How to market authentic Spam luncheon meat to the Army, as well as a large-scale reorganization of partners? This is not O'Connor's concern, it is neither necessary nor within his remit. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 As the supreme commander of the Umbrella mercenaries in the Caribbean theater of operations, O'Connor only had to keep an eye on the battle in front of him.

Yet the battle in San Diego continued according to its original pattern, comical and frustrating—every night, Sampson's fleet fired thousands of dollars worth of brilliant fireworks into the harbor, causing the Spaniards to laugh, and then teasing the exhausted, angry rear admiral by driving the ships to the harbor's entrance during the day. On several occasions, the distraught Sampson even tried to let his fleet rush into the harbor, but the mines laid by the Spaniards prevented him from making rash moves. As for sending small boats to clear mines, under the threat of coastal artillery, not a single person was willing to accept such an order to die almost in vain.

So, the rear admiral, who could not bear the provocative behavior of the Spaniards, came up with another solution: to create a sunken ship and completely block the shipping lane. Sampson picked seven sailors and handed them and a small transport ship over to Richmond, a shipbuilder. P. Hobson, let them dive into the harbor under the cover of darkness and sink the ship in the narrowest part of the fairway.

In theory, this was a viable approach, but the Spaniards were more alert than Sampson had anticipated. Hobson's transports were spotted by the observation post before they could reach their intended position, and a burst of accurate artillery fire destroyed the rudder, causing the transports to miss their correct position and causing only minor trouble. Hobson and seven sailors became the first and last American prisoners of war in the war.

After this humiliating defeat, Sampson had no choice but to return to his old ways and continue his comical and absurd farce with the Spaniards.

But Washington can't wait any longer.

White House.

"Rear Admiral Sampson must destroy the Spanish fleet as soon as possible. The whole world is watching him, and if it drags on, the image of the United States of America will be seriously damaged! McKinley slammed on the table, worried. In fact, what he was worried about was not the international image of the United States -- it would not be damaged in any way, in the eyes of European countries, Sampson's performance was the performance of the American army, and the victory of Dewey and Qin Lang in the Philippines was more like a fantasy -- McKinley was worried about Congress.

If parliamentarians are not satisfied with the Navy's performance, the draft budget for the next fiscal year will be hampered, and then some other discontent will be aroused. As president of the United States, he had to endure pressure from all sides, but McKinley wanted his life to be easy.

Sampson had better understand the magnitude of the problem.

"I believe that Rear Admiral Sampson fully understands the gravity of the situation. But San Diego is an extremely well-defended port city, and the fleet can't venture into the ...... until it's cleared of mines," Long defended his men. Of course, this is only for the sake of the Navy's face, and in private, the Navy chief has cursed Sampson and Schleih countless times. Their poor performance has disgraced the Navy.

And the attitude of the army has also become more aggressive. "I therefore suggest that General Shaffert's troops should be immediately thrown in to destroy the Spaniards' coastal batteries from the ground and remove obstacles to the removal of mines for the navy."

"Then let General Shafter go into battle." McKinley frowned and said, "What are the Army waiting for." ”

Algiers glanced at Long, who was sitting across from him. "The Navy refused to provide escort for General Shaft's convoy of transports, as well as support in the event of a landing."

"The Navy is unable to deploy enough warships for both missions." Long immediately pleaded, "Rear Admiral Sampson's fleet must blockade San Diego, as well as support the Marines in capturing Guantanamo." Of course," he said, looking at McKinley's face, he continued, "Now the Navy has the strength to support Admiral Shaffert." ”

However, McKinley was well aware of the real reasons for the Navy's reluctance to escort and provide landing support to the Army. Although Qin Lang's troops were mercenaries, and the supreme commander of the Philippine theater was Dewey, the War Department would never mention these "insignificant" details when it propagated to the American people, nor would it mention the Filipinos, but said, "An army force of 14,000 men captured the fortress of Manila, which was defended by 36,000 Spanish soldiers in only one day's battle", a great victory, compared to which Dewey's victory pales in comparison.

So the Navy planned to destroy the Severa fleet alone. White House aides calculated that Madrid would immediately ask for peace talks as soon as the Spanish fleet was destroyed, and that the Spanish Army in Cuba would be forced to surrender because of its complete isolation -- the Navy would win an even more remarkable victory, and as for the Army, the Caribbean had nothing to do with them.

