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Fillmore did not immediately make a decision on Jackson's appointment or dismissal. To some extent, he has already made his attitude clear. urn

That is, he did not want to change the top commander on the front line during the war. He was under pressure from the Ministry of War before calling Liang Yao for advice.

To be honest, Liang Yao really wanted the command of the Southern Army.

However, given the warlord style of the various units of the Confederate Army, Liang Yao did not think that he would do better than Jackson after taking Jackson's position and be able to command tens of thousands of Confederate troops.

If he rashly assumes the post of commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, it will only have the opposite effect.

After careful consideration and detailed consideration of the message, Liang Yao finally called back to Fillmore and said that the responsibility for the defeat did not lie with Jackson. After a small defeat, he made the risky decision to replace the supreme commander.

Liang Yao's tone for the destruction of the Arkansas regiment was a small defeat, in order to temporarily stabilize the hearts and minds of the people in the rear.

To express support for Jackson to continue to serve as the supreme commander of the Southern Army on the Eastern Front was to sell Jackson a favor. urn

With Liang Yao's call back to express his position, Fillmore reluctantly blocked the War Department's mouth and allowed Jackson to continue to sit on the front line.

A piece of cable can only temporarily block the War Department's crimes.

However, if they want to stabilize the rear and continue to support this unjust war, Liang Yao and Jackson must show results to silence domestic anti-war opponents.

The United States and California have always done a good job in penetrating intelligence into Mexico. Even Mexico's telegraph companies are all American-owned companies.

The telegraph of this era did not yet have the concepts of military code and civilian code, secret code and clear code.

The dissemination of military information is also quite rough. It is sent directly using clear codes, which saves even the effort of deciphering.

Based on the telegrams exchanged by the Mexican army over the past few days and the intelligence collected by the informants, Liang Yao obtained a lot of useful information. urn

He asked the staff of the Western Brigade to compile all this information and create a very intuitive sandbox.

The troop deployment and main logistics points of the Mexican regular army are nakedly displayed on the sand table.

"There are 30,000 Mexican regular troops. As long as we can weaken the Mexican regular army, we can weaken Mexico's war potential and achieve a quick victory." Liang Yao talked on the sand table.

"However, the number of our regular troops is barely half that of the Mexican army. Coupled with the new defeat of the Arkansas regiment, it may not be so easy to defeat Mexico easily now."

Bell frowned.

The Arkansas regiment was completely wiped out, and its leader was killed by an unknown Mexican. This caused a great psychological shadow on the Confederate army. Bell also stopped thinking of looking down on the Mexican army.

"Although the Mexican army has a large number, it is mainly concentrated on the eastern battlefield. There are only four regiments of regular troops on the western battlefield, and the force is relatively scattered. There is no cavalry regiment and no professional artillery regiment. I think we can provide support for Jackson on the eastern front. General, share the pressure." Liang Yao expressed his thoughts. urn

"Of the four Mexican infantry regiments on the Western Front, half are deployed in Tepic, half are deployed in Puerto Vallarta, one is deployed in Colima, and the remaining two are deployed in Guadalajara.

Their forces are relatively dispersed, so we can concentrate our forces and quickly eat up half of Tepic's regiment and half of Puerto Vallarta's regiment. Then the siege of Guadalajara. "

Santa Ana only deployed four regiments of troops on the Western Front battlefield and took a defensive position, focusing all the remaining main forces on the Eastern Front battlefield.

Its purpose is very obvious. It is nothing more than to hold back the Western Brigade on the Western Front and concentrate superior forces on the Eastern Front, hoping to defeat Jackson's Southern Army on the Eastern Front.

Then free up your hands to deal with Liang Yao's Western Brigade.

There is no problem with this tactic, provided that the four regiments of the Mexican Army can complete the task of delaying the Western Brigade.

"Where is Colima's regiment?" Bell asked, pointing to Colima on the sand table. urn

"A regiment from Colima will not participate in the war." Liang Yao said.

