Wild North America 1846

The next day

Evening hours of June 1867, 6

More than 2 cavalrymen of the cavalry motorized regiment belonging to the Governor's Mansion of Andis, overcame all difficulties and finally arrived at the north of the Umaita Fortress, the fortress of the Great River, within the specified time. They hid in a woodland col about 21 kilometers away from the fortress. , Many officers and soldiers fell asleep lying on the ground exhausted, and there was a lot of snoring in the jungle.

The rest of the officers and soldiers who still have energy helped their comrades lead the horses to the river to drink water, feed them concentrate, and eat some dry food with cold water as soon as possible.After filling his stomach, he took the war horse back and settled it down, and then just found a place to lie down and fall asleep soundly.

"Your Highness, how are you?" Lieutenant Colonel Pan Shouguo asked with concern.

The young Eleventh Prince Tang-Li Xin smiled wryly, opened his legs a little staggeringly and said to his guard; "Find two people to help me block it. The inner thighs are worn out. I need to change the ointment."

"Your Highness!"

Lieutenant Colonel Pan Shouguo held back his laughter, summoned a few personal guard officers, and quickly set up a tent for His Highness. He was about to follow him in, but was kicked out by His Highness again.

There is no way, the young His Highness has a thin skin, even if he grinned his teeth in pain and took off the blood-stained silk underwear, he would not want anyone around to see him.

"Your Highness, don't expose it hard, just soak it in some warm water, be careful, don't be too anxious!"

"Okay, okay, I can save myself, so don't talk too much, I'm not a squeamish little girl."

"OK then."

Hearing the sound of gasping for air from the tent, Lieutenant Colonel Pan Shouguo straightened up, his face full of regret and admiration;

Sure enough, it is the dragon species that inherits the noble blood of the Holy Majesty!This kind of stock is not mixed with water at all.

As the royal family of the Tang Dynasty who started from war horses, all the princes are naturally skilled in equestrianism, but they have never experienced this kind of ultra-difficult cavalry tactics of assaulting thousands of miles.

Even with adequate preparations, His Royal Highness the Eleventh Prince still wore out the insides of his legs. It is not easy to persevere!
Lieutenant Colonel Pan Shouguo walked a dozen steps forward, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and was about to light it, when he saw Master Wu Erbao hurrying towards him.

Seeing him take the initiative to give a military salute, he said with a respectful expression; "Your Excellency, I have just settled the trivial matters in the division. Come and see if your highness has any orders here."

"You've made up your mind. Your Highness is all right. Would you like a cigarette?"

"Thank you, my lord, how dare you disobey your orders in a humble position."

Master Wu Erbao took the cigarette with both hands, and took the initiative to light the kerosene lighter for Lieutenant Colonel Pan Shouguo to light first, and then lit his own cigarette, and the two smoked and enjoyed it.

"Honorable lord, there is still one more thing to come here. The Legion Department convened the heads of all divisions to discuss and agree on the next step of combat deployment. Why don't I come here to invite His Highness and lord to attend the meeting? I wonder what lord would like?" Wu Erbao The lieutenant colonel expressed his kindness respectfully.

His humble title of "humble job" is correct. The Volunteer Tenth Division is armed with the nature of a militia, and the officers in the division are all temporary deployments. When the war ends, they will be disbanded immediately.

The Lieutenant Colonel Pan Shouguo in front of him is different. He belongs to the top Royal Guards in the empire. He is a professional officer who has undergone full training in the academy. The authoritative military organization of the emperor, the real confidant officer of His Majesty the Emperor.

To put it bluntly, the royal guards were at the third rank in the military system. If they were in the Qing Dynasty, they were called guards with swords, and all of them were imperial guards.

Originally, it was impossible for the fate lines of two people to be intertwined. One was a high-ranking son of a top aristocrat, and the people who made friends were all princes and aristocrats, the proper sons of heaven.

One is an ordinary manor owner. There are not 40 but 10,000+ in the Tang Empire. Although the area of ​​the Wu family’s ranch is larger and can have tens of thousands of hectares, it is really not good in the vast land and resources of the Tang Empire. What a strange thing.

Wu Erbao doesn't even have the most basic title of nobility, the difference is like a chicken seeing a phoenix.

"His Royal Highness's identity should not attract attention with great fanfare. How about this, I will go with you as soon as I explain. I will report to His Highness after the military meeting details about the deployment." Lieutenant Colonel Pan Shouguo acted safely, and made a decision after taking a deep breath of his cigarette.

Lieutenant Colonel Wu Erbao followed suit, and responded repeatedly; "Your Excellency, you have considered it carefully, and you can only admire him for his humble position."

After another two puffs of cigarettes, Lieutenant Colonel Pan Shouguo dropped the cigarette butt, stomped on it and said, "That's all right, wait a moment, I will go with you after I report to His Highness."

"My lord, please take care of yourself, just wait for the humble position."

On the ground by the stream
More than 40 officers of the mobile corps sat on the ground, and a rough hand-painted map hung on the branch in front of them, which was the topographic map of the surrounding area of ​​Umaita Fortress.

The military meeting was presided over by Major General Mai Xiaozu, the commander of the mobile corps. Corps commander.

Due to the urgent military situation, there is no discussion session.

After reporting the relevant military situation, the commander-in-chief, Major General Mai Xiaozu, immediately carried out military deployment, arranging the combat tasks of each division at dawn tomorrow.

According to scouts;
The Umaita Fortress, the fortress of the great river, is located in the area where the Parana River and the Paraguay River stand between the two rivers. It is built on the back of the mountain, with an altitude of more than 270 meters. Although the mountain is not high, the fortress is quite steep. It is a pass fortress that is difficult to capture.

