Chapter 282: Forcibly Occupy Cape St. Lucas
Early the next morning, the Protector fleet set out again, this time along the west coast of North America all the way south, passing through Los Angeles in the United States. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In Los Angeles, the Overseas Chinese Protector was once again greeted with tears by the Chinese, but Wang Yongan and others did not get off the warship, but only waved to the Chinese in Los Angeles on the boat. However, when the overseas Chinese escort fleet left Los Angeles, there were hundreds of ships following them, Wang Yongan sent people to check, it was actually Los Angeles locals, they thought the overseas Chinese protectors were very cool, and they were willing to take risks with them, but these people were spontaneous and adventurous white people, and they were not controlled by the overseas Chinese guards, and Wang Yongan could not order them to leave.
As early as when Wang Yongan's overseas Chinese protectors arrived in Hawaii, a wave of admiration for Wang Yongan was set off from all walks of life in Los Angeles, and many local bored white young people who were idle and sore privately formed a loose alliance, intending to follow the overseas Chinese protectors to Mexico for an adventure.
Once the Americans' eggs hurt, they really didn't stop fighting, and many even bought boats and guns to follow, claiming to punish the Mexican thugs. This spirit is comparable to that of the white leftists of later generations, but the vast majority of them are adventurous people, and the purpose of following the fleet is to take advantage of the war in Mexico to go to Mexico to make money and pick up girls, so that they can brag about their friends and future generations in the future.
After Wang Yongan thought about it, he decided to give these white adventurers who love to die a name, the 10th Battalion of the Overseas Chinese Army. He knew that Americans liked all kinds of nicknames, so he gave the 10th Battalion of the Overseas Chinese Protector a very cool nickname, Shark Battalion. The white youths were so happy that the next day they hung the red dragon flag of the Overseas Chinese Protector on the boat, and drank and celebrated with great vibe, not knowing what their purpose was.
After leaving Mexico, the fleet passed through the city of Tijuana in Baja California, the Federal Republic of Mexico, where there were not many Chinese, and the Mexicans were very afraid of the Qing army, for them, in their lives, except for the American fleet, they had never seen another country swaggering to Mexico in a warship.
The fleet continued south, heading south to Cape San Lucas, Lower California.
At this time, Wang Yongan's heart became nervous, the overseas Chinese protectors fighting in the guest army did not know what difficulties they would encounter, whether the overseas Chinese protectors would be wiped out because of his choice, and whether they would lose their lives because of the 14 million taels of silver.
The boredom of life at sea soon became a boredom among the younger Americans, and by the time they arrived in San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico, half of the Americans in the 10th Battalion had escaped. In this regard, Wang Yongan did not feel any surprise, originally these people were just joining in the fun, and he did not think of treating them as his own.
After many discussions, the Escort Fleet decided to use Cape San Lucas, Baja California, as the temporary base camp of the Escort Army, so that it could be attacked and retreated. Wang Yongan expropriated the cities of Punta San Lucas in the name of the Mexican government, including San Lucas.
There were only over four hundred people in the city of San Lucas, more than a hundred mixed races and more than three hundred Indians, and there was not even a telephone telegraph in the town of San Lucas. When the Guardian Army arrived in San Lucas, the whole army disembarked, and all the people of San Lucas were still in a state of confusion.
Yu Yadong immediately announced to the local people in Spanish that due to the invitation of the Mexican government, the Qing Protectorate had decided to requisition Baja California as a temporary base camp for the Protectorate.
The people were confused after hearing it, it turned out that the local language was not Spanish, but an indigenous language, Mexico has 68 official languages, and the people of San Lucas spoke a language close to that of the Indians, but fortunately, the mayor of San Lucas knew Spanish, and the mayor said that he needed to go to the state capital La Paz to ask the governor.
Yu Yadong said that you can send someone to inquire, but at the same time, we will receive our army of more than 7,000 people, and we will not stop on the shore, let alone rest on the boat.
Although the mayor of San Lucas refused in his heart, he was still powerless to resist in the face of thousands of troops.
Five minutes later, the Qing Protector directly occupied Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico.
Cape San Lucas is known as the end of the world.
With its beautiful landscapes, blue waters and soft sand, it became one of Mexico's most famous tourist destinations, and legend has it that every couple will come to the end of the world and swear to love each other at the beach of love in San Lucas. Of course, the current San Lucas is just a beautiful scenery, Wang Yongan left more than 200 people here, and they hired Mexicans to build a temporary base camp, and after the fleet rested for two days, the rest continued to set off.
But just before they were ready to leave the next day, it was reported that Baja Peninsula government forces had arrived in the town of San Lucas. The commander of the Baja California government forces was stunned and demanded that the Qing Protectors must compensate the Baja California Sur government with three million pesos and leave Mexico immediately, and Baja California Sur did not recognize the Dias government.
As early as four months ago, Baja California Sur reached an agreement with the Madero opposition, and for two weeks on the Baja California Peninsula, Baja California and Baja California Sur supported the Madero faction and opposed the rule of the Díaz government, and Baja California Sur, with a total population of only 100,000 people, resolutely opposed the rule of the corrupt and greedy Díaz over Mexico, demanding that Díaz immediately resign and hand over power.
"It turns out that we are on the territory of the opposition." Wang Yongan couldn't help laughing, "Then what else is there to say?" Let's fight. ”
"But wouldn't it be too obvious?" Fang Xianwu asked.
Wang Yongan sneered: "We do this to let them see, let them hear, and let them feel that we are coming, and we are coming for revenge." Then Wang Yongan ordered: "Order, Gong Wuyuan leads the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th and 10th battalions to defeat this group of clowns and occupy La Paz, the capital of Baja California South." ”
The soldiers had already assembled, and they were also very nervous, and Gong Wuyuan stood beside a loud herald, replacing Gong Wuyuan, who was a little stuttering, to issue military orders. Soon, the 1st and 2nd battalions attacked frontally as the main force, the 7th battalion outflanked from the left flank, and the 8th and 10th battalions outflanked from the right flank. Since the 10th Battalion did not elect a commander, Gong Wuyuan announced that the bravest man in this battle would become the commander of the 10th Battalion Shark Battalion.
The morale of the whole army was high, and they rushed out waving the red dragon flag.
In fact, the battle took only half an hour, and the 300 men of the army in California went south were completely annihilated, and even they only lost less than 15 people, and then they found themselves surrounded by the Qing Protector Army, which was ten times their size, and then wisely chose to raise their hands and surrender.