In the huge city of Texas, the terrible alarm bell suddenly sounded from every street and every large building. For this city, where all the people are soldiers and the degree of organization is extremely high, this siren is the order to point the troops and the rallying call.

This bell also made Lu Benwei, the first-class non-commissioned officer as if frightened, jumped up suddenly, grabbed his military hat and buckled it on his head, and then rushed out of the dormitory.

He arrived in Dezhou City with the Ming Navy's Zhuangshi-class second-class protection cruiser "Jiangyin". Because the "Jiangyin" had been at sea for 3 months in a row, it was a little exhausted up and down. Therefore, after arriving in Texas, Colonel Wang Wen, the head of the detachment, issued an order to take turns to go ashore to rest.

And Lu Benwei was lucky, he was arranged to go ashore in the first batch, and he also got a 5-day vacation for free activities.

This Texas city is a city founded by Japanese immigrants, and of course you know what this "free activity" means!

Lu Benwei, who had been holding back on the boat for three months, immediately took the money and rushed to the boat, wanting to experience the "Texas customs". But he never imagined that this Texas city was "not bad" at all, without the most common customs in Japanese cities, and there were even few taverns, theaters and other places.

The whole city is similar to the Pearl Harbor base, and those residents who live in the city look like the residents of the non-commissioned officer barracks at the Pearl Harbor base, looking at either officers and non-commissioned officers, or their family files. The atmosphere of the whole city was very serious, and even made Lu Benwei feel a little depressed.

After walking around the small city, Lu Benwei could only go back to the dormitory arranged by Dezhou Haizi to lie down...... Oh, and before lying down, he also inquired with one of the Japanese samurai who was in charge of entertaining them, and only then did he learn that the inhabitants of Texas City all had samurai status or samurai family backgrounds.

At the same time, the men in the city belong to both the Texas Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Texas Ground Self-Defense Force!

Of course, belonging to the Dezhou Haizi and Luzi does not mean that they are all front-line soldiers who carry guns to fight or board ships, and there are also many who are in charge of military industry, logistics, farming, grazing, trade, production, children's education, and hospitals...... There are even military monks who recite the scriptures. But these people are all reserve ashigaru or reserve sailors without exception, and they also have regular training camps in peacetime, and as long as they are ordered from above, they will immediately enlist in the army.

And the women in the castle were also the women of the samurai family, and they had to participate not only in childbirth and be ready to take over the city when the men went to the front, but also in military training and always ready to participate in the defense of the city.

In other words, Texas City is a highly militarized and highly organized military city! Only such a city can establish a foothold in Texas, North America, far from East Asia, and develop and grow under the pressure of the United States.

Therefore, Lu Benwei's "free activity" has become "free lying flat...... However, he was not allowed to lie down for too long, and after lying down for less than a day, the alarm bell rang throughout the city.

And the sudden ringing of the alarm bell in the city, of course, means the military order to assemble!

Lu Benwei and other comrades who had just disembarked from the ship and had not been on the boat for a day all rushed to the wharf of the military port, and before they could reach the place, they had already found that the city had begun to impose martial law, and there were also groups of army troops who did not know where to get out, and they all lined up and went to the wharf under the leadership of the officers.

Clearly, something big is about to happen!

And when Lu Benwei and the others rushed to the edge of the dock, they found that on the blue sea, eight majestic steel bodies were ready to go!

As an observer, Lu Benwei, who is very familiar with the types of ships of various countries, recognized these eight large ships at a glance.

Six of them are the so-called "aircraft-carrying frigates", with a standard row of 10,000 and several thousand tons, and a full row of more than 20,000 tons, although they are the foundation of merchant ships, they still do not lose their might -- although the Texas Sea has always claimed to have six powerful aircraft-carrying frigates, in fact, the first batch of aircraft-carrying frigates to arrive were only Akagi and Kaga. The other four aircraft-carrying frigates all arrived quietly after removing the oblique aviation deck, pretending to be merchant ships, hoisting the flag of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

And following the 6 aircraft-carrying frigates are 2 heroes belonging to the Mexican Empire, one is called Bolivar and the other is called Agustin - in the eyes of Emperor Agustin, when it comes to American heroes, only Bolivar and Agustin ......

Behind the 2 Heroes, there are 2 Heroes, one named Cortez, and one named the Pizarro - Emperor Agustin named his two armored cruisers after the surnames of the Aztec conquerors and the Inca conquerors!

Behind the 2 Heroes class are 10 Warrior classes, 4 of which belong to the Mexican Empire and are named Don. Agustin (Crown Prince), Anna. Maria (Queen), Yin Dalgo (the first martyr of Mexican independence), Morelos (the second martyr of Mexican independence), and 6 ships belonged to the Ming Empire, namely Jiangyin, Yiwu, Datong, Zhongzhou, Jiading, and Xiamen.

Behind the 10 Zhuangshi-class, there are 8 Guogong-class armored destroyers...... In the previous First Atlantic Campaign, 2 of the 12 Guogong-class ships were "punished", 2 were heavily damaged, and they are still under repair, and the remaining 8 ships are not a big problem and can be dispatched.

Behind the Guogong-class, there are 16 guard-class heavy mine destroyers! Although these 2,000-ton destroyers are not as eye-catching as "heroes", "heroes" and "heroes", the power of the 510-mm steam gas torpedoes they are equipped with is quite formidable.

In addition to these 44 combat ships, there are as many as 16 coal carriers, oil carriers, troop carriers, ammunition ships, and hospital ships, all of which are ready!

That's all the strength of the combined Mexican-Texas fleet!

The whole assembly, of course, means an unprecedented war!

And this big war is not only naval battles, air battles, but also land battles!

Lu Benwei, who had a fierce eye, saw from a distance that the decks of the four Mexican troop carriers were full of officers and soldiers of the Mexican Army!

So many officers and men of the Army followed the expedition, apparently to land on American soil.

It seems that the Americans will have to taste the iron fist of the Mexicans this time...... I wonder where these Mexicans will hit first?

New York? Still is....... Washington?

Thinking about whether he would experience the "customs" of white people after conquering New York and Washington, Lu Benwei's steps were a little faster, and he rushed towards the dock where the "Jiangyin" docked.

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"Your Majesty, the combined Mexican-Texas fleet has been assembled and is ready to go!"

A Mexican admiral walked briskly into a building next to the Texas Navy Pier, saluted the Emperor, who was holding his arms and staring at the vast fleet at sea, before reporting aloud.

The Mexican Emperor glanced back at Zhuge Weidao, and Zhuge nodded for Dao.

"Let's go!" The Mexican Emperor Agustin ordered in a loud voice, "Combined Fleet...... Go, Goal, Continental America! ”

Zhuge Weidao immediately ordered the general of the Dezhou Haizi Army, Enomoto Wugui, and the commander of the Caribbean detachment of the Daming Pacific Fleet, Wang Wen: "You guys should also go!" In this sortie, Admiral Guerrero served as the commander of the Combined Fleet, Enomoto Takeki served as the head of the air team, and Wang Wen served as the head of the vanguard team! Good luck with your best of luck! ”

On March 28, 1832, the combined Mexican-Texas fleet set sail from Texas Bay to the East Coast of the United States!