Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 550 Uprising ([-])

A loud military song sounded from a distance, and Mr. Jimenez from the Montevideo post in Spain leaned sadly in front of the door, looking at the figures of the soldiers from the east bank in dark blue military uniforms and suede shoes, feeling in his heart It's not a good taste.Four years and three months after the establishment of the outpost by the Kingdom of Spain, it fell to foreign soldiers for the first time in history.

The piers, warehouses, outposts, town halls, four fishing boats, and 221 local Spanish residents in the beautiful harbor lowered their proud heads under the shining bayonet of the new conqueror, whether it was the 24 soldiers in the outpost or the locals. The 762 immigrants from Santander and Bilbao were all trembling under the coercion of the people on the east coast, for fear that if these heretics were not happy, they would cause trouble for them.

Jimenez sighed secretly, turned around and walked back to the room. After closing the door, he said to the [-] or so Spanish children scattered in the room: "Children, don't be distracted. Let's start class. Today we will continue to explain Spanish grammatical problem..."

As a priest and scholar, Jimenez from Almeria has insisted on volunteering to teach local children knowledge in Montevideo town for two full years.As a fanatical Catholic and a staunch Peninsular, he was very disappointed with Diego Garcia, who combined the duties of general de la Plata, supervisor, and trial judge. Insufficient sex was furious, disgusted by their slow response to the outbreak of war, and overall he had a terrible opinion of the colonial bureaucrats, who he thought were utterly incompetent.

Regarding the competence of Lima officials, this seems to be evident from the fact that after the war broke out, the East Bank army occupied many Spanish cities with great force.Not only Montevideo fell, but also the larger military outposts established by the Spaniards in the area east of the Uruguay River, such as the Esmeralda Outpost (Fray Bentos) on the Uruguay River, and the inland The town of General Garcia (Durasno) on the I River, the city of Colonia, which is jointly administered by the east bank and Spain, and so on.In addition to these places, most of the Mar del Plata and Blanca ports established by the Spaniards in the south of La Plata in recent years have also fallen. These two places have only a hundred residents respectively. The genius had just left from the Montevideo pier for the south, and was supposed to go conquer there.

Worse than the military occupation by the East Coasters is that the gauchos, who were discriminated against in various parts of La Plata, have now joined the East Coasters, and then began to show off their power in various Spanish outposts and towns.Although the gauchos called their actions an "insurrection" from peninsula and Creole (Native white) oppression, Mr. Jimenez scoffed at this, insisting that the gang Guys are a bunch of vulgar scumbags, scum, criminals, and blasphemers who have gained temporary status by ignominious treachery, but it's a disgrace, and sooner or later they'll be ashamed.But when he thought of this, Jimenez shook his head in self-consciousness. Gauchos would not have a sense of shame. They were half-barbarian, which made all their actions full of ignorance, violence, and self-contradiction.

There was a sound of horseshoes outside the door, and Mr. Jimenez glanced out of the unclosed door, and found that several gauchos with large and small bags were passing by on horseback.They laughed wildly, as if they had just returned from a robbery somewhere, and even had a bunch of smoked sausages hanging on their bodies.

Seeing this, several East Coast Army soldiers on patrol stopped them immediately. A non-commissioned officer wearing a large cap and a bright red collar patch pulled the nearest gaucho off his horse, and then used The saber with the sheath hit him head and face.The gaucho howled in pain, but did not dare to resist at all.In fact, they are a group of cowards, a group of cowards who only dare to show off their power to the Spanish civilians and bow their knees to the people on the east coast. They dare not express any objection to any punishment from the people on the east coast because The dead body warns them all the time.

The sergeant on the east bank who led the team seemed to be tired from fighting, so he stopped, and then saw him kick the gaucho lying on the ground with blood on his face, and said something in his mouth, which seemed to be forbidding them He galloped his horses in the urban area, and then led the team to continue patrolling.Several Gauchos helped their companions up, not daring to stay here any longer, and led the horse away in a desperate manner, leaving only a small puddle of dazzling blood on the ground.

While Mr. Jimenez was teaching the students, with a clear whistle, a ship full of cargo slowly docked at the pier, which was part of the supplies sent to the 6th Company of the Army stationed here.And along with these supplies boarded the pier, and their new company commander - Anda Fifteen, who had just been transferred from the captaincy of the Tacheng Defense Team (formerly the No. 1 Squadron of the Standing Team).As for their original company commander, Captain Xiao Baitu, he has been expelled from the military and sent to Tacheng Port to supervise the safety production of the coal mine, which can be described as bad luck.

