1850 American Gold Tycoon

"General! The Mexican army in the city has broken through!"

While Liang Yao was talking to Fremont, the Signal Corps reported to Liang Yao the news of the Mexican army's breakout in Guadalajara.

"In which direction did the Mexican army break out?" Liang Yao asked the direction of the Mexican army's breakout.

If Lao Mo breaks out toward the southeastern capital, Mexico City, it means that the Mexican army made a wrong decision after receiving wrong intelligence from them.

If the direction of their breakthrough was San Luis Tobosi in the northeast, it means that this was a spontaneous decision made by the defenders in the city.

"Southeast!" the signal soldier replied with certainty.

“The Mexicans took the bait!”

Liang Yao was overjoyed and ordered when he learned that the direction of the Mexican defenders' breakout was to the southeast.赆

"Order the troops besieging the city to put up a slight resistance and then pretend to be defeated and give Lao Mo a road leading to Mexico City."

After receiving Liang Yao's order, the Western Brigade followed Liang Yao's instructions and pretended to be defeated and retreated after engaging the Mexican defenders who broke out.

Seeing that the gap had been opened, the two regiments of Mexican defenders in Guadalajara poured out of the city like a tide.

Liang Yaochi rushed from the communication station to the front line.

After all the Mexican defenders in the city left the city, they ordered the cavalry battalion to entangle the Mexican army and buy time for the large army to encircle the Mexican army.

Due to long-term combat exercises together, the troops of the Western Brigade cooperated very well with each other. After all the Mexican troops left the city, they quickly completed the encirclement of the two Mexican regiments.

Because the Texas regiment is outside the Western Brigade system, the cooperation with the Western Brigade regiments does not seem to be so tacit.赆

But they followed closely, and the large army of followers completed the encirclement of the Mexican army in the wilderness.

Surrounded by US troops in the wilderness, the two regiments of Mexican troops realized belatedly that they had fallen into the trap of the despicable Americans.

But by the time they reacted, it was too late. A wild battle of unequal strength had already broken out on the southeastern outskirts of Guadalajara.

Except for leaving the California regiment and withdrawing the cavalry battalion as reserves, the rest of the troops were devoted to this encirclement and annihilation battle.

Two regiments of Mexican troops barely lined up to fight under the gunfire of the US military.

The first to attack was the Arizona Regiment. The Arizona Regiment carried the cactus flag and moved forward under the cover of artillery to the rhythm of neat drums.

When they were still about 100 meters away from the Mexican army's line, the military musicians stopped beating the drums, and the infantry immediately stopped and stood in line according to the orders of the non-commissioned officers and company commanders.赆

Liang Yao didn't like to queue up and shoot, but that didn't mean that the Western Brigade hadn't practiced queuing up and shooting.

Bullets fired from the Mexican lines whizzed towards me, and gunfire was sparse.

The main standard weapon equipped by the Mexican army is the long-barreled brown bass rifle aided by the British in the early years.

This smoothbore flintlock was the standard weapon of British infantry from 1740 to the 1830s. The British had long abandoned this backward weapon of the last century before the Crimean War, leaving these rags for colonial troops.

What the Mexicans got was the colonial monkey version of the Brown Bass, which was very impressive in terms of accuracy and rate of fire.

From a distance of one hundred meters, the Mexicans fired indiscriminately, but few soldiers of the Arizona regiment fell.

When the soldiers of the Arizona Infantry Regiment fired back with their Walter M1851 rifles, Mexican soldiers fell to the ground almost as soon as the gunfire rang out.赆

In less than two minutes, the Mexican army was defeated in the exchange of fire.

These Mexicans were horrified to find that the firepower output of an infantry regiment on the other side was actually more intense than the two of their regiments.

Their commander even lamented that even a brigade of the Mexican Army could not match the firepower of a regiment of the other side!

There is a qualitative gap between the standard weapons used by both sides.

Soon the Oregon and Texas regiments were in position and began firing on the Mexicans.

