Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 470 Outpost Battle

The sky gradually darkened. A blooming morning glory stood stubbornly on the half-collapsed wall. It looked particularly bright red in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Lights were turned on in the dilapidated houses, and in the rooms, mosquitoes and moths were flying around the oil lamps, making a buzzing sound.

Cai Jiu stretched out his hand and moved the oil lamp a distance to the right. He stared at the location of Elisa shown on the map for a long time without any movement.

"Reporting to the commander, the second company of the reconnaissance battalion brought back two Paraguayans, saying they were from the town of Elisa."

"Bring people in."

Cai Jiu stood up and looked towards the door.

"Captain Cai, when we arrived at the outskirts of Elisa, the Brazilians were chasing after the fleeing Paraguayans. These two were lucky. They swam across the river and survived. We met them and brought them back."

"Find two Spanish interpreters and ask about the situation in the town."

Cai Jiu instructed the staff officer beside him.

"Yes, Captain."

Paraguay, like Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and other countries, was once a Spanish colony and its official language is Spanish. As an emerging country that indirectly inherited the Spanish colonial legacy and was established on the Great Plains of La Plata, in addition to a small number of naturalized Spanish descendants, the Han army also has many Chinese officers who have chosen to study Spanish.

The staff officer asked two young officers who knew Spanish to come in, and after getting Cai Jiu's nod of agreement, he began to question the Paraguayan people.

Through the intermittent narration of the two Paraguayans, mixed with terror, hatred and numbness, the deployment of the Brazilian Republic's army in the town of Elisa was gradually revealed.

The total number of Brazilian troops stationed in the town of Elisa was about 1500 to 2000, including about 200 wounded. In order to capture the town of Elisa, the Brazilian army suffered a total of about 300 casualties. Just an unknown town resisted the attack of the Brazilian army for 4 days and caused considerable casualties. As a result, the commander of the Brazilian army became angry and ordered a retaliatory massacre against the resistors. A similar scene was staged in various parts of the Paraguayan occupied areas after the deliberate indulgence of the real power holders of the Brazilian army. A nation with different skin colors and beliefs, which was forcibly squeezed together and artificially created, has no unified centripetal force. If there is no external intervention, such a country can also dress itself up as a modern country with the makeup of civilization. Unfortunately, the sudden rise of the Han army exposed the veil of Brazil, the largest country in South America. The country was split into the Brazilian Republic and the Brazilian Empire. The days of being arrogant in South America with its advantages in area, natural resources and population were gone. Moreover, facing the military pressure from both the Han Kingdom and the Brazilian Empire, the Brazilian Republic, which claimed to be civilized and peaceful, sent troops into Paraguay for the second time after the defeat in the first Paraguayan War.

During the First Paraguayan War, the Brazilian army at least valued its reputation and did not organize blatant massacres due to international concerns. With such restraint, the First Paraguayan War also halved the population of Paraguay, with more than two-thirds of the adult male population of working age being lost.

It has only been a few months since the outbreak of the Second Paraguayan War, but the damage caused by the Brazilian army to Paraguay has shown signs of exceeding that of the First Paraguayan War. If the war develops in its current form and the Brazilian army continues to adopt a high-pressure massacre policy against the Paraguayan occupied areas, I am afraid that in less than a year, the country of Paraguay will actually be destroyed.

After gaining a preliminary understanding of the situation in the town of Elisa, Cai Jiu turned around and walked to the hand-drawn map spread out on the table. He picked up a pencil with his right hand and moved the ruler with his left hand. Starting from the center of Elisa town, he drew three lines in the west, south and north directions.

"Everyone, based on the reconnaissance of the Second Company of the Reconnaissance Battalion and the mutual verification of intelligence analysis between the two Paraguayan survivors.

The Brazilian army in Elisa focused on defending the church in the west of the town. This was the only commanding height in the town and the last stronghold that the Brazilian army broke through when they attacked Elisa. I estimate that the number of Brazilian troops deployed in the church was between 800 and 1000.

"The church is four stories high and covers an area of ​​less than 10 acres. Even if every room is filled with people, it can only accommodate more than 1000 people at most."

Sun Yinglin, commander of the Fifth Division's engineering battalion, echoed this.

"Apart from the direction of the church, the southern part of the town, the stone bridge connecting the two banks of the river, and a semi-abandoned castle in the north are also the enemy's key deployment directions."

Cai Jiu moved his teaching stick with his right hand and continued, "The direction of the stone bridge faces our army's attack route. The enemy has deployed about 600 people here, 3 machine guns, and 2 field guns. The castle is backed by the road leading to Asuncion, which is the enemy's retreat route. However, because the castle was severely damaged in previous wars, the enemy is estimated to have deployed 300 to 500 people here."

Cai Jiu raised his head, glanced at everyone in the room, and said, "Everyone, I suggest that the troops rest for one night, and launch a tentative attack tomorrow morning when the enemy is unprepared. At the same time, report our progress and battle plan to the front-line command. Once the front-line command calls back, we will immediately prepare for battle."

"I agree with Captain Cai."

"no problem".
After a moment, everyone in the room agreed.

"Since everyone agrees, let's start deploying the battle plan for tomorrow morning."

Cai Jiu loosened his shirt collar and said solemnly, "Captain Chen, the main attack mission is handed over to your battalion. The first and second companies of the Fifth Division's artillery battalion will assist you in the attack. Wait for the attack order to begin. Launch the attack immediately!"

"Yes, Commander," a young officer stood up and responded.

"The third company of the second battalion of the engineering battalion's divisional artillery is responsible for attacking the enemy at the stone bridge. We must prevent the enemy from destroying the stone bridge."

"Make sure to complete the task!" Several people who were called stood up one by one and said!
"The division's cavalry battalion dispatched two companies to flank the northern part of Elisa Town to cut off the castle's defenders' connection with Asuncion. Another unit was dispatched to conduct search operations to guard the battlefield around Elisa Town to prevent the enemy from fleeing after the collapse."

The long dark night finally dawned, and the town of Elisa came into view. The soldiers who had been waiting for orders had resolute faces, ready for the order to start the battle.

"Bang, bang", gunshots rang out, and teams of soldiers walked out from under the walls where they were hiding, rushing towards the battlefield with guns in hand!

The sound of gunfire awakened the Brazilian soldiers who were sleeping in the town. Some of them were blown to pieces by a shell that fell from the sky before they could even wake up from yesterday's killing spree.

Panicked soldiers crawled out of the rooms, running around like headless flies.

Some were in dishevel, some had thrown their rifles aside, and some ran out without shoes. After a brief chaos, the soldiers gradually gathered together under the urging of some neatly dressed and well-groomed Brazilian officers, and followed orders to defend their positions.

"Machine gun ready, fire!"

"Bombardier, ready!"...

In the Brazilian army's defensive position, various sounds shuttled back and forth amid the sound of gunfire, and in the wave of attacking the position, bullets were fired continuously like a rainstorm.

"Everyone get ready, fasten your bayonets!"

Seeing that the Han army was about to break through the defense line, a Brazilian officer suppressed his fear and shouted loudly: "Bayonet charge, no retreat! No retreat..."

Before he could finish his words, a bullet shot from the front ended his life. He fell backwards abruptly, and before he lost consciousness, the last scene he saw was the retreating and disintegrating soldiers of Party B and the enemy following closely behind.

(End of this chapter)