The Third General Military Mobilization Act, passed by the U.S. Congress on October 7, 1846, pushed the North American country deeper into the quagmire of war and successfully aroused the attention and discussion of European countries.

Immediately, Denver was burned into a white background and exploded, which caused a great shock in American society, and public opinion boiled under the guidance of well-intentioned people, and the one-sided shouting and killing of the Tang Kingdom surged with emotion.

All kinds of demonizing the Tang Kingdom filled the newspapers, portraying the Tang Kingdom army as a brutal heretic, bloodthirsty and ruthless, an army from the devil of hell.

In particular, Richard's nickname of "the madman king" spread rapidly with the influence of public opinion, and the legend has it that the blue-faced fangs, brutal and bloodthirsty, have the magical effect of stopping children's night crying.

Driven by surging public opinion, many American cowboys voluntarily joined the army as soon as their minds were hot, which greatly accelerated the speed of recruitment in the American army.

By mid-November, the recruitment and expansion of 45,000 troops had been basically completed, and the recruitment plan was completed two weeks ahead of schedule.

Two months later

January 11, 1847

The British newspaper The Times commented;

The successive defeats on the Western Battlefield seem to have inspired a ridiculous sense of honor in the United States. They had a lot of experience in slaughtering indigenous Indian tribes, but they never wanted to hit their heads on the road to the west and lose all their chips.

The U.S. Congress passed the Third Comprehensive Military Mobilization Act, which aims to double the number of troops to more than 100,000, which is almost the same as the population of the entire Tang Kingdom.

A large number of American cowboys gathered in a short period of time rode into the barracks on war horses, ready to join the war against the Orientals in the western part of the Americas with full confidence.

It seems, it's just a boring and tedious long trip.

As a matter of fact

The strong combat effectiveness displayed by the army of the Tang Kingdom is eye-catching, they are well-trained, brave and good at fighting, and have a convincing leader, King Richard, as the core, so that the Eastern knights are willing to follow to the death.

Such a small but capable army is a serious challenge for the United States.

It's a pity

In the American barracks, there was no such thing as a well-organized and decent training of European armies, nor enough tension in the face of a great enemy.

The cowboys scurryed like headless flies, spitting and cursing the Orientals so brutally that no one cared whether they should polish their boots shiny.

Although they had muskets in their hands, it was hard not to think of the armies of the feudal lords of the Middle Ages in Europe, where a large group of peasants poured into battle with pitchforks, and then ran in all directions by the ghosts of a dozen heroic knights......

White House, District of Columbia.

"Fakeu, these damn old British men."

President Polk cursed loudly as if he had been punched in the face, and then slammed the newspaper on the table.

After the outbreak of war

In early May 1846, General Taylor led American troops south to occupy Matamos, and on May 23, Mexico declared war on the United States.

The U.S. military responded harshly by capturing Monterrey in September and Saltillo in November, occupying a large area of northeastern Mexico with an overwhelming majority, and successively crushing the resistance of more than 24,000 Mexican government troops and tens of thousands of civilian troops.

What makes the United States extremely angry is;

Europe turned a blind eye to all these glorious victories, and instead made a big fuss about the two failures of the American army in the westward expedition, smearing the American Federation from all angles, and doing everything in its power to ridicule it.

In particular, the British Parliament voted to pass the "Increasing Aid to North American Immigration Act", which recruited a large number of strong Chinese men from the Jiaodong Peninsula and sent them to North America in the name of Chinese workers, which has now reached more than 8,000 people per month.

On plantations in Cuba and guano mines in Chile, Bolivia and Peru, the British are openly trafficking Chinese laborers to Los Angeles and San Francisco, in a blatant act of hostility.

Uncle can bear it, sister-in-law can't bear it.

The U.S. Embassy in Britain has launched several strong protests against Britain's involvement in the war in North America, which has exacerbated the chaos in the North American region, sent an extremely negative signal, and violated the non-intervention stance of civilized countries.

But the British turned a deaf ear and went their own way, but instead ridiculed and did not take the American Federation in their eyes at all.

All this made President Polk feel aggrieved, depressed and angry, and the bizarre report of the British "Times" completely ignited the president's anger.

