Chapter 69 Closing the Net

Tasan Anna was very angry about his men's private killing of the enemy commander, because it affected his honor.

Tasan Anna thought that the man should be hanged in the square as a warning to others, but after learning the whole story, he only fined Jimmy 100 pesos.

Tasan Anna had more important things to do than these. In the previous siege, the Mexican army suffered 4,000 casualties, including 2,300 killed and another 700 unable to continue fighting due to injuries.

Tasan Anna's generals asked to pursue the victory, take advantage of the fact that the northern plains were not easy to defend, quickly expand the results of the war, and strive to create a fait accompli before the United States joined the war. As long as the entire Texas was occupied, the Americans would have no reason to send troops.

Gabrentz and Stadion thought that the northern plains were not easy to defend, and the Mexican army suffered too much loss in the previous battle, so they should consolidate their defense and wait for reinforcements.

183 Anna vowed to march north.

On July 15, 1836, the Mexican army arrived at Fort Dallas.

On July 20, 1836, the United States sent a note demanding that Mexico stop attacking Fort Dallas.

On July 21, 1836, the American ambassador proposed to buy Texas from Mexico for $450,000.

On July 22, 1836, the American ambassador proposed to buy California from Mexico for $550,000.

On July 23, 1836, Mexican President Tassan Anna formally rejected the US proposal.

On July 24, 1836, the siege of Fort Dallas began.

On July 25, 1836, the United States claimed that a Mexican cannonball landed in the United States, causing an American soldier to go missing, and demanded that troops be sent into Mexico to protect expatriates, but was rejected by the Mexican army.

On July 26, 1836, the United States declared war on Mexico.

On August 1, 1836, the vanguard of the US Army arrived at Fort Dallas and fought a fierce battle with the Mexican Army. The Mexican Army lost 700 soldiers and was forced to retreat. The first siege of Dallas ended.

On August 15, 1836, four infantry regiments, two militia regiments, a cavalry brigade, and an artillery regiment of the US Army, with a total force of 8,000 people, attacked Austin.

On August 25, 1836, the US Army had to retreat due to heavy casualties.

August 30, 1836, Washington.

Andrew Jackson looked at the financial statements in his hand, and a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Gentlemen, please remember this great day. We will solve the two major problems that have been plaguing the United States, Mr. Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States, and Tasan Anna, President of Mexico."

In 1836, the US fiscal revenue is expected to reach 61 million US dollars, while in 1833 it was only 21 million US dollars.

All this is of course due to the land fever and the trend of railway construction. However, the Second Bank of the United States has always been a time bomb for the United States. Only by eliminating this monster that prints money crazily can Andrew Jackson feel at ease.

The United States decided to expand its army by 140,000 to cope with the current Mexican-American War.

For Mexico, which has a total force of only 34,000, the United States' expansion of 140,000 troops is indeed a bit like using anti-aircraft guns to kill mosquitoes.

However, the Americans have been warned by the British many times, and they have also received a reliable message that the French are ready to buy Texas from the Mexicans.

If it is facing a joint attack by Mexico and France, then the current 28,000 people in the United States are not enough.

In order to ensure victory in the war, Andrew Jackson used the gold and dollar offensive to bribe the forces in Mexico that opposed Tasan Anna.

Andrew Jackson targeted General Jose Epra, who was born as a speculator. Tasan Anna promised him a lot of benefits during the coup, but after Tasan Anna came to power, he did not fulfill them. Instead, he sent him to the southern border to retire.

After that, Tassan Anna exiled many people who opposed him to southern Mexico.

These people were already mortal enemies with Tassan Anna, and they were naturally eager to try after receiving support from the United States.

On September 10, 1836, the French ambassador proposed to buy Texas from Mexico for 50 million francs, but was rejected by Mexico.

On September 25, 1836, the United States and Mexico fought fiercely on the plains north of Austin. The Mexican army suffered nearly a thousand casualties and had to retreat.

On October 2, 1836, the third Austin offensive and defensive battle began.

On October 20, 1836, the US military withdrew.

On October 25, 1836, Mexican General Jose Epra declared Tassan Anna a traitor and appointed himself as the interim president of Mexico, and the Mexican Civil War broke out.

On October 26, 1836, Mexico announced that it would sell Texas to France for 100 million francs.

On October 30, 1836, France entered the Gulf of Mexico and took over Harrisburg (later the Port of Houston, the second largest port in Mexico at that time).

On November 1, 1836, Britain announced that the British Royal Navy would escort the French army. (Since many plots are omitted, they will be explained later. In fact, there are foreshadowings in the previous part.)

On November 5, 1836, the rebels of Jose Epura severely damaged the government forces of Vice President Ruvel in southern Mexico.

On November 10, 1836, the rebels of Jose Epura besieged Mexico City.

On November 12, 1836, the French army took over Austin.

On November 15, 1836, France issued an ultimatum to the United States, demanding that the United States withdraw from all of Texas.

On November 20, 1836, the U.S. military invaded Austin, and the fourth Austin offensive and defensive battle began.

On November 22, 1836, the French army annihilated four main regiments of the U.S. military and captured more than 3,000 people.

On November 25, 1836, President Andrew Jackson signed a presidential order for full mobilization.

On December 1, 1836, the U.S. government withdrew $10 million from the Second Bank of the United States to deal with the war with France.

On that day, Baron Brooke was preparing to withdraw his last $2 million in earnings from the bank.

As a result, the two payments on the same day directly caused the Second Bank of the United States to be unable to cash out, and the failure on the battlefield directly triggered the panic of the American people.

The run on the bank began, and banks went bankrupt one after another. Coins, gold, and silver were robbed. What followed was a sharp drop in land prices. Within a week, the price of land in New York fell by 20%, and the price of land in Chicago fell by 50%.

At the same time, Europe and the United States had another bumper harvest, which led to a sharp drop in crop prices. The price of American cotton exports fell by 30%, and wheat fell by 50%.

Andrew Jackson had to issue a presidential decree to stop expanding the army, and signed a peace treaty with France, recognizing France's rule in Texas.

The Monroe Doctrine was like a piece of waste paper, trampled under the feet of the Americans themselves.

While the US dollar plummeted, the price of the pound sterling also exploded. This was naturally due to the frequent trade between Britain and the United States, and of course, it was also the credit of Franz using the US dollar to cover the pound sterling.

The economic crisis was like a plague, from the United States to Britain, and then from Britain to the world.

The Austrian Empire escaped the disaster because it had less trade with Britain and the United States and had long used bond currencies.

Vienna, trading center.

Due to the impact of the economic crisis, foreign forces sold Austrian railway stocks, causing railway stock prices to plummet.

Later, Baron Brucke used the money he brought back from the United States to buy all the railway company stocks on the market.

December 25, 1836, Christmas.

All Austrian railways were taken over by the royal family.

(So far, Austrian railways have completed nationalization reform in a sense, of course, thanks to the financial support of American old iron.)

Because the Christmas girl costume designed by Franz violated the doctrine, he was locked up by Mrs. Sophie, and could only lie on the window to watch the snow and the moon alone.

It has accelerated in all senses.