Chapter 304: The Republic of Gran Colombia
"What mission are these bastards doing? There are so many flaws that can be seen as long as you are not a fool!"
"Satisfied. This is the first time they led their team to fight the enemy officially. What can you expect? Not to mention them, even if we go, we may not be able to perform well..."
"What do you mean? Can I be worse than them?"
"I definitely didn't say you were worse than them, I mean everyone was the same, but you were lucky and became the leader!"
"Hey, I said you can't say something nice?"
"There are some good things, but now is not the time... But then again, Campos is really not a mediocre person. He can endure it for so long. It seems that Spain is not uninhabited."
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It was Santa Marta. Not long ago, the main Spanish troops, led by General Viagra Nikolau, "surprisely attacked" the port city and won the victory with almost no effort... Immediately after sending a telegram to Cuba's front-line headquarters and Madrid, Nikolau began to collect the locomotives and carriages, preparing to launch an attack as planned by Phobogota. From beginning to end, this guy didn't care about the difficulties encountered by Martinez Campos, and even did not send a single reinforcement. Campos mentioned many things in the war report were also thrown into the garbage dump by the General Nikolau... Even Nikolau threatened his subordinates:
"The artillery moving quickly but not less than 75mm caliber... How could there be such a thing in this world? The bed bugs in Colombia threw a few grenades made by the Chinese to his camp, and scared him to this way. This guy is no longer the Campos he used to be."
Vila Nikolau's words were even spread to Madrid, which caused a great response. Some people also accused Nikolau of not saving his life, but Nikolau still did his own thing and actively prepared to attack Bogota... His behavior made Zhou Xiaoding and Zhu Chuliu, who had been hiding on the Santa Marta Mountain, breathed a sigh of relief.
Originally, according to their plan, the thousand people they left on the periphery of Barranquilla would attack Campos at night, and then block the opponent's direction of their advance, and while slugging the enemy's speed, Campos also thought that it was their main force... The mountain division, which had the first to prepare a large number of light machine guns, had enough firepower to create such an illusion for Campos in the dark. But they did not expect that the two battalions that were staying on the periphery of Barranquilla, had boldly changed their action plans and turned the blocking war into a harassing war... In this way, the mountain division itself did not suffer any
The loss also made Campos realize something was wrong. He was an experienced general. He saw that the enemy had enough power to attack him, but he never took action and just kept attacking and harassing him. He would definitely be suspicious. If it weren't for the fact that the countries around the world were not equipped with light machine guns or mortars, Campos would not have understood the use of these two weapons, he would have guessed their intentions long ago. But even so, the other party insisted on not asking for help from Nikolau... After a few days, Zhou Xiaoding and Zhu Chuliu almost lost confidence in action.
Fortunately, Campos was unable to hold on in the end. After receiving his telegram, Nikolau finally moved. Moreover, the general Nikolau actually planned to act according to the original plan...
"Why? He didn't notice the problem?"
"What can he discover? It's not like being there. Just guessing, do you really think he is Zhuge Liang?"
It was still the same forest. Zhou Xiaoding had just lying on the hammock that had been tied to a tree for several days, but was kicked down by Zhu Chu... The two were good friends when they left Denver. They also abused prisoners in the Black Canyon of Gannison with Guo Jinzhang on their backs. After the establishment of Tangzhou, they were kept in the army by Guo Jinzhang, and later they were sent to Panama to serve as commanders and coaches of this mountain division without numbers. For several years, they have brought out a team of excellent quality through the information sent by Guo Jinzhang from time to time and their own thinking. On the surface, the mountain
The division has a size of 6,000 people, but in fact, after several years of secret rotation, more than 10,000 soldiers trained by their hands... and the cooperation over the past few years has made the two more deeply friendship. Of course, it is not only the two of them who have deep friendship, but also those who have come out of Denver together, are still in the army, and are willing to suffer the hardship of military training... For example, Lu Sanhai, who is commanding the battle near Barranquilla, hadn't been because everyone was fighting together and with the strict military discipline of the mountain division, who would have such a big dog dared to change the combat plan at will?
But who said that he was a brother? After Lu Sanhai'er came back, he should beat and scold him. Now he had to cover up. Otherwise, let the bastards from the Military Law Department know and report it to Guo Jinzhang. Lu Sanhai'er had to be caught back in Seattle and squatted in a small dark room for a few days... This is because it is in Colombia. Even if the action plan fails, the only losses will be Colombians. Otherwise, Lu Sanhai'er will have to go to the military court. This is by no means a joke. As Guo Jinzhang said, the mountain division is an elite unit far away in a foreign country, if there is no strict military discipline constraints, what will happen in the future?
"One thousand people, two battalions, forced more than 10,000 people in Spain, and killed and injured four or five thousand... Can we get a deal here?"
Drinking the freshly chilled drink and taking Zhou Xiaoding's hammock again, Zhu Chuliu squinted his eyes happily and asked Zhou Xiaoding while swaying.
