Denison shook his head and said: "It's not the foreign army in France, these people were originally mercenaries who fought in Vietnam, and they were all veterans who participated in the war between France and the Qing Dynasty, and they stayed in Vietnam after the war, so we invited them over." ”

In 1883, the Qing court and France fought a war in Vietnam, the Qing army under the command of the patriotic general Feng Zicai, with the help of Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army, won many battles such as the victory of Zhennanguan, but the victory on the battlefield did not exchange for the victory of the war, the corrupt Qing government actually made peace with France, signed the humiliating "Sino-French Treaty of Vietnam", and handed over the vassal country Vietnam to France.

Lin Fei thought of this historical event and was full of anger towards the Qing court and these French mercenaries, but he didn't show it, and then asked, "How is the combat effectiveness of these mercenaries?" ”

Denison said helplessly: "I don't know about this, I've just heard about this unit, and I haven't seen it with my own eyes." ”

Lin Fei nodded, and then asked, "What about tactical improvements?" What have you changed? ”

Denison said: "We fought three major battles with your Huaxia Empire, Wuduan City, Kota Baatar and Zamboanga, and in each of these three battles, the defeated troops fled back, and our Governor Sanders gathered these defeated soldiers, inquired about the battle situation one by one, and improved the tactical tactics from these battle conditions. ”

"Among these improvements, the most important points are as follows: First, because our soldiers lack opponents all year round, their training is relatively lax, and many soldiers are extremely poor in combat; more than 10 days ago, we organized a live-fire training and fired with 10 bullets, and 30 percent of the soldiers did not hit the target with a single bullet."

"So the first thing we did was to strengthen the training of the soldiers, and the training content included ......" Denison glanced at Lin Fei hesitantly and asked, "Do I want to tell you about the specific training content?" ”

Lin Fei glanced back at Li Tianqian and said, "Staff Officer Li, focus on recording the content of the training. ”

Li Tianqian had been recording Denison's words on the side, and when he heard Lin Fei's words, he nodded heavily, Lin Fei turned his head to Denison again, and said with a smile: "You can say it." ”

Denison then said the training content of the Spanish soldiers, and Lin Fei found that although there was no professional training such as special training in urban warfare in these trainings, the amount of training such as shooting, long-distance running, and earthwork was not small, and the intensity was not low.

Denison spoke for half an hour, and finally finished the training of the Spanish troops, and then continued to talk about the improvement of the tactics of the Spanish army, Denison said: "In the previous three battles, our army was not well organized, and there were often situations where the troops were scattered, so we improved the organizational structure, it turned out that we were ten people in a squad, and there was only one squad leader, and now we have arranged two deputy squad leaders, who can take over the command when the squad leader has an accident." ”

Lin Fei's heart tightened, thinking that in the previous battles, the loose organization of the Spanish army had helped us a lot, and now that the Spanish army has improved in this point, won't it be more difficult for me to fight in the future?

Denison took a sip of water and said, "That's all there is to improve tactically, there's nothing more to say. ”

Lin Fei nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about the situation of the fortifications." ”

Denison looked around the command and asked, "Do you have a map of Manila here?" ”

Lin Fei turned his head to look at Li Tianqian and said, "Go find a map of Manila." ”

Li Tianqian got up and brought a map, this map was also captured by Lin Fei after conquering the city of the Spaniards, Li Tianqian held the map to Lin Fei, Lin Fei unfolded the map in front of Denison, and said, "Can you say it now?" ”

Denison pointed to the map and said: "This is Manila, it is Manila Bay to the west, Ramon Bay to the east, our high-level knows that you have occupied Mindanao, and they are afraid that you will attack directly from the sea, especially from the sea of Manila Bay, because Manila is on the edge of Manila Bay, and warships can directly fire artillery bombardment of Manila from the sea." ”

"In contrast, Ramon Bay on the east side is 65 kilometers from Manila, and it is impossible for artillery shells to hit directly from the sea, so we have laid a tight defense in Manila Bay." Denison paused when he said this, raised his head to look at Lin Fei, and said, "There is a 'Death's Throat' in Manila Bay, I don't know if you have heard of it?" ”

Lin Fei really hadn't heard of this kind of statement, and he doubted: "'Death's throat'? What do you mean? ”

Denison replied, "'Death's Throat' is a place that is called because it is extremely dangerous, and it is ...... here."

