Wild North America 1846

Umaita Fortress

At about 6 in the morning of June 8, the Brazilian officers and soldiers on the fort shrank their necks to resist the cold wind. They were all thinly dressed and were not used to the cold weather of only five or six degrees above zero.

The fortress is located at the highest point, and the cold wind blowing across the wilderness is howling, blowing on the body so cold that the whole body is shivering after a while.

Especially the black soldiers, who wore only a thin cloth all over their bodies, their faces were blue from the cold in this cold weather.

This was a day no different from usual. After getting up early in the morning, Major Odebio in the fort stretched his waist and walked up the stone wall passage with a sigh of relief.

Looking into the distance as usual, the morning sun shines on the Argentine military camp in the distance, and I can only vaguely see it.

The Paraná River flows calmly, flowing from the side of the fortress to the distance. A few flying birds pass by on the river surface, and there are faint crisp chirping sounds.

another sunny day

Major Odebio saw a horse convoy approaching on the road to the north of the fortress, so he sighed and said to himself; "It's such a hard job to escort supplies to the front this early today!"

Immediately, the major shouted loudly: "Soldiers, the horse convoy transporting supplies is here, open the gate of the fortress, and stop dawdling."

"Understood, sir."

More than a dozen black soldiers worked together, the heavy winch on the fortress tower turned, and the locked iron-clad city gate slowly opened. The soldiers guarding the city gate moved away the heavy wooden stakes blocking the city gate, allowing the city gate to fully open.

Then the soldiers rushed out in a swarm, and while shrinking their necks and breathing, they talked about what cargo the horse convoy would load?
Looking at the city gate is a very boring thing. The horse convoy transports military supplies to the front line, and there is nothing to fish for.

The only time to take advantage of it is when the wagon convoy is carrying materials such as peanuts, soybeans, lard oil, and flour, and they can take the opportunity to intercept a little.

The number will not be large, and if there are too many escort horse convoys, they will start cursing their mothers.

The soldiers standing in the city gate didn't care. They leaned against the stone wall with their muskets in their arms, and some of them didn't even wear bullet belts, just for show.

It has been more than two months since the Umaita Fortress was captured, and the nearest remnant of Paraguay is more than 100 kilometers away. The south and north of the Dahe Castle Fortress are full of allied forces, and the fortress itself has nearly [-] garrisons. looking for trouble?

The truly powerful army of the Tang Empire is still more than 200 kilometers away?

If you want to attack the Umaita Fortress, you must first go through the Ascension Allied Forces where the army is gathered, so the defenders on the fortress are quite slack, including the officers.

10 minutes later

Seeing that the carriages were gradually approaching the gate of the fortress, Major Odebio staggered down from the tower of the fortress.Standing in the doorway of the fortress, the wind was blowing very cold, Mr. Major muttered in his mouth and walked to a leeward place outside the fortress, so he had time to look at the approaching carriage.

Watching, watching... Major Odebio looked a little puzzled. This carriage didn't send people to approach and deliver customs clearance documents for inspection as usual, but approached in a calm manner.

The leaders were talking and laughing on horseback. They were wearing Argentine army uniforms and looked like big thorns.

What is the origin of this carriage?
Not to mention Major Odebio's puzzled expression, even the officers and soldiers of the Tang Empire like Ferguson who were about to steal the pass were puzzled;

Preparing to punch the air for a long time, it's so fucking smooth, so easy it's unbelievable.

Ferguson is an officer of the 10th Division of the Volunteer Cavalry. He used to be one of the mercenaries of the Armed Corps who followed Commander Wu Erbao to conquer the world. He was a German-born white man who traveled to North America and settled down. Now he also settled down in Wujiabao Town. life of small farmers.

No... just because of his white-skinned ghost appearance, he was selected as one of the vanguards of the assault.

come to the city gate

Ferguson got off his horse, strode forward, took out his revolver and pressed it against Major Odebio's chest, and asked in fluent German, "Man, can you understand German?"

"Oh, God, what's going on? I can understand a little German." Major Odebio was taken aback.

"That's good, tell your guys not to resist, put down their guns and surrender, I can guarantee that none of you will be harmed."

"This...you are..."

"Didn't you see our military uniforms? We are the Argentine army, and now we are ordered to change our position and stand with the Tang Empire. For the sake of our former allies, please don't embarrass me?"

"Oh my God, this is unbelievable."

"Don't force me to kill you, okay? If you have any questions, let the officers bargain. I'm just ordered to carry out the task. Please cooperate with disarming, otherwise I will have to shoot you down."