"Our main task is to clean up Nikolau, at least we have to destroy it... Just Campos, Jin Zhang will definitely not be satisfied. Even if he is satisfied, he will not say it out." Zhou Xiaoding said.
"I believe this." Zhu Chuliu nodded and looked at him again, "By the way, what's going on with this Nikolau? He knew that Campos was in trouble, but he ignored it... If he didn't save him to this extent, wouldn't he be afraid of being sued in the military court then?"
"Maybe it's because of the jealousy," Zhou Xiaoding thought for a while, "I remember what the information said in the information. More than ten years ago, these two guys had brought troops to Cuba. The first one was Nikolau, but he killed a lot. Not only did he fail to eliminate the Cuban rebels. Many people were also defeated by others. If there was no division within the rebels, he might have been defeated... As a result, the Spanish government sent Campos again and encircled them. Forced the rebels to agree to a ceasefire and gave up the idea of **... I think, maybe it was because of this time that Nikolau felt unhappy."
"Hey, it would be great if Cheng De was noble. Maybe he could tell you a story, 'The Yang family generals fought against the Golden Sand Beach, Pan Renmei betrayed Lao Linggong'..." Zhu Chuliu sighed again.
"Do you think this is the Song Dynasty?" Zhou Xiaoding gave him a blank look. At this moment, a soldier ran over and saluted him:
"Report!"
"Say!" Zhou Xiaoding said.
"Report to the general, the scout, that Nikolau's follow-up troops have landed. Now there are at least 20,000 Spanish troops in the city of Santa Marta." The soldier stood at attention and said.
"I understand." Zhu Chuliu nodded and glanced at the soldier again. "But Xiaolin, remember to relax next time. This is the wilderness and there are no enemies around. It's okay to salute us. But if this is the battlefield or the front line, the enemy has snipers, your salute may send General Zhou to the West. So, don't be so formal next time. Just just chat casually."
"Yes." The soldier hurriedly stood at attention.
"Look, isn't it?" Zhu Chuliu shook his head and waved his hand again, "Go back and think about it more quickly."
"yes……"
"What do you mean? How do you salute us? It's possible that I can go to the West? If there is really a sniper, can't you collapse first?" Seeing the soldier lifting his arm, then put it down, leaving hesitantly, Zhou Xiaoding couldn't help but curse.
"Your head is bigger than mine!"
"Nothing nonsense, you obviously have a big head..."
"You have a big head..."
"...Report!" The Kobayashi who had just left came back, not standing attentively or saluted, but just stood loosely across the two of them, looking embarrassed and feeling uncomfortable.
"What are you doing when you are back?" Zhou Xiaoding asked.
"General, the representative of Colombia wants to see you." Kobayashi replied.
"Luovila? Well, call him over." Zhou Xiaoding thought for a while and ordered.
"yes!"
...
"Two generals, when will you launch an attack?"
Luo Weila has already been convinced. In the past few days, he has been trying hard to urge Zhou Xiaoding and Zhu Chuliu to lead the troops to join the thousand people around Barranquilla, and then block Campos together... That's right, it's blocking! In his opinion, one thousand people are just delivering food to Campos. Even if the five thousand people from Zhou Xiaoding and Zhu Chuliu can only barely block the other party at most. However, Zhou Xiaoding and Zhu Chuliu did not listen to him at all, and they had a dispute and ignored him. He was angry.
, he simply ran to contact Bogota and accused the abominable Chinese troops of the aversion... But he did not expect that, not long after his report was posted, Bogota's call came, and President Morido directly scolded him on the telegram. Only then did he realize that the thousand men of the Red Corps not only blocked Campos, but also made Campos unable to fight back, and their troops lost more than one-third... In contrast, the Red Corps itself did not suffer much loss.
What a powerful combat power this is?
Luo Weila finally understood where the confidence of Zhou Xiaoding and Zhu Chuliu came from. At this time, Nikolau also conquered Santa Marta. Thinking of the plan Zhou Xiaoding and Zhu Chuliu revealed to him, he rushed back immediately. He didn't want anything else, he just hoped that he could share his military achievements in this battle...
"Occurrence? What kind of offense?" Zhou Xiaoding seemed to have amnesia in old age, and showed a confused expression on Rovila's question, "You are not saying that we will attack Santa Marta?"
"Isn't it?" Rovera was not as anxious as the last time, and he didn't even dare to speak too loudly... At a ratio of 1,000 to 10,000, the troops led by this man in front of him had the ability to destroy the Republic of Colombia. President Morideo gave him the order to let this troops fight Spain as soon as possible. No matter whether they win or lose, he must find ways to send them back to Panama, and then send them out of the Republic of Colombia... because, this army is too dangerous. When he thinks that there has always been such a terrible army hidden in his territory, not only Morideo, but even his contact person is afraid of himself.
"We have done everything, so what are your Colombian troops doing? Mr. Rovela?" Zhu Chuliu asked with a smile.
