Wild North America 1846

Chapter 278 The Fourth Overseas Province
At the end of 1857, the situation in North America became more and more turbulent. Three wars broke out successively, which attracted the attention of the whole world. Everyone asked in confusion, why?
Nov. 1857, 11

The divided Mexican Civil War has lasted for many years. When the situation was relatively calm, the southern Mexican rebels who established the Republic of Azcat suddenly launched a large-scale offensive. They split into two groups and broke the default ceasefire of both sides with a total force of 4.7. Front, into the area controlled by the Mexican government forces.

just two weeks

The army of the Republic of Azcat was so powerful that it successively captured more than 20 towns in three states controlled by the Mexican government army, and hit the city of Puebla, which is only 119 kilometers away from Mexico City.

For a moment, Mexico shook, and the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty shook.

After this drastic move, the Tang Kingdom became furious after recalling it, and immediately announced that it would abide by the obligations stipulated in the "Jinling Treaty of Friendship" signed by Tang and Mo. The government forces repelled the southern rebels and stabilized the situation in the Mexican Civil War.

The Mexican Civil War that broke out at this time was very strange. According to the fleeing officers and soldiers of the Mexican government army, many American Yankees were among the southern rebels.

King Richard was furious about this. He had already seen that this was President James Buchanan's strategy of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao". He tried to use this move to plunge the military power of the Tang Kingdom into the Mexican Civil War and relieve the pressure on the Western Front of the United States. .

12/5

The heavily armed "Snow Mountain Division" (201st Division) of the southern military region of the Tang Kingdom, and the 203rd Division took a train from Jinling City to the south. Fight back.

In the Battle of Puebla, the Snow Mountain Division defeated three times the enemy in front of them, and then launched a fierce pursuit all over the mountains and plains. In 4 days, it rushed 82 kilometers, wiped out 1.34 enemies, and recovered more than ten lost towns.

In this battle, the rebels in southern Mexico were frightened, and the other rebels retreated overnight. They were grabbed by the tail by the late-night rush of 203. They rushed and fought all the way, throwing away their helmets and armor, and regained their lost ground in just one week. .

The coalition forces of the Kingdom of Tang and the Mexican government made persistent efforts and broke into the area controlled by the rebels of the Aztec Republic with a fierce offensive, carrying out a bloody encirclement and suppression of the enemy.

Shortly thereafter
The 202nd and 204th Divisions of the Southern Military Region, announced by the Datang Kingdom, went south one after another, converging forward troops to deal a heavy blow to the provocative southern Mexican rebels, fighting a scorched earth battle.

On the road from the southern states of Mexico to Mexico City, there was an endless line of captives that could not be seen at a glance. After a large number of Mexican women captured in the war arrived in Mexico City, they would be transferred by train to the mainland provinces of the kingdom, becoming the Chinese immigrants. The number of cheap women purchased by relatives is quite large, often counting as 10.

Fortunately, the current population of the Tang Kingdom has exceeded 1280 million, and there are more than 300 million bachelors who are still single. Digesting this population is not a problem.

This trick is a proper "extreme plan". Without a large number of young women of childbearing age, there will be no future in southern Mexico. This is tantamount to digging out the roots of the Aztec Republic, which is extremely vicious.

A large number of Mexican male prisoners of war were sent to hard labor camps to supplement mines and railway construction teams in various places that were short of labor, so as to alleviate the urgent demand for labor.

After 10 years of heavy hard labor, the original 10 indigenous Indian hard labors are not much left, and the existing total is not even 7. In this way, the production of mines that require a lot of labor will inevitably decline, so they can only use the railway tracks carefully. and mechanical replacements such as steam engines.

Because of the above-mentioned reasons, the army of the Kingdom of Tang who entered southern Mexico was addicted to capturing prisoners, and the rebels of the southern Aztec Republic who were killed turned their backs, blood flowed like rivers, there were many bones on the roadside, and there were no chickens in dozens of towns.

The original southern Aztec rebel territory had a population of more than 120 million, which had shrunk dramatically. By the time of the spring plowing in April 1858, the total population was less than 4, more than half of which was abruptly cut off.

Turn around and look again...

After dozens of small and medium-sized battles in the early stage of the American Civil War, the South basically established its military advantage over the Yankees with ten battles, seven wins, two draws and one loss.

On November 11, on the battlefields of the United States

The battle of Manassas broke out on the eastern battlefield between the two sides. In order to reverse the decline of the battlefield, the north concentrated its forces and launched a march to the southern capital Richmond. The two sides broke out in a big battle in Marathas.
After dozens of small and medium-sized battles in the early stages of the American Civil War, the South basically established its military advantage over the Yankees, winning consecutive battles.

The commander-in-chief of the southern army was an outstanding military strategist Robert Lee. Based on the disparity in strength between the two sides, he formulated a strategy of using offense as defense.

