1850 American Gold Tycoon

At the urging of the President and the War Department, supplies that were in short supply for the troops on the Eastern Front were quickly shipped by rail to the San Antonio train station.

Longstreet, who was in charge of munitions, was already happily waiting with his men at the San Antonio train station.

When the train arrived at the station and stopped, he couldn't wait to start counting the supplies.

He carefully checked whether the arriving munitions were consistent with what was on the list, for fear of missing even a pair of boots.

Commander-in-Chief Jackson also arrived at the train station.

Jackson mainly came to inspect the 25 light and heavy artillery pieces.

Although all the artillery promised by the North was in place, the Southern Army's artillery was not sufficient.

Jackson decided to use these artillery together. He gathered all the light artillery, that is, field artillery, and reluctantly organized it into an artillery regiment.

The remaining five 24-pound heavy guns were organized into a heavy artillery battery. These siege heavy artillery will be mainly used to attack Mexican military fortresses and hard cities.

What surprised Liang Yao was that although Robert E. Lee himself did not participate in this battle, he asked his two sons to participate in the battle.

It's just that Robert Lee's two sons were both young and relatively inexperienced at this time. The two southern generals in the future were still little-known lieutenants at this time.

Robert E. Lee's eldest son, Custis, had graduated first from West Point two years earlier with the rank of captain.

Jackson named Custis for the important position of commander of the heavy artillery company.

Whether Jackson's move was driven by a blind eye or based on family status may only be known after the war is over.

However, the senior military officers in the South almost all supported Jackson's decision. First of all, Custis was Robert E. Lee's beloved son, and they were willing to believe that a tiger father has no dog son.

Secondly, Custis's military school performance and service resume are all very good, so good that no one can find any fault with them.

Especially the fact that Custis was able to graduate with first place from West Point Military Academy made Southerners think that this guy was very proud of the South.

As for Robert E. Lee's second son Fitzhugh, who had just graduated from Harvard University, because he had just served in the army, Jackson only made Fitzhugh a second lieutenant in the Second Cavalry and did not entrust him with any important tasks.

After the supplies were counted and put into storage, officers from various regiments, militia groups, and volunteer corps, large and small, rushed to the entrance of the munitions warehouse in San Antonio to wait and prepare to divide the supplies.

The leader of the Texas Regiment, Liang Yaozhun's father-in-law, was also collecting military supplies at the entrance of the military supplies warehouse.

They say they are receiving military supplies, but in fact these so-called aristocratic gentlemen in the south are no different from hawkers bargaining at the vegetable market. Each one speaks louder than the other, for fear of being missed.

Liang Yao could hear Bell's familiar loud voice from far away: "Hey! Big wine barrel! Texas regiment! Texas regiment needs 800 pairs of boots! 800 blankets! 1100 kettles! 500 rifles! "

Because of Longstreet's large and round figure, these senior southern officers preferred to call him the Big Bucket. Compared with Longstreet's somewhat difficult-to-pronounce name, the nickname Big Barrel is much easier to pronounce.

"Sir Bell, you remember wrong! It's 500 pairs of boots! 600 blankets! 1,000 kettles! 400 rifles!"…

Obviously, Bell, who wanted to fish in troubled waters, did not succeed. He knew the supplies assigned to each regiment very well, even though the current environment was very noisy.

"Then give us 100 more rifles! Our regiment doesn't have enough rifles! You can't let my Texas boys who love the South fight with Mexicans with fire sticks, right?" Bell was still unyielding and wanted to shoot more guns.

"Your Excellency Bell, if you can get the approval slip from General Jackson, don't say 100, even 1,000 will be fine." Listerit said with a smile.

Although the supplies promised by the North have been gradually delivered to San Antonio, the supplies in their hands are only adequate and cannot be said to be sufficient.

In order to ensure the army's subsequent combat capabilities, Jack

Johnson was very strict about the distribution of munitions.

"Come on, that guy is stingier than you." Bell couldn't help but complain.

"My old man, you are different from us. You have a son-in-law who runs an arsenal. Please stop grabbing these rags from us poor fellows." A colonel squeezed Bell out of the team and teased.

"As long as you ask your son-in-law, don't ask for 100 guns. I think your son-in-law can afford even 100 cannons."

The surrounding senior officers of the Southern Army burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Bell rolled his eyes at the chatty colonel, took a dozen Texas soldiers, loaded up supplies, and returned to the Texas regiment's camp, cursing.

Liang Yao also followed Bell to the camp of the Texas Regiment.

"What are you doing here? Do you think I'm the butt of enough jokes?" Bell said angrily.

"I've come to help you in times of need." Liang Yao said with a smile.

"Sending help in times of need? You are just a mere commander now, and you only have one company at your side. What kind of help can you give me?" Bell said disdainfully.

"Even if I am poor, at least I still have a thousand people at my disposal."

Although what Bell said was a bit unpleasant, it was true.

The relationship between Liang Yao and the generals of the Confederate Army was relatively harmonious, but not so harmonious that the colonels and generals of the Confederate Army could treat him as one of their own.

He was nominally the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front troops, but in fact the generals of the Southern Army did not buy his account.

He could put forward plans and suggestions for the Confederate army's operations. As for whether these plans and suggestions could be adopted, Jackson had to make the final decision.

Jackson, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front, was very polite to Liang Yao on the surface, but he was not polite to Liang Yao at all where he should be.

Jackson single-handedly controlled the deployment of military supplies and did not allow Liang Yao to interfere. In fact, he was neglecting Liang Yao, the deputy commander-in-chief, and did not want Liang Yao, an outsider, to command their own troops in the south.

This is reasonable, and even more so what Liang Yao expected. Because he would not let the southern commander dictate to his western brigade.

It is not an exaggeration for Bell to say that he was a polished commander. The actual army that Liang Yao could command was not in Texas, but in the Western Brigade in San Diego.

It was precisely because of this that Liang Yao came to see Bell.

Given the current state of affairs of the federal government, subsequent military supplies will certainly not be given generously to the Confederate Army.

Even if they are given, they are delayed and cannot be given in time.

The shortage of supplies will definitely affect the course of the war.

It wasn't that Liang Yao doubted that these martial-minded southerners couldn't defeat the Mexicans, but he wanted a quick victory and didn't want to engage in a protracted tug-of-war.

After all, the Crimean War is almost over, and there is not much time left for them.

Liang Yao currently only has one security company around him. Even if the Mexicans try to pull him apart, it is unrealistic to rely on one company to open the transportation line between Texas and California.

And if he wants to gain greater influence in the Southern Army, and even influence the Southern Army's decision-making, so that the Southern Army can cooperate with the Western Brigade to achieve the goal of a quick victory, he must open up the communication line between California and Texas.

As long as the communication line between California and Texas is opened, he can use military supplies as a bargaining chip to enhance his voice in the Southern Army.

Bell's Texas Regiment was the only regiment among the Confederate Army regiments that Liang Yao had any hope of being able to use before the Garde line of communication was opened.

A company cannot open the line of communication between California and Texas, but a regiment may be able to.

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