I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Suddenly he stood up abruptly, raised his high-powered binoculars and looked into the distance, "Here they come, they are here!"

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Two months after Daming completed the strategic deployment, that is, in September of the fourth year of Dewu, on a crisp autumn morning, Zhu Fugui and Yin Susu were holding Messi, looking for a pleasant workplace for her in the planned Royal Zoo .

Wealth Palace does not keep idlers, even pets.

Barkley can pull a mill, Wangcai can pick up ducks, only Messi eats cat food and meat and bones, and doesn't work at all.

So Zhu Fugui helped her find a part-time job in the zoo.

When Yin Susu went to Artillery School, Messi could be fostered in the zoo, eat and drink with public funds, and earn extra money.

Simply perfect.

After wandering around for a long time, Messi finally chose a good place with mountains and rivers. Zhu Fugui took out a small notebook and recorded it.

At this moment, the correspondent trotted over.

Yin Susu held down Messi who was about to pounce. Although this big cat has no evil intentions and likes to hug strangers, it's just that not everyone likes this hug.

Zhu Fugui accepted the telegram, his brows finally relaxed.

The coalition forces of France, Britain, and Spain arrived as scheduled.

Of course, Britain and Spain just came to fight the autumn wind. The British sent a 1-ton wing ship, and the Spaniards simply dispatched two sailing battleships...well, they didn't have many ironclad ships.

In short, they blocked the Gulf of Mexico with warships, threatened the Mexican government with force, and issued ultimatums to cities along the coast.

The old-fashioned sailing ships of the Mexican Navy huddled in the port and trembled, completely unwilling to go out to fight.

The only sailing battleship Maria that was available was locked by the French gunboat, and the sailors on board dispersed.

Campeche, a city on the west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, surrendered without a fight. Mayor Matthews personally welcomed the French with a French military salute and the French flag.

Part of the coalition forces landed here and got good supplies.

However, the gateway to Mexico City and the main attack direction of the three-nation coalition forces, Veracruz City, is strengthening its fortifications, and seems to be preparing to fight for President Bertoni Juarez.

These are almost the same as the historical process.

What has changed slightly is that on the Yucatan Peninsula, the guerrillas supported by Ming Dynasty are active.

Add chaos to the coalition.

In addition, what surprised Zhu Fugui was that there seemed to be many more French ships appearing this time than in history.

Historically, the main strategy of France’s invasion of Mexico was to occupy the rich mines in northwestern Mexico (not far from the border of the Ming Dynasty, and illegal surveying and mapping have been invented), as compensation for usury arrears.

Since then, the French have supported members of the Austrian Habsburg family to become the puppet emperors of Mexico.

It can be said that the French's first strategic goal was quite successful, and it was overwhelming.

In the end, it was only the second goal that went bankrupt.

The landing of the French army was also divided into two phases. The number of French troops in the first phase was not too large, estimated to be less than 3.

It was only a threat of force and a tentative attack.

But now judging from the number of ships and the news from the guerrillas on the Yucatan Peninsula, the number of French troops dispatched this time may exceed [-].

And there is still a steady stream of troop carriers adding troops.

This greatly exceeded the force required to target the Mexican army.

Zhu Fugui felt that this time, the purpose of dancing the wings of the chicken was for Mr. Zhu.

In the plan, the strategy of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, and let France and Mexico consume each other first may not work. Da Ming may have to cross the Colorado River to support the Mexicans in advance, otherwise the latter may lose the high ground in 5 minutes, and then 8 minutes. I lost my crystal.

However, just when Zhu Fugui was about to issue an assembly order, the second telegram slapped him in the face quickly, making him dumbfounded.

[Urgent report!France suffered a disastrous defeat in Puebla, with more than [-] casualties in one day. The French commander cried bitterly in front of the barbed wire, saying that American warfare does not emphasize martial ethics, which is extremely shameless! 】

Chapter 362 Silver Bullet Offensive

"Victory must belong to the great President Benito Juárez!"

