On September 12, 1646, a huge fleet entered the La Plata River. The high masts, the smoke pillars that entered the sky, and the fluttering red military flags all told people that this was a fleet from the Eastern Coast Republic.

The entire fleet consists of more than twenty ships, and in front are four powerful "August 10" class battleships, namely "August 10", "Free Trade", "National Will" and the newly completed "Control East". Following these four battleships are as many as ten flute-shaped transport ships from the South China Sea Transportation Company, which are loaded with army soldiers and various combat supplies; and behind the transport ships, there are eight guard gunboats. It can be said that the main force of the First Navy Fleet of the East Coast Republic has gathered here.

The commander of this fleet is of course the famous naval lieutenant colonel and the commander of the First Fleet Lu Ming. It is worth mentioning that this man is a rare anti-war faction in the military headquarters and firmly opposes the war with the Spaniards. If it weren't for his old friends and old friends, he would have been unable to sit at the position of commander of the main fleet. However, since the country has made a choice, as a qualified soldier, even if he has any opinions in his heart, he can only go on the battlefield and use his own experience and knowledge to try his best to eliminate the Spanish fleet, while minimizing his own casualties and retaining more vitality for the country.

The Spaniards should have received the news of the war at this time. However, according to the speed of the East Coast fleet, they may have just received the news for less than a day. In fact, it doesn't matter whether they receive this news, because their naval fleet has been staying in the port for the past few months, and the soldiers on the fort have been staring at the river vigilantly in case of being raided.

Seeing that several warships of the enemy navy had made up their minds to park in the port as a fleet, the people on the east coast stopped waiting. Several flute-shaped transport ships drove towards a small dock on the south bank of the La Plata River. This dock was probably a fishing dock, so small that it could only be for two ships to be parked at the same time. Fortunately, there were not a lot of cannons here like the Buenos Aires port. Not to mention cannons here, there were only a few Spanish troops, which were suitable for the east coast army to land on the dock.

After two guard gunboats came to wash the ground with artillery, the East Coast army began a massive landing. The first one to successfully landed was the Changkaisheng Unit of the 1st Company of the Army. They successfully boarded the dock without any obstacles, which was as easy as an outing.

After successfully landing, Chang Kaisheng led his officers and soldiers to quickly occupy the entire dock, and no fire exchange occurred throughout the process. The Spanish fishermen in the dock had long been fled, and it was as quiet as if it were an unreal world. If it weren't for the warning shooting sound from time to time on the coastal defense fort at the port of Buenos Aires in the distance, everyone who was landing would have suspected that this was a long-abandoned city.

There were only more than 200 soldiers in Buenos Aires defending, and they could not draw any extra staff to support the place. In history, there were only a few thousand white men in the entire La Plata. Although the existence of the East Coast people has made great progress far beyond the old time and space in this time, there were nearly 20,000 white people from the old continent in La Plata. However, a large number of manpower was scattered in the vast area. The population of Buenos Aires was less than 5,000, and the strong white men were only more than 1,000. Perhaps there were a large number of white men in the countryside farms and pastures, but they would not be able to gather for a while. What's more, they were just some mobs. They could not stand the frontal blow of the East Coast army that I have been training hard all year round.

"Commander, look! The army has successfully landed! The national flag has been raised on the pier!" The young adjutant looked at the shore excitedly and said.

Lu Ming looked in a blink of an eye and saw that the 101st Army Company had also landed. At this time, they were holding military flags and lined up to the dock area in an orderly manner. It seemed that they guessed that their every move was the commander-in-chief of this operation. Under the gaze of Lu Ming, one of the navy veterans, the 240 soldiers of the company were all holding their heads and chests and moving forward neatly. From time to time, a burst of "Wansheng" cheers burst out in the team, as if there were officers mobilizing ideologically.

Lu Ming looked at the young faces in a daze, looking at their facial expressions mixed with excitement and tension, as if they were looking for their long-lost relatives. After a long time, he sighed softly and looked elsewhere.

The landing operation is expected to last for several days, and a large number of people, supplies and horses will be sent ashore one by one. After the landing, the army will be unified under the command of the front enemy. The commander of the 1st company of the army, the commander of the 1st company of the army, will first sweep away some villages around Buenos Aires, and then begin to attack the enemy's coastal defense fortresses outside the port. Chang Kaisheng's command is expected to gather four infantry companies, two cavalry companies and two artillery companies, and there will be hundreds of militias serving as baggage troops, with a total strength of more than two thousand people.

