South American Chinese Independent Army

the South American Chinese Independent Army is an army of Chinese rebels, led by Li Mingyuan ...

the army was founded in 1868, in Peru, after a rebellion of Chinese workers, exploited as slaves, in inhuman conditions in the Duraya mine, an Peruvian mine, the revolt, was led by Li Mingyuan, began to spread throughout Peru, rebellion joined by all the Chinese immigrants and Chinese workers of Peru, initially the South American Chinese Independent Army and a small army of 1500 soldiers, but then it expands to become an army of 10,000 soldiers and then an army of over 100,000 soldiers ...

*The Chinese Independent Army under Li Mingyuan is all remnants of the Taiping Army and poor farmers from the coastal areas of Guangdong and Fujian.*

(Chapter 34)

## Initial Army

after the uprising in the Peruvian mine, the South American Chinese Independent Army is organized into a military regiment and has as an arsenal of:

300 muskets, 5,000 rounds of ammunition, a heavy machine gun, 3,000 rounds. Two hundred long knives. Silver dollar 20,000

*"Everyone agrees, so I will talk about the specific establishment," Li Wenli smoothed out his thoughts, and then said, "The new army is named the South American Chinese Independent Army. It currently has a regiment and I personally serve as the regiment leader. The new regiment includes One, two, three, three musket battalions, all musket battalions use muskets shipped tomorrow. There is also a teaching camp composed of elite soldiers, an investigation company, and a logistics supply company.*

*The whole regiment adopts a three-four system. There are twelve people in one group, thirty-six people in one row and three classes, 120 people in three platoons, and 550 people in four battalions. Except for the size of the teaching battalion, which is three hundred people, all other units are organized in this way. "*

*After sighing and finishing the compilation, Li Wen said, "There are different opinions, everyone can raise them."*

*"Shizi, according to your algorithm, 1,500 people make up a group." Li Sandou frowned.*

*(Chapter 3)*

*1,500 people in the later generations are on the scale of a regiment, but the shortcoming compared with the number is the serious lack of weapons. Peru has just independence from Spain for decades, and the domestic economy is very backward. All the weapons and equipment used by the army are imported from foreign countries. The muskets captured by Lun were all old equipment eliminated by European powers. Less than two hundred muskets can be used normally. Attacking the Peruvian army with these weapons will cost huge casualties even if they succeed. Li Wen regards 1,500 people as the foundation of South America. All the casualties feel pain, so he must be careful.*

(Chapter 3)

## Main Army

after the conquest of Peru by Li Mingyuan, the South American Chinese Army has 120,000 soldiers ...

*Li Mingyuan's military reform is a set of military system based on the Prussian military reform and combining the actual situation of the Chinese.*

*Although most of the officers in the hall were illiterate, they heard a lot of Li Mingyuan's military theories and had some understanding of the benefits of the new and improved military system, so they agreed.*

(Chapter 45)

## Organization

***The Training Camp***

The training camp is where Li Wen decided to train officers. As the battalion commander, he can not only teach soldiers to learn the military knowledge of his previous life, but also capture the soldier's loyalty. Once the soldiers from the training camp are devolved to ordinary troops to serve as junior officers Li Wen can then control grass-roots soldiers through them to ensure that the troops obey his command.

(Chapter 3)

*Because six heavy artillery pieces were seized by Peruvian defenders, Li Mingyuan planned to marshal a heavy artillery company with a total of 120 people, plus more than 70 artillery pieces of different specifications in the Duraya warehouse. Artillery battalion.*

*The newly established artillery battalion has one heavy artillery company, two three-pound artillery companies, two six-pound artillery companies, one nine-pound artillery company, and one twelve artillery companies. There were a total of 78 artillery pieces with a population of 570.*

(Chapter 8)

## Members

*Chen Guozhu*

*Li Sandou*

*Zhang Ansong*

*Li Wen* (Teaching Camp)

*Liu Bang*

*Wang Xiaoshan* (Military Educator)