"What did you say?" Colombian army? Isn't it possible for the Colombian army to take action in this battle? Rovilla looked at Zhu Chuliu in confusion. As Morido's confidant, he naturally knew the agreement between Tangzhou and Colombia... President Morido believed that the Spaniards were attracted by Tangzhou, so Tangzhou should be responsible for the war that Colombia was about to face. Tangzhou's side did agree and handed over the mountain division in front of him to Morido for command... Morido did not understand military affairs. He also knew that it was impossible for any general in Colombia to command these unruly Chinas
Therefore, at the suggestion of Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Santos, he handed over the command power to Zhou Xiaoding in front of him... He even listened to Zhou Xiaoding's suggestion and gave up the idea of blocking the Spanish army when it landed. Although this is more important because Colombia does not have too many shore defense guns, it will be difficult to fight back when facing the Spanish naval guns. Therefore, he took the initiative to retreat at Zhou Xiaoding's suggestion to protect the vitality, but this also shows trust in the Red Corps, right? But now, Zhu Chuliu said that he doesn't want to do everything...
"Mr. Luo Weila, don't get me wrong." Zhou Xiaoding smiled and waved his hand, "That guy didn't make it clear. Actually, what he meant was... there were some changes in our plan, or rather, it was to act according to another plan."
"I, I don't understand." Luo Weila wanted to express her doubts, but thinking about her previous performance and the ignorance of Zhou Xiaoding and the others, he decisively gave up this idea.
"In South America, the largest and also the strongest. It must be Brazil. No country in South America has the ability to provoke it. Fortunately, Brazil was originally a colony of Portugal, with a congenital barrier with other South American countries in the Spanish colony. It has enough resources and strength to ensure its status in South America, so it is quite gentle. Of course, there are many other reasons here, such as Brazil is still
The imperial system, the preservation of slavery and the large manor system, the domestic situation is not very stable, etc. Apart from Brazil, we can also be sure that Chile and Argentina are definitely stronger than Colombia. Especially Chile, a few years ago, even defeated the alliance between Peru and Bolivia alone, captured the Peruvian capital Lima, and forced Peru to cede land. The land bordering Bolivia and the Pacific Ocean were also occupied by it and turned into an inland country..."
"What does this have to do with us?" Rovera looked at Zhou Xiaoding in confusion. Of course he knew what the other party mentioned. Brazil, the largest in South America, had vast farmland and vast rainforests. Thanks to its abundant natural resources and sufficient labor, Brazil's gross domestic economy ranks first in South America, and its national strength is also the strongest in South America. But since Napoleon invaded Portugal in 1807 and the Portuguese royal family was forced to move to Brazil and then moved back, they had a regent, the Portuguese prince Pedro. On September 7, 1822, Pedro announced that he had completely separated from Portugal, established the Brazilian Empire, and then crowned himself as emperor.
Pedro I. From then on, Brazil entered the imperial period. After the founding of the Brazilian Empire, the system of the Braganza dynasty represented by Pedro and the Portuguese aristocratic forces remained intact, and the large manor system and slavery still existed, and were economically and politically dependent on Britain. Pedro I implemented a rule of the country, not only forcibly disbanded the parliament, but also used force to suppress the republican uprisings in Pernambuko and other provinces in the northeast... Although more than ten years ago, Brazil was afraid of Paraguay's rise and influenced itself, so it united Argentina and Uruguay invaded Paraguay, and successfully eliminated Paraguay's resistance army and killed Paraguay's leader France
Sco Lopez, joined hands with the other two countries to complete the occupation of Paraguay. However, in that war, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay did not play any glorious roles. They were powerful, but cruel. Paraguay had a population of 1.33 million, but after the war, there were only less than 220,000 males, and only 30,000 males. Lopez had a few rivals, with only 8,000 regular troops before the war, but he fought to the end and wiped out the three countries' total army of more than 150,000 in this war... The Three Kingdoms have not yet recovered from that war. The contradictions in Brazil have gradually intensified, and the domestic situation is becoming increasingly tight.
Zhang was unable to interfere in South American affairs at all. Apart from Brazil, Chile may be the fastest South American country in recent years. It not only has a powerful navy, but also defeated Peru and Bolivia by one against two, and even defeated the invading Spain twenty years ago... But what does these have to do with the Chinese? Rovera was very confused, but he also knew that the Chinese in front of him would definitely not be able to mention other South American countries so casually. These guys probably didn't want to learn from Spain and Portugal to colonize South America... That was impossible, even the Americans did not have such ability. But what else do they want to do?
"Of course it doesn't matter, but as long as you think about it, it will matter." Zhu Chuliu smiled again.
"What's the meaning?"
"I mean very simple, that is... our Tangzhou is very willing to cooperate with Colombia, but we are more willing to cooperate with Big Colombia!"
“Big Colombia?”
"Yes, a 'Big Colombian Republic' that includes three regions: Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela!"
Chapter completed!