Lion Bo Rabbit, still do his best. In order to win the Argentine War, Li Mingyuan invoked the national strength accumulated by the Han State for ten years.

On 28 April, the last garrison of more than 20,000 men arrived at the Buenos Aires barracks from Santa Fe, bringing the total number of IDF troops gathered outside Buenos Aires to 150,000, nearly twice the number of Argentine defenders in the city.

There are a total of 220,000 Han troops deployed in Argentina, and in addition to the 150,000 main forces besieging the vicinity of Buenos Aires, the remaining 70,000 are mainly distributed in three major strategic directions.

The first unit was stationed on the front lines of Santa Fe and Paraná Rosario to prepare for reinforcements to Buenos Aires from the north-central provinces of Córdoba.

The second unit, deployed in Junín and Pergameno, was mainly responsible for monitoring the movements of Argentine troops in the province of Mendoza and preventing threats from local forces in central Argentina to the Flank of the National Defense Forces.

The third force, consisting of a part of the regular Wehrmacht and the Mapuche nomadic youth, numbered around 6,000 men, was tasked with attacking the scattered Argentine militia units and weakening the reinforcement of the Argentine Federal District from the south.

The three units are different in size and have different combat missions.

At the end of April, as the siege of Buenos Aires entered a state of scorching, letters of help from the Argentine president were sent to the local provinces.

On 22 April, the first local force departed from the province of Mendoza to reinforce Buenos Aires.

On 27 April, Urquiza, who had been impatient and watched Mitre fight hard with the Wehrmacht, decided that he had waited for the time and announced that he would send 20,000 troops to relieve Buenos Aires.

Urquiza was the most powerful of the local warlords in Argentina, and with his clear statement, the warlords of the other provinces sent troops of varying numbers to attack the Wehrmacht defenses from the north, west, and south, either out of fame or for the purpose of taking advantage of the fire.

The flames of war raged around the city of Buenos Aires, and the scale of the war grew over time.

Several battles a day, three to five days a big battle, the intensified intensity of the war quickly depleted the Wehrmacht's war reserves, and the militia members who had been organized in advance were constantly being transferred from the country to the front line, either through simple selection to replenish the front-line battle-damaged troops, or immediately organized into logistics transport teams of different sizes to provide the necessary combat materials for the front-line troops.

The rapid expansion of material consumption and casualties was the core reason for Li Mingyuan's eagerness to end the siege of Buenos Aires at an early date, and at the same time, the proximity of the British Expeditionary Force and the increasing pressure exerted by the British government on Brazil and Chile were also important factors that had to be considered.

On 27 April, after 20 days of bickering and preparation, the British Government finally dispatched a force consisting of 10,000 British soldiers, 1,000 Italian soldiers, 400 Belgian soldiers, and more than 3,000 volunteers from various European countries to make an expedition to the South American continent to support the Argentine government army's defensive operations against the Wehrmacht.

The ongoing Zulu War made the British realize that having a large colony was not a worry-free thing, and the primitive and backward South African Zulus had inflicted more than 2,000 casualties on the local British army with their backward cold weapons, and in order to suppress the unruly Zulus, the British government remobilized more than 10,000 local regular troops to support the South African battlefield.

Unlike the poorly trained, mixed Indigenous black colonial army, a regular British army of 10,000 men fighting thousands of miles away from home meant huge military spending and political influence.

At the same time, as the person responsible for the defeat of the First Zulu War, Lieutenant General Chelmsford of the British Army wanted to defeat the Zulu army and save his political career before Sir Gannett, who succeeded him, arrived in South Africa, so when the telegram from the London government was transmitted to South Africa, ordering Lieutenant General Chelmsford to transfer 3,000 colonial troops to join the British Expeditionary Force, Chelmsford played a small trick, he withdrew all the white British soldiers in the army and replaced them with 3,000 indigenous black soldiers to prevaricate the British government. as an excuse to fulfill one's duties.

The British Expeditionary Force would arrive in South Africa in early May, and after a little rehabilitation, they would soon reach the Argentine coast, leaving less and less time for Li Mingyuan to occupy Buenos Aires.

On 29 April, fighting outside Buenos Aires resumed when attentive Argentine officers discovered that the F-FDTL soldiers stationed in the western part of Buenos Aires had suddenly disappeared, and that the positions in the western part of the city, which were one of the main battlefields, had not been attacked by the Wehrmacht troops.

