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The smoke of gunfire on the battlefield has not yet cleared, and another battle is about to begin.

The first line of defense of the Bolivian troops was filled with soldiers in black uniforms, who were soldiers of the 1st Mixed Brigade and a regiment to take over the Chinese troops in the first round of attack.

In the first exploratory offensive, the Chinese Independence Army suffered a total of 325 casualties and 478 Bolivian soldiers.

This battle was the largest battle with the enemy since the uprising of the Chinese Independence Army, and a regiment commander was killed in the battle, and the fallen regiment commander was an officer under Wang Dashan, after the first battle, Wang Dashan came to Li Mingyuan's side and took the initiative to bear the responsibility for the heavy casualties of the attacking troops.

However, Li Mingyuan did not blame Wang Dashan for the death of a regiment commander, although he also regretted the death of a regiment commander, but on the battlefield, everyone can be killed, and his subordinates cannot be blamed for the casualties of the troops.

Ci Bu was in charge of the army, and he had personally experienced the battlefield for nearly half a year, Li Mingyuan had experienced more than a dozen battles, and tens of thousands of dead enemy and enemy soldiers had also been seen, and the original slight discomfort on the bloody battlefield gradually disappeared.

Li Mingyuan slowly shed his previous role as a petty mercenary and gradually adapted to seeing the success or failure of the battle as a decision-maker with a 100,000-strong Chinese army in his hands.

The key to determining the success or failure of a campaign is whether the outcome of the battle achieves the desired goal.

The first offensive of the Chinese Independence Army (PIA) was successful in determining the deployment of Bolivian troops in the mountains and successfully occupying the first line of defense, but before this battle, the Chinese Independence Army had taken the initiative in the battlefield and had not suffered huge casualties.

In the face of the Peruvians' multiple victories, the Chinese Independence Army also formed a fixed perception that the Chinese troops and the enemy were fighting, and only if the enemy annihilated the opponent at the cost of a small number of casualties could it be considered a victory, and the casualty ratio of the two sides was 1:2, or the casualty rate was close to that was a failure.

This kind of thinking of the top leaders of the Chinese Independence Army cannot be said to be wrong, because the concept instilled in them by Li Mingyuan is to annihilate the enemy at the lowest cost, and under the influence of Li Mingyuan, they also take it for granted that the Chinese Independence Army defeated the opponent at a small cost, and it is inevitable that they will be a little puzzled by the sudden loss.

El Alto held a dangerous position in the city of La Paz, and once El Alto was captured by other troops, they could transport artillery to the walls of El Alto and bombard La Paz from a high position, which would be very disadvantageous to the defenders defending La Paz.

La Paz City was built for hundreds of years, not only did the Spaniards take La Paz City as a strategic point to increase construction, but after Bolivia's independence, the new rulers also increased the construction of La Paz, and as El Alto, which held the throat of La Paz, the Bolivians made great efforts to maintain and strengthen it.

The combination of Bolivian soldiers who took advantage of the terrain to resist the attacking Chinese Independence Army soldiers, and the regimental commander who led the regiment to charge forward, led to a large increase in casualties among the Chinese Independence Army.

If the leader of the team had been more steady, maybe there would not have been a loss of more than 200 people behind.

In the final analysis, the Chinese Independence Army was still a feudal army, and it did not enter the ranks of modern armies, and most officers still believed that leading soldiers to charge forward was a sign of bravery.

And this psychology of theirs also led to the death of the leader of the Chinese regiment.

"The Bolivian troops have a geographical advantage, and although the casualties of the attacking troops are relatively large, it is also reasonable."

Thinking around, Li Mingyuan said to Wang Xiaoshan.

"The first battle was lost and the soldiers were defeated, and it was a crime to be lowly and guilty, and I hope that the prince will allow the lowly to personally lead the troops to attack and avenge the casualties of the brothers."

Li Mingyuan didn't criticize him, but Wang Dashan couldn't get over this hurdle in his own heart, and his regiment commander was killed, which was the first among the 100,000 soldiers of the Chinese Independent Army.

Wang Dashan has a calm personality and acts strictly, and Li Mingyuan is not worried that he will act impulsively.

"I agreed to your request, but don't do the matter of leading the troops to charge, sitting in the central command of the troops is what a senior commander should do."

Li Mingyuan instructed.

"Humble duty understands."

"There are still two lines of defense outside El Alto, how many troops do you plan to use to take them?"

Li Mingyuan asked.

"According to the reports of the front-line soldiers, the enemy's second line of defense is four hundred meters away from the first line of defense, and the total number of Bolivian soldiers who have retreated from the rout is about 600 people, so I intend to lead the 1,000 soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the Mixed Brigade to attack the enemy's second line of defense."