McKinley understands the idea of the Navy, and in fact the idea of the Army is not far from it. No matter how much propaganda was preached, the War Department could not change the fact that Qin Lang's army was a mercenary, and the victory he achieved was not a victory for the army. So the army had to fight in Cuba, beat the Spaniards to death, and then be able to proclaim its victory in a higher tone.

Very nice idea. McKinley liked the idea, and he liked the army that was aggressive and knew what and how to do it. And, since the Navy simply can't do the job alone, why not let the Army join the game?

He nodded to Algiers and Long. "Good. General Shafter was ordered to set off immediately. ”

The Secretary of War's staff jotted down the order, and one of them walked out of the conference room to send a telegram to Shafter The meeting goes straight to the next topic. "Regarding the mercenaries stationed in the Philippines, as we know, the contract with it has expired. But it will take another twenty days for the army units to get there, so I propose to sign another contract as soon as possible to extend the mandate of the mercenaries......"

Whether the mandate of the mercenaries needs to be extended is not a matter worth discussing, the army has not yet arrived, and Dewey warned that the armed forces of the Filipinos are ...... At least in terms of troops, it is very strong, then it is necessary to let Qin Lang's army continue to stay in that place...... According to him, the establishment of a new order of democracy and freedom.

In fact, McKinley and Algiers are seriously considering whether the U.S. military's military operation in the Philippines should be named Operation Enduring Freedom, as Qin Lang suggested.

That's a perfect code name for action.

"I would be very sorry if I couldn't use that codename." Qin Lang said with a smile, but it was more like talking to himself.

Apparently, he was in an even better mood than the other day - why not? Washington wants to give him a new contract, which means that all the gold in the Manila vault now belongs to his company, except for the portion that was handed over to the consortium. And Rachel sent him an encrypted cable, suggesting that she was plotting to use anonymity to report and expose some illegal food factories supplying canned food made with inferior ingredients to the federal army.

Qin Lang felt that this matter was more interesting than many things. Food Safety ...... in the U.S. In fact, food safety in the United States is non-existent today, and the entire food processing industry is rife with fraud: businessmen inject sodium benzoate into spoiled tomatoes to prevent them from rotting, and sprinkle copper sulfate to make vegetables look more tender; Meat processing companies use borax to remove the smell of spoiled ham; As for the strawberry jam, it is made with apple peel and glucose without a bit of pulp, with a little coloring added.

Of course, these practices are not the worst of things, such as shoveling poisoned rats into a sausage blender and using hand washing water to prepare food dressings. But what's really creepy is that canned beef or pork sold in stores can infect customers with tuberculosis or some other disease, because even the best large food processing plants have unhygienic production environments, not only with sewage flowing but also with unpunished spitting, where all kinds of raw materials are piled up on the ground, right under the feet of the workers, trampled repeatedly......

In fact, it is likely that only the San Diego factory of the Hoomel Food Company does not have these phenomena, not because Qin Lang is willing to do better than other businessmen, but because he does not want to see his mercenaries defeated by his own canned luncheon meat—an outcome that is undoubtedly typical of black humor. But since the U.S. Army procures canned food from Chicago, it will have to prepare for large-scale non-combat attrition.

As a result, the generals of the army will be very angry, and the families of the fallen soldiers will be extremely angry - and the masses of people who do not know the truth, even though the canned food they usually eat is exactly the same as what the soldiers eat. At this point, Rachel's anonymous report can have a huge effect, prompting the federal and state governments to clean up the food factories that have been reported, rather than being ignored at all, as is usually the case.

Yes, under normal circumstances, only a small percentage of the population would be concerned about food safety. The middle class who have some money but have to buy canned food. Poor workers and wealthy upper class society, in fact, have nothing to do with food security: the former need cheap food to fill their stomachs, and do not have the time and ability to care about whether the food is healthy; The latter does not need to eat cheap canned food.

Rachel chose a great opportunity, but she had to be careful not to anger the Chicago consortium with her whistleblowing. If the company gets into a bitter battle with the Chicago consortium, it is only creating an opportunity for bystanders.

Hopefully she'll be able to stay awake. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )