Without hatred for the war that came from there, did those ordinary Spanish soldiers in the Philippines have enmity with the Americans?

It turned out that there was none, not at all.

Even these ordinary soldiers were looking forward to the arrival of the Americans, and when they came, they would be able to throw the mess of the Philippines to the Americans sooner, so that they could return to Spain happily and early with the wealth they had looted in the colonies.

In addition, in the propaganda of the Americans, the strength of the United States is simply too strong, so strong that these soldiers feel that they are a dwarf, and the Americans are a giant, and the dwarf is fighting with the giant, and there is no possibility of winning even if you think about it.

This is not only their own opinion, but also the opinion of all the countries of the world, and no country would think that they would win this war, and in such a depressed mood, the fighting warriors of the Spanish soldiers can be described as pitiful.

It is better for him to die in a doomed war than to surrender early with symbolic resistance, which is the little dignity that a soldier should retain.

In this way, there is also the main reason why the Spanish colonial forces stationed in the Philippine colonies after the annihilation of the Spanish Asian detachment in history, and the United States expeditionary force finally surrendered directly after the American expeditionary force arrived in the Philippines to besiege Manila.

It is simply too difficult to boost morale with a victory, the strength of the US Asian Detachment is undoubtedly too strong, if you fight with them in a fair and open fight, the final result will be a defeat for both sides, which is not in the interests of Gao Hongsheng, and at the same time, let Gao Hongsheng work hard for the Spaniards and fight the Americans, he is not so selfless.

After all, the US Asian Fleet is only trapped, and if the fleet itself does not break in, it will not lose anything, and Gao Hongsheng really did not expect the Americans to dare to break into the South Waterway of Manila Bay like death.

His original intention was only to trap the American Asian detachment in Manila Bay, and then the Americans, in order to avoid defeat and victory, would inevitably shell the city of Manila and force the Spaniards to surrender.

As long as the Americans shelled Manila City, only Gao Hongsheng could provide information on how much the Spanish officers and soldiers whose property and families were placed in Manila City would lose, as long as he made a little move when the two sides were in contact, the hatred between the Americans and the Spaniards could be easily established, and with hatred, there would be morale, and the battle would be easy to fight.

instigated the Spaniards stationed in the Philippines to fight with the Americans, and he could just eat peanuts, drink wine, and watch a play on the side.

The script has been carried out according to Gao Hongsheng's writing, but there is a little deviation, the Americans forced their way into the south waterway of Manila Bay, the cruiser Olympia was sunk by a mine, General Dewey washed the city of Manila with a cannon like a madman, and the losses in the city of Manila were a little too great, and half of the city was about to be blown up.

This was also confirmed by the photographs and messages that came from Manila four days later, and then landed on the Spanish warships and spread to every Spanish sailor, with the result that the Spanish soldiers and officers almost wanted to eat the Americans alive.

Hatred can blind a person's mind, and it can also lead people to do something very irrational. The task of Gao Hongsheng's second stage is to turn this irrational action into a rational action that has been carefully considered after research.

Looking at the large map spread out on the table, Gao Hongsheng pointed to the small dots in the ocean on this map and said: "Generals, if we want to teach the Americans a little more lesson, we just need to occupy here." If we are going to defeat the United States or put us in a position to fight the war, then we need to occupy this place: the Hawaiian Islands, and then use Hawaii as a springboard to attack the American mainland. ”

After the translator finished his stumbling translation, ignoring the surprised expression of Montojo, the commander of the Spanish fleet, Gao Hongsheng drew a circle in the Hawaiian Islands with a pencil, and then drew a line along the route from the port of Manila to Hawaii, followed by the route to San Francisco, the mainland of the United States, turned a bay, and then paddled along the coastline until the Panama Canal, where he drew a circle, and then followed the coastline back to San Francisco.

"Generals, this is the plan I have made, to attack and occupy Hawaii, to replenish enough coal in Hawaii, we will go to San Francisco, but try not to let the Americans discover us, our first target is the Panama Canal of the Americans, after the Panama Canal is completely blocked with our mines and the sunken ships of the enemy, the entire west coast of the United States will tremble under our guns, we can attack there if we want, and even if we only need to make an offensive posture, those Americans will tremble with fear, That's when we got to make a name for ourselves. Gentlemen, let the United States tremble in our hands, and we will write a chapter in history of victory in which the weak defeated the strong. ”

After saying this, Gao Hongsheng exhaled often, and looked at these generals who were already surprised and were about to drop their jaws, not to mention the beauty in his heart.

Fighting, there is only defense, the best defense is offense, and now Hawaii is still in the hands of a group of politicians and American businessmen, who overthrew a Turkish queen and established a small independent country, there is no defense at all, and it is not too simple to grab Hawaii at present.

Without Hawaii, a transit point in the Pacific Ocean, it will be difficult for the United States to attack the Philippines, and it is not so fun to cross the vast Pacific Ocean.

This is the importance of Hawaii, as long as Hawaii is occupied and the fortifications there are repaired, then it is equivalent to cutting off the lifeblood of the Americans to get involved in the East, and it will also cut off the dream of the Americans to attack the Philippines.

Blocking the Panama Canal will cut off the passage between the east and west oceans of the United States, making it impossible for the main fleet deployed by the United States in the Atlantic Ocean to quickly reinforce the West Coast through the Panama Canal, which will ensure that Gao Hongsheng can do whatever he wants on the West Coast of the United States, putting greater pressure on the Americans.

If it weren't for the poor navigation ability of the current ships, thousands of nautical miles would have to be replenished with coal, Gao Hongsheng wanted to directly attack the Panama Canal, and then turn around and slowly cut the flesh from the Americans, otherwise there would be no such trouble.

At the beginning of the Spanish-American War, the Americans transferred all the battleships to the east coast to defend against the impossible Spanish attack fleet, otherwise Gao Hongsheng would not have been able to formulate such a risky action, who told him to know better than the Americans about the layout of the battleships of the Americans, which also gave him an opportunity to take advantage of, as for the direction of the war after that, it depends on the reaction of the Americans.

However, it is expected that the Americans will eventually reach an amicable understanding with the Spaniards, with the United States gaining Cuba and the Spaniards retaining the Philippines, which is also fundamentally in line with the objectives of the British and French.

In the end, the Philippines was sold to Austria-Hungary by the Spaniards, then they would not object, as long as it was not given to the Germans, it would be fine, everything was negotiable.

Americans! They have also achieved their goal, and their backyard will be clean in the future, and it is not unacceptable to this fact.

If he continues to write according to Gao Hongsheng's script, then he will get the Philippine archipelago, which is also the reward for his busy work these days, but if he wants to take this reward, it is really a bit too far for those warships to sail, and the distance is daunting.

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