C1029 Ikek sand table (1/2)
The Ikek Port was one of the most important ports on the west coast of South America Continent. Its location was located in the center of the west coast.
By controlling the Ikek, not only would they be able to obtain a good Pacific port, they would also be able to control the production of 80% of the saltpeter and bird manure stone in the Atacama Desert.
The moonlight scattered on the ground, and the sound of the waves could be heard from afar. The night in Ikek had gradually calmed down, and only the human voices from the fortresses surrounding the city could be heard.
”This city has no walls? Instead, they built seven large fortresses around the city? ”What kind of trick is this? I've never seen it before …”
Tie Toutuo, who was lying on the sand dune, was wearing a dark yellow camouflage clothes. Borrowing the moonlight, he observed the Ikek's defenses at a close distance.
This is not a strange place. This is the South America, not China, they don't have that many people who can build such a big city wall, and the surrounding area of the Ikek is filled with yellow sand and rocks, and is lacking in wood and sticky soil. That's why they can't build the city wall, and the stone wall doesn't have that many people …
”Don't underestimate these seven stone and brick fortresses. The cannons inside are very powerful. They cross fire to support each other, and in addition, the soldiers are shooting from above. The fire is ferocious …”
The west side of Ikek is the sea, and the cannons on top of them are controlling the pier, while the seven fortresses are protecting the north, south and east side. Previously, the Chile people tried to attack once, but they couldn't rush through, because the city was clearly in front of their eyes, unable to break through the enemy's fire net.
”Cross fire? If we attack from three directions on land, what are we afraid of? ” Tie Toutuo asked.
”Ai …” Brother Tie! ”You still don't understand, South America Continent is different from China. There aren't that many people that can be sacrificed here, and the armies here aren't patient with hard work either. To be honest, those natives don't really have any concept of a country …”
”In the end, those people of the White Lord wanted to fight this war. The soldiers below are just ordinary people, they don't care who the desert belongs to.” In the end, the people of the White Lord wanted to fight this war.
”They are clearly the regular army, but they are actually a group of Mercenaries! If there was milk, then there was a mother. If he gave money, then he would carry the gun! ”If we were to attack in three directions like you said, we would need to mobilize at least 60,000 troops. Furthermore, we also need a fleet to coordinate with the sea, attract the cannons' firepower, and block the enemy's battleships …”
”Is that possible? Impossible, if the Chile was able to invest all of a sudden to fight against this kind of elites, what would we even need to do? In this battle against the Ikek, our Taiping Army sent fifteen thousand troops, and the Chile sent thirty thousand soldiers.
The veterans who had just arrived from Southeast Asia were all dumbfounded. Thinking back to when they were in Qing Province, a bloody war had already killed a hundred and eighty thousand people, if they were to move the spectacular scene over here … No one dared to think further.
Chen Yonglu let out a long sigh, ”Forty-five thousand people, do you think that you can invest all of them? The Chile has invested two-thirds of their total amount into the battle, it's only 20,000 people, and we have to leave behind 5000 seeds to protect ourselves, so only 10,000 of us will be able to get onto the battlefield … Just thirty thousand people, if you want any more, you will have nothing more! ”
”How many enemies do you have?” Tie Toutuo asked.
”The average number of soldiers stationed at the seven bunkers is two thousand. Altogether, there are fourteen thousand soldiers. There are two thousand emergency troops at the fort as well. The Peru's defending army amounts to a total of sixteen thousand people. It would be hard for us, 30,000 people, to take on the sixteen thousand garrison troops who occupy the geographical advantage! ”
”Not only that, according to intelligence, there is a support unit of more than 25,000 people coming from the west in Bolivia. At that time, the total military might reach 40,000 people. This battle is very hard to fight! ”