Chapter 472: Breakthrough

The war is still going on.

The Mexican army collapsed on the western front, but not on the eastern front.

Facing the Mexican army on the eastern front that was three times larger than his own, Jackson launched several fierce attacks, causing certain casualties to the Mexican army and achieving some results.

However, the disparity in the strength of the two sides was too great, and Jackson's Southern Army was the attacking side.

In addition, Santa Ana's fighting style was very despicable. Once the battle was unfavorable, he would retreat into the city. Facing Victoria, San Luis Toposi, a strong city, it would not be able to bite for a while.

The war on the eastern front entered a stalemate for a while.

February 10, 1856.

Custis's heavy artillery company blasted open the Mexican army's fortifications in Victoria City, tearing a gap for the attacking army.

The Southern Army was finally able to penetrate into the city of Victoria and engage in brutal street fighting with the Mexican army.

Gonzalez, who had annihilated the Arkansas Regiment a month ago and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Mexican army, saw that the US troops had already entered the city and suggested that Santa Ana lead the main force to withdraw from Victoria City and head to San Luis Toposi while Victoria City was still not lost, and he himself stayed behind to buy time for them.

Unlike in the past, Gonzalez's suggestion this time was quickly agreed by all the Mexican military leaders. They were very moved, and then left Gonzalez with a regiment, which was still the local militia in Victoria City, to continue fighting street battles with the Southern Army in the city.

Under the cover of Gonzalez, Santa Ana led the main force of 8,000 Mexican troops in Victoria City to San Luis Toposi.

The street fighting in Victoria City lasted for a full five days.

The more than 1,000 Mexican troops left in Victoria City were very tenacious under the leadership of Gonzalez, and relied on their advantage of being familiar with the buildings in the city to fight against the Southern Army that had entered the city.

The Southern Army had to pay a heavy price for every house it took.寯

After five days and nearly two thousand casualties, the Confederate Army finally took down the strong city of Victoria.

The heavy casualties of the Confederate Army made Jackson's heart bleed.

At this time, the only thing Jackson was thankful for was that the main force of the Confederate Army participating in the Second Mexican-American War was militia, not the elite of the Confederate Army. He could still bear these losses and still explain to the South.

Gonzalez and the remaining three hundred or so Mexican wounded soldiers were also captured in the end.

Out of appreciation, Jackson was quite polite to Gonzalez and these Mexican prisoners and did not embarrass them.

However, the Confederate Army took nearly two thousand casualties to take down this city, so naturally they had to find something to vent.

Victoria City was their best venting target.

It took the Confederate Army five days to attack this city, and it only took the Confederate Army three days to wipe this city off the map.

Jackson ordered to search for the flag of the Arkansas Regiment in Victoria City, but unfortunately, the Confederate Army did not find the flag of the Arkansas Regiment after physically turning the city upside down.

After losing Victoria City, there was only one last barrier left in the north of Mexico City.

That is the defense system composed of three cities: San Luis Toposi, the capital of San Luis Toposi State, Leon, and Aguascardas.

These three cities are mutually supportive, threatening the US troops advancing southward.

The US military can bypass these three cities and go straight into Mexico, but the Mexican defenders in these three cities can also take the opportunity to cut off the US military's logistics line, or even directly stab the US military in the back.

But the terrain of these three cities is very dangerous, all of which are high and commanding, easy to defend and difficult to attack. 彯

Liang Yao looked at the three mutually supportive mountain cities on the map. The Mexicans are really fucking poisonous. They like to build cities in mountains and plateaus.

It is impossible to force an attack. These three cities are not only strategically located, but also easy to defend and difficult to attack. The number of defenders is more than 5,000, especially San Luis Toposi where Santa Ana is located, with a defender of 14,000.

Even if it is taken down, the Western Brigade will probably be crippled.

The Southern Army took Victoria City at the cost of nearly 2,000 casualties. How many 2,000 people can the Western Brigade lose?

After weighing the pros and cons, Liang Yao did not choose to force these three fortified cities with complete fortifications, nor did he join forces with Jackson. Instead, he chose to continue southward to attack the coastal states with weak defenses. He wanted to force out the main Mexican forces hiding in these three fortified cities.