Denison pointed to the map with his hand as he spoke, and said: "Look here, Corregido Island, Manila Bay is like a thin bottle, the entrance is very thin, the inside is very wide, Corregido Island is on this entrance, as long as artillery is deployed on this island, the shells can cover the entire entrance to Manila Bay, and any warship that wants to enter Manila from here will pay a heavy price..."

Lin Fei frowned slightly, nodded, and thought that Corregidor Island was indeed not an easy place to fight, maybe it would be easier to march from Ramon Bay, so he asked, "Then what fortifications have you set up on Ramon Bay?" ”

"Ramon Bay has a long coastline that can be landed at any point, so we don't have troops on the shoreline of Ramon Bay, and if the enemy lands in Ramon Bay, we let them in and let them attack Manila, and we have built a lot of fortifications on the periphery of Manila to resist the enemy's attack," Denison said. ”

Lin Fei asked, "What do these fortifications include?" You tell me about it one by one. ”

Denison shook his head lightly and said, "I don't know exactly what the fortifications are, because I haven't seen them either, but what I can tell you is that these fortifications were designed by the most brilliant military engineers, by the way, do you know the walls of Cotabatar?" ”

Lin Fei said: "Of course I know the city wall of Cotabato, what are you doing with it?" ”

Denison said: "The designers of these fortifications are the same people as the engineers who designed the walls of Cotabatar, and you have seen the strength of the walls of Cotabatar, so you should be able to imagine the defensive power of these fortifications, right?" ”

Lin Fei nodded, and Denison said: "That's all I have to say, and there is some very valuable information, I can't remember it for a while, so I won't talk about it for now, and I'll tell you when I think about it." ”

Lin Fei knew that Denison was worried that he would not keep his word and kill the donkey, so he sneered and said, "Okay, I won't kill you first, Staff Officer Li, send him to the prisoner of war camp, give him a private room, and keep him strictly guarded." ”

Li Tianqian stood up, leaned close to Lin Fei's ear, and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's not enough for the people to be angry if this guy doesn't kill..."

Lin Fei smiled and said, "Isn't there only Denison in the plantation, isn't there anyone else?" Kill them..."

Li Tianqian agreed, called in two guards, and sent Denison to the place where the prisoners of war were held, and imprisoned, Lin Fei smiled at Li Tianqian and said: "Now that Denison's affairs are dealt with, it's time for us to kill those plantation directors and vent our anger for the Chinese..."

Lin Fei then took Li Tianqian to the prisoner of war camp, at this time Lin Fei's subordinates had completed the screening of the prisoners of war, and the original director of the plantation was singled out, and at this time Liu Daming and they also sent the prisoners of war captured at sea, including Su Jiaxi, whom the Chinese hated to the bone.

There were thirteen directors of the plantation, these people wantonly bullied and scolded the Chinese slaves on weekdays, and were most hated by the Chinese slaves, and there were nearly 100 thugs under these directors, Lin Fei did not kill them, but left them in the plantation as laborers.

Lin Fei personally led people to escort the thirteen supervisors to the big open space in the center of the plantation, and the Chinese slaves formed a big circle and stared at the thirteen supervisors viciously.

Lin Fei said to his subordinates: "Let these brutes kneel down for the Chinese compatriots." ”

The warriors raised their feet and kicked the knees of each supervisor, and the supervisors fell to their knees, and Lin Fei shouted to the Chinese slaves: "Compatriots... I would like to ask you, what was this clearing used for? ”

Chen Xicai shouted at the top of his voice: "They used it to torture us..."

All the Chinese responded one after another: "Yes, that's right..." ”

Lin Fei said: "Not bad... This clearing is what these people used to torture us, and countless of our compatriots have been brought here to endure the most cruel punishments, whipping, burning, and even breaking their hands and feet for the slightest mistake... Why do they do this? Why do they bully us Chinese like this? ”

Lin Fei paused at this point, looked at his fellow Chinese, then raised his voice and said, "It's not that our Chinese are not strong enough... We don't have weapons, and they have guns in their hands, so they can kill us at will... Now it's different, we Chinese have our own country...... The Chinese Empire, the days when the Chinese were slaughtered by others, are gone forever..."

Everyone cheered, Lin Fei took out his pistol, raised his arms and shouted: "Today we are going to use the enemy's blood to wash away our shame in the place where the enemy bullied us, let them see, what is the end of bullying us Chinese?" ”

When Lin Fei said this, he raised his hand suddenly, and put the muzzle of the gun on Su Jiaxi's head, and Su Jiaxi, who was usually powerful, suddenly collapsed to the ground, cried loudly, and begged in stiff Chinese: "Please, don't kill me......"

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