1825 My New Daming

Chapter 400 The correct way to burn down a white house! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"Your Excellency Lieutenant General, your Ming Army's anti-American artifact is really powerful. If you have this, a single infantry can fight a squad, or even a platoon of firepower. But the victory or defeat of a war cannot be determined by one or two advanced weapons. Now It’s not 1814. The United States has made a lot of progress compared to that time. They have built a railway network connecting major cities on the east coast, and they can mobilize troops from elsewhere to reinforce Washington at a very fast speed. And the Americans after the Second War of Independence It also focused on the development of industries such as metallurgy, military industry, and shipbuilding. Now it can independently produce artillery of various calibers up to 12 inches, as well as water-cooled machine guns and various rifles, among which there are several that can be fired continuously. Rifle. If they capture this Aka rifle, it should be able to copy it very quickly."

The Emperor Agustin I of Mexico could finally seriously discuss with Zhuge Weidao the issue of setting fire to the White House. The place was in the conference room of his Agustin Hunting Palace.Besides Agustin and Zhuge Weidao, only Dezhou Haizi General Counselor Wang Wen and Dezhou Luzi General Xixiang Longsheng who came from Port Elizabeth were present.

Ali, on the other hand, was carrying the "Aka-style assault rifle" (officially called the Taiping Eight-Year Assault Rifle), guarding outside the meeting room.

Agustin, Zhuge Weidao, Wang Wen, and Xixiang sat around a conference table with a map of the east coast of the United States—looking at the map to study how the white house was burned down!
"Emperor," Zhuge Weidao smiled and shook his head after Agustin finished his dissenting opinions, "I think you misunderstood me. I never said I want to occupy Washington."

"How can you set fire to the White House if you don't occupy Washington?"

Hearing Agustin's question, Zhuge Weidao laughed, then pointed to 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's the Delmarva Peninsula, only more than 100 kilometers away from Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia." Emperor Agustin finally understood, "Ah, Military Advisor Zhuge, so you wanted to bomb Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington with planes or airships." New York!"

Zhuge Weidao said with a smile: "It's not me, but your Majesty the Emperor!"

"That's right, that's right, I thought!" Agustin 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, laying Assuming a posture of attacking Washington, the Americans must not take the lessons of 1814 lightly, and will definitely deploy heavy troops in Norfolk, Chesapeake Bay, Richmond, and Washington. The Delmarva Peninsula is relatively It’s not that important, there aren’t any big cities on the peninsula, and the coastline is so long that it’s impossible to fortify everywhere.”

Zhuge Weidao nodded, and said: "The advantage of the United States is that it has a long coastline and many natural ports along the coast, which are very suitable for the development of shipping. If they can have a strong navy, they can ensure that their homeland security will not be violated. But once they Lose command of the sea Washington, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, these big cities are all by the sea!"

While talking, 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, the major cities in the eastern United States will be under the threat of our airships and planes, and the Americans will definitely counterattack at any cost. If they invest enough troops , Our people are dragging a logistics line of [-] kilometers, and it is impossible to stick to it for a long time."

Zhuge Weidao smiled: "Why do we have to hold on for a long time? We can take advantage of the opportunity 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 still many who are not willing to be defeated by the United States. enslaved Seminoles?"

The word "Semino" comes from Spanish and means "fugitive".But from the words, we know that these Indians ran from the original British colony and the United States to Florida, which was a Spanish territory before 1819, in order to avoid the massacre of American white skins.In addition to those Indian fugitives who were unwilling to be captured and skinned by the Americans, there were many blacks among the Seminoles who escaped from American slave plantations.

Since the Spanish ruled Florida very loosely in the early years, and Florida's swampy and forested terrain was conducive to the hiding of fugitives, before 1819, it was a refuge for Indians and escaped black slaves.The Seminole war that annexed Florida provoked by Andrew Jackson was launched under the pretext of hunting down the Seminoles and black slaves who fled to Florida.

Although Florida was taken by the United States long ago, Andrew Jackson also successfully entered politics and was elected president because of his great contribution to capturing Florida.However, due to the limited terrain of the Florida peninsula, the Seminoles on the peninsula have been lingering until now.When the Americans just took over the Florida Peninsula, they also signed the "Moultrie Creek Treaty" with the local Seminoles, marking the central part of the Florida Peninsula as a Seminole reservation for 20 years.

Agustin I was originally a Spanish general, and he knew something about the Seminoles on the Florida Peninsula, so he nodded immediately and said: "Yes, there are some Seminoles in the northern part of the Florida Peninsula. The Keso, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Creek are called the "Five Tribes of Civilization" by some Americans who are more friendly to Indians, and they think that they are already civilized people that do not need to be eliminated .

However, President Jackson of the United States obviously disagreed with this view. After he became president, he promoted the formulation of the "Indian Relocation Act", which abolished all Indian reservations on the east coast of the United States, and moved all Indians from the five tribes of civilization on the east coast to go west.So the conflict between the Americans and the Seminoles has been intense since 1830! "

Migration, of course, means that a large number, perhaps most of the population will lose their lives due to various reasons during the migration process.After all, the U.S. government is not obliged to provide adequate logistical support for the Indians, nor will it help them open up their homes on new reservations.

In addition, the five Indian tribes opened up their homes in the reservations in the western United States. According to the bill passed by the US Congress, the Indians only have the right to use, but not ownership. The US government can take back the right to use at any time. Of course, this US government is not necessarily a federal government. The government can be a state government, a city government, or any other self-government organized by white immigrants.In short, the land of the Indians is always shrinking "legally", and in the end there are only a few corners that white people don't like.

However, the Mexican Emperor Agustin I was not at all sad when he mentioned the experience of the American Indians, and there was even a little envy in his words-the Americans did the right thing!
It's a pity that the Mexican Empire can't learn, because the church in Mexico will not allow the government to do this. The church is obviously more effective than the Congress in protecting the Indians.
At this time, Zhuge Weidao pointed his finger at central Florida, 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 the territory of the United States, so Americans can use piecemeal methods to gradually nibble away. The only place where Americans can suffer so much is the forests and swamps in central Florida. If there is an independent Indian and black country in Florida, I believe It is impossible for U.S. President Jackson to turn a blind eye. Not long after being incorporated into the U.S., a war on the Florida peninsula with insufficient infrastructure and complex terrain will be very detrimental to the Americans."

He looked at the Mexican emperor, Wang Wen and Xixiang, and asked, "How is it? Any other questions?"

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

"what is the problem?"

"The problem is the U.S. Navy," Wang Wendao, "We haven't 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 to the ground!"

Zhuge Weidao nodded: "Then what are you waiting for? Start making plans now!" As he spoke, he looked at Agustin I again, "Your Majesty, your Mexican Navy can no longer hide in Port Elizabeth as an existing 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 US Navy, then in the second half of the year, the US Navy will get a large number of new ships, and the Mexico-Texas combined fleet will not be able to obtain a response to them. Advantage."

(End of this chapter)