1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 451 Four Months

"General Liang, you are a rare visitor."

Robert Lee thought that the person who came to the office to look for him was a colleague from the military academy, but he didn't expect it to be Liang Yao.

He put down the work at hand and stood up from his seat, walked up to shake hands with Liang Yao.

"I'm taking the liberty to come here, I'm sorry to disturb you." Liang Yao and Robert Lee made some polite remarks.

Although in name, Liang Yao is the general in the north.

But Liang Yao is not a general of the traditional northern faction, but a branch of the western brigade, so his relationship with the northern and southern generals cannot be said to be that bad.

Of course, this also means that his relationship with the generals of the north and the south is not very strong, and he and the famous southern general in front of him are just acquaintances.Barely regarded as a slightly better friend.

"We are all colleagues, so you are welcome. General Liang fought beautifully in Borneo. I just want to invite you to give lectures at the military academy and pass on your experience to the students." Robert Li personally handed Liang Yao a cup of brewing Good coffee, then asked.

"I don't know if General Liang's visit is for business or private?"

"It's both public and private." Liang Yao took the hot coffee from Robert Lee.

"I came to West Point Military Academy this time to see the students who were sent here a few years ago. The second is to catch up with you and hear your views on Mexico."

"The performance of the students you send to West Point Military Academy is not bad. Most of them can basically graduate from West Point Military Academy after one year." Robert Lee said like a treasure.

"There are three students with excellent grades. They are currently doing internships in the No.40 regiment in Brooklyn. After the internship period is over, the school will issue graduation certificates to them. The three students with excellent grades are Liang Xi, Pan Baohuang, and Huang Shuigen."

The Brooklyn No.14 Regiment is a standing regiment with a long history in the Army. The regiment is greatly influenced by the French Army and has a strong French color.

As far as Liang Yao knew, this was one of the more elite standing infantry regiments in the United States.Sending these three outstanding military cadets to serve in the elite infantry regiment is a rare opportunity for military cadets, even if it is a top domestic school like West Point Military Academy.

More cadet trainees were assigned to the Volunteer Corps and the Militia.

The American army before the Civil War could be the national army if it was large, or it could be private soldiers of local powerful people if it was small.

The colonels of each infantry regiment are generally unwilling to accept non-local military cadets to practice in their infantry regiments.

Robert Lee must have used his personal connections to send the trio to Brooklyn No. 14.

"I would like to recall them temporarily and practice by my side for four months." Liang Yao said to Robert Lee.

This time against Mexico, due to time constraints, he was unable to return to California to command the Western Brigade in person.

However, he can bring these three seedlings with him to watch the southern army fight.

Practical combat experience is what these cadets lack the most, and it is something they cannot learn during their internships in the infantry regiment.

"Four months? Your confidence is quite high."

Robert Lee said.

"The last war between us and Mexico lasted for two full years."

Robert Lee knew that the war against Mexico was Liang Yao's so-called official business.

The Mexican army didn't care about Ferra, but Robert Lee thought it was too much to take Mexico in four months.

"Our army is not what it used to be. Four months is enough." Liang Yao said confidently.

According to the intelligence he collected from Mexico, Mexico has a standing army of up to 3.1 people, which has a certain advantage in the number of regular troops.

But this is also the only advantage the Mexican army has over the US military. In addition, the Mexican army lacks training, lax discipline, backward and insufficient equipment, and low-quality officers.

What's more terrible is that this army belongs to the tyrants of the Mexican states, and the Mexican central government is even unable to gather this army together.

If we really want to fight, the Mexican army that the U.S. military will actually face is far less than the number on paper.

Liang Yao hoped that Robert Lee could serve as the commander-in-chief of the southern army in the war against Mexico.

However, Robert Lee refused. He said that he would leave West Point Military Academy soon. For the remaining months, he only wanted to serve West Point Military Academy.

This made Liang Yao feel a little disappointed, but Robert Lee said modestly that General Thomas Jackson was young and promising, and he also had combat experience, so he was more suitable to be the commander-in-chief of this military operation. jackson.

In the future, Thomas Jackson was a famous Confederate general second only to Robert Lee in the Confederate Union.

Jackson also seems to be a good choice to serve as the commander-in-chief of this military operation.

After discussing the official and personal matters of the trip in the office, Liang Yao went to visit the 12 cadets who were still studying at the West Point Military Academy.

Liang Yao sent a total of 20 students to West Point Military Academy and Virginia Military Academy in the first batch.

Fifteen of these students are studying at West Point Military Academy, and the remaining 15 are studying at the Virginia Military Academy.

Today happens to be Sunday, and according to the usual practice, this is the rest day for the students.

These students were playing a rugby match with Georgia military cadets, and Liang Yao watched their game on the field.

It was not until the game was over that Liang Yao made an appointment with these young men.

Four years ago, these young men were all skinny, malnourished, sixteen and seventeen-and-a-half-year-olds who dared not raise their heads.

Now they are all grown up, strong, vigorous young men in their early 20s.

Liang Yao was very happy to see the changes in them, they were the future of the western brigade.

Whether the combat effectiveness of the western brigade can be further improved in the future depends on the professionalism of grassroots officers.

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San Antonio, Texas is the second largest city in Texas after Houston.

The city has a very strong Spanish color from its urban style to its name.

Spanish-style buildings with small arches, cultural stone exterior walls, red sloping roofs, and arc cornices can be seen everywhere on the streets of San Antonio.

Even his name has strong Iberian characteristics.

When Spanish explorers arrived here in 1691, it was the holy day of St. Anthony of Padua, a Portuguese saint. Hence the name of San Antonio.

San Antonio is the city with the most developed livestock industry in Texas and the closest city to the Mexican border.

Although the U.S. Congress is still debating whether to declare war on Mexico.

But the southern generals who were eager to fight had already taken their troops by train and rushed from the southern states to San Antonio to assemble.

For a moment, this city with a population of over [-] was instantly flooded with troops equivalent to the total population of the city, and it became extremely crowded.

(End of this chapter)