The key point is that the front area of ​​the fortress is limited, with two sides facing the river and one side facing the mountains. Only the slopes and mountains with a width of more than [-] meters in front of the fortress can be attacked, and they are under the full coverage of the fortress's artillery fire.

It is difficult for a large-scale army to develop head-on, so it can only use refueling tactics to attack continuously, regardless of casualties.

This is also the main reason why the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms stood in front of the Umaita Fortress for 8 months, causing 8 or [-] casualties.

After a long period of artillery bombardment, the defensive wall in the north of the Umaita Fortress was dilapidated, and large areas of collapse appeared in many places. In particular, there were two large-scale breaches in the city wall, which were simply built with bricks and stones. Doesn't look solid.

Due to the rush of time, the allied defenders focused on repairing the defensive walls and towers in the south of the fortress, basically rebuilding the defense system, and planned to defend against the heavy army group of the Datang Empire from the direction of Ascension.

The Allied forces never expected that a surprise attack would come from behind.

During today's cavalry reconnaissance, the Umaita Fortress of the Great River Fortress is still operating normally. There is an endless stream of carriages transporting supplies and raising horses through the fortress to the direction of Ascension. The surprise attack of the Imperial Mobile Corps was completely unexpected, and the defense is quite slack.

More than ten kilometers north of the Umaita Fortress, the camp where the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms had been stationed for more than 8 months is still there. There are more than a dozen camps in all kinds of places, but now only four camps still have garrisons.

One of them belongs to the Brazilian barracks, one belongs to the logistics battalion, one belongs to the Argentine barracks, and the other belongs to the Uruguayan barracks. There are a total of about 1.5 troops stationed in these four camps. The other camps are already empty.

Such a deployment gave the mobile corps a major opportunity to break through the fortress in a short time.

The commander, Major General Mai Xiaozu, plans to steal the camp. After dawn tomorrow, he will organize a horse convoy and more than 300 elite soldiers, each of whom is equipped with a fast and fierce lever-action rifle, and pretends to be a supply horse convoy to raid the gate of Umaita Fortress. , and stick to it.

The Volunteer Second Division followed up and seized the fortress with a swift attack.

The two reinforced field cavalry artillery battalions of the mobile corps were all assigned to the 2nd division. When the stealing of the battalion failed, they launched a strong attack and repeatedly bombarded the former breach of the fort with fierce artillery fire, opening a victory channel for subsequent attacks.

The 19th Volunteer Division, as the reserve force of the 2nd Division, quickly followed up after the [-]nd Division successfully attacked the fortress, fully occupied and controlled the Umaita Fortress.

When the sneak attack on the fortress failed, the officers and soldiers of the second division would be assembled to fight, storm the breach, launch continuous and violent attacks, and strive to break through the city in one fell swoop.

After the battle broke out, the 1.4th and [-]th Cavalry Divisions were responsible for blocking the gate. The main target was the Brazilian and Argentine military camps with a total of more than [-] people north of the fortress. clear.

As for the remaining hundreds of people in the Uruguayan military camp, it was settled easily.

After the military meeting, the officers of each division returned to the camp to implement the deployment. There were more than 2 cavalry hidden in the huge mountain depression. No one walked around and whispered. All of them were silently preparing for the battle.

The most important thing is to clean the firearms, oil them for maintenance, sharpen the swords, and carefully prepare for a fierce battle.

In the remaining time, eat and drink enough, lie down and sleep quickly, and recharge your energy for tomorrow's battle.

around midnight

The soldiers of the 2nd Volunteer Division and the 19th Volunteer Division in charge of assaulting the fortress were all fed and ready to go. Most of the officers and soldiers had to abandon their horses and walk [-] kilometers in the dark, and entered the starting position before the Buddha dawn to hide and wait. .

The two field cavalry artillery battalions that accompanied the operation, and the two field cavalry artillery companies attached to the 2nd Volunteer Division and the 19th Volunteer Division were all led by soldiers on horses, and the horses carried field artillery and shells to follow them.

During the march, absolute silence must be kept in the dark, so as not to disturb the Allied soldiers stationed along the Paranara River.

At the crucial moment

These two volunteer cavalry divisions showed a high degree of discipline. 1.1 officers and soldiers followed the team into the dark wilderness, only occasionally hearing the sound of guns colliding, and all officers and soldiers marched in silence.

Even if he fell down, he endured the pain and stood up to continue marching.

If you fall and break your legs and feet and cannot continue marching, then you can silently crawl to the side and wait until dawn to come to rescue the wounded, or wait until the enemy army comes to fight to the death, there is no third way to go.

The 19nd and No.5 divisions needed to march for more than 2.6 hours in the dark, and before dawn, they entered a forest less than [-] kilometers away from the Umaita Fortress to hide. This forest is very close to the Argentine camp.

After dawn, there are often Allied sentry cavalry patrols.

Therefore, the sneak attack on the Umaita Fortress was like walking a tightrope, and it would be exposed if it was not careful. In addition to strength, it also required a little bit of luck.

4:00 a.m.

The [-]th and [-]th Divisions of the Volunteer Cavalry marched out one after another. The cavalry led their horses out of the jungle and headed towards the Umaita Fortress.

They only need to get close to the enemy camp before dawn. There are barren mountains and mountains everywhere, and the Allied soldiers can't find them at a distance.

As for the scout cavalry sent by the Allied Forces, it was nothing more than a piece of cake in front of the two volunteer cavalry divisions. They couldn't even turn over the tiniest waves, let alone pass the news back.