Chapter 400 The correct way to burn a white house! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Your Majesty Lieutenant General, your Ming Army's anti-American artifact is really powerful. With this, one infantryman can produce the firepower of a squad or even a platoon. But the outcome of the war cannot be determined by one or two advanced weapons. Now

It's not 1814 anymore. The United States has made much progress than that time. They have built a railway network connecting the major cities on the east coast, and can quickly mobilize troops from elsewhere to reinforce Washington. Moreover, after the Second War of Independence, the Americans

It has also focused on the development of metallurgy, military industry, shipbuilding and other industries. Now it can independently produce artillery of various calibers of 12 inches and below, as well as water-cooled machine guns and various rifles, including several that can be fired continuously.

Rifle. If they seize this Aka rifle, they should be able to make a copy of it quickly."

The Mexican Emperor Agustin I could finally seriously discuss with Zhuge Weidao the issue of setting fire to the White House. The location was in the conference room of his Agustin Hunting Palace. Except for Agustin and Zhuge present,

In order to protect the road, the only two people who came from Port Elizabeth were Wang Wen, the general advisor of the Texas Maritime Self-confidence, and Saigo Takamori, the general of the Texas Continental Self-confidence.

Ah Li, on the other hand, was holding the "Aka assault rifle" (officially called the Taiping Eighth-year assault rifle) and guarding outside the conference room.

Agustin, Zhuge Weidao, Wang Wen and Xixiang were sitting around a conference table covered with a map of the East Coast of the United States - looking at the map and studying how to burn down the white house!

"Emperor," Zhuge Weidao smiled and shook his head after Agustin finished expressing his dissent, "I think you have misunderstood me. I never said I wanted to occupy Washington."

“How can we set fire to the White House without occupying Washington?”

Hearing Agustin's question, Zhuge Weidao laughed, then pointed at a huge peninsula next to Washington, the capital of the United States, and asked: "Your Majesty, what is the name of this peninsula? How far is it from Washington? How far is it from Baltimore?"

How far is it from Philadelphia? How far is it from New York?”

"That is the Delmarva Peninsula, which is only more than a hundred kilometers away from Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia." Emperor Agustin finally understood, "Ah, Military Advisor Zhuge, it turns out that you want to use airplanes or airships to bomb Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

And New York!”

Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "It's not what I think, it's what you think, His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Yes, yes, I think so!" Agustín rubbed his hands, "We can send the main fleet out of the Florida Strait before the American navy has completed its reorganization, and then go north along the east coast of the United States.

Pretending to attack Washington, the Americans will not take the lessons of 1814 lightly and will deploy heavy troops in Norfolk, Chesapeake Bay, Richmond and Washington. The Delmarva Peninsula is relatively unprotected.

It’s not that important. There are no big cities on the peninsula, and the coastline is very long, so it’s impossible to fortify everything.”

Zhuge Weidao nodded and said: "The advantage of the United States is that it has a long coastline and many natural harbors along the coast, which is very suitable for developing maritime transportation. If they can have a powerful navy, they can ensure that their homeland security is not violated. But once they

Losing control of the sea. Big cities like Washington, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Richmond are all on the seaside!"

As he spoke, Zhuge Weidao looked up at Wang Wen and Xixiang again, "What do you think?"

Saigo said: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, if we establish a stronghold on the Delmarva Peninsula, all the major cities in the eastern United States will be threatened by our airships and aircraft. The Americans will definitely counterattack at any cost if they invest enough troops.

, it is impossible for our people to hold on for a long time with a logistics line of 3,000 kilometers."

Zhuge Weidao smiled: "Why hold on for a long time? We can take advantage of the enemy's main force entering the Delmarva Peninsula to launch an offensive in other places, such as Florida! If I remember correctly, there are many people there who are unwilling to be invaded by the United States.

Seminole Indians enslaved by humans, right?”

The word "Seminole" comes from Spanish and means "fugitive". But looking at the literal meaning, we know that these Indians fled from the original British colonies and the United States before 1819 to avoid the massacre by the American white men.

