Chapter 384 The Republic of California

The British quickly conveyed Emperor Yang's proposal to the Americans, but it was clear that this humiliating division was difficult for them to accept for a while, and by this time the first American reinforcement had reached Phoenix, and in the eyes of the Americans, they might be able to use the victory on the battlefield to make Santos retreat.

For a major battle in the arid desert of Arizona, Santos mobilized three divisions of the Mexican Army, as well as 400 large trucks urgently purchased from China, to shuttle between the front line and the Colorado River Valley day and night, delivering a steady stream of material resources to the army. These trucks were actually loaded on the two ro-ro ships that came with the overseas Chinese army, because the river channel of the Hira River was dry and could not be supplied by water, so it was directly transferred to Santos, and the dry and hard semi-desert terrain along the way did not even need to build any roads, just drive directly along the railway line laid by the Americans, and those railway workers in the back were still desperately repairing the railway, preparing to directly connect with the American railway.

Sufficient logistics, laid the foundation for his final victory, coupled with advanced equipment, strong fighting spirit, so that the Mexicans in this battle, always occupy the initiative, on the other hand, their opponents, those who fled back from Mexico The US army, has not yet been freed from the shadow of defeat, the moment they saw the Mexicans, many people have lost their fighting spirit, the first batch of three American divisions that came after reorganization, and their old opponents after half a month of fighting, finally did not escape the fate of defeat.

After paying nearly 15,000 casualties, the U.S. forces still failed to hold Phoenix, and had to rout towards Las Cruces, but fortunately, their opponents suffered a lot of losses, and the Mexican army that captured Phoenix was temporarily unable to continue to attack, and Santos could not maintain an expedition of nearly 1,000 kilometers to Las Cruzes by trucks alone, and the Mexican army could only hold on to Phoenix until he connected the railroad with the Americans' railroad.

And just when the United States and Mexico were in a big war. The rebels who had occupied Sacramento also launched a major attack south, and the rebel army, which had only 20,000 men, was snowballing, and in less than a month it had increased to 100,000, and God knows where so many people came from. Mexicans,, Japanese Americans, especially Japanese Americans, at least 60,000 of the 100,000 rebels, since the Chinese army entered San Francisco anyway. The number of Japanese in the rebels began to increase exponentially, and they all brought their own weapons and even cannons.

This large rebel army, leaving 30,000 men to defend Sacramento, and the remaining 70,000 marching southward, recruiting rebels along the way, and constantly joining their ranks with those minorities and even some Indians, who were given weapons. I really don't know where they got so many guns, and before they could hit Bakersfield, the number had already swelled to 150,000, which scared the American troops in San Diego, who were originally preparing to concentrate two divisions to launch a counterattack on the Colorado River Valley. Hurriedly retreated to his own fortress.

Moreover, in the process of this rebel army going south, it no longer did anything to show solidarity with Mexico, and directly turned out the grizzly flag from the garbage heap of history, and simply shouted the slogan of the Republic of California. Think that the Americans used this flag to take California away from the Mexicans, and now the same trouble has befallen them, which is the so-called retribution. The heavens are clear.

"Since the people of California have such a demand, then the U.S. government should face it squarely, after all, the United States is a free country, and the people have the freedom to choose, and the establishment of the Confederacy is a good proof of the free spirit of the United States, and since they have the right to independence, I think the people of California should also have the right to freedom." Emperor Yang said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, you should understand that California is worth far more than Arizona and New Mexico, and it is difficult for the U.S. government to afford to lose it." Sa Daoyi said cautiously, originally Yang Feng's division plan did not include California, and he felt a little surprised! When the rebels in California shouted the slogan of the Republic of California, he knew that Yang Feng's purpose was here, but in this case, it would be difficult for Americans to accept it, compared with Arizona and New Mexico, which are basically full of sand, California's value is much higher, not to mention that the oil fields near Los Angeles alone are difficult for Americans to give up.

"Your Excellency, what are the core values of the United States? Freely. It is the spirit of freedom that created the United States, and those great American sages irrigated the flower of freedom with their blood. Yang Feng said nonsense impassionedly.

