The city of Lomas fell, the blue and white flag of the Argentine Confederation fell from the city, and the commander of the garrison, Golani, led the remaining 700 soldiers out of the city in a procession to surrender to the Wehrmacht.

The city of Lomas is located on the eastern plains of the Pampas, and the surrounding terrain is flat, with only an old stone town and a small piece of high ground on the western protrusion, which can be used as a position to defend against Wehrmacht attacks.

Before the start of the war, due to the lack of troops and the small area of the western highlands, the commander of the Argentine defenders, Lieutenant Colonel Golani, gathered all his troops in the city, hoping to use the strong city walls to delay the Wehrmacht's attack and buy time for British and Brazilian reinforcements to arrive.

But the war situation did not turn in favor of the Argentine defenders.

On the morning of 14 April, Wu Fengdian adjusted the operational arrangements of the troops, transferred two infantry battalions from the 3rd Mixed Brigade, a machine gun company, and a 75-mm field artillery company from the 3rd Division, reorganized an offensive group of more than 1,000 troops, and launched another attack on the city of Lomas at 8 a.m. on the same day.

The roaring explosion of field artillery kicked off the battle, and unlike yesterday's tentative offensive method, the battle on the morning of 14 April did not begin with a hot scene of close assault, and five 75-mm field guns were deployed on the flanks of the Argentine abandoned heights, and according to the coordinates provided by the assault troops yesterday, they fired shells at the positions of the Argentine defenders' artillery and machine guns.

The fortifications of the fortifications and towers were bulky and heavy, and the defense system of Lomas was more than a hundred years behind the times, and the fortifications such as batteries and towers that had been set up earlier did not allow the defenders to move artillery and heavy machine guns.

Three Gatling heavy machine guns and several guns were scattered across the defensive positions at the core of the walls of Lomas, and the shells continued to fire at the target with sparks left by the violent friction in the air.

In the first round of five shells, the deviating shells fell six or seven meters away from the defenders' batteries, and the violent explosion knocked down more than a dozen Argentine soldiers in the killing range to the ground, and the wails, cries for help, and the roar of artillery fire drowned out the orders of the Argentine defender commanders, and the city wall position was in chaos because of the sudden outbreak of heavy shelling.

Local militias and recruits can provide reserve forces for the troops when the war between the two sides is scorching, but in the unfavorable situation where the gap in strength between the two sides is too large and the offensive and defensive situations are transposed, they have not undergone special training and their psychological quality cannot adapt to the harsh battlefield environment, but they are easy to become saboteurs of the morale of the other side.

The brutal scenes of the war frightened the recruits for the first time, and groups of Argentine militiamen either curled up and hid on the edge of the city walls and convulsed because they were overly frightened, or they broke down and fled above the walls screaming because of the horrific images of their comrades' limbs.

The tragic war examined the quality of the Argentine defenders, and as the commander of the attacking side, Wu Fengdian also had his own concerns.

The National Defense Forces are fighting far away from the Han mainland, and the supply of ammunition and materials and logistics transportation are extremely expensive, and the ammunition base of each front-line unit is limited, so the commanders of the front-line troops need to use the ammunition and equipment in their hands to complete the designated combat tasks, and they cannot consume ammunition reserves at will without restraint.

Heavy artillery transportation is inconvenient, Wu Fengdian's third division and third mixed brigade are only equipped with a 75 mm field artillery battalion, the whole battalion of 15 field guns, two medium battle base ammunition configuration, Lomas alone in the first battle, he used five field guns and a base ammunition reserves, after the battle of Lomas, De Zamora, Florence and other strategic strongholds also need to be taken, therefore, observing the situation of seven rounds of artillery fire against the Argentine defenders, Wu Fengdian ordered the artillery units to stop the attack, Two infantry battalions were then replaced by two infantry battalions, which had previously been severely attrition, and an attack was launched on the city of Lomas.

Field fixed-point strikes at the defenders' artillery, heavy machine guns and other fire support points, and then send the main force to fully press, focusing on the weak points of the enemy's defense.

Lieutenant Colonel Golani had the misfortune of experiencing a combined Wehrmacht artillery and infantry strike.

Due to its proximity to the Wehrmacht artillery positions, the western wall of Lomas was the most damaged, and a section of the wall nearly eight meters wide collapsed under repeated shelling, leaving a narrow gap.

The key breakthrough direction of the Wehrmacht offensive force was the gap in the western wall, and the Vietnamese 500 soldiers, led by a battalion commander, rushed to the gap in batches.

Standing on the battlefield outside the city, where the smoke of gunfire had not yet dissipated, Lieutenant Colonel Golani recalled the battle that had just ended, and couldn't help but make a hypothesis in his mind: "If I had mobilized troops to contain the gap as soon as the city wall collapsed, would it have changed the outcome of the battle?" ”

"Sir, the Wehrmacht has kept its promise by opening the passage to Florence, and six thousand of the more than nine thousand inhabitants of Lomas have gone to Florence and elsewhere through the passage given by the Wehrmacht."

An officer's debriefing interrupted Golani's thoughts.

The thick, disorganized brow furrowed high.

"Why haven't 3,000 people been evacuated, and have the soldiers not informed them all?"

"No, sir, Captain Corenst personally informed the inhabitants of the city, and that the more than three thousand inhabitants had stayed on their own free will, and that Argentina was full of war, and that even if they ran elsewhere, there was a high risk of danger, and that they would rather stay in Lomas and wait for the Wehrmacht's verdict than risk wandering elsewhere."

"Forget it, let them go."

Lieutenant Colonel Golani said in a dull tone, "You go and tell the residents who are willing to stay that the Wehrmacht promises not to harm them, and let them live in Lomas in peace." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Gorani and his troops, mostly Lomas, had to abandon their last recalcitrant intentions and lead the remaining soldiers to surrender because of the Wehrmacht threat.

War is a matter for the military, and even after the fighting is over, the residents who Gollaney does not want to be left behind are still living in fear brought about by federal propaganda.

"Sir, Captain Corenst has left you a message promising to return to Florence and explain to the Federal Government that you have been coerced by the Wehrmacht to surrender as a last resort for the safety of the inhabitants of Lomas."

"Captain Corendst is an excellent soldier and I will remember his kindness." ……

"Brigade commander, the second battalion of the third division is like the battalion commander with news that there are Argentine soldiers mixed among the retreating Argentine civilians."

On the other side outside the city, Wu Fengdian stood on the high ground and listened to the soldiers' reports.

"yes, I see."

Wu Fengdian waved his hand, got up and walked towards the Argentine surrender troops.

In order to settle the battle as soon as possible and reduce the casualties and ammunition consumption of the troops, Wu Fengdian issued an ultimatum to the defenders of the city, if the Argentine defenders refused to surrender, the Wehrmacht would use field artillery to strike indiscriminately into the city.

The commander of the defending army, Golani, did not know the reality of the Wehrmacht's artillery ammunition shortage, and finally chose to lay down his arms and surrender under pressure from Wu Fengdian and local conscripted soldiers.

A few Argentine soldiers mixed in with civilians have nothing to do with the big picture,

Successfully taking Lomas City, Wu Fengdian achieved the set tactical goal, and he did not need to worry about a small matter, which affected the credibility of himself and the Wehrmacht.