Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 649: The Power of the Political Commissars
Cromwell and Zhang Xianzhong had been entangled in America for many years. After all these years, how could the "Protector of the Country" not know that his old rival's favorite thing to do was to cut off his supply lines?
To be honest, the surrounding areas with Buenos Aires as the core have excellent natural conditions and extremely rich products. Therefore, even when Cromwell marched across the South American continent, he never worried about the amount of logistical supplies.
He was worried about transportation. Especially after receiving intelligence from his own side that Zhang Xianzhong, who had been galloping across the Pampas a few years ago, had led his troops to Lima to join forces with the rebel leaders there, he became even more worried about the safety of his transportation routes.
After thinking it over, he decided to lure the enemy deep into his territory: anyway, judging from the terrain of the Raimondo line, the Austrians would not advance very quickly. In that case, I should not rush to advance. While there is plenty of time, why not find an opportunity to kill Zhang Xianzhong on the way?
The trap was not complicated: the main force of more than 40,000 people was divided into three sections. The front army of more than 10,000 people climbed up the Andes Mountains, deliberately choosing the most exposed route, trying every means to convey the message to the other side: my main force has crossed the Andes Mountains and headed towards Lima. The central army was not large in number, only 5,000 to 6,000 people, disguised as a baggage unit to stay in the camp: there were indeed not many people, but not a few either, and it looked like a delicious big fish - come and bite me.
The rear army is the killer move: keep a distance of about 20 kilometers from the central army, wait for the central army to exchange fire with the enemy, and then attack from the rear.
In order to make the play more realistic, he also coerced the Chawat tribe, who had lived in the area for a long time, to help him add to the play...
In general, the plan went smoothly, especially since the vanguard was seen by Zhang Xianzhong himself. Combined with the accounts of the Chawate people, Zhang Xianzhong clearly believed that the enemy's main force had already left and that he could easily defeat the enemy.
So Zhang Xianzhong fell into the trap.
However, Cromwell had some bad luck this time.
After accepting Sun Chuanting's reorganization, Zhang Xianzhong's troops were the most intact: after all, his 30,000 troops and Li Zicheng and Diya's troops were mostly old and weak, all of them were strong and strong. Therefore, Sun Chuanting made almost no major changes to this army except for inserting political commissars, translators and guides into this army. Therefore, not only did Zhang's division have nine regiments, but more importantly, his troops did not need to make any adjustments to their tactics, perfectly preserving Zhang's previous tactical characteristics of being extremely cautious before taking action and being thunderous once taking action when he was a horse bandit in the Pampas.
According to Zhang Xianzhong's regulations, when the troops of our side decided to attack a target, they should surround the target first. The next step was not to attack, but to conduct reconnaissance in the opposite direction, and they had to find out how many kilometers away there were no enemy ambushes: this was a profound lesson learned with blood after being ambushed many times by Cromwell over the years.
As an old rival for many years, Cromwell certainly knew Zhang Xianzhong's habit. So he arranged the rear army far away: if a large army really marched 20 kilometers in the rain forest, it would be impossible to complete it in one day.
Of course, he took a huge risk by doing this: with 5,000 men defending the camp, he had to hold off the enemy's attack for at least one day. If he was not careful, he might be defeated and captured. If Zhang Xianzhong fell into his hands, he promised to make a beautiful stake for him. And he also firmly believed that if he fell into Zhang Xianzhong's hands, his fate would not be much better.
However, in his opinion, this risk is worth it: if Zhang Xianzhong is not defeated in the rainforest area, when he really enters the Andes Mountains, his logistics will sooner or later have big problems!
All in all, this plan seemed perfect to him, except that it involved some risks for himself.
However, he missed the most important point: this is a rainforest, not the endless Pampas!
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The Sixth Regiment of the Fourth Division, under Zhang Xianzhong's order, launched an encirclement in the east. Its leader was a stout Indian man in his forties named "Break the Boulder".
He is a Quechua, and as far as he can remember, he knew that his parents were slaves in the white master's estate. They worked very hard in the estate every day, and if they were not careful, they would be beaten and subjected to various horrific punishments.
When he was eighteen, the young master he served fell in love with a fifteen-year-old Indian girl in the garden and wanted to rape her. He did not, nor did he dare to stop her. However, during the girl's desperate resistance, the young master was bitten by her. Then he was sold by his master to a copper mine near Lima to do hard labor.
