(It's the end of 1854, the title is written incorrectly and can't be changed, fainted, and there is still a chapter today, in the code word)

In the morning, Richard took care of many government affairs, and it was not until near noon that he took a short break, drank a cup of coffee, lit a cigar, and considered the current international situation.

The Civil War in Kansas, USA, was still going on in North America, and the South-backed state governments were losing ground in the North, further infuriating Northern liberals.

Nearly two months

The influx of armed radical liberal volunteers, between 2,700 and 2,800 in total, into Kansas would quickly make up for the lack of Northern liberal power and plunge the civil war into a protracted tug-of-war.

In the south of Mexico

The southern rebels, led by the former Minister of Finance of the Mexican government, Rodríguez, and the former commander-in-chief of the Mexican government army, Leto, concentrated the forces of the local white estate owners to fight back frantically and fought fiercely against the current Mexican government forces.

The current President of Mexico Flamingo is a puppet government supported by the Tang Kingdom, and he once served as the commander of the servant army, and was willing to be a pawn in the Tang-Mexico War, leading the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom to burn and loot all the way, which can be described as a bad record.

But so what?

President Flamingo received strong financial and military assistance from the Tang Kingdom, and the indemnity money from the original cession of the eight northern provinces was all handed over to the pro-Tang forces led by President Flamingo for the expansion of the army and the purchase of weapons and equipment.

President Flamingo entrenched in Mexico City and General Dos Santos, commander-in-chief of the Mexican government army, are representatives of pro-Tang forces, and they can get strong assistance from the northern Tang Kingdom in the civil war, and the troops involved in the civil war are about 8~90,000 people, generally well-equipped.

On the other hand, on the side of the rebels

Rodriguez, the leader of the rebel army, and Leto, the former commander-in-chief of the Mexican government army, are both from the southern white estate owners, whose families have operated in the southern states of Mexico for hundreds of years, and have intertwined relations with the local white estate owners, and are extremely powerful.

Coupled with the support of the silver mines in southern Mexico and the overt and covert instigation of the United States, the rebel force once swelled to nearly 200,000 people, and some say 300,000 people, but in fact most of them are hungry refugees, with serious weapons and equipment, and their combat effectiveness is not high.

However, the fighting spirit of the southern rebels was high, and they defeated the government army several times in a row, and the elite Mexican government army was defeated and retreated one after another, losing control of a large part of the southern state.

It can be seen from here

The current government in Mexico has a weak grassroots public opinion and does not have the general support of the people, so it can only entrench itself in Mexico City and several surrounding states, and a dozen states further south have actually completely lost control and are out of government rule.

The current civil war in Mexico has caused devastation and displacement of people, and the situation is quite bad for the government army to be equipped but unable to defeat the high-spirited rebels.

Without the armed intervention of the Tang Kingdom, 80% of them would have lost this crucial civil war.

Ultimately

The current Mexican government is a puppet government, there is no popular support, and the morale of the army is generally not high, which is a fatal flaw.

In light of this

After studying with the Army General Staff Headquarters, Richard Hui formulated a general strategy of "consolidating the existing territory, defending instead of attacking, and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack," and put it into practice.

At present, the Mexican government forces control several surrounding central states led by Mexico City, and implement a strategy of dividing troops to defend the above-mentioned areas, with Mexican President Flamingo and Commander-in-Chief Dos Santos sending henchmen and generals to each hold one side.

Since the states in central Mexico have always been rich regions, they have built a complete city defense system during more than 1,000 years of history and more than 300 years of Spanish rule.

These well-equipped government forces were not enough to attack, and if they lost important cities, the commanders were beheaded for whatever reason, and the officers and soldiers defending the city were severely punished.

meanwhile

Mexico City formed three cavalry divisions, with a total of about 15,000 cavalry forces, hired instructors from the Tang Kingdom to lead, and was personally controlled by the commander-in-chief Dos Santos, as a mobile strike force that could be rescued at any time.

Such a cavalry force could defeat a rabble of 100,000 rebels.

On this basis

During the summer and autumn harvest seasons, the main force of the Mexican government army, consisting of three cavalry divisions and some infantry divisions, will sweep the rebel-occupied southern states, burn crops, fight the organized resistance, and drag down the rebels through starvation and a long war, so as to win the final victory.

This is a poisonous ploy, and there is little solution on the part of the rebels.

Years of war have left Mexico's agricultural and animal husbandry barren, cities and towns are dying, and a large number of refugees affected by the war are starving, leaving roads and wilderness full of bones.

Mexico's population has plummeted, with a total of less than 2.6 million, more than 1.1 million in areas controlled by government forces, mainly in Mexico City, and the remaining 1.5 million in more than a dozen southern states.

If this plan is implemented in the long run

The rebels either fought a decisive battle or watched as large numbers of people fell into starvation and cold, large quantities of mature farmland were burned, and 100,000 people died of starvation every year.

When everyone is dead, there will naturally be no resistance.

During the Mexican Civil War, the Tang Kingdom adhered to the principle of never participating, only providing food and weapons assistance, and never personally fighting for the Mexicans.

