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When Li Mo and Chen Ping boarded the newly arrived Tianxing and were personally escorted by Long Guozhang to Antofagas, the situation of the Chilean Civil War took a major turn.

Monte deserves to be the leader of the Chilean Navy, although he does not understand why the two batteries in the city of Antofagas, which had been assessed by the Navy and believed that it was necessary to concentrate at least seven warships and would cause damage to many of them, suddenly exploded and destroyed more than a dozen large-caliber guns, who did it? How?

Could it be the young man again!

Although Simmons knocked on the side several times, all he got in the end was an unfathomable smile, but fortunately, Monte also knew that now was not the time to solve the puzzle, what he needed to do was to grab the wound of the political axe army and tear it open!

Three troop transports and six warships, with the newly formed 3,000 new army of Congress, quickly arrived off the coast of Antofagasta before the political axe army could react.

Without the support of the battery, the only remaining small fleet of the political axe army was forced into a decisive battle, and in the face of the powerful Congressional Navy, although they were in a commendable spirit and did not retreat, they only supported for a few dozen minutes, and the two wooden cruisers were completely destroyed.

As the President's Political Axe Army completely lost its ability to maneuver at sea, the Congressional Army led by Monte took advantage of the sea superiority to continue to harass north-central Chile, and the 3,000 newly formed Congressional Army began to land in Antofagas.

At the same time, Zhao Longhe and the coalition army that had swelled to 4,000 people also rushed to the city of Antofagaste and got the twenty cannons brought by Ji Weishan. Zhao Long and Melino. After consultation, Japa immediately chose to divide his troops, and the latter cooperated with the newly arrived 3,000 congressional troops to feign a strong attack on the fortress, and he himself led the escort army to set up an ambush, and with the help of a total of 25 cannons and a dense rain of grenades, after a day and a night of fierce fighting, finally ate 5,000 well-equipped political axe troops who came to support, and laid the foundation for the attack on Antofagaste, the largest fortress city in north-central Chile.

Unexpectedly, when he learned that the reinforcements had been completely annihilated, the commander of the defenders of Antofagaste actually immediately ordered to surrender and accept the leadership of the congressional army.

Having lost the northern barrier and facing a two-front attack, the political axe army finally could not hold on, and when the two new 700-ton torpedo ships purchased from the British arrived in Valparaiso, they immediately ordered them to attack the Capitol without waiting for the sailors to breathe a sigh of relief.

Late at night on April 22, the two ships arrived at Caldera Anchorage, and under the cover of night, two small warships sneaked into the inner harbor to prepare for an attack with the new white-headed torpedoes on board.

Although it was only early morning and the attackers could not clearly identify their opponents, thanks to the size of the shadows, they managed to spot the "Huaasca" and "Blanco. Enkara". by Carlos. The "Condel" under the command of Major Molaga was the first to fire 3 torpedoes at a distance of 500 yards, but none of them hit. The alert crew of the "Blanco" noticed that the situation was abnormal, immediately moved the berth, pointed the bow of the ship in the direction of the torpedo attack to avoid the attack, and opened fire with rapid-fire guns. But they did not find the "Lynch", which remained silent in the dark, by Alberto. The latter, commanded by Major Fuentes, was approaching the ironclad at full speed from the other side. At a distance of 200 yards, Fuentes fired two bald torpedoes with a range of 660 yards and a charge of 58 pounds, one of which hit the Blanco

Since the "Blanco" was at anchor at that time, the watertight hatches were not closed, so it quickly entered the water and capsized with 182 crew members in just a few minutes

This attack, which shocked everyone, made people see the prospect of the use of the new torpedo in combat, and also gave hope to the political axe army, but Monte did not give the political axe army any chance, and on the third day after being attacked, he personally led ten warships, including the Esmeralda, to fly to the port of Valparaiso, which is located on the outskirts of the Chilean capital, and shelled it for four consecutive hours, so that the political axe army, which was still immersed in the joy of the successful sneak attack, suffered heavy losses.

It was also on this day that Li Mo, who had already "foreseen" the sneak attack and retaliation of the congressional army, came to the city of Antofagast.

"Young master, this is all the fat man's family property, it's all here, and the saltpeter mine and all the funds have been transferred to your name." Qiu Zishan took out the gift "given" by Waldock from his arms and handed it to Li Mo.

"Well done, leave it to Chen Ping." Li Mo didn't stretch out his hand, and all his attention at the moment was focused on the dozen or so frightened faces that were confined to the room.

"Young master, it's all here, and none of them have run away!" Li Qiang pointed to the crowd that was crowded together and trembling: "I heard from them, Balmaceda originally planned to let the pile of fat arrange for them to leave by boat from here and go out for a while, so few people know their whereabouts." ”

After listening to Li Qiang's words, Li Mo nodded, if the news has not leaked, these people are a good bargaining chip.

Seeing that the young master was looking at these people in a daze, Qiu Zishan handed over all the financial certificates to Chen Ping before he said, "Young master, do you want to contact the political axe army now and ask Balmaceda to stop resisting?" ”

"Nope." Chen Ping took the certificate, threw it into his arms, and shook his head: "Contacting now will only make Balmaceda break the jar, and it will not do us any good." ”

"How long will that wait? Could it be that we have lost this vote? Li Qiang rolled his eyes, thinking that he almost fell into a brother for these people, so he was angry.

"Wait, wait until the battle situation is clear, wait until Valparaiso is completely captured, wait until Monte troops come to the city of Santiago!" Young Master Li squinted like a knife: "Desperate Balmaceda, if at that time, he received the news that his relatives were in our hands, and we also provided protection for him, so that he could safely go wherever he wanted, what do you think he would choose?" ”

"Let Balmaceda leave? Why? "Li Qiang doesn't understand, what he has worked hard to fight is the president's political axe army, and in the end, he has to protect the departure of the other party's master, what is the reason?

"Do you know how difficult it will be for Balmaceda to get to where it is today? Do you know how much support there is in Chile? Do you know how prestigious Balmaceda is in the hearts of Chileans? The corners of Master Li's mouth curved slightly, and a bright light flashed in his eyes: "As long as Balmaceda does not die for a day, whether it is Monte, the Chilean Congress and the foreign forces behind them, they will not be at ease for a day, not to mention that we also need a means to check and balance Monte in case he crosses the river and demolishes the bridge!" ”

"To be a man, you must have hole cards." Young Master Li spoke earnestly, and nodded frequently around, "And only the cards pressed in the palm of your hand can be called hole cards!" ”

Li Qiang's heart sank, and he understood the young master's thoughts, after all, this is someone else's land, if you want to squeeze some oil out, you really don't dare to say big things without something to save your life. As long as Balmaceda is in the hands of the young master, if he dares to turn his face! The Nighthawks dared to take Balmaceda back out of the mountain and break the small Chilean sky again!

"Chen Ping, you go and inform Zhao Long, the troops are resting and waiting in place, and the next battle should be nothing for us." Li Mo waved his hand and turned his head: "Li Qiang, you take people and Qiu Zishan to set off to the capital immediately, and when the Monte army presses the border, you will immediately contact Balmaceda and tell him that his family is in my hands, and I am willing to help him get out of here." ”

"What if he doesn't say yes?" Li Qiang paused slightly, and put his hand on the dagger on his waist.

"Then dispose of it!" The corners of Master Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth were cold, like an ice blade that had not been transformed for thousands of years in Antarctica, and the cold air spat out outward along the gap between his teeth: "In a word, even if he dies, he can't let the outside world know!" ”