soldiers, and the original white officers and soldiers in the additional troops were transferred to other units by him, if the expeditionary force wants to transfer 3,000 indigenous soldiers to the front line to fight the Chinese, it is estimated that 100 grassroots officers and 200 white soldiers will be drawn from the regular army to serve as the backbone of the troops, so as to restore the combat effectiveness of the colonial army."

Lieutenant Colonel Graham explained.

"Stupid Scottish pig, does he know that this will ruin the great affairs of the Empire!"

Gordon's face changed drastically, and his gentle face instantly became distorted because of anger!

"Bastard, incompetent, I'm going to report him to London! This damn bastard! ”

"Sir, it's useless, after General Chelmsford handed over the reinforcements again, he led the main force of the South African colonial army to advance inland, and now even if we complain to London, it is impossible to force General Chelmsford to change his mind."

Look at the boss who suddenly became hysterical. Graham patiently advised.

Gordon was born in a British military aristocratic family, and his excellent family upbringing and adult military experience around the world, especially in Chinese mainland, led the foreign gun team to fight against the Taiping army, so that he won many honors early, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was suppressed, as a Manchu hero, Gordon was awarded the rank of admiral, and was rewarded with a yellow horse coat by the Tongzhi Emperor, and his reputation was unparalleled in Chinese mainland.

After returning from his dismissal from China, the British government rewarded Gordon for his contribution to safeguarding British interests in China, and awarded Gordon the title of Lord Bards, thus reaching the first peak of his life!

Gordon, a young man with a strong will and a firm belief in his special religious abilities, usually shows the so-called gentlemanly demeanor, but if he encounters something that makes him angry, his arrogant and arrogant nature is undoubtedly revealed!

Graham was Gordon's old subordinate in Egypt, because he was able to detect his boss's intentions, and after Gordon was transferred from Africa by the British government, Graham also followed his old boss to the British Expeditionary Force as Gordon's deputy and personal secretary.

"The impact of the Zulu defeat is huge, and General Chelmsford is currently trying to solve the consequences of the Zulu war, and you are likely to incur follow-up retaliation from General Chelmsford by reporting him to the London government at this time.

Sir, it is important to come to the aid of the Argentine Federal Army, and you and General Chelmsford may wish to wait until the Argentine war is over before making a decision. ”

"No, Chelmsford's private transfer of reinforcements is a major matter of deceiving the Imperial Government, if you and I know that we don't report it, wouldn't we be deceiving the Imperial Government like him?

The lieutenant colonel ordered the telegraph corps to send a report at once and report the situation of the South African reinforcements to the London government truthfully. ”

"Yes, sir."

Seeing Gordon's resolute attitude, Graham stopped persuading, turned and left the command room, and walked towards the telegraph hall.

The wind and waves crashed on the sea, and the thick black smoke accompanied the steel giant ship accelerated on the sea, looking at the scenery on the sea, Gordon's anger gradually subsided.

The first time Gordon encountered this situation was in Changzhou, China, he and Li Hongzhang jointly guaranteed the safety of the Taiping Army in Changzhou as a British soldier, but when the Taiping Army surrendered, Li Hongzhang privately ordered the execution of the surrendered Taiping Army, which made Gordon furious.

Naturally, the reason for Gordon's anger was not sympathy for the lives of tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers, but his feeling of great shame as a white superior being deceived and played by the Manchu Tatars.

The Changzhou Massacre brought shame to Gordon, and the suppression of the Taiping Army added to his glorious honor, and now, a British general who had been defeated at the hands of the indigenous Africans, the incompetent and stupid Chelmsford in his eyes, once again made him feel naked humiliation by frustrating the withdrawal of reinforcements, and Gordon could not bear such behavior of the other party in any way.

Seizing Chelmsford's fault, Gordon sent a well-documented telegram to the London government, strongly recommending that the London government punish Chelmsford for his actions.

Gordon's telegram received only a lukewarm response from London as Chelmsford led his army to a major victory over the Zulus, while the orders urging the expeditionary force to step up assistance to the Argentine liaison force became more frequent.

On May 11, the Han Navy reconnaissance ship disguised as a fishing boat found traces of the British Expeditionary Fleet in the waters north of Brazil, and on May 12, the British Expeditionary Fleet arrived in Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, and the fleet repaired for a day before setting sail for Buenos Aires on December 13.

"Order the main force of the naval fleet to retreat to the Xinjing Military Port, send troops to form a guerrilla fleet of steam sail warships, and cruise the waters off Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, waiting for an opportunity to disrupt the sea supply routes of the British expeditionary fleet!"

At the front-line headquarters of the National Defense Forces, Li Mingyuan stood in front of the sand table, synthesized intelligence from all sides, and issued a new combat order.

"The cavalry division under Li Dawei and Feng Changqing was transferred to Casaros in the west of Buenos Aires to ambush a possible rout.

The 1st, 3rd, and 6th Brigades of the Garrison Army supplemented some of the Army Officer Academy cadets and logistics transportation to form the First Army of the Garrison Army, which took over the defense line of the cavalry division and blocked the Argentine reinforcements under Urquiza. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The operational staff officers also stood on both sides, carefully listening to Li Mingyuan's orders while holding a pen to take notes.

"The frontal troops let go of the city fortifications on the side of Buenos Aires, concentrate the 155 mm heavy artillery regiment and the independent artillery brigade to attack the gap in the central city gate of Buenos Aires, and once the artillery unit expands the gap in the enemy's city gate defense, the rest of the troops will follow up in an all-round way and completely destroy the stubborn enemy!"

"Yes!" ……