"Oh my God! 7 infantry divisions, plus 1 artillery division and 1 special division? Doesn't it mean that almost the entire field corps has been transferred to the American continent? Wang Haiyang exclaimed: "The General Staff doesn't have such great courage!" This must be His Majesty's will! ”

"Not bad! I only learned about this matter after hearing from Commander Peng, and it was indeed His Majesty's will. This is a military secret, and you must not spread it to the outside world, lest it be heard by the young and reach the ears of those American foreigners. Wang Mingshan said: "Actually, you are the first batch of reinforcements to arrive in the United States, first arrived at the port of Mazatlan in the western part of New Mexico, and then crossed the province of New Mexico, arrived on the east coast to board the troop transport ship prepared by Commander Peng and rushed to the mouth of the Mississippi River, which took a lot of time. It is likely that at this time, the second batch of reinforcements arriving in the United States was also about to arrive. They were escorted directly from Japan and Korea by the East China Sea Fleet to San Francisco, California. ”

Xi Baotian heard that he was sent by His Majesty's personal order, he was very excited, since he joined the army, fought bravely, made great achievements, in just a few years, he was promoted to deputy division commander, this time happened to meet the re-expansion of the army, the establishment of the field corps, it is also a good opportunity, become the infantry division commander of the field corps, and the emperor of the Chinese Empire is most grateful for his own growth. He often said that if he didn't have His Majesty, he would probably still be doing farm work in a mountain village with his back to the loess, and how could he have the glorious life he has today. Therefore, for the emperor, Xi Baotian has an inexplicable worship.

Wang Mingshan said: "According to Commander Peng's arrangement, as soon as we appear at the mouth of the Mississippi River and start attacking the city of New Orleans, Commander Peng and they will launch a coup d'état in Texas to completely occupy Texas and turn it into the territory of our army." Today, it must have mastered the major cities and strategic locations of Texas. As soon as we captured New Orleans, we attacked Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana. The city is undefensive, making it easy to conquer. According to the previous agreement with Commander Peng, we joined up with the 21st Infantry Division of the Capture Army, now the 4th Infantry Division of the 6th Field Corps, which he led and now reorganized as the 6th Field Corps, at Fort Adams, more than 80 kilometers upstream of Baton Rouge City, and concentrated the forces of three infantry divisions to sweep and sweep through the lower banks of the Mississippi River and capture St. Louisiana and Arkansas. First, to teach the Confederate countries a lesson and realize His Majesty's Hexi plan; Second, open up the entire Mississippi River Basin, send troops to the upper reaches of the Mississippi River as soon as possible, pick up Lin Qirong's Hexi Legions, and rescue them as soon as possible!

Alas, I don't know how many soldiers will be left in General Lin's Hexi Legion. Especially the 1,000 brothers of the original 11th Infantry Division! Commander Peng hoped that we would soon open the Mississippi River channel and send reinforcements to Missouri to join the rest of the 11th Infantry Division, now reorganized as the 1st Infantry Division of the 6th Field Corps, so that we could have enough troops to attack the upper Mississippi River. ”

After listening to Wang Mingshan's explanation, Wang Haiyang and Xi Baotian said in unison: "Don't say it, Deputy Commander Wang, let's not rest here, hurry up and send troops to the upper reaches of the Mississippi River to rescue the brothers of the 1st Infantry Division as soon as possible." ”

Wang Mingshan said: "No, no, you can't all go north." Division Commander Wang, Division Commander Xi, both of you must leave two infantry regiments to defend the city of New Orleans, which is extremely important, and it is an important place at the mouth of the Mississippi River, and must be in the hands of our army. Moreover, there are still a lot of captures here that need to be guarded, and when our third batch of reinforcements arrives, they can replace the defense here, and these defenders of yours can go north to join the main force of your division. ”

When Wang Haiyang and Xi Baotian heard this, they couldn't help but smile bitterly and nodded.

