1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 128 [California Republic]

According to the newspapers, in June, about two months ago, there had been a rebellion in California.

American Captain John Fremont incited the local American residents to rebel, led an army of 60 people, took control of California, and announced the establishment of the California Republic from Mexico.

Yes, 60 people.

Although he already knew the situation in the United States at this time, looking at this figure, Horse Whistle still felt a little outrageous.

That's California, the world's largest provincial administrative region that will be extremely prosperous and powerful in later generations, and now dozens of people have subverted the regime, just like a joke.

Ma Shao believes that as long as he wants, he can also organize such a subversion.

But he won't do it.

Because this is meaningless, California is too vast and sparsely populated at this time, and what Fremont really occupies is actually a village, and the so-called change of sovereignty is simply a name.

And this name, the horse whistle is absolutely not wanted.

California was one of the four goals that James Polk promised during his campaign, and it would certainly not be allowed to be taken away by anyone.

In fact, the California Republic existed only symbolically for less than a month before it became part of the United States.

Although Horse Whistle did not know the exact time, he estimated that at the moment he read the newspaper, the California Republic should have become a part of the United States and no longer existed in the form of a country.

The Yankees have coveted this for a long time and are determined to win it.

There is no doubt that if Ma Shuo dares to subvert California, he will instantly become the biggest early bird in North America.The super workaholic President Polk will definitely set fire to him.

But the horse whistle will not let go of California.

He must seize this place, this American version of Guangdong plus, a super province that is more prosperous than most countries including Britain and France.

Even without mentioning all the prosperity of later generations, there are two things that make horse whistles covetous in California now-gold and ocean.

One of the climaxes of the westward movement was the discovery of gold in California.

He knew something about this period of history, at least he knew that the location of the gold mine was near Sacramento, and it would be discovered two years later.

In order to get the gold, he must develop power in California in advance.

According to his plan, next year he will go to Sacramento to establish an Apache stronghold and search for gold mines.

In addition to the gold mines, California is also adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, and the ocean is undoubtedly a necessary resource.

But before that, Horse Post's attention to the outside world still had to focus on the Mexican-American War in the southwest.

By next year, the center of gravity of the war would shift to the south, approaching the Mexican capital, and then he could go to Sacramento to find gold mines.

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James Margoffin was gone forever, and General Carney waited for a few more days, but he still didn't come back, so he vaguely guessed the real situation.

"Obviously, this guy failed!" General Carney said angrily in the barracks.

"He probably left his head in Santa Fe, and $[-]," Cook said. "I thought he was as smart as he claimed to be, and could convince Amijo with his words."

"Maybe Amejo is not as corrupt and cowardly as he makes out to be," Donivan said.

"Who knows." General Carney snorted. "Regardless of the truth, I think we can only prepare to attack now."

"Since the Mexicans are unwilling to surrender, we will use bullets to make them regret this decision." He took a deep breath, "Notify the whole army, go to the canyon tomorrow!"

The U.S. military gave up its plan to surrender without a fight, and began to prepare for an offensive instead.

The place of the battle was not the city of Santa Fe, but a canyon.

Santa Fe City is not a high-walled city. In fact, it is just an earthen city, so there will be no siege battles or the like.

But there is a canyon in the northeast corner of the city of Santa Fe. For the US army, it is the only way to enter Santa Fe.

As long as the Mexicans are not fools, they must have made preparations near the canyon.

And as long as the Americans are not fools, they must have expected this.

Everyone knows that this canyon is the battlefield between the US military and the Santa Fe army.

Sure enough, when General Carney led his troops to the canyon, they saw the Mexican defensive positions from a distance.

The Mexican army is obviously serious. At least 2000 people are waiting here, and there are several artillery pieces.

In numbers, the Mexicans may even exceed General Carney's troops.

But Carney was not surprised by this, nor did he take it to heart.

Before the war started, the number of troops in Mexico was higher than that of the United States.But as a professional officer, he was well aware that numbers were never the determining factor of strength.

An elephant will be shot to death by a bullet that is not even as good as its toe.A group of rabble can be defeated by an enemy army with only one-tenth of its number.

In the eyes of Americans, Mexico's army is almost a mob type.

This is not to smear people's innocence out of thin air, but the truth.The Mexican army has backward equipment, lack of training, and no will to fight. It can be called a model of salted fish.

Texas can beat Mexico, let alone the United States of America, which is the destiny?

Therefore, for defeating the Mexicans, Carney thinks it is a sure thing, or it is only right and proper.

The only thing that bothers him is the failure of Margofin, which makes his wish to "peacefully liberate" Santa Fe come to nothing.

On the Mexican front.

Looking at the American army on the opposite side, Governor Manuel Amijo looked very disturbed.

He stood in the barracks, his military uniform seemed to be stretched out, and his upright belly made him look without majesty.

He repeatedly picked up the binoculars to look around, and repeatedly put down the binoculars to frown and think, just like a bride in an arranged marriage, hesitantly wanting to know the face of the groom.

In contrast, the younger officers were fighting spiritedly.Especially Amijo's nephew, Chavez, who seemed almost anticipating the coming war.

Chavez came to Amijo's side: "Relax, my uncle, we can beat the Americans."

Amijo was not comforted at all, and his brows were still furrowed: "Chavez, you are still too young, and sometimes naive...I really shouldn't have let you join the army. I should have let you be my secretary."

"I don't want to be a secretary." Chavez said, "And I don't want to bother you, you and that blond female secretary obviously 'get along' very well."

"..." Amijo was silent for a moment.

"Frankly, I don't think we have much of a chance. I admit those novelty pistols are nice, but weapons don't decide wars."

He continued: "The will is what counts, our soldiers don't have the will to fight."

Chavez said: "The source of the lack of will lies in the officers, not in the soldiers."

(End of this chapter)