On July 18, 1647, Asuncion. The La Plata Expeditionary Force, which had occupied the city for a month, was organizing retreat in an orderly manner. The Spanish residents in the city watched all this with a little excitement, but they did not dare to express their emotions too fiercely. Because the row of corpses swaying on the gallows outside the city kept reminding them that these people were occupying troops and invaders who had massacred Guarani outside the city, and they were flattering to them, believing that the actions of trying to anger them were extremely stupid.

To be fair, Asuncion did not experience large-scale turmoil in this month. The East Coast army restrained its behavior well. Except for the first few Crandy people and the Gaucho people and other servants who killed a few Spanish whites in the city, the rest of the killings were strictly prohibited. However, their lives were saved, but the residents in the city were inevitably lost. Adults were two pesos per person, and one pesos per child had to pay the ransom. The East Coast people came to collect them, and all those who could not be paid were arrested and responsible for transporting the looted materials to the East Coast people.

Compared with the small money collected from ordinary residents, the fleeing Spanish officers who were confiscated by the East Coast people as enemy property, the property of the town councillors was the big one: gold, silver and coins were filled with cash boxes, precious furs were hung on the walls, artworks and jewelry were filled with collection rooms, and these things were all confiscated by the East Coast people without hesitation.

After the plundering of the city, the army on the east coast turned their attention to the manors, farms and pastures outside the city. With the help of some volunteer white Central and Southern European leaders, the army on the east coast quickly found these manors outside the city and then defeated the faint resistance that could hardly be called battle. After giving all the slaves in the manor freedom, they pulled all the materials that could be transported away to the dock with large trucks. After loading the ship, they transported them to Santa Fe. Waiting for the navy to transport them back to the land by large ships.

The Spanish have been operating in Paraguay for a hundred years, and the accumulated wealth is extremely amazing. Unfortunately, most of the Spanish estate owners did not participate in the attack on the East Coast people. On the contrary, they were very obedient and had no other meaning to the East Coast people "purchase" some of the supplies from them in the name of military tickets. Therefore, the East Coast people really could not put their faces down and rob them directly. As long as they were not stupid and did any hostile actions, they would be safe.

But even so. For a month, the East Coast army still raised a large amount of supplies, livestock and money near Asuncion, and piled up on the docks. Many insignificant materials such as wood were even piled up in the open air. As for leather, grain and other supplies, they were covered with rain cloth, waiting to be loaded and transported.

In fact, people on the east coast have priority in the transportation of these materials, based on the domestic shortage. For example, the first place is naturally gold, silver, jewelry, etc., followed by strategic materials such as grain, medicinal materials. Next, it is the turn of art, leather, livestock and other materials, and finally, it is the main road goods such as wood.

Fighting to support war is the tone set by the Executive Committee. Therefore, the East Coast army basically does not carry out any construction in the occupied areas, and everything is aimed at plundering. The materials collected in Paraguay have been transported back for nearly half a month. Many villages around Asuncion have also been visited by the East Coast army, especially those in Guarani villages, which have been given priority "care". The East Coast people have always been known for their coldness and ruthlessness towards indigenous peoples, so a large number of Guarani villages have been destroyed, residents have been expelled by killing fires, and livestock and property have been robbed. The situation is much more miserable than the whites. The economy around Asuncion has to be regressed for more than ten years.

Chang Kaisheng was woken up by the adjutant early in the morning because today was the day when the troops began to evacuate, so he needed to go to the dock to take a look. After putting on his military uniform with the help of the adjutant and the orderly soldier, he looked at a naked Spanish woman on the bed. Chang Kaisheng touched her plump butt for the last time, and then reluctantly left the baron's room and headed towards the dock with the guards.

Oh, by the way, Major Antonio Carlos of the Spanish La Plata Infantry Regiment on the Night of Breaking City, because he ran away too hastily, he left his wife and daughter alone in the city to face the new pagan conquerors. Well, now the price has emerged, and his wife, the Baron from Castilla, was forced to give Chang Kaisheng warm bed every night in exchange for personal safety of himself and his family.

"Captain, the last batch of about 30,000 cowhides has been loaded for ships today. Five thousand Andalusian black cows also set off along the land route under the escort of the cavalry on the 12th. There are more than 12,000 logs on the dock, all of which are good wood, many of which can be used to build merchant ships. We discussed these ships and in principle, they are planned to tie them into wooden rafts, then go down the water and go straight to Santa Fe. After arriving there, we will find a way to carry the Shanghai army's large ship back to the local area. Moreover, these wooden rafts can also carry a considerable amount of livestock and personnel, which can save us a lot of valuable transportation space." Chang Kaisheng's adjutant followed behind and began to report to him various situations.

