Chapter 108: Enter the Pass, Enter the Pass (Third update, please subscribe)
If the thief can come, I can also go.
Zhu Xianhai speaks Chinese.
The general certainly doesn't understand, he needs an interpreter here.
If a translator told him, the meaning of this sentence would be very simple - if you can rob me, I can rob you.
This is the justice in the world, and this is the fairness in the world.
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Bio Bio River!
It's like a boundary. For white people, the north of the boundary is the civilized world, and the south is the barbaric land.
Barbarism needs to be conquered and educated. They never thought that one day barbarism would strike back at the civilized world.
There is a checkpoint on the Bio-Bio River.
A European-style stone arch bridge connects two worlds - civilization on one side and barbarism on the other. General Rodriguez crossed this bridge and started his road to conquest.
However, the news of General Rodriguez's annihilation also spread from here!
completely annihilated!
Although the news brought by the fleeing soldiers was so shocking, Lieutenant Martin, who was guarding the bridgehead fortress, never considered that the Mapuche people would attack here one day.
But in the past two days, the continuous influx of refugees brought him news that shocked him greatly - the Mapuche people were attacking the north!
The Mapuche are coming!
They are heading towards the Bio-Bio River!
"We'll stop them here!"
Lieutenant Martin, the defender, looked at his fortress with pride - a stone fortress, five meters high, with firing crenels and gun positions on the fortress walls, enough to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Mapuche people!
There's no way they'll get through here!
Soon, September 1st.
The Mapuche vanguard arrived and, as in all Mapuche raids, they burned the empty farmsteads and then retreated empty-handed.
The farmers have retreated to the fortress, which is why they usually pay taxes such as grain to the fortress in exchange for the army's protection.
As the afternoon progressed, more and more Mapuches came into view, just as Lieutenant Martin was shouting with arrogance.
"Boys, let those damn Indians enjoy the baptism of the civilized world!"
Before he could finish his words, he was horrified to see artillery appearing in the distance - the Mapuche people actually had cannons, more than twenty cannons!
"Damn it! It must be the cannon they captured from the general."
Lieutenant Martin guessed correctly. These bronze cannons were indeed captured from General Rodriguez. This general was simply the captain of the transport team. After the flood receded, the Mapuche people picked up tens of thousands of muskets and twenty-six cannons.
Despite the shortage of gunpowder, it is certain that the Mapuche people had indeed replaced their muskets with cannons. No, it should be said that they had replaced their spears with guns and cannons.
But they are not very good at using it.
"Your Majesty, this fortress is easy to conquer!"
Putting down the telescope, the European next to Zhu Xianhai said quite conceitedly.
"It will only take 150 shells for me to destroy this fortress. I guarantee that we can capture it within two days."
"Major, two days is such a waste of time. There's a saying in China that speed is of the essence in war!"
Putting away the telescope, Zhu Xianhai said.
"Pull my Armstrong cannon over here!"
Then he turned his head and said.
"Major, times have changed!"
“Have times changed?”
Bellucci looked at the young man beside her in surprise.
Besides being surprised, he truly felt the changes of the times. Who could have thought that the guest in his home back then would become the king of the Mapuche people?
Zhu Xianhai was only slightly indifferent to Bellucci's surprise.
In the simulator, Zhu Xianhai met Major Bellucci again. As a prisoner, he was the "pet" of the Mapuche people and was even pulled out by the chief of the Golden Eagle tribe as a symbol of his "ability to fight" - they captured an Argentine major and annihilated more than 300 Argentine soldiers.
Seeing an old acquaintance, Zhu Xianhai naturally kept him and gave him freedom. Although the major did not "naturalize the Mapuche", he did not mind helping him train the Mapuche and causing some trouble for the Chileans, which was absolutely politically correct for the Argentines.
It was like this in the simulator, and it is also like this now. Of course, Zhu Xianhai also promised to unite them as father and daughter.
They didn’t even have to wait until after the war – after waiting in Viedma for several months without any progress, the Bellucci sisters finally embarked on their adventurous journey to find their father.
Soon, they will meet.
In fact, Zhu Xianhai needed Major Bellucci, the cavalry, to train the Mapuche cavalry. For Nanhua, having such a cavalry unit would itself be a powerful supplement, especially in the case of insufficient human resources.
Moreover, for this expedition, he really needed the help of some white officers including Major Bellucci, and he even recruited several Chilean officers. Chile at that time was also an immigrant country. For those immigrant officers from Bavaria, Prussia and other places, they had no awareness of sacrificing their lives for Chile.
Thanks to General Rodriguez, he was given a staff consisting of twenty-six European officers.
There was even a group of more than 2,000 mercenaries who were former Chilean surrendered soldiers. Among them were Europeans, Indians, and mixed-race people, but what was certain was that they were all mercenaries fighting for pay. Between death and pay, they would definitely choose the latter.
"Well, gentlemen, the show has begun!"
Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"It's up to you, Lieutenant Colonel!"
"Yes, sire,"
Lieutenant Colonel Heisenberg said respectfully.
He was an artillery officer who graduated from the Bavarian Military School. His surrender allowed Zhu Xianhai to have real artillery. Of course, the training was just the beginning.
"Chief Sebald, wait a moment. After the lieutenant colonel blows up this compound, the rest will be left to you."
Zhu Xianhai had no intention of sending troops to attack. Artillery bombardment, infantry attack... but there would be casualties.
The Chinese are precious and cannot afford to lose anything.
Let’s leave the tough battle to the Mapuche people!
"Don't worry, sir. As long as you can open the magic castle, the rest of the Chileans will be left to us!"
Chief Sebald's eyes were filled with desire for battle, and he was eager to show the power of the Golden Eagle Tribe in front of the king.
This is a great opportunity!
Suddenly, cannon fire rang out.
The sound of the Armstrong cannon is completely different from that of a muzzle-loading smoothbore cannon. It is sharp and violent. There is no sound of the shell hitting the copper in the barrel, only a series of loud noises.
Amid the deafening roar of the artillery, the shells whizzed towards the fortress at the bridgehead. The moment the shells hit the fortress, a violent explosion occurred, and in the explosion, the stone wall of the fortress was suddenly blown through.
When the smoke cleared, not only Sebald and his men were dumbfounded, but even the officers who had just "surrendered" were also stunned...
This cannon is so powerful!
In addition to being astonished, an idea came to their minds.
Times have really changed!
Zhu Xianhai had already expected everyone's astonishment. This was the power of the new explosives. In front of the cannons loaded with the new explosives, these simple fortresses were nothing more than paper lanterns, meant to be bombarded for fun!
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(End of this chapter)
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