Wang Haiyang sighed: "This is really a happy trouble!" The results of the seizure just now have been counted, and although many cotton warehouses have been burned down, the results are still very gratifying!

There are more than ten cotton warehouses that have not been burned, all of which have been seized by us, a total of nearly 10 million saintly dollars worth of cotton, cane sugar, rum and other goods, probably because of the Civil War caused by poor shipping, all of which are backlogged in New Orleans, and I can't imagine that our Chinese empire is cheaper! There are also some food, gunpowder and shells, etc., which also happen to be our supplies. With so much wealth, it is really necessary to send more people to guard it well, otherwise these local foreigners of New Orleans and the army of the Confederate States are likely to attack and recover it. ”

Wang Mingshan said: "Not only that! In addition to these riches, I value this crescent shipyard in the port of New Orleans even more.

This Crescent Shipyard has a very strong shipbuilding capacity, even exceeding the largest Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau in our hometown! I am going to leave 1 battleship and 2 cruisers and 3 gunboats to guard here, and I must keep this crescent shipyard in the hands of the Chinese Empire!

With this shipyard, in a few months, we could double our naval power on the Mississippi River. It can even directly organize a huge navy to go north along the Atlantic, all the way to attack the major coastal ports of these two American countries. ”

Xi Baotian was a little puzzled and asked, "This Crescent Shipyard is so powerful, why is the navy of this Southern Alliance State so useless?" ”

Wang Haiyang also looked at Wang Mingshan curiously.

Wang Mingshan said with a happy face: "It is also our luck, but also thanks to the commander of the Confederate State who underestimated the enemy and did not pay attention to the defense and troop deployment of New Orleans, and there were not many gunboat guards between the fortresses of the river, and the most important thing is that there was a major problem with the configuration of warships in New Orleans." Again, this is the information provided by the Special Services Division. It is said that the large shipyards of the Confederate States in the south are the Crescent Shipyards, and in the early stage, their President Davis strongly advocated the construction of privateers, the main purpose of which was to disrupt the maritime trade of the Northern Confederate States, plunder the merchant ships of the Northern Confederate States, and other supplementary military expenditures. However, these privateers had little combat power, and not only could not break through the defenses of the Northern Federation, but were defeated by the warships of the North.

Therefore, some time ago, the Minister of the Navy of the Southern Union changed his policy and focused all his attention on the construction of warships, but fortunately, this time was not too late. For example, the ironclad ship that had just been launched between the two fortresses, and before the steam engine was installed or completed, we attacked and sank it, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with!

This time, for our navy, in addition to the Crescent Shipyard, the largest capture is the sinking 'Louisiana'. ”

Wang Mingshan is happy.

Indeed, they are also too lucky!

Who would have thought that in this port of New Orleans, there was an unfinished ironclad battleship, although the displacement was not large, but the design was advanced, with a rotating turret-type turret, and ironclad on all sides, if it were not for the lack of power, and the enemy captain himself ordered to sink from the inside, it would be really difficult to deal with. However, the captain wanted to sink the ironclad, but before it could be completely sunk, it was captured by the Pacific Fleet, which rushed up, and the two shallow water steam gunboats dragged the ironclad ship to the dock, as long as it was repaired for half a month, and at the same time removed the steam engine from a large cruiser and converted it to this ironclad ship, it was an intact ironclad ship! It is equivalent to picking up the latest ironclad ship for nothing, can Wang Mingshan be happy?

Moreover, next to the dock of the Crescent Shipyard, there is an same ironclad ship that is being built, which is also beginning to take shape, and there are several cruisers and other ships docked in the dock, which are ready to be launched or have already been launched, it is conceivable that as long as those workers are invited back and continue to build ships, it will not be long before the Pacific Fleet will add many warships.

Moreover, since this crescent can build ironclad ships on its own, as long as it is protected, it can continue to be built, and the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Empire will become stronger and stronger.

The seizure is gratifying!