I Became The Crown Prince Of The Mexican Empire - Chapter 140



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Mexican-American War (13)

Zachary Taylor gave it his all from the start.

It was the exact opposite of the usual tactic of conducting a reconnaissance war to gauge the enemy’s strength.

An overwhelming human wave tactic was deployed, and the 220,000-strong American army launched a full-scale offensive against the Mexican Empire’s Memphis defense line.

“Charge! Do not let the sacrifice of your comrades be in vain!”

“Don’t stop! If you stop, you’ll just fall prey to the machine guns!”

The officers shouted to charge unconditionally according to the operation plan. The American army suffered such heavy casualties that the barbed wire prepared by the Mexican Empire was covered with corpses, but they succeeded in pushing the front line to the very edge of the defense line.

Everything went according to Zachary Taylor’s wishes until the Mexican Empire withdrew.

“The Mexicans are retreating!”

The American soldiers were also possessed by evil. They could now finally attack those rascals who had been hiding in their trenches and attacking unilaterally. They aimed their guns at the Mexican Imperial Army as they were leaving their trenches.

That brief moment of complacency became poisonous.

Kwakwakwang!

Mexican Imperial artillery fire poured down to cover the retreating troops.

“Don’t shoot! Keep running until you reach the trench!”

“What the f*ck!”

The multiple layers of defense were designed to effectively protect retreating troops.

By the time the American soldiers reached the trenches, the Mexican Empire had already moved into a second line of defense.

The Mexican Empire continued to attack the American troops who had not yet reached the trenches, causing further casualties.

Bang! Ta-ta-ta-tang! Ta-tang!

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-

Kyaak!

“Fuck···.”

An American soldier collapsed less than five steps from the trench. The American soldiers inside the trench could do nothing but look at him with pity.

The American soldiers who entered the trenches that they had obtained at great cost realized a shocking truth.

“There’s no body….”

The US soldiers did not just run blindly. They also fired whenever they had time while running, and artillery fire was also fired from the rear. However, there were no bodies.

“Didn’t they take it? I think so, seeing as they didn’t leave behind even a single rifle, not even a machine gun, not even a single can of food.”

“No, it’s not like there are no corpses at all.”

Where he pointed, there were the corpses of Mexican Imperial soldiers who had been blown up with machine guns. The Mexican Imperial Army did not take the corpses with them as they retreated from the defensive line. The Mexican Imperial Army did not have that kind of leeway.

“And… there is very little trace of blood.”

The inside of the trench was a completely different world from the outside. The outside of the trench was filled with corpses, and the blood from those corpses dyed the ground red. On the other hand, the inside of the trench was clean.

“···”

“···”

While the Mexican Army killed tens of thousands of American soldiers, the American soldiers killed almost none of the Mexican Army. They killed a lot of retreating enemies, but it was a drop in the bucket compared to the price paid by the American soldiers.

“Ughh …

“Ahhhh!”

While many American soldiers realized the terrifying reality and remained silent, only the groans of the wounded resonated. As the night deepened, the madness of the battlefield cooled, and many soldiers trembled in fear.

The next day.

The Mexican Imperial Army had locked up the barbed wire that they had opened for retreat all night. It was even wider than the hellish barbed wire that they had seen yesterday. The soldiers were terrified, but the battle continued.

“Charge!”

The American soldiers, well-rested and well-fed, did not begin fighting until around noon.

Boom!

As soon as we got out of the trench, artillery fire poured down.

I hesitated for a moment, but then someone pushed my back.

“Charge!”

He was an officer.

He was holding a revolver. He didn’t point the revolver at him or shout that he would kill him if he didn’t get out immediately, but once he was in the trench, there was nowhere to run. Even if he tried to escape to the rear, he was within range of the enemy.

“Eww!”

As I was leaving the trench, half-conscious, I saw machine guns. Several machine guns were already firing.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo-

It had only been 10 seconds since I had run. Did I gain some kind of super power right before I died? I had a hallucination where it seemed like I saw bullets flying at me.

“Cough!”

The battle was very different from yesterday.

The American troops were unable to advance.

The situation is completely different from yesterday, when we were helplessly pushed back by a massive force of troops.

Today’s American troops suffered heavy casualties yesterday, and their numbers were low, and their morale was low, but the Mexican Empire’s defenses were stronger than yesterday. There were almost no casualties, and the second line of defense was denser than the first line of defense. They were much more accustomed to trench warfare than the first day, and even if they were pushed back, they knew that there was still a place to retreat, and if they retreated calmly and according to orders, there would be no major damage. Morale could not but be high.

It was the moment when the true value of trench warfare was demonstrated. The strong defensive power of trench warfare did not come from a single line of trenches, but from a system of multiple layers of trenches that were built to support each other. A single line of defense could be breached, but the attacking force had to endure enormous losses for that one line, while the losses of the defending force were ridiculously small.

“You can take out your gun when you come near me!”

“yes!”

As the American explosive power wore off, the Mexican army would not give up an inch of their trenches even when the enemy approached. They were lucky to get there, but they did not have the strength to push the entire trench out.

James Polk’s only hope, the ‘counteroffensive’ operation, was starting to descend into hell.

***

“Mexican Imperial forces prepare to land in Washington, D.C.!”

“Patriots, let us protect our homeland!”

