1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Liang Yao walked to a carriage and lifted a corner of the tarpaulin covering the carriage, revealing the Walter M1851E rifle hidden inside.

These rifles made Bell's eyes straight.

"500 Walter rifles, do you think this is a timely gift?" Liang Yao narrowed his eyes and looked at Bell.

"Do you still have a warehouse in the east?" Bell showed greedy eyes.

He had long heard of the name of the Walter rifle, and Liang Yao had given him several for hunting. This rifle was the best rifle he had ever used, bar none.

"No." Liang Yao shook his head and said, "I donated these guns to the cadets at West Point Military Academy for training. I asked General Li to come back first for emergency."

"Oh?" Bell couldn't hide the disappointment on his face after learning the source of these guns.

"I have a lot of Walter rifles. There are at least tens of thousands of Walter rifles in the warehouse in California, enough to arm the entire Southern Army." Liang Yao drew a big pie for Bell.

"As long as the line of communication with Gard states is opened, I can not only equip the Texas regiment with Walter rifles, but I will also give you a few extra cannons."

In fact, there are not tens of thousands of Walter rifles in stock in California. In the past two years, the Sacramento Armory has been producing almost at full capacity in order to complete the French order. Western brigade.

The big cake Liang Yao drew for Bell was certainly tempting, but Bell was not completely seduced by the big cake Liang Yao drew.

"You want the Texas Regiment to cooperate with the Western Brigade to open up the line of communication between the two states of Gard." Bell said as he walked into his office.

He walked up to the map and gazed at the 1:20000 scale map hanging on the wall.

There was a war between the United States and Mexico just ten years ago. At that time, American surveying and mapping experts had surveyed and mapped the map of Mexico. The map of Mexico in the hands of the Yankees might be more accurate than the maps of the Mexicans themselves.

"To open up the line of communication between California and Texas, we need to take down Nuevo Laredo, Monterey, and Sarti on the eastern front. Your western brigade must at least take down the small port of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean, Mazatlan, and Mexico. Durango City, the capital of Durango State. If all goes well, the Western Brigade and the Texas Regiment will be able to join forces in Torreon City."

Bell pointed out the country to the map.

His thinking was exactly the same as Liang Yao's. It seemed that the military literacy of these southern slave owners was not low.

The route mentioned by Bell is the best and fastest plan to open up traffic lines. This route can be used by the existing road network in Mexico.

After a pause, Belt continued: "My Texas regiment is sure to take Sarti and even Torreon within two months, and your western brigade can take Mazatlan and Torreon within two months." Durango?"

Jackson's strategic goal is to enter Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, and the two cities of Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey are on Jackson's route.

These two cities must be attacked by the Eastern Front Army together. Only Sarti, an innocuous small town, is not on Jackson's route of advance.

If you want to fight Sarti, I'm afraid you can only rely on the Texas regiment.

"I'm not worried about the Western Brigade, but the Texas Regiment. After all, you don't have heavy weapons." Liang Yao expressed his concern.

The weapons and equipment of the western brigade are very advanced and complete, including light and heavy weapons, and the ammunition in stock can also ensure that the western brigade can open fire.

In contrast, the Texas regiment has only light weapons.

"Ten years ago, our Texas regiment didn't have heavy weapons, so why not capture the president of Mexico alive and beat him to the capital of Mexico?" Bell said confidently, he was very dissatisfied with Liang Yao's questioning.

"But you are bringing a group of poor people with you this time. Regardless of whether the equipment is good or bad, as far as I know, many people in the Texas regiment are still recruits without any actual combat experience." Liang Yao said.

"What do you know? Poor ghosts dare to risk their lives! After winning this battle, these poor ghosts will be able to turn themselves into lords and have their own land and slaves in Mexico," Bell said.

"Although there are many recruits in the Texas Regiment, the recruits are led by veterans. I know these veterans well."

"That's good." Liang Yao nodded.

"I know the pettiness in your heart. How to fight this battle is up to you two commanders. As long as you can win and don't die too many people, I'll do whatever you want." Bell offered his price.

"It's just that after the war, you need to build an arsenal in Texas. I don't want to take your production line for nothing. I will share the money with the men in Texas. I don't want the boys in Texas to pay for hundreds of dollars in the next war. Look at other people's faces with a gun.

As long as you promise me this condition, the Texas regiment can cooperate with your actions. "

"Okay, I promise you." Liang Yao agreed very happily.

There are many common interests between California and Texas. Liang Yao can still help Texas build an arsenal.

"It's just that Congress hasn't declared war on Mexico yet, which is not a good sign." Bell said with a frown.

"The Mexican army hasn't assembled yet, and if they attack now, they will be caught off guard. It will probably be difficult to fight again when the Mexican army is assembled. I really don't know what the people in Congress think, declare war It's all procrastinating."

"Don't worry, I've already arranged this matter." Liang Yao said confidently, "Wars don't have to be declared before they can be fought."

As Bell said, the speed with which Mexico's army was assembled was impressive.

Both the Western Brigade and the Southern Army have already approached the US-Mexico border, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that war is imminent.

But Mexican authorities have been astonishingly slow to respond.

It was two days later that Mexico sent a protest to Washington, asking why Washington had sent troops to the border for no reason, and what was its intention?
However, Washington did not give a satisfactory answer to this matter, because at this time the US Congress is also arguing endlessly over whether to formally declare war on Mexico, and they do not know how to answer Mexico.Just a hasty reply to the Mexican government in the name of military exercises.

Four days later, Mexican President Santa Ana ordered the states to send troops north to prevent another invasion of the United States.

But few Mexican states responded.

Only 32 of Mexico's 12 states expressed their willingness to send troops, and most of these states that expressed their willingness to send troops are the northern states that directly border the United States.

This shows the low cohesion of the country.

Kruger in San Diego, after receiving Liang Yao's order, asked to enter Tijuana City for investigation on the grounds that American soldiers disappeared during military exercises and suspected that these soldiers were killed by Mexicans in Tijuana.

I thought that such a rude request would definitely be rejected by Tijuana.

But when Kruger received a reply from Tijuana, everyone in Kruger was paralyzed.The reply from Tijuana was actually: We have already learned about this matter, and we express our deep sympathy for the unfortunate experience of these American soldiers.

The United States is allowed to send an investigation team into Tijuana for investigation. The Mexican government and military will do their best to cooperate with the US in the investigation. Once the murderer is found, we will not cover it up, and the murderer will be handed over to you unconditionally.