Chapter 197 Construction Projects
This side of the car
A large number of Mexican soldiers hiding in the pile of corpses and pretending to be dead climbed up with their hands raised, and many of them were already frightened into incontinence, trembling and leaving the battlefield under the watchful eye of knives and guns.
The final count is down;
More than 4,100 Mexican captives with full beards and tails escaped by narrowly escaping the catastrophe by pretending to be dead and hiding in the pile of corpses in the fatal blow.
The soldiers of the Tang Kingdom drove the captives to clean up the battlefield, the captured weapons and equipment were piled up into a hill, and the dead corpses were thrown in rows at the mouth of the valley, densely packed and impossible to see, which always shook the nerves of the Mexican soldiers in the valley.
This hellish scenario is more useful than any threatening language, and the troops from various Mexican states are different, and Admiral Héctor dos Santos can't hold the scene even harder.
It starts in the early evening
A large number of Mexican troops fled the valley in formation, leaving in the direction of their homeland, and these Mexican soldiers were already deeply afraid to fight anymore.
The only thought of these routs was to flee quickly, and if they fled far away, they fled back to their hometowns.
From evening until dark, the valley was filled with Mexican soldiers fleeing, 10 infighting ensued, and hundreds of Mexican officers died in the night of fear.
It's over, it's all over.
In the Taniguchi War, the one-sided massacre of the Tang Kingdom had destroyed the will of the Mexican stragglers to resist, and any officer who dared to stop the soldiers from escaping was often shot to death or hacked to death with a knife.
Most of the remaining 27,000 Mexican troops in the valley fled overnight, and Admiral Héctor dos Santos was unable to stop him, so he committed suicide by swallowing his gun just as it was about to dawn.
The Mexican army, which was less than 10,000 people, marched out of the valley early and surrendered, joined the servant soldiers of the Tang Kingdom, and became the Mexican cannon fodder troops who were willing to be driven.
For this reason, Richard deliberately gave the numbers of two divisions, namely the 1st Division and the 2nd Division of the Mexican National Volunteers, each Mexican servant musket division has 6,000 soldiers, including more than 800 cavalry, and is still equipped with old-fashioned flintlock muskets.
After this battle
As the news of Taniguchi's victory spread, the whole of Mexico was shaken, the Tang Kingdom rejoiced, the lion and dragon dances celebrated together, and the Americans were silent.
White House
President Taylor silently finished reading the news briefing from Mexico, sighed depressedly, and said;
"I knew that this time the Tang Kingdom had to squeeze the Mexicans clean, and northern Mexico must have lost it, but I really didn't expect that mad king Richard's appetite was so big, and he wanted to swallow nearly one million square kilometers of land in 7 states at once."
"His appetite has always been good, and if there are no surprises, the territory of the Tang Kingdom will soon surpass that of the United States, which is really depressing news." Secretary of State Roxie Walters said, shaking her head.
In the Oval Office
White House Chief of Staff Stephen Ruth, who was standing at the president's table, frowned, glanced at President Taylor, who was speechless, and sighed; "The situation in North America is already very clear, and the British and the Oriental people of the Tang Kingdom are in cahoots, which has completely locked the future development space of the United States. Looking around, there is basically no possibility of expanding the territory, unless the Tang Kingdom is truly defeated militarily. ”
"Did you find it? The Tang Kingdom was able to truly rise and inflict heavy losses on the federal army several times, in fact, it really relied on sharp weapons and equipment, and the genius weapon designer Mr. Count Samuel Colt played a key role in this that cannot be ignored. Secretary of State Roxi-Walters, in order to strengthen his own speech, stretched out a finger and shook it in mid-air a few times, and only continued after gaining everyone's attention;
"We are only one genius weapon designer from the Tang Kingdom, and Mr. Samuel Colt has armed the army of the Tang Kingdom to the teeth with his brilliant brain, and we lack this."
Secretary of State Roxie Walters' words caused quite a stir in a small conversation in the Oval Office, the top decision-making circle of the White House.
Most of the high-ranking party leaders here, headed by President Taylor, have military backgrounds, and if you interpret this matter from a professional point of view, you will find that this makes a lot of sense.
There was silence for a while
President Taylor said with an embarrassed expression on his face;
"It's a pity that there is only one famous genius weapons designer in the world, Samuel Colt, to whom King Richard could not give the wealth and glory that the federal government could give.