He immediately summoned Harry Hoover, chief of staff of the White House, and urgently summoned Secretary of State Slim Love, Secretary of War George Levinson, Chief of Staff of the Federal Forces Lieutenant General Arthur Temple (note, promotion), Chief of Staff of the US Federal Forces, Major General Bob Wingraub (note, promotion), and other military and political dignitaries to discuss the third western expedition to the Tang Kingdom.

A group of dignitaries soon arrived and entered the conference room for a secret conversation.

The most serious problem facing the U.S. government is that it is financially constrained;

Since the outbreak of the war for more than nine months, the U.S. federal government has been burdened with a high debt of $63.7 million, and after the mobilization of the third war, with the gathering of large armies, the U.S. financial funds have been spent like water, and the floodgates have been opened.

Not to mention anything else, the 12,000-strong cavalry unit of the U.S. Army alone has spent as much as nearly 100,000 infantry, or even exceeded.

Once the war starts, the costs will increase by the same amount.

Although the recruitment of cavalry requires the preparation of their own war horses, after entering the camp, all the expenses of the war horses, training and damage in battle must be recorded in the accounts of the American army.

It is precisely because it is a self-contained mount that the US cavalry generally cherishes horsepower, and black beans, oats, and soybean meal, which do not cost money, are openly fed, and even used as a staple food.

War horses, which only need to be fed 4~5 pounds of concentrate every day, are often fed more than ten or twenty pounds, but they use forage as a snack, resulting in an astonishing waste in the army.

Take, for example, the U.S. military base in Chicago;

The concentrate stock that was originally planned for a month dried up in just five days, and it needed to be urgently transferred, which caused great dissatisfaction and complaints from the cavalry.

In order to alleviate the problem of financial shortage, the US government has set its sights on France, which is world-renowned in its international financial lending business and has already shown the rudiments of a "usury kingdom."

France is a traditional friendly country of the United States, and the relationship between the two countries has a long history, which began in 1774 under the French Emperor Louis XVI and has been around for more than 70 years.

In order to support the United States to win the Revolutionary War, the French Emperor Louis XVI almost emptied France's family and guillotined himself, which can be described as the real "father of American independence"

Year 1774

At the age of 21, Louis XVI ascended to the throne of France, leaving him a mess.

The defeat of the Anglo-French Seven Years' War left France with the loss of Canada and all of its colonies on the east bank of the Mississippi River, and France was not only saddled with huge debts, but also disgraced in Europe.

The lack of domestic grain harvest for four consecutive years also gave Louis XVI a disadvantage, and Louis XVI, who was financially tight, had to set his sights on the nobles and clergy, who did not have to pay taxes, hoping to open up financial resources and fill the shortfall.

That's when good news came from North America:

The thirteen states of British North America have rebelled!

It was the good news that North American tax evaders, bankrupt slave owners, desperate mercenaries, and peasants had declared war on the British, and a British colonel, Washington, had been selected to lead them.

Louis XVI was so excited by the news that he danced with joy on the spot. The enemy of the enemy is the friend, and Louis XVI began a frenzy of devotion to aid the North American Revolutionary War.

As long as it can slap the British old in the face, the French royal family is willing to pay any price.

Louis XVI began to provide large amounts of aid to the Continental Army, despite the high French treasury and the emptiness of the treasury.

The initial aid was carried out covertly, through private companies, and the Continental Army received 300,000 muskets, 200,000 uniforms, and hundreds of heavy artillery pieces at once.

Besides

According to the American Historical Review, in the year 1776-1777, the U.S. military used a total of 2,267,400 pounds of gunpowder, of which 115,000 pounds were produced in the thirteen states, and the remaining 2,152,400 pounds were shipped by France through the West Indies, accounting for more than 96%.

In order to help the Continental Army defeat the British, France even rolled up its sleeves and sent a large number of navies and land forces to participate in the North American Revolutionary War.

Thinkers

In April 1778, a French fleet of 12 warships, carrying 800 cannons and 4,000 soldiers, sailed from the port of Toulon for North America.

In June, the French army, consisting of 30 warships and 6,000 soldiers led by the French military aristocrat Count Rochambeau, sailed for North America.

At this time, America's first warship, the USS America, was still waiting for supplies on the slipway in Portsmouth and was not launched until five years later, when the Revolutionary War was almost over.

