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The contract signed between the War Department and the Far East Company was time-limited, and the Far East Company could trouble the Spaniards before the United States completed its preparations for war against Spain, but after the United States completed its preparations for war, the Far East Company had to cooperate with the War Department, which meant that the Far East Company would lose the initiative that it had won so hard, and although this did not seem serious, it would certainly affect the post-war earnings of the Far East Company.

In fact, the War Department is also playing tricks in doing this, in the original history, the sinking of the "Maine" was the fuse of the Spanish-American War, of course, later people knew that the sinking of the "Maine" was completely directed and staged by the US government, which not only reminded people of another famous "911", the two are very similar.

The reason why the Ministry of War will authorize the Far East Company is related to the attributes of the Far East Company, after all, the Far East Company is a private enterprise, strictly speaking, in this era of advocating "free trade", the US government does not have the right to interfere in the operation of the Far East Company, so the Far East Company does not need to go to great lengths to find an excuse to go to war with the Spaniards, which is very important to the Ministry of War, after all, Washington does not want to blow up and sink the warship that it has worked so hard to build, and in order to look more realistic, there must be naval officers and sailors on the ship, In its original history, the "Maine" incident killed 164 people and injured 100, and the War Department did not want to invest such a large amount of money if it could.

Of course, the so-called don't want to be just crocodile tears, if the U.S. government really wants to do something, so that it doesn't care how many people die and how many people die in 911? The answer is 2,996 people, and these people are all elite people who are qualified to work in Gemini, although all the Jews working in Gemini took leave that day, but this is still a huge loss.

It would be much better to have the Far Eastern Company come forward, and if the Far Eastern Company could defeat the Spaniards, then the US government could install a pro-American government in Luzon, which was not the most perfect result, but it was already acceptable to Washington.

And if the Far Eastern Company could not get the Spaniards, then the US government could wage war against the Spaniards under the banner of safeguarding the interests of American business, and it should be said that this was the cheapest excuse for the US government.

"Actually, I suggest that you don't have to look for other camps, the Spaniards are already wary of you, so your existence is no longer a secret, in that case, why not take this opportunity to give the Spaniards a false impression, I have sent a special detachment to Luzon, of course you can do the same." Bai Qi made a surprising suggestion, but after thinking about it carefully, Steven found that it was in the interests of the Far Eastern Company.

According to the plan of the Far East Company, to wage war against the Spaniards in Luzon, at least about 5,000 troops must be mobilized, and if you take into account the possible reinforcements of the Spaniards, the size of the troops will be further expanded, even if it is 5,000 people, it is a big burden, to maintain a force of this size in Luzon, the cost is about 1.2 million US dollars per month, although this money is not a large number for the shareholders of the Far East Company, but if you can save some, then the shareholders will definitely be more satisfied.

"Come on, let's take a good look at it, I can't say we need to borrow your intelligence network-" Steven decided to try it first, it doesn't matter if it succeeds or not, anyway, it's just a consumption of a few hundred people, and the Far East Company can afford it.

"No problem, who made us friends." Bai Qi was very satisfied, and it was also in the interests of the Ryukyus to intervene in the U.S. war against Spain at this stage, and everyone actually took what they needed, so of course it would be good to cooperate.

Three days later, a small detachment of forty men was selected and they were to go to Luzon in advance to prepare for the next operation of the Far Eastern Company.

As the leader of the squad, Jimmy receives special attention from Steven.

"We now know that there are a lot of Chinese in Luzon, which is one of the reasons why you have been confirmed as the captain, and after arriving in Luzon, I ask you to conduct a preliminary reconnaissance of Manila, and at the same time you have a special mission, if you can, to find a suitable place to serve as a forward base for our Far East company." Steven doesn't want to rely on everything for nothing, if he can, it's best to get a piece of his own territory first.

"This is not a problem, there are many islands in Luzon, we can find an uninhabited island as a base for advancement, as long as there is fresh water on the island." Jimmy was completely from the Far East company's point of view, which was a prerequisite for Jimmy to gain Steven's trust.