"The weak French are vulnerable!"

"Mexico may have become one of the top powers in the world!"

"It's time to put those ridiculous debts to waste!"

"General Inácio Zaragoza beat the French ass!"

"The unfallen Mexico City, the real Constantinople!"

For five days, the French offensive failed in the face of barbed wire and trenches.

After the last major charge also failed, the French wisely held back.

On the streets of Mexico City, dancing Mexicans are playing crowns to celebrate.

In a series of blocking battles in Puebla, the Mexican government forces miraculously defeated the mighty French.

Moreover, with an extremely excellent battle loss ratio, such a victory was achieved at an insignificant price.

President Juárez heard the news in the confessional of the church, and excitedly praised the Lord and Mary with an aria.

The outcome of this war was surprising, but not so surprising.

In fact, in history, the Mexican government army under the leadership of General Inácio Zaragoza defeated the French army for the first time in Puebla, temporarily repelling the French army's advance to the capital.

But Zaragoza was not satisfied with repelling the French army temporarily. One week after the victory, it launched an attack on the French army in Orizaba, preparing to drive the main force of the French army back to the coastline in one fell swoop, but it fell into the trap of the French army. The entire army was surrounded and eventually surrendered.

What really surprised Zhu Fugui was that this victory was originally just a small victory. France's advance troops were not many, and although they were defeated, their losses were limited.

And now it has turned into a total fiasco.

One reason is that the Mexicans, as mercenaries of the Lone Star Republic, fought and played football with the Royal Army of Ming Dynasty in the San Diego round for two years.

Although he doesn't know the essence, he has already learned a lot about the basics of the Great Ming's warfare.

After that, Mexico, like the Southern Confederate government, gradually became the raw material and agricultural product supply base of Ming Dynasty, and many high-quality and cheap industrial products of Ming Dynasty were exchanged for coffee and cocoa.

Among them, barbed wire is one of the most popular items.

If it is said that barbed wire trench warfare is also a trend of thought, Mexico has already become green, while the entire European continent is still yellow.

Napoleon III was sitting in his temporary palace with a dazed face at this time.

Before him was the tear-stained General François Archille Bazin.

General Bazin was born as a mercenary, and he was famous for his bravery and courage in his decades of military career.

In fact, in the future, his greatest claim to fame was that he was the last French front-line general to raise his hands in the Franco-Prussian War.

Even if he doesn't have the most shining halo now, General Bazin is still one of the most shining generals in the French Empire.

But now, his face is full of tears, and he doesn't have the look that a soldier should have.

"Your Majesty, what a tragedy, Your Majesty!"

Bazin described the battle scene painfully, "Those giant nets made of wire seem to be Satan's cage, and our boys are howling and struggling inside, waiting in vain for the Mexican bullets to harvest their lives."

"A change must be made, Your Majesty!"

As expected of the future marshal, Bazin didn't say anything stupid like increasing the number of people to crush the enemy, but suggested changing the traditional combat method, "Your Majesty, do you still remember the letter from Count Castaner?"

"Castane?"

Napoleon III rubbed the center of his brows, a middle-aged bald guy and his letter appeared in his mind.

It was a report he received after informing various key officials and clarifying the strategic division of labor on the eve of his determination to invade Mexico with arms.

This report came from the Far East, and the author was an incompetent waste who lost the whole of Japan. If it wasn’t for the governor of Saigon, Li Bao, Count Castaner, who has now returned to his territory to grow potatoes.

This incompetent guy suggested in the letter that the imperial expeditionary force should pay attention to the training of engineers, especially the use of barbed wire and trenches, and also learn the Eastern skirmishing methods and so on.

Such a statement was publicly criticized by Napoleon III as a stupid cowardly statement at the time.

At that time, Castaner was not the only French officer who was withdrawn from Japan. Although he was the highest ranking person, there were also many French military advisers who were withdrawn from Fukushima with the shogunate.