With the participation of foreign troops, the nature of that completely changes.

Go back and look at Europe

In the Crimean War, the battlefield dominated by the battle for the fortress of Sevastopol was still rumbling with artillery all day long, and fierce battles were raging.

The coalition fleet gathered more than 1,100 artillery pieces to continue shelling Sevastopol, and after a series of indiscriminate bombardment, 100,000 rounds of ammunition were consumed, and the shelling continued for seven days.

But the greater the damage of the coalition forces, the stronger the Russian army's fortifications will be restored.

Winter is approaching, strong winds and heavy rains are coming, and the conditions on the frontline battlefields are even worse, and the soldiers have to fight hard in trenches full of icy stagnant water and corpses, with no dawn of victory in sight.

On the battlefield, plague was rampant, supplies were in serious shortage, and a large number of supplies were transported to the coastal port areas, piled up, but the only 10 miles that were delivered to the front line could not be delivered because of many factors such as artillery fire, staggered trenches on both sides, and a serious shortage of livestock and pack horses.

The Allied soldiers could only struggle with hunger and cold, and their morale was severely low, and the British Lord Raglan frequently visited the barracks to stabilize the morale of the army, but he was helpless against the army's supply difficulties and the pain of the soldiers.

In addition to the main battlefield of the Sevastopol fortress, the coalition forces successively launched the Battle of Balaklava and the Battle of Little Inkerman, and fought with the 100,000 main forces of the Russian army led by the commanders of the Russian army, Menshikov and Prince Petr Gorchakov......

The millions of allied troops and the millions of Tsarist Russian troops were like two giants fighting each other in the quagmire, desperately swinging their fists to inflict heavy losses on each other, supporting the war with strong will and huge casualties.

In the more than half a year since the war began, the British have lost more than 40,000 officers and soldiers, the French have lost more than 60,000, and the Ottoman Empire has lost even more, with a total of nearly 100,000.

The combat losses of the Tsarist army in various theaters of operations have been added up sporadically, and the total number has exceeded 300,000, but it has not affected the gray cattle that have been continuously reinforced.

Whenever Richard saw the battle reports on the European front, and could see the details of the specific battle situation of his allies, he would always gasp deeply, feeling that there was only bloody cruelty and great pressure.

In the middle of the 19th century, the European armies were as tough as steel and were able to endure huge casualties to fight one after another, as was the case with the old Tsarist of Russia, as well as the British and French armies, which were indeed extremely good.

With such a large casualty, if it were placed on the Tang Kingdom, it would be difficult for Richard to imagine whether he would be able to hold on?

Now the Tang Kingdom officially declared war on Tsarist Russia, and entered the mobilization period from September 1845, before that, the total number of military personnel retained in the country was only 67,900.

If it is pulled to the battlefield in Crimea, several battles will be lost, and this will inevitably make the Tang Kingdom hurt.

Don't look at the current population of the Tang Kingdom of more than 8 million, but excluding the growing infants, women and some people who are not suitable to join the army, such as students, merchants, farmers and ranchers, government officials and enterprise workers, the Tang Kingdom can actually mobilize no more than a million strong young people.

Compared with Britain, France, Russia and other world powers, the war is indeed missing a lot.

Europe is the center stage of today's world, and it is also a place where the strong gather.

I can only hold on to the expectation of participation, to pay a tribute to the coalition forces and a protection fee for the British, which is a necessary payment.

The boss had a blue nose and swollen face when he played, and of course the little brother had to help the field, and it was impossible to say that he didn't sacrifice tens of thousands of people.

As far as Richard knew;

The mercenary team of more than 4,000 people invested in the early stage has suffered a great reduction in personnel after several bloody battles, with nearly 2/3 casualties, and has basically been disabled.

In a large-scale battle in Europe, thousands of artillery pieces were often dispatched in a battle to bombard indiscriminately, whether it was a red-hot solid iron ball, a shotgun, or a new type of shell equipped with a trigger fuse, no shell fragment could withstand the soldier's body, and he would either be killed or wounded.

November 15, 1845

The First Division of the Tang Kingdom Expeditionary Force was assembled, swore to go on the expedition, and took a large fleet of 17 passenger and cargo ships to Panama to start the journey to Europe.

After that, every 20 days, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Tang Kingdom Expeditionary Force will move south one after another, arriving at the Crimean Theater at the end of February ~ March of the following year.

The world powers such as Britain and France, which were acting together with the Tang Kingdom, were drawing a steady stream of reinforcements from their respective colonies, concentrating on the European battlefield as if a hundred rivers were converging, so as to provide continuous and strong combat effectiveness.

The Soviet Russian army, known as the "European steam roller", was indeed numerous, but the world powers such as Britain and France were not far behind, and the Ottoman Empire mobilized reinforcements.

Totally predictable

The more tragic decisive battle between the two sides of the Crimean War has not yet arrived, and it will not be until the end of next year that we will see a rough conclusion.

The continued flames of war will be the theme of the world situation in the past two years, and there are also huge opportunities for development.

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