218 Preparation (2nd Update)
When he woke up, Li Mu found himself sleeping on the sofa, Chu Xue curled up in the corner of the sofa, lying on the armrest of the sofa and sleeping on the armrests of the sofa. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It seems that Chu Xue, this girl, has been with Li Mu for a night.
Although Li Mu didn't want to wake up Chu Xue, as soon as Li Mu moved, Chu Xue woke up immediately.
"Go back to the room and sleep-" Li Mu felt pity in his heart, and his mouth really couldn't get up.
"It's okay, when you get out, I have time to catch up on sleep." Chu Xue was quite reasonable, and picked up the change of clothes prepared next to him to serve Li Mu to wash.
Li Mu had a headache, looking at the crumpled clothes on his body, Li Mu refused the first snow service, went directly to the bathroom to take a shower, and then went out in good spirits.
The barracks were already full of people, groups of excited, numb, or desperate soldiers were marching to the school grounds, and farther beyond the barracks there were groups of soldiers assembling them, they had to be screened first, and all those who were physically injured or lacked energy had to be eliminated, and they didn't even have a chance to enter the barracks.
But do you think you'll be able to escape the war this way?
It is impossible, in addition to frontal combat, there are other aspects of war, such as logistical assistance, maintaining law and order in the rear, recruiting new soldiers, and so on, even if you can't go to the battlefield, you can't escape the whirlpool of war.
"Mr. Reem, someone wants to see you." Yan Shun came out of the side silently.
"Who?" Li Mu asked casually.
"Libora and Santos." Yan Shun reported in a low voice.
"That Santos?" Li Mu's brain hasn't been online yet, so it's really not right.
In South America, Santos is a very common name, and there are a lot of them on the street, and among the Cubans Li Mu knew during this time, there are not ten or eight Cubans named Santos.
"Santos Gomez, the one who negotiated with you on behalf of President Céspedes in the past—" Yan Shun looked left and right, apparently afraid that people would notice him.
"Take him to my office." Li Muzheng wanted to find someone to ask what was going on, and Santos came at the right time.
Different from the suit and leather shoes in Li Mu's impression, Santos wore a soldier's military uniform, and his hair was shaved into a soldier's common bald head.
"Mr. Ream, President Céspedes has been wronged, President Céspedes is currently being imprisoned by Darwin Andrew on a farm on the outskirts of Santiago, you must save President Céspedes, I think President Céspedes will not be stingy, maybe you can get the whole Maestra and Pugliar, or even the entire southeast of the island of Cuba-" Santos didn't know where things had got.
"Alas-" Mu Li sighed, and was speechless about the intelligence lag of Santos, the head snake: "Where did you go last night?" ”
If Li Mu had gotten this information last night, then maybe things would have taken a turn for the better, but now, Cespedes is dead, and everything else is in vain.
"I've been outside the barracks, but the whole barracks is on alert, and I can't get in—" Santos was helpless, there must have been Darwin Andrew's eyeliner in the barracks, and Santos didn't dare to appear rashly.
George Dewey imposed martial law to guard against Darwin Andrew, but unexpectedly cut off the last ray of life for Cespedes.
"President Cespedes is dead—" Li Mu was a little unbearable, but still told Santos the news.
"No-can't-" Hearing Li Mu's words, Santos's eyes that were originally full of hope suddenly dimmed, and he stood for a while, Santos still reluctantly accepted this fact, covering his face and slumping in the chair and crying silently.
Li Mu poured a glass of wine and put it in front of Santos, and after a long while, he asked softly, "What happened?" ”
Santos burst into tears, his hands and ten fingers were spread and trembled, and he told Li Mu about what happened last night with tears: "After the news of Bayamo's loss came, President Céspedes convened a special meeting to discuss countermeasures, and Darwin Andrew accused President Céspedes of having private contact with the Spaniards, which is all nonsense, and I can guarantee that President Céspedes never had contact with the Spaniards, but Darwin Andrew had contact with the Spaniards. Darwin Andrew's accusation that President Céspedes leaked Bayamo's defensive arrangements to the Spaniards is also nonsense, and that the control of the army is in the hands of Rayleigh Toynbee, and that President Céspedes has no right to interfere with Rayleigh Toynbee's command at all, and that Rayleigh Toynbee will not report to Cespedes about Bayamo's defensive arrangements, only Darwin Andrews can leak it - Darwin Andrew then declares the impeachment of President Céspedes, and President Céspades opposes null and void, Eventually, he was dismissed from his post on the spot—"
Santos's words were mixed with a lot of personal judgment, but Li Mu still understood the whole process.
