Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 27 Great Development: "Suppression of Bandits"

February 2.Dingyuan Fort.Suppress the General Command.

Liao Meng, deputy commander of the new army battalion and commander-in-chief of the Bandit Suppression Detachment, straightened his attire, and strode to the playground.

Hundreds of new army soldiers in straight blue military uniforms were lined up neatly on the playground. This was a total of six rows of soldiers from the second post and the third post.Yesterday, Chief of the Investigation Corps Leonid Fedorovich discovered a Chaluya village about a day's journey north-east of Dingyuan Fort. According to his estimation, the population of the entire village is less than 200. It is not yet known whether this village is the village of the Charuyas who attacked Dingyuan Fort last time.

But Liao Meng didn't care about that much. Now everyone is fighting for living space. In his opinion, the Chaluya people have original sin and should be eliminated or enslaved.

"Now, I announce the official start of the bandit suppression operation in Dingyuan Fort. Everyone, check your equipment and ammunition, and get ready to go." After Liao Meng gave the order here, he transferred to the supply unit.

At present, the crossing troops are in the initial stage and are still very unprofessional. One of the important characteristics is the lack of professional engineers and logistics teams.It's a good thing to say that the journey here is smooth, there are no engineering soldiers, but the supply soldiers need to borrow people from the civil affairs department of Dingyuan Fort.

Fortunately, local people know the importance and are easy to talk about.Xiao Bailang specially dispatched manpower and vehicles for this operation: 1 ammunition vehicle, 2 food and water supply vehicles, 2 baggage vehicles, 10 grooms, 1 veterinarian, 1 military doctor, 2 cooks, and 10 horses match.

After everything was ready, Liao Meng led the second sentry to go first, followed by the supply team, and the officers and soldiers of the third sentry walked last.This long-distance march and battle was also the first time for a young girl to get on a sedan chair for the cross-travelers. Liao Meng looked at the endless barren meadows around him, then at the crooked sketch drawn by Detective Wu at hand, and then at the compass, feeling a little guilty.

Although the temperature was only [-] degrees, under the sunlight at noon, Liao Meng still felt hot all over his body: "Go, call Leonid from the detective team!"

The soldier who was called out answered yes, and quickly called Leonid over.

Behind Leonid was a wolf and blue dog, and Liao Meng looked familiar.Liao Meng, who originally wanted to say a lot, swallowed the words at the moment. The boy couldn't understand what he said was too complicated. Forget it, let's cut the long story short: "Sergeant, where are we?" Liao Meng said While shaking the "map" in his hand.

"Sir." Leonid said with difficulty, pointing at the map, "here. The direction...is good. Arrive...by evening."

Liao Meng glanced at him twice, but the kid blinked his eyes in confusion. "Okay, go do your job. Keep our eyes open so that the Charuyas won't notice." Liao Meng waved his hand and said.

Leonid saluted, then ran back to the reconnaissance team, mounted an Andalusian horse, and rode forward to reconnaissance.The wolf and green dog chased after him for a while, unable to catch up, and then gave up angrily.

"Fuck, isn't that old Zhang's Huahua's half-year-old puppy? Why did he come here?" Liao Meng's face was darkened.

At noon, the troops ate and rested by a small river.The soldiers were a little tired after walking all morning, but they were all people who had experienced life and death on the battlefield. This level of difficulty can still be overcome.

It took a lot of effort for a few trucks to cross the river.Although the river was just knee-deep, the silt at the bottom of the river was very thick. Once a heavy vehicle got stuck, it would be difficult to pull it out.

Liao Meng took a telescope to observe. This damned river is quite long, and there is no end in sight, and there is no way to go around it.In desperation, the soldiers had no choice but to let the soldiers unload all the things on the cart first, and then gather several horses and put them on a cart, and then wobbled and pulled the five carts across the river one by one.After the vehicle crossed the river, the goods were loaded onto the vehicle, and the horses were harnessed back to the carts. After people shouted and neighed, more than two hours had passed.

"Damn it!" Liao Meng spat into the river angrily, "I suggested forming an engineering army when I went back. Damn, I've been tricked to death. I made a mistake. I saw this on the picture. Why didn’t the small river tens of centimeters deep think of it now? Sigh, this one has to be written down, it’s a lesson.”

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the troops once again stopped to rest and eat in a hidden place, which was less than three hours away from the Charuya village marked on the map.

Today, the soldiers are very tired after marching for a whole day in full armor.Liao Meng discussed with the chief and deputy officers of the two posts, and felt that it was already dark when they arrived at the Charuya village, and the soldiers must be exhausted and unable to launch an attack.It's better to camp here, calculate the time before starting tomorrow morning, make sure that it's dawn when we arrive at the Charuya village, and then we can attack after making some arrangements.There are hundreds of well-equipped and well-trained soldiers on my side, and there are only 200 soldiers on the other side, including the old and weak, women and children. It is enough to attack in an upright manner. There is really no need to play any difficult night battles.

After everything was negotiated and manpower was arranged to stand guard, everyone took off the tents and sleeping bags from the truck and prepared to camp and rest.It was still a bit cold at night in Uruguay. Everyone put their weapons within reach in the tent, and then they crowded together and fell asleep peacefully.