"Please don't get excited, okay, okay, put down your guns, I'm afraid it's just a misunderstanding." Major Odebio waved his hands hurriedly and said, he didn't want to die at the hands of his allies for no reason, wouldn't that be too unfair?
The soldiers in the carriage moved quickly, and rushed over with guns to disarm all the enemy soldiers at the gate of the fortress. At this time, there was a scream from the city wall, and then a warning shot was fired.

This is when other sentries on the fortress saw that the situation was not going well, and they took the initiative to shoot as a warning.

The crisp gunshots pierced the tranquility of the morning, and soon made the whole fortress agitated.

In the distance as far as the eyes could see, the ground trembled, and more than 1000 cavalry came at a gallop, followed by the dark Tang Empire raiding infantry, as if the tide could not be seen at a glance, they quickly approached the gate of the fortress.

By this time, there was no need to hide whereabouts.

More than 300 elite soldiers quickly rushed up the stairs to the fortress with guns, and then there was a continuous sound of "ba, ba, ba, ba...", accompanied by the wailing of the wounded who were hit by the bullets and the sound of falling into the city wall. With a muffled sound, a short fierce battle began.

In just a few minutes, more than [-] elite soldiers have taken control of the fortress walls and some towers, and are shooting at the Brazilian soldiers who are constantly counterattacking.

At this time, the cavalry roared in, and their horses rushed through the city gate and rushed into the fortress. They rushed into the city with a shiny saber in their hands, and when they saw allied soldiers running around, they slammed down with their swords, a big head Then it flew up, and the headless neck sprayed everywhere like a fountain of blood.

The Chinese cavalry came too fast and too fiercely. The Allied forces in the fort just reacted. The Brazilian officers were directing the soldiers to collect guns and want to fight back. There was chaos in the fortress.

Thousands of Chinese cavalry rushed in, swiping their knives involuntarily, and scattered the gathered Brazilian soldiers at once, crying for their parents and mothers everywhere.

The elite Chinese soldiers occupying the vicinity of the city gate used dense platoons of guns to attack the Allied soldiers who were continuously attacking from both sides. For a while, there was loud gunfire, and both sides suffered casualties.

After ten minutes of fierce fighting
The black army that came later successfully entered the fortress through the city gate. At this time, the situation of Umaita Fortress was over. Amidst the shouts of killing, a large number of allied soldiers surrendered in fear of the fierce attack of the imperial soldiers.

The fighting and suppression lasted for about an hour, and at around 9:19 in the morning, the Volunteer Second Division and No.[-] Division successfully controlled the entire Umaita Fortress and began to cheer for victory.

Of the nearly 1700 Allied soldiers stationed in the Umaita Fortress, except for more than [-] casualties, most of the rest were captured, and only a small number of cavalry fled when they saw that something was wrong.

The second division, which was the main attack, also suffered 229 casualties, and the No.19 division had 34 casualties, fighting a classic battle like a textbook.

The fierce battle on the fort also alarmed the nearby Argentine and Brazilian military camps, and they quickly responded.

around 8:40

The gate of the Brazilian military camp with the largest number of troops was opened, and one after another neatly lined up soldiers poured out of the camp. In front of them were the eighth and tenth divisions of the cavalry corps, which were already in formation. 1.5 km away.

This distance is within the range of the 3-pound and 6-pound field guns of the Tang Empire Colt, so the two artillery companies with a total of 16 cannons fired in turn after the enemy soldiers left the camp.

in the rumble of guns
The artillery shells that exploded on the ground were quite lethal. Near each explosion point, more than 10 Pakistani soldiers were emptied in an instant.

At the gate of the camp, nearly 330 mutilated corpses were left behind.

This head-on blow finally woke up the Brazilian army in the camp.

There are a total of 4 camps on the banks of the Paraná River. After the battle broke out, the Assault Corps took the lead in taking down the central supply camp and the Uruguay camp with only a few hundred people, and concentrated the strength of two artillery companies to block the 1.2-person camp. In the Brazilian camp, another cavalry regiment was left to stare at the Argentine camp with less than 4000 troops.

from start to finish
The Argentine battalion did not send a single soldier to try to break through, and these Argentines understood quite well;

If the Umaita fortress is lost, the Brazilians will not be able to rush out, which means that the general situation is over. The strength of more than 3790 people in the Argentine camp alone will not do anything. Any resistance will be futile suicide.

After quickly taking down the Umaita fortress, the two reinforced field cavalry artillery battalions did not play a role at all. The commander, Major General Mai Xiaozu, simply transferred all the two cavalry artillery battalions back.

When the two cavalry battalions passed by the Argentine camp, the white flag obediently raised in the camp and surrendered.

