For the three South American countries, this war has entered the most critical moment. Even if Peru and Bolivia join forces to fight against Chile, Chile's previous strategic response is very clever, so the initiative in the current war is on Chile's side.
First of all, the President of Chile has a very close relationship with the United Kingdom, thus obtaining indirect support from the United Kingdom. Although the United Kingdom did not spend a penny to provide a soldier, through various diplomatic pressures, they successfully made other European countries remain neutral.
Needless to say, at least the arms trade in these three countries was monopolized by British merchants, and Henry was the leader and general person in charge of these arms merchants.
Due to British intervention, Henry's arms trade was a bit skewed, and the weapons provided to Chile were higher than those of Peru and Bolivia in terms of price and performance.
Although the profits given to Chile are already huge, they are at least much more favorable than those two countries.
Then the United Kingdom also provided some intelligence support. Chile could always get the latest intelligence from the other two countries, which was like adding two wings to a tiger.
Not only that, the brutal rule of Chinese workers in the Peruvian mines finally forced Chile to form a new army. This heavenly army, fearless of death, is simply a gift package from God to Chile. Sirapizzo has now The Brown Army is used as an elite force and has always been very generous in terms of material supplies.
Precisely because the grand strategy made no mistakes, Chile still managed to win with one against two. Currently, the main forward has approached the Moguac area and is aiming at the port of Iquique.
As long as the important port of Iquique is captured, the supplies from Chile's rear can move north unimpeded to support the main force, and the garrison in Iquique can threaten the Tacna and Arica areas at any time. If these two deserts are captured again, If it comes down, 80% of the saltpeter and struvite production in the entire Atacama Desert will be in the hands of Chile.
This upcoming battle is very important. For Chile, every reinforcement is a treasure. The newly arrived 10,000 Taiping troops are like rain after a long drought.
"How is the quality of the troops? Compared with Mr. Weng and Mr. Chen's soldiers, how is the combat effectiveness of these ten thousand people?" Sirapizzo asked nervously.
Weng Derong smiled, "Who are we? The iron general in front of you has a much higher rank in the Taiping Army than us, and he has been in the army longer than us. I don't dare to call myself in front of them." veteran!"
This is not because he is being modest. The fact is that Weng Derong, Chen Yonglu and others are subordinates of the King of Servants Li Shixian, and the King of Servants Li Shixian is the brother of Li Xiucheng. Both Li Xiucheng and Li Shixian are generals who came to the fore in the later period of the Kingdom of Heaven. There is no comparison between them and this group of people from Yi Wang Shi Dakai.
When Yi Wang Shi Dakai was in charge, these people were just middle and low-level officers in the Taiping Army, not of the same generation at all.
Therefore, Tietoutuo and others who participated in the first Northern Expedition are really much more qualified than Weng Derong and others. In fact, not only that, the overall quality of the Taiping Army left behind in Southeast Asia is also higher than that of the soldiers who fought in South America, because a large proportion of the soldiers there are veterans who have experienced the rise and heyday of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Sirapizzo looked at them in disbelief, "Oh God! Are you kidding me? Are you actually more elite than you?" At that moment, there was a hint of panic in his eyes.
Tang Lei quickly took over the words, "But unfortunately, these soldiers are gathered from all over Southeast Asia and do not have their own weapons, so I hope that Chile can provide weapons and equipment as soon as possible... I guarantee that their combat effectiveness is very high." It’s powerful, and after about half a month of adaptation training, it will be ready for battle soon!”
Sirapizzo nodded, "Oh, equipment for ten thousand troops! I will do my best, I will definitely do my best..."
Seeing the bitter look on Sirapizzo's face, Tang Lei hit the snake with a stick and said, "Your Majesty General, I have another business that I would like to discuss with you in detail. Do you need some cheap arms?"
The soldier behind Tang Lei took an oilcloth package from his back. After opening it on the table, the Chilean general shouted excitedly, "Oh, my God! 90% new Enfield? 80% new Springfield? Okay. Something..."
Tang Lei had an expression like a profiteer's on his face, "It's not bad, look. The rifling is new and not much worn at all. I can equip more than 11,000 people with such a weapon, and there are a lot of bullets. Not interested in eating it?"
Sirapizzo would not be easily fooled. He smiled and said, "Mr. Tang, when did you become a businessman? But although your weapons are good, they are all second-hand goods? The price cannot be bought..."
"Hahaha, I can't hide anything from the general. These second-hand goods were eliminated from the American Civil War, and then we in Ryukyu purchased them through relationships. Although they are not brand new, they are at least 80% new on average. This is already very rare! I think It is more than enough to deal with the armies of Peru and Bolivia..."
"No, no, no, Mr. Tang didn't understand what I meant. I'm just sorry to tell you that our finances in Chile are very difficult now, and I'm afraid we can't afford these more than 10,000 rifles!"
Silapizzo sneered in his heart, "You want to do business with me? You are still very young. You brought so many weapons from Ryukyu. Who else can you give them to except me? Sell them to Peru and Bolivia? Let them massacre you, China." people?"
"If you can't sell it, how can you still bring Ryukyu back? Do you think crossing the Pacific is a child's play? Hahaha, God has really favored me. This business will definitely be very advantageous..."
Just when he was filled with joy, Tang Lei's words directly caused a mouthful of wine in his mouth to choke into his trachea.
"The general misunderstood... Who said I asked you for money? I won't ask for a single gold coin from this transaction!"
"Cough cough cough..." Sirapizzo choked on the strong wine and his face turned red. "What are you talking about? You don't want gold coins? Do you want to give us Chile for free?"
"Tch!" A group of people looked at him as if they were idiots. "The general really knows how to joke. Why are we giving away more than 10,000 rifles for free? It's not such a bad idea if you have money. You have to exchange it with something!"
"One price. I have brought twenty clippers this time. Five of them are filled with silver, five with saltpeter, and the remaining ten are all filled with copper ingots. I want these things. The more than 10,000 loaded rifles are all yours!"
"No, no, no... this is too embarrassing, you are blackmailing!" Silapizzo suddenly shouted.
