Rise of Australia

Chapter 350 Eduardo Montalva's Chance

Perhaps in the eyes of elite soldiers, the border conflict between Argentina and Chile is like a child's play.

Few people in ten have the guts to poke their head out of cover in combat, let alone calm down and take good aim.

But for the Argentine and Chilean soldiers at this time, this is really a war, a war that can easily kill people.

Even if it was a house-playing game, the hands of everyone were not fire sticks, but real hot weapons that condensed the essence of human intelligence.

As the saying goes, whether it is a man, a woman or a child, the power of the firearms in their hands is the same.

For the current large-caliber rifles, it is not a joke to hurt or die when touched.

The battle between the two sides lasted for about 20 minutes. Seeing that it was getting late, the Argentine army could only evacuate into the forest in a hurry under the command of the commander.

After all, this is the territory of Chile. In terms of support, the Chilean army must have come faster.

It is not good for the Argentine army to go on with such a stalemate now. At least for now, Argentina has no intention of launching a war until the army, weaponry, and strategic resources are not in place.

Seeing that the Argentines at the bottom of the mountain were already retreating slowly, Eduardo Montalva shouted to his comrades: "Stop them, they are going to retreat!"

Although Eduardo Montalva's performance in this conflict made his comrades willing to listen to him, it does not mean that others are willing to die for the country.

It's okay to take advantage of the terrain and fire two shots. If you go down and chase, isn't it equivalent to giving up your bunker and exposing your whole body to the Argentines?
Even if Eduardo Montalva shouted twice, still no one was willing to stand up and follow Eduardo Montalva in pursuit.

After consuming all the bullets, Eduardo Montalva had no choice but to return. At the same time, he was extremely disappointed with his comrades.

By the time the reinforcements arrived, it was already more than ten minutes later.During these more than ten minutes, the patrol squad had initially cleaned up the battlefield and counted the casualties on both sides.

"Sergeant Eddie? Sergeant Eddie!"

After the reinforcements arrived, they called out to the squad leader of the patrol squad, Edri.

But unfortunately, as the first person to die in battle, Edri, the patrol squad leader, was doomed not to hear the cries of reinforcements.

"Squad Leader Edrie is dead, sir," Eduardo Montalva replied.

"What's going on? Soldier." Hearing that Edrie had been killed, the commander of the reinforcements was surprised for a while, and then he looked at the soldier who answered the question and asked.

"We found the presence of the Argentine army during our patrol. Squad leader Edri was attacked and killed by the Argentines. Then we launched a counterattack and fought the Argentine army in this area." Eduardo Montalva answered methodically road.

"Argentines again? These damn bastards, do they really want to start a war?" The commander of the reinforcements cursed secretly, then looked at Eduardo Montalva, and continued to ask: " How are your results, soldiers."

"We emptied almost all the bullets and eliminated a total of three enemies. The other Argentine troops have retreated to the woods at the foot of the mountain. We have injured two comrades in arms including Squad Leader Edri, and injured two people." Eduardo Montalva continued to report.

Eduardo Montalva's performance in the war won the respect of his comrades. After the death of squad leader Edri, Eduardo Montalva seemed to have become the person with the highest voice in the patrol squad.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Apart from the original squad leader Edri, only Eduardo Montalva is a veteran who has served for more than three years.

As for the other soldiers, most of them are just recruits, which is why they were so flustered when facing the Argentine army.

"Approximately how many people are there in that Argentine army? Are they carrying heavy firearms? Where is the direction of retreat?" After hearing the whole incident, the person in charge of the reinforcements obviously paid attention to it, and asked solemnly .

Every problem is related to the seriousness of the matter. Such an Argentine army rushing into the border will also pose a considerable threat to the cities and villages near Chile.

The situation between Argentina and Chile is very tense right now. If these Argentine soldiers do something stupid, they, the Chilean border guards, cannot bear the responsibility.

"The number of Argentine troops fighting us was only about a few dozen people. At least during the fighting, they did not use heavy weapons. They fled to the woods west of the mountain, and about 20 minutes have passed since now." Eduardo Mon Talwar recalled it in his mind, and after making sure that there were no problems with his memory, he answered in an orderly manner.

