Chapter 183 "Big Sweeper" Sherman

The Mexican government has been a little nervous recently, and the reason is very simple: the US embassy has had frequent telegrams recently. Of course, it is normal for an embassy to send telegrams to its own country, but they don’t understand why the other party always keeps contacting California. California-Mexico-Washington, which seems to be a triangle. Washington is the place where the highest leadership in the United States is located. California is the largest state in the western United States and borders Mexico... Do those Americans want to do something, or have their people discovered something good in Mexican territory, so they plan to start a war and then cut off a few pieces of land from Mexico?

But this seems impossible. Because, although California borders Mexico, the border is only a little bit, and Texas is actually bordering a large area of ​​Mexico. However, even so, it cannot be denied whether this is an American trick. Perhaps, this is what the American eagle did on purpose to paralyze them.

Therefore, the Mexican official invested a lot of energy in the US embassy and vowed to figure out what the powerful neighbor wanted to do. After all, for decades, they have been tragically cleaned up by the Americans, California, Texas... When they think of the large tracts of territory robbed by the Americans, they couldn't help but feel distressed. They really couldn't be careless. Especially President Dias, especially President Dias, was even more careful, afraid that the Americans would come to cause trouble for themselves. You know, more than ten years ago, France attacked Mexico and established a puppet Mexican Empire, but was overthrown by the Mexican people led by Juarez in guerrilla war. For this war, Napoleon III spent 300 million francs and lost nearly

The lives of seven thousand French soldiers were gained nothing. But not long after, Juarez died. Dias seized the regime and established his own dictatorship... Dias was very clear about his situation. In order to consolidate his rule, he did not hesitate to sell the land at a low price or give it to the great landlords and the Catholic Church who supported and supported him for free. In addition, he also handed over most of Mexico's mines, oil fields and other national economies to the hands of British and American capitalists. Under his rule, the Mexican people lived a miserable life, and 95% of the country's farmers lost their land... So, if the Americans invaded Mexico again at this time, even if they just had to look, he would be very likely to be done. Because, there would definitely be someone taking the opportunity to resist him.

However, the Americans didn't say anything, and he couldn't say anything. He couldn't ask the Americans directly: What do you do for sending so many telegrams? That doesn't comply with diplomatic rules, and maybe they would be regarded as provocation by the Americans... It's my own business for me to send a telegram, which is enough for the Mexicans to care about? So, he was only nervously guarded and even held several military meetings to discuss what to do if the United States really came over to protect the regime. As a result, the result of the negotiation has not yet come out, and a telegram from the Embassy in the United States cites the truth: A group of Chinese people have made the United States miserable!

Immediately afterwards, a clear telegram from California made Dias laugh and cry: the Chinese demanded negotiations with the US president!

When did the Chinese become so arrogant when Virgin Mary are here? Yes, China is a big country. Although it is very weak and poor, it is much stronger than its own small Mexico. But the problem is that the group of Chinese people in California is said to be just a group of migrant workers who came out of China. How can migrant workers be so domineering and so tough? More powerful than the Mexican president?

Although it is certain that it is not his business, Dias's relationship has been greatly hurt... A group of small Chinese workers dare to challenge the US president, but his dignified Mexican president is nervous because of several telegrams that Americans frequently communicate. What kind of world is this?

The president is unhappy, especially the dictatorial president, and his subordinates are in trouble: a group of Chinese workers occupy the largest city in the western United States, which makes hundreds of thousands of Americans unable to raise their heads. Why is the Mexican army so miserable by the Americans? How can the gap between people be so big? I have trained my skills. Not to mention that it is too great, but at least it cannot be worse than the Americans in the north.

Not to mention that Dias actually mobilized a small number of troops to secretly run to the US-Mexico border!

However, with the courage of the Mexicans, even though they were "inspired" by the Chinese, Dias still dared not launch an attack on the United States. He was just waiting and watching, and the small number of troops did not use the banner of the Mexican army. In fact, he was just planning to drive a group of bandits who were more active on the Mexican border. As for the bandits, it is impossible to blame the government, right? At worst, I admit that I am incompetent. What can you do to me? You can't use this excuse to invade? Without the nervousness at the beginning, Dias

Once the mind is clear, I figured it out. If Americans really want to deal with themselves, if there is a reason to deal with them, but if they don’t want to deal with themselves, then it’s not a big deal for themselves. Americans are so smart, how could they get angry and do things that are not worth the loss? At worst, they will sacrifice a little profit to compensate them. Anyway, those interests are all states, and if they are gone, they will only be unlucky for the Mexican people, and they have nothing to do with themselves as the leader.

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This is the reaction of the Mexican dictator Dias after learning about California. Since the telegram sent by Guo Jinzhang and others was clearly documented, the news of the fall of San Francisco spread all over the world at the first time. In addition to Mexico, a small neighbor of the United States, some other major countries also responded quickly.

