Because of Franz's preemptive precedent, international public opinion has now tilted one-sidedly in favor of Mexico.

At the same time, Britain and France, out of their own interests, decided to stand in solidarity with Mexico, characterizing the Texas uprising as a rebellion that undermined the national order.

President Andrew Jackson of the United States really wanted to send troops to Texas, after all, fighting war was his old job, and it was too tiring to fight with capitalists and politicians all day.

However, Congress objected, first, because the pressure of international public opinion is too great now, and second, the war belongs to the Mexican civil war, and the United States has no right to interfere.

So Andrew Jackson had to adopt a policy of "neutrality" and declare that the United States would not send troops to aid Texas.

But he connived with local officials to openly support Texas, and the U.S.-Mexico border checkpoints were non-existent, with volunteers from all over the country flocking in.

Texans were also allowed to trade cotton for necessities such as food, weapons, and uniforms, while officers and enlisted men could retire early and participate in assisting the Texas Volunteer Army in their personal capacity.

The Second Bank of the United States, secretly approved a $2 million loan...

In contrast, Mexico's vice president, Ruvel, was already struggling to make ends meet, and although he had received a batch of weapons from Austria, Tasan Anna needed more soldiers and more supplies, which made Mexico's finances even worse.

Although the bill for a special tax had passed, Ruvier knew that Mexico would have fallen apart if it had not been for the full support of the Church.

After Mexico's independence, it inherited the mess left by Spain, and the federalists severely weakened the Mexican government, and the local government was too powerful to make the central government very weak.

Rouvel borrowed money from European banks as instructed in that letter, and only the French responded to them.

The French have a lot of money, but the rewards they ask for are also staggering.

If Mexico does not pay off its debts quickly, the country is afraid that the country will face bankruptcy.

Ruvier couldn't make up his mind, so he had to scrape together some money, which would only last three months, even if he didn't recruit any more recruits.

Goliard, Old John's Tavern.

David Clokot brings bad news, the Comanches have reached a deal with Tasan Anna, the Comanches have been given weapons, and they will fight for Tasan Anna.

In fact, the Comanches raided the caravans, not for Tasan Anna, but only to get revenge on American immigrants and make their lives better.

But Travis and Bowie, after research, agreed that they were under-armed and should abandon Goriad and retreat to the Alamo.

So Alamo, an inconspicuous missionary station, became the center of the storm.

While the Alamo garrison was urgently reinforcing the fortifications, Tasan Anna was still in his gentle country.

Tasan Anna was a man who knew how to enjoy himself, even when he was away from home, with his mistress.

His mistress, Jenny, was a native white man, just sixteen years old, with a natural wild beauty.

This time, the two military observers sent by the Austrian Empire were not publicly-funded tour groups in the usual sense.

Rather, it was two real generals carefully selected by Count Tural, who of course were not very old and did look like graduates of the military academy.

It's just that these two were soon worshiped by the Mexican generals, and in this backward country of military science, these two military observers directly became teachers to the Mexican generals.

Every skirmish is a military exercise.

The Mexican generals now understood the tactics of the Austrian army as artillery bombardment, bombardment, bombardment..., the enemy fled, and the cavalry charged, charged, charged.

In a previous battle, dozens of American settlers hid in their houses and refused to surrender.

Then, two military observers ordered artillery bombardment for half an hour, and finally the settlers had to flee from the ruined house, where they were beheaded by the cavalry who had been waiting for a long time.

This kind of fighting style without spending a single soldier is still very much approved of by the Mexican generals.

Because of the Mexican army, desertion has always been a big problem.

Nearly 30 per cent of the deserters on each expedition, especially after the salaries were paid.

Fortunately, this time it was Tasan Anna who personally led the troops, and along the way looted the property of many American immigrants who refused to submit to Mexico, otherwise there would have been less than 6,000 people left from Mexico City here.

Historically, Tasan Anna left Mexico City with 8,000 men, leaving less than 6,000 before he reached the Alamo.

It turns out that the best way to increase cohesion in an army without faith is through material rewards.

February 28, 1836.

Tasan Anna's army had besieged the Alamo for five days, but Tasan Anna was in no hurry to attack.

Because Tasan Anna didn't expect the war to go so smoothly either, and he fell in love with oratory, he gathered the citizens of San Antonio to continue his oratory.

Although Tasan Anna's men were ready to hear the grain, the emancipated slaves and Native American laborers were still very excited, and it divided the American immigrant community.

Then comes the main event, where these U.S. immigrants can consider joining Mexico or leaving the country with their possessions.

Joining Mexico entailed paying unpaid taxes, freeing slaves, hiring Mexicans, etc., but those who chose to leave were not allowed to take their weapons with them, they would be attacked by Indians or gangs on the way, and their property would eventually fall into the hands of Tasan Anna.

March 5, 1836

Tasan Anna finally remembered the 200 American immigrants in the Alamo, and he decided to show the two Austrian military observers his commanding skills.

Of course, Tasan Anna himself was very much in favor of artillery tactics.

So he found a hillside outside the range of the Alamo defenders' artillery and invited two Austrian army observers to afternoon tea.

At that time, there was a war, the soldiers were desperate, and it was a routine operation for the commander to drink tea.

Tasan Anna even introduced his mistress, Jenny, to two Army Observers.

On one side is black tea and burritos, and on the other side is artillery fire....

However, after an afternoon of artillery battles, the results were extremely shocking.

The Mexican army had more than 30 cannons, and the Alamo defenders had three guns, and the two sides fired hundreds of shells for an afternoon, resulting in 25 casualties on the Mexican side, and none of the Alamo defenders were killed except for a dozen lightly wounded.

Tasan Anna was furious when he got the news.

"Are your shells made of mud? Why didn't even the walls collapse, and why! ”

In fact, Alamo's defenders had already strengthened the walls and hung wooden plaques on the walls to reduce the impact of the cannonballs.

But the main problem was that the Mexicans' artillery was too powerful and the shooting accuracy was too poor.

Most of Mexico's artillery was not professionally trained and used antiques from the Spanish colonial period.

As a result, the range of the artillery was severely insufficient, and these people did not dare to fire at close range when bombarding homes.

As a result, these hundreds of shells actually hit less than a third of the walls, and the three-pounder guns were seriously insufficient, so the walls of the Alamo could stand.

Tasan Anna has a sixteen-pounder siege cannon, but the weight of this thing means it can't keep up with a large army in a short period of time.