However, the North was insufficiently prepared for the war, and adopted the so-called "Orochi Plan", which dispersed its forces on an 8000-mile-long front, and coupled with the passive tactics of the commander McClelland, who sympathized with the slave owners, caused the Northern Army to suffer repeated setbacks.

All this put President James Buchanan under great pressure from public opinion. In order to reverse the tide of the war, the Northern Army carefully planned the Battle of Manassas, trying to defeat the main force of the Southern Army in one fell swoop and regain confidence in winning the final victory.

On November 11th, a total of 27 officers and soldiers of the Northern Army lined up to Richmond amidst sonorous and powerful military music.
Due to the North’s great momentum in advance, it publicized the vulnerability of the Confederate Army through newspapers and public opinion, and this day was a rest day, so many Washington citizens, members of Congress, reporters, etc. dressed in costumes, brought their wives and belts, and carried picnic baskets. Some rode in carriages, some walked with the army, and came to the battlefield for sightseeing and watching the excitement like a festival.

The Southern Army gathered 2.2 troops and lined up in Manassas, the railway hub. The two sides were gearing up for the first large-scale battle since the Civil War.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the northern army took the lead in attacking the southern army. The fierce artillery fire shrouded the southern army's position in smoke, and won waves of applause. Many women in elegant dresses screamed loudly, Waving colorful turbans to boost the morale of the Union Army.

The Northern Army crossed the Bull River to attack the opposite bank with a large number of people. Who would have thought that the commander of the Southern Army was the famous general Thomas Jackson. The reputation of "Stone Wall".

Soon after, 9000 reinforcements from the Southern Army arrived and immediately launched a counterattack.

The battle was fierce and bloody, dense bullets shuttled over the battlefield, and soldiers on both sides suffered heavy casualties. The lack of training of the Northern Army finally gave up, leaving behind a large number of guns and ammunition and fled back to Washington.

In this battle, the Northern Army lost about 3000 troops and the Southern Army lost less than 2000, winning the Battle of Manassas.

Central America, Costa Rica

Nov. 1857, 12

The 501st Division of the Marine Corps of the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty (note; the second regiment is missing) together with more than 5500 militiamen, with a total strength of more than [-] people rode horses and carriages into the territory of Costa Rica.

The invading army broke through San Jose, which was guarded by the citizens, on December 12, and immediately bared its fangs, and carried out a bloody suppression of the soldiers and civilians who resisted in the city, quickly stabilizing the situation in the city.

Due to its remote location and weak national strength, Costa Rica has little voice in the international arena, and few people pay attention to it.

Therefore, the invasion of the Marine Corps of the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty was very smooth this time, and the atrocities it committed in Costa Rica were rarely known, and no one came forward to fight against it.

I only know that after the war, the population of Costa Rica dropped by 1/3, especially the young and middle-aged people. They were completely destroyed in this war, and then they were overwhelmed by the surging tide of Chinese immigrants...

End of 1857
Of the three simultaneous wars in North America, the first two could attract the attention of the whole of Europe, and the last invasion of Costa Rica was almost unknown. This is the tragedy of a small and weak country.

12/29

Nicaragua officially declared its independence. This is the fourth region among the five members of the United Central American Republic to declare independence, because it is afraid that the Tang Kingdom will set its sights on Nicaragua.The newly established government of Nicaragua sent its prime minister as a delegation to Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to the king of the Tang Kingdom to discuss the signing of a treaty of friendship between the two countries.

With the lessons learned from the complete destruction of Costa Rica, the delegation of the Nicaraguan government maintained sufficient respect and humility, and was willing to sign a bilateral treaty as a subordinate state, and the Kingdom of Tang would guarantee its national sovereignty and independent status. and some diplomatic sovereignty.

From now on
Nicaragua became the second vassal state of the Tang Kingdom after Mexico, and the Aztec Republic, which was almost collapsed by the elite army armed to the teeth by the Tang Kingdom, will soon establish a country supported by the Tang Kingdom The regime, incarnated as the third dependent country in Central and North America, this is a later story.

From the end of 1857 to the beginning of 1858, the situation in North America was full of flames of war, and it was almost a mess, which made the European powers dizzy.

The Datang Kingdom fished in troubled waters, reaped a lot of benefits in it, immigrated to Costa Rica with an unstoppable momentum, and quickly changed the population structure of the area, allowing the Chinese population to occupy the vast majority and become the mainstream ethnic group in the area.

During the war, a large number of local young and middle-aged men were killed or injured, and many Costa Rican women became concubines. Since the head of the household was named Chinese, these white women of Indo-European descent were also counted as Chinese in the statistics. The middle is obliterated in the public.

On a certain day at the end of 1858, after the annexation, the Tang Kingdom announced that Costa Rica became the fourth overseas province, after Hawaii, Panama and Alaska (note; Paradise Island is the exclusive land of the royal family, not an overseas province).

(End of this chapter)