At first I thought that this timeline was inspired by the movie, The Master Gunfighter.
We get our kicks out of raging over this sort of thing. It's nothing personal.how many times must I say it it probably wasn't meant to be anywhere near realistic![]()
I agree that is a silly part and is an overinflated number by at least a 100 but remember that it's night old fashioned musket's and early rifles he's a highly skilled and unique combatant the troops probably weren't very well trained with proper bayonet use in close quarters combat and they probably got all confused and panicked because of a sudden attack like that![]()
the very premise is eye-catching.Hard to believe it was over a decade ago when I wrote that TL. It was meant to be over-the-top at the end, but initially more of a comic 'what if' if the butterflies all kept flying out in unexpected directions.
Understand the conditions of Mexican infantry...
...unarmored, in tight formation, and they are using single-shot rifles. If he can get past the first volley or is merely grazed he can get in close with a samurai sword and kill *a lot* of people. Also, the mythos of Texas and the "cowboy code" has a few things in common with parts of Bushido. By 1836 there are elements of Japanese society looking to "Dutch Learning" and they were aware of Mexico and its environs from trade voyages like that of the Date Maru centuries before. And yes some of the timeline listed is wild, but not all of it is so far fetched. Screw-based ships were on the water during the American Civil War and were developed in the 1830s. Rockets were used during the Napoleonic Wars ("And the Rocket's Red Glare...") while submarines were well on their way. the UK was a traditional rival of France and had several ties to Germany at that point, they had historical claims to Calais and Normandy why not reassert them and take out a rival at the same time? Difference engines and analytical engines ("computers" in this scenario) were also possibly feasible, though a stretch for a country like Japan even with earlier modernization.