The training content provided by Blackwater after that was really an eye-opener for Juan and the rest of the group. First, they learned rapid fire. According to the instructor of Blackwater, their future struggle with the Spaniards will be dominated by urban guerrilla warfare, and in such conditions, the distance between the two sides will be pulled very close, and it may not exceed 30 meters. Therefore, in such a battle, the most important skill is not precision, but speed.

"If you can pull out your gun and shoot some Spaniard in the head even a fraction of a second earlier, he will die; Otherwise, it's you! That's what Instructor Rodney said to the Cubans when he explained the training.

And when the Cubans got their hands on the guns they were given, they were even more surprised.

Everyone got two pistols, this is a new pistol just developed by MacDonald Infantry Weapons, this pistol pioneered the use of the principle of short recoil of the barrel, in this era, this is the world's first automatic pistol, this gun is almost identical in design to the later Colt M-1911, only the caliber of the bullet is reduced to 0.30 caliber, and the use of a double row of magazines to increase the ammunition capacity. Of course, in order to ensure the power, although the caliber of the bullet was reduced, the elongated cartridge was used to ensure that the charge did not decrease. According to the company's tests, the muzzle velocity of the bullet from the barrel of the M-1866 pistol was as high as 510 meters per second, which was even more than the muzzle velocity of the Mini rifle in the hands of the Spanish colonial army.

Compared with the revolver, this pistol has many advantages, such as its large capacity, this pistol can be loaded with a full fifteen rounds of ammunition at a time, of course, according to Rodney's instructor, taking into account the fact that the spring cannot be pressed too tightly, so in general, the number of bullets in the magazine should not exceed 12. But even then, the number of bullets in such a gun is already equivalent to two revolvers. What's more, once the ammunition is gone, the revolver reloads really slowly and heartbreakingly. And what about the M-1866 pistol? It only takes two steps, unplug the magazine and replace it with a new one.

"Of course, this damn gun, despite its power, accuracy, capacity, and fast reloading, is not flawless. The damn problem with it is that if you don't take good care of it, it can easily get stuck and won't crack! Therefore, carefully wipe and rob every week, and wipe carefully every time you run out of guns, otherwise, you will die. "Also, just in case you're unlucky, the good folks at the Free World Foundation have issued you two of these pistols, and if something goes wrong with one of them, you'll have the other." Well, in order to draw a gun faster in an emergency, one of your two guns is a rapid-fire type. ”

"Instructor? What is rapid-fire type? Is this one that doesn't have a crosshair? A Cuban asked.

"Well, that's good, your pumpkin head has its time to open up." Instructor Rodney praised, "That's it. ”

"How do you use this miscellaneous?"

"Silly melon! This allows you to shoot faster than the Spaniards at close range. At this time, the distance between you will not be more than ten meters, what are you doing with the crosshair? Without the crosshairs, you won't lose your life when you pull out your guns because of something stupid like the crosshair hanging on your pants and not being able to pull it out all at once! ”

In addition to various training in pistols, in the training camp in Blackwater, they received more training on explosives. For example, under blockade conditions, the use of various civilian materials to make explosives, and how to use pocket watches and homemade explosives to make time bombs. For example, how to get these time bombs to the most critical locations.

The risk of making explosives on your own is not small, and even with expert guidance, there are people who have gone wrong while making explosives - a guy named Massar has a problem making a zuò bomb and is blown blind in one eye. But other than that, the rest is still normal.

Further projects were devoted to the analysis of the structure and weaknesses of various targets, in particular the various Spanish ships.

"It was a transport ship commonly used by the Spaniards, and it was produced in Toulon, France, and was the largest type of ship in the Spanish fleet. It has a payload of about 2,500 tons and was originally propelled by paddle wheels, but is now being switched to propellers. Here is a diagram of the structure of such a vessel, where its keel is located. An instructor pointed to a picture and explained to the Cubans, "As long as a time bomb with a charge of about 20 kilograms is installed in this position, it can definitely blow up its keel at once, and then the whole ship will break in two under its own stress, and the more cargo it contains, the faster the ship will sink......

