1850 American Gold Tycoon

These southern slave owners had good news 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 is low, it still has at least a little bit of industrial foundation and is not a completely agricultural society. He is worried that the South will imitate the Sacramento Cannon after acquiring it, thereby impacting its own arms market.

Furthermore, even if the South is unable to 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 bought from him.

Moreover, the Qing Dynasty was relatively closed, so 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 connection 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 looked around at everyone, and his implication was very simple. It wasn't that he was stingy and refused to accept the Jinan Army, but that he didn't have enough time.

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.

Everyone was silent.

Including the tall and strong colonel.

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

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.

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.

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

As a result, Longstreet's grades were very poor, and he eventually graduated from West Point Military Academy in last place.

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

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

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.

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

"If we weren't really helpless, we wouldn't ask you for help. Damn it! Those bastards from the north will not lend us their cannons even if they have them. They won't even sell them to us. I think those bastards from the north He just wants to use the hands of the Mexicans to bleed the blood of our south!"

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

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

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?"

"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."

Jackson knew all about the troops already assembled in Texas.

Liang Yao knew very well what Fillmore's plan was when he transferred the Missouri militiamen in the Kansas area to Texas to participate in the war.

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.

Liang Yao decided to put a little pressure on Fillmore.

"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.

If the scheduled munitions cannot arrive in San Antonio within a week, we will send all Missouri troops back to the Kansas area.

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

"I agree."

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

San Antonio, the second largest city in Texas, had been telegraphed four years earlier.

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

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

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.

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

Soon, Kruger gave a clear answer: the main force of the Western Brigade has been assembled in San Diego, and the military supplies and food required for the operation have been prepared, which is enough for the Western Brigade for half a year. Sven's fleet has been anchored at the San Diego port. As long as you give an order, the navy and the army can go into battle at any time.

Liang Yao was very relieved to receive Krueger's call back.

The efficiency of war mobilization in California was much higher than that in the east.

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

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

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.

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

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

Fillmore came to the War Department that day. He 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.

After the reprimand, Fillmore had harsh words for War Department officials if they could not deliver the military supplies on the list to San Antonio within a week, especially the urgently needed artillery and ammunition. Fillmore would relieve them of their posts and put Southerners in the War Department.

Fillmore's attack worked. Northerners naturally did not want Southerners to control the power of this important department of the War Department.

After weighing the pros and cons, Scott also believed that retaining Northerners' positions in the War Department was more important than stumbling upon the South at this time.

Other military supplies were indeed caused by the Northerners of the War Department making 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 warehouse 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 subordinates came to Secretary of War Scott and complained that it was an impossible task to get together 20 light artillery (field guns) and 5 heavy artillery pieces within a week.

Scott reluctantly ordered the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Company and other artillery units of the Northern Army to gather 25 light and heavy artillery pieces for the South.

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