The ferocious firepower of the US military tore the Mexican lines to pieces. The Mexicans suffered heavy casualties and quickly raised the white flag to surrender.

Liang Yao won easily without even using the reserve team.赆

The destruction of Mexico's last two main regiments on the Western Front marked the basic end of the war on the Western Front.

After the war on the Western Front ended, Liang Yao immediately reported victory to Washington.

After the war, statistics were compiled from the time of participation in the war to the present.

The Western Brigade currently has only 107 casualties, including 32 killed and 75 wounded.

Moreover, among the casualties of the Western Brigade, a considerable number of casualties were non-combat attrition. In fact, they were mainly attrition caused by disease.

With the great victory on the Western Front secured, domestic public opinion was stabilized. Anti-war voices were not as strong as before.

More importantly, Liang Yao's victory in Guadalajara brought the Mexican army back to its original shape and changed the attitude of Comes, another major Mexican army leader.赆

As a military leader who once got involved in politics, Comes has a very keen political sense.

Comes realized that the Mexican army led by Santa Ana had no chance of defeating the American army, and it was only a matter of time before Mexico was defeated again.

After the defeat, Santa Anna must step down.

After Santa Ana stepped down, the presidential throne became vacant. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

Can I turn over in this life in one fell swoop?

Comes decided to seize this opportunity to make a comeback without much hesitation. Comes could not care about his face at this time.

He hurried to Stanford's hotel and apologized to Stanford for his neglect.赆

At the same time, he stated without any delay that he was willing to accept political funding from California.

Stanford was well prepared and ordered two Daring-class battleships and a transport ship anchored outside the port of Salina Cruz to enter the port.

Stanford took Komes to the transport ship.

This is a steam cargo ship owned by Universal Shipping Company with a carrying capacity of over 3,000 tons.

"General, this is a gift prepared for you by General Liang."

Stanford led Comes into a heavily guarded cabin, and the accompanying crew opened all the boxes in the cabin after obtaining Stanford's permission.

The moment the box was opened, Komes' eyes widened, and even his breathing became cautious.赆

An attractive pile of California gold coins is neatly lying in the box.

"Oh my God? Is this a gold coin from California?" Comes rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

He was not a poor man, but a wealthy Mexican landowner.

But when he saw a pile of gold coins naked in front of him, Comes could not suppress his excitement.

He had never seen so many gold coins placed together in his life.

Before the Civil War, the U.S. monetary system was relatively chaotic and far less unified than the British monetary system. There was no unified standard for U.S. dollar coinage in each state, and its value and market recognition were naturally different.

Among the many U.S. dollar coins, California's U.S. dollar coins are the best. California dollars are also recognized as the best-minted gold coins with the most conscientious gold content.赆

Whether in the United States or abroad, people generally believe that the United States has only two U.S. dollar coins.

One is California dollar coinage and the other is other dollar coinage.

In order to distinguish the California dollar coin from other US dollar coins, the outside world even uses the unofficial name of the Canadian dollar to call the California coin.

"Half a million California gold coin dollars to be exact."

Stanford squinted his eyes and looked at Comes, who was already a little out of sorts.

"General, I want to use these dollars and your prestige in the Mexican military to organize a powerful army to do something good."

"$500,000 can certainly organize an army, but it may not be a powerful army." After regaining his composure, Comes reluctantly looked away from the dazzling gold coins.赆

"As you know, after my failed coup, Santa Ana was on guard against me. If I want to organize an army, I still lack weapons."

"We have already considered this."

Stanford walked out of the cabin, pointed to the transport ship at his feet, and then pointed to the two Bold-class steam battleships nearby, and said to Comes.

"This transport ship and the two escorting warships carry enough weapons to arm a brigade. As long as you can go back and control the situation in Mexico City, they will all be yours."

"General Liang is really my reborn parent, he is so considerate." Comes sighed.

"What do you want by spending so much money?"

"You're a smart guy, and I think you know what we want," Stanford said.赆

"Afterwards, you become your president, we develop our economy, do our business, and everyone is happy, right?"

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