Spanish territory in Florida. In addition to those Indian escapees who were unwilling to be captured and skinned by the Americans, there were also many black Seminoles who escaped from American slave plantations.

Since the Spanish rule over Florida was very loose in the early years, and Florida's swampy and forested terrain was conducive to hiding fugitives, it was a refuge for Indians and escaped black slaves before 1819. Andrew Jackson chose

The Seminole War that annexed Florida was launched under the pretext of hunting down the Seminoles and black slaves who had fled to Florida.

Although Florida has long been captured by the United States, Andrew Jackson also successfully entered politics and was elected president because of his victory in capturing Florida. However, due to the terrain limitations of the Florida Peninsula, the Seminoles on the peninsula have been surviving to this day. And the Americans are

When they first took over the Florida Peninsula, they signed the Treaty of Moultrie Creek with the local Seminoles, which designated the central part of the Florida Peninsula as a reservation for the Seminoles for 20 years.

Agustín I was originally a Spanish general and had some knowledge of the Seminoles on the Florida Peninsula. He nodded and said: "Yes, there are some Seminoles in the northern part of the Florida Peninsula. They are related to the Qi.

The Keso, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Creek people are called the "Five Civilized Tribes" by some Americans who are friendly to the Indians. They believe that they are already civilized people who do not need to be eliminated.

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However, U.S. President Jackson obviously disagreed with this view. After he became president, he pushed for the formulation of the "Indian Removal Act", which abolished all Indian reservations on the east coast of the United States and moved all Indians from the five civilized tribes on the east coast to

Go west. So the conflict between the Americans and the Seminoles became intense starting in 1830!"

Relocation, of course, means that a large number, perhaps most, of the population will lose their lives due to various reasons during the relocation process. After all, the U.S. government has no obligation to provide adequate logistical support to the Indians, nor will it help them settle in new reservations.

to carve out a home.

In addition, according to the act passed by the U.S. Congress, the Indians only have the right to use the homes opened up by the five Indian tribes in the reservations in the western United States, but they have no ownership rights. The U.S. government can take back the use rights at any time. Of course, the U.S. government is not necessarily federal.

The government can be a state government, a municipal government, or some other autonomous government organized by white immigrants. In short, the land of the Indians is always shrinking "legally", and in the end only some white people are left who cannot see it.

A few corners.

However, Emperor Agustin I of Mexico was not at all sad when he mentioned the plight of the American Indians. There was even a little bit of envy in his words - the Americans did the right thing!

It is a pity that the Mexican Empire could not learn from this, because the Mexican church would not allow the government to do this. The church was obviously more effective than Congress in protecting the Indians.

Zhuge Weidao pointed at central Florida at this time and said: "Our stronghold on the Delmarva Peninsula cannot last long, and the terrain in Texas is too open and very flat. And it is not a US territory, so

Americans can completely encroach on it gradually in a piecemeal way. But the only place where Americans can really suffer is in the forests and swamps of central Florida. If an independent Indian and black country emerges in Florida, I believe

It is impossible for U.S. President Jackson to turn a blind eye. And a war on the Florida Peninsula, which has insufficient infrastructure and complex terrain not long after it was annexed to the United States, would be very detrimental to the Americans."

He looked at the Mexican Emperor, Wang Wen and Xixiang, and asked: "How is it? Do you have any questions?"

"Yes!" It was Wang Wen who had questions to ask.

"what is the problem?"

"The problem is the U.S. Navy," Wang Wendao said. "We have not paralyzed the main force of the U.S. Navy yet. If we want to carry out the landing on the Delmarva Peninsula, we must beat the main force of the U.S. Navy until it cannot move!"

Zhuge Weidao nodded: "Then what are you waiting for? Start making plans now!" He then looked at Agustin I, "Your Majesty the Emperor, your Mexican Navy can no longer hide in Port Elizabeth as a fleet. If

If we cannot complete the landing operations on the Delmarva Peninsula and the Florida Peninsula in the first half of 1832 and paralyze the U.S. Navy, then by the second half of the year, the U.S. Navy will have obtained a large number of new ships, and the Mexican-Texas Combined Fleet will not be able to gain control of them.

Advantage."
Chapter completed!