Unlike the calm London, the Oval Office of the White House was a storm, with President Polk reprimanding everyone with a grim face, the defeat of the Western Expeditionary Force and the unacceptable Denver tragedy.

Now the earth-shattering news of the "Denver tragedy" has not been leaked, and it has been strictly blocked by the government.

Everyone knows that once the news of the Denver tragedy breaks out, it will have a major impact, causing unrest at the social level, and even jeopardizing the re-election of political parties.

“……

Blaming all the reasons for defeat on the damned mad king will not erase your incompetence and stupidity.

Let me guess

The more than 1,700 U.S. officers and soldiers under the command of Colonel Stephen Carney, who first embarked on the Western Expedition, have not sent any news back for more than half a month.

You don't have to hide it from me, I'm mentally prepared for this

Combined with the losses suffered by General Frank Gilhuri on the front, the total casualties of the Western Expeditionary Army have been no less than 3,000.

Is the Tang Kingdom a mere indigenous armed force?

I gave you everything you wanted, and what did you get in return?

In addition to repeated defeats, there is also the shocking Denver tragedy, 800 kilometers of transportation lines were cut off by the enemy, and more than 7,000 troops are trapped in the city, where do I have reinforcements for you?

My God! See what you've all done? ”

President Volcker's anger is justified, as the United States has simultaneously launched two wars, the southern invasion of Mexico and the western invasion of the Tang Kingdom, and after two full-scale war mobilizations, the size of the domestic army has expanded to as many as 150,000 people.

Among them, the army has expanded from more than 8,700 to 42,000, and the navy has expanded from 36,000 to more than 105,000.

On the main battlefield of the southern invasion of Mexico, 32,000 troops under the command of General Taylor of the US Army are confronting the main force of tens of thousands of Mexican troops led by Mexican President Santa Anna in the Buena Vista region of eastern Mexico.

The U.S. Navy, under the command of Commander-in-Chief General Scott, planned to clear all obstacles in the Gulf of Mexico in early 1847 and make a major landing from the Veracruz area, turning the advantage of the war into victory and crushing the Mexican government's determination to resist stubbornly in one fell swoop.

Coupled with the nearly 10,000 troops of the Western Expeditionary Force (more than 1,700 plus more than 7,900 people), the United States can now be said to be completely pressurized, and if it does not carry out the third military mobilization, the number of troops that can be mobilized in the country will be less than 1,000, and it is in a state of extreme emptiness.

President Polk was right, there was no way to reinforce the Western Route Army at this time.

Unless troops are drawn from the Southern Front, or from the U.S. forces preparing to land in the Gulf of Mexico, it will be difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

The U.S. Navy has expanded to 100,000 men, and on the surface it may seem like a strong army, but nearly half of it is made up of sailors in the U.S. fleet.

Large sail battleships often need more than 1,000 sailors, frigates also need three or four hundred sailors, and all kinds of ships need more than 40,000 fleet sailors.

Maintaining such a strong naval force is indispensable for both defending against the British Royal Navy on the Canadian side of the Atlantic Ocean and landing in the Gulf of Mexico.

In addition, the U.S. Navy also needs to divide forces to guard important facilities such as East Coast battery forts, marine police districts and naval bases, and naval depot docks.

For example, Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia, New York Harbor, Naval Fortress Philadelphia and other areas, which in turn require tens of thousands of troops.

The remaining U.S. Marines were training intensively, with the goal of landing in the Gulf of Mexico in early 1847, echoing the main force of the ground army led by General Taylor.

Mexico, after all, is a large country in the Americas, with a total area of more than 4 million square kilometers (Note; Includes New Mexico, Anisana and Baja California. The total population is more than 6 million.

Relying only on General Taylor to lead more than 30,000 people all the way from Texas, even if it is smooth, the straight-line distance to Mexico City is more than 1,400 kilometers, so it will have to be fought until the Year of the Monkey?

Therefore, the southern Mexican battlefield was a pincer offensive plan of advancing on land and water, fighting on two fronts, and finally converging troops under Mexico City.

Reasonable

It is impossible for President Polk to transfer the main forces of the Southern Front to reinforce the Western Front.

So, where did the reinforcements come from?

The United States is a democracy, and the powers of the president and the parliament are checked and balanced, and if you want to expand the scale of the war, you must get the approval of the parliament to carry out the third full-scale war mobilization.

Here's the problem

At present, the contradictions between the North and the South of the United States are extremely profound, and after the news of the successive defeats on the Western Front came back, all kinds of anarchism and independence were rampant, and social turmoil intensified.

In the Congress, opposition to the war, led by representatives from the South, was on the rise, and this put tremendous pressure on the US government to push forward the third war mobilization bill.

The U.S. federal government has a population of 20 million and a vast land area of 6.3 million square kilometers, but it is divided into two camps, the north and the south, which are deeply contradictory, and cannot form a joint force.

Once again, a full-scale military mobilization can be expected to be full of resistance, and the southern slave-holding states will definitely drag their feet, which is by no means an easy task.