The British are the most direct: Should we send someone to help? The French expressed their shock, while the Germans directly believed that the Americans had the power to eliminate the small group of Chinese. Most other countries also sent telegrams to inquire, either express condolences, or express their support for the United States.

But these made the US Secretary of State furious:

"They didn't even ask whether the telegram was true or not, whether the Chinese were bluffing, and just directly concluded that San Francisco was in trouble... What did they regard us as? What did they want to do?"

"They think that the Chinese would better occupy even California, or simply occupy Columbia, Oregon, California, even Nevada, Arizona, and Idaho. That is the ideal one." Hayes smiled bitterly.

"They dreamed." Ramsey said with a gloomy face.

"We also thought the Chinese were dreaming." Vice President William Wheeler looked at Hayes, his eyes closed for a moment, "What should I do? Do you still have to fight?"

"Of course we have to fight. To this extent, the United States of America must respond with the harshest response," Ramsey shouted.

"How do you react? How many soldiers can we mobilize? There must be tens of thousands of Chinese people now, and maybe there will be more. What about us? There are only three thousand regular army, but these people are still struggling to move forward in the snow in Sierra Nevada. Behind them, our great Pacific Railway will probably not be reopened until the second half of the year..." Everte covered his eyes, his body full of helplessness.

"The tens of thousands of them are just a group of ordinary people who are not trained..." said Interior Minister Carl Schultz.

"They are all ordinary people who have not been trained. But they still ruined Colorado, captured the governor of California, and conquered San Francisco!" Navy Secretary Richard W. Thompson glared at him angrily. The meaning of it is self-evident: If you don't know the specific situation, just talk less, no one here will think you are a mute.

"They now have more than 100,000 San Francisco citizens and a group of government officials in California. If we adopt the method of war, then who can bear such consequences?" Charles Devins looked at everyone and asked in a deep voice. As the chief, he knows a lot about the laws of the United States... As a national government, they can ignore the lives and death of the Indians, the lives and death of the Chinese, and the lives of blacks. However, they must not care about the lives and death of the whites without anyone knowing it. But even without knowing it, they cannot care about the lives and safety of the lives and safety of the hundreds of thousands of whites... The entire government cannot afford this responsibility, and even Congress will be implicated. Because Congress is originally used by the American people to restrain the existence of the government, but they don't even know such an order. It is more likely that they will not stop it. Who will believe you?

"They can catch white people as hostages, and we can also catch yellow people as hostages. The Chinese in the United States are not all in San Francisco, we can..." Postal Secretary Horace Maynard opened his mouth, but before he could finish his words, he shrank back in a panic under the eyes of watching the idiots.

"Because more than a thousand compatriots were killed, they killed 3,000 white people with their burials, and there were several cities in Colorado, and the residents of the city. So, if more yellow people were arrested or killed by us, how many white people would they kill? This is the United States, there are white people everywhere. Once those guys are stimulated and crazy, they become a group of murderers. Have you ever thought about how many people will be killed in the United States of America?" Charles Devins stared at this comrade in anger. He knew that Horace Maynard was good friends with Republican boss Sherman, and Sherman has been the commander-in-chief of the United States of America for more than a decade.

The guy formulated a series of measures to deal with the Indians, and the most important measure was massacre... For more than a decade, there have been countless Indians who died because of Sherman's massacre policy. This is just a microcosm of Sherman's military view. This federal general, who has a very high status in the Republican Party, has always believed that treating the enemy is to destroy people and economically as much as possible. In that case, Sherman did the same. During the Civil War, this guy swept most of the south, causing immeasurable property losses and millions of refugees. Among them, the most famous is the fire this guy set in Atlanta.

In the autumn of 1864, Sherman, who was still a major general at the time, was appointed as the supreme commander of the Western Front. He led 100,000 federal troops and 254 artillery pieces to defeat General Johnson and Hood of the Southern Army, and invaded Georgia. On September 1, he occupied the city of Atlanta, a major southern town in the southern city, which had not resisted. After the occupation, Sherman issued an announcement to the local residents, requiring all militias to lay down their weapons and all citizens to leave the city. After that, he ordered the Northern Army to set fire to the entire city before leaving in November.

In order to prevent the federal arms from burning Atlanta, thousands of elderly people and women refused to leave. They thought that as long as they were still in the city, the Federal Army would not dare to set fires in order to take care of their lives. But they were too naive! Sherman ignored them at all. When the federal officers and soldiers were preparing to set fire, the elderly and women knelt on the ground, hugged the thighs of the federal soldiers, cried loudly, and begged the soldiers to forgive their cities and homes for the sake of God...

The soldiers kicked them away and set fires in various streets of the city. The fire spread rapidly throughout the city. The federal soldiers evacuated the city safely and promptly, ignoring the elderly and women at all. Poor that thousands of elderly and women struggled and screamed desperately before the overwhelming fire, trampling on each other... No one escaped from the sea of ​​fire. But that's not all. Sherman also severely warned the residents of Atlanta who had withdrawn from the city, and if anyone tried to put out the fire, he would kill them!