Sa Daoyi knew that he was talking about chickens and ducks at all, but although Emperor Yang's words were nonsense, he also understood the meaning, this guy would not let go of California, which he could understand, standing on China's standpoint, he would not let go of this opportunity, and controlling California was equivalent to closing the door of the United States into the Pacific Ocean, and China no longer had to worry about the threat from the east coast of the Pacific Ocean. But this is what Britain does not want to see, the British government has supported the United States over the years, in addition to controlling this country, there is also an important purpose for the United States to continue to contain China, but if the United States loses California, there is no doubt that this strategy will be in vain.

In this case, the British government decided to suspend the mediation they had already begun, and let the Americans fight, first look at the results of the war, anyway, it was not the British who died, in fact, the United States has fallen to such a point, and the British are still somewhat gloating, watching the descendants of these rebellious ministers and thieves lying in front of them and begging bitterly, even if it is a British gentleman, it is inevitable that they will be a little happy.

However, the British were ready to let the Americans do it, but the Americans were unwilling, and Emperor Yang's direct intervention made Brian and the U.S. Congress feel a deep fear in their bones, and of course they knew who those so-called Japanese rebels were. One of the two divisions of the Chinese Army stationed in San Francisco has never been seen in the former San Francisco Fort converted barracks since its arrival, but at night there are often boats bound for Sacramento docked outside the barracks, and the Americans can be sure that this division has become Japanese among the rebels. This intervention was actually only one step away from a formal declaration of war on the United States, and in the style of that emperor, it was only a matter of time.

The thought of facing this desperate enemy again, Brian and those senators shuddered, as if they had seen the skyrocketing fire in Washington again, to be honest, their capital has not yet healed the wounds of the war, thinking that they could use white paint to paint the presidential palace that was burned black by the British into the White House, but now it has been blown into ruins, and it is estimated that even if it is painted into flowers, it will not be able to hide the bloody scars.

And once China really declares war on the United States, it will not only be a war between China and the United States, the Caribbean Alliance Treaty still exists, as long as the Chinese fleet stationed in Puerto Rico joins the war, then Germany, Russia, and Spain will definitely fulfill the alliance treaty and join the war against the United States again, and the four-nation war of aggression against the United States, which has just ended less than two years, will be repeated. Even those coastal fortifications have been demolished, and if there is really a coalition fleet going north again, then the Americans will have to flee for their lives.

And this time it is not only them, there is also an alliance treaty between China and the Confederacy, which means that the Confederacy will also join the war against the United States, as long as the Confederacy declares war on the United States, then the two states of Alabama and Georgia, which have long been at odds with them, will definitely run to join the alliance without hesitation.

Mexico alone is already exhausting the United States, and if five strong enemies are added at once, it is possible to lose a country that is not good.

At that time, the only hope that the United States could hope for was that Britain would directly send troops to support, and France, which they currently have the most iron relationship, must not count on it, just let Yang Feng defeat him, and he was still licking his wounds at this time. If the British army came to the United States to help, then if the United States lost, the country would be destroyed directly, and if the United States won, it would become a British protectorate again, and the blood of the War of Independence would be shed in vain, so it can be said that the United States would have to lose a bit regardless of whether it won or lost.

Brian didn't dare to take this risk, and neither did the US Congress, they couldn't afford it!

"What, negotiations? Is there anything to negotiate between us? Yang Feng looked at Conger blankly.

"No, no, Your Majesty, you misunderstood, it is not the negotiations between China and the United States, but the United States Government asking you to use your international influence to mediate this unfortunate war between us and the Mexicans, the United States Government does not want to see the two peoples continue to shed blood, I believe you do not want to continue to see it either, but there is a lack of a proper communicator between us and the Mexicans, you are undoubtedly the most suitable." Conger said with a smiling face, to be honest, he felt like a person leaning on the door and laughing at this time, and he had just been stepped on in the face, but he could only get up and laugh with shoe prints on his face.

"Ah, this way, this favor can help, to be honest, I also very much hope that peace can be restored in the Americas, as a pacifist, I am the most disgusted with war, you have fought for so long, and it is indeed sad that so many people have died, fortunately, I have some personal contacts with President Santos, I think he will give me this face." Yang Feng said with a smile.

The Americans were so knowledgeable, but he was really caught off guard. (To be continued......)