As news spread throughout the Northeast that Washington, D.C., the capital, was under attack, militias began to form at a rapid pace. In the War of 1812, the American militia numbered over 400,000 across the country.

The northerners, although in favor of the war, had not been very active up to that point. That lukewarm mood completely changed when the enemy came right before their eyes. It was like a fire under their feet.

North of Washington, D.C., there was Baltimore, north of Baltimore, there was Philadelphia, and north of Philadelphia, there was New York.

“Now it’s really the limit!”

Kwakwakwang!

The garrison of Fort Washington, a fort on the Potomac River, did its best. The enemy was simply too strong. The enemy’s ironclads boasted the same defensive power as a fortress on the sea.

No, it was stronger than an actual fortress made of stone.

The Mexican Imperial fleet, led by two ironclads, followed by dozens of monitors, attacked the fortress. The monitors’ low freeboard was an advantage at this time, as they could hide under the protection of the ironclads, and the fortress was unable to attack the monitors.

bang!

Wedge-

Thud!

It was a meaningless shot. But they had to keep firing. Only then would the vast Mexican Empire’s fleet at least pretend to care about the fort. That tearful effort was now over.

“Retreat! Retreat!”

“Join the militia and block the landing!”

The United States was expanding southward and westward, and many people were moving with the expansion, but half of the American population still lived in what had been the Thirteen Colonies.

Five days, the time given by the brave men of Fort Washington. In that short time, a huge number of militiamen were gathered. The northeastern states were also connected by railroad.

They were not trained regular troops, had no proper military supplies, and were only a large number of militiamen, but they thought it was possible to stop the landing. Common sense would suggest that the landing party would be at a huge tactical disadvantage. However, that was only if there were properly constructed coastal defense facilities left.

Kwakwakwakwakwang!

Kwakwakwakwakwang!

The Mexican Empire’s armored frigates fired hundreds of small-caliber guns in rapid succession.

“This, this is not it! Retreat! Those guys, they have no intention of getting off!”

“Let’s retreat!”

The Mexican Imperial Fleet would not dare to allow the American militia to attempt to defend the landing. They poured out artillery fire using ships of the line, frigates, armored frigates, ironclads, monitors, and other small ships, and the Americans had no choice but to abandon their landing defense.

“Initiate landing!”

As the Americans withdrew, the Mexican Empire began to land. All available transports were mobilized, but the 3rd Corps, with 60,000 men, and the 4th Corps, with 80,000 men, could not be transported at once.

It took more than two weeks just to transport and supply the troops.

Boom!

“Washington···again···.”

The fleet was not idle during this time. The main guns of the ironclads and monitors had a considerable range, and they were destroying buildings in Washington.

“Just hold on a little longer. Patriots are gathering from all over the country. When those bastards start to advance, we will take proper revenge.”

“okay.”

The militia began to grow like crazy, and the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, began supplying arms directly to the Union Army. Even if they were numerous, if they could get into the city, it would be a worthwhile fight, he thought.

Of course, it was a ridiculous idea. If an American officer fighting in Memphis had seen this, he would have shouted in his blood that they should dig trenches at this hour, but the militia did not know what a trench was, and wasted precious time.

“The Mexican Empire has taken to the battlefield!”

“at las!”

Finally, the Mexican Empire began to advance.

“Coming!···Hmm?”

The Mexican Empire did not move straight into Washington, D.C.

“Those guys!”

Kwakwakwang!

They started firing cannons. The buildings in Washington, D.C. started to fall. The Mexican Empire advanced, stopped, fired cannons, and advanced again.

“Shouldn’t we go and fight this right now?”

“···Let’s go and get shot by the cannon?”

“···.”

Washington DC, which was chosen as the capital and began construction as a planned city in the late 18th century, was already burned down by the British in 1814. At the time, there were many wooden buildings, so they burned down easily, but Washington DC, which was painstakingly restored, also had many expensive stone buildings.

“···Sob.”

“No! The Supreme Court!”

The Mexican Empire had no intention of engaging in street fighting, and the militia, with its few cannons, was woefully inadequate. The Mexican Empire’s troops fired their artillery with gusto, even though they had spare shells.

“Not the Capitol, you punks!”

“Let’s go out and fight right now!”

“Then you take the lead.”

The generals of the Union Army were all away on the border or in Mississippi, and the highest rank among the garrison officers was a lieutenant colonel. There was no officer with the authority to command the entire militia, which had now grown to over 100,000 men. The militia itself was often a collection of individuals from various places rather than being organized by anyone.

While the command of the militia was not in order, the Mexican Imperial Army was targeting the Supreme Court, the National Assembly, and the presidential palace.

Boom! Boom!

It was the sound of Americans’ pride being shattered.

“It is too late to save the presidential residence now. How about we preserve our troops, retreat, and bring in a proper general?”

“That sounds good.”

The story that someone had told was agreed upon by most of the militia. They were also well aware of the strength of the Mexican Imperial Army, and were afraid to fight right away. Just looking at the number of cannons aimed at the city, it was madness to fight as it was.

Tens of thousands of patriots gathered to save the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C., but were unable to put up a fight and could only watch as the capital was destroyed.

The Mexican Empire’s forces in the eastern United States, which had destroyed Washington, D.C., began preparing to advance north.