In their letters and memoirs, such things as barbed wire and ditches are not mentioned at all.

They generally mentioned and left a deep impression on the Gatling machine guns and Hanqi tanks installed by the Ming army.

Therefore, during this period of time, the French military industry department secretly developed a multi-barreled volley that could rival Gatling.

But now it seems that Earl Castaner is the one who really knows how to fight!

The failure of the Japanese war, I am afraid that the responsibility does not lie with Earl Castaner, but that group of trash dragged him down.

No wonder the Governor of Saigon said that Count Castaner was an ascetic with great wisdom, and he gained great popularity among the indigenous people in a unique way, and was even regarded as a god by the Indians.

He also recommended that the imperial government appoint Count Castaner as his successor after his retirement.

Take a deep breath.

I finally understand, everything is clear, it turned out to be such a thing!

Napoleon III tapped the table with his knuckles.

Fortunately, this time is for Bazin to try Yunyu for the first time. If he leads the army himself, won't he ruin his reputation and meet his own Waterloo?

But God bless France.

Now that the emperor has seen this shameless barbed wire warfare in advance, then things will be easy to handle.

Although Napoleon III was far inferior to his uncle in war talent, he was a good hand in economics.

Otherwise, it would not be in his hands. France has completely transformed from a semi-industrial country dominated by agriculture into a usury imperialist country.

And renovated the dirty Paris, and even made France and the French people rich enough to redeem themselves with sky-high prices in the future.

Victory that cannot be taken away by war can be bought with money!

Napoleon III whispered to a confidant officer beside him: "No matter how much money, go and buy that General Inácio Zaragoza for me, our Sword of God needs such a talent..."

The silver bullet offensive is an old tradition of imperialism.

This trick is especially effective against enemies who lack faith and have no organization.

In later generations, during the wars of the US military across Afghanistan and Iraq, it is no exaggeration to say that almost every military officer in Afghanistan and Iraq received a rather objective sum of dollars according to his official position.

The role of these dollars is not weaker than equivalent missiles, and even more powerful.

The Mexican army is undoubtedly a battered army.

Chapter 363 Iron Fist Finally Falls

In history, after defeating the French, Inácio Zaragoza was proud and underestimated the enemy, and he chased and rushed forward and was finally captured by the French army.

He then surrendered to the French and later joined the French-backed Maximilian Empire government.

In this life, Inácio Zaragoza's record is even more brilliant, and at the same time, his conflict with Mexican President Juarez has intensified.

The focus of the contradiction is naturally that the United Mexican States has been in arrears with the government army for a long time, even if it is a series of big victories, it has not received actual economic compensation.

It is not a day or two that the Mexican government's finances are on the verge of collapse, otherwise they would not need to take huge risks to default on the three major powers.

Latin American soldiers have a consistent tradition. Whether it is the 21th century or the [-]th century, or the [-]st century, corruption, greed, and relative ability have always been labels on them.

It can even be said that a military officer without corruption is not a Latin American officer, and a general who does not want to establish a dictatorial military government is not a Latin American general.

Therefore, after the private contact of the French, Inácio Zaragoza quickly swallowed the sweet silver bullet offensive.

This time, Napoleon III temporarily shelved his plan to encourage the Habsburg family to go to Mexico to become emperor, and promised Inácio Zaragoza to become the president of Mexico, and paid for his bank account in Paris. paid a lot of money...

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Mexico City was almost basking in the joy of victory when the rebellion broke out without warning.

The rebels quickly captured many fortresses and stormed into the presidential palace.

Historically, President Juárez was very brave.

After the collapse of Mexico City, he went to the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare for five years, and finally hanged the French puppet emperor and successfully restored power.

But this time, he was not so lucky.

Suddenly the rebels appeared and caught Juarez by surprise.

Despite the heroic performance of the General Guards, which bought time, Juárez was still surrounded by rebels in a valley after fleeing Mexico City in a panic.