Later, Major General Mai Xiaozu pulled the two cavalry artillery battalions to the vicinity of the Brazilian camp, pointing all the muzzles of the black holes at the Brazilian camp, threatening the enemy to surrender wisely.

Unexpectedly, the commander of the Pakistani army was still a hard-headed person. He set up artillery across the camp, and bombarded the heavily surrounded imperial cavalry corps.

Actually

The counterattack of the Brazilian army was just a lonely one. The effective range of the front-loading artillery equipped with it was only 900 meters. But angered Major General Mai Xiaozu, this is really the most stupid thing in the world.

Major General Mai Xiaozu gave an order with a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth;

"All the artillery cannons are adjusted to a higher angle of fire and cannon freely for 5 minutes at the longest range, so that these barbarians can taste the power of the world's top artillery technology."

"As ordered, sir."

A total of 8 field guns from 64 artillery companies formed a loose semi-circular artillery position. The muzzles of the black holes were raised, and after an order was given, they began to shell violently, aiming at the camp of the Brazilian army at a rate of two rounds per minute. Let off steam.

"Boom boom boom"... "Boom boom boom boom"...

The sound of cannons rumbled, and the ground shook.

Intensive artillery fire poured towards the Brazilian camp like migratory locusts. In a blink of an eye, more than 60 orange-red fireballs exploded, and the shrapnel splashed around instantly emptied the officers and soldiers nearby. The enemy's blood and flesh flew everywhere, and there were many dead and wounded.

Round after round of violent shelling, six to seven hundred shells were fired in five minutes, igniting the haystacks and tents in the Brazilian camp. Hundreds of frightened horses ran wildly in the camp, adding to the casualties of the Brazilians.

late in the bombardment

Staying in the big camp is like death hell. The Brazilians who couldn't bear it opened the camp gate and fled out in a swarm. On the one hand, they were attacked by volleys of guns. Hundreds of meters were strewn with corpses everywhere, which looked horrible.

The Tang Empire taught the Brazilians a lesson with sharp guns;

Even hiding in the camp is a dead end.

The three-pound and six-pound breech-loading guns equipped by the Tang Empire were powerful, with a range of up to 1800 yards. They were mounted more than a thousand meters outside the camp and bombarded violently, which was simply a one-sided massacre.

The several breakouts of the Brazilian army were defeated by dense platoons of guns. The fierce fighting lasted until about [-]:[-] in the afternoon, and the Brazilian army had to raise the white flag and surrender.

Just a few hours of fighting

The original 1.2-strong Brazilian army had more than 5300 casualties, while the Tang Empire’s army had only 40 casualties. Most of them were hit by stray bullets counterattacked by Brazilian army soldiers. Only 9 people were killed on the spot, and the others were of varying degrees of severity. injury.

So far, the surprise attack on the Umaita Fortress has basically come to an end.

The Mobile Assault Corps of the Andean Governor's Mansion achieved a complete victory, using a surprise attack to seize the Umaita Fortress, which was crucial to the entire battle, and laid the foundation for the complete annihilation of the Allied heavy forces.

The surrendered Argentine officers and soldiers witnessed this one-sided massacre with their own eyes. Everyone's face was blue and red, and they thought they were lucky;
If you continue to resist, I am afraid that the end will be as miserable as that of the Brazilian army.

The guns equipped by the Tang Empire army were too sharp. The Argentines had suffered enough from the Chinese armed militia, and they were especially afraid of the intensive firepower of Colt lever-action rifles.

countries in south america
The weapons equipped by Brazil and Argentina are relatively advanced, mainly smoothbore guns eliminated by countries such as Britain and France. This kind of rifle is still accurate within 120 yards.

The effective range is within 300 to 400 yards, which is roughly the same range as the Colt lever rifle, but the intensity of fire is far worse.

A well-trained smoothbore gunner can fire two bullets per minute, provided that his movements are not out of shape when facing enemy attacks, his psychological quality is strong, and he can stably display his shooting skills.

This kind of old musket is fine against the natives, but against the Chinese armed militia of the Tang Kingdom with advanced weapons, it is simply courting death.

The most common equipment for Chinese cowboys is the Colt lever rifle. This advanced rifle also has a name called "Thirteen Rings". When the trigger lever is pulled, a bullet can be fired. 10 bullets can be poured out to form dense firepower.

This sharp infantry weapon has suffered enough for the Argentine white colonists, and now coupled with the advanced Colt breech-loading gun, the Argentines have put out their minds about competing for power.

It's not that I'm cowardly, I really can't beat it!