Somewhere on the edge of Lake Yili, Blackwater even put a boat there that had been decommissioned and had scrap metal collected at a low price, so that it could be used by the students to learn.

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Madrid, Spain. It's night now, and Madrid in this era is far from being compared with Madrid in later generations, and before the electric light was introduced to Europe, Madrid, like other European cities, immediately fell asleep at night. But the sound of the wheels of a carriage babbling broke the silence of the night. This is a noble carriage, although in the dark night, you can't see the coat of arms on the carriage, but by a little light from the dim gas lamps on both sides of the road, you can still see that the cart is pulled by two white horses, which is not something that ordinary people can afford.

There was a lantern hanging at the front of the carriage, which seemed to have come from the Puerta del Sol, and perhaps its owner had just attended a costume party at the house of a nobleman, and was now lying in the carriage and wasting tired naps.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the courtyard of a luxurious house, and the janitor glanced at the carriage and opened the wrought iron gate, and with the sound of horses' hooves and wheels, the carriage drove into the courtyard, and the gate was immediately shut.

A man in a cloak got out of the carriage and handed the hat and cloak on his head to the butler, who said to him, "Come with me, Mr. Marquis, the general is waiting for you inside." ”

"I see." The marquis gentleman nodded. Then he walked in after the butler.

……

"Mr. Marquis, it is very good that you are here." A tall, capable-looking officer stood up and said to him.

"General, I really didn't expect to see you here again in such a short time." The marquis replied.

"Seriously, I didn't expect that in just one year, I would be back again." "The General" replied, "It shows that the people of Madrid, as well as the people of Spain, have had enough of that faint king." Her end is at hand. ”

The "general" is named Juan 61 Prim, and the unconscious prince in his mouth refers to Queen Isabella II.

In Spanish tradition, women were not allowed to be kings. So Queen Isabella II has been facing all kinds of rebellions since she ascended the throne. What began as a seven-year-long rebellion by her uncle, Prince Don 61 Carlos, was finally suppressed with foreign support, but all sorts of chaotic conspiracies continued one after another.

The queen herself is not an excellent politician, and among the various elements that the politician needs, she only has one, and that is the desire for power. So, well, naturally, her measures made the Spaniards more and more dissatisfied. In order to gain French support, she married her cousin Francisco 61 de 61 Assisi 61 Bourbon.

However, something unexpected happened, on the day of the wedding, the queen made a surprising discovery, well, she found that this husband's underwear of hers actually had more lace on her underwear than on hers! Well, her cousin Francisco 61 De 61 Assisi 61 De 61 Bourbon is a homosexual, and a pathetic little sufferer.

Well, it is said that the queen and her husband both gave each other the greatest freedom, and then the prince left Madrid and continued to be his little friend, and the queen kept finding a mistress. Even when her husband is not around at all, she keeps getting pregnant and giving birth to princes and princesses or something. As a result, the queen's image in the eyes of conservative Spaniards became more and more unbearable. Plus, damn it, there was a revolution in France, and those "terrible ideas" were constantly affecting Spain. During the more than 20 years that Her Majesty ruled Spain, Spain had 34 governments and 7 constitutions were promulgated. There were 15 uprisings, and all kinds of courtiers came to power. Isabella II herself lived a life of debauchery and decadence, sometimes interfering in domestic affairs in wayward and irrational ways. The queen seemed to have a special affection for the reactionary elements in the army and in the church, which made her all the more hateful in the hearts of the Spaniards. She was assassinated twice, but she narrowly escaped both.

However, each riot shook the foundation of the queen's rule, and by now, the queen's rule was shaky, and everyone knew that a "glorious revolution" was brewing in Spain, and the queen's rule was coming to an end, but it was not known who would ascend the throne after him.

"This time, we're going to make this slump finish." Juan 61 said General Prim.

"Last time, General, you said the same." The Marquis smiled disapprovingly.

"Follow me, Monsieur Marquis, and let me take you to the reception room to see who has joined us, and you will know why I am so confident." Juan 61 said General Prim.