1850 American Gold Tycoon

The U.S. military's fierce offensive on the Western Front caught Mexico off guard. makeup

After losing its two fulcrums of Tepic and Puerto Vallar, Guadalajara has become an isolated city.

Perhaps Guadalajara is not an isolated city, after all, Colima has not yet been lost.

But considering that the attitude of the Mexican army in Colima has been very ambiguous since the war began, although Colima was not lost, it was no different from being lost.

After the US military launched its offensive on the Western Front, US warships continued to appear in the Pacific ports in southern Mexico, which seemed to send a signal.

That is, the US military is likely to land in southern Mexico, cut off the connection between the southern states of Mexico and the north, or even directly attack Mexico City.

If the troops are sufficient and he has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, Liang Yao would like to fight like this.

But the reality is that he only has four regiments and two battalions (including the Texas Regiment), and the stretched troops cannot support him in a military adventure. makeup

Sending warships to harass Mexico's ports on the Pacific coast is just a cover-up to distract Mexico's attention and disrupt the other side's deployment.

The rapid collapse of Mexican forces on the Western Front disrupted Santa Ana's deployment.

Once Guadalajara is lost, Santa Ana's strategic vision of delaying the US military on the western front and concentrating the main force on the eastern front to defeat the main US military force on the eastern front will come to nothing.

When winning, Santa Ana was able to maintain his rationality, but when losing, Santa Ana's character weakness of being indecisive and hesitant was quickly exposed.

The telegram requesting help from Guadalajara disturbed Santa Ana, who was considering whether he should deploy troops to support the thinly-strength Western Front battlefield.

At this time, Jackson had successively received military aid from California.

Weapons, ammunition and munitions were continuously delivered to Jackson through the communication line opened half a month ago. makeup

Although the land transportation capacity is very limited, the number of the Southern Army is not very large, with only more than 10,000 people in the entire army.

Therefore, this batch of arms has obviously improved the combat effectiveness of the Southern Army.

Liang Yao's achievements on the Western Front were like a reassurance for the Confederate Army, and the originally low morale of the Confederate Army was wiped out.

After receiving military assistance from California, the Southern Army, which was not troubled by material shortages, immediately stepped up its offensive against the Mexican Army.

It's just that the Mexican army has an absolute advantage in strength. Although the Southern army stepped up its offensive, it was unable to open up the situation for a while. The two sides were in a stalemate with each other winning or losing.

Realizing that they could not defeat the Confederate Army in a field battle even though they had superior strength, the Mexican Army no longer sought to take the initiative to attack, but instead shrank its forces back into the city, preparing to defend to the end.

"You are so fucking wicked. I didn't expect that the war could be fought like this." Zhuang.

In a communication station between Guadalajara and San Luis Tobosi, Fremont couldn't help laughing and scolding Liang Yaodao.

After encircling the city of Guadalajara, although he had a 5 times strength advantage, Liang Yao did not choose the same style of attack as when he attacked Tepic.

Guadalajara is a large city with relatively complete defensive offensives. The population in the city is enough for the defenders to organize a considerable militia to narrow the gap in strength with Liang Yao.

At this time, if Guadalajara is forced to attack, it may be able to chew down this strong city, but the Western Brigade will inevitably lose a few front teeth.

The soldiers of the Western Brigade were elite soldiers tempered by actual combat, and Liang Yao was reluctant to use these elite soldiers as cannon fodder for sieges.

Since we can't attack by force, we can only outwit them.

The telegraph companies in Mexico are all American-owned telegraph companies, and even the communication equipment and code books they use are exactly the same as those in the United States. makeup

Therefore, Liang Yao set up a communication station in Guadalajara and San Luis Tobosi, and connected Mexico's telegraph lines to the communication station.

In this communication station, Liang Yao was not only able to receive telegrams from Santa Ana to the garrison faster than the garrison in Guadalajara, and grasp the latest trends of the Mexican army, he was also able to intercept their telegrams, And disguised as Santa Ana to send orders to the garrison in Guadalajara.

Of course, he could also disguise himself as the garrison of Guadalajara and send a message to Santa Ana to confuse the main force of the Mexican Eastern Front and even change their deployment.

In fact, Liang Yao is now trying to send false news to both sides through this communication station, and then lure the Mexican defenders in Guadalajara out of the city, encircle and annihilate them.

"This is called information warfare! This is a trend in future wars. The communication equipment and code books used by the Mexicans are exactly the same as ours."

Liang Yaozheng was sitting at the table, drafting a message to the Mexican army in Guadalajara in the tone of Santa Anna, luring the Mexican army out of the city.

"Using this communication station well is better than having two brigades."

As a modern person from the 21st century, he is all too aware of the importance of information stations.

Without the absolute advantage in information, his offensive on the Western Front would never have been so smooth.

"Information war? This term is fresh and very appropriate. It's just that it's not a win-win situation and it's not a gentleman."

Fremont clasped his hands behind his back and bent over the message Liang Yao drafted, like a parent checking his child's homework.

Liang Yao was always able to come up with some new tricks. Fremont had never thought that the war could be fought like this.

Now the Mexican army is no longer a matter of running naked in front of the US military, but even the command may fall into the hands of the US military.

Fremont suddenly felt that he was a little behind the times and couldn't keep up with the times. makeup

"Gentleman?" Liang Yao sneered at this seemingly noble term.

"Fuck you gentleman, winning the battle is the way to go. It doesn't matter what method you use."

"From the perspective of the defenders in Guadalajara, what kind of battle situation are they facing now?" Fremont asked.

"The Northern Army has joined the war. Santa Ana's main force on the eastern front has been defeated. It has now retreated into Mexico City for a last-ditch effort." As he spoke, Liang Yao picked up the message he had just drafted and handed it to the dispatcher. .

"President Santa Ana is now asking the Mexican garrison in Guadalajara to abandon the city and return to Mexico City in a very urgent tone."

"You really dare to think about it." Freemont was speechless and asked at the same time.

"So from Santa Ana's perspective, what is the situation in Guadalajara now?" Fremont continued to ask. makeup

"Under the strong attack of our Western Brigade, the defenders suffered heavy casualties. The city of Guadalajara is in danger. If there are no reinforcements to help them, the city of Guadalajara will soon be lost." Liang Yao said without thinking. said.

"You are trying to catch both sides." Fremont thought that the telegrams Liang Yao sent to both sides were too exaggerated.

"Will Mexicans believe such outrageous information?"

Whether the Mexican defenders in Guadalajara break through and retreat to Mexico City, or the main Mexican force on the eastern front divides its forces to rush to Guadalajara, their strategy will succeed.

"Who doesn't believe it? How can their past records be as outrageous as they are?" Liang Yao stood up from his seat.

"No matter how outrageous the news is, as long as it is repeated thousands of times, there will always be people who are willing to believe it. Furthermore, Mexico City is safer than Guadalajara. Do you think the defenders in the city will be moved?"

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