In addition to these troops, the East Coast fleet at this time also carried a cavalry company, an artillery company, an infantry company, more than 300 military students from the 35th Regiment of the Guards Corps, as well as more than 300 militiamen serving as baggage units, with a total force of more than 1,100. These people will be commanded by Xie Hansan, the commander of the 4th Company of the Army. They will decide whether to enter the battle depending on the situation. They will be regarded as the general reserve team for this battle.

The Changkaisheng Detachment landed had almost 2,000 troops, infantry, cavalry, and artillery. It was no problem to attack a turret defended by more than 100 soldiers. As long as the enemy's coastal defense turret was captured, they could even use these captured cannons to bombard the Spanish fleet in the port, and see how they could hide. As long as the Spanish La Plata fleet was annihilated, the navy of the East Coast people could be liberated. After all, they still had many important tasks to do, such as escorting the trade fleet to Europe.

The landing operation lasted for two and a half days. After the last barrel of gunpowder was also sent ashore, on September 15, Chang Kaisheng led the main force of the detachment along the coastline toward the enemy's coastal defense fortress several kilometers away. As for the more than 600 militiamen, they stayed to guard the dock and were responsible for transporting materials to the front line. In the past two or three days, the fleet unloaded a large number of cargo carriages and horses to the dock. At the same time, they also collected some horses and cattle abandoned by the Spanish in this small fishing port, which could also be used to transport goods.

The Spaniards have not conducted any attacks on the port where the East Coast people landed in the past three days. It seems that they have given up here, but the greater possibility is that they lack troops and cannot regain the lost fishing port. Through the information obtained through naval reconnaissance, they seem to have strengthened their defense of the coastal defense turrets, temporarily building a large number of civil and industrial fortifications, and at the same time, it seems that more than 200 armed farmers and several small-caliber army artillery were sent from the city to the turrets to strengthen the defense power there.

The fort is located on the left bank of the Riacuelo River in later generations, which is also the location of the port of Buenos Aires, only a few kilometers away from the city. To be honest, although the population of Putrajaya at this time was not as popular as that of the main urban area, its prosperity was far beyond that there. Originally, the Spaniards' General's Mansion and other facilities were all in the port, but due to the threat of the East Coast people, they moved the municipal government, General's Mansion and other institutions to the main urban area many years ago, and built many solid stone buildings there.

After arriving at the periphery of the fort on September 15, the Changkaisheng Detachment first scattered more than 220 people from two cavalry companies, blocking the battlefield while also preventing the East Coast from being attacked by enemy cavalry - although this is unlikely. After building the temporary camp, the East Coast army launched a tentative attack on the fort defended by the Spanish on September 16.

Only one-third of the 300 people guarding the fort were regular soldiers. It was actually very difficult to say that they were regular soldiers. The training intensity of the colonial army has always been very poor, and its combat effectiveness and fighting will are just that. However, it might not be possible to let them engage in field battles, but it is still barely possible to guard the fortifications of the fortifications.

The entire 16th day ended with the guns fired from both sides. The four Spanish bronze cannons could not compete with the sixteen field artillery artillery of the two artillery companies on the east coast, and were all destroyed on the same day. The East Coast army, which had won the artillery battle, had tried to attack the enemy's guarded artillery batteries, but whenever they approached, they were shot back by shells fired from Spanish warships anchored on the river.

Fortunately, they also had a plan before the war, and they brought two siege cannons modified from the Navy's 24-pound long-barrel cannons. The cannon carriage of this kind was towed by eight horses and was expected to arrive here tomorrow. With this kind of siege cannon with a range of more than the farthest cannon on Spanish warships, it was no problem to take down the Spanish turret.

However, Chang Kaisheng was unwilling to wait until tomorrow. That night, he selected 150 soldiers from the 1st Company, 101st Company, 103rd Company and 106th Company to join the Feng Yong Team and launched an attack at night.

The result of the night attack can only be said to be unsatisfactory. The soldiers on the east coast who touched it threw bombs around and tried to seize the fort. As a result, they only damaged three Spanish artillery pieces in one night, killing dozens of soldiers, but also suffered more than 20 casualties. After hearing the news, the commander of the naval fleet, Lu Ming, immediately sent someone to severely rebuke Chang Kaisheng and demanded that he not be able to attack at night without authorization, so as not to increase casualties. Chang Kaisheng, who was scolded, could only be patient and wait for the arrival of the siege cannon.
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