"Then go and find it, it is better to build a dock on the island, and there is another question I want to remind you that the Ryukyu government has sent a special detachment to Luzon in advance, and they have now made progress, and may have instigated some of the indigenous Luzon uprisings, if we can, we must control these people, this is very important, we alone cannot defeat the Spaniards." Steven thought a lot, the Ryukyus are now an ally of the United States, although it is impossible to turn against the U.S. government on the surface, but in terms of specific interests, the Ryukyu government will definitely not give up, so there must be precautions.

"Logistics, mainly logistics, as long as we control logistics, we can control the troops in Luzon." Jimmy has a deep understanding of this, when he was in Cuba, if it wasn't for Li Mu controlling the logistics of the Cuban rebel army, it is estimated that Li Mu would not have taken the biggest piece of cake after the war so easily.

"You don't have to worry about logistics, the Ryukyu government can give Luzon limited support, and when our next ship comes, we can provide assistance like Luzon." Steven agrees with this, if only logistics are provided, it is best to defeat the Spaniards in Luzon, but it is just money, compared to the Ryukyu government, the Far East Company is more.

Indeed, don't look at Ryukyu as a country, but when it comes to economic strength, all the property in Ryukyu adds up, and it is not necessarily as much wealth as Li Mu alone, this is the charm of industry, Ryukyu was established until now, the government's largest source of income is Japan, and the country's economy has not improved much, I have to say, this is the gap.

A week later, Jimmy and his team arrived in Luzon without incident, and like Austin, Jimmy chose to smuggle into Luzon and get in touch with Austin as soon as possible.

"Haha, brothers of the Far Eastern Company, welcome to hell, but for those of us, this is heaven." Austin was passionate about Jimmy.

The place where Austin and Jimmy met was a small town less than ten kilometers away from Manila, Austin They had just attacked here, although the Spaniards had been on guard against Austin, but the Spaniards still did not correctly estimate Austin's combat effectiveness, and now Austin has nearly 1,500 people, all of whom have surrendered, and they have no way to retreat, so they can only follow Austin and the Spaniards against each other.

The cruelty of the Spaniards in Luzon is not only reflected in the Chinese, in the face of the indigenous people in Luzon, the Spaniards also show ruthlessness, especially for those natives who dare to resist the colonial rule of the Spaniards, the Spaniards are all killed, absolutely zero tolerance, so these natives who have been stained with the blood of the Spaniards are no longer able to be re-accepted by the Spaniards.

Austin did not receive enough support from the Ryukyus, as evidenced by the equipment of his men, with only a very small number of men owning pistols and shotguns, many more using flintlock pistols and arquebuses, and even some using bows and arrows.

It sounds a bit amazing, in fact, in the jungle, many times the bow and arrow are better than gunpowder weapons, especially when carrying out sneak attacks, in the dense forest, the sound of bows and arrows can hardly be heard at a distance of more than twenty meters, Austin's men organized a group of people to use bows and arrows to attack the Spaniards, and the effect is very good.

"That's right, for those of us, this is heaven, because we can only live in hell." Jimmy's expression was indifferent, oblivious to the killing that was going on not far away, and several natives who did not dare to attack the Spaniards were also killed, and in this war, it was either black or white, and no one could walk in the gray area.

"Man, did you bring anything good? You see, our equipment is so rudimentary, and if we had enough equipment, I would have wanted to attack Manila. Austin was a little disappointed, and Bai Qi put more of his mind on the direction of Sakhalin, and did not support Luzon much, and did not even fulfill his promise to Lin Xianghai.

But it doesn't matter, because of the addition of the Far East Company, the assistance will definitely be endless, and Bai Qi will definitely not ask Lin Xianghai to explain, anyway, as long as the ultimate goal can be achieved, Lin Xianghai's requirements are not high, as long as the Chinese can survive in Luzon, and the Far East Company can do far more than that, look at the Chinese in the United States, the Chinese in Luzon may have a higher status in Luzon than the Chinese in the United States in the future.

