San Francisco, the capital of the New Tang Dynasty Empire in the United States.

"Who's stationed in Yuma right now?"

Since it has been deduced before that Napoleon III of France wants to take action against our New Tang Empire, then the emperor Li Mengyang, naturally needs to know the details of the defense on the border between the empire and Mexico.

It just so happened that Li Mengyang asked about the situation in Yuma Town.

"陛xià! It was Captain O'Brien who was stationed before, and he was an old brother who came out of New Mexico with us, and he had experienced a lot of battles, but his culture was too poor to rise too quickly. "It was Ocasi who replied, he was an old man, and he was all too familiar with the situation at the border, he had been stationed in Los Angeles before.

"Just a captain?" Li Mengyang scratched his head a little, Yuma Town knew from the map that this was an important town, the western border was guarded against the US military in New Mexico, and the southern border was guarded against Mexico, so you put a captain, you look down on people too much, right?

"This ......," Ocassi said when he saw the sweat on his head, "the previous California government ignored the military, and the town of Yuma was too small to accommodate too many troops. ”

"......" Li Mengyang summed it up, the same is the case, the situation in the west, except for big cities like San Francisco and Sacramento, all other places are small towns, if you want to send more troops, you have to be able to fit it, can the local economy support it?

To be honest, there are also such reasons for engaging in the production and construction corps.

Never mind!

"With him there, it shouldn't be a big problem." Li Mengyang's words gave Okashi a lot of face.

"This, it should be ......" Ocassi was naturally happy in his heart. But I didn't wait for him to finish.

"Majesty!" It was Yang Guangren who interrupted Okashi. The Minister of War had something to say at this time. "I received a telegram from the military department before, because I was going back to attend the National Day ceremony, so Captain O'Brien has already departed, and I should be in Los Angeles soon!"

"......" snapped, and Ocassi slapped his head, indicating that the matter was a little embarrassing.

"This ......" Li Mengyang sighed in his heart, this is simply a house leak that happened to rain overnight. But no one can be blamed, this National Day ceremony, that is a big event in the empire recently.

Everyone is right, it's just too coincidental.

Yang Guangren looked at it and immediately answered, "But there is still a company that has passed, and it is their turn to change guards, and they also bring new weapons." ”

"Oh? New weapons? When Li Mengyang heard it, it seemed to be ...... It doesn't seem to have much effect.

"It's Mr. Thomson......"

"It's not me! It is the masterpiece of His Majesty the Emperor! Thomson immediately denied it because it was a weapon. He didn't want to get involved.

Hey, our team. Never mind. It's already like this, so let's find a way to get the matter in front of you!

Li Mengyang directly pointed to this Yuma town on the map, and then said categorically.

"Comrades! After all the information and sound reasoning, I judge! ”

“hail-lee！”

As soon as they heard Emperor Li Mengyang's words, the soldiers present all stood upright, and then shouted a slogan loudly.

"......" William. Thomson's face was not good-looking, he did not like such a scene the most, but, in the current situation, it seemed, such a scene was in the good of the Empire. At present, the empire is facing a strong enemy, and only if the monarch and the ministers are united, and the people are united, then victory can be achieved.

This...... Thomson also felt a little awkward, why did he start to think about this emperor now?

I only heard the Emperor Majesty continue: "It has been a year since the French Expeditionary Force captured Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, and the Juarez regime in Mexico ran to the vicinity of El Paso, I guess this guy, hehe...... Forget about him, it's been so long, the French have made such a small move before, so, I judge, the French army will attack the southern cities of the empire, and the first to bear the brunt is Yuma Town! ”

“hail-lee！”

What Li Mengyang is talking about now is a very reasonable military judgment.

From the map, Mexico is a very interesting country, in fact, under the original California, there is a peninsula, called the Baja California Peninsula, originally California is all from Mexico, this is the ghost of the Americans.

But this peninsula is on the west side of Mexico, and it is mountainous, and the main power of the country of Mexico is on the east side, and Mexico City is there, and there is a Gulf of California in the middle. And now, the French have captured Mexico City, which means that they are making trouble on the land to the east.

And the Colorado River actually enters the Gulf of California into the sea, that is to say, the French army does not need to capture Lower California, they can come up along the Colorado River, then, Yuma Town naturally bears the brunt.

Besides, in this day and age, it is actually much faster to take the sea route than the land route.

