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Chapter 459 Necessary Communication

Monterrey is the capital of the state of Nuevo Leon in northwestern Mexico, and it is also the largest Mexican city captured by the Confederate Army in the month since the war began.

Compared with small villages and towns, the behavior of the Confederate Army after capturing big cities was much more restrained.

Although in big cities, the Confederate Army would still loot Mexican civilians.

However, considering the large number of people in big cities and the presence of domestic and foreign reporters, the officers of the Confederate Army will somewhat restrain the behavior of their subordinates.

More importantly, there are warehouses with abundant supplies in big cities. Even if the looting is less, as long as the supplies in the warehouses can be distributed, the soldiers of the Southern Army can accept them.

Liang Yao rode his horse through the streets full of Confederate soldiers, and came straight to the Governor's Mansion.

The Governor's Palace in Monterrey was built in the Spanish colonial period and is a Gothic-style building.

After the occupation of Monterey, the Governor's Mansion became the headquarters of the Confederate Commander Jackson and the mess hall for senior officers.

When Liang Yao came to the Governor's Mansion, Jackson was dining in the restaurant with senior officers of the Confederate Army.

Meals for high-ranking officers are always rich, with gravel eggs (a local dish made with chicken jerky and eggs), roasted suckling sheep, hummus and other local specialties on the table.

Because the eating habits of southern regions, especially Texas, are similar to the tastes of Mexicans, these officers are very fond of local Mexican food.

Seeing Liang Yao walking in, the generals of the southern army who were eating warmly invited the deputy commander to have a meal together.

Longstreet even opened a bottle of champagne and invited Liang Yao to drink with him.

Liang Yao glanced at the Southern Army officer who was feasting and toasting to celebrate the victory.

He pushed away the champagne offered by Longstreet and declined Longstreet's hospitality.

Opening champagne at halftime is not a good sign. This kind of behavior made Liang Yao involuntarily think of a football game that made him sad in later generations.

Now the Southern Army has only achieved some preliminary results. What they won was Monterrey City, not Mexico City. It is still too early to celebrate.

"General Jackson, come here." Liang Yao waved to Jackson who was eating.

Jackson picked up the napkin and wiped his hands, then followed Liang Yao to the corridor outside the door.

"General Liang, what advice do you have?"

Jackson drank a little wine and was a little tipsy, but at this time his mind was still clear and he was not drunk.

"According to the intelligence sent back by my eyeliner, the main force of Mexico has set off from Mexico City to the north, and they have now arrived in San Luis Potosi, the capital of San Luis Potosí.

This Mexican main force has more than 2 people, and their president Santa Ana personally leads it. Now the straight-line distance from Monterrey is only 400 kilometers. "Liang Yao said to Jackson.

"We should set out immediately to capture the city of Victoria in Tamaulispa, and push the front line south to gain a wider strategic depth, instead of celebrating here!"

"Your idea coincides with mine." Jackson laughed.

"I heard that Colonel Bell's Texas Regiment has set off to attack Sarti. This is a very good idea. As long as we open up the communication line between our Southern Army and Western Brigade, our army will have more initiative on the battlefield .

Taking Victoria City and moving the front line south will also ensure the safety of our communication line and the rear. "

Pushing the front line south, it can be said that Jackson and Liang Yao wanted to go together.

"Then why are you still wasting time here?" Liang Yao asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Wasting time? No, General Liang, this is not wasting time. This is a necessary communication." Jackson said helplessly.

"The Southern Army is not the Western Brigade. You can say what you want in the Western Brigade, but I can't do it in the Southern Army."

Jackson has his own difficulties. Compared with the last Mexican-American War, the army participating in the Mexican-American War this time is far less excellent than the previous one.

The last US-Mexico War was a war fought by the United States with the strength of the whole country. The troops participating in the war were not lacking in regular troops from the north, and the logistics were more secure.

This time the U.S.-Mexico War was fought with the strength of the South, not only in terms of logistical support, but it was not as good as the previous one.

Moreover, the number of regular distances participating in the war is very small, and most of the main force participating in the war this time is the militia from the southern states.

Different from the north, soldiers in the north have a relatively sound modern military system from conscription, service to retirement.The appointment and removal of officers is also more reasonable.

In this regard, the south behaved more freely. The soldiers were from the same hometown, and the commanders were from the local family.

Compared with the northern army, the organization of the southern army was more like a medieval army. If Jackson wanted to win this war, he had to engage in some unnecessary social activities in Liang Yao's opinion.

"I hope you can go south as soon as possible." Liang Yao sighed.

It seems that if he wants to win this war, even if he has an intelligence advantage over Mexico and unilaterally opened up some of the fog of war, judging from the current performance of the Confederate Army, it will not be as easy as expected.

Liang Yao left Monterrey and galloped to Sarti, more than 70 kilometers away, with his guards.

At this time, the Texas Regiment should be attacking Salti, but the telegraph line between Salti and Monterrey has not yet been laid, and Liang Yao does not know how the Texas Regiment is progressing.

On the way, Liang Yao met Fremont who was leading the communication company to lay telegraph lines.

Liang Yao attached great importance to communication, and this communication company was not the communication unit of the Western Brigade.

It was the communication team that Liang Yao temporarily set up from the telegraph company with a lot of money. Their main responsibility was to lay and maintain telegraph lines.

The degree of industrialization in Mexico is very low, and the telegraph lines are also very sparse. Even if the destruction of the telegraph lines by the Mexican army is not considered, there are not many ready-made telegraph lines that Liang Yao can use directly.

"Mr. Bell has just led the Texas regiment to take the city of Sarti."

Just after meeting with Fremont, Fremont put down his work and told Liang Yao good news.

"So fast?" Liang Yao was surprised by the rapid progress of the Texas regiment.

The equipment of the Texas Regiment was not good, not even a decent cannon, Liang Yao was somewhat surprised and pleasantly surprised to be able to take down Sarti so quickly.

"Monterey fell, Salti was a small city, and there were not many defenders. I heard that a large army of the Southern Army was going to attack Salti, and Salti's Mexican defenders fled south overnight." Fremont laughed.

"Mr. Bell just took over Sarty with the Texas regiment."

"Mr. Bell is a brave general of the Southern Army, but the current performance of the Southern Army always gives me an ominous premonition." Liang Yao said.

"Hopefully this is just a hunch."

"What are your plans next?" Fremont handed Liang Yao a cigarette.

"If the Southern Army's current marching speed is followed, it may be difficult to end the war before April."

For the various things in the south, Fremont, who was born in the south and grew up in the south, knows better than Liang Yao.

(End of this chapter)