Wild North America 1846

Chapter 490 Vegetables
"Boom boom boom..."

Dense shells smashed fiercely towards the Indian infantry formation and the Argentine artillery positions. After landing, they exploded into fireballs, accompanied by broken limbs, broken arms, and dirt and grass, flying into the sky. Pieces of Indian soldiers fell to the ground, blood splattered out.

Almost every bombing point that fell near the Argentine infantry formation had to knock down more than a dozen soldiers and clear a large area on the left and right.
The artillery shells fell on the artillery positions, and immediately blew up the Argentine Napoleon cannon into parts. The whistling shrapnel emptied the left and right artillery, blasting out a bloody alley.

With such power, watching the white Argentinian commander's eyelids twitch violently, he shouted in fear, "Oh, God... stop those Indians from running around, officers go to gather troops , it was a disaster."

after just a few salvos
The Indian infantry line, which was originally neatly arranged, was in chaos. Those Indian soldiers who were frightened by death and explosions shouted in horror and fled in all directions, disrupting the entire array.

Many soldiers dropped their rifles and turned and fled, causing even more chaos.

see this scene
Lieutenant General Lei Juekun, the commander-in-chief, stopped the artillery's follow-up bombardment in time, and then waved his hand to order the line infantry to pursue.

The neatly lined infantry trotted up with their guns in hand, while running, they had to pay attention to avoid the formation being scattered, and took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them.

not for a while
The line troops of the Tang Empire approached within a distance of 500 meters. At this time, the fleeing Indian infantry and the cavalry in the rear made a mess. Some white Argentine officers waved shiny sabers and led the supervising team Stop deserters.

Seeing that the situation had just improved, the line infantry of the Tang Empire chasing behind had approached within 500 meters.

At this time, a group of white cavalry came out from the left side of the Argentine camp. They brandished their shining sabers and accelerated their charge.

The scalp-numbing horn sounded from the rear, and the infantry commanders of the Great Tang Empire raised their shining command knives one after another, ordering the line infantry pursued by the small steps to stop and keep the platoon in order.

Then they raised their rifles in unison, the first line of infantry squatted down on the spot, the second and third line of infantry stood staggered, their black muzzles pointing straight ahead.

At this moment

The Argentine cavalry on the left quickly shortened the distance between the two, and within two to three minutes, they had already reached within a distance of more than a hundred meters.

These Argentine cavalrymen waved sharp swords and shouted wildly, charging forward with ferocious faces, trying to buy more time for the infantry to adjust, and using cavalry charges to disrupt the battle rhythm of the Tang Empire's infantry.

"Raise the gun horizontally, the first row...fire!" The infantry commander swung his saber down fiercely and issued an order to fire.

"Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa……"

The dense volley of gun bullets resounded throughout the area, and those fiercely charged Argentine cavalry seemed to hit the air wall head-on, and were punched out in countless blood holes in the dense volley of bullets, blood flew and fell to the ground.

Hundreds of war horses and cavalry rolled into a ball under the huge forward inertia, setting off billows of smoke and dust.

"Raise the gun horizontally, the second row...fire!"

"Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa……"

"Raise the gun horizontally, the second row...fire!"

"Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa……"

"Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa……"

……

"Stop shooting, the whole army stops shooting..."

After more than ten consecutive rounds of gun volley, the infantry commander standing at the front of the queue rushed to the front, waved his shiny command knife left and right, and ordered the excited infantry to stop shooting. It would be a waste of bullets to continue fighting.

The billowing smoke and dust gradually dissipated in front of me, and there were corpses lying on the battlefield mixed with the strong smell of gunpowder smoke and blood. The corpses of Argentine cavalry and horses were piled up to a height of less than half a person, stopping more than 70 meters in front of the infantry line.

On the battlefield in front of us, about 3000 Argentine white cavalry were buried here under the fierce and deadly volley attack. The corpses were scattered on the battlefield with a radius of 500 meters. The scene was extremely miserable.

And the Indian soldiers who were restrained by the white commander and the supervising team were also shot down by the dense volley of bullets because they were within the limit killing range of the king's rifle.

This time, it exploded even more...

They didn't listen to the call and ran all over the mountains and plains. There were even many Indian soldiers who jumped into the river in extreme panic and were rushed downstream. The scene was chaotic.

At this time, the Argentine army was gone.

In the imperial camp, two cavalrymen came out from the left and the right. They were the volunteer militia divisions who had been ambushing for a long time. Hunt down.

What a group of vegetables!
Commander Lieutenant General Lei Juekun shook his head with a wry smile, then took out his diamond-encrusted gold pocket watch to check the time. The entire battle did not last more than an hour, which can be described as a great victory!
Among them, the line infantry of the Tang Empire approached more than 2 kilometers forward, which took about half an hour, and the artillery prepared for more than 10 minutes.

