It is not particularly difficult to make the army suffer another more severe defeat. To put it simply, at this time, it was enough to force Mr. Theodore Roosevelt with his army to launch another offensive operation against the defensive positions of the Spaniards, lacking heavy fire support.

Only, how can you get Theodore Roosevelt to make such a decision? You must know that the main reason why Theodore Roosevelt gave up his position as deputy secretary of the Navy and participated in this war was to realize his political ambitions and gain political bargaining chips for himself. To put it more plainly, he's here to brush up on his prestige. And an unplanned attack, leading to greater losses, will only make his prestige fall. So Theodore Roosevelt could never have agreed to such an approach. At least, this battle must not be lost in his hands.

So, after hearing Scrooge's words, Morgan spoke: "Scrooge, Theodore may not be willing to make such a sacrifice. Of course, as long as we are willing to pay a sufficient price, I don't think it is impossible to talk about it, but can we do it? ”

Of course, Morgan knew that even if he didn't pay the price, there was a way to force the black pot on Theodore Roosevelt's head. However, the Roosevelts and Morgan were very close, and to put it more clearly, they were a gang, just as Rockefeller and Scrooge were together. Even with Scrooge's dominant position in his own alliance, it is impossible for Rockefeller to suffer in vain "for the sake of the common long-term good" at no cost. Morgan's position in his alliance was weaker than that of Scrooge, so he naturally couldn't force the Roosevelts to suffer. Otherwise, who would have fought with him, the leader of the alliance? So, at this time, he had to stand up for the interests of the Roosevelt family.

"Hehe, Mr. Morgan, you're thinking too much." Scrooge said, "I didn't mean to let Mr. Roosevelt carry the blame. In fact, it was very simple to solve this problem, as long as Mr. Roosevelt was not in the command post at that time. Then Scrooge told a very touching story to those present:

"After the frustration of the tentative attack, Mr. Roosevelt realized that it was not advisable to force it until there was sufficient firepower, so he began to liaise with the country to arrange for the reinforcement of firepower, and then while observing the enemy's position, our Mr. Roosevelt was unexpectedly wounded and needed to return home for treatment. Before leaving, he handed over command to his deputy and instructed him not to act rashly.

However, things in the world can always be unexpected by everyone. Shortly after Mr. Roosevelt boarded the ship and left, the Spaniards committed a very, very inhuman act, they actually slaughtered the prisoners of war! Seeing this, our warriors, of course, were filled with righteous indignation and appealed to the provisional commander, who was also carried away by the anger and launched a unplanned attack on the Spanish position, leading to a crushing defeat. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but they still failed to take the enemy's position. At this critical time, Mr. Roosevelt, who knew the news, endured the pain and gave up treatment. Faced with the doctor's question as to why you gave up the treatment, he simply replied: "Because there are more brothers who need me at this time!" Then he immediately rushed back to the battlefield and put in order the morale of the army, which had been demoralized by the defeat, and restored the morale of the army. Then we quickly passed the Federal Reserve Act and delivered the much-needed weapons to our brothers, and when the time was ripe, Mr. Roosevelt led the soldiers to strike again at the enemy's position, and in one fell swoop took it, and the victory of the war was established......

You see, where does Mr. Roosevelt in this story need to carry the black pot? Even, do we Americans need to be hacked? Even if the temporary commander made a mistake, everyone would still think he was a good guy, right? And our Mr. Roosevelt, of course, was even more in the limelight, and was kind, brave, determined, tenacious, and wise, and was simply a model of military morality, even if compared with Stonewall Jackson, or General Robert Lee. As for the black cauldron, of course, it all saddled those Spaniards...... How's that, how is this story of mine? ”

Scrooge looked around the crowd proudly.

"Pap, papa, papa, papa" applause gradually rang out, and all the participants applauded sincerely. Morgan stood up, clapped his hands, and said to Scrooge:

"It's so despicable, so shameless! Well done, Mr. MacDonald! ”

Morgan has always called him directly by "Scrooge", which makes him seem affectionate, and secondly, in fact, it is more Morgan's psychology that is at fault. Morgan is older than Scrooge, so he always likes to think of himself as Scrooge's predecessor, and later when he vaguely felt that he couldn't compare to Scrooge, he became more and more reluctant to admit this emotionally, so he still called him "Scrooge", although everyone else had already called Scrooge Mr. MacDonald. And this time, with Carol MacDonald also present, it would have been very normal to call Scrooge by his first name, but he used honorifics like "Mr. MacDonald".

