John Mueller led tens of thousands of "apprentice knights" to the port of Veracruz.

Henri René de Talleyrand, who greeted John in the harbor, watched in amazement as dozens of paddle steamers entered the harbor in an orderly manner.

"Mr. Muller, this is the "Knight Squire" under Knight Smith? ”

"That's right, Your Excellency Minister Henri René de Talleyrand, and I am also a 'knight's squire' under Lord Tom Smith's Knight. ”

"Didn't he say there were only a few people?"

"It's really only a billion points here, and there are still a few groups of people after that."

"And?"

For this war, Lord Smith has mobilized almost all of his "knight squires", and it is expected that 150,000 "knight squires" will eventually be put into the frontal battle. ”

"One hundred and fifty thousand?"

These didn't come directly from the U.S.-Mexico border, they took the sea route.

In René's eyes, this is half an expeditionary force.

Tom also promised not to engage in war from the U.S.-Mexico border in order to prevent the U.S. government from making excuses.

René was still very happy at the time, thinking that Tom could only send a few hundred people with "secret weapons" to participate in the war at best, even if a miracle happened and turned the tide of the war, the thousands of expeditionary forces in France would be the largest "main force of the enclosure".

The kings of the large European countries did not dare to say that they were capable of supporting an expedition of an army of 150,000 men.

René was a little incredulous, and already wondered whether this Tom Smith was a capitalist factory owner or a serious emperor?

René is now even thinking about whether Tom is the de facto "president" of the United States, otherwise where did he get so much power?

The private armed forces have such a huge number, does the government of the United States care?

"Monsieur Müller, aren't you here to fight? How does it look like you're here to build a house? ”

Standing on the port, looking at the thousands of "security guards" and tens of thousands of Chinese laborers carrying bags of cement with a clear division of labor, René was even more confused.

John Mueller did not respond to René, but smiled as he watched tens of thousands of Chinese laborers carry cement from the ship.

If you want to win, build roads first,

Can use cannons, without guns,

Can use a gun, not a knife,

Incendiary bombs can be used without TNT,

Never negotiate with barbarians!

John only glanced at the overly simple "war plan" during the voyage and burned it.

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One noon three days later.

A shady area next to a road construction site.

John and René wore two white hats, lay on the rocking chairs, and drank the new drink of the Hero Company from time to time, Huoxiang Zhengqi Water.

John drank this was mandatory for Tom, and even in Mexico in January, the midday temperature was in the mid-twenties.

Tom demanded that all employees, from John to the most ordinary site workers, must drink a small bottle at noon every day.

René was very fond of this new alcoholic drink with its pungent taste.

"Mr. Muller, I know that among the 'knights' squires, the more senior ones also need a certain number of people to be in charge of logistics, but you have too many logistics personnel. ”

"Is that more? If you want to quickly build a concrete road from here to Texas, you don't have enough people! ”

"Is it really not enough?"

René looked at the Chinese workers in front of him, wearing yellow hats and building roads under the scorching sun, and he didn't understand Tom's war strategy.

What is the understanding of building roads while fighting a war?

René did not understand the "road-building tactics" that Tom had learned from the "island-hopping tactics" of MacArthur, the later "Emperor Mac".

Unable to figure it out, René simply didn't think about it, and shook the never-before-seen rocking chair under his body, feeling that this rocking chair was much more comfortable than the "Windsor rocking chair" of the English sissy.

Finding a way to get a few more from John Mill is what René is most concerned about right now.

The island hopping tactic is that in World War II, the U.S. military jumped over the neon key islands, chose to use absolute air supremacy to attack the weak islands, and finally cut off the supply lines of the key islands, and finally won the fastest victory at the minimum human cost.

"Road building tactics" is a kind of tactic that Tom thought of building as many kilometers as the army advances to ensure follow-up supplies, which is a tactic of steady and steady, step by step, and never rushing.

