Wild North America 1846

Several major events occurred internationally this year. The first was the death of the former French emperor Napoleon III who fled to London at the beginning of the year.

The second is that the crisis in the Near East is gradually heating up. The Ottoman Empire, which ruled the Balkan Peninsula, was already weakened in the [-]th century. Minorities of different faiths in the country took the opportunity to fight for independence.

Since the nineteenth century, there have been continuous rebellions and repressions in the Balkan Peninsula. The Greek War and the Crimean War are the most typical outbreaks of conflicts, which have attracted the intervention of foreign powers.

By the early 70s

The liberation movements of the Slavic peoples against the enslavement of Turkey and for national autonomy and independence came one after another and became more and more intense.

Due to the intervention of European powers, the conflict in the Balkans has become an intensified international struggle.The Near East issue became the focus of international issues in the nineteenth century, and the Balkan Peninsula became the "powder magazine of Europe".

The third is the "Three Emperors Alliance" of Germany, Austria, and Russia, which was promoted by German Prime Minister Bismarck.

The establishment of this alliance directly contributed to the rapid warming of the relationship between Britain and France, and they continued to flirt with each other secretly.

The British Empire could not bear the destruction of the "European Balance Strategy", and when France was in a weak position, it actively approached and gave support.And France also understood and cooperated, and the two sides got closer and closer.

The originally close relationship between Britain and Germany has been alienated, and the political situation in Europe has changed so quickly that it is dizzying.

第4个就是1873年9月17日，大唐帝国大举入侵哥伦比亚，悍然引爆了第2次南美洲战争。

The invading army conquered Medellin at the end of September, captured the northern city of Cartagena on October 9, and captured the important southern city of Cali on October 10 after a three-day bloody battle. .

After resting for more than half a month, the southern invasion army gathered on the outskirts of the capital Bogota on November 11, and launched a fateful decisive battle in Colombia...

outskirts of bogota

The aggressively invading Datang Empire gathered 4.2 heavy troops to press down on the border. Cavalry, artillery, and infantry armed to the teeth were lined up in strict array, with battle flags fluttering, covering the world with a cloud of war.

On the vast field

There was a clear distinction between the opposing sides, and the army of the Great Tang Empire was uniformly dressed and lined up. In the middle were 2.8 infantrymen, more than 3700 artillerymen, and more than 220 field cannons, with black muzzles pointing straight ahead.

More than 9600 cavalry are divided into left and right wings with distinctive armor. Each cavalry is equipped with a Colt cavalry-style revolver, a Colt lever rifle (short-barreled cavalry), and a standard saber.

It is precisely by virtue of these advanced equipment that the cavalry of the Tang Empire fought against invincible opponents throughout the Americas, and won a great reputation that shocked the world, and was known as "the strongest cavalry in the world".

In the fortified cavalry formation, there are more than 3400 cuirassiers. They are responsible for giving a fatal blow when the enemy is in chaos.

against the opponent
The clothes of the Colombian army come in a variety of colors, and many of them even wear their trouser legs and wear big Mexican-style straw hats on their heads. chambered rifles, Minie rifles, pretty much everything.

The Colombian army put together 310 cannons, but the quality is not flattering, ranging from bronze cannons more than 150 years ago to Napoleon cannons.

The only thing that can give the Colombian army confidence is the large number of troops. Looking at the past, it is really crowded with a total of more than 11.7 people, almost three times that of the opponent.

So many troops have been pieced together with all their strength, but it is impossible to have so many weapons.

So each of the Colombian troops standing at the front of the queue has a musket, but not the ones behind.

The situation is better, holding a spear and a big knife, and almost only a stick, a dung fork, all pointing at the front.

From the troops assembled in Colombia, it can be seen that most of these officers and soldiers have distinctive white characteristics. Most of them belong to native whites and are direct descendants of Spanish colonists.

There are two civilizations in Colombia. One is the Indian civilization inherited from the Inca Empire, mainly the Chipucha Indians. They use wooden and stone tools to grow corn, cassava and other crops, and weave cotton cloth. They belong to farming Indians. civilization.

The other is the Tayrona civilization, which originated from the Spanish colonists. From architecture, clothing to religion, it embodies the characteristics of European civilization.

