1850 American Gold Baron

These southern slave owners had good information and knew that California could produce artillery with excellent performance on its own.

However, the Sacramento Cannon is Liang Yao's trump card, and he will never sell it for export unless absolutely necessary.

Currently, the only customers who can obtain Sacramento artillery from him are the artillery units under his own family, Yue Yong.

Whether it is for strategic or economic reasons, at least for now, Liang Yao will not sell the Sacramento artillery to the South.

Although the industrial level of the South was low, it still had at least a little industrial foundation and was not a completely agricultural society. He was worried that the South would imitate the Sacramento Cannon after acquiring it, thereby impacting its own arms market.

Furthermore, even if the South cannot imitate it, it would be even more fatal if the North gets it and imitates it.

Liang Yao was willing to sell the most advanced weapons to the Qing Dynasty. A large part of the reason was that the Qing Dynasty's industrial capabilities could not imitate them, so everything from artillery to ammunition had to be purchased from him.

Moreover, since the Qing Dynasty was relatively closed, he did not have to worry about these weapons flowing into the hands of Britain and France.

As for the economic reasons that Liang Yao was concerned about, it was more real. He didn't think that the poor people in the south had the ability to pay for such expensive weapons.

He's not a philanthropist, and he doesn't want to be taken advantage of by these Southern guys.

"Time is urgent. There is no railway between California and Texas, so transportation is very inconvenient. It will take more than two months at least to transport the artillery from California to Texas. Can you afford to wait two months?"

Liang Yao also felt that the North was going too far. After thinking for a moment, he asked Jackson: "How many people are there in the Missouri troops assembled in San Antonio?"

"General Jackson, I would like to call the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Secretary of War Scott, and the President on my behalf and on your behalf.

Jackson supported Liang Yao's approach, which was a good idea.

Longstreet graduated from West Point Military Academy, but unlike many who attended the military academy in order to be gilded and return to inherit the family's military.

"There is a militia group forcibly drawn from the Kansas area. This militia group is said to be a militia group, but it has 1,600 people, which is more than many standing infantry regiments."

After the reprimand, Fillmore issued harsh words to the officials of the War Department. If they could not deliver the munitions items on the list, especially the urgently needed artillery and ammunition, to San Antonio within a week, Fillmore would relieve them.

positions, allowing Southerners to enter the War Department.

As Liang Yao expected, Fillmore felt even more pressure after receiving a telegram jointly sent by two commanders on the Texas front line.

Liang Yao was very pleased to receive Kruger's call back.

Fillmore's experience worked. Northerners naturally did not want Southerners to control the key department of the War Department.

Liang Yao knew very well what Fillmore's calculation was when he transferred Missouri militiamen from the Kansas area to Texas to join the war.

As the second largest city in Texas, San Antonio was wired four years ago.

After Liang Yao and Jackson drafted the telegram, they handed the telegram to the signal corps, who went to the telegraph office to send the telegram directly to the White House.

In fact, until the Civil War, both the North and the South used the telegraph lines of civilian telegraph companies, and no specially built military telegraph lines were built.

He was also promoted from second lieutenant to colonel step by step due to his military merit.

The reason Longstreet enrolled in the military academy was also very simple. Because his family had no money, he could only choose a military academy with lower tuition fees and a job assignment.

Borrow the blood of the South through the hands of the Mexicans?

Although Longstreet came from a poor family, he was not as hardworking as the stereotype of poor children. Longstreet indulged in sports such as baseball and football in the military academy.

He specifically ordered Scott to transfer the Missouri militia from Kansas to Texas to participate in the war.

Now that Liang Yao and Jackson want to transfer these guys back to Kansas, Fillmore cannot accept it.

However, Liang Yao and Jackson had good reasons, which he could not refute. Fillmore knew that he was at fault.

As a result, Longstreet's grades were very poor, and he ultimately missed the passing mark and graduated from West Point in last place.

Including the tall and sturdy colonel.

Liang Yao looked around at everyone, and his implication was very simple. It wasn't that he was stingy and refused to take over the Jinan Army, but that he didn't have enough time.

This fat colonel was James Longstreet, the future famous Southern general.

Bell, the commander of the Texas regiment, was now crazy about the lack of a railroad between California and Texas. Indeed, it was necessary to build a railroad between California and Texas.

After weighing the pros and cons, Scott also believed that at this time it was more important to keep Northerners in their positions in the War Department than to create obstacles for the South.

Liang Yao decided to put a little pressure on Fillmore.

Everyone was silent.

"If we weren't really helpless, we wouldn't ask you for help. Damn it! Those bastards in the north clearly have artillery but they won't lend it to us, and they won't even sell it to us. I don't think those bastards from the north

He just wants to use the hands of the Mexicans to bleed the blood of our south!"

After all, with our current military supplies, we cannot supply an army of tens of thousands of people."

"But we can't launch an attack without adequate preparation." Longstreet, who is in charge of logistics and a quartermaster, knows well the importance of logistics to an army.

"I agree."

There was no distinction between civilian and military telegraph lines in this era.

California's war mobilization efficiency was much higher than that in the east.

Soon, Kruger gave a clear answer: the main force of the Western Brigade has been assembled in San Diego, and the military supplies required for the operation have been prepared, which is enough for the Western Brigade for half a year. Sven's fleet has been anchored in the port of San Diego.

As long as you give an order, the navy and army can join the battle at any time.

After this telegram was sent, Liang Yao sent another telegram to San Diego, California, asking whether Kruger on the Western Front was ready.

However, Longstreet's performance after serving was much better than when he was in military academy.

This is looking down too hard on Mexico, but without heavy weapons to attack the enemy, the casualties will definitely be huge.

If the scheduled munitions cannot arrive in San Antonio within a week, we will send all of Missouri's armed forces back to the Kansas area.

Jackson was well aware of the troops already assembled in Texas.

Fillmore came to the War Department that day and was furious with the War Department, which was mainly composed of northerners. Even the respected General Scott was severely reprimanded by Fillmore and was not spared.

His purpose of transferring the Missouri militia away from the Kansas area was to reduce the frequency of friction between the North and the South in Kansas.

Fillmore cannot be allowed to think that as long as he transfers the Confederate army to Texas to prepare for the war and allocates a little money, everything will be fine.

It can be said that Longstreet was not only the Confederate Army, but also one of the few senior officers in the entire American Army who relied on his own ability and military merit to rise from the grassroots to the rank of colonel.

Other military supplies were indeed caused by the Northerners of the War Department trying to make things difficult for the troops on the Texas front line, but in terms of artillery, the North did not make things difficult for the South.

There are not many artillery pieces in the munitions warehouses in the north that are in good condition and can be used immediately after being pulled out.

But there are always more solutions than difficulties.

When his subordinates came to Secretary of War Scott and complained that it was an impossible task to gather 20 light artillery pieces (field guns) and 5 heavy artillery pieces within a week.

Scott still reluctantly ordered 25 light and heavy artillery pieces for the South from the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Company and other artillery units of the Union Army.