Wild North America 1846

Chapter 285
(The previous chapter was reviewed in the palace. It mainly talked about the Tang Kingdom’s strategic plan and steps for Mexico. It can neither be revised nor released. It can only wait.)
Entering the new year, the American Civil War between the North and the South became more intense.

After the failure of the Battle of Malathas, the President of the United States, James Buchanan, and the Northern Army were under great pressure. The raging public opinion attributed the failure to stupid command and government incompetence, and criticized the ruling party.

in this predicament
The Democratic Party finally came to its senses and carried out two national military mobilizations in January and May 1858. Tens of thousands of recruits were recruited into the army, which rapidly expanded the total strength of the Northern Army to nearly 1. Prepare for a general attack on the south.

The Confederate States did not show weakness either. They carried out two national military mobilizations at the end of January and at the end of May respectively. It is estimated that the mobilized force will exceed 1, bringing the total force to 5.

The railway from the Phoenix Castle in the Tang Kingdom to the east is currently under urgent construction. After nearly half a year of emergency repairs, the 78-kilometer railway line from the Red Rock Valley to the American Fortress Hugo has been completed.

So far, the smooth railway network of the Tang Kingdom has officially connected with the huge railway network of the United States, forming a smooth railway network covering the entire North America (note; currently only limited to the southern United States).

And this railway artery will be the lifeline for Datang Kingdom to deliver strategic materials and military equipment to the Southern Army. Every day, more than [-] special trains roar to Kansas City, and from here they go south to Texas to deliver food and canned food to the Southern Army. , Tents, horses, barbed wire, military uniforms, military boots and weaponry, support the South to fight the war.

since the war

The Southern Confederate States of America have applied for large war loans three times in a row. They have borrowed a total of 1.62 million Tang dollars from the Royal Red Oak Bank, Bank of America, Royal Changan Bank, Los Angeles Bank, and Bank of Communications for a period of 10 years with an annual interest rate of 11.5%. , [-]% of which will be paid by the Datang Kingdom to supply the materials and weapons needed for the war, and concentrate on winning this battle.

And this Great Pacific Railway (composed of the Los Angeles Railway, the Central Pacific Railway and the main railway lines in the southern United States) is a powerful weapon for the Tang Kingdom to penetrate its influence and support the strong heart of the Confederate States in fighting the war.

From the perspective of the overall pattern of the current war;

The Southern Army continued to win victories in the east, but suffered several consecutive defeats on the Chicago front in the west. The overall war situation was dominant, but it did not gain a clear upper hand.

Because the recruits recruited by the North poured into the battlefield like a tide, the breakthroughs made by the Southern Army on the Eastern Front would always be counterattacked tenaciously by the Northern Army, and there was an obvious see-saw situation on the battlefield.

What followed was a sharp increase in the number of bloody casualties. From the District of Columbia on the Eastern Front to the Mississippi River, the North-South traffic artery, and then westward to the Chicago front, the long front was more than 3600 kilometers long. The white soldiers on both sides of the United States were bloody. The battle was bitter, and the number of casualties is difficult to count.

on the eastern front
The commander-in-chief of the Northern Army, McClelland, who sympathized with the slave owners, had an army of 21 and stood still for several months.

Judging from the military information report, the fierce battle between the north and the south of the United States is still to come...

"Oh, I can only watch the excitement."

Major General Fan Pengfei put down the military bulletin marked "Confidential" in his hand, and sighed with a melancholy expression, feeling unbearably itchy.

But His Majesty said at the high-level military meeting in Taoyuan: the army must be patient and train their internal skills hard to wait for the opportunity to fight.

The actions of the military followed the spirit of His Majesty's instructions. Since the beginning of last year, military academies have begun to expand their enrollment on a large scale. Even the navy has joined in the fun, more than doubling the enrollment scale.

The army has been reserving talents to train sergeants and grassroots officers with rich combat experience. There is also a training camp under the Snow Mountain Division. The reserve of middle and low-level officers and sergeants is enough to form another Snow Mountain Division.

Other units are not as exaggerated as the Snow Mountain Division, but it is an indisputable fact that the grassroots officers and military have a lot of wealth.

Among the European Expeditionary Forces that participated in the Crimean War, the vast majority of those who retired when they returned were ordinary soldiers. The officers and sergeants hardly moved, and [-]% of them remained.

Otherwise, there would not be so many framers.

As far as Major General Fan Pengfei knows;
About 10 mainland recruits gathered at the Salt Lake City military base, and more than 11600 of them were added to the four divisions of the Southern Military Region that went deep into Mexico, including the Snow Mountain Division.

These mainland recruits are in good physique, with the spirit of hard work and hard work that Chinese soldiers have always had, and their combat skills are not inferior to those of the expeditionary soldiers who landed in Europe.

As long as you participate in a few battles and see blood, all of them are good soldiers.

Another 1.2 recruits were sent to front-line combat readiness positions such as Taoyuan Fort, Redstone Valley Fort, Peel Fort, and Omaha Fort, rapidly enhancing the defense capabilities of the fortresses.

The remaining nearly 8 well-trained soldiers are unknown in the strictly confidential Salt Lake City military base. It is said that they are training urban street warfare and mountain warfare.

