Intervention will inevitably bring about good and bad effects. Sheffield is just across the river from Mexico. Sheffield must consider this issue carefully. If it backfires and has an impact that is not conducive to its own class, things will be bad.

But when you think about it, the risk is not very big. What makes Sheffield most emboldened right now is that the biggest threat has not yet been born. The Soviet Union does not yet exist in this world. There has never been such a day when he felt the greatness of the Russian Empire so much.

, if the Soviet Union did not exist, there would be no reference. Even if Mexico could revolutionize, it would not become a proletarian country.

With this bottom line, Sheffield didn't care about anything, and used Mexico as a testing ground for World War I, modeling and estimating what kind of benefits the United Company could get in a world war.

Planes still cannot be put into the battlefield, nor mustard gas. The war mode of head-on shooting and artillery bombardment is more exciting, at least the cruelty is more direct. This is a status quo that Sheffield is happy to see.

Within a few days, Rodriguez, who returned to Mexico, sent a telegram to Sheffield, saying that many places were indeed in chaos. Sheffield was not surprised. Mexico has a population of 13 million and an area of ​​2 million square meters.

Kilometers in area, like the United States, it is a vast and sparsely populated country.

In fact, this kind of country has a lot of soil for guerrilla warfare. The slave owners remember that the Mexican Civil War lasted for ten years. The intensity can only be said to be average, but the long-term conflict can be regarded as a few highlights.

The evolution of the situation also allowed Rodriguez to no longer say that the situation was not a small improvement but a great improvement, and expressed his hope for support. Sheffield replied in the telegram, "I will support the restoration of order in Mexico at all costs."

Rodriguez was very pleased with Sheffield's statement, but he didn't know that what Sheffield said at any cost later was referring to the lives of Mexicans. As long as either party is unwilling to completely admit defeat, when it can make money, the joint company

This will ensure an adequate supply of arms.

Support is already in progress. Sheffield has not been idle these days. He has integrated the media in his hands outside the United States into the League of Nations, referred to as the League of Nations, focusing on reporting on the internal conflicts in Mexico, leaving aside the constraints of the Associated Press.

, connect to the domestic media system.

To celebrate this new moment, the first fake news report of the day by the Associated Press in Mexico City was titled, "blasphemous monsters are eating Mexico."

The report described Madero's faction as puppets supported by the United States of America and the culprits who messed up the good situation in Mexico. Such so-called progressives blasphemed God and should be judged by God on the stake.

Although Madero was giving guidance in the United States, the newly established League of Nations in Sheffield pointed the finger at Mexico's northern neighbors. On the one hand, it was to add fuel to the current situation, and on the other hand, it was because the slave owners themselves were emboldened.

, just say a few words about how the United States is doing, and you won’t lose a piece of meat.

As the center of the entire country of Mexico, signs of war have appeared around Mexico City. No one expected that the battle would come so quickly. Just like when the Civil War in the United States first began, neither Washington nor Richmond thought that the war would happen.

With such a heavy cost, Washington felt that Richmond would surrender as soon as the Union troops showed up.

Richmond thought that a battle would let Washington know that his side was not to be trifled with, and he would be able to successfully secede from the United States. As a result, the fight was really fierce. The civil war was like this. At the beginning, I always felt that blood was thicker than water, and the same people would not be ruthless. But.

In fact, it's quite the opposite. Just because they are of the same race, they have the idea that they can't lose to anyone, and they often won't give up until the last bullet is fired.

Mexico City has an irregular shape, slightly longer from north to south and slightly narrower from east to west. The city is surrounded by steep mountains. As the core of the Spanish colonial empire at that time, as a plateau city, the climate here is quite comfortable, but in the

The weather is not as real as the sound of gunfire that appears and disappears.

Although it is the core city of Mexico, Mexico City is by no means a city that can effectively respond to wars. The history of the Mexican capital is full of occupation. It was occupied by the United States during the Mexican-American War and by France during the Civil War. Even the residents of Mexico City itself,

They also had little confidence in this city, and there was already a wave of fleeing as soon as the war was approaching.

Countless residents of Mexico City have left the capital and fled to the countryside for refuge, but this kind of refuge is limited to middle-class residents and above. If you want to escape to the lower levels, you must first have a good manor, and preferably have servants to protect you.

To ensure safety in the coming war, as for the escape of civilians, it all depends on luck.

