Wild North America 1846

(It’s the end of 1854. The title is wrong and I can’t change it. I’m so dizzy. There’s another chapter today and it’s still being coded.)

Throughout the morning, Richard dealt with many government affairs. It was not until noon that he took a short break, drank a cup of coffee, lit a cigar and considered the current international situation.

The Civil War in Kansas is still ongoing in North America. The state government forces supported by the south are defeating the north, which further angers the northern liberals.

nearly two months

A large number of radical liberal volunteers, armed with weapons, numbered between 2,700 and 2,800 in total, poured into Kansas. Their addition would quickly make up for the lack of strength of the northern liberals and plunge the civil war into a long-term tug of war.

Mexico in the South

The southern rebels, led by former Mexican government finance minister Rodriguez and former Mexican government army commander-in-chief Leto, gathered the power of local white estate owners to fight back fiercely and are fighting fiercely with the current Mexican government forces.

The current Mexican President Flamenco is a puppet government supported by the Tang Kingdom. He once served as the commander of the servant army. He was a willing pawn in the Tang-Mexican War and led the Tang Kingdom's cavalry to burn, kill and loot. It can be said that he has a bad record.

But so what?

President Flamenco received powerful financial and military assistance from the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty. All the compensation for the ceding of the eight northern provinces was used by the pro-Tang forces headed by President Flamenco to expand the army and purchase weapons and equipment.

President Flamenco and General Dos Santos, commander-in-chief of the Mexican government forces, who were entrenched in Mexico City, were both representatives of the pro-Tang forces. During the civil war, they were able to receive strong assistance from the Northern Tang Kingdom, with about 8 troops invested in the civil war.

~90,000 people, generally well-equipped.

Looking at the rebel side

Rodriguez, the leader of the rebel army, and Leto, the former commander-in-chief of the Mexican government army, were both descended from white large estate owners in the south. Their families have been operating in the southern states of Mexico for hundreds of years. They have intricate relationships with local white estate owners and are extremely powerful.

Coupled with the support of the silver mines in southern Mexico and the overt and covert instigation of the United States, the rebel force once swelled to nearly 200,000 people, and some said it was 300,000 people. In fact, most of them were hungry refugees, with seriously inadequate weapons and equipment, and insufficient combat effectiveness.

high.

However, the fighting spirit of the southern rebels was high, and they defeated the government troops several times in succession. The well-equipped Mexican government troops were defeated in succession, and they lost control of a large area of ​​southern states.

It can be seen from here

The current Mexican government has weak public opinion at the grassroots level and does not receive widespread support from the people. It can only be entrenched in Mexico City and several surrounding states. More than a dozen states further south have actually completely lost control and have broken away from the government's rule.

The current civil war in Mexico has devastated lives and displaced people. The government troops are equipped with elite equipment but cannot defeat the rebels with high fighting spirit. The situation is not good.

Without the military intervention of the Tang Kingdom, this crucial civil war would have been 80% likely to have been lost.

After all

The current Mexican government is a puppet government with no universal public support and military morale is generally low. This is a fatal flaw.

In view of this

After studying with the Army General Staff Headquarters, Richard formulated a targeted general strategy of "consolidating existing territory, replacing offense with defense, and waiting for opportunities to counterattack" and put it into practice.

The current Mexican government forces control several surrounding central states, including Mexico City, and implement a split-guard strategy for the above-mentioned areas. Mexican President Flamengo and Commander-in-Chief Dos Santos dispatch their trusted generals to each defend one side.

Since the states in central Mexico have always been affluent areas, a complete city defense system has been built during the more than a thousand years of history and more than 300 years of Spanish rule.

These well-equipped government troops are insufficient to attack but more than capable of defending the city. If an important city is lost, the commander-in-chief will be executed regardless of the reason, and the officers and soldiers defending the city will be severely punished.

at the same time

Mexico City established three cavalry divisions, with a total cavalry force of about 15,000 people. They hired instructors from the Tang Dynasty to lead the cavalry, and were personally controlled by Commander-in-Chief Dos Santos. As a mobile strike force, they can rescue at any time.

Such a cavalry force can defeat a rabble of 100,000 rebels.

on the basis of

During the summer and autumn harvest seasons, the main force of the Mexican government, consisting of three cavalry divisions and some infantry divisions, will raid the southern states occupied by the rebels, burn crops, and attack organized rebels. Through hunger and long-term

The war wears down the rebels and ultimately leads to victory.

This is a vicious plan, and the rebels have almost no solution.

Because of the years of war, Mexico's agricultural and animal husbandry production has been desolate, and towns and cities have been wiped out. A large number of refugees affected by the war have fallen into starvation, and the roads and wilderness are covered with bones.

Mexico's domestic population has dropped sharply, and the current total is less than 2.6 million. There are about 1.1 million people in the government-controlled areas mainly in Mexico City, and the remaining 1.5 million people are in a dozen southern states.

If this plan is implemented for a long time,

The rebels must either fight decisively or watch helplessly as a large number of people fall into a situation of hunger and cold, a large amount of mature farmland is burned, and hundreds of thousands of people starve to death every year.

Once everyone is dead, there will naturally be no resistance.

During the Mexican Civil War, the Tang Kingdom adhered to the principle of never participating. It would only provide food and weapons assistance and would never personally fight for the Mexicans.