The fire lasted for half a month. At night, the tumultuous fire rose more than 100 meters high, burning the entire sky like day. The sky burned by the fire can be seen 20 miles away from Atlanta. During the day, the huge smoke rolling up from the entire city covers the sky, making the 200 square miles around Atlanta like night... Outside the city, countless terrified and desperate Atlanta residents watched their city, their homes and relatives were ruthlessly swallowed by the fire, heartbreaking, stamping their feet and chests, and cries shook the earth... The priests of Atlanta stood silently in front of the burning city, desperately crossing and praying to see off their city and the wronged souls who were buried in the sea of ​​fire.

In this way, under the destruction of the federal army led by Sherman, Atlas, the once most prosperous and beautiful city in the south, disappeared after this catastrophe and turned into ruins, leaving only a street to survive.

In this regard, Sherman expressed his point of view: "I want to make the entire Georgia cry and howl! I want to make the entire Georgia hell become a hell on earth! I want to make all Georgians - men, women, young and old, poor and rich, feel unforgettable pain! My legion will destroy Georgia soon!"

"If people think I am cruel and cruel, I will tell them that war is war, and its purpose is not to win people's favor! War is hell! If you want to stop all this and want peace, you and your relatives should put down your weapons and stop this war!"

Sherman did what he said.

His troops advanced straight to Savannah on the seaside with a 60-mile front. Almost flattened the places passing by like a road roller, and all the things on the ground were completely destroyed. His army advanced along the way, completely destroyed all the materials and facilities wherever they went, robbed civilians of food and property, killed the civilians who resisted, burned farmland, blew up villages, blocked wells with lime, smashed railways, robbed and drove out one town after another, and burned one town after another. Before Sherman's troops arrived, the sky-sky flames could be seen more than ten miles away, and when Sherman's troops left, only burned mud and a few lonely tree poles were left on the ground.

On December 23, 1864, Sherman occupied Savannah, a famous port city in the south, and sent a telegram to President Lincoln saying that it was a Christmas gift for him. After that, the city was burned without leaving any tiles.

In early 1865, Sherman's army invaded Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, and set fire to destroy all the residential and public facilities in the entire city. Only the buildings of the University of South Carolina and the administrative agencies were preserved. It is no longer possible to count how many civilians were buried in the fire.

Afterwards, Sherman's troops burned northwards and continued to Charleston in South Carolina. Charleston carried out tenacious resistance. Sherman used hundreds of heavy artillery to slaughter Charleston, and tens of thousands of civilians died in artillery fire. When General Sherman captured Charleston, there were ruins. In such a city that had become ruins, Sherman's army did not let go of it, and lit a big fire as usual. In the suburbs of Charleston, there are still piles of manors with black rubble burned by the Northern Army.

The most severe damage was Mississippi, where Confederate President Davis's hometown was. Before the Civil War, the state ranked fifth on the U.S. wealth list. During the Civil War, 60% of the white young and middle-aged people in the state were killed, 90% of towns and plantations were turned into ashes, and the private property of civilians was completely lost. After the war, Mississippi not only ranked first among the poorest states in the United States, but this poverty has continued until now, and it is obvious that it will continue.

At that time, Confederate President Davis called him "Attila of the American continent" (the Hun King, the Whip of God, attacked East and West Rome many times and actually destroyed the Western Roman Empire. In the West, it was mostly used as a symbol of brutality and plunder). Sherman's behavior completely broke the boundaries of war in the old era, and he expanded the war to all people. For more than ten years, the people in the southern United States have been resentful of the "Sheerman's Great Sweep", and many people have also criticized him, but Sherman didn't care about anything, and he told everyone toughly:

"I have nothing to confess or apologize, and what I do is worthy of my conscience."

"I just want to give the Southerners and their descendants a deep lesson, and never dare to want independence again! I will never dare to resort to war!"

He spoke tough and murderous intent! But it has to be admitted that Sherman succeeded... The terrifying burning, killing, plundering, and countless deaths scared the southerners and completely destroyed the war foundations of the south. In the end, the Civil War ended with the victory of the north. No one could deny Sherman's achievements in this victory, so he is now the commander-in-chief of the federal army.

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"This time the war is different, Sherman's style doesn't work."

Horace Maynard is a supporter and good friend of Sherman. Everyone present knew that he had always firmly believed that although Sherman's behavior was brutal, it deterred the southerners in the actual process and played a crucial role in the early end of the Civil War. Although it hurt many people, it also avoided more losses of personnel and property... They did not know how to comment on this, nor did they make it easy to comment, but they all knew that when facing the Chinese, Sherman's style was useless.

"Even if all Chinese people in the United States are killed, who can scare you? Those people may not be afraid of death. Moreover, they can use the same means to retaliate." Ramsey sighed.

"Dingling!" As soon as Ramsey finished speaking, the office doorbell suddenly rang.

"Please come in!" Hayes shouted outside.

"Mr. President," the President's Secretary walked in, "General Sherman is here!"
Chapter completed!