At the same time, he waited for changes in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.

Jackson also had no intention of attacking San Luis Toposi, Leon and Aguascardas.

After the lesson of Victoria City, Jackson has now given up the idea of ​​​​attacking.

After leaving four regiments to protect the logistics line, Jackson only attacked small villages and towns along the way and slowly advanced towards Mexico City.

Jackson's idea coincided with Liang Yao's. He also tended to lure out the main force of Mexico and fight a field battle with the Mexican army.

His plan was to surround Mexico City, then surround and attack the reinforcements, and slowly consume the main force of the Mexican army.

Jackson believed that the political situation in Mexico was not stable. As long as the Mexican capital was surrounded, even if it was surrounded without attacking, changes would inevitably occur in Mexico in the long run.

By then, the initiative would be on their side, and Santa Ana would not be able to choose whether to fight or not.

As the main force of Mexico began to avoid fighting to preserve its strength, Mexico's territory began to fall in large areas.

Except for the southern states of Mexico and some enclaves in the north, large areas of territory north of central Mexico fell.

Opposition to Santa Ana in Mexico also began to rise again, just as Jackson expected Mexico's already unstable political situation to become increasingly unstable.

Mexican dignitaries in the capital, Mexico City, receive news every day that the US military has captured a certain place.

As time goes by, the fallen places are getting closer and closer to the capital.

This has undoubtedly exacerbated the insecurity among Mexican high-level officials in Mexico City. Some cowards have even packed up their gold and silver and boarded passenger ships bound for Spain and France.

Mexico City's city defense is very strong, but there is no precedent for the US military to capture Mexico City.

The senior officials who stayed in Mexico City reprimanded Santa Ana for his inaction. They held the main force of the army, but allowed the US military to conquer the city in Mexico without being moved at all.彯

Santa Ana's reputation in the country has also dropped to the extreme.

Just as Mexico was in turmoil, a savior for the Mexicans seemed to appear.

When the US military troops came to Mexico City, the former famous Mexican general Comes led 5,000 soldiers from Oaxaca and marched into Mexico City swaggeringly under the welcome of the people in the capital.

Due to Santa Ana's tight situation on the front line, Santa Ana transferred 4,000 of the 10,000 Mexican troops originally left to guard the capital.

At this time, there were only 6,000 old, weak, sick and disabled Mexican troops left in Mexico City. Comes entered Mexico City with 5,000 elite troops, which was like giving reassurance to the Mexican top brass in the city.

They hailed Comes as a hero.

However, just two months ago, Comes was still a rat in their mouths.彯

Now, they rely on this rat to protect them, their families and their property.

The political struggle between military leaders is always so simple and unpretentious.

This is the second time that Comes has launched a coup, after summing up the lessons learned from the failure of the previous coup.

Comes was much more proficient in this coup and his execution was much more decisive.

In order to resist the American attack, Santa Ana took his main force and cronies with him, which inevitably led to an empty rear.

Comes mercilessly labeled Santa Ana as a traitor.

He quickly arrested Comes' cronies in Mexico City for treason and took control of Santa Ana's family.彯

The first to bear the brunt of the attack were Santa Ana's trusted officers. Comes not only arrested these officers, but also ordered them to be executed on the spot to avoid a long night.

The garrison in the capital was temporarily leaderless, and Comes successfully took over all the military forces in Mexico City.

After fully mastering the military armed forces in Mexico City and taking control of Mexico City.

Comes officially announced the establishment of the Mexican military government, and he personally served as the special president as the head of the military government.

The next day, Comes declared a state of emergency throughout Mexico and imposed militarized control on the capital, Mexico City.

Of course, he did not forget to send a telegram to Liang Yao.

Comes knows that his base is unstable. Except for his extremely high approval rating in his home state of Oaxaca, his approval ratings are not high in other states.彯

At this time, the main force of the Mexican army was still in the hands of Santa Ana, and not many people were optimistic that Comes could successfully seize power in a coup. The big landowners and big compradors everywhere are smart people, and they will not rush to express their positions when the current situation is unclear.

To stabilize and expand its base, Comes needs the cooperation of the US military.