Without such a soul, we would not even be able to carry out the industrial production of all-copper ammunition, and at the speed of today's manual production, the annual output of weapons companies would not be enough to fight a small war.
Whenever we feel that we have caught up with the footsteps of the weapons and equipment of the Tang Kingdom, they will always come up with more powerful designs.
This was the case with the Colt Type 1848 lever-fire repeating rifle, and the problem was back to square one;
We can't design a reliable all-copper fixed bullet production equipment, and we can't mass produce it. ”
"Mr. President, there are two big problems here." White House Chief of Staff Stephen Ruth interjected at the right time to draw attention to himself, and continued;
"The first problem is that the Colt Arms Company has applied for 10 weapons patents, which have been protected by the United Kingdom, France, and the Tang Kingdom, and some of the patents have also been approved by the United States Commonwealth.
If it's just an ordinary character, we can certainly ignore it.
But don't forget
Colt Arms Company is the business of the Demon King Richard and Samuel Colt, they don't like ambiguity and have the means to cause us big trouble.
The second question, we can't find the world's top genius weapons designer like Samuel Colt, maybe in the future, but not now. ”
Speaking of which
Stephen Ruth spread his hands and made a concluding speech with a deflated authority; "We need a genius like Samuel Colt to even ignore the first question, but unfortunately we don't.
In the final analysis, there is a Samuel Colt difference between the American Federation and the Tang Kingdom. ”
His words shook everyone's mood even more, and the room was dull for a while, and the treasurer, Spint Shore, said in a sullen voice; "Even with Samuel Colt, the Treasury Department wouldn't have enough money to replace the equipment for the troops."
"The problem you are talking about can be solved, but the weapon designers who lack genius have no solution."
Treasury Secretary Spin Shore was really struck when he heard Secretary of State Roxie Walters' sharp rebuttal and opened his mouth but closed it again.
The U.S. federal government can spend hundreds of millions of dollars in pursuit of victory, but can't really squeeze out tens of millions of dollars to replace equipment?
The cavalry encounter in Kansas completely silenced the always unruly Texas Red Necks.
Whenever the United States feels that it is doing it again, the Tang Kingdom will always take out sharper weapons and slap them in the face, so no one dares to start a war before they find out the details.
Mexican President Santayo provoked the "Demon King Richard", what is the end?
Every time I think about it
In the Oval Office, a core group of federal leaders headed by President Taylor involuntarily felt a sense of fear rise in their hearts, like a shadow of grandeur looming over them.
Those nightmares of the once fiasco emerged from the depths of their hearts and made everyone lose their voices.
"It is impossible for the American Federation to have a genius weapon designer in the short term, but if the Tang Kingdom is also lost, Samuel Colt, does it mean that in the foreseeable future, the two sides will be on the same level again?"
At this time
White House Chief of Staff Stephen Ruth made a heartwarming suggestion that immediately made everyone in the room look sideways.
Even President Taylor couldn't help but sit up straight, his eyes flashing with an inexplicable meaning, as if he was seriously considering the issue.
Now it seems
Samuel Colt's endless genius inventions have always been a stinger in the heart of the old Americans, and no one knows when he will have new inventions, once again making the American Federation taste the bitterness of losing the war.
For example, in the just-concluded Battle of Taniguchi, the Tang Kingdom suddenly came up with a new breech loading gun, which not only had a long range and was powerful, but also had an astonishing rate of fire of one shot per minute, almost completely defeating the Mexicans with only artillery.
The Americans' information channels are not comparable to those of Mexico, and not only are the feedback speed fast and the information is detailed, and the whole process of the Battle of Taniguchi is found out one by one.
The army of the Tang Kingdom used a new breech-loading artillery and used the Colt 1848 repeating rifle on a large scale, of course, it will not be ignored.
Every time I think about it, it makes the United States feel a chill in the back of the ridge, and think of the fear of being dominated by the sharp weapons of the Tang Kingdom......
White House Chief of Staff Stephen Ruth's proposal did receive the tacit approval of the core top brass in the Oval Office, including President Taylor, and would be implemented by a dedicated department.
Since the Battle of Taniguchi broke out between Tang and Mexico on July 16, 1850, 47,000 Mexican troops were wiped out in one day, of which more than 16,000 Mexican troops were killed and more than 12,000 captured, and the rest fled.
The Tang Kingdom suffered more than 410 casualties, including 273 killed, and won a big victory at a small cost.