"Well, what's your name? Soldier." The commander nodded, very satisfied with Eduardo Montalva's detailed answer.

"Eduardo Montalva, sir. My father is a veteran who unfortunately died in the previous conflict with Argentina." Eduardo Montalva replied firmly.

Of course, the so-called conflict was not the one a few days ago, but another conflict between Chile and Argentina more than a decade ago.

In fact, in the more than 100 years of history of the founding of the two countries, there have been countless conflicts between them, and several small-scale wars have even broken out.

For Chile and Argentina, two countries with a balanced balance of power, it is impossible not to erupt into conflict.

Both countries have great ambitions. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Unless there is a powerful foreign enemy to suppress it, or the balance between the two countries is broken, otherwise, such conflicts will continue.

"Eduardo Montalva? Your father's name is Pablo Montalva?" The commander suddenly became interested and asked curiously.

"Yes, sir, you know my father?" Eduardo Montalva said in surprise.

"Yes, Pablo was my comrade in arms more than ten years ago. If nothing happened to him, he should be at least a lieutenant now, right?" The commander said with a sigh of emotion.

Because Chile has not had a large-scale war in recent years, the promotion of military officers is actually very slow.

But Eduardo Montalva's father, Pablo Montalva, if he is still alive and serving in the army, at least he can be a company officer.

If Pablo is still there, Eduardo Montalva should also have a better future, and maybe even have the opportunity to go to a military academy instead of coming to the army and starting as an ordinary soldier.

Don't underestimate a company commander-level officer in Chile, because the population is only a few million, and the Chilean army only has tens of thousands of people.

In Chile, officers at the division commander level are basically at the top of the military, and there are not too many of them.

Even at the rank of company commander who does not seem to have a high position, the military here can be regarded as a middle-level and high-level team, enjoying a lot of resources.

After all, any company commander needs at least ten years of experience before he can be promoted, and it depends on whether his relationship is strong or not.

"Although I regret the sacrifice of your patrol squad leader, the patrol squad cannot be without a commander. Well, Eduardo Montalva, I appoint you as the acting squad leader of your patrol squad. Your first task is to return to the After the garrison has been repaired and replenished, it will continue to carry out patrol work. The current situation between us and Argentina is not clear, and the patrol work needs to be more serious." The commander thought for a while before saying this.

The appointment at the level of squad leader is still simple for him.Of course, the reason for adding an agent prefix to Eduardo Montalva's squad leader position is to see Eduardo Montalva's ability.

If he did a good job on patrol, he wouldn't mind helping his old comrade, who had died, by promoting Eduardo Montalva.

"Yes, sir!" Eduardo Montalva said excitedly.

Although the purpose of Eduardo Montalva's military service was not to be a great official, but to avenge his father, he also inherited his father's last wish and became a very good soldier.

But as the saying goes, a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a soldier who does not want to be a squad leader is not a good soldier either.

What's more, after becoming the squad leader of the patrol squad, Eduardo Montalva can completely order the soldiers in his squad to use more numbers and strength to achieve his goals.

"Okay, squad leader Eduardo, take your soldiers to carry out the mission! I will report your promotion, and it should take about half a month to issue it." The commander looked at the excited Eduardo said Montalva, smiling.

"By the way, I'm Lucas Fuente, the commander of the second company of the first regiment of the second border division. If you have any questions, you can also come to my station to find me. I will be here during this time. Finally, the commander added with a glance at Eduardo Montalva with a smile.

"Yes, Chief Lucas!" Eduardo Montalva responded decisively without hesitation.

Eduardo Montalva's patrol squad belongs to the second company of the first regiment of the second division of the border garrison.

What does this mean?His father's old comrade-in-arms is his boss's boss. This is great news for Eduardo Montalva. As long as he can seize this opportunity, he may not be able to do better than his father.

You must know that the current situation is quite chaotic. If you can use your military merits to advance further, it will definitely be much faster than relying on seniority.

And Eduardo Montalva's father strictly trained Eduardo Montalva since he was a child, just to make him an excellent soldier, pass on his mantle, and serve the country.