"Not yet, but even if they are given enough advanced weapons, will they be able to use them?" Jimmy doesn't trust Austin's men, these people don't even have uniform uniforms, many of them are dressed in tatters and are not even as good as being called Hanako, Jimmy even saw someone with half of his ass exposed, such a force, the combat effectiveness is indeed worrying.

"Don't worry at all, even if you have good equipment, you won't give it to these people, these people are just consumables, and many of them are estimated not to survive after the war." Austin is even worse than Jimmy imagined.

It sounds very cruel, think about the tragedy of those innocent Chinese at the beginning, Austin and Lin Xianghai have no reason to let go of these "murderers", they also have original sin, even if they don't die in the hands of the Spaniards, they will die in the hands of Lin Xianghai and Austin.

Fortunately, Austin and Jimmy used English to communicate, and the official language of Luzon in this era was Spanish, and no one could understand English at all, otherwise it is estimated that Austin's subordinates would have rebelled when they heard this.

"You're Chinese, aren't you?" Jimmy suddenly asked without a clue.

In the Far East, black hair and yellow skin are no longer the preserve of the Chinese, so Jimmy has to confirm it first.

"Of course, I came to the Ryukyus with General Bai Qi, who had previously participated in the Cuban War of Independence." Austin's words gave Jimmy a huge surprise.

"You fought in the Cuban War of Independence? It's so – I've been to it too. Jimmy immediately found a common language, and the atmosphere immediately took a step forward.

"Really? Never seen you, I joined the rebels in St. Louis. Austin was also pleasantly surprised, he had a common experience, but he had never seen it before, and he felt like a fellow villager with tears in his eyes.

"I was supposed to be in Guantanamo, and when Mr. Riem was going to build the port, I was there to supervise the work." Jimmy was enthusiastic and pulled out a Havana cigar from his backpack, and Austin's eyes lit up as if he had found it.

"I miss this taste—" Austin took a big puff and held it for a long time before spitting it out, the expression on his face was very intoxicated, although Havana cigars are common in New York, but in the Ryukyus, only high-ranking officers can enjoy them, and Austin is not of sufficient rank.

"How many Chinese do you have here? Before I arrived, I had heard that the Chinese here were miserable, and that the Spaniards here were even more excesses than the Spaniards in Cuba. Jimmy gritted his teeth at the mention of the Spaniards, which was an old sorrow and a new hatred.

"It's really excessive, the Spaniards leash heavy taxes on the Chinese here, and at the same time provoke the natives to attack the Chinese, if the Chinese resist, the Spaniards will pull the astray - the Chinese here are very disgusted with the Spaniards, almost every Chinese I meet, want to take revenge on the Spaniards, there are about 700 Chinese on my side now, there are more in Manila, and the situation is worse somewhere, so I am very worried now." Austin's face also became gloomy, and at this time, all the Spanish prisoners who happened to be not far away were stabbed to the ground, and Austin said hatefully: "Hang all the corpses, and let the Spaniards in Manila know that we are powerful-"

Austin is not a good person, in order to sow discord between the natives and the Spaniards, now when Austin arranges the encirclement, he will deliberately leave a gap and let some of the Spaniards escape, because all the people who carried out the early attack are local natives, so even if the Spaniards want to retaliate, they will target the local natives first, which may make the Chinese in Manila a little better.

The routine of colonial rule is basically the same: first divide and then co-opt, pull one faction to fight another, find a social enemy to divert the main contradiction, and the colonizers can stay out of the matter.

Unfortunately, in Luzon, the Chinese were the social enemies set by the Spaniards, and by instigating the aborigines to persecute the Chinese, the Spaniards could balance the left and right.

Austin was aiming at this, so he deliberately created the illusion of an indigenous attack on the Spaniards, and as soon as the Spaniards began to retaliate, then Austin's forces would expand rapidly.

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