Whenever he thinks of the kingdom hiding such a large military force, Major General Fan Pengfei is so excited that he can't calm down. What kind of ambition is this?

at a high-level military meeting
His Majesty the King made no secret of his jealousy towards the heavy industrial area in the northern United States with the metropolis of Chicago at its core. The general offensive military plan drawn up by the General Staff also set the strategic goal of swallowing several states in the northern United States at one go.

If he can personally participate in such a grand battle, Major General Fan Pengfei will not waste his life in vain!
As a general who has experienced the offensive and defensive battles of the Sevastopol Fortress and personally led the army over the snow-capped mountains, Fan Pengfei is well aware of the great significance of the words "urban street warfare and mountain warfare", which means that he can be called the top infantry force in the world today.

In army combat, this is the most high-end and most complex combat training subject. Looking at the world's armies today, it is almost unheard of that any country's army specializes in training these two subjects.

When you really need it, just line up and charge upwards.

European armies are generally officered by aristocrats, who don't care about the lives of soldiers, because there is a fanatical tendency in European aristocratic circles to sacrifice honor, and honor and chivalry are regarded as life.

They don't even care about their own lives, so do you expect them to value the lives of soldiers?
Spinning the pen in his hand boredly, Major General Fan Pengfei was thinking of finding an opportunity to transfer back. Whether he worked in the Chang'an Lecture Hall or the Royal Advanced Infantry School, or returned to the Army Staff Headquarters, he had to leave the Southern Military Region.

Looking at it this way, the Southern Military Region will be in Mexico and the Aztec Republic in the next few years. In the case where the local government cannot reach out, the military power will be the leader of the kingdom's penetration into Mexico and the Aztec Republic. Power, using relatively crude means to rapidly change the social demographic structure.

Major General Fan Pengfei did his own calculations. He himself served as a colonel and division commander for two and a half years, and then he was promoted to a brigadier general. He also served as the commander of the 201st division for 1 year and 7 months. Because of his intervention in the Mexican Civil War, he was promoted to a major general again, and it has been more than two months. .

The situation in the south is generally calm now, only a small number of remnants of the former government have fled in the mountains, and it is basically impossible to come out alive and make trouble.

According to the rules of rotation of senior generals, I have served as the division commander of Xueshan (201 Division) for nearly two years. If you count the experience of the expeditionary force, it will be more than 4 years.

Apply for transfer at this time, and then ask the old officer, Major General Tian Mantun (Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Military Region), to move around. It is estimated that there will be no big problem.

After a few months of transition after being transferred back to the military academy or the staff headquarters to enrich their career experience, they will have the opportunity to serve in the Northern Military Region and personally participate in this century-old war that may determine the final structure of North America.

OK, just do it.

Major General Fan Pengfei quickly made up his mind. He was a relatively pure soldier, and he didn't want to interfere with the things that the Snow Mountain Division was doing.

Jumping out of this vortex one day earlier will give you peace of mind.

Now that the decision was made, Major General Fan Pengfei immediately took out the letter paper, sat down at the table and began to write letters to the old officers, including but not limited to Major General Tian Mantun, Deputy Commander of the Southern Military Region.

In his plan, if he could go to the military base in Salt Lake City, it would be like a mouse falling into a rice bowl... If you are happy, don't want it.

But this possibility is unlikely, because there are certain rules for the rotation of senior military officers. When you step down from the position of military chief officer, you will either go to the Army Staff Headquarters or a military academy, and it is impossible to serve as a military chief officer continuously.

Going to the Army Staff Headquarters is to broaden the horizons of senior officers, enhance their overall ability to look at problems from the perspective of the overall development of the Army, not just one of their own divisions or a military region, and cultivate overall vision and strategic capabilities.

Going to a military academy is a process of accumulating military knowledge and re-educating. Here, you can participate in military exchanges with countries around the world, supplement the deficiencies in campaign studies and military strategy, and grow into a knowledgeable military general.

Major General Fan Pengfei once studied at the Royal Sanchester Military Academy in the United Kingdom, personally contacted the military theories of Britain, France and other countries, participated in the analysis of many famous European battle cases, and gained a deeper understanding of war.

If he works in a military academy, he must teach several courses in the senior officer class, participate in the training of division-level military chiefs, participate in lectures in high-level military forums, study Clausewitz's "On War" in depth, and study military geostrategy. It's something he likes to do, too.

Fan Pengfei was immersed in writing a letter when there was a knock on the door. He stopped the pen in his hand and raised his head, saying, "Come in."

the door opened

The captain officer walked in and gave a military salute neatly, and said, "Report to the division seat, Mr. Pedro, Minister of Agriculture and Development of Mexico, please see me."

"What's the matter with him?" Major General Fan Pengfei frowned and asked, he really didn't want to deal with these senior Mexican officials.

"Well, it's probably because some of the people in the area controlled by the Mexican government have recently been suppressed due to bandits, which may affect the local agricultural production and development. The scale of this..."

"This..."

Major General Fan Pengfei rubbed the center of his brows with a headache. He was tired of the greed of these high-level Mexican government officials, but he had no choice but to make excuses.

This Minister Pedro did not come here for the suffering of the people, it was nothing more than to have milk for crying children, and he wanted to ask for some extra benefits, to share more benefits.

Fan Pengfei is really not good at doing these things!

(End of this chapter)