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Chapter 402 City of Warriors, United Fleet! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Mexico, Texas, Texas City.

This port city is located in the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico, east of Texas, only [-] to [-] kilometers from the border of the Louisiana state that Napoleon sold to the United States, and is located on the west bank of a body of water officially named the Texas Lagoon.In another timeline, Houston, the largest city in Texas, is nearby.

This body of water can be called a lagoon because it is separated from the open sea by two slender sandbars (sand bars), leaving only a narrow entrance.Outside the lagoon is the blue Gulf of Mexico, and inside the lagoon is an excellent sheltered anchorage.

At the entrance of the Dezhou Lagoon, there is a sandbank that was originally occupied by pirates and a small island next to it, which was chosen by Zhuge Weidao as the site for the construction of forts and coastal defense positions.After several years of construction, the fort on the island has begun to take shape, and the island itself is also called "Fort Island".And the sandbar that was once occupied by pirates is now called "Haifang Island". Hidden positions have been built on the island. On the side of the island facing the lagoon, torpedo boats and gunboat docks have also been built.

And Dezhou City was built on the north side of Haiphong Island, less than ten kilometers away from the outer side of Haiphong Island. The entire city centered on a peninsula.A city wall about three meters high and five or six meters thick stretches across the northern part of the peninsula, enclosing the small peninsula into a relatively safe area.To the south of the city wall is the core of Dezhou City. Although the site is not large, it looks like a Chinese-style emerging industrial city.Docks, shipyards, warehouses, schools, government offices, and residential buildings all have a strong "Tang style".

The pier is very busy, with brand-new cranes lined up densely, with white belts on their heads and shorts on their lower bodies. It looks like the short and strong dock workers are shuttled back and forth, carrying small pieces of goods.

There are cargo warehouses everywhere on the port pier. It is obvious that this place has become a shipping trade center in Texas.But now there are no merchant ships from various countries visiting the sea. There are only military ships belonging to the Royal Mexican Navy and the Texas Marine Corps, as well as merchant ships flying the flag of Ming Dynasty, and some fishing boats of Japanese overseas Chinese from Texas.

A large dock that can be used to build warships stands in a corner of the harbor in Dezhou City. The tall chimneys are full of black smoke, and coal dust is everywhere.The berth is busy, and two 3000-ton Guogong-class ships are undergoing major repairs in the dock.The sound of clanging rivets combined with the unique labor chants of Japanese workers made it seem extraordinarily busy.

The sailors wearing the military uniforms of the Ming Dynasty Navy and the Mexican Navy were crowded on the warships that had just entered the Texas lagoon, curiously looking at this city that had not been around for a long time, but had already shown a tendency to advance by leaps and bounds.

The whole of Texas City is now showing a vigorous vitality that the Mexican Empire that nominally controls it does not.

The hero-class battleship "Bolivar" with a standard displacement of 1.85 tons and the hero-class second-class protected cruiser "Jiangyin" with a standard displacement of 6500 tons slowly crossed the channel and sailed to the anchorage.Zhuge Weidao and Mexican Emperor Agustin I stood side by side in front of the bridge window of the Royal Mexican Navy flagship "Bolívar", looking at everything in front of them.

The construction speed of this warrior city is really amazing!Probably only the infrastructure maniac on another timeline can show a comparable speed, right?Although this city has received a huge investment from the Zhuge family (in exchange for oil exploration rights in Texas), so many infrastructures and buildings have sprung up in such a short period of time, it can only be described as a miracle. This It is no wonder that the Americans are so afraid of this "Oriental City" that they will not hesitate to send the Texas militia supported by them to attack.

It's a pity that when the Texas cowboy with a gun meets the most anti-American Texas samurai, he hits his head on the steel plate.
Looking at this Texas city that has been run by Japanese expatriates like an iron barrel, and thinking about the face of US President Andrew Jackson, who was livid with anger after learning the news of the defeat of his Texas militia, for Mexico-Texas The future performance of the United Fleet is even more anticipated.

Although these Japanese devils are not good things, they are the only ones who can be used to strengthen the Mexican Empire and help the Mexican Empire to consume the American Empire. Da Ming’s own people will not travel so far to Texas, even if they are looking for gold Dream, just go to California, there will be gold from Australia in a few years, and maybe South Africa in the future.If they want to dig oil, the gate of the Persian Gulf has been blocked for them!

Moreover, after the British forces withdrew from Malaya, Dutch Sumatra was already under the actual control of the Ming Nanyang Fleet.The oil on Sumatra Island has now been dug up.

So the only ones who can come to Texas to take risks are the Japanese devils who can't enter the Great Ming Dynasty system for the time being.
However, when the Mexican Emperor Agustin saw the Texas city rising from the ground in front of him, his heart was in a state of panic.America is a tiger, Ming Dynasty is a dragon, and Japan is a wolf. The tiger wants to eat people, and the dragon has a big appetite. In order not to be swallowed by the American tiger, Agustin had to lure the wolf into the house.

Thinking of this, the Mexican emperor missed his Spanish homeland a little bit. Before the Spanish Empire was disintegrated by these rebels and thieves, he could have a fight with the United States, and he could also firmly block Ming Dynasty to the north of California.

But now. Even the only old man who was really willing to help Emperor Agustin, the great hero of South America, Bolivar, died of illness a few months ago (Mexico's "Bolivar" was named in honor of him son), so Agustin wants to hug a group to keep warm, but he doesn't know who to hug?

The depression in Agustin I's heart became more and more intense.At this moment, a colonel of the Royal Mexican Navy walked in, handed over a copy of the telegram with both hands, and babbled a lot in fast and urgent Spanish before giving a military salute and leaving.

Then I saw the Mexican emperor looked down at the copy of the telegram in his hand, and then said to Zhuge Weidao: "Your Excellency, Admiral, our chance may have come. My friend, the Governor of Cuba of the Kingdom of Spain, sent me a secret telegram. The dispatched scout airship spotted the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet entering the Caribbean Sea through the Windward Strait."

"The main force of the US Atlantic Fleet passed through the Windward Strait?" Zhuge Weidao was taken aback, "Are you sure it's the main force?"

"Yes!" said the Emperor of Mexico. "The observers on the airship identified six United States-class battleships. I think they should be the American fleet that has been hiding in Mobile Bay. Their target should be the construction site of the Nicaragua Canal! Americans have always been the most opposed This project, using various methods or coercion, or inducement, made me give up this project, but I have never agreed. Now they directly use force!"

"Your Majesty," Zhuge Weidao asked, "When did the six United States-class ships cross the Windward Strait?"

"Six hours ago. It should have been hundreds of nautical miles by now!" Agustin I said, "We have no time to support anyway. But it's not a big problem. I have sent someone to exit the canal east. Thousands of mines have been planted in North San Juan Bay, and if the Americans are willing to break through, it is possible to lose a few US-level mines."

"That's good!" Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Your Majesty, it seems that we are going back to Mexico City by land!"

Agustin I shook his head and said with a smile: "No, I want to sit in Texas City and personally direct the invasion of the United States!"

Invasion of America!

These words actually came from the mouth of a Mexican head of state. It seems that Mexico is about to rise up!

(End of this chapter)