"All the while, I've been wondering why you're successful." Morgan continued, "I've learned a lot from working with you on a plan to build the Federal Reserve. ”

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Three days later, on the afternoon of the day after Mr. Theodore Roosevelt was forced to return home because of his injury, Scrooge's news program "America. Country. It. "Tone" suddenly stopped the normal program and broadcast this news:

"According to journalists on the front, the Spaniards committed new and heinous crimes on the battlefield. Earlier today, Spanish defenders reportedly shot and killed a number of U.S. soldiers who had been captured in previous days of fighting in front of a defensive position near Santiago. According to our correspondent Thompson......"

The news immediately caused an uproar throughout the United States, and indeed the entire world. Since the American Civil War, "Hua. Flourishing. After the advent of the Don Declaration, the killing of prisoners on the battlefield has become a crime that the entire civilized world deprehensible is extremely despicable. Not to mention "Hua. Flourishing. After the Donton Declaration was elevated to a treaty, the vast majority of civilized countries have signed the Declaration, expressing their agreement with the spirit of the Declaration and pledging to implement its provisions. Among these countries is Spain.

The Spanish government immediately stood up and said that this qiē was all slandered by the Americans, and that the Spaniards were civilized people and would never commit such a heart-wrenching crime.

However, this statement by the Spanish government is useless. Because the Spanish government did not understand what was happening at the front. Spain did not have the ability to communicate across the ocean in real time. And everyone knows this, so their justifications are naturally unconvincing. As for the Spaniards, they said that they were civilized people and would not do such a thing. That's a big joke, let's not go over the old accounts of Spain's history of almost killing the peaceful natives of South America, let's just say that in the recent confrontation with the Cuban rebels, Spain has killed prisoners more than once, of course, the Spaniards say that those prisoners are not wearing military uniforms, and this situation is not in the "Hua. Flourishing. Don Declaration. But the discipline of those civilized men in Spain, known throughout Europe, is worse than the worst bitch. Therefore, although the Spanish government reacted quickly, it did not have any effect.

And on the American side, the crowd is even more excited. Although the president said he did not want to believe that such a thing could happen until he saw the most reliable evidence. But among the people, the common people are already extremely angry. People marched to the White House and Capitol Hill to demand immediate action to punish the damned Spanish barbarians. And in tabloids like The Sun, which consistently speak irresponsible, someone even shouted something like this:

"The Spaniards are not civilized at all, they are no different from the Indians! Or even worse! ”

"The only use of the Spaniards is that they can peel off the skin and make boots!"

"Attack now and kill all the Spaniards!"

By the third day, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times had published two photos. In the first photo, Spanish soldiers can be seen shooting at a group of people in U.S. uniforms who are tied up in a row, and in the second photograph Spanish soldiers can be seen using bayonets to replenish the knives of soldiers who had been shot but were not dead.

All of a sudden, all doubts vanished. There are pictures and truths, and the crimes of the Spaniards are already ironclad. President McKinley issued a statement at the White House strongly condemning the anti-McKinley movement. Person. and swear to God that the murderer must be severely punished. As these two photographs were reprinted in European newspapers, the world began to criticize Spain's atrocities. Even the British, who had always supported Spain morally, had to say something like "the Spaniards made a serious mistake in this matter." The Spanish government simply didn't say anything, and if a reporter asked them about it, they would always prevaricate with things like "no comment" and "we need to do a thorough investigation before we can answer your questions".

At that time, photographic technology had only recently developed, and people in the world had never even heard of such an unnatural technique as picture modification. Because at that time, there were no more than twenty people who knew that there was such a technology in the world. So the whole of Europe, the whole world, believed that the Spaniards had committed the crime of killing their captives in the war with great irrationality.

It was also under these circumstances, in the absence of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, that the provisional commander, Colonel Taylor, led the American troops to launch a new round of fierce attacks on the Spanish positions...... R1058