Ondrew is a military man.

A purely military man.

Originally, when he rebelled, he didn't think about it that much at all, he just wanted to take his brothers around him to find a way to live.

But the development of form is beyond his imagination.

Chilean Admiral Patricio Lynch showed great interest and sincerity in this uprising of the Chinese workers.

He persuaded his president to provide some arms support and pay for the resistance in Peru.

The president even promised that if the Chinese could help Chile win the battle, their home of Iquique would be granted autonomy to the Chinese.

Although now in terms of the overall situation, Chile has an absolute advantage.

But Ondejong never figured out that on the Iquique line, from time to time there would be fierce counterattacks by Peruvian soldiers.

For some reason, they have been seeking to seize this port.

Is it because your Chinese people look a little easier to bully?

"Weng Shuai! Weng Shuai! ”

Hearing someone calling out to him, Weng Derong, who was studying the map, raised his head and looked out of the big tent.

It's Xu Ajiu who is back.

Weng Derong straightened up, put his hands behind his back, and walked to the door of the big tent.

He found that it was not only Xu Ajiu who came back.

Behind the team of brown-shirted warriors was a team of black-clad warriors.

They were not only men, but also horses, and they were followed by a long convoy.

The wagons were covered with thick pieces of dark green cloth, and from a distance, they looked like one box after another.

Weng Derong's eyes narrowed.

When he saw Zhang Danian in the team, he carefully identified it, and then slapped his thigh, his face was happy, and he greeted him excitedly.

And here, Zhang Danian also saw Weng Derong.

After 20 years, both of them have gone from the prime of life to white-headed.

The two hugged each other tightly.

"Brother, you're really here! I thought you were too comfortable in the U.S. to be happy to come. Weng Derong patted Zhang Danian's back, excited.

"Okay, okay, I still have a few years to live, I'm afraid I'm going to be shot to death by you for this kind of shooting." Zhang Danian said.

Weng Derong let go of Zhang Danian.

He suddenly found that next to Zhang Danian, there was a young man standing with a smile on his face.

Although he didn't speak, the black-clothed soldiers behind him, even Zhang Danian, focused their eyes on this young man from time to time.

Weng Derong realized that the leader of this team was this young man, not Zhang Danian.

"Who is this?" Weng Derong looked Chen Jianqiu up and down and asked Zhang Danian.

Zhang Danian looked at Chen Jianqiu with inquiring eyes.

"Weng Shuai, Jiu Yang, my name is Chen Jianqiu, just call me Jianqiu, also after TPJ, now an American businessman, with a little family capital, I heard that Weng Shuai has won a place for the Chinese to survive here, and I came to help."

Chen Jianqiu said to Weng Derong.

He didn't hide another purpose of his coming to Weng Derong in the slightest: "The other is to look for an opportunity to see if he can do saltpeter business." ”

"Saltpeter?" Weng Derong laughed.

He pointed to the brown-shirted soldiers behind him, "We used to work in the saltpeter mines here. ”

"The saltpeter mine here used to belong to Peru, but now, it's under our control."

Ondejong continued.

"But they've never given up on fighting for this place, so, hey, it's really hard to say."

"If we can really hold on to the end of the war, we will talk to the Chilean government to see if we can bring down the saltpeter mine here."

After hearing that Chen Jianqiu was a descendant of TPJ, Weng Derong's attitude was very kind and friendly.

He didn't ask Chen Jianqiu who his parents were.

Because there are too many orphans in TPJ, and their parents often die extremely tragically.

It's something that many people don't want to recall.

"Let's go, I'll take you to our front line first." Ondejong mounted a horse.

Chen Jianqiu asked Li Sifu to tell the soldiers to rest first and drink water or something.

And he and several key members of the team followed behind Chen Derong.

Ondejong took them around the town, including the coastline and the desert.

Chen Jianqiu listened to Weng Derong's introduction while watching, and rarely spoke.

After a round and turn, they returned to the big tent on the north side of the town.

And they entered the tent.

Weng Derong sat down in the main seat, and Chen Jianqiu and Zhang Danian sat in the upper position in turn.

He asked Xu Ajiu to hang the map on the shelf behind him, and began to introduce his tactical deployment to Chen Jianqiu and the others.

Iquique as a port.

To the west is the sea, to the east is the desert, and to the south is Chile proper.

Chilean goods will enter the port from the southern road and then be shipped out through the port.

The Brown Army's defensive line was mainly deployed in the north and east.

From time to time, Peruvian troops will attack from these two directions.

"As long as we hold out for a few months, the Chilean army should outflank their rear, and then we can cooperate with the Chilean army to flank and win."

Onderong drew a line on the map with his hand, indicating the route of the Chilean army's advance.

"There are so many rebels in Peru that they can't get out for the time being."

"Where's the northwest?"

Chen Jianqiu stood up, walked to the map, and pointed to the northwest of the town.

There, it's a coastline.

The people in the tent were a little confused.

Onderong laughed: "Jianqiu, that's the coast, and those soldiers in Peru aren't fish, how could they climb up from the sea?" ”

"Boss Chen, the Peruvian army in the north doesn't have ships, and they can't get around." Xu Ajiu also explained.

Chen Jianqiu did not refute their words.

He had just passed by that coast.

The coast is very open and flat, and it is too suitable for landing if it is not defended.

"Old man, which front do we need to go to?" Zhang Danian asked.

Weng Derong was thinking.

The young man in front of him had a lot of money, and he didn't know where to get two hundred cavalry, and he also drifted across the sea.

It's just a pity that in a defensive battle, the cavalry can't show their own advantages, it's too wasteful.

"Otherwise, you should set up camp first, and wait for the enemy to really come, and then mobilize to support, or outflank them." Weng Derong thought for a moment.

"Then let's set up camp here." Chen Jianqiu pointed to the clearing northwest of the town on the map.

"Okay, just tell me if you need anything."

Weng Derong felt that this young man was a little stubborn, which made him a little unhappy.

"The water here is not easy to find, and you have to get it from an oasis a few kilometers away." He said.

"Thanks, understood, I'll take care of it myself." Chen Jianqiu said.

Chen Jianqiu went to the town to replenish some supplies, and then took his two hundred people directly to the destination.

They soon set up camp less than a kilometer from the coastline.

Chen Jianqiu stayed in the camp for a few days, and in the past few days, he obtained some information through various channels and began to make up some information about this place.

During this period, Xu Ajiu came to deliver supplies several times on behalf of Weng Derong.

He was stunned by the mountain of wooden boxes in the camp.

"What is this?" He asked Li Sifu, who was pulling the shed for the wooden box.

"Bullets." Li Sifu was blunt.

Xu Ajiu shook his head: "Good girl, you bring so many bullets?" ”

He pointed to a dozen wagons that were entering the camp.

Behind these wagons, there were buckets one after another.

Since this morning, he has seen the dozen or so wagons enter and leave the camp more than once.

"What are these?"

"Water." Li Sifu didn't really want to deal with this person.

I'm in my thirties, how can I still be like a curious baby.

"Boy, do you want so much water?" Xu Ajiu was amazed again.

Li Sifu continued to be busy with his own affairs and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"You don't have to worry so much, I estimate that the Peruvian army on the opposite side will be powerless if they want to fight back." Xu Ajiu said with relief.

This is also the judgment of Weng Derong.

However, at this time, in the large camp of the Peruvian army to the north, a meeting was underway.

(End of chapter)