The economic interests of Colima State have been deeply tied to California. The mine owners in the state are all members of the Coal and Steel Alliance. They have expressed their position to Liang Yao that as long as the Western Brigade does not attack Colima State, the armed forces of Colima State will will remain neutral.

"Are you so sure that the Mexicans in Colima will not join the war?" Bell expressed reservations.

"Absolutely." Liang Yao said very firmly.

"They don't dare to play tricks on me with their financial resources. I can give them things that the Mexican government cannot."

"It's better to be on guard. Who knows what tricks these Mexicans are playing."

Seeing that Liang Yao was so determined, Bell didn't say anything more and just reminded Liang Yao to be careful while expressing his stance. urn

"The Texas Regiment is willing to cooperate with the Western Brigade and formulate a combat plan. We urgently need a victory now to at least open up the situation on the Western Front and share some pressure with Jackson."

After receiving Liang Yao's telegram, Stanford took a steamer of the Universal Shipping Company to the Pacific port of Salina Cruz in southern Mexico.

The purpose of his coming here is to visit his business partner Comes, a former Mexican general who was frustrated in the political struggle and unemployed at home.

After retreating from brutal political struggles, Comes also became cautious.

Mexico's great victory on the Eastern Front excited the whole country, and President Santa Ana's reputation also increased. This is not good news for Comes.

Comes knew that this business partner came to him at such a sensitive time, obviously not to discuss business matters.

Therefore, faced with Stanford's door-to-door visit, Komes temporarily chose to avoid it. urn

After being rejected, Stanford was not discouraged.

Stanford is a very patient person. He found a hotel in Salina Cruz to stay temporarily and waited for the next opportunity to visit.

At the same time, Liang Yao formulated a battle plan.

According to the battle plan, the three main regiments of the Western Brigade, the Texas Regiment, as well as the cavalry and artillery battalions all participated in the battle.

The main force, numbering nearly five thousand, quickly swept southward with the force of autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

The first to be conquered was the small town of Tepic.

The U.S. military attacking the city was very fierce, and the other side had no intention of leaving a way for the Mexican defenders in the city to survive. In just one day, the U.S. artillery unit fired thousands of artillery shells into the city. urn

Bell had never fought such a rich battle. He took the opportunity of Liang Yao, a scapegoat, to pay for the artillery shells and ordered the artillery company of the Texas Regiment, which had just been established, to fire artillery at Tepic City to let the artillerymen practice their skills.

The newly built morale of the Mexicans was ruthlessly shattered by heavy artillery fire.

The non-stop shelling throughout the day made the defenders in the city panic, and this fragile town was also crumbling under the shelling like landslides and earth-shattering.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when the bombardment ended. Half a regiment of Mexican defenders in the city heard the sound of artillery stop and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the US artillery had finally subsided and they could finally get some time to breathe and rest.

Some generous Mexican soldiers even started preparing dinner.

Just five minutes later, a black mass of American soldiers was seen pouring into the city like a tide.

The Mexican defenders, who suffered a nervous breakdown and lacked heavy weapons, were unable to resist. urn

An hour later, Tepic City fell.

Half of the city's defenders were either captured or annihilated, and no one escaped.

When they learned that the U.S. troops on the western front were attacking Tepic, the defenders of Port Vallar hurriedly called for help from nearby Colima and Guadalajara.

More than thirty telegrams were sent to Colima and Guadalajara.

The defenders of Colima were unmoved, while Guadalajara asked them to defend Port Vallar and delay the US military as much as possible.

After taking Tepic and seeing that there were no reinforcements to conquer the ground, half of the Mexican garrison of Puerto Vallar did not choose to resist to the end, but chose to abandon the city and flee to Guadalajara.

The U.S. military seemed to have predicted that the defenders of Port Bayar would abandon the defense of Port Bayar. Half a regiment of Mexican troops encountered a battalion of U.S. cavalry during their hasty escape to Guadalajara. . urn

In less than half a day, half of the regiment of the Mexican army was wiped out, and Port Bayar also announced a change of ownership.

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