A lot of times that's it

When the war goes smoothly and triumphant songs are played, the hidden contradictions in the country can be greatly alleviated, and the north and the south are united with the outside world, and the front battlefield needs money and money, and there are people to cover up the profound internal contradictions with false prosperity and foreign wars.

When the war was repeatedly frustrated, various opposition forces and separatist tendencies in the country began to rise, and at the instigation of foreign forces led by Britain, they jumped on stage one after another.

This puts President Burke under tremendous pressure, and the burning of Denver will be another severe test of the government's reputation.

The best solution;

It was at a later moment after the great victory in the South that the news was quietly released, and the impact of the "Denver tragedy" was diluted with the joy of victory.

U.S. Federal Forces Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Arthur Temple and Secretary of the Army George Levinson bore the brunt of the scathing reprimand from President Polk, along with Secretary of State Slim Raff.

But the problem must be solved after all, and we cannot watch the Western Expeditionary Army led by General Frank Gilhuri collapse due to lack of supplies, and the solution given by Major General Arthur Temple is the "American militia".

He said stubbornly;

"I beg your pardon, Your Excellency;

The ferocity and elusiveness of the army of the Tang Kingdom did make us pay a heavy price, and General Frank Gilhuri learned his lesson and prepared to adopt a cautious battle plan step by step, striving to eliminate this force of cavalry of the Tang Kingdom first.

Only the cavalry can deal with the cavalry, considering that the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom is about 1300~1400 people, and the combat effectiveness is strong.

To this end, the Army General Staff Headquarters intends to call up the militia, which is currently tentatively scheduled to recruit a militia cavalry regiment in five states: Oklahoma, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas and Texas.

The cavalry regiment is tentatively staffed at 800 people, which is composed of cowboys from various states who voluntarily enlist, bring their own horses, and the military provides standard weapons, and it is expected that 4,000 cavalry can be recruited in 2~3 weeks.

Combining the cavalry forces in the hands of General Frank Gilhuri would form an absolute superiority of 4:1, confident that the cavalry led by the Mad King would be encircled and destroyed.

Once the above combat objectives are achieved, the door of the Tang Kingdom will be opened.

It only takes a little bit of time for us to be able to reverse the current unfavorable situation in the west.

The overall strength of the Tang Kingdom is weak, as long as the sharpest spearhead is eliminated, the military is confident that with the overall strength advantage, it will gradually encroach and eventually crush the enemy.

Your Excellency, the War Department needs your special authorization to call up this much-needed militia. ”

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Arthur Temple, proposed a solution that was not a solution, bypassing the lengthy process of the third general military mobilization of the United States, bypassing the powerful opposition represented by the South in Parliament, and filling the required vacancies with armed militias.

The founding fathers of the United States of America, in order to prevent the emergence of a military dictatorship and political strongman, set up a three-power system in the American administrative system: the president, the Congress, and the Supreme Court, with checks and balances on each other, and tried to restrain the size of the military and prevent its power from spreading.

This political system, which has been in use for nearly 170 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, has shackled the development of the military and greatly restricted the president's right to directly go to war by crossing the parliament, which is the two firewalls.

If you want to expand the scale of the military, increase the military budget, and start a foreign war, you can't bypass the constraints of parliament in any of them.

Until the outbreak of World War II, the large-scale expansion of the United States was out of control, the power of the president was out of control, and the huge military machine of the United States was like a wild horse that broke free and out of control......

At present, the only loophole in the American democratic constitutional system is the American militia.

In a state of emergency

The President of the United States has the power to call up armed militias to quell situations such as urban riots, large-scale armed fights in the triads, suppression of mass demonstrations, flash floods, or other emergencies.

Both the army and the National Guard are formal armed forces, and their establishment and budget must be considered by Parliament, except for the militia.

Hearing the bad idea of Major General Arthur Temple, President Volcker had a look of anger on his face.

But he knew that losing his temper at this time would not solve anything, so he could only forcibly press the urge to kill, and turned his gaze to the Secretary of War George Levinson, with a look of serious questioning.

George Levinson and the military are now grasshoppers on a rope, and if the Western Expedition fails, it will be an indelible piece of black material in his political career, after all, his position is the Secretary of the Army, and the responsibility cannot be shirked.

So, George Levinson smiled wryly and said; "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, but the difficulty of this mad king of the Tang Kingdom is far beyond our imagination. Nowadays, we are like gamblers who lose their bets, we can only keep throwing chips into it, or we will lose everything. And such a price, neither the government nor the military can afford it. ”

President Polk couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this;

George Levinson already has the intention of lying down, he didn't get the victory guarantee he wanted, and if he continues to push it, George Levinson may have to take the initiative to resign.

How about leaving a whole bunch of mess at the War Department, patting your ass and leaving?

These hateful politicians, all their promises and vows are unreliable flowers in the mirror, and the moon in the water, one by one, should go to hell!