Wild North America 1846

Chapter 436 Difficulties
Wu Erbao has been hanging out in this area for a long time, and the chiefs of the cavalry regiment of the Expeditionary Army can't say that they all know each other, basically they are almost the same.

In the oncoming cavalry team, the bearded captain officer was clearly Pan Laoxi.This guy is a rare immigrant from the western provinces. With a thick beard, he looks quite old, so everyone calls him "Pan Laoxi".

"Officer Pan, this action of yours scares us a lot. Do you think the Argentine whites are calling?" Wu Erbao stepped forward and said with a smile.

Captain Pan Laoxi expressed apologetic expression and immediately responded with cupped fists; "Ashamed, old sir, just call me Lao Xi. This is because the militia brothers who followed the suppression were too nervous. When they saw white cavalry, they fired guns. I also felt that These attires are not quite right, the principal offender is muttering? Please bear with me if I offend you."

"That's the German brother I recruited in New York Harbor, have you heard of it?"

"There is such a thing. This is really flooding the Dragon King Temple. On behalf of the brothers of the militia, I apologize to the old officer for disturbing."

"Forget it, all of you have come here from thousands of miles away, this time it's..." Wu Erbao waved his hand to get the militiamen to put away their guns, and accompanied Pan Laoxi to the inside, asking curiously.

He knew that the cavalry regiment in Port of Glory had been busy for a while in addition to attacking around in the first half a year after landing in South America, and working with the armed militia to wipe out the surrounding indigenous Indian tribes.

In the second half of last year, they basically stopped mobilizing, because more and more armed militias poured into South America, and there was no need for them to take action at all, so they focused on tasks such as maintaining public order in towns and cracking down on roving bandits.

Ever since he came to South America, Wu Erbao had rarely seen the cavalry regiment carry out missions of suppression, at most once or twice occasionally.

Most of the Indian tribes were wiped out by armed militias. Formal cavalry was rarely seen in the wilderness of South America, at least in the north, and the situation in the south was unknown.

When Wu Erbao asked about this topic, Captain Pan Laoxi's face became serious, and he replied in a deep voice; "I will not hide the old sir's question, and aside from the confidential tasks, there are three tasks that I can answer;

The first one is that due to the swarms of imperial militias colonizing the north, the order is relatively chaotic, and the Argentine white immigrants who entered the area in the early days frequently broke out, which caused the regional situation to be worrying.

At this time, when Sheng was visiting Europe, the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and some senior government officials went to Europe to cry and confuse public opinion. Coupled with biased reports from some European countries, it put a lot of pressure on us.

Concerned about the perception of the Holy Spirit, the higher authorities issued restrictive regulations;
That is to say, the location of your side is about 170 kilometers further north, bounded by the northern border of the Cordoba region, and the armed militias are not allowed to go further north.

Our 8th company is carrying out this supervisory task, and it is estimated that we will be stationed in the north for a long time until the arrival of the next wave of cavalry companies to prevent territorial disputes from intensifying again.

The second one, the central and northern inter-provincial areas of Argentina, has great hostility to imperial colonization, and accommodated a large number of indigenous Indian tribes. Training, trying to fight against us.

The task of our company is to thoroughly investigate the enemy's situation, report it at any time, and if conditions permit, wait for the opportunity to cooperate with surrounding militia groups to attack.

That is to say;

Brother, I now have a military order to act cheaply, and I have a lot of autonomy. It is between fighting and not fighting.

This also involves your armed militias settled in the north. This indigenous Indian armed force with a total of 2.5 people may be the biggest threat to your settled militias, capable of destroying the surrounding Chinese settlements.

Out of common interests, should be more closely united.

The third one, I'm here this time... You see, there are also municipal personnel from Glory City in the team, some from the Colonial Department, some from the Bank and the Long-distance Telegraph Bureau, and railway surveyors, responsible for protecting their safety.

This is a great thing! "

"My God, that's really a great thing. This is a noble person that you can't usually invite, thank you, thank you!" Wu Erbao was overjoyed when he heard that. He is a knowledgeable retired military officer, and of course he knew that these municipal officials would bring what?
The employees of the Colonial Department are responsible for surveying and measuring the land and approving the map designation, which means that the submitted land ownership demarcation report has completed the re-measurement, and the land ownership certificate can be approved one step earlier and issued as soon as possible.

As long as the land ownership certificate is obtained, no matter whether the Chinese militia or the Argentine whites, as long as they dare to infringe, they can fight back violently with rifles without worrying about any responsibility.

The Tang Empire adopted the British Castle Law;
That is, when private land and castles are illegally invaded by outsiders, they have the right to stop the infringement by force, and their actions are protected by imperial law.

The staff of the bank and the telegraph office are even better, which means that after the inspection, Wujia Town may set up a bank agency or telegraph office site, and then the reclaimed families can enjoy convenient banking services or long-distance telegraph communication services. There is no need to go to Glory City, which is 1300 kilometers to the southeast.

How much has this saved?

What is even more pleasing is the railway surveyors. If the railway is connected here in the future, it will be beautiful to sneeze.

What are you afraid of going deep inland?
As long as the railway and shipping are convenient, the future will be bright. No matter how much food, wool, beef, and timber are produced, they can be transported and converted into funds and equipment that the new town urgently needs.

If you really want to reclaim and cultivate land on a large scale, agricultural machinery is absolutely indispensable.