"The mountains of the Real are high and the roads are dangerous, and the soldiers can't use them if they attack too much."

Li Mingyuan observed the mountains in front of him through the telescope, and said, "The number of attackers has been reduced by two hundred, and I will allocate you thirty snipers, as well as the machine gun company at the headquarters to cooperate with you in the battle, and take down the second line of defense for me before noon." ”

"Commanded by humility." Although the number of soldiers of the 1st Mixed Brigade was reduced by 200, the total number of attackers was nearly 1,000 with the cooperation of 30 snipers and a machine gun company.

With the addition of machine gun companies and snipers, the firepower and overall combat effectiveness of the attacking troops were stronger, and Wang Dashan was more confident in taking the position of the Bolivians.

……

Flags were waving, and the Chinese, lined up in the first line of defense, began to advance towards the second line of defense of the Bolivians.

Nearly 1,000 Chinese soldiers were divided into three parts, with the first 200 Chinese soldiers taking the lead, and they scattered in small groups to search and advance.

Two hundred Chinese soldiers were followed by three hundred soldiers, and thirty snipers were scattered among the three hundred soldiers, using the cover of the surrounding soldiers to snipe the Bolivian officers.

The machine-gun company and the remaining soldiers of the 1st Brigade formed the final offensive group, and once the forward troops occupied favorable terrain, the machine-gun company followed up to provide fire support to the front soldiers.

In groups of three, the attacking Chinese soldiers cooperated with each other, and approached cautiously with their waists bent.

300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters,...... The Chinese soldiers were getting closer and closer to the Bolivian lines.

"Boom," within a hundred meters of the Bolivian soldiers in the second line of defense, began to use artillery to hit the Chinese soldiers at the front,

The cannon roared, and the 200 Chinese soldiers fell to the ground, no longer advancing. Drawing the lessons of the first attack, the array of this attack was more dispersed, and the Chinese soldiers at the front were replaced by soldiers of the first regiment of the 1st Mixed Brigade with more combat experience, and before approaching the second line of positions 100 meters, the 200 Chinese soldiers all advanced along the route with covered objects such as stones and pits.

The cannon fire rang out for three minutes, but the artillery fire, which was denser than the first line of defense, did not achieve more casualties, and after the smoke of gunfire, the 200 Chinese soldiers continued to crawl forward, closing the distance to the Bolivian position.

The position of the enemy's artillery was exposed, and thirty snipers hidden in the middle unit stepped out of the unit and rushed to the front line among the two hundred Chinese soldiers.

A "bang" shot rang out, and a Bolivian gunner 80 meters away was killed by a single shot and fell straight to the gun.

The corpse pressed against the gun, causing the muzzle of the gun to shift downward,

"Boom"

The shells exploded directly at the Bolivian positions, and more than a dozen Bolivian soldiers were tossed to the ground by the huge waves caused by the shells, rolling on the ground and wailing in pain while covering the injured parts of their bodies.

After the first Chinese sniper counterattacked, the other more than 20 snipers also aimed at their own targets.

"Bang bang bang," the gunfire was not intense, but each shot was accompanied by the fall of a Bolivian officer or the temporary extinguishment of a piece of artillery.

Snipers officially entered the war stage during World War I, and the Soviet-German war during World War II made sniper operations shine, and now, the development of rifles is still in the stage of perfection, and specialized sniper rifles will not be available for about half a century.

It is possible to aim and shoot at a distance of eighty or ninety meters only with the naked eye and experience.

The role of thirty snipers was undoubtedly enormous, and the Bolivian officers on the second line of defense suffered heavy losses under the targeted strikes of the snipers, and most of the artillery was also muted by the casualties of the gunners.

At this time, the machine gun company under the cover of the troops also followed up to the front of the attacking troops, and the eighteen Gatling machine guns fired a dense number of bullets to harvest the lives of the Bolivian soldiers exposed outside the fortifications.

The situation was favorable to the Chinese Independence Army, and Wang Dashan, who commanded in the center, immediately gave the order for a general attack, and with the fire support of the machine gun company, the Chinese soldiers who were crawling on the ground suddenly jumped up at the outbreak of the cheetah and pounced on the prey in front.

Swift as the wind, the charging Chinese soldier put down his musket and directly pierced a Bolivian soldier in front with a bayonet, kicking away the Bolivian soldier stuck on the bayonet, and the Chinese soldier aimed at another enemy.

The tiger came out of the cage, and the Chinese soldiers who rushed to the defense line continued to charge forward, breaking through the defense line organized by the Bolivian soldiers.

The situation on the battlefield changed too quickly, and before the Bolivian soldiers could escape, they were divided and surrounded by Chinese soldiers, and finally raised their hands and surrendered.