Chapter 158: Crossing the River
When it comes to the political landscape of North America's future, Turtledove and Rafael Carrera are invariably unanimous.
Everyone could see that the American army had already lost on the battlefield in Mexico, and it was only a matter of time before Winfield's total annihilation was a matter of time.
From Juarez in the north to Carrera in the south, they all made a brave choice at this time, they copied the back road of Winfield and plundered the base camp of the American army - Monterrey!
Even Peru, Argentina, Brazil, and other countries in South America have successively declared that they hope that peace will enter North America.
The British and Russian observers had already left, and no official statements had been made because of the distance to the mainland, but the Russian envoys began to peddle Alaska for fifteen dollars, and the British envoys wanted to ask Ikaruga for permission to set up a special area in Oregon such as a 'concession'......
As for France, the 'Napoleon' sailed freely outside New York Harbor at a speed of 0.1 knots, and although not a single shot was fired, it attracted the American Union Navy to confront it here, and it was simply unable to go south.
When the time comes, heaven and earth work together,
Shipped to heroes is not free!
On June 22, the hurricane subsided and the rain eased slightly.
The west bank of the Rio Grande burst its banks, and all the American troops along the river were swept into the sea.
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In the early morning of June 23, Turtledove issued an order to "march to the west bank of the Rio Grand," which was published in full copy in the Texas Journal, New Denver, Oklahoma News, and all other newspapers.
The British observer group that accompanied the army had a camera that distributed a photo of a turtledove working in a leaky pothole. This photo caused a strong reaction in Europe 3 months later, and a bearded man named 'Friedrich Oschert' wrote an article praising him as a good role model for young Parisians!
The Indians' war across the river began at 10 a.m.
The first to attack was the Negro Legion led by Tafari, and three or five of them began to cross the river with a piece of driftwood, floating in strings on the wide Rio Grande, and rowing to the opposite bank with their hands as oars.
After the water rose, the river became very wide, and the river became more turbulent, and a long string of driftwood disappeared when a wave hit.
But this could not stop the enthusiasm of the Negro Legion to attack, and by about 10 o'clock in the afternoon a rope had been connected across the banks of the Rio Grande, and a company of the Tonatiu Regiment had first crossed the river along the rope and established a position on the other side of the river.
This was followed by more and more soldiers crossing the river along the rope bridge, gradually expanding the range of positions on the west bank of the river.
During the whole process, it was as if the U.S. military had disappeared without any reaction.
There were occasional sporadic gunshots, but they had no effect on such a rainy day, and the panic caused to the Indians crossing the river was less than the dull thunder in the sky.
At about 3 p.m., the 3,000 men of the 3rd Guards Regiment led by Umi had all crossed the river and marched in the direction of depth.
At the same time, the main force led by Fifteen Dollars also began to cross the river, and by about 7 o'clock in the afternoon, they were all on the west bank of the Rio Grande.
Since then, the Indian army's crossing of the river has been completed.
It was only at this time that an American infantry regiment of about 3,000 men arrived in a hurry, and seeing that the river bank was already densely packed with Indian soldiers, this American infantry regiment left all its baggage, turned around and fled again.
They came in a hurry, and they left in a hurry, not as if they were going to fight the enemy, but rather to deliver the baggage.
After nightfall, the rain gradually lightened.
The Indian legions divided into three main directions and pursued them westward.
The Negro Regiment of Tafari was in charge of the southern front, the 3rd Guards Regiment of the Sea was in charge of the northern front, and the fifteen-dollar Chinese army was in charge of Monterrey.
After a night and a day of chase, on the afternoon of the 24th, Fifteen Dollars met Geronimo in Monterrey, who had been waiting for him.
The two commanders of the Shurotel Legion and the Tezcatripoka Legion finally met again after three years apart.
Unlike that day, one had become a war priest of the Indian League, and the other had become the Mountain King of New Mexico, and the colonel of the Indian League's Western Theater of the Mexican Theater of Operations.
Hai's offensive on the northern front also met with no decent resistance.
Many people have warned her about how powerful the American army is and how fierce the artillery fire is, and she herself experienced the baptism of fire of Thomas Jackson in the battle of Kopacz, and she knows this very well.
But after crossing the Rio Grande, no matter how large the American army she encountered and what banner it was waving, it was ready to collapse in the face of her attack.
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Later, more than a dozen Indian soldiers dared to attack the US military garrison of a regiment, and the strange thing was that they really seized the US military garrison of this regiment!
The pursuit was supposed to stop at Moncloix, but the 3rd Guards Regiment, which could not hold back, pursued it all the way to Torreon, and learned that the fifteen-dollar Chinese army had stopped at Monterey.
The black legions led by Tafari were much wilder.
They ran over the arc of the Gulf of Mexico like corn harvested, and when they saw Laredo, they burned Laredo, and when they saw Matamoros, they burned Matamoros......
By the time a Tornatyan officer came to stop them, they themselves were too tired to walk.
The Negro Legion faithfully carried out the route of 'Poor Men and Queens', but everywhere they passed was unlucky. The officer of Tonatiu could not say anything about them, and could only pinch his nose and give Tafari a compliment.
In this way, it took 2 days and 2 nights for the Indian Union to complete the battle of crossing the river and advance the front 200 kilometers to the west in one fell swoop.
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In contrast to the overwhelming strength of the Indian army, the American Union army retreated and retreated and collapsed as if it had been cursed.
After John Wool took over command of the battlefield from Winfield, he found himself in a dilemma.
Attacking north is a good goal, but it's a trap.
Texas is in front, he can go out of his way to break through, but what about after the breakout? He was still in the encirclement of the Indians.
It's not the Texas that are scary, it's the Indians!
In this battle, if the Indians cannot be completely annihilated, they can only be completely annihilated by the Indians.
It was only at this time that John Wool realized in hindsight that it was a huge mistake for the American Federation to brazenly launch a war against Mexico!
How could it be so rash to go to war with Mexico without destroying the great calamity of the western Indians?
A major strategic mistake that cannot be saved by any tactic!
But he didn't have time to regret it, and he didn't have time to make any adjustments - even after the army's food was reduced, it could only last for two weeks!
To add insult to injury, Juárez of New Mexico was besieging Monterrey at this time, and the messenger he sent to Mexico City to ask for reinforcements came with even more desperate news - Santa Ana had expelled the American military representatives and declared Mexico independent for once!
At this time, John Wool set his sights to the south!
The U.S. military also has a port in Belize, and as long as it can withdraw its troops there, it can eat in Belize on the one hand, and wait for the arrival of the federal navy on the other.
Although the retreat was quite long, almost equivalent to crossing the whole of Mexico from north to south again, forgive the Mexicans who had been submissive to him!