The sun never sets in America

Chapter 168 War and Cross
June 25, the fourth year of Longwu, was a special day. More than ten days had passed since the U.S.-Mexico War. During these ten days, the U.S. military successively captured Mexican territories such as Texas, New Mexico, and Utah.

It is currently heading towards the Mexican Peninsula, hoping to capture Mexico's capital, Mexico City, in one go and end this war as quickly as possible.

The most fundamental reason why the US military is so impatient is because the current local and domestic situation in Han is a bit strange.

According to American intelligence, the Han Kingdom has been deploying troops and increasing military supplies in mainland China. In the eyes of the Americans, this is the rhythm of the Han Kingdom's participation in the war.

As for Han's participation in this war, Americans are very clear about it. After all, the situation in America is now very clear. One of the three countries dominates the world.

The so-called Three Kingdoms, in order of national strength, are the United States, the Han Kingdom, the Republic of Mexico, and the British American colonies on one side.

From the map, the British American Territory is the largest, followed by the United States, Mexico, and Han Dynasty, which is the smallest.

But in terms of national strength, the United States is first, Han is second, Mexico is third, and the British American Territory is third. The relationship with territory is basically the other way around.

The reason is that there are no people in the British American Territory, and it is still cold. It is only close to the United States. Part of the territory of the Han Kingdom is valuable territory, and most of the population is concentrated along the border. This population distribution, coupled with the siphonage between Han and the United States, As a result, it is surprising that the British American Territory could develop. All the people fled to China and the United States, just like Oregon in the early days.

Not to mention Oregon at that time, even there are no people in Oregon now. The British just used this half of Oregon to declare the sovereignty of the British Empire. The symbolic significance is greater than the actual significance.

According to the current ranking of national power, it is impossible for Han to sit idly by in the war launched by the United States against Mexico. If Han sits idly by, the United States will launch a three-sided attack on Han from the north, the side, and even the sea. How it feels to be attacked by an enemy makes the Han people shudder when thinking about it.

The Han people are not stupid, and Americans are even less stupid. Therefore, the top US officials are well aware of the outbreak of war between China and the United States. Therefore, before the war begins, the strategy formulated by the top US officials is to quickly capture Mexico and then return to deal with the Han.

This also means that the US military's style of play must be fast and not slow. If you go slow, you will retreat, and if you go fast, you will advance. From the current point of view, the US military's style of play has always been based on this principle.

In just ten days, they successively captured millions of square kilometers of territory, which is equivalent to nearly [-] square kilometers per day, an area the size of South Korea. It is not crazy, but the consequence of this is that the US military's forward troops and rear troops Completely out of touch, just for the sake of speed...

(South Korea: Oops, I have become a unit of measurement)

Although most of the territory was not occupied at all and was simply a breakthrough, looking at the map, the US military's approach was also very risky. Once the Mexican army organized its forces and occupied the middle area, it could take advantage of the large forces in the rear before it could move. Occupying this area can completely encircle the main US military force on the front line.

But unfortunately, the Mexicans did not have this ability. The Mexican troops along the way could only watch a large number of American militiamen riding war horses easily break through their defense lines. Then a few days later, they were slowly beaten by the American troops coming from behind. Swallow, this tactic is also called the straw tactic by US military commander Batista.

The cavalry troops at the forefront are the straws that break the enemy's defense line, and the large American troops coming to fill the lines from the rear are the straw suckers until the glass of water in Mexico is completely sucked dry.

In fact, there is a professional term for this kind of tactics, a little breakthrough, a full-scale expansion.

Relying on such a fast fighting style, the U.S. military expanded millions of square kilometers in just a dozen days, which is comparable to the blitzkrieg of later generations.

But such a strategy is not without its consequences, that is, logistics. In the Midwest where the US military is located, even if the US Congress has approved the construction of a wartime railway, it cannot be completed so quickly, so most of them need to rely on horse-drawn carriages. Transportation, according to statistics, the entire US military has at least [-] military horses serving the US military. This is why the US military's logistics support has not collapsed so far under such a crazy offensive.

But the more this happens, the more senior U.S. military officials worry about logistics, because the two provinces of Mobei and Jiuyuan in the north of Han are between the U.S. military's logistics lines. If an attack is carried out here, the frontline U.S. offensive will immediately change. The U.S. military, which has become the so-called strong force at one go, then weakened, exhausted three times, and finally lost its logistical support, is no different from the Mexican army.

By that time, can the US military still win this war? ?

Therefore, the US military deployed heavy troops in the direction of the border with Han. In New Mexico alone, the US military left [-] troops to guard it, because this is the only way for the US military to connect with Texas and the communication lines further behind. There is no room for loss, otherwise the war will be unfavorable, and it may even turn from victory to defeat! !

At first, the U.S. military was wary of the Han Dynasty and wanted to patrol 24 hours a day, [-] hours a day. However, as the Han Dynasty delayed its attack and the U.S. troops on the front line were winning one after another, the U.S. military became less and less interested. The Han army on the border took it seriously, from the same three patrols to the two patrols a few days ago, and today, they patrolled during the day and pretended to be pretentious.