When foreign troops participate, the nature completely changes.

Looking back at Europe

During the Crimean War, the main battlefield was the battle for the Sevastopol Fortress. Artillery was still rumbling all day long and fierce fighting was in full swing.

The coalition fleet gathered more than 1,100 artillery pieces and continued to bombard Sevastopol. After an indiscriminate bombardment, it consumed hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition and continued the bombardment for 7 days.

But the greater the damage done by the coalition forces, the stronger the Russian army's fortifications were restored.

Winter is approaching, with strong winds and heavy rain, and the environment on the frontline battlefield is even worse. The soldiers have to fight hard in trenches filled with cold water and corpses, with no hope of victory in sight.

The plague was rampant on the battlefield and there was a serious shortage of supplies. A large amount of supplies were transported to the coastal port areas and piled up like mountains. However, they could not reach the front line for more than 10 miles because of many factors such as artillery fire, crisscross trenches on both sides, and a serious shortage of livestock and pack horses.

Go up.

The coalition soldiers could only struggle in the cold and hunger, and their morale was seriously low. The British Lord Raglan frequently visited the military camps to stabilize the morale of the troops, but he was unable to do anything about the army's supply difficulties and the soldiers' suffering.

Outside the main battlefield of Sevastopol Fortress, the coalition forces successively launched the Battle of Balaklava and the Battle of Little Inkerman, with Russian commander Menshikov and Prince Peter Gorchakov leading 10 Russian troops.

The main force turned into a pot of porridge...

The millions of coalition troops and the millions of Tsarist Russian troops seemed like two giants fighting each other in the quagmire. They punched each other desperately and inflicted heavy damage on each other. They used their strong will and huge casualties to support the continuation of the war.

Since the war has been going on for more than half a year, the British have lost more than 40,000 officers and soldiers, the French have lost more than 60,000, and the Ottoman Empire has suffered even more losses, with the total number approaching 100,000.

The total battle losses of the Tsarist Russian army in various theaters have exceeded 300,000, but this has not affected the continuous reinforcement of gray animals. This war is far from coming to an end, and there is still more to fight.

Whenever Richard saw battle reports from the European front, or even detailed descriptions of the allies' battles, he would always take a deep breath, feeling bloody, cruel and under great pressure.

The European armies in the mid-19th century had a will as strong as a steel bar and could endure huge casualties in successive battles. Tsarist Russia was like this, and the British and French armies were also like this. They were indeed extremely outstanding.

If such heavy casualties were placed on the Tang Kingdom, it was hard for Richard to imagine whether it would be able to persist?

Now the Tang Kingdom officially declared war on Tsarist Russia and entered the mobilization period in September 1845. Before that, the total number of military personnel retained throughout the country was only 67,900.

If it were dragged to the Crimean battlefield, it would be exhausted in just a few battles, and this would definitely devastate the Tang Kingdom.

Although the current population of the Tang Dynasty exceeds 8 million, if you exclude the growing infants, women and some people who are not suitable for joining the army, such as students, businessmen, farmers and ranchers, government officials and corporate workers, the Datang Kingdom can actually

The number of strong young men mobilized did not exceed one million.

Compared with world powers such as Britain, France, and Russia, a lot of war heritage is indeed missing.

Europe is the center stage of the world today, and it is also a place where strong people gather. Compared with the great powers in the world today, the Tang Kingdom is truly the little brother.

We can only hold on to the expectation of participation, dedicate ourselves to the coalition forces, and pay a protection fee for the British. This is a necessary payment.

The boss had a bruised nose and a swollen face when he came on the field. Of course the younger brother had to help out. It would be unreasonable not to sacrifice tens of thousands of people.

As far as Richard knows;

The mercenary team of more than 4,000 people invested in the early stage has been greatly reduced after several bloody battles, with nearly 2/3 casualties, and has basically been disabled.

In large-scale battles in Europe, thousands of artillery pieces were frequently used to bombard a battle, whether it was red-hot solid iron balls, shotgun shells, or new-type artillery shells equipped with trigger fuses, anyway.

Any shell fragments hitting a soldier's body cannot withstand it, and he will either die or be injured.

November 15, 1845

The First Division of the Tang Kingdom's Expeditionary Force was assembled, swore to go on an expedition, and boarded a large fleet of 17 passenger and cargo ships south of Panama to begin the journey to Europe.

After that, every 20 days or so, the 2nd Division, 3rd Division and 4th Division of the Datang Kingdom Expeditionary Force will move south one after another, arriving in the Crimean theater from February to the end of March respectively.

World powers such as Britain and France, who were acting together with the Tang Kingdom, were drawing a steady stream of reinforcements from their respective colonies, concentrating them on the European battlefield like hundreds of rivers converging, in order to provide continued strong combat effectiveness.

The Soviet-Russian army, known as the "European Steam Roller", was indeed large in number, but world powers such as Britain and France were not far behind, and the Ottoman Empire was also trying its best to mobilize reinforcements.

completely predictable

The more brutal decisive battle between the two sides in the Crimean War has not yet come, and it will be almost until the end of next year that we can see the general outcome.

The continuing flames of war will be the theme of the world situation in the past two years, and it also contains huge development opportunities.