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When the news of the war in North America and Mexico came back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Emperor Franz Joseph I of the Austrian Empire was angry in Vienna. He originally thought that 30,000 people could march into Mexico City, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire could do whatever they wanted in Mexico, and even use this Strengthen Austria-Hungary's reputation. But now it took 7,300 people to capture three towns. The Mexican country bumpkins actually lost less than the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with a net loss of only 4,300 people.

This reminded him that more than ten years ago, he saw the Netherlands, Germany and France conquering cities in Africa and taking over a large number of African colonies. He also followed suit and took action. At that time, he got the West African Colonies such as Nigeria, Benin, northern Ethiopia, southern Niger, southwestern Zede, and southeastern Burkina Faso were greedy at the time. Seeing the failure of the Kingdom of Italy to attack the indigenous kingdom of Ethiopia, they became pretentious. He ordered the Austrian army to suffer a defeat in Italy, and reluctantly retreated to Tunisia before attacking Ethiopia.

But this time he understood what it meant to fight for victory after losing. The Austro-Hungarian Empire left the corpses of more than 25,000 troops here, as well as nearly 10,000 wounded, and finally left sadly like Italy.

This incident was a thorn in the heart of Joseph I. Although it has been more than ten years, it still makes people feel uncomfortable every time they think about it.

Unexpectedly, this time Mexico actually made Austria-Hungary and him feel that failure was so close again.

Mexico's losses were 4,300: Austria-Hungary's losses were 7,300.

Is this the style of the European powers?

Joseph I felt himself blushing when he saw this result.

Before the attack, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had 30,000 troops in the Yucatan Peninsula. Now after a war, there are only more than 22,700 troops left, and 7,300 people were lost. It can be said that the loss is compounded.

The Austrian emperor ordered the Austro-Hungarian Empire to reorganize its troops in Mexico for a day, leaving 10,000 troops to stay outside the Yucatan Peninsula, and the remaining 12,700 troops began to continue the attack on Mexico.

During the Austro-Hungarian-Mexico War, in order to pursue the Mexican armies that fled towards Tuxtepec and Tlacotalpan, they each sent 2,000 men to attack.

There are more than 8,700 remaining troops, 3,000 of whom went to Jesus Carranza in the south to supervise and prevent the Mexican army from appearing in the south, and the remaining 5,000 to inspect Cuarcos, La Tamu, and Mina in order to stabilize the occupation. The three newly occupied towns in Titland each had a population of about 1,500.

This kind of deployment seems to be very even, and it definitely makes sense on the offensive side. But what if Mexico suddenly counterattacks?

Franz Joseph I's worries were not unfounded. He ordered an additional 20,000 troops to be sent to North America and Mexico from the Croatian ports on the Mediterranean coast, and ordered that they must arrive at the Port of Merida on the Yucata Peninsula within a month.

Although the news of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's increase in troops was secret, the news spread like wildfire, especially in an environment where all countries were watching Vienna's every move with eager eyes. Not to mention whether the Netherlands will directly provide the information collected by intelligence personnel to Mexico. Even countries that are not indirectly involved, such as the United Kingdom and France, will report the information to Mexico, because when two tigers compete, one will be injured.

Britain, France and other countries hope that the Latin American war will be more lively, so that the pressure on Britain and France from the German-Austrian alliance will be reduced.

As a result, Mexico has been receiving constant international news from all over the world, all reporting that Vienna will arrive in Merida with 20,000 additional troops within a month.

This news made the citizens of Mexico City nervous, but strangely, the military and high-level officials of the Mexican government were unwilling to talk much about it.

"We will not speculate too much on whether the Austro-Hungarian Empire will increase its troops. We only know that we will defeat any enemy on our territory. Yes, what we can tell you is that even if the Austro-Hungarian Empire is currently All 500,000 troops left Vienna for Mexico. As long as our 9 million Mexicans are united and our allies continue to support us, then we believe that being as powerful as the Austro-Hungarian Empire will only lead to defeat. We are confident that we can repel any invasion- Odd ones."

This is the bold statement made by President Gonzalez of Mexico in the presidential palace. Obviously, in these wars, Mexico's losses were nearly one-third less than those of Austria-Hungary, which made him more confident.

On October 6, 1881, 5,000 Mexican troops met the pursuing 2,000 Austro-Hungarian troops in Tuxtepec. Facing a garrison twice as strong as the defenders, the latter immediately wanted to retreat, but the Mexican army Suddenly came out from the side. In panic, the Mexican army defending the urban area also attacked head-on. In the end, 2,000 soldiers chased the Austrian army.

Only 180 people escaped, and the remaining 1,820 people were either prisoners or corpses. The Austrian army suffered heavy losses again.

However, in Tracotalpan on the northern coast, 2,000 infantrymen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire quickly captured this coastal town with the help of the Austro-Hungarian navy. After this port town, continuing along the coast to the north is the Port of Veracruz, the largest port on the Atlantic coast in eastern Mexico. It is the largest port on the Atlantic Ocean east of Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. It is also the largest military port on the Atlantic coast in Mexico City, accounting for almost one-third of Mexico's capital. Warships are docked here.

The urban area of ​​this city has more than 500,000 people, occupying a quarter of the entire country of Mexico and almost half of Mexico City. Therefore, it is definitely a matter of great significance for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to capture Tlacotalpan here. , of course, it would have been better if Tuxtepek had not failed. Because that way the front can be drawn to a distance of only 350 kilometers from Mexico City.

Meanwhile, in the south, on the Jesús Carranza side, the two armies were locked in a stalemate. A small fight.

Obviously, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which occupies the north, does not have many troops to attack the opponent. It is better to wait for the arrival of new troops within a month.

On the Mexican side, Austria-Hungary attacked Tlacotalpan and Tuxtepec in the northwest, which caused the troops to be deployed in which direction. Therefore, the Mexican side also knew that the opponent's troops were insufficient, so it was better for the army to counterattack It may have achieved good results, but in the end the troops in Mexico City were tight, and with the priority of defending the capital, the southern Mexican army could only do both offense and defense. Small achievements cannot change the general trend.

Thus, the second war between the two sides ended.

This time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire lost only 3,000 people, and it also captured the coastal town of Tlacotalpan, Mexico. Pilatam's position was critical.

On the contrary, Mexico lost 5,000 people, and also lost a key port town, which was a heavy loss.

When the two converged, the Austro-Hungarian Empire lost 11,300 people and gained nearly 80,000 square kilometers and 5 key towns.

Mexico lost 9,300 people, lost 80,000 square kilometers of territory, and lost several towns in the southeast. It can be said that it was a heavy loss.

Mexico's 100,000 regular troops lost almost one-tenth because of this, while the Austro-Hungarian Empire's 500,000 regular troops only lost one-fiftieth.

The balance of power between the two sides still tilted towards the Austro-Hungarian Empire.