There were even incidents of US soldiers forming a group to pee on the border and mocking the Han Dynasty.

Although the Han soldiers were very angry about these so-called disgusting tricks of the Americans, due to the orders from above, they could only watch the Americans being arrogant on the border.

But this situation lasted until the morning of the 25th and finally ended.

Boom...boom...

With the sound of cannon, the Han army attacked, and the Han-American War officially broke out.

"what sound??"

"Fakeer..."

"Oumaika, those Han people are coming!!"

"Defense..."

Jiuyuan Province is close to the New Mexico border area. Twenty thousand Han soldiers launched an overwhelming offensive against the American militia from a border line of dozens of kilometers! !

"Stop them..."

At the US artillery position, the US lieutenant colonel artillery commander looked at the densely packed Han soldiers in the telescope. The hands holding the telescope were trembling, and he kept calling the gunners beside him to fire.

Boom...boom...

But before they had time to react, the entire artillery was covered by storm artillery with a longer range and bolder coverage. When the Han soldiers stepped over their corpses, there was only a pile of coke and bombed [-] pieces left. Broken gun carriage.

The Eastern Front is in emergency! !

The Western Front is in emergency! !

The northern line is temporarily held! !

"Faker!!" At the rear of the U.S. First Army headquarters in New Mexico, Major General Celtic, the commander of the Army, looked at the battle report ahead and cursed loudly the word starting with F in English, his whole face filled with anger. flushed.

"Faker, what kind of shit are they? In just one day, we have already lost one-fifth of New Mexico. If we fight for a few more days, they will hit my headquarters!!" Major General Celtic Looking at the battle report above and the black and red areas marked on the map, the hand holding the battle report was shaking slightly. "Also, the Han people came over. Why, I don't know anything. Can anyone tell me why they couldn't come over and we didn't notice it at all??" Major General Celtic looked at the headquarters angrily. The staff officers of the First Army asked loudly.

It is a pity that his question will never have a real answer, because everyone present knows that the real reason for this failure is inseparable from the indulgence and enjoyment of the entire First Army.

Since the US military occupied New Mexico, they first looted property, then massacred non-whites there, insulted women, burned down towns, and even killed many Catholic priests for religious reasons.

The euphemistic name is to defend the orthodoxy of Protestantism. The so-called heretics are more abominable than heretics. After the US military occupied New Mexico, it was fulfilled.

After being domineering and enjoying themselves in the local area for a long time, the First Army has long lost the momentum it had when it swept across New Mexico in the past week. From a tiger, it has now been weakened into a leopard. It can still defeat these little hyenas in Mexico. Yes, when I met the real tiger of the Han Army, I immediately lost my confidence.

Of course, these cannot be said. Even if it is said to be a rout, in the military reports of many US military officers, what is written is "transfer".

"Your Majesty General, I think we should abandon the rest of New Mexico for now."

Just when no one dared to touch Major General Celtic's brow, an untimely voice sounded, attracting the attention of everyone present.

The person who spoke out was Parklen, a young major officer on the staff.

"You said..." Major General Celtic looked at Parklen and motioned for him to continue.

Others also have their sights on Parklen.

"Your Excellency General, what is the purpose of our war??" Parkron looked at Major General Celtic and asked, without answering the question immediately.

"Of course we want to capture Mexico." Major General Celtic immediately replied without thinking, "But what does this have to do with the current situation? What we need to deal with now are those shameless Han Chinese, not the cowardly Mexicans. !!" Major General Celtic looked at Major Parkron with doubtful eyes, not knowing what he meant.

The other officers in the headquarters all looked at Parklen, wondering what he meant by those words. Wasn't the goal of the war set from the beginning? This still needs to be asked? ?
"Well, since our goal is to win Mexico, we shouldn't get into unnecessary entanglements with the Han people in New Mexico." Parkron then said, "For us, New Mexico is just a channel to open up the Mexican front. , since it is a passage, then this area is only valuable in the south near Texas. As long as the southern transportation line is guarded, the other places can be left to the Han people..." Paklen said in a shocking voice.

"If they want to occupy it, just let them take it away. Anyway, we have already done a lot of harm to the place. The Han people have occupied it, and they won't be able to recover for a while. If they get it, it will be a mess." Paklen looked at everyone present. The command officer explained, "On the contrary, if we continue to divide our forces to defend places that are simply impossible to defend, that would be real stupidity. We should concentrate our forces and go to the south to defend our real lifeline..." Parkron walked to On the topographic map, a small town named Las Cruces has a flag symbolizing the Stars and Stripes placed on it. (Later, the largest city in southern New Mexico, only 72 kilometers away from Texas. This place is a canyon terrain, guarded by three mountains. It is truly easy to defend and difficult to attack. In Spanish, Las Cruces means the Cross. , showing the military importance of this area)
"Las Cruces..." Looking at the obviously Spanish-style name on the topographic map, as well as the local rugged terrain and location close to Texas, Major General Celtic's eyes gradually brightened.