What are the similarities between these two tactics?

The islands that the neon army does not focus on guarding are all islands that are not conducive to development or have no strategic significance, and only the powerful industry of the United States can forcibly transform this kind of island, which is worthless to other countries, into "transit islands" for island hopping tactics regardless of the cost.

Moreover, the "transit islands" that were renovated for MacArthur's island-hopping tactics were basically abandoned after the war, and the material consumption of island-hopping tactics was far greater than that of a frontal war.

To put it bluntly, MacArthur's island-hopping tactics require the support of the United States' extremely strong industrial and scientific and technological strength, and it cannot be achieved without a national strength that is so strong as to crush its opponents.

Tom's "road building tactics" are the same, relying on the huge profits of the hero company in the United States and Europe as a support, and concentrating the materials in these areas to "lead to all directions" and "artillery to the four seas"!

They all rely on technology and national strength to crush their opponents, and there is no breakthrough thinking at all.

Since Tom is rich, very rich, super rich.

So, why compete with the other side in terms of military literacy and other aspects of combat effectiveness?

Tom thought he didn't know much about military tactics, so he learned the strategic advancement of island-hopping tactics - smashing his opponent to death with money.

Can be stoned to death with money, why compete with them in combat effectiveness? - In "Tom Smith's Memoirs", he commented on his "road-building tactics".

On his way to visit Massimiliano I, Tom had carefully analyzed the current situation on the battlefield in Mexico.

The economic sources of the United Mexican Front are mainly concentrated in the mining industry in the northwestern direction of Mexico, as well as in the covert "blood transfusion" of the United States.

Clandestine blood transfusions in the United States are also concentrated in the northeastern side, along the border between California and Mexico.

The northwestern side of Mexico, that is, on the border with Texas, as well as the western seaboard, were weak points for the United Mexican Front.

Veracruz - Nautra - Tampico - Madero City - San Fernando - San Hermán - Mataromos.

Under Tom's plan, these cities not far from the west coast of Mexico will be supported by the strong material base of Hero Company, and strive to connect them with cement roads in the shortest possible time.

The plan is for the cement road to eventually connect to Texas.

As early as November 1865, Tom used the name of state autonomy to drive out the "Yankee" army on the border between Texas and Mexico, and prepared for the follow-up plan.

By the time John's Front had torn a hole in Mexico's western coast and "theoretically" connected the Second Mexican Empire with Texas, the ensuing war would have been much easier.

Once combined, supplies could even be transported directly by land from Texas under the pretext of exporting goods to the Second Mexican Empire.

Large-scale mobilization of troops can also be transported to the front line of the battlefield by land.

The "road building tactics" can be in full swing.

In previous wars, the United States bordered the United Mexican States with short supply routes.

However, the transportation routes from the Second French Empire, both in its main body and in its colonies, to the Second Mexican Empire, especially to the front-line battlefields, were too long.

This is the most critical reason why the Second French Empire and the Second Mexican Empire have been in decline.

Relying on Tom's "road building tactics", a large number of war materials can be easily supported to the front line of the station, and even shorter than the route of supplies sent by the Yankees to the United Mexican States, which can turn this most fatal shortcoming.

It was clear that this was a plan that Tom had already laid out.

Yes, Tom had long wanted to intervene in what was clearly a civil war between the United Mexican States and the Second Mexican Empire, but in fact a semi-proxy war between the United States of America and the Second French Empire.

War is a war of science and technology, a war of economy, and a war of population!

In these three areas,

Both the Second Mexican Empire and the United Mexican States are a bunch of fake tigers in themselves!

Even the Yankees, the masters of the United Mexican States, are now unlikely to defeat Hero Inc. near Texas.

Die, United Mexican States!

Benito Pablo Juárez García, die!

Die, Indians!

Yankey, suffer death!

The vast land and minerals of northern Mexico have become the "knightly domain" of Lord Tom Smith!