Speaking of which, since occupying Santa Fe, the Navy organized manpower to conduct a relatively detailed investigation and measurement of the lower reaches of the Parana River. Then, it was found that from Buenos Aires at the mouth of the sea to Santa Fe in the upper reaches, this section of the river has a wide surface and abundant water flow, and the water depth of the central channel has generally reached more than 4 meters. Such excellent conditions do not even require the local dredger to dredge the river channel to allow large steamships of the Navy to navigate here. Therefore, the people on the east coast have begun to drive the large ship directly to the re-mained Santa Fe terminal to transport supplies, which has been greatly improved.

"This method is feasible." After hearing the adjutant's report, Chang Kaisheng immediately commented briefly, and then said: "Safety must not be taken lightly. The Spaniards around the Paraguay River-Parana River system must have not been completely cleared. This can be seen from the last night-dang coal ship sinking in Coriantes City, and we must be more careful. There are still a small number of residual Spanish troops in Paraguay. We have not been able to find them these days. Maybe we will jump out at this time. We must take precautions. Large-scale retreat is a systematic project, and there is no mistake."

After the East Coast captured Asuncion in early June, the people of the East Coast immediately sent elite cavalry troops to pursue the fleeing Spanish troops. Morale collapsed, and the panicked Spanish army suffered heavy casualties. More than 300 people died under the swords of the East Coast cavalry during the retreat, and more than 200 were captured. If the Spanish soldiers who were separated and died of starvation were included, the La Plata Infantry Regiment and some Lima Army soldiers who were originally guarding Asuncion (a total of 1,400 before the war) are now almost only about 300 people left, which is almost impossible to threaten.

In addition, the losses of the three thousand Guarani religious people who came to Asuncion to assist the war under the agitation and organization of mission groups such as the Jesuits and St. Franciscans were astonishing. They had already lost two or three hundred people outside Asuncion, and they suffered heavy losses in the battle to defend the city. Almost a thousand people died under the guns of the East Coast people. After the city was broken, they were foolishly landed in the city. No one notified them to retreat, and they broke the Spanish once for nothing.

At this point, most of their troops had been lost, and half of the remaining were captured. Only five or six hundred people successfully escaped the pursuit of the East Coast Cavalry. In fact, the main pursuit target of the East Coast Cavalry was the Spanish white army. These five or six hundred people did not try to join the Spanish army, but returned to their tribe with scars and low morale. They had lost the courage to continue fighting with the East Coast people.

The people of the East Coast know the strength of the Spaniards in the Paraguay region today. Therefore, although Chang Kaisheng verbally reminded him, he just said this subconsciously. No one will take the Spanish soldiers who have already hid in the old forest and let mosquitoes bite him. These defeated generals no longer have the ability to create any threats.

However, their luck was good, because the East Coast people were about to retreat and could no longer care about them. The latest order from the Joint Staff Headquarters had been issued. After collecting the materials, the entire army gave up the occupied Asuncion line and retreated to Santa Fe. A militia brigade stationed in Coriantes would meet with the Changkaisheng Detachment, which had retreated to Santa Fe.

After these troops retreated to Santa Fe, the Army Changkaisheng Detachment would be disbanded on the spot. At the same time, the Army General sent people to draw a large number of main forces from here to Buenos Aires, and then went to the southern baleen whales with some of the naval ships that arrived here, preparing to carry out the mission of raiding and raiding in the Pacific coastal towns of the Governor General of Peru, Spain.

The raid combat mission is extremely critical, and to some extent even concerns the direction of the entire battle situation. Therefore, the Executive Committee has instructed the Joint General Staff to formulate a detailed and reliable combat plan, and some of the materials that maintained the early combat have been transported to the Baleen Whale Port for storage. Next, they will establish another large-scale material transfer base in the city of Araucan (Port Natales), under the control of the Araucan guerrillas, as a rear supply base for maintaining operations along the Pacific.

Of course, considering that some troops have been fighting in the La Plata area for several months, with high hard work and high casualties and not very minor casualties, they will rotate with some troops stationed in the local area, and by the way, they will give these troops stationed in the local area the opportunity to go out for real guns and live ammunition battles - well, by the way, they will also make a small fortune.

On July 20, 1647, with the troops behind the temple, the 103rd Company of the Army, finally evacuated Asuncion City, the strategic contraction of the East Coast people in the La Plata area finally entered the substantive operation stage, and the combat adjustment of the new stage also began.
Chapter completed!