Chapter Twenty-Six: Fierce Battle III

"All retreat from their positions and make way for the cavalry regiment." Holding a telescope and looking at the soldiers of the cavalry regiment who were flying forward, Zhang Ansong said loudly.

After the Peruvian artillery returned fire, Zhang Ansong's soldiers had already disengaged from the Peruvian army on the opposite side, and after the order was issued, the soldiers quickly retreated.

"All the artillery fired at once." Just as the cavalry regiment was attacking, the Cannon of Law immediately ordered the artillery to shell the positions of the Peruvian troops to the west.

The Peruvian troops in the western position were attacked with less intensity, so the Peruvian soldiers in the positions were constantly transferred to reinforce other directions.

Suddenly, they were hit by a round of saturation fire from Chinese artillery, and the Peruvian soldiers on the position were instantly stunned and hid behind bunkers with their heads in their hands.

The soldiers of the cavalry regiment arrived in an instant, quickly passing through Zhang Ansong's troop defense line, rolling up a puff of smoke and dust.

"The bullshit cavalry regiment dares to let Lao Tzu eat dust. The next encounter will make you look good. A soldier was fascinated by the smoke and dust raised by the cavalry regiment cavalry, rubbed his eyes and scolded.

The other soldiers, choked by the smoke and dust, also cursed in the direction where the cavalry regiment was running.

"Division commander, our division only holds the position and does not attack, and in the end we have to give up the position to the cavalry regiment, isn't this bullying?" Qiu Mingzhang, the head of the first regiment under Zhang Ansong, was dissatisfied.

"What's the use of you kid complaining to me, you have the ability to complain to the world, and Lao Tzu is still angry."

Qiu Mingzhang didn't expect that the division commander, who usually treats people peacefully, would be so angry, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

Zhang Ansong was indeed on fire in his heart, and when the troops set off, he wanted to fight with the Peruvians, but before the attack, Li Mingyuan suddenly ordered that only the east was the main direction of attack, and the other two directions feints, in order to contain the Peruvian army in their respective directions.

Zhang Ansong was dissatisfied, but at the moment of the big battle, dissatisfaction should also be buried in his heart, and the complaint of his regiment commander ignited the dissatisfaction in his heart, so he lost his temper so much.

After scolding, Zhang Ansong's mood improved, and he said to Qiu Mingzhang, who didn't dare to speak, "What are you doing in a daze, the cavalry regiment has attacked, lead your regiment to attack with all your might, and the limelight can't be occupied by the cubs of the cavalry regiment." ”

"Yes, Commander." Qiu Mingzhang was reprimanded by Zhang Ansong, and he was holding his breath and preparing to send it to the Peruvians.

The soldiers of the cavalry regiment charged at full speed, and only when they were almost in front of the Peruvian position did they react.

The artillery regiment of the Luo artillery made a round of fire and stopped before the cavalry regiment rushed to the positions of the Peruvians.

More than 900 horses rushed forward at full speed, rumbling with a great earthquake.

A Peruvian soldier hiding in a bunker heard the sound of vibrations and stepped out of the bunker to see what was happening, only to see thousands of horses roaring towards him.

"Enemy attack." The Peruvian soldier shouted a loud warning and raised his musket to shoot, but was slashed by a large man who rushed to him.

"The enemy on the position is left to the infantry behind, and all the soldiers of the cavalry regiment should not fall in love with the battle, and follow me to the artillery position." After killing an enemy, the commander of the cavalry, Li Dawei, ordered loudly.

The Peruvian army on the western position did not expect the Chinese Independence Army to send cavalry to attack, and for a time they were in a hurry, and the defense line was penetrated by the cavalry regiment.

The troops in the western position were the commander of the second brigade under Umato, and in the face of the inevitable defeat, he did not have the courage to regard death as home, and immediately led more than 200 soldiers around him to raise their hands and surrender, for fear that they would be killed by the Chinese Independence Army if they surrendered too late.

"Commander, the Peruvian defenders are going to surrender to us."

"I don't have time to accept their surrender and let them surrender to the infantry behind."

"But there's a brigade commander among them."

"Division Commander Zhang helped us a lot, and the Peruvian brigade commander gave it to Division Commander Zhang. We still went to capture the leaders of the Peruvian army. Li Dawei said generously.

The Peruvian brigade commander stayed where he was with more than a hundred soldiers, waiting to surrender to the cavalry regiment, but when the cavalry regiment soldiers passed by them, they did not stop at all and rushed by, which frightened the Peruvian brigade commander and thought that the Chinese troops would not accept their surrender. It wasn't until the infantry units behind them took them prisoner that they were relieved.

