Chapter 299: The Delaying Ploy Is Spotted

The ammunition supply of the Qing Protector Army became less and less, Wang Yongan was worried, and at the same time, there were more and more wounded, and the morale gradually declined. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And their opponents are facing even more serious problems, they have already captured people from the common people to fight, and the people of the city of Irapuato, as long as they are men over the age of twelve, must join the people's army to resist the Chinese.

But the combat ability of these people dragged down the Mexican army, causing the Mexicans to become more and more demoralized, more and more deserters, and Perez even shot Nieto, who was about to lead the army to escape.

"We must hold off the Chinese, time is good for us, but not for them." Chief of Staff RamΓ­rez said that during these three days, Mexicans not only deserted, but also Mexican youths who came from all over the country to support the fighting, and they were more aggressive than Chinese youth.

Perez nodded, let out a long sigh, and said, "I'd like to see how they were consumed by us under the city of Irapuato." ”

"Actually, we can fool them." Ramirez laughed.

"What does that mean?"

"Negotiation."

"Negotiations?"

"Yes, these Chinese are nothing more than to protect overseas Chinese, punish the rioters and demand compensation, and we use this excuse to drag them down." Ramirez laughed, "As long as we hold them off for a few days, our reinforcements will be coming." ”

Perez laughed and said, "Cisse, my friend, you are too smart a person. ”

On August 22, in front of the position north of the city, a Mexican ran over with a white chess piece, explaining that he was an emissary sent by Perez, hoping to negotiate with the Chinese.

"Negotiations are OK, a truce for a day." Wang Yongan said to the envoy.

Perez agreed, and sent Chief of Staff Ramirez to negotiate with the Chinese in person, and Ramirez brought opposition leader Madero to demand that Mexico not take all this into account as long as the Chinese withdraw.

Wang Yongan made several demands, first, to hand over the perpetrators of the massacre, second, to compensate the Chinese for their losses of 30 million pesos, and third, to immediately repeal all unequal laws against the Chinese. Regarding the first and third points, Ramirez said that he could call the shots, but the second point of compensating the Chinese for the loss of 30 million pesos was a bit unacceptable - besides, the rebels did not have that much money.

"We are negotiating in good faith, and if you just want to stall for time, then I'm sorry and keep fighting." Wang Yongan said coldly.

"No, no, no, I think we should talk about it, we have both sacrificed a lot of soldiers in the past few days, would you like to see your young man and my young man continue to fight?" Ramirez hurriedly said, "If the negotiations can be resolved, we will never allow war." ”

"If you had been in contact with us before, or we would have listened to it, but now that we've killed hundreds of young men, it doesn't seem right." Wang Yongan said coldly, "Is it because there are too many casualties that you regret it?" ”

"There's no shortage of blood in Mexico!" Ramirez said angrily.

"The Chinese are not lacking in blood." Wang Yongan said, "If you know Chinese history, you know that the 5,000-year history of China is the history of war, and the Chinese have never stopped any war, whether it is external or internal. ”

Ramirez hurriedly said: "I think, you are a mature general, not a reckless youth, aren't you?" ”

Wang Yongan smiled slightly and said, "So, listen to this beautiful cannon, we have a planned battle." ”

"What?" Ramirez was shocked.

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......"

The earth-shattering cannon sounded again, and the Chinese artillery began another round of attacks on the Mexicans.

Ramirez's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "You actually took advantage of the gap in the negotiations to attack us? ”

"That's right." Wang Yongan said, "We are only negotiating, not a truce. ”

Ramirez was angry enough, but helpless, another attack by the Chinese exhausted the Mexicans, and Perez did not expect that the Chinese would attack during the negotiations. The Mexicans' defensive positions were broken, the Chinese threw grenades, rushed up with bayonets, and under the cover of heavy machine guns, one by one the Qing guards in green uniforms pounced on Mianyang like tigers, and their sharp teeth were bitten on the trachea.

Perez's command was hit by Chinese artillery, the Mexican People's Army lost command for some time, and the whole army was in disarray.

Li Shirui, the commander of the third battalion, ordered the army to drive away 300 Mexican prisoners of war, and more than 600 people of the third battalion followed behind the prisoners of war.

In desperation, the Mexicans did not burst into a powerful fighting force, but collapsed, and a few Chinese soldiers were able to chase dozens of Mexicans.

An American reporter who personally participated in the battle later described the Mexicans as sheep running out of the sheepfold, while the Chinese were like sheepdogs, pressing the Mexicans to the ground and taking them prisoner.

But not all Mexicans were so vulnerable, and some diehards were still resisting the battle, causing some casualties to the Protectorate. During the battle, Wen Ju was shot in the stomach and almost died in order to cover a comrade-in-arms. And Liu Enbo was also very unlucky to be hit in the shoulder by a stray bullet, and he was honorably wounded and had to withdraw from the battle.

The Chinese forcefully compressed the space of the Mexican militia, forcing a large number of Mexican militia to flee outside the city.

Commander Perez also had to lead his troops to temporarily withdraw from the melee city of Irapuato, with a planned withdrawal in the direction of Mexico City to the east. However, Wang Yongan had already prepared, and the fourth battalion of cavalry was already waiting for the fleeing Mexicans on horseback, and they were wielding war knives in pursuit all the way.

Although Perez's men were very brave and tenacious, on the way to escape, they encountered Chinese cavalry, and they still inevitably died in battle. Perez also wisely chose to surrender, disguised as a soldier, crowded through the crowd, and followed the prisoners into the camp.

The battle in the city continued, explosions continued to sound, the Chinese grenades played a very important role in this final general attack, the Mexican machine gun fortresses were basically all blown up by grenades, and the Mexican trenches were also breached by grenades. The Mexicans, who had absolutely no experience in guarding against grenades, suffered a big loss this time, they never imagined that such a thing would bring them so much damage.