"Now I command! The 1st Division of the 1st Army, the 4th Division of the 2nd Army, the 8th Division of the 3rd Army, go to war! The 1st Division of the 1st Army took California straight down by sea! Led by General Okasi! The 4th Division, the 8th Division, get on board, then disembark in Los Angeles and take the overland route to help Yuma Town! ”

“hail-lee！”

His Majesty the Emperor made such a deployment, so naturally he didn't say it, and the officers saluted again.

However, there are still some details that have to be talked about, so I just heard Yang Guangren ask: "Your Majesty, who will lead the troops in the fourth and eighth divisions?" Could it be the coming Matthew. General McConaughey? ”

Yes, this is a very good question, this has to be asked clearly, and the military department can draft the order, but I didn't expect it.

"Haha......" Li Mengyang snorted, "This time I will personally lead the troops!" ”

"Huh?!"

Everyone was shocked, this emperor is going to have another royal expedition?!

In fact, it can be seen from Li Mengyang's first order that this time Li Mengyang is going to fight a national war, and the target of this national war is Mexico!

Oh no, isn't it going to deal with France?

Yes, it's also against France, but, let's look at the terrain of Mexico, how to get around that Baja California?

If the Imperial Navy wants to rush to the aid of Yuma, in fact, it is the fastest to go directly from the sea, but because of this Baja California Peninsula, you can't get around!

Coming from Panama, I didn't say it, the sea is vast and you can walk casually, but your current route is to go to Yuma Town, go around that peninsula, and enter the Gulf of California, if you don't fight down, you will definitely be attacked by that peninsula.

So, simply!

For the sake of the territorial security of our empire, we will now go and take down Baja California, once and for all.

We are fighting the French, but it seems that it is nothing to expand the territory with our feet, besides, you Mexico was still in a civil war before, and now there is an emperor, a president, and the French army, who of you is the one who is the case?

If you don't take it at this time, when will you take it again?

Therefore, Li Mengyang's second order can actually be seen as attacking California from the road!

This is a breakthrough in territory, this is a national war, so can Li Mengyang, the emperor, just look at it like that?

"What about General McConaughey?"

"He's here, so he's naturally the commander of the Imperial Guard."

Li Mengyang, this guy hasn't forgotten his old buddy, in fact, this job is still good, and this is trust.

"Okay, before the army moves, there are naturally a lot of trivial matters, let's go down and prepare. All departments must cooperate well ......"

After nearly a year of reconstruction and various developments, the entire empire is now running like a war machine, only this time she has become a war machine!

However, no one could have imagined that the war was actually already beginning......

"What the fuck Revolutionary Army? It's just a bunch of crumbs! ”

Standing on a warship converted from a merchant ship, Captain Fontaine watched with his binoculars as the town of Yuma was being ravaged by his own artillery, and he saw the garrisons, like a swarm of ants on a hot pot, fleeing in a mess, so he let out this emotion.

Commander Fontaine, the title of his regimental commander is not an ordinary regimental commander, this regiment under his command is called the French Foreign Legion!

To put it simply, none of these troops are French, but they are now fighting for France.

This is a tradition that has existed for more than 30 years, in 1830 when His Holiness Louis. Philip got such a legion out. And the current one, which appeared in the French Expeditionary Force in Mexico, is the Second Foreign Infantry Regiment.

To be honest, why did he come to Mexico to fight, this point, Captain Fontaine is also a little confused, there is no need at all.

Although Mexico seems to have come up with a president, that is, to pursue independence, and then deny the debts owed before, but they obviously borrowed money from the Spaniards, and France only borrowed a few of them?

However, it is the duty of the military to obey orders, and since His Majesty the Emperor has said that we are going to attack Mexico, then we will fight well.

Fontaine is French, but his subordinates are not French, otherwise how would they call them the Foreign Legion, that is, these people are actually working hard to obtain French nationality.

But this nationality is really good, Fontaine remembers that one of his small troops was surrounded by more than 1,500 Mexicans, and as a result, his men fought to the death, and in the end only 5 people survived!

"We're soldiers!" Fontaine didn't look down on those guys who ran away, so.

"Brothers!" Fontaine drew his saber, "Land!" ”

At this moment, the French army finally set foot on the territory of the New Tang Empire in the United States, what will happen to them? (To be continued......)

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