After a first-class staff officer read out the letter of appointment from the Ministry of the Army in front of all the platoon leaders of the company, Anda Shiwu gave a military salute and shook hands with everyone, and it was considered acquaintance.Anda Fifteen was also deeply surprised by being appointed as the company commander of the army's main company. Since his predecessor was transferred to the New China Colony a few years ago, Anda Fifteen once thought that he might never return to the mainland.But unexpectedly, when he was approaching his age and preparing to spend his whole life in the Tacheng Coal Mine, fate played another joke on him: he actually received a notice of appointment from the Ministry of the Army and appointed him as the commander of the 6th Company of the Army .

After receiving the news, he dug out the army uniform that he had treasured for a long time in the closet that day, and then took a long look in front of the mirror, sighed and put it on.The two sons who were already in elementary school looked at him puzzled. They didn't know why his father suddenly shaved and cut his hair today, and put on the army uniform that had been neatly folded in the closet.But they soon saw the clue from their mother's gloomy face. It turned out that their father was leaving them to go to the mainland to fight again.

Although there is a bond of family affection, Anda XV still responded to the call of the military without hesitation, gave up taking a comfortable immigrant ship, and returned to the mainland on one of the earliest coal ships.His mind was no longer here, but returned to the battlefield that he had dreamed of.Originally, he thought that he had gradually forgotten many military pasts and his military status in his life, just like many retired veterans who run plantations in Xinhua Port, who spend their days in camp, but a letter sent from the Far East Completely awakened some of his memories.

His old friend An Dahai died in the Far East, and died under a cold arrow from the Qing army. This made him feel uncomfortable for several days.He found that he could no longer peacefully hang out in this small coal mine. He needed to return to the battlefield, because only there could he find a moment of peace in his heart.And the mail from the military department arrived at Tacheng Port with the ship just at this time, which made him immediately determined to return to the mainland as quickly as possible.Just let yourself die on the battlefield. When he thought of this, he didn't feel any sadness in his heart.

While listening to the deputy company commander softly introducing him to the trivial situation in the company, Anda Fifteen carefully looked at the soldiers with young faces. They were so young and full of vigor, which made him feel like Like ten years younger.

"The current supplies are not very sufficient." The same young deputy company commander reported with a notebook: "Weapons and ammunition are okay, and there is no shortage for the time being. But the non-staple food is a little bit worse, the supply of butter, cheese, and refined white flour The supply of wine, liquor, and beer has been reduced to two-thirds, and the supply of shredded tobacco and cane sugar has also been reduced. Perhaps the only increase in supply is fresh beef. Buenos Aires There are often steamboats from Leith across the Rio de la Plata to bring beef cattle here, and the brothers can't finish it."

"It is an indisputable fact that mobilization has been carried out in various places, a large number of manpower has been transferred, and the production capacity of industry and agriculture has declined. It is understandable that this war has just begun, and the hard days are yet to come." Anda Fifteen said casually, and after finishing speaking, he After thinking about it again, he added: "But everyone, don't be pessimistic and depressed. Now that the Spanish navy is greatly weakened, it is impossible to organize a large-scale army to go to the New World. Moreover, their situation on the battlefields of the Old World is not very optimistic, and the army is not at all Inseparable, we can optimistically speculate that only the troops of the Viceroyalty of Peru are fighting with us. Maybe there are reinforcements from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, but so what? We soldiers on the East Coast have been training for so long, can't we compare Those Spanish peasants who were hastily drafted just before the war?"

"Everyone should be confident, victory will belong to us in the end!" Anda Fifteen said with a smile on his face, "Look at the fighting will of these Spaniards. I heard that you occupied this place without firing a single shot. Then there is What is there to be afraid of? And those gaucho rebels, let them go to the small Spanish villages in the interior to announce the fact that this place has been occupied by our army, and collect taxes from them. By the way, it is strictly forbidden for them to kill the local residents at will, Violators will be hanged, we are the teachers of civilization, we must not leave a bad impression on people."

Military discipline to restrain gaucho rebels?The young deputy company commander suddenly felt a little tingling in his scalp. This is impossible.But he was still going to give it a try, he had to give face to his new immediate boss.

(End of this chapter)