War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Chapter 45 The Battle of the New Alamo (Part 1) Sorry, I sent the draft before

Due to Franz's head start, international public opinion is now overwhelmingly in favor of Mexico.

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

President Andrew Jackson of the United States really wanted to go to Texas. After all, fighting was his specialty. He was too tired of fighting with capitalists and politicians all day long.

However, Congress objected. Firstly, there is too much pressure from international public opinion. Secondly, this war is a Mexican civil war and the United States has no right to intervene.

Therefore, Andrew Jackson had to adopt a "neutrality" 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 ineffective as volunteers from all over the United States swarmed in.

It also allowed Texans to exchange cotton for necessities such as food, weapons, military uniforms, etc. At the same time, officers and soldiers could retire early and participate as individuals to assist the Texas Volunteer Army.

The Second Bank of America secretly approved a $2 million loan

In contrast, Mexico's Vice President Ruvel is already struggling. Although he has received a batch of weapons from Austria, Tasan Anna needs more soldiers and more supplies. This makes Mexico's finances, which are already unable to make ends meet, even worse. .

Although the bill to impose special taxes has been passed, Ruvel knew clearly that if it were not for the full support of the church, Mexico would have fallen apart by now.

After Mexico became independent, it took over the mess left by Spain. The federalists severely weakened the rule of the Mexican government. Local governments were overpowered, making the central government very weak.

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

The French have deep pockets but are demanding staggering returns.

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

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

Goliad, Old John's Tavern.

David Crockett brought bad news. The Comanches had reached an agreement with Tasan Anna. The Comanches had received weapons and they would fight for Tasan Anna.

In fact, the Comanche raided the caravans not for Tasan Anna, but just to retaliate against the American immigrants and to make their own lives better.

However, after research, Travis and Bowie agreed that they did not have enough troops and should abandon Goliad and retreat to the Alamo.

As a result, Alamo, a humble missionary station, became the center of the storm.

While the Alamo defenders were urgently reinforcing their fortifications, Tasan Anna was still in his gentle hometown.

Tasang Anna is a person who knows how to enjoy herself very much. Even when she is away on an expedition, she takes her mistress with her.

His mistress Jenny is a native white man who is just sixteen years old and possesses a natural wild beauty.

The two military observers sent by the Austrian Empire this time were not public tour groups in the usual sense.

Instead, they were two real generals carefully selected by Count Tural. Of course, they were both young and looked like graduates of military schools.

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

Every small battle is a military exercise.

The Mexican generals now understand the Austrian army's tactics as artillery bombardment, bombardment, bombardment, the enemy fleeing, and the cavalry charging, charging, charging.

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

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

This method of fighting without spending a single soldier is still very much in favor of the Mexican generals.

Desertion has always been a big problem because of the Mexican military.

Nearly 30% of soldiers deserted every time they went on an expedition, especially after military pay was issued.

Fortunately, Tasan Anna personally led the troops this time, and along the way he also plundered the properties of many American immigrants who refused to surrender to Mexico. Otherwise, there would be less than 6,000 people left from Mexico City.

Historically, Tasan Anna left Mexico City with 8,000 people, and less than 6,000 people remained before arriving at the Alamo.

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

February 28, 1836.

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

Because Tasan Anna did not expect the war to go so smoothly, and he fell in love with oratory, he gathered the citizens of San Antonio to continue his speech.

Although Tasan Anna's men could hear grains of rice in their ears, the freed slaves and Indian laborers were still very excited and divided the American immigrant community.

Next comes the main event. These American immigrants can consider joining Mexico or leaving Mexico with their property.

To join Mexico, you have to pay arrears in taxes, free slaves, hire Mexicans, etc. However, those who choose to leave cannot take away weapons. They will be attacked by Indians or gangs along the way, and their property will eventually be lost. into the hands of Tasan Anna.

March 5, 1836

Tasan Anna finally remembered the 200 American immigrant soldiers in the Alamo, and he decided to show his commanding skills to the two Austrian military observers.

Of course, Tasan Anna himself also agreed with artillery tactics.

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

At that time, when the war was going on, the soldiers were fighting tooth and nail, and it was a routine practice for the commander to drink tea.

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

On one side is black tea and burritos, on the other side is gunfire

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

The Mexican army had more than 30 cannons, and the Alamo defenders had three artillery pieces. The two sides fired at each other all afternoon, firing hundreds of artillery shells. As a result, 25 Mexicans were killed, and the Alamo defenders suffered only a dozen minor injuries. 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 wall collapse? That's why!"

In fact, the defenders of the Alamo had already strengthened the city walls and hung wooden signs on the walls to reduce the impact of cannonballs.

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 not received professional training, and uses old antiques from the Spanish colonial period.

This resulted in a serious lack of artillery range, and these people did not dare to shoot at close range when bombarding residential buildings.

As a result, these hundreds of rounds actually hit less than a third of the city wall, and the power of the three-pounder was severely insufficient, so the Alamo wall could stand.

The Tasang Anna had a sixteen-pound siege gun, but its weight meant it couldn't keep up with large forces in a short period of time.

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