Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 273 Deployment
April 9, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.

Groups of Argentine white people, carrying the elderly and children, rushed towards a city gate that had not yet been closed, and kept attacking the blocking lines set up by the Argentine soldiers.

"The city is already full of people, please stop crowding into the city!"

The Argentine officers who were maintaining order tried their best to persuade the surrounding white people to leave, but to no avail.

"Please, let us in. Our hometown has been occupied by the Han people. The Han people are like a group of robbers. They have taken away most of our food and only allowed us to carry a little ration with us. If you don't let us into the city, we will all starve to death outside!"

"Sir, my daughter is only five years old and she hasn't eaten for two days. Please, for God's sake, help my poor daughter!"...

The Argentine people outside the city gate told their unfortunate experiences and pleaded with the soldiers guarding the city to let them in.

"Sir, that little girl is so pitiful. Can you please make an exception and let her family into the city?"

A junior officer in his thirties was so moved by the five-year-old girl that he couldn't help but walk up to the commander of the city gate garrison to persuade her.

“No, once we let the little girl and her family into the city, others will take the opportunity to attack the city gate.

There are already too many people in the city. If we let more people in, the city’s food reserves will be used up quickly.”

"But they are all citizens of the federal government. Many of them have husbands, sons, and brothers who have joined the federal army. If we forcibly prevent them from entering the city and cause them to have accidents outside the city, how can we explain to their families?"

"The president called on citizens to join the federal army to defend the country, but if we can't even protect our own relatives, how can we protect our country?
Sir, please be kind and let them into the city?"

The miserable conditions of the white civilians outside the city touched the hearts of the gate defenders one after another, and the low-level officers kept making plea to the commander of the gate defenders.

The people were united. Facing the pleas of his officers, the commander of the city gate gradually softened his attitude. Finally, he could not resist the persuasion of the crowd and said in a relaxed tone, "The ban on civilians from outside the city from entering the city was issued by the president himself. I have no right to change the president's order. I can only go into the city first to ask the president for instructions, and then decide whether to open the city gate according to the president's order." ...

"Mr. President, this is the situation outside the city. Many people have lost their land and property. Some women, children, and the elderly are already unable to survive due to lack of food. After seeing the unfortunate situation of the people outside the city, the soldiers outside all advocated opening the city gates to let them in. I cannot resist the request of my officers, so I have to go into the city and ask the President to make the decision personally."

"Goretsweig, you know the situation in Buenos Aires. The Han National Defense Army is eyeing the city covetously. They forcibly requisitioned food and livestock from nearby civilians as military supplies, and then declared to the civilians whose food and livestock were requisitioned that Buenos Aires is the safest place. There is enough food in the city for everyone in the La Plata Plain. As long as they enter Buenos Aires, they don't have to worry about being threatened by external forces and insufficient food supply."

After Mitre had a serious illness, his spirit had obviously declined a lot. After saying a sentence, he paused for a while, and then continued, "It's also because the federal government carried out a series of demonic propaganda against the Han army in order to strengthen the people's belief in resistance. Now that the Han national defense army has reached the outskirts of Buenos Aires, the nearby civilians remembered the vicious image of the Han national defense army promoted by the government, and they were worried that their families would be slaughtered and abused by the Han troops. In addition, the Han people's deliberate grain collection action caused the nearby people to rush to Buenos Aires.

The food in Buenos Aires is reserved to sustain 43 people for half a year. According to the report submitted by the Minister of Agriculture yesterday, the population in the city has reached 45. In addition, there is a part of the population that has sneaked into the city in recent days and has not been counted. If this part of the population is included, the population in the city is likely to exceed .

45 people is more than twice the population originally planned. The doubled population not only consumes the food reserves in the city rapidly, but also brings great inconvenience to maintaining order in the city. So, Goretzweig, it's not that I don't want to let the people outside the city enter the city, but if I let the people outside the city enter the city, the living conditions of hundreds of thousands of civilians and soldiers in the city will continue to deteriorate, and Buenos Aires' defense situation will also develop in a direction that is unfavorable to the federal government. " "I know what to do. Don't bother the president with things outside the city. I will arrange it properly. "

"Well, be gentle with the civilians outside the city, and don't use force to drive them out unless you have no other choice."

"Yes, President."...

"Your Highness's plan has worked. More than 200,000 people have entered Buenos Aires in the past few days."

In the National Defense Army camp, Luo Linshan said happily to Li Mingyuan.

"What is the current situation of the troops' food shortage?" Li Mingyuan did not respond to Luo Linshan directly, but raised a question that he was more concerned about.

"Including the food and livestock forcibly requisitioned these days, the food reserves on the front line can still support the army for two and a half months."

After Liu Pu stayed in his native land, Sun Bin took his place and was responsible for supervising and allocating logistical supplies for the front-line troops.

"Two and a half months of food reserves are enough to supply the troops for a period of time."

Li Mingyuan lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Argentine President Mitre has already noticed our army's purpose of expelling ordinary people from Buenos Aires. Since yesterday, the garrison in Buenos Aires has set up an isolation line outside the city, prohibiting Argentine civilians from other areas from entering the city.

Our army has already achieved its goal of creating trouble for the Argentine defense forces by raising military rations. Continuing to implement the plan to expel the white Argentines will not be very effective. Therefore, starting from tomorrow, the order to forcibly requisition food and livestock will be cancelled. All units of the army will rest for two days. After two days, each unit will take turns to attack the Buenos Aires defenders according to the original plan. "

"Yes, Your Highness."

Luo Linshan, Sun Bin and others all bowed in response.

"The British have been loudly supporting Argentina in Europe. It seems that the British government has already made the decision to intervene in the Argentine war. The Brazilian Empire has always been influenced and controlled by the British government. After the British decided to send troops to Argentina, the Brazilian government will certainly follow suit and send troops to participate in the war. Therefore, after a while, our army will face a joint attack by the British and Brazilian multinational forces.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of our subsequent combat plans against Britain and Brazil, the front-line troops must ensure that Buenos Aires and the coastal areas of Argentina are captured within two months, thereby isolating the remaining troops in Argentina from the intervention forces and preventing the two forces from joining together and making it more difficult for our army to occupy Argentina.

Li Mingyuan put his hands behind his back and scanned everyone in the temporary meeting room. He then deployed, "Two days later, the First Division will be the first batch of combat forces to attack Buenos Aires, responsible for attacking San Isidro and Olivos from the north.
The Second Division will advance from the west towards Buenos Aires, with the goal of capturing the Caseros frontline defense position. The Third Division will join hands with the Second Mixed Brigade to bypass the frontal defense line of Buenos Aires and launch an attack from the south towards Lomas, Dezamora, and Florence. The Fourth Division, the Guards Brigade, the Cavalry Division and other units will serve as strategic reserves and will be deployed to other battlefields depending on changes in the strategic situation..."

(End of this chapter)