It can be seen from this that the naval battles during the entire war were fought by the French, and the main force of the army was also French.

Later

Louis XVI even dispatched tens of thousands of French navy to launch a large-scale naval battle against the British Third Fleet in the West Indies to ensure the safety of the sea transportation routes for aid to the United States.

And on land

The French army led by Rochambeau and Lafayette played a crucial role in the war, and in order to compensate for the staggering losses at the front, Louis XVI issued five military mobilization orders in the country, mobilizing young people to join the French expeditionary force.

Half of the French generals killed in the North American continent had the title of viscount, and more than 70% of French noble families sent members to the war.

In the final battle of the Revolutionary War, the "Great Victory of Yorktown", the American army sent more than 7,900 troops, the French army sent more than 8,800 troops, and 15,000 French naval troops fought at sea against the powerful British Royal Navy blockade.

The French Expeditionary Force was the main force of the American Revolutionary War, and when the British surrendered to the American and French forces, the landing note reads:

His Excellency Count Rochambeau, General of the Army commissioned by King Louis XVI of France.

In the minds of the British, defeating them was the French army, not the Rausch Army.

In addition to military support

France's economic support was not relentless, and Louis XVI spent all the 75 million francs that France had pressed on North America. By the end of the war, France owed 3.3 billion livres in debt, more than half of which was spent on the American Revolution.

What if you run out of money?

Louis XVI's reconvening of the Estates-General, which had been interrupted for 175 years, to collect taxes from the nobility, clergy and commoners, was the last straw that broke the Bourbon dynasty and led directly to Louis XVI's guillotine.

Louis XVI was more qualified than Washington to be the founding father of the United States.

In secret meetings

President Polk presided over the approval of a proposal for a large loan to France, which proposed to borrow 200 million francs and tentatively repay the principal and interest over a period of seven years.

The specific interest rate and other details of the loan need to be determined after consultation with the French side, and the United States will send a government delegation headed by Secretary of State Slim-Raf to visit European countries.

On the one hand, it is to discuss the terms of government borrowing and financing, and on the other hand, it is to publicize the federal policy of the United States, seek the support and sympathy of European countries, and form international public opinion favorable to the United States.

Britain dominates European public opinion, looks at the "Monroe policy" pursued by the US Government through colored glasses, suppresses and squeezes out the United States in all aspects of trade and industry, and portrays the US Government as a regional hegemony that bullies the small with the big and has an insatiable desire.

Britain took the initiative to take the lead, and Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal and Spain successively recognized the independence of the Tang Kingdom and gave more or less assistance.

The French government has been relatively slow to express its position so far, and it is also one of the few friendly European countries to the United States.

Under the heavy pressure of the United Kingdom, the federal government of the United States of America is not having a good time!

President Polk could only see the trick of using loans to tie up his interests with France, and on the other hand, he sought support and sympathy and carried out extensive diplomatic activities.

How effective it can be, only God knows!

Near the end of the White House meeting, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Harry Hoover, the chief of staff of the White House, walked out with a gloomy face, but soon ran back in a hurry, the frightened look on his face was difficult to hide, and the news brought was even more shocking.

"Mr. President, according to the latest military information that has just been received; The army of the Tang Kingdom under the leadership of the mad king interspersed thousands of miles, and broke through and occupied the city of Minneapolis in one fell swoop. ”

"Oh, MyGod!"

The news broke

Everyone here was shocked and unbelievable, Minneapolis City is the capital of Minnesota, Denver has to go northeast through Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa to finally reach Minnesota, the distance between the two is more than 1850 kilometers, is it possible that the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom flew over?

Although this road is vast and sparsely populated, after all, it has passed through several states, and there are still many villages, towns and cities, and there is no news coming, why is this happening?

With countless doubts in his mind, President Polk did not perform better than others, and he sat in his position with his mouth wide open, as if he had been slapped twice, and he was stunned all at once.

Since the founding of the United States, I have never heard of this kind of cavalry fighting, and I never imagined that the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom would brave the world's condemnation and sneak attack on the heartland of the United States, which is simply shameless.

One of the high-ranking members of the U.S. government here, including President Polk, did not expect that the Tang Kingdom would dare to take the initiative.

Maniac, what a bunch of maniacs!

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