That is
Under the double blow of artillery bombardment and volleys of guns, the Argentines couldn't even hold on for about 20 minutes, and they were defeated in a hurry.

Lieutenant General Lei Juekun led his army to the Crimea to participate in the war in 1853. He personally experienced the bloody battle for Sevastopol. He also served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Army. Promoted to Lieutenant General of the Royal Army, he has personally experienced countless battles, large and small.

Compared with the brutal wars they had experienced, the Battle of the Binonite Valley was particularly relaxed and freehand.

It's not surprising to think about it

Argentine whites are mainly composed of descendants of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish immigrants, and a large proportion of mixed blood.These southern Europeans were originally not good at fighting or had lost the blood of brave and good at fighting in the age of great navigation, and became comfortable.

Only less than 3% of Argentina’s population is of English or Irish origin, but these Anglo-Argentines control more than [-]% of social wealth. They are white manors and capitalists who can influence the political situation in Buenos Aires Province. The top level of society has a decisive influence on the political arena.

In the Argentine army in front of us, most of the cavalry came from the interprovincial white militia. Many of them started as manor owners or cowboys a month ago and had not experienced complete military training.

Riding a horse, holding a gun, bullying the native Indians is okay, but it is more than a star and a half to be included in the army to participate in the battle.

Let's say that the Argentine cavalry commander who rushed out from the left wing killed the entire cavalry unit because of his recklessness.

Therefore, it is useless to be brave.

In the cavalry regulations of the Tang Empire, it is strictly forbidden for such cavalrymen to commit suicide in the face of a line infantry charge. Even if they are lucky enough to escape their lives, the commander will be held accountable after the battle and executed.

From this point alone, the low quality of Argentine commanders can be exposed.

Half of this decent-looking Argentine army was beaten by Chinese armed militias and fled around. The warriors of the indigenous Indian tribes who were already frightened were recruited by the Argentines as cannon fodder.

Actually

In the eyes of these indigenous Indians, the brave Chinese armed militias are no different from the devil's corps, and even more terrifying than the devil. The fear is deeply rooted in their hearts, and they are already terrified before fighting.

It is not a strange thing to collapse at the touch of a battle.

until evening
Volunteer militia division cavalrymen chasing around happily escorted the captives and bloody big bags of ears back. A fair-skinned left ear is worth 200 Tang yuan, a dark-skinned left ear is worth 50 Tang yuan, and the right ear is worth nothing. This sack is full of money!
Battle of the Binonite Valley
The army of the Tang Empire achieved brilliant results of annihilating more than 43 enemies and capturing more than 1.4 enemies at a small cost of 2.2 casualties.

some of

The entire army of 2.3 Indian infantry was wiped out, and only 1.9 of the 6 white cavalry escaped. The rest were either killed or captured.

next morning

The seven volunteer militia divisions began to attack separately, sweeping across the two northern provinces of Colombia del Estero and Santa Fe like wildfire, and countless white manors and villages fell into the flames of war.

There was no sign of this sudden disaster. No one thought that the Argentine army collapsed so quickly. The cavalry of the Tang Empire swept across the field and efficiently harvested the farms of villages and towns, bringing a catastrophe to the local white people.

In some white villages and manors, the Chinese volunteer cavalry divisions that swept past would only send out a small group of troops to reap the wealth, while the large cavalry would "rumble" and continue to move forward.

just a week

The two northern provinces of Colombia del Estero and Santa Fe have completely fallen under the control of the cavalry of the Tang Empire, and wars are everywhere.

Team after team of horse-drawn convoys heading north, they can't see the side at a glance.The carriage carried large and small packages of supplies, and drove the cattle, sheep and horses to the south.

Tears-stained white women and children sat in the wagons, with the smoke-filled settlements behind them, staggering southward under the escort of Chinese cavalry, and became the spoils of war for the volunteer militia divisions to show the glory of conquest.

According to the incomplete statistics of Argentina after the war;
The cavalry of the Tang Empire swept across the two northern provinces of Colombia del Estero and Santa Fe, almost leaving ten rooms empty, and the 10-year colonial achievements of the Argentines were destroyed.

About 3.8 to 4 white women and children were taken away, and countless people died in this sudden disaster...

This unfounded guess was proved by the rigorous historical facts of the Tang Empire, and it was completely nonsense.

after the war

Indeed, some white women and children who lost their homes during the war were willing to follow the imperial soldiers to live in the south. They needed a quiet and peaceful living environment and were completely tired of the turmoil of war.

This part of the population is not large, which is about 2000 people.

The specific number is 2337 people, including 1671 women, 622 children, and 44 oppressed white men, as well as some cattle and sheep.

decades later
The history recorded by the Tang Empire is widely accepted by the international community. In Colombia del Estero, Santa Fe and other northern provinces, immigrants mainly Chinese lived happily in this fertile land. People care about the past.

(End of this chapter)