When the news came out, the world was shocked.
Since August
After the army of the Tang Kingdom consolidated its rule in the seven northern states of Mexico, it sent cavalry divisions to continue deep into the central states of Mexico, burning and looting everywhere to create panic.
Millions of Mexican refugees fled in panic and poured into Mexico City in south-central China, creating an unprecedented influx of refugees that put enormous pressure on the Mexican government's food supply.
September 3
The 22-meter-wide 1,460-kilometer-long central road from north to south, built day and night by a large number of Mexican prisoners, was completed.
The Rio Rancho-Juárez section of the "Central Railway," which is only 100 meters away from north to south in the same direction, is about 500 kilometers long, and is expected to be completed one and a half months ahead of schedule.
King Richard personally attended the ceremony for the completion and opening of the "Central Boulevard" held in Cuencame, the capital of Durango, highly praised the efforts made by the relevant parties in this regard, and encouraged the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of the Interior, and other relevant parties to unite sincerely and make persistent efforts to continue to vigorously promote the construction of the main railway and highway projects in the seven northern states, and to present the fifth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with tangible achievements.
A month and a half later
October 19th
The construction of more than 500 kilometers of the Riorancho-Juárez section of the "Central Railway" is a very symbolic day, and the extension of the Tang Kingdom railway line into northern Mexico means that the substantial occupation of the region is deeper.
On the Central Railway Line, more than 100,000 Mexican prisoners are now working day and night, and have been working for more than half a year, building thousands of kilometers of railway embankments and hundreds of bridges and culverts.
Now that the project has entered the final stage, large-scale laying of railroad tracks has begun, extending southward at a speed of almost 10~12 kilometers per day, and 330 to 350 kilometers of railways can be laid in a month.
Today, the Mexican prisoners who are fighting on the Central Railway Line have successively switched to other railway construction projects, such as the "Southern Extension of the Central Railway" that continues south from Cuencame, such as the "Quadrustate Line" that runs from east to west through the four northern Mexican states, and the "Southern Line" from southern Sinaloa to southern Sacalucas
The Tang Kingdom did not hesitate to build a large number of local construction projects in seven northern states of Mexico, building a transportation artery dominated by railway and highway projects, which strongly promoted the development of heavy industry dominated by the steel industry in China, and attracted a large number of Chinese immigrants to arrive in the northern states in a steady stream to work and do business, buy land and buy real estate, setting off a "southward development boom".
December 7, 1850
More than 837 kilometers of the Riorancho-Juarez-Chihuahua section of the "Central Railway" have been opened to traffic, and the construction of the "Sizhou Line" and the "Southern Line" has been started, promoting the upsurge of large-scale construction to continue to deepen.
February 6, 1851
In the year and 4 days of the southern invasion led by the king of the Tang Kingdom, the 1,460-kilometer main railway line of the Central Railway Riorancho-Juarez-Chihuahua-Cuencamé was completed.
More than 25,500 convicts fell forever in the construction of the main artery of the railway, and these builders used their lives to connect a land bridge more than 3,700 kilometers long from north to south.
The northernmost point is divided into three from Phoenix (Denver), one along the northwest route through Wyoming to Helena, a major city in northern Montana.
One along the northeast line to Peel, the capital of South Dakota, could not continue to North Dakota because of the obstruction of the wide Missouri River.
A railway line leads from Phoenix City (Denver) to the east, to reach the nearest city to the United States is Omaha, which is about 830 kilometers west of Chicago and only 277 kilometers north of Kansas City, which is the northern bridgehead city of the Tang Kingdom.
The Central Railway is the longest railway line in the Tang Kingdom, with a length of more than 3,700 kilometers from the north (Helena) to the south (Kunkamei).
After the opening of the main line, the southern extension of the Central Railway continues to be under construction, and its final target is Aguascalienste, about 375 kilometers south of Cuenkamé, and after its completion, the total length of the whole line will reach 4,075 kilometers.
Aguascalient is a state in central Mexico, which is also the 8th state occupied by the army of the Tang Kingdom, and the capital of the state is Aguascalienste, where the current King Richard is stationed.
The Tang Kingdom has a heavy army stationed here, and has gathered a total of 13,500 troops and 12,000 Mexican servant troops in Aguascaliense City, and is gathering troops in a hurry to prepare for a decisive battle between the two countries under Mexico City.
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