"Division commander, we caught a big fish, he is a brigade commander of the Peruvian army." A soldier exclaimed.

After the cavalry regiment broke through the western defensive line, the Peruvian soldiers on the position surrendered to Zhang Ansong's troops under the leadership of the brigade commander without much resistance.

"Bring him here, I want to see what the brigade commander in Peru is like." Zhang Ansong said with satisfaction.

There were originally 4,000 Peruvian soldiers on the western defense line, but later more than 1,000 people were transferred one after another, and there were still 2,700 left, and the fighting in the western position was not fierce, so when the Peruvian army surrendered, the casualties were only more than 200, and the other 2,500 were all taken prisoner.

"Help me ask him why he surrendered so quickly." Zhang Ansong said to a Chinese officer next to him who knew Spanish.

The officer asked him a question, and then relayed the words of the Peruvian brigade commander to Zhang Ansong.

After Zhang Ansong listened, he immediately reacted that this Peruvian brigade commander was given to him by Li Dawei.

Zhang Ansong has fought for more than ten years, when will he have to take credit for the credit given by others. At the moment, he left 500 men to guard the prisoners and lead the remaining soldiers to attack the town.

"Commander, the position on the west has been broken through by the enemy, let's retreat quickly."

The commander of the artillery battalion on the artillery position persuaded.

Umato stood on a high ground and saw the scene of the cavalry regiment's attack.

Now retreating, it is difficult for the Peruvian army in the east, west, and south directions to retreat, and Umato struggles violently in his heart.

"Commander, now the retreat can keep a part of the soldiers, if it is a little later, all the brothers will not be able to get out."

"Figrantai, you and I retreat together, and order the artillery battalion and the alert troops to block on the spot."

Time was urgent, and Umato could only choose to abandon the car to protect the commander and give the order immediately.

"Yes." Figelanti handed over the sniper mission to the commander of the alert unit and quickly fled with Umato.

When Umato's escape, he left all the machine guns around him, and when the cavalry regiment arrived, the machine guns of the Peruvians caused them a lot of trouble.

The cavalry regiment and the broadsword team were both treasures in Li Mingyuan's heart, and Li Dawei did not dare to consume too much cavalry, and when a strong attack might lead to considerable losses, he stopped and waited until Zhang Ansong's infantry arrived before capturing the position.

"What about your supreme commander?" At the end of the battle, Li Dawei grabbed the commander of the Peruvian alert force and asked.

"Commander Li, he said that their commander has already run away."

A Chinese soldier who knows Spanish.

(Peru was originally a Spanish colony, and the official pronunciation is Spanish.) )

"Brothers, follow me on my horse and seize Peru."

Li Mingyuan told Li Dawei the information they had received from the soldiers of the reconnaissance company before he attacked.

The Peruvian artillery battalion, like the Chinese Independent Army, is under the direct jurisdiction of the headquarters. When the artillery battalion plays a major role in the battle, the commander-in-chief of the Peruvian army will definitely place the headquarters not far from the artillery unit and direct the artillery unit to support other areas nearby.

Letting go of the chief officer of the Peruvian army, and the artillery unit was taken by Zhang Ansong's troops, Li Dawei did not get any benefits from fighting for a long time, of course he would not be satisfied, so the cavalry regiment chased in the direction of Umato's escape.

Two thousand troops were deployed to Umato in the north, plus the troops who joined on the way to escape, and when they arrived at the ambush site arranged by Liu Pu, Umato's army numbered more than 4,700 people.

Having escaped from nearly a third of his army, Umato breathed a sigh of relief, it was impossible to rescue the city of Arequipa, and now his first thing to do was to bring more than 4,000 people out safely.

"Commander, the road ahead is blocked by the rebels." As soon as Umato sat down to rest, he was annoyed by the bad news.

"All of them." Umato shot into the sky and said loudly, "Brothers, the road ahead is occupied by the rebels, and we can only go home safely if we defeat them, do you want to go home?" ”

"Think," Umato's unit is known as the elite of Peru, but after two days of emergency marching, before it can rest, it was fiercely attacked by the Chinese Independent Army, and the more than 4,000 soldiers who were lucky enough to escape now only want to return home safely.

In order to return home safely, more than 4,000 Peruvian soldiers burst out with their last strength and attacked the positions of the Chinese Independence Army desperately.