This is the native white descendant left by the early Spanish colonists in South America, and this is the case near Bogota.

The city was first officially announced the establishment of Bogota on August 1538, 8, by the Spaniard Gonzalo Ximenez de Quesada on the basis of the small town of the original Qibucha people.

The residents of Bogota are mainly Hispanics born in the New World. Under their influence, Bogota produced the sprout of the Colombian independence movement.

On July 1810, 7, Colombia became independent from Spain for the first time, and Bogota became the capital of Gran Colombia.

However, due to internal conflicts, Gran Colombia quickly split into three countries today: Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

Because of this historical origin, most of the Colombian officers and soldiers who appeared on the battlefield on the outskirts of Bogotá had white faces and walked onto the battlefield with muskets of different models in their hands.

"let's start!"

Lieutenant General Mai Xiaozu, the commander of the Southern Army, waved his hands and ordered, then looked around the battlefield with confident eyes, and murmured, "This will be a day of brilliant victory for the Southern Army, and I have full confidence in it."

"As you order, Your Excellency Commander!"

After the order to start the war was issued, the commanding voices of the commanders came from various military formations, the military band played the marching song, and the orderly army began to advance slowly, and the atmosphere in the vast field became tense in an instant.

The field artillery, dragged by the horses, walked at the forefront of the army formation.

The Colombian army on the opposite side didn't move, not because they didn't want to move, but because they really couldn't move.

Because the heavy bronze cannon can't be pulled in the wild, it took a lot of effort to get it to the wild. Once the artillery position is set up, it can only be fixed in place for bombardment.

The last time Colombia broke out in a foreign war was the war for independence at the beginning of this century. At that time, it fought with the Spanish army for more than a year and won the final victory.

After independence, it fell into a long-term chaos and a state of warlord separatism, and the domestic governance was a mess...

It can be said that Spanish descendants are not good at managing the country or developing the economy. The former Spanish colony was a mess after independence.

Just like their European ancestors, what they are best at is picking up knives and guns to rob, occupy territory, or dig gold or silver mines. Until the shit is over.

Colombia is like this. It has been a mess in the country for more than 60 years since its independence.There are many warlords in various places, and there are many conflicts among them. People in the government are corrupt, and the officials in power are more greedy than the other...

after half an hour
The distance between the two armies was shortened to less than 2 kilometers. The field cavalry artillerymen of the Tang Empire quickly unloaded the artillery carriages, turned the muzzles, and began to adjust the artillery to prepare for bombardment.

At this time, the artillery position of the Colombian army opened fire first, "Boom boom boom..." The sound of the artillery pierced the sky, kicking off the prelude to the war...

The artillery of the Tang Empire quickly counterattacked, destroying the enemy artillery positions with more violent and precise artillery fire, killing a large number of enemy soldiers, and the battle became fierce from the very beginning.

The cannons were rumbling, and the choking smoke covered the sky and the sun.

The battlefield intertwined with gunfire and gunfire lasted for more than an hour. The Colombian army, which suffered a large number of casualties, was the first to lose its strength. About 2.6 officers and soldiers of its left-wing corps fled in a large area, exposing the weakness of the side.

Such a good opportunity should not be missed. Lieutenant General Mai Xiaozu decisively invested 3400 heavy cavalry into the battle, followed by 5900 light cavalry, all at once.

If it were any army in Europe, Lieutenant General Mai Xiaozu would never dare to take out his precious cavalry to die and attack the flanks of the densely packed infantry.

But the opponent is the Colombian army, that's another matter.

The Colombian army is only gritting its teeth due to its large number of people. The army has poor training and has different orders. When dealing with the cavalry corps that is swept by the wind on the flat ground, it has exposed its fatal flaws.

Not only were these gathered Colombian troops unable to uniformly turn to form formations to meet the ground, but they also pushed and shoved each other into a mess under extreme panic and fear, which made the already bad frontal formation into chaos.

How powerful is the galloping horse of tens of thousands of cavalry?
The well-trained cuirassiers of the Tang Empire formed several sharp angles in the impact, and they were the first to take out their Colt lever rifles in the face of the terrified enemies.When approaching within 150 yards, unleash fire in the general direction ahead.