Watching Eduardo Montalva lead several of his men towards the rear station, Lucas Fuente withdrew his gaze and looked at Eduardo Montalva coldly In the western woods under the mountain that Wa reported, he waved his hand: "Let's go, find those damned Argentines, and destroy them!"

Meeting the son of an old comrade-in-arms again also reminded Lucas Fuente of the conflicts between his country and Argentina since he joined the army.

In the more than ten years since Lucas Fuente joined the army, a small war broke out and more than a dozen conflicts broke out between Chile and Argentina.

These conflicts ranged from large to small, with the large ones involving dozens of casualties and the small ones in which several people were injured.

However, because the strength gap between the two sides is not that big, there have been winners and losers in these more than a dozen conflicts, and Chile has not suffered too much in general.

But this time is different. The Argentines have invaded the Chilean border openly and aboveboard, and attacked the Chilean border garrison twice, causing dozens of casualties on the Chilean side.

According to Eduardo Montalva's report, there were only a few dozen Argentine troops entering the country, so Lucas Fuente did not intend to continue asking for help.

His second company has more than 100 soldiers, and this time it also carries a certain amount of machine guns and artillery. In front of the Argentine soldiers who do not have heavy firepower, this is a huge gap in strength.

What's more, Lucas Fuente's second company has a much higher overall combat effectiveness than the patrol squad.

After all, Chile is also one of the countries that has long imitated the German military model and reformed and trained the army.

Chile is one of the few countries in South America with a strong army combat effectiveness, and is also known as Prussia in South America.

The reason why Eduardo Montalva's patrol squad has low combat effectiveness and even shows low military literacy is that those people have not joined the army for a long time and are just pure recruits.

But as a member of the two Chilean border garrison divisions, Lucas Fuente's second company still has a lot of elite soldiers.

Coupled with the advantages in firepower and the consumption of the Argentine army fighting the patrol squad before, Lucas Fuente determined that this Argentine army may be a rare credit for him.

Even Lucas Fuente has long been tired of the military ranks accumulated because of his seniority.Judging from the current rate of promotion, it will take at least five years to go up to another level.

Moreover, Lucas Fuente is not without competitors. The higher the rank, the fewer corresponding positions and the more intense the competition.

If there is no corresponding credit, or no corresponding background help, I am afraid that the captain who is one step ahead may be the pinnacle of Lucas Fuente.

The current military exploits are a good opportunity. If the Argentine troops who entered the country can be completely annihilated, and the Chilean military and civilians are given a bad breath, the promotion to captain is basically stable, and there is even hope of a school-level officer.

It can only be said that for Chilean soldiers like Lucas Fuente, it is a kind of luck and a kind of misfortune to serve in Chile.

Fortunately, except for people like Lucas Fuente who served in the border garrison division, the few divisions stationed within the border have basically no fighting.

This also made it very safe to be a soldier in Chile, but at the same time lost the room for upward promotion.

People like Lucas Fuente are lucky. With more than ten years of excellent performance and accumulation of qualifications, they barely got the position of a company commander.

But more people just reach the step of platoon leader and can't move anymore. After all their lives, they are at most officers around the deputy company commander.

Shaking his head slightly, clearing away all distracting thoughts in his mind, Lucas Fuente looked at the distant woods.

In a few minutes, the troops arrived at the foot of the mountain, where Argentina and the patrol squad fought before.

This place has been cleaned, and apart from blood stains, some bullet holes, and earth and rocks in the world, it doesn't look so chaotic.

The corpses of several Argentine soldiers lay in a mess in this area, but their firearms had already been taken away by the Argentines.

In fact, this is normal. After all, everyone is dead, and the gun will naturally be reserved for the next person to use to realize the maximum value of the gun.

The thin snow and chaotic footprints under the feet can also confirm that the Argentine army is indeed retreating towards the mountains and forests to the west.

There are even spots of blood on the traces, which can prove that when the Argentines retreated, they also brought wounded with them.

This is good news for Lucas Fuente, because the Argentine army retreating with the wounded, their marching speed is destined not to be fast.

Moreover, with the guidance of a little blood, it actually exposed the direction of the Argentine army's escape.

However, after entering the woods, Lucas Fuente found himself underestimating the Argentine army.

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