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Chapter 75 Let's Hit, Steam Tank (Second update, please recommend, please collect)
"beep!"

The deafening siren sound echoed outside the city of Viedma, and the ground trembled under the four iron wheels of the tractor. Although the speed of the steam tractor was not fast, it was still full of deterrence in the eyes of Philip and others.

"What monster is this?"

While the soldiers were yelling, they kept shooting at the steam tractor with their rifles.

When the lead shot from the musket hit the iron plate, it had no meaning at all except for a crisp sound.

Finally, the gunners finished loading, they raised the tail of the gun with wooden sticks, aimed, and fired...

"Tom!"

The loud sound like a bell ringing echoed in the sound of the cannon, and the shells of the nine-pound cannon hit the front of the steam tractor without any effect. In front of the steam tractor was an iron bulldozer. It is used on the flat ground of Nanhua construction site.

"Oh, God!"

With terrified screams, the soldiers guarding Viedma were finally intimidated.

When the steam tractor was advancing with unstoppable momentum, the more deadly blow was the artillery shells fired by the grenadiers. Those small shells weighing only one kilogram, although not powerful, could hit wooden walls and undefended soldiers. The killing is extremely fatal.

But in just a few minutes, hundreds of shells fell like raindrops inside and outside the city of Viedma. In the billowing smoke, the wooden walls that were once insurmountable in the eyes of the Mapuche people were blown down. It was blown into collapse in the explosion, and the flames of the explosion ignited the wooden houses in the city, and the houses burned one after another.

"My God, what the hell did they bring?"

Philip looked at everything around him desperately. The soldiers around him were constantly being blown to the ground, and they didn't even see the appearance of the enemy clearly.

What's even more terrible is that the steam monster has rushed over with an unstoppable momentum.

Is God going to destroy this city?

Finally, the steam monster, which was unstoppable by guns, charged. Amidst the roar of the steam engine, the billowing black smoke, and the creaking sound of the wooden wall, the bulldozer pushed the wooden wall away, tens of centimeters The back wooden walls were like paper-thin under the bulldozing blades of steam tractors.

At the moment of impact, there was a "boom", and the wall fell down!

The machine gunner standing in the coal bunker on the right side of the steam tractor shook Gatling as the wooden wall was torn apart like paper.

The continuous sound of machine guns echoed in Viedma City, and those Argentine soldiers who survived the explosion fell to the ground like wheat...

When the living saw this scene, they all raised their hands high in shock.

surrender!

There is no longer any suspense.

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[At 5:9 a.m. on May 11th, the siege of Viedma was successfully concluded. It took 12 minutes, of which 28 minutes were spent on the march...]
[May 5, at 10 a.m., Carmen on the right bank of the Rio Negro surrendered...]
[On May 5, the news that Viedma and Carmen successively captured Nanhua reached Buenos Aires, which caused a sensation. All parties accused each other of the political struggle that led to the invasion of Nanhua...]
[On May 5, the Buenos Aires province sent negotiators to arrive in Carmen and conveyed the Buenos Aires province's ultimatum, demanding that Nanhua must evacuate the two places, or wait for them to send Buenos Aires to Offensive in Lys.You flatly rejected the representative's offer. ]
[In June, a civil war broke out in the province of Buenos Aires, and the two sides in the civil war were unable to take care of Nanhua. ]
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[On June 6, the arrival of the "Alice" and eleven hired ships brought 17 immigrants. Although the unexpected arrival of a large number of immigrants caused Nanhua to face material supply problems, it relieved Nanhua. In order to cope with possible attacks, you expanded the Nanhua Self-Defense Force to 2.85 people and reorganized it into a guard force...]
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"call……"

Sitting up, Zhu Xianhai frowned after returning to reality, and seemed a little depressed.

Although everything that happened in the life simulator was within his expectations, it turned out that even using the Self-Defense Forces to attack Viedma was an overkill.

But the following situation was basically within his expectations—perhaps the fall of the two "towns" of Viedma and Carmen caused a sensation in Buenos Aires, but for Buenos Aires who was in the midst of internal strife, To the politicians of Genos Aires, it was just another "barbarian invasion".Those who focus on internal fighting don't care at all.

It is impossible to send troops, the generals are fighting a civil war!

But the reason why Zhu Xianhai had this expression was because of another seemingly inconspicuous matter - the telegraph line was cut off!
"Hey, he dared to cut off Lao Tzu's telegram!"

Touching his hair with both hands, Zhu Xianhai said to himself.

"How can I get the offices in London and France to buy supplies if you send telegrams like this!"

After conquering Viedma, Nanhua fell into another predicament-the external communication channel was cut off. Although the telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean had been successfully laid three years ago, the cable itself that was successfully laid in 1858 But it was short-lived: its signal became weaker and completely interrupted. After three weeks of use, it broke down in the Atlantic Ocean due to high-voltage current breakdown.

However, in South America and North America, there has long been a telegraph network. This wired telegraph network funded by a number of British and American companies is the best way for Zhu Xianhai to communicate with the outside world. First, send a telegram from Viedma to Buenos Aires, and then forward to New York, this process is two days.Then the telegram was transported by mail bag from New York to London by cruise ship. This process took 18-22 days.

For people who are used to the Internet-connected world of the 21st century, it is unimaginable that it takes such a long time to send a telegram, but it is already a miracle in this era. After all, ten years ago, from Buyi Between North Aires and London, a letter often takes 1-2 months.

Of course, the "miraculous" speed also means that it is expensive, and ten letters cost one peso.

Although it costs a lot of money, it saves a lot of time. Many newly ordered equipment are completed in this way.

In the life simulator, as the telegraph company in Buenos Aires cut off the telegraph line, Viedma's external communication was also interrupted.

What an unexpected turn of events!

Although he did not continue the simulation, Zhu Xianhai was very clear about what happened next—it directly affected the construction of Nanhua. After all, Nanhua needed to import machines from Europe and the United States.

This is not easy to do!
At the same time, the virtual light screen flickered.

[This simulation ends. ]
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