The Rise Of Australasia

Chapter 429: Chapter 349: Edward Montalvo's Opportunity_3

In the more than ten years since Lucas Fontaine joined the army, there has been a small-scale war and more than ten conflicts between Chile and Argentina.

These conflicts varied in scale, with larger ones involving dozens of casualties and smaller ones resulting in several injuries.

However, because the strength of both parties was not very different, the outcome of these conflicts was mostly inconclusive, and Chile did not suffer too much overall.

But this time was different, as the Argentinians had openly invaded Chile's borders and attacked the Chilean border defense forces twice, resulting in dozens of casualties on the Chilean side.

According to the information provided by Edward Montalvo, there were only about a dozen Argentinian soldiers who had entered the border. Therefore, Lucas Fontaine did not intend to request any more reinforcements.

His second platoon had more than a hundred soldiers, along with some machine guns and firearms. In the face of the Argentinians who lacked heavy firepower, this difference in strength was enormous.

Furthermore, the overall combat effectiveness of Lucas Fontaine's second platoon was much higher than that of the patrol squad.

After all, Chile was one of the countries that had adopted the German military model, reforming and training its army.

Chile was one of the few South American countries with a strong army and was also known as the Prussia of South America.

The reason why Edward Montalvo's patrol squad had low combat effectiveness and poor display of military professionalism was due to these soldiers being new recruits who had not been in the army for a long time.

Shaking his head slightly, he cleared away all the distracting thoughts in his mind, and Lucas Fontaine looked at the distant forest.

In a few minutes, the troops arrived at the base of the mountain, which was the location of the previous battle between Argentina and the patrol squad.

The place had already been cleaned up, and other than the bloodstains, bullet holes, and some earth and rocks, it did not look too chaotic.

In this chaotic area, several Argentine soldiers' corpses lay scattered, but their firearms had already been taken away by the Argentinians.

This was normal, after all, with the soldiers dead, the guns would naturally be left to the next person to make the most out of their value.

The thin layer of snow underfoot and the messy footprints confirmed that the Argentine troops had indeed retreated towards the forest to the west.

Even traces of blood could be seen, proving that the Argentine troops had taken their wounded with them during the retreat.

This was good news for Lucas Fontaine because the marching speed of the Argentinian army carrying their wounded would undoubtedly be slow.

Moreover, the trail of blood also further exposed the direction of the Argentine army's escape.

However, once entering the forest, Lucas Fontaine realized that he had underestimated this Argentine force.