While Mexico City was getting closer to war, armed conflicts also occurred in other administrative regions of Mexico, because Madero advocated land reform, which caused dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church and big families like Rodriguez, and there was betrayal.

Class individuals, there is no class that betrays the class. At this time, they also joined in the chaos, and even took the initiative to attack the forces supporting Madero's faction.

"Okay!" Sheffield jumped up when he returned to Arlington Manor and gave the most intuitive reaction to the good news. "Rodriguez actually thought very clearly. Although I charge money for the arms, as long as

If they win, they can still make money back from the Mexicans and the land. If the land reform is really implemented, they will lose their money, and without the money, no one will work for them."

"It seems that this person is not bad, much more solid than that Madero hiding in San Antonio." Anne sat on the sofa, one leg swaying, and said playfully, "It seems that he has such a reaction speed, Dia

President Sri Lanka should be able to weather the storm."

"Even if he gets away by chance, how old is he? Once he dies, conflicts will break out." Sheffield stretched out his hand to pull Annie and pinched his wife's feet. "Fortunately, I don't care who wins at all.

Okay, it won’t delay me from selling arms, but the war will end quickly, so that won’t work!”

The current situation in Mexico can no longer be solved by slow adjustment. After the two sides fought it out, they both reached that point when they ran out of energy. The root cause still lies with Díaz himself. Although Díaz hopes to develop modernization, he will not

Against the wishes of the manor owners, because he mainly relied on the support of these manor owners, the senior officials he appointed actually used local armed police to support the manor owners in gradually encroaching on the collective land in the countryside.

In the countryside, in order to establish large capitalist farms, the Díaz government plundered a large amount of land from Mexican farmers, whose main components were Indians and Indian mixed races. Whether it was the common land of Indian communes or the land cultivated by farmers for generations,

Because they could not provide evidence that complied with the legal procedures, they were seized by government officials, manor owners and land speculators without compensation. The annexation of land reached an alarming level.

One-fifth of the land in Mexico is in the hands of seventeen people, including Rodriguez. Otherwise, why Sheffield and Rodriguez have such a common language is completely due to the class composition of the big landowners.

Close the distance between each other.

As for the population of 13 million, 9.5 million are said to be farmers, but are essentially long-term workers. This is a problem for the Mexicans themselves. Sheffield has already told Rodriguez that he would rather kill three thousand by mistake.

Don't let one go.

Not long after, the first major battle of the Mexican Civil War broke out in the state of Chihuahua. Chihuahua is located in the inland northwest of Mexico, bordering New Mexico and Texas in the north, covering an area of ​​250,000 square kilometers.

The country's largest state. Its capital is Chihuahua.

Chihuahua is the place where the most intense resistance to President Díaz takes place. Compared with the area of ​​the largest administrative region in Mexico, Chihuahua, which is mainly agricultural, has a large number of farmers. A large number of landless farmers have become the largest area of ​​Díaz’s government.

Opponent of. This is a neighbor not far from Rodriguez's hometown.

Rodriguez first mentioned to President Díaz of Mexico that he would lead the assembled armed forces to dismantle the local rebels, and with Díaz's consent, the war began.

In the city of Chihuahua, vested interests that have decided to resist are eagerly awaiting Rodriguez's arrival and stepping up preparations for war.

Troops composed of Chihuahua peasants began to attack the city. Defending there were three battalions of armed forces assembled by Catholics and large landowners, and responsible for supporting them were the police forces of Chihuahua State and President Díaz. Yes.

Imagine that to command such an army, the first thing required is not superb military literacy but loyalty.

Most of the time, the vested interests of the defenders could only rely on high morale and the rifles in their hands to deal with the massive rebels. The two sides launched a fierce battle to compete for every street, every building, and even every ruin.

There was a battle. All kinds of shouts of killing resounded throughout the city.

At least in terms of bullet consumption, the fighting in the urban area was very fierce, and there were not many bodies visible on the streets, proving that the fierce fighting between the two sides did cause casualties. This was only temporary. As the casualties continued to increase, the so-called simultaneous

The idea that a country should save a little blood cannot last long.

Compared with the peasant army, which has a large number of people, the government army has more reason to persist and is more merciless in its attacks. The upper class often understands the seriousness of the problem earlier. The city government itself has gathered government troops and police.
Chapter completed!