"Your Excellency General, the meaning here in Spanish is cross." Parkron stepped forward and explained to Major General Celtic.

"Cross, what a good name, it really deserves the name Cross!!" Major General Celtic smiled after hearing this, "What's your name, Major??" Major General Celtic then began to look at it. He met the young man Parklen, a white officer with a typical Anglo-Saxon appearance.

"Reporting to General, my name is Parkron, Parkron Patton!!" After hearing this, Parkron immediately straightened his back in front of General Celtic and saluted in reply.

"Very good, Major Parkron, I now officially promote you to lieutenant colonel, and now you are a lieutenant colonel!!" Major General Celtic patted Parkron on the shoulder and appointed him, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Yes, Your Excellency General..." Parkron saluted and responded to Major General Celtic again. There was no joy after being promoted on his face, but a sense of indifference.

"Everyone, the Han people shamelessly launched a war against us. This is a complete conspiracy. It is a war between pagans and Christians. This is an evil war!!" Major General Celtic is worthy of being an officer with a parliamentary background. He was very good at occupying the position of public opinion. He immediately raised the war between Han and the United States to a religious level, intending to imitate the Crusaders in attacking the heretics and win the war.

"Inform the ministries to temporarily abandon other places in New Mexico and assemble in Las Cruces..." Major General Celtic issued the order to abandon other places. "We will make the move in Las Cruces, the cross in the Spanish population. The infidels of the Han country, who did not know the heights of the world, were beaten to death and bleeding, and these infidels were shattered into pieces in front of the Crusaders' steel defense line!!" Major General Celtic continued with great confidence.

"Yes……"

"Yes……"

Inside the headquarters, there were salutes and replies everywhere.

After this headquarters meeting, garrison troops from all over New Mexico received the order. Although they were very reluctant, they still carried out the order and retreated to Las Cruces in the south.

It was said that they were retreating, but during the retreat, the Americans burned everything they could. In the words of Major General Celtic, they did not even leave a toilet for the Han people.

After the Han army easily occupied 90.00% of the territory of Mexico, they were not even happy for a day when they were given a headache by tens of thousands of refugees who were waiting for food! !

So much so that Tang Wuwei, commander of the Jiuyuan Army, scolded the Americans for 10 minutes, and then had no choice but to bite the bullet and help the victims. (The Han Kingdom is currently divided into three armies, namely Jiuyuan, Mobei, and Hanzhou. The three armies are to attack Mexico from three directions. The first shot was fired by the Jiuyuan Army, which was closest to the US military line of communication, and was stationed there. Arizona troops)

The reason for disaster relief is that the reason for Han's participation in this war was to fight against the evil United States at the invitation of the Republic of Mexico.

The slogan is to expel the violent Americans and restore peace! !
The so-called divisions are famous, and the reason why Han waited until now to join the war was to wait for an opportunity to have a famous division. This is why Liu Peng had to wait until Mexico couldn't stand it and the British minister came to come, before he came up with Han's conditions for joining the war.

To be honest, there is no difference between what the Han did and what the Americans did. The difference is that the Han was hypocritical, hiding behind, watching the United States beat Mexico violently, and then pretending to come out to seek justice.

There are rewards for upholding justice, and the biggest reward is that Mexico will officially become a protectorate of Han. In Liu Peng's view, this is more important than Mexico ceding its northern territory to Han.

This means that from now on, Han’s capital, industry and commerce can enter the Mexican market completely unimpeded, and the Han-Mexico Railway can be built. The economy and even the security of the Republic of Mexico will be in the hands of Han. A province is better than a province, and it is more cost-effective than foolishly swallowing up Mexico.

You must know that Mexico has twice the population of Han. With such a large population, Mexico can only encroach, not swallow.

The Han State is not the United States. The Americans can massacre non-whites in Mexico and eliminate dissidents through wars. The Han State cannot. The Han State has been established to a certain extent. Those mixed-blood Indians have contributed a lot. Now the Han Army More than half of them are these people. Although these people have basically changed their Chinese names and speak Mandarin, after all, the time for assimilation is too short. Too many foreign people are added at once, and it is easy to disrupt the population plan of the Han Dynasty. messy.

At that time, it will not be simple propaganda, assimilation will be as simple as that. When that time comes, who will assimilate whom is still uncertain! !
Therefore, the Han Dynasty only wanted the northern territory of Mexico, not the core Mexican Peninsula. It was not that it could not be taken, but that it could not be taken. To take it would be to take a chronic poison. It would be full of fat in the beginning. Once something goes wrong, it would be a big deal.

Liu Peng knew this very well, so Liu Peng said in private:

"Mexico is like a poison wrapped in honey. We can't eat it all, and we can't not eat it. We can only lick it and lick off the sugar on the outside to get rid of the poison inside. But this poison needs Americans to help us remove it. poison……"

This is the real purpose of the Han State, or Liu Peng, in provoking the U.S.-Mexico war, using the Americans as a shield to help the Han State complete its ultimate plan to control Mexico.

When the King of Han danced with his sword, his intention was in ink, not beauty! !
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(End of this chapter)