Wu Erbao himself was born as a tractor driver, and he is very aware of the huge role of agricultural machinery in colonization. Today, a 28-horsepower tractor can handle the role of 30 strong laborers.

As long as he has more than a dozen tractors and harvesters, he has the confidence to plant 3000 hectares of land. After the opening of the railway, the harvested grain will not be afraid of rotting in the ground. Wouldn't he be happy?

Having figured out these reasons in a blink of an eye, Wu Erbao immediately explained that Wu Ahu was responsible for continuing to supervise the construction of "Big Bend Fort", and he himself led an armed militia group of hundreds of people who heard the news, and the team led by Captain Pan Together with the soldiers, they marched in the direction of Wujia Town in a mighty manner.

When you get here, you must entertain them well. This is the sincere attitude towards friends in the wasteland.

Especially the Indian Corps mentioned by Captain Pan Laoxi made Wu Erbao deeply worried after hearing it. With the strength of Wu Jiazhen, no matter what, he could not stop the attack of the 2.5 large regiment, and it was almost the same without a zero.

Captain Pan's cavalry, including several armed militias, has a strength of about 560 cavalry. If you add the strength of Wujia Town, then there are more than a thousand cavalry.

If you contact the armed militias hundreds of kilometers away, you can gather three to four thousand cavalry at most. It may be possible to deal with the Indian Corps and even win the battle.

Most of the Chinese armed militias that landed in South America have the backs of retired soldiers. In South America, this land is known for being tough and good at fighting. Not to mention the indigenous Indian armed forces, even the Argentine white militia is no match.

In the ten battles, basically 7 wins, [-] draws and [-] loss, the Argentine white colonists were beaten to death.

Therefore, in this South American wilderness where the strong are respected, the Chinese People's League dared to win more with less, dared to take the initiative to attack, and took down a huge territory with knives and guns.

It has been a year and a half since the desert expedition, and the lessons learned from the wilderness have led many small and medium-sized Chinese armed militias to unite automatically to keep warm in this South American Pampas grassland and create a world.

Wu Erbao's team was like this. There were only more than 160 people in the initial stage of landing in South America. During the four campaigns, they continued to gather some small Chinese teams that had been dispersed, and gradually gathered a large scale of more than 470 people, becoming one of the large armed militias.

In the wilderness of South America
Armed militias with a dozen or 30 or [-] members cannot make a big difference, because under the comprehensive attack of the expeditionary force and armed militias, Indian tribes are also reporting groups, ranging from a thousand to tens of thousands of people.

Those small Chinese armed militias can't move at all, but once they are exposed, they may face the tragic end of their destruction.

Aware of the cruelty of reality, small and medium-sized Chinese armed militias volunteered to join the stronger armed corps, which is the current situation in Wujiazhen.

The strength of more than 470 Chinese armed cavalry, which can win and defend, must not be underestimated.

Even when encountering tens of thousands of Indian tribal camps, relying on the absolute advantages of weapons and equipment, they dare to go up and take a bite. This is strength.

Wujia Town at night
There are more than a dozen burning bonfires filled with the smell of barbecue. There are a lot of potatoes and yams buried in the bonfires. What is roasted on the shelf is a cow that was just slaughtered today and several adult alpacas that were hunted, sprinkled with salt and South American After the special chili powder, the grilled meat is sizzling and the oil has been browned, filled with a tempting aroma.

Turnips and meat cubes boiled in a boiling cauldron, along with tumbling green leaves and bean puree, it was a hearty campfire dinner.

Hundreds of Indian women were busy, setting up a tent around Wujia Town. The Chinese People's Regiment and soldiers sat on the grass talking and laughing loudly. This was a rare time to relax.

Wu Erbao sat together with a group of militia leaders, Captain Pan Laoxi, several lieutenants and second lieutenants, the burning bonfire reflected everyone's faces red, and their brows were not as relaxed and happy as ordinary militiamen.

"I know the situation in this area. There are probably more than 10 armed militias active, with a large number of three or four hundred and a few in the early 200s. Including our current strength, we can gather more than 3300 to 3500 people. The strength is a little weak. "Wu Erbao was introducing the local situation, his face did not hide his worry about the enemy, and he said solemnly;

"The so-called leniency in anticipating the enemy means not fighting unprepared battles.

Now we don't know what weapons the Argentine ghosts equip the Indians?How many cavalry, how many white militias are there to fight?
Where is the enemy stationed and how far is it from us?
All of this must be thoroughly investigated before we can decide whether to fight or avoid. In my opinion, the armed regiment to contact must have a total strength of 5000 cavalry, and it needs the full support of the field artillery company of the cavalry regiment to prepare for a big battle. With enough ammunition, there is more than half the chance of winning.

Less than this number, the outlook is not optimistic.

Also, will the expeditionary force provide strong support? "

"Difficult... You don't know that the troops in the regiment have been used to the extreme. There are only more than 2000 people in total, and they have to undertake the security work of three cities and dozens of towns. To keep the rotation force, two cavalry companies can be dispatched. It is already the maximum capability, and at most one cavalry cannon company can be added." Pan Laoxi was smoking a pipe with a bitter face, looking like an old farmer.

If you don't say that he is only 28 years old, others will mistakenly think that he is 48, no wonder his name is Pan Laoxi, it is really very appropriate.

(End of this chapter)