The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven

Due to Franz's head start, international public opinion has now overwhelmingly favored Mexico.

At the same time, Britain and France also decided to support Mexico out of their own interests, and defined the Texas uprising as a rebellion that disrupted national order.

President Andrew Jackson of the United States really wanted to send troops to Texas. After all, fighting is his old profession. He was too tired to fight capitalists and politicians all day long.

But the Congress objected. First, the international public opinion is under too much pressure. Second, this war belongs to the Mexican Civil War, and the United States has no right to interfere.

So Andrew Jackson had to adopt a "neutral" policy and announced that the United States would not send troops to aid Texas.

But he allowed local officials to openly support Texas, and the checkpoints on the U.S.-Mexico border were useless, and volunteers from all over the United States flocked in.

It also allows Texans to exchange cotton for necessities such as food, weapons, and military uniforms. At the same time, officers and soldiers can retire early and participate in assisting the Texas Volunteer Army in their personal capacity.

Second Bank of America, secretly approved a $2 million loan...

In contrast, Mexico's Vice President Ruvel is already in a state of distress. Although he has obtained a batch of weapons from Austria, Tasan Anna needs more soldiers and more supplies, which makes Mexico's financial situation even worse. .

Although the bill on imposing a special tax has been passed, Ruvel knew in his heart that if it weren't for the full support of the church, Mexico would have fallen apart.

After Mexico became independent, it took over the mess left by Spain, and the federalists severely weakened the rule of the Mexican government. The local power was too heavy, which made the central government very weak.

Rouvel followed the instructions in that letter to borrow from European banks, and only the French responded to them.

The French have deep pockets, but the demands in return are staggering.

If Mexico cannot pay off its debts quickly, I am afraid that the country will face bankruptcy.

Ruvel couldn't make up his mind, so he could only scrape together some money, which could only last three months even if he stopped recruiting new recruits.

Goliath, Old John's Tavern.

David Crockett brings bad news, the Comanches have reached an agreement with Tasan Anna, the Comanches have got weapons, and they will fight for Tasan Anna.

In fact, the Comanche plundered the caravan, not for Tasan Anna, just to get revenge on the American immigrants and make their lives better.

But after research, Travis and Bowie agreed that they were short of troops and should abandon Goliad and retreat to the Alamo.

Ever since, the Alamo, an inconspicuous missionary station, became the center of this storm.

When the Alamo garrison was urgently reinforcing the fortifications, Tasan Anna was still in his gentle hometown.

Tasan Anna is a person who knows how to enjoy himself very much, even when he is away on an expedition, he takes his mistress with him.

His mistress, Jenny, was a native white, just sixteen years old, with a natural, wild beauty.

The two military observers sent by the Austrian Empire this time were not a tour group at public expense in the usual sense.

It was two real generals handpicked by Earl Tural, of course they were not very old, and they really looked like graduates of military schools.

It's just that these two were quickly worshiped by the Mexican generals. In Mexico, where military science was backward, these two military observers directly served as teachers to the Mexican generals.

Every small-scale battle is a military exercise.

The Mexican generals now understand the tactics of the Austrian army, that is, artillery bombardment, bombardment, bombardment..., the enemy flees, and the cavalry rushes, rushes, rushes.

In a previous battle, dozens of settlers in the United States hid in their houses and refused to surrender.

Then, two military observers ordered the artillery to bombard for half an hour, and finally the settlers had to escape from the house that had become ruins, and then they were beheaded by the cavalry who had been waiting for a long time.

The Mexican generals still very much agree with this method of fighting without a single soldier.

Because of the Mexican army, desertion has always been a big problem.

Nearly 30% of the soldiers deserted every time they went out, especially after the military pay was paid.

Fortunately, Tasan Anna personally led the army this time, and along the way he seized the property of many American immigrants who refused to submit to Mexico. Otherwise, there would be less than 6,000 people left here from Mexico City.

Historically, Tasan Anna left Mexico City with 8,000 people, and there were less than 6,000 left before reaching the Alamo.

Facts have proved that for an army without faith, the best way to improve cohesion is material rewards.

February 28, 1836.

Tasan Anna's army had besieged the Alamo for five days, but Tasan Anna was in no rush to attack.

Because Tasan Anna didn't expect the war to go so smoothly, and he fell in love with speeches, he gathered the citizens of San Antonio and continued his speeches.

Although the ears of Tasan Anna's men could hear the rice, the freed black slaves and Indian laborers were still very excited, and it split the American immigrant group.

The next step is the highlight, these American immigrants can consider joining Mexico, or leave Mexico with their own property.

Joining Mexico has to pay the arrears of taxes, free slaves, hire Mexicans, etc., but those who choose to leave cannot take away weapons. They will be attacked by Indians or gangs on the way, and their property will eventually be destroyed. It fell into the hands of Tasan Anna.

March 5, 1836

Tasan Anna finally remembered the 200 American immigrant armed forces in the Alamo, and he decided to show his command art to two Austrian military observers. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

Of course, Tasan Anna himself agrees with artillery tactics very much.

So he found a hillside beyond the range of the artillery of the Alamo defenders, and invited two Austrian army observers to have afternoon tea.

At that time, in wars, soldiers were desperate, and it was routine for commanders to drink tea.

Tasan Anna even introduced his mistress Jenny to two Army observers.

Black tea, burritos on one side, gunfire on the other....

But after an afternoon of artillery battle, the result was extremely shocking.

The Mexican Army had more than 30 cannons, and the Alamo garrison had three artillery pieces. The two sides fired at each other all afternoon and fired hundreds of shells. As a result, 25 Mexicans were killed in battle. The Alamo garrison had only a dozen minor injuries. members, no one was killed.

Tasan Anna was extremely angry when she got the news.

"Are your cannonballs made of mud? Why didn't even the city walls collapse? Why!"

In fact, Alamo's defenders had already reinforced the city wall and hung wooden signs on the city wall to reduce the impact of the shells.

But the main problem is that the Mexican artillery is too weak and the shooting accuracy is too poor.

Most of Mexico's artillery has no professional training, and they use antiques from the Spanish colonial period.

This led to a serious shortage of artillery range, and these people did not dare to shoot close to the bombardment of the houses.

As a result, less than one-third of the hundreds of shells actually hit the city wall, and the power of the three-pound gun was seriously insufficient, so the city wall of Alamo could not fall down.

Tasan Anna has a sixteen-pound siege gun, but the weight of this thing means that it cannot keep up with the large army in a short time.