The F-FDTL was immediately informed of the change in the situation by Argentine President Mitre, who sent several small units out of the city to investigate and confirm the withdrawal of the IDF from the passage to the western interior of Buenos Aires, and some Argentines who were not determined to fight had other ideas.

"President, the morale of the troops in the city is fluctuating, and some soldiers are dissatisfied with the huge casualties in the defense of the city, and deliberately publicize the remarks of abandoning the city and retreating, which has caused a very bad impact in the barracks

。 He also asked the president to immediately issue an order to arrest the soldiers who spread rumors and stabilize the morale of the soldiers in the city. ”

The morale of the defenders of Buenos Aires was flustered, and the commander of the defenders, Gretzweig, was worried.

"The fighting was fierce, the defending troops suffered heavy casualties, and it was inevitable that the soldiers would have some resentment in their hearts, and it would be inevitable that the soldiers would send someone to arrest them just because they complained a few words, which would provoke greater resistance in the troops.

Gretzweig, return to your headquarters to command the troops to fight, and I will send someone else to deal with the affairs of the military in the city. ”

Mitre sat on the edge of the bed and said in a weak tone.

"But ......"

"The situation in the city is complicated, and I can't explain it to you in a few words, Gretzweig, do your job first."

Mitre has his bitterness in his heart, not everyone in the city is willing to obey his orders, the strength of the federal army is weakened, the defense of Buenos Aires is not going well, many people have doubts about Mitre's operational command ability, if the tension in the city continues to increase, suppress the speech of the soldiers, the accumulated contradictions are likely to explode in an unpredictable way.

Buenos Aires could not afford an internal blow, and Mitre did not want Argentina to be destroyed in the twilight of his life, so Gretzweig's proposal had to be shelved.

"The Great President......"

"Is there something else?"

"The Chilean side replied, the Chilean president said that the war with Bolivia and Peru is fierce, and the Chilean Navy needs to be stationed on the mainland to defend against attacks by the Bolivian and Peruvian navies, and the Chilean Navy cannot withdraw to reinforce us before the British Expeditionary Force reaches South America."

"It's just an excuse, if the Chilean government really fulfills the agreement, they will not sit idly by and watch the total destruction of the federal navy."

Mitre hung his hands weakly on his abdomen and continued to ask, "What is the Brazilian Empire doing, and where are their troops advancing now?" ”

"The Brazilian Army and the Han troops confronted each other on the front line of Joinvia, and the Brazilian Navy launched several sneak attacks against the Han Navy, but the sneak attack did not have much success, only sinking several Han transport ships."

"Brazil and Chile are waiting for news from the British Expeditionary Force, and if the Expeditionary Force arrives, they are afraid that they will not really send troops to support us."

Mitre sighed.

"President, the inland provinces are calling up militias to support the Federal District, and it is not impossible for the federal government to defeat the Han forces."

Gretzweig reassured.

"The defeat of the Federal District will make it difficult for Urquisa and other local powerful factions to survive, and I hope they can understand this truth, put aside the contradictions for the time being, and sincerely support the federal government in the war."

"Yes, His Excellency Urquiza used to be the president of the Federation, and he will not watch Argentina fall into the hands of the Han Chinese." ……

The plight on the cake is better than the icing on the cake, and the Argentine Federal Army, in its troubled situation, would rather trust the local forces to support them than lose hope after being devastated.

Shortly after Gretzweig left the presidential palace, Mitre announced a great victory for the Brazilian and Chilean navies off the Atlantic Ocean in his capacity as president, and the Han navy suffered heavy losses in personnel and materials, and Chilean and Brazilian reinforcements would soon arrive in Argentina to launch a counterattack against the Han army together with the British expeditionary force.

Mitre's propaganda played a role, and the turmoil in Buenos Aires was settled for two days by a fabricated victory, but when the Wehrmacht's fierce offensive won one after another, and one position outside the city was broken through by the Wehrmacht, Mitre's lies were shattered.

On 2 May, a food panic broke out in Buenos Aires, where a food ration point was looted by civilians, and that night, a team of more than 1,000 civilians stormed the western blockade of Argentina and fled from the city to the interior.

On 4 May, the number of deserters increased to 5,000, and some soldiers joined the exodus and fled Buenos Aires in the ranks of civilians.

On 7 May, the situation in Buenos Aires intensified as Mitre issued an order forcibly arresting the fleeing soldiers and forbidding civilians from leaving the city.