The torrential rain of bullets poured down on the head and face. This kind of fire coverage that only talks about firepower but not precision is unreasonable. It knocks the enemy in front of him to the ground like pieces of cut wheat, and there is a bloodbath in an instant.

After firing the thirteen rifle bullets in their empty hands in one go, the cuirassiers quickly inserted the hot-barrelled rifles into the cowhide pouch in front of their right knees, drew out their sharp sabers with their backhands, and charged into the corpse-strewn corpses with shouts. In enemy positions.

The light cavalry who followed them also crashed into the enemy's formation, killing heads with sharp sabers, and the Colombian army soon collapsed...

Lieutenant General Mai Xiaozu, the commander of the Southern Army Corps, only smiled at the corner of his mouth at this moment, and with a big wave of his hand, he ordered the whole army to press on, so as to win the battle.

More than 4 officers and soldiers in the whole army were in high spirits, brandishing knives and guns, they chased and killed the crying enemies...

The red sun is falling in the west, and the sky is covered with blood-like clouds
The Battle of Bogotá was drawing to a close. After the collapse of the Colombian army, this one-sided massacre lasted for more than five hours. The valleys were bloodied, the rivers were discolored, and the atmosphere of death was so thick that it could not be added.

at dusk
The officers and soldiers who fought for a day were extremely exhausted. Except for some officers, soldiers, guards, prisoners, and prisoners who cleaned the battlefield and cleaned up the corpses, most of the soldiers returned to the camp one after another. What awaited them was a sumptuous dinner and great glory of victory.

Lieutenant General Mai Xiaozu, the commander of the Southern Corps, was an experienced general. He knew that although the enemy was terrified in this battle, Bogota was the largest city in Colombia after all, with a population of more than 43.

Most of the defeated remnants who fled during the battle were annihilated or captured, and no less than 3 to 4 fled back to the city to hide.

These are dangerous rebels, carrying knives and guns and hiding in the night-shrouded city, they are a great threat to the imperial officers and soldiers who enter the city rashly.

As long as the city is surrounded, these fish that slipped through the net will not be able to escape.

It is safe to wait until the army enters the city after dawn, and then find out and eliminate these dangerous elements like digging mice.

The clusters of bonfires ignited in the camp illuminated the joyful faces of the soldiers, exuding a strong killing spirit invisible.After a series of battles, the officers and soldiers of the Southern Legion have undergone a qualitative transformation.

From a well-trained army, it has transformed into a brave division with strong fighting beliefs, high cohesion and resilience, and its combat effectiveness has been substantially improved.

next morning

After the full meal, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the whole army was high, and Shangfeng issued an order of "not sealing the sword for five days". The desire for women and wealth turned all the soldiers of the Southern Army into howling wolves, scrambling to rush into the city Vent the hostility accumulated in the war...

Bogota, an ancient city with a history of hundreds of years, was immersed in unprecedented wars and catastrophes. Blood and fire spread to every corner of the city along with the wailing of the losers. This was a bloody feast for the conquerors.

According to post-war statistics;
The Army of the South has captured Bogota, the capital of Colombia, at the cost of 1769 casualties. Among them, 517 officers and soldiers were killed and more than 250 were injured. The loss was minimal.

On the Colombian side, 4.75 people were killed and injured, and 6.2 people were captured. Some of the rest fled and some died in the bloody killings in the city.

So far, the large-scale organized war in Colombia has come to an end, and the imperial southward invasion army has fully controlled this South American country.

But victory in the war of conquest is only the beginning, not the end.

The more difficult task facing the Legion of the Confederates was to maintain high-handed rule, extract as much wealth as possible from Colombia, suppress any resistance by force, and colonize the region.

At the end of December 1873
The imperial decree from His Majesty the Emperor arrived. Because of his outstanding meritorious service, Lieutenant General Mai Xiaozuo, the commander of the Southern Corps, was specially promoted to the title of first-class Duke of Pingnan, enjoying fiefdoms and fiefdoms, and promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Royal Army Staff Headquarters. The rank of General of the Royal Army, hereby.

The generals in the army have their own rewards, and there is a festive atmosphere from top to bottom.

So far, after a lapse of 12 years, another heavyweight commander of the Tang Empire military was born. The appointment of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Royal Army established Mai Xiaozu's position as the general Fang Dalu.