Nothing to say all night. At three o'clock in the morning on February 2.The officers walked into the tents one by one, pushing and shouting to wake up the soldiers one by one.After a night's rest, the soldiers, who were much more energetic, quietly ate baked potatoes and salted fish with the cold water in the aluminum military kettle to replenish energy for their bodies.They understand that there will be a battle after dawn, and they must ensure that they have sufficient physical strength.

03:30 in the morning.One hundred soldiers set off on the road on time after checking their equipment and ammunition, and the logistical staff began to pack up the tents and sleeping bags on the ground, and they will chase after the main force.

Six o'clock in the morning.Liao Meng has discovered through the telescope the small village located at the confluence of two small rivers, about 400 meters away from here.The small village was quiet, with only a few people walking outside, who seemed to be still immersed in sleep.

"Did you see the bridge over the small river on the left? Lan Guo, you will take two detours to cross the upper reaches of the small river and block the bridge. We will attack when you are in place!" Liao Meng said seriously Said, "Everyone, check your weapons and ammunition one last time, and act if there are no problems."

06:30.Lan Guo, the deputy head of the second post, led two rows of 32 soldiers to sneak across the river upstream, and then rushed to the other side of the bridge. bridge.

Seeing that the other bank was ready, Liao Meng gave an order, and the remaining 68 officers and soldiers took up matchlock guns, lined up in a loose formation, and began to run towards the village at a small pace.

A few Charuyas who got up early watched a group of outsiders in blue military uniforms and black-brimmed hats rushing menacingly.

"Bang! Bang!" There was a crisp gunshot, and the Charuya fell into a pool of blood.

The gunfire intensified as more and more Charuya rushed out of their dilapidated houses.Charuyas were constantly being knocked to the ground, and the soldiers of the new army formed several groups to clean up the Charuyas from house to house.Regardless of whether it is old people, women or children, anyone who dares to resist will be shot.

Seven or eight ferocious Charuyas charged forward with roars and roars, holding spears and spears and other weapons.Liao Meng smiled contemptuously, and as he slammed down the [-]-year-style command saber in his hand, a volley of guns rang out, and these Charuyas were immediately killed on the way to charge.

Not all Charuyas had the courage to resist. Some women and children began to flee to the wooden bridge behind the village, hoping to escape there and stay away from the group of murderous demons in front of them.But what awaited them was still death, and they saw a large cloud of smoke rising from the other side of the wooden bridge, which was the smoke produced after the matchlock gun was fired.The Charuyas fell in droves, and many of them couldn't bear the fear of death and simply jumped into the river.

The soldiers of the new army didn't care about these Charuyas who jumped into the river and escaped. They didn't have to kill everyone here. Their task was just to drive them away. Of course, killing is an indispensable means in this process.

The main force of the new army led by Liao Meng is still cleaning up the dilapidated houses of Charuya step by step. From time to time, a few Charuya people with weapons and shouting rush out of the house, but they are all shot dead by the soldiers who are waiting in line. .

Seven o'clock sharp.

No one tried to escape through the wooden bridge anymore. Lan Guo led two platoons of soldiers across the wooden bridge to the opposite bank. Looking at the corpses of Chaluya people on the ground, he felt a little bit unbearable.

At this time, the clean-up operation was coming to an end, and the main soldiers led by Liao Meng searched almost every house, and a large number of Chaluyas were shot dead at the door or inside the house.For some Charuyas who were hiding in their houses and stubbornly refused to surrender, Liao Meng decisively set fire to their houses.

For a time, the whole village was full of gunshots, smoke filled the sky, and the flames shot up into the sky, like a hell on earth.

07:30.The battle has been declared over.In the Chaluya village with a population of nearly 200, only a dozen or so people escaped. Most of them were shot and killed inside and outside the village. The strong smell of blood made people sick.

"Is this the captive who surrendered?" Liao Meng looked at the twenty or so Charuya people squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, most of them were women and children, and these people were looking at him with hatred, which made Liao Meng Suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

"Huh? Why is there a European?" Liao Meng was surprised to see a Westerner with a southern European face among the prisoners, who seemed to be a priest.

"No! Don't kill me!" The European looked at Liao Meng in horror. He first spoke two languages ​​that Liao Meng couldn't understand, and then changed to English, and then Liao Meng understood.

The European breathed a sigh of relief: "I am a Jesuit missionary from Spain! You can't kill me! You..."

"Tie these people up with ropes and take them away together!" Liao Meng interrupted the priest's rambling words impatiently, and ordered the soldiers behind him.

The soldiers went as ordered.

Liao Meng saw some soldiers driving over with many cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks and geese. He thought about it: It seems that the Jesuits have been preaching in this village for a long time. These animals should be the Jesuits. The missionaries in the country tried to get it from the town of the Spaniards, and then taught the Charuya to raise it.This information has to be reported to the Executive Committee immediately, the Spaniard's tentacles may be around us.

After everything was tidied up, Liao Meng ordered the soldiers to burn down all the houses to prevent them from being used again, and then retreated and set foot on the return journey.

From then on to March 3, the "Bandit Suppression" detachment made two more attacks, annihilating or expelling two Chaluya villages, seizing a batch of food, and taking hundreds of prisoners.

(End of this chapter)