"Does President Céspedes have no supporters in the cabinet?" Li Mu is really curious, if Cespedes is like this, it will be too much of a failure.
"Of course, Vice President Mr. Caspar Hardy and Justice Arthur Robbins oppose the removal of President Céspedes from office, arguing that it is not fair, and that even if President Céspedes is suspected of collaborating with the enemy, he should be tried by the Supreme Court and removed only after his guilt has been established - but it is useless, even the captain of the President's guard has betrayed Mr. President, and Mr. Vice President and Mr. Justice are powerless." Santos is a bit politically naïve and as naïve as Cespedes, and such a person is really not fit to be a politician.
According to Li Mu's knowledge, Vice President Caspar Hardy and Justice Arthur Robbins are both liberals, and even if they oppose the impeachment of Cespedes, it is certainly not because they support Cespedes, but because they did not initiate the impeachment.
Cespedes is also a tragedy, even the captain of the guard was bribed and lost unjustly.
"You stay in the barracks during this time, don't go anywhere, someone must be looking for you outside, as long as you don't go out, I will guarantee your safety." Li Mu wants to keep Santos, although Li Mu is not sure what Santos is for, but no one can say what will happen in the future, maybe Santos will come in handy.
"My family—" Santos remembered to take care of the family.
"I'll send someone to fetch them, if Darwin Andrew hasn't had time to find them." Li Mu saved people to the end, anyway, it was just a few more people to eat.
Sending away the weeping Santos, Yan Shun brought Libora in.
"General George ordered me to obey your command—" Libora looked at Li Mu with kindness in his eyes, but also a hint of confusion.
Although Li Bora served in the Cuban army, Li Bora is Chinese like Li Mu, and naturally has an intimacy bonus, so now Li Bora feels cordial to Li Mu, but Li Mu is an American after all, and Li Bora is not sure when Li Mu will return to the United States in the future, so Li Bora is at a loss for the future.
"How's your injury?" Li Mu first cares about Li Bola's body.
When Li Mu saw Li Bora last night, Li Bola's arms were wrapped and hung on his chest like zongzi, although he didn't hang it today, Li Mu felt that he shouldn't be better so quickly.
"It's just a torn muscle, as long as you don't do strenuous activity, it's fine." Liborah raised her arms at shoulder level, indicating that she did not interfere with her movements.
If the muscle tear is actually a light or serious injury, if it does not hurt the tendon, it can recover in a week, if it hurts the tendon, then the recovery period will be much longer, and it is likely that it will not return to normal, and it will leave sequelae forever.
Libora's case seems to fall into the former category.
"Very well, how many men do you have now?" It is very important for Li Mu to determine how much power he has in his hands.
"General George ordered all our Chinese soldiers to report to you that we have a total of 442 people, 36 of whom are seriously injured and need to be hospitalized, and 211 who are slightly wounded, and can participate in military operations for about half a month, so we now have a total of nearly two hundred men available to you at any time." It seems that Li Bora did his homework before he came, and all kinds of numbers can be reported casually, and because Li Bora was an officer before, his words and sentences are very military style.
"Don't get closer, how many exactly?" Li Mu didn't want to count.
"195 people, sir." Libora was accurate to the single digits this time.
"Very well, your task now is to transfer all the lightly wounded to Guantanamo, and the seriously wounded to stay here for treatment, and at the same time you go to San Diego and get me some of the more skilled surgeons, and once you find a doctor, transfer all the seriously wounded with you, and you go to find more Chinese, whether they are in the mines or on the plantations, as long as they are slaves, take them to Guantanamo - that's all for now." Li Mu first had to gather his strength, with less than two hundred people at present, he couldn't do anything he wanted to do.
"Slaves - what if the landlords or mine owners don't let them go?" The excitement in Libora's eyes flashed, and she immediately thought of the harsh reality.
"The gun in your hand is a burning stick? Whoever dares to him for me if he doesn't let go! If you can't do it, come back and call someone, and pull the army to do it together! Li Mu was murderous, no matter who hindered Li Mu from collecting the Chinese, Li Mu had to let him know that the American financier was not easy to mess with.
"Yes!" Liborah was so excited that she replied loudly.
"Leo, take them to change their clothes, a pistol for each of them, plus a shotgun or a Winchester Thirteen Round, teach them to use grenades, and if anyone dares to carry them, blow them up with grenades." Li Mu instructed Yan Shun to take Li Bora out.
If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, Li Mu has nothing else in his hands now, there are a lot of sophisticated weapons, these are Li Mu's disciples, Li Mu wants to arm them to the teeth and smash all the enemies in front of him.