Wild North America 1846

Chapter 246 Army Garrison and Adjustment

puerto veraque bruce gulf of mexico
This is a newly developed port city, located in the middle of the two Gulf of Mexico cities, La Antigua and Medellin, and is the terminus of the railway from Jinling City to the Gulf of Mexico.

Veraque Bruce has about 1.75 Mexican locals and more than 2870 Chinese immigrants. The main economic lifelines in the city are all controlled by Chinese, and the gorgeous buildings and shops along the streets in the town center, ports, warehouses, and railway stations also belong to Chinese. Owned by the merchant group, it monopolized the local commerce, port and transportation industry.

This is a rare deep-water port in the Gulf of Mexico. The mountains around the city are lush and rolling, embracing the valley in the middle, which is also the standard configuration of a world-class port.

In any coastal area of ​​any country, it is difficult to have seaports with excellent water depth conditions in the plains. World-class good ports are generally surrounded by mountains, such as Chang'an (San Francisco), Seattle, Panama, Marseille, Amsterdam, Qingdao, Lushun, Hong Kong, Zhoushan , Pearl Harbor, Portsmouth, Cam Ranh Bay and other famous ports are all like this.

This is because the gentle continental shelf extends into the sea area, and it is difficult to have favorable harbor conditions. Only the mountains and hills near the sea can form a steep undercut terrain in the coastal area, which meets the water depth conditions of a good deep-water port, such as Veraque Bruce Port.

Such a good deep-water harbor condition, why no one knows?
This is to blame for the unkindness of people in Veraque Bruce. This is the second largest city in Colombia, with a population of more than 160 million in later generations. It is famous for its mild climate and beautiful and elegant environment.

It's a pity that Colombia is too small a country, and there are no decent bulk materials that can be imported and exported. It is a congenital lame monster, and the port transportation business has never been developed.

At this time, there is no concept of Colombia as a country, and it still belongs to the Mexican family. Now it has been firmly controlled by the Chinese capital of the Datang Kingdom, and it has been included in the category of coastal free ports.

There are thousands of white seagulls flying up and down in the bay, rendering the calm harbor lively, and the sea water rushing to the beach forms clear white waves, and the coconut groves shake, which is a tropical Caribbean scenery.

This bay belongs to the southern part of the Sea of ​​Mexico, and further south is the Caribbean Sea. Because it is located on the seashore with a pleasant climate and lush vegetation, many Chinese immigrants like it when they come here.

The huge iron-hulled steam cruise ship blew its long siren and slowly entered the surrounding bay. This was the arrival of the return fleet carrying the expeditionary force. There were a total of 4 cruise ships and a cargo ship, carrying almost two There are more than 4500 officers and soldiers of the regiment and their families, not counting the children, and the freighter is loaded with a large amount of spoils brought back from Europe.

The expeditionary forces plundered several cities and dozens of towns in Europe, as well as countless landowner manors. From silver candlesticks to high-end pianos, from gilded crosses to medieval knight steel armor, the loot was almost everything.

On the first-class deck on the third floor of the "Phoenix Mountain" cruise ship headed by it, many officers and wives and concubines in luxurious clothes had already come to the railing, and couldn't help cheering as they watched the port getting closer and closer.

It has been two or three years since I was away from the mainland, just like a wanderer returning to his mother's arms, the excitement is hard to hide.

Brigadier General Fan Pengfei and Colonel Lin Feng stood side by side, holding the ornately decorated Tang knife with one hand, and the railing with the other. Looking at the coast that was getting closer and closer, they couldn't help showing eagerness in their eyes.

think back three years ago

Both of them have the rank of lieutenant colonel, one is the lieutenant colonel commander of the 5th division, and the other is the lieutenant colonel commander of the 6th division. They lead the soldiers who have just finished training and embark on the journey in high spirits to face the unknown war test in Europe.

At that time, it was still going south from the Port of Los Angeles to the Port of Panama, which was more than 3200 kilometers away.

Well now, it only takes 12 days from Crimea to the Gulf of Mexico, and you can transfer to the train from here, saving more than 5800 kilometers on the voyage.

These elite officers and outstanding soldiers of the 5th to 9th Divisions of the Expeditionary Army successively served in the 1st to 4th Divisions or the General Staff Headquarters or Teaching Regiment of the Expeditionary Army under the arrangement of the military department, and became the precious fire kept by the Expeditionary Army in the European war.

"Brother Pengfei, you have more information than I do. Do you know what arrangements will be made by the staff headquarters after returning to the mainland of the empire? They won't let us retire, right?" Colonel Lin Feng asked with a worried look on his face.

Brigadier General Fan Pengfei knew what his friend was worried about. As an officer who had stepped into the top ranks of the Kingdom's military, he had access to far more confidential information than Colonel Lin Feng.

Of course, it cannot be said that it is confidential. Some less sensitive information will be announced after disembarkation anyway, so it can be disclosed in advance.

Brigadier General Fan Pengfei shook his head with a reserved expression, and replied;

"Brother Ah Feng, if you care about us, you will cause chaos. If the military department doesn't want to use us, they don't need to work hard to transfer us from the mercenary division and send us to the Royal Sanchester Military Academy for further studies. Take off your pants and fart?"

"Brother Pengfei, I can't blame me for being impatient. According to His Majesty's usual practice, large-scale layoffs will be carried out after the end of the war. Seeing that the North American region is calm and there is no decent war to fight, it is still like this What does a large army size do?"

"You don't understand, but I can reveal it." Fan Pengfei smiled slightly and said calmly;
"The current 1st to 5th divisions of the Expeditionary Army are all overstaffed, and the second division with the largest number of people now has more than 7900 people, which is definitely not possible.

According to the efforts of the Army Staff Headquarters and His Majesty's arrangement, it is planned to retain the strength of one mobile division, and then retain four shelf divisions, retire most of the soldiers, and retain experienced elite sergeants.

Thus

The Southern Field First Division, which was finally retained, was stationed in Jinling City. As the largest mobile corps in the eight northern states of Mexico, it had a rated staff of 6170, all of whom were cavalry.

That is
All the cavalry regiments under the original five field divisions were drawn out, a total of five cavalry regiments, plus an artillery regiment, forming a powerful mobile strike force.

The remaining four shelf divisions are the second to fifth southern field divisions. In principle, each division retains 2200 troops, mainly officers and elite non-commissioned officers. Soldiers only retain one regiment, and all others are retired.

These four shelf divisions were stationed in various southern provinces, some provinces were a regiment, and some provinces were a battalion.

This port city should be an infantry regiment stationed by the Fifth Division, with a total of 1072 people.

After I am awarded the honor, I will make my own arrangements, so there is no need to worry. "

"Brother Pengfei, if there is only one field mobile strike division, you must be the commander!" Colonel Lin Feng asked tentatively.

"Hey..." Brigadier General Fan Pengfei smiled proudly, but did not answer directly.

But his expression revealed everything. Among the 9 division commanders of the expeditionary force, Fan Pengfei was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel, and then to brigadier general, and his performance was much more dazzling than other division commanders.

Needless to say, the General Staff Headquarters has registered a long time ago. Maybe Jane is in the heart of the emperor. This is an advantage that no one else can match.

But Colonel Lin Feng was not jealous either. The former commander of the 5th Division, Brigadier General Fan Pengfei, earned his military exploits solidly with the heads of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers.

(End of this chapter)