Chapter 49 To be a man, you must have a card
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When Li Mo and Chen Ping boarded the newly arrived Tianxing and went to Antoine Fargast under the personal escort of Long Guozhang, the situation of the civil war in Chile changed significantly.
Monte deserves to be the leader of the Chilean navy, although he did not understand why the two forts in the city of Antoine Fargast, which needed to concentrate at least seven warships and would cause damage to at least seven warships, suddenly explode, and more than a dozen large-caliber guns were destroyed. Who did it? Question mark How did you do it?
Is it that young man again?
Although Simmons knocked sideways several times, he finally got an unpredictable smile. Fortunately, Monte also knew that now was not the time to solve the puzzle. What he needed to do was to grab the wound of the political axe army and tear it open!
Three troop carriers and six warships, with the newly formed 3,000 new congressional army, quickly arrived off the coast of Anofagasta before the political axe army reacted.
In the case of losing the support of the fort, the only remaining small fleet of the political axe army was dragged into the decisive battle. In the face of the powerful congressional navy, although they were in good spirits and did not retreat, they only supported for a few minutes, and the two wooden cruisers were completely destroyed.
With the complete loss of maritime mobility by the Presidential Axe Army, the congressional army led by Monte took advantage of its maritime advantages to continuously harass central and northern Chile, and 3,000 newly formed congressional troops also began to land in Antofagast.
At the same time, Zhao Long and the allied forces with 4,000 people also rushed to the city of Antofagust and got 20 cannons brought by Ji Rushan. Zhao Long and Melino. After negotiating, Japa immediately chose to divide the troops. The latter cooperated with the new 3,000 congressmen to pretend to attack the fortress. He himself led the escort army to ambush. With the help of a total of 25 cannons and intensive grenade rain, after a day and night of fierce battle, he finally ate 5,000 well-equipped political axe army that came to support. It laid the foundation for attacking Antoine Fargaast, the largest fortress city in north-central Chile.
Unexpectedly, when he learned that the reinforcements had been completely annihirated, the commander of the garrison of Antofagast immediately ordered to surrender and accept the leadership of the congressional army. The morale was high, and Zhao Long and other escort officers who were ready to fight again cursed.
After losing the northern barrier and facing two lines of attack, the political axe finally couldn't hold on. After the two 700-ton new torpedo ships Lynch and Conder purchased from Britain arrived at Valparaiso, they immediately ordered the sailors to attack the congressional army without waiting for the sailors to calm down.
Late at night on April 22, the two ships arrived at the Caldera anchorage. With the cover of the night, the two small warships sneaked into the inner port and prepared to attack with the new white-headed torpedoes on board.
Although it was only Linchen at that time, the sneaker could not clearly identify the opponent, but with the size of the shadow, he successfully found the "Huaasca" and "Blanco. The Enkara. By Carlos. Major Moraga's command of "Conder" was the first to launch three torpedoes at a distance of 500 yards, but failed. The alert crew of the "Blanco" found that the situation was abnormal, immediately moved the berth, pointed the bow in the direction of the torpedo attack to avoid the attack, and fired with a rapid-fire gun. But they didn't find the "Linch" that kept silent in the dark, by Alberto. The latter, commanded by Major Fuentes, is approaching the ironclad ship at full speed from the other side. At a distance of 200 yards, Fuentes launched two white-headed torpedoes with a range of 660 yards and a charge of 58 pounds, one of which hit the "Blanco"
Because the Blanco was anchored at that time, the watertight doors were not closed, so it quickly entered the water and capsized with 182 crew in just a few minutes
This attack, which shocked everyone, let people see the prospect of the new torpedo in combat, and also gave hope to the struggling political axe army, but Monte did not give the political axe army any chance. On the third day after the attack, he personally led ten warships, including Esmeralada, to fly to Zhi. The four-hour continuous shelling of the port of Valparaiso outside the capital hit the political axe army, which was still immersed in the joy of the success of the sneak attack.
It was also on this day that Li Mo, who had already "foreseen" the sneak attack and revenge of the congressional army, came to the city of Antofagust.
"Young master, this is all the property of that fat man. It's here. The saltpeter mine and all the funds have been transferred to your name." Qiu Zishan took out the gift "gifted" by Valdock from his arms and handed it to Li Mo.
"Well done, leave it to Chen Ping." Li Mo did not stretch out his hand. At this moment, all his attention was focused on more than a dozen frightened faces that were restricted in the room.
"Young master, it's all here, and none of them ran away!" Li Qiang pointed to the crowd that was crowded and trembling: "Listen to them, Balmaseda was originally going to let the compost meat arrange for them to leave by boat from here and go out for a while, so few people knew their whereabouts."
After listening to Li Qiang's words, Li Mo nodded. If the news has not been leaked, these people are a good bargaining chip.
Seeing the young master looking at these people in a daze, Qiu Zishan handed over all the property certificates to Chen Ping before he said, "Young master, do you want me to contact the political axe army now and let Balmaseda stop resisting?"
"No way." Chen Ping took the certificate, threw it in his arms, and shook his head: "Now contact will only make Balmaseda break the jar, which is not good for us."
"How long do we have to wait? Could it be that we did this vote for nothing? Li Qiang rolled his eyes and thought that he almost fell into a brother for the sake of these people, so he was angry.
"Wait, wait until the battle is clear, wait until Valparaiso is completely captured, wait until the Monte soldiers come to the city of Santiago!" Master Li narrowed his eyes like a knife: "Desperate Balmaseda, if at that time, he receives news from his relatives in our hands, and we can also provide protection for him so that he can safely go wherever he wants, what do you think he will choose?"
"Let Balmeseda leave? Why?" Li Qiang didn't understand. It was the president's army who worked hard to fight. In the end, he had to protect the other party's head and leave. What's the reason?
"Do you know how difficult it will be for Balmeseda to get to where she is today? Do you know how strong the power to support him in Chile is? Do you know how prestigious Balmaseda is in the hearts of Chileans? The corners of Master Li's mouth bent slightly, and his eyes flashed: "As long as Balmeseda doesn't die for a day, whether it is Montt, the Chilean parliament and the foreign forces behind them, they will not rest assured for a day. What's more, we also need a means to check and balance Montt to prevent him from crossing the river and tearing down the bridge!"
"Be a man, you must have a bottom card." Master Li's words were long-hearted and nodded frequently around him, "And only the card pressed in the palm of his hand can be called the bottom card!"
Li Qiang's heart was awe-in-minded and understood the young master's mind. After all, this is someone else's land. If you want to squeeze out some oil, you really dare not talk big if you don't have something to save your life. As long as he is guaranteed that Balmaseda is in the hands of the young master, if he dares to turn against him! The Nighthawks dared to take Balmaseda out of the mountain again and break through the small sky of Chile again!
"Chen Ping, go and inform Zhao Long that the troops are on standby. The next battle should have nothing to do with us." Li Mo waved his hand and turned his head: "Li Qiang, you take people and Qiu Zishan to the capital immediately. When the Monte soldiers press the border, you will immediately contact Balmaseda and tell his family that I have it and I am willing to help him get out of here."
"What if he doesn't agree?" Li Qiang paused slightly and put his hand on the dagger around his waist.
"Then get rid of it!" Master Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth were cold, like an ice blade that had not melted in the Antarctic for thousands of years. The cold air exhaled out along his teeth: "In a word, even if he is dead, he can't let the outside world know!"