There was no concept of time in the mine, and he didn't know how long he had been there. He just felt that his health was getting worse and worse, and he could do less and less work every day, and the food he got from his master was getting less and less.
Everyone around him looked at him with pity and helplessness, and he himself knew that it wouldn't be long before he died.
Why is my life like this? This is a question he pondered over and over again when he was on the verge of death.
But suddenly one day, a group of mainly yellow-skinned people rushed in, killed the mine owner, and gave freedom to all the miners in the mine.
The leader was a very beautiful woman of mixed Indo-European dwarf hair. She told them her name was Tia and that she had formed an Indian team to lead them to drive away the hateful Spaniards and let all Indians live a good life.
In his weakness, he asked her a question: After driving the Spaniards away, would there still be people who would force them to do hard labor in the mines for the rest of their lives, and no one would care about them even if they died?
The beautiful woman told him firmly: Never.
So he followed her.
In the following years, thanks to adequate nutrition, his strong body returned, and his bravery in battle also made him more and more powerful in the rebel army.
Well, the rebels started off well, but when the evil Spaniards sent reinforcements, they suffered a series of defeats on the battlefield.
Many people sacrificed their lives in the team, many people withdrew, and some people even shamefully became traitors.
During this process, it wasn't that no one tried to tempt him to give up, but he always shook his head firmly: I would rather die bravely in battle than go back to the dark mines.
Then one day, the Ming Dynasty in the east sent a group of people. Well, it is said that because the Ming Dynasty and they are both yellow people, they sent reinforcements to rescue their compatriots in America who were enslaved by white people, no, by white pigs.
That afternoon, a rough man, a Ming man named "Fragrant Mouth", gave a speech in the square of the base. For some reason, he fell in love with this foul-mouthed man. So when this man shouted, "Who wants to follow me to ride horses on the Pampas?", he stood up and followed him.
Really, I really liked this guy and thought it would be interesting to follow him. I definitely didn't leave Tiya because Tiya Chief went into a Ming country man's tent to sleep.
I followed the "Fragrant Mouth" and traveled around the Pampas for seven or eight years. Generally speaking, the days were pleasant, but I was also increasingly confused: We attacked a hacienda every other day and attacked a Spanish baggage train every other month. How long would it take to drive the Spanish away?
Such doubts were completely solved at the beginning of last year: the Ming Dynasty sent new reinforcements. Moreover, this time, in addition to weapons and regular troops, there were also political commissars!
Political Commissar Xia is such a knowledgeable person! Sometimes he wonders, what else in this world does the political commissar not know?
From the political commissar, he finally saw a complete map of the world and understood where the Spaniards came from. He also knew where the Ming Dynasty was. He also knew why so many Indians were yellow people: it turned out that after the demise of the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago, the Shang Dynasty immigrants crossed the sea to the east...
He also learned that hundreds of years ago, the Indians had established powerful empires such as the Maya, Aztec, and Inca. At their peak, the empire had a population of over 10 million . If it weren't for the evil white pigs that came here with their bacteria and viruses, the American continent should have been peaceful and prosperous.
He watched the White-Haired Girl performed by the division's art troupe, which moved him to tears and anger. He was so absorbed in the play that he even reached for his pistol at his waist and wanted to shoot the actor who played the Spanish master on the stage. Fortunately, the political commissar had foresight and stipulated that all officers and soldiers who watched the play must disarm before entering the theater, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous...
In short, because of the arrival of the political commissar, his goals became extremely clear, and he also had a clear plan for his future life.
"Captain, Captain. 'Break the Rock!' "
"Ah? Oh, what's wrong?"
"We have a scout from the Chahuat tribe who has lived here for a long time. He told me that the rain forest is a bit too quiet."
"Hmm? With such a large group of us entering the rain forest, the animals are all hiding. Shouldn't it be quiet?"
"No, Captain." The Chahuat scout came over and said, "Captain, if a large group of people enter the forest for the first time, the animals in the forest will send out various warning signals to warn their own kind. So the forest is not quiet at this time, but noisy. But now we have driven all the way and circled the outskirts of the Spanish camp for more than ten miles, and we still can't hear any animal sounds in the forest. This is very strange."
"Yeah." As an Indian who grew up in a manor and a mine, and later ran on the Pampas, he didn't have much experience in surviving in the rainforest by crushing boulders. But the good thing about him was that he could listen to